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Boulder, Colorado-based Webroot said Tuesday that it has posted a record quarter, with double digit growth in the firm's enterprise business. The privately held firm, which did not disclose financial details of the quarter, said that it saw improved sales in the enterprise, channel, and retail, and from customer support. Webroot is a developer of anti-spyware software, and has raised more than $108M in venture capital investments from Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), Accel Partners and Mayfield.


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Since its full launch only a few months ago the telecoms talent hub Telco Exec (www.telcoexec.com) has seen significant growth, and the site now reportedly outperforms almost all niche telecoms websites in terms of reader engagement statistics. This has led to an organic Google Search ranking of 10th for “Telecommunications Jobs” in less than eight weeks.
“This is proof that focused, high quality, unique content and a personal service is exactly what the professional job seeker wants,” says Telco Exec’s managing director, Jason Bandy. “Candidate registrations are growing fast and people and companies are starting to reap the rewards of this initiative.”
Over the coming months the company expects a growing number of telecoms companies to showcase their organisations on the site. Employers are using video, photography and imagery on the site to attract the rare talent that they require.
Telco Exec is getting the word out on recruitment in the Internet of Things (IoT), reportedly achieving the lowest bounce rates of all comparable sites “by a country mile”, says Bandy. The site is averaging five page views per visit and the average dwell time on the site now exceeds five minutes.

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Fiji is high on the list of New Zealanders’ travel aspirations lists right now and many would pack their bags and go if the borders opened now, according to research released late last week.
Tourism Fiji partnered with Mediaworks at the end of 2020 to survey Kiwis around their mindset towards Fiji for a holiday. The research targeted listeners on three radio stations – MoreFM, The Breeze and George FM.
Airing fortnightly on Tourism Fiji’s YouTube Channel, ‘Happy Hour TV’ will be available for international travellers and locals alike to tune in for an extra dose of Fiji happiness.
In the first episode the hosts report on the revival of bartering across Fiji as they speak with the founder of the revolutionary Facebook page, ‘Barter for Better Fiji.’ This Facebook group was created during the pandemic as a way for Fijians who are short on cash to still collect the items and resources they need.
Flight Centre’s Travel Expos reached Auckland this weekend after successful events in Christchurch and Wellington.
Tourism Fiji didn’t drop any particular Bombshells when it hosted travel trade and media to a Gold Class showing of the movie of the same name at Auckland’s Event Cinemas this week.
All 38 spots for Tourism Fiji’s Matai mega famil scheduled for 17 to 24 November 2019 have been filled after more than 200 expressions of interest were registered earlier this month.
Multi-generational travel continues to fire in Fiji, and high-end resorts have been quick to cater for this market.
Thirty eight agents from around New Zealand returned from Fiji yesterday as Tourism Fiji’s Matai conference and famils came to an end.
- Shannon Mena-Levin (right) of House... Shannon Mena-Levin (right) of House...
- Juan Pablo Pontoriero of Seasonz... Juan Pablo Pontoriero of Seasonz...
- Christine McCann of Jean-Michel Cousteau... Christine McCann of Jean-Michel Cousteau...
The Tourism Fiji Luxury & Boutique Cocktail Information evening saw a strong turnout of some 70 New Zealand agents. The products represented at the event included Royal Davui Island Resort, Qamea Resort & Spa, Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort, Six Senses Fiji, Kokomo Private Island, Nanuku Auberge Resort, Pacic Island Air, Yasawa Island Resort, Likuliku Lagoon Resort, Dolphin Island.


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Since the beginning of 2019, the Chinese smartphone brand Realme has launched some surprisingly incredible phones at affordable prices. The recently released Realme 3 and 5 series, along with the likes of X Pro and XT have confirmed the manufacturer’s strong presence in the budget range smartphone market and brought home a huge user base for the brand. The company’s Chief Marketing Officer Xu Qi has now announced its first Snapdragon 855+ powered phone, which will be launched by the end of October in China and a global launch will most likely follow soon.
Realme X2 Pro
The aforementioned Snapdragon 855+ powered phone will be launched as Realme X2 Pro, a successor to the Realme X Pro that was launched earlier this year. The phone is being branded with a “Full Speed Flagship” tagline by the company and has since received a great response online. Given that the Realme X Pro was arguably one of the best budget flagship phones of the year, the bar has already been set pretty high for the X2 Pro. What makes it even more highly anticipated is the fact that no other phone in this price segment has featured the Snapdragon 855+ SoC yet, let alone the 2.96GHz octa-core processor it’s coupled with.
What We Know So Far
The X2 Pro will sport a top-notch quad lens rear camera system which will be powered by Samsung’s GW1 64-megapixel primary sensor that was released recently, along with a 115-degree ultra-wide lens, a telephoto lens and a portrait lens for depth effects. The entire setup is reported to have a 20x hybrid zoom capacity. The X2 Pro’s official online page has also announced that new features of the phone will be revealed every day until the 4th of October. Users can also expect the company to reveal the phone’s exact release date on the same day.
Previous reports about the phone have mentioned that it will have a waterdrop notch display, which seems rather odd since the Realme X Pro had a full screen with a pop-up front camera. Another major update on the phone is that it’ll sport a 90Hz refresh rate display, which makes sense since it seems to have become the standard for flagship phones now that we’ve seen plenty of phones with such specifications. The said display will reportedly have a 1080 x 2400 pixels resolution confined in a rather tall 20:9 aspect ratio. The X2 Pro is also codenamed as Super Warrior. The battery stats and other info are not known yet, but the phone will have 30W VOOC 4.0 Flash Charge technology.
There’s no word on when the phone will make its way to India yet. However, users can expect its official announcement along with the release of the upcoming gaming-centric Realme XT 730G.
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Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is a real-time strategy computer game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the official expansion pack to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, requiring Reign of Chaos to play. Released worldwide on July 1, 2003, it includes new units for each race, two new auxiliary races, four campaigns, five neutral heroes (an additional neutral hero was added April 2004 and two more were added in August 2004), the ability to build a shop and other improvements such as the ability to queue upgrades. Sea units were reintroduced; they had been present in Warcraft II but were absent in Reign of Chaos. Blizzard Entertainment has released patches for the game to fix bugs, extend the scripting system, and balance multiplayer.


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Family of second Kroger shooting victim sues store
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The son of a shooting victim killed at a Kentucky grocery store is suing the grocer and the man charged in the shooting.
News outlets report the lawsuit filed Wednesday by Vickie Lee Jones’ family claims Kroger Co. allows patrons to carry guns inside their stores without ensuring they have licenses to carry firearms.
The suit says Kroger hasn’t put a policy in place to stop shootings despite a 2007 shooting in the same location and more than 20 other shootings at various stores.
Jones and Maurice Stallard were two black people killed in the October shooting. Gregory Bush has been charged with federal hate crimes in their deaths.
Stallard’s family filed a similar lawsuit last week.
Kroger spokeswoman Erin Grant says the company doesn’t comment on pending litigation.
(Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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NEW YORK >> Banks, retailers, health care and energy companies climbed Tuesday as U.S. stocks regained much of what they lost in a steep drop a day earlier. Several big technology companies including Apple also recovered.
Banks rose as interest rates turned higher, and automakers Ford and General Motors also jumped after saying their sales rose in March after a rough start to the year. Retailers like Foot Locker and consumer-focused companies including Netflix also climbed.
The market got off to a shaky start, wobbled for much of the day, then surged in the last hour of trading. The S&P 500 index rose 32.57 points, or 1.3 percent, to 2,614.45. It dropped 2.2 percent a day earlier.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 389.17 points, or 1.6 percent, to 24,033.36. The Nasdaq composite climbed 71.16 points, or 1 percent, to 6,941.28. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks added 19.62 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,512.15.
Craig Holke, investment strategy analyst for the Wells Fargo Investment Institute, said the market will continue to bounce around as investors worry about changes in trade that could slow down the global economy and company profits. He noted that the U.S. hasn’t entered a full-blown trade war since 1930, and trade relationships were much different back then.
“There was a lot less interconnectedness,” he said. “Every country was actually more insulated, produced more of their own goods at that time. It’s really hard to get around that nowadays.”
Among individual stocks, CBS added 4.2 percent to $52.86 on reports it plans to make an offer to buy corporate sibling Viacom. The offer is reported to be for less than Viacom’s current market value, and Viacom stock fell 3.7 percent to $29.42.
Music streaming company Spotify made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday. Instead of raising money through an initial public offering underwritten by an investment bank, Spotify Technologies took a more unusual route called a direct listing that lets investors sell the stock directly. It started trading at $165.90 a share, well above the previous high share price of $132.50 it reached in private deals. The stock wound up closing down 10.2 percent at $149.01.
It’s been a rocky month for stocks as investors worried about changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement and tensions between the U.S. and China, the world’s biggest economies. Stocks plunged one day ago after China placed tariffs on a small number of exports, and investors fear that its response to a broader package of trade sanctions will be harsher. But Holke, of Wells Fargo, said it’s likely the countries will find ways to resolve their differences on issues including complaints that Beijing steals or pressures foreign companies to hand over technology.
“If they can get China to remove this process of having this technology transfer in place for companies that do business in China, the tariffs might not even go into effect,” he said.
The Nasdaq, which set its most recent record on March 12, is down 7.5 percent in just three weeks. Some of the market’s woes stem from the fact that several of the largest technology companies have come under fire at the same time. Facebook is still deep in the fallout of an ever-widening privacy scandal, and if the government decides to regulate online consumer data in new ways, that also might affect Alphabet, Google’s parent company, as well as smaller social media companies like Twitter and Snap.
Meanwhile Amazon, which isn’t officially classified as a technology company, has come under fire from President Donald Trump, who has griped about the company’s tax payments, deals with the U.S. Postal Service, and other issues. His statements have often diverged from the facts and he’s also blamed Amazon for critical news coverage of his administration by The Washington Post, which is owned by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos but isn’t part of Amazon.
Amazon spiked 1.5 percent to $1,392.05 after Bloomberg News reported that the White House isn’t talking about taking any steps against the company. Still, Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson said Trump is likely to continue periodically bashing the company for as long as he’s in office, but steps like sales tax collection changes won’t affect Amazon much, and the Post Office probably won’t raise shipping rates much either.
Returning from the long Easter holiday weekend, Germany’s DAX fell 0.8 percent while London’s FTSE 100 declined 0.4 percent and France’s CAC 40 dipped 0.3 percent. Earlier in Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 shed 0.4 percent and Seoul’s Kospi ended down 0.1 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng bucked the trend, ending up 0.2 percent.
Bond prices declined. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.78 percent from 2.73 percent.
Gold slid 0.7 percent to $1,337.30 an ounce. Silver fell 1.7 percent to $16.39 an ounce. Coper rose 1 cent to $3.06 a pound.
The dollar rose to 106.61 yen from 105.85 yen. The euro fell to $1.2267 from $1.2300.
A barrel of U.S. crude gained 50 cents to $63.51 in New York while Brent crude, used to price international oils, rose 48 cents to $68.12 a barrel in London.
Wholesale gasoline added 1 cent to $1.97 a gallon and heating oil rose 1 cent to $2 a gallon. Natural gas picked up 1 cent to $2.70 per 1,000 cubic feet.


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Ubisoft has unveiled a new cinematic trailer for Beyond Good and Evil 2, and has announced a new online home for the Space Monkey Programme, a fan community for the game.
In addition to revealing the return of beloved characters, Ubisoft also announced a partnership with HitRECord. The announcement came from actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (3rd Rock from the Sun, Inception, Snowden) who is the founder and director of HitRECord.
HitRECord is an online, collaborative production company which pays contributors whose work is used in projects.
"It's not just people submitting finished work and us kind of picking it. It's really people working together," Gordon-Levitt said.
"As with everything we do on HitRECord, anybody whose work is included in the final pieces we deliver to Ubisoft will get paid."
Game director for Beyond Good and Evil 2 at Ubisoft Montpellier, Michel Ansel, said that a very important thing is that the game is connected to the real world.
"Even if it's the future of mankind in a distant solar system, it's based on real cultural references. That's why we wanted from the early beginning of the game to involve the community," said Ansel.
"So they can bring their own cultural references, their own ability to create art and to fill the game with rich and deep content."
Those interested in collaborating on assets like art and music to be used in Beyond Good and Evil 2 must register on the HitRECord website, and visit the project page for the game.
The HitRECord project page also contains videos which summarise the details of the game that Ubisoft Montpellier has revealed, such as the Moksha Gate.
Beyond Good and Evil 2 is being developed by Ubisoft Montpellier. No release date or platforms have been confirmed.


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Several pharmaceutical and biotech firms have appointed a new CEO or a vice president to boost the overall corporate competitiveness and enhance main businesses.
These drugmakers include Genexine, Samsung Pharm, Ahn-Gook Pharm, Boryung Pharmaceutical, and Handok.
In September, Handok appointed Cho Jeong-yol as president and CEO who had various business careers. Cho accumulated experience in consumer products in Unilever Korea and Loreal Korea. She served as CEO of Pizza Hut, Gallery Hyundai, K-Auction, and SoCar. In the pharmaceutical sector, she worked as Asia-Pacific regional strategy marketing director at MSD.
|(From left) Handok CEO Cho Jeong-yol, Boryung Pharm CEO Ahn Jae-hyun, Genexine Vice President Kim Gwang-ho, Samsung Pharm Vice President Jeon Jae-gap, and Ahn-Gook Pharm Executive Director Jeong Sang-yeop|
While some worry that Cho lacks pharmaceutical experience, others say she is fit for Handok that seeks to become an integrated healthcare service group.
Handok maintained focus on the pharmaceutical business on the one hand but released Ready-Q to tap the hangover relief drink market on the other. Recently, the company rolled out Souvenaid, a drink that helps dementia treatment.
Souvenaid is more of a consumer product, rather than a medical one. Handok needs a consumer-friendly sales network as the company will sell Souvenaid online through hospitals and clinics. Some observers said Cho’s business capability and Souvenaid sales would be tested simultaneously.
Boryung’s new CEO Ahn Jae-hyun is also drawing attention from the pharmaceutical industry.
Ahn entered Cheil Industries in 1987 and served as head of business support division. In 2012, he joined Boryung and worked as head of the business operation support division and head of the group’s strategy and planning division. Last year, he took office as CEO of Boryung Holdings.
Within a year, Ahn was picked by Boryung Pharm’s owner and Chairman Kim Eun-seon to become CEO of Boryung Pharm.
Observers said Ahn’s appointment as head of Boryung Pharm signals the official shift of Boryung’s management by the owner to the one by a professional manager. Ahn is tasked with successfully supporting the handover of the ownership and securing the company’s financial health.
Genexine has appointed Kim Gwang-ho as vice president. Kim previously served as head of North Asia at Johnson & Johnson.
After working for Samsung Engineering and Samsung Techwin, Kim was head of Mars Korea and Mars North Asia. He later expanded his expertise in healthcare and served as president of North Asia at Johnson & Johnson. At Genexine, Kim has been appointed as the chief operating officer.
Genexine is working on the flagship pipeline of long-acting growth hormone as well as the development of immunotherapies. Kim’s job is to secure license-in and license-out deals with multinational pharmaceuticals and to secure financial soundness.
Samsung Pharm scouted Jeon Jae-gap, a former CEO of Huons, as vice president. Jeon is a graduate of Seoul National University’s College of Pharmacy. He previously worked as executive director at Kwangdong Pharmaceutical and Boryung Pharm. Jeon is expected to focus on Samsung Pharm’s overall competitiveness.
As Jeon has engaged in various business fields at Huons, including production, development, new business, export, sales, and research, he is the right person to find a new growth engine for Samsung Pharm now under the wings of GemVax & KAEL, industry watchers said.
Ahn-Gook Pharm, which has been struggling with stagnant sales, has also brought in a new talent to seek new business opportunities.
The drugmaker hired Jeong Seong-yeop, who has worked at Hanmi Pharmaceutical’s research institute for 24 years since joining Hanmi Pharm in 1994.
Ahn-Gook Pharm has not been aggressive in expanding its business since it has concentrated on synthetic chemical drugs. Although the company has functional foods and over-the-counter medicines, their sales have been sluggish for years.
With Jeong as vice president, Ahn-Gook aims to boost the revenue and revitalize the business, industry watchers said.
“Some companies want to enter the pharmaceutical market, and startups are rushing to hire pharmaceutical professionals. Even some retirees are receiving job offerings. Their values are rising in the pharmaceutical job market,” said a high-ranking official at a drugmaker.
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Android is on a tear. It has now has, according to Google’s Mobile and Digital Content division lead +Andy Rubin
, 300 million activations, with 850,000 new Android devices coming on line each day. There are now at least 1,000 different Android devices in market and 450,000 apps in the Android Marketplace. All impressive numbers, which put the open source mobile OS in a leadership position. Still Google is not afraid to look in its rearview mirror where, interestingly, Google likes what it sees.
When asked about the Windows Phone Buzz at Mobile World Congress, +Hugo Barra
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Strike Suit Zero, the frantic space combat game from Born Ready Games, has reached more than half its Kickstarter funding target of $100,000 in just four days.
$53,259 has been pledged so far and 25 days remain, suggesting the game will reach and beat its $100,000 target.
"Absolutely incredible to see so many space combat fans in support of Strike Suit Zero," reads an update on the Kickstarter page. "Over the weekend we managed to hit $50,000 - meaning we're now over halfway towards our target. Again, a huge thank you to everybody who has pledged so far; it really means a lot to us.
"Like many studios embarking on a Kickstarter campaign, we weren't sure how the community would react to our project. Having seen all your excitement and support over the past few days, we feel it's the right time to announce our first stretch goal, especially since it's a feature that's been requested so much in the comments :)"
As a result of the positive response for the game, Born Ready has introduced a $130,000 stretch goal, which will open up the in-house game editor to players. This will make is possible to create your own missions - your own campaign - and share them with the community.
Further additions are planned, with details on the next stretch goal promised shortly.
For more on Strike Suit Zero, make sure you check out Episode 66 of The VideoGamer.com Podcast, due on October 24. The show will feature a rather special guest. Here's a clue:


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As per Gluten Intolerance Group, “GIG’s Gluten-Free Food Service Certification Program was proud to certify Pizza Hut for over four years and we applaud them for following the correct policies and procedures during this time period. As of May 25, 2019, Pizza Hut is no longer participating in the Gluten-Free Food Service Certification Program and GIG can no longer certify the safety of the restaurant for gluten-free guests. According to Pizza Hut’s website, while they continue to have a gluten-free pizza option (using a Certified GF UDI’s crust), Pizza Hut no longer recommends their gluten-free pizza for guests with celiac disease.”
If you’re like me, you woke up to news that yet ANOTHER fast-food chain is going gluten-free. And like me, you probably rolled your eyes and sighed. But this one….this one is different.
According to an article on USA TODAY, Pizza Hut’s offering is in partnership with Udi’s Gluten Free Foods — the largest gluten-free company in the world — and the Gluten Intolerance Group, a non-profit group that verifies safe, gluten-free food.”
Whoa – that’s right, you saw that right, verified by the Gluten Intolerance Group, the folks we love and trust that put out the GFCO certification that we look for on every package we grab at the grocery store. I spoke to them today on Twitter and they said, “we are super excited to bring this to the gluten-free community. Look for the press release by the end of this week!”
I know I know – most of you are probably screaming at your computer right now, “BUT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO DO IT RIGHT!!!!” Ah, but it (at least seems like) they are. According to this article on WKYC today, “The Udi’s gluten-free crust, as well as the cheese, marinara sauce and pepperoni, will be kept in a designated Gluten-Free Kit inside each restaurant. From there, every Pizza Hut Gluten-Free Pizza is to be baked fresh-to-order on parchment paper and delivered in a specially branded Udi’s Gluten-Free Pizza box. Also, all employees who make the Gluten-Free Pizza have been instructed to wear gloves and use a designated gluten-free pizza cutter.”
This. This is what I want to hear. Now tell me that they have a selection of all of the ingredients in a separate area, and I’m in. Oh, and maybe partner with Daiya cheese too – because dairy and I are having a fight right now.
I can’t wait to hear what test markets this is going into, and more details from GFCO later this week. Until then, I’m really excited about this movement for safe food for the celiac community, and not just another brand on the gluten-free bandwagon not doing it right.


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The chief executive of the BPI has declared the future of British music is “very bright” following the release of end-of-year figures for 2017.
The BPI (British Phonographic Industry) has released statistics from the last 12 months, revealing the acts with the highest sales figures, as well as patterns in music consumption from the streaming and record-buying public.
Ed Sheeran topped every chart from the year, including the best-selling album with ‘÷‘, the most streamed artists chart, and the best-selling singles chart with ‘Shape Of You’. He appeared three more times in the top 10 of the latter with ‘Castle On The Hill’, ‘Galway Girl’, and ‘Perfect’ at three, five, and six respectively.
Eight of the top 10 in the best-selling albums chart were British acts, including Rag’n’Bone Man (two), Sam Smith (three), Little Mix (four), Liam Gallagher (nine), and Stormzy (10). Stormzy and Little Mix also featured in the top 10 of the most streamed artists of the year.
The full top 20 of best-selling artist albums in the UK is as follows:
- Ed Sheeran – ‘÷’
- Rag’n’Bone Man – ‘Human’
- Sam Smith – ‘The Thrill Of It All’
- Little Mix – ‘Glory Days’
- Pink – ‘Beautiful Trauma’
- Ed Sheeran – ‘x’
- Michael Ball & Alfie Boe – ‘Together Again’
- Drake – ‘More Life’
- Liam Gallagher – ‘As You Were’
- Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer’
- Roy Orbison/RPO – ‘A Love So Beautiful’
- Motion Picture Cast Recording – ‘Moana’
- Take That – ‘Wonderland’
- Paloma Faith – ‘The Architect’
- Taylor Swift – ‘Reputation’
- Ed Sheeran – ‘+’
- George Michael – ‘Listen Without Prejudice – Vol 1’
- Adele – ’25’
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – ‘Who Built The Moon?’
- Eminem – ‘Revival’
In a statement, Geoff Taylor – Chief Executive for the BPI and BRIT Awards – said: “Demand for music in the UK is growing fast, driven by brilliant British artists such as Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Rag‘n’Bone Man, Little Mix, Stormzy and Dua Lipa and the innovative music industry that supports them.
“Whilst the rapid growth of streaming and resilient demand for physical formats gives us confidence for the future, it is important to remember that the music industry still has a long way to go to recover fully. Structural challenges must be overcome if long-term growth is to be sustained. First we must continue to fight the ‘Value Gap’, so that all digital platforms pay fairly for their use of music.”
He continued: “Second, Government must ensure our musicians are able to tour freely even after we leave the EU. Finally, we should make the UK the best place to invest in new content by forging an online environment that is safe for consumers and where illegal sites cannot flourish. If we do this, the future for British music, which is already one of our leading exports, will be very bright.”
Meanwhile, the BPI also found that vinyl sales had continued to grow in the last 12 months, with one in every 10 of all physical music purchases being made on vinyl. A total of 4.1 million LPs were purchased in 2017, which marks a rise of 26.8 percent over the last year.
Vinyl album sales are now at their highest level since 1991, while 10 years ago only 205,000 vinyl records were sold. Sheeran’s ‘÷’ was the best-selling vinyl album of 2017, followed by Liam Gallagher’s ‘As You Were’.


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Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial is making yet another M&A deal. The firm is investing $200 million into a fintech project belonging to Kakao, the $5 billion firm that runs Korea’s dominant messaging service.
Ant Financial, which manages payments service Alipay and Alibaba’s digital banking business, will invest the capital into Kakao Pay, a soon-to-launch Kakao fintech division. Read More
Temasek, Singapore’s state-owned investment firm, has jumped into China’s on-demand cycle war after it backed MoBike. China’s ride-sharing war is last year’s news. The big battle between Uber and Didi Chuxing is essentially over after the latter agreed to buy the former’s China-based business. The new startup drama du jour is in bikes — services that let… Read More
MuleSoft is the latest “unicorn” to file for an IPO. The company, which helps businesses like Netflix and Spotify with their APIs, has unveiled its financials to the public in an S-1 filing, suggesting that they are targeting a debut as soon as March. The size of the proposed IPO is $100 million, but that is subject to change. In the filing we see that MuleSoft had $187.7… Read More
The short answer for why Snap lowballed its initial valuation for its initial public offering is that it probably won’t be that low for long. Normally these prices are set by expectations the underwriters and executives can divine from their conversations with Wall Street. It’s essentially a matching game — how does Snap and its underwriters figure out where to price the… Read More
Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey spoke on stage with COO and CFO Anthony Noto at the Goldman Technology Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. The leaders of the social media giant reiterated Twitter’s mission as a real-time information platform and spoke of its latest accomplishments, but also talked about the challenges of growing what is already a widely-used site. “We… Read More
PayPal has agreed to buy bill payment management company TIO Networks for $233 million in cash. The deal will allow PayPal to gain access to a market of customers who pay their utility and cable bills at kiosks in locations like Rite Aid.
This will help the company reach the “underserved” chunk of North Americans who are living paycheck-to-paycheck, some who even lack bank… Read More
Many things that used to be true primarily of the public market now happen within the world of private company investing, including the participation of mutual fund investors.
Now, you can add equity research reports to that list.
Goodwater Capital — a two-year-old, consumer-tech-focused venture firm is today taking the wraps off a detailed snapshot of pre-IPO Snap, parent of the… Read More
Amazon Prime has driven growth for the e-commerce company for years now. But Amazon has traditionally been cagey about disclosing too many details regarding the popular service. In a 10-K filing summarizing performance throughout 2016, the business did something that drew the attention of Wall Street analysts. It designated a category entitled “retail subscription services”… Read More


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Unibet, a brand that is part of the Kindred Group, has entered into a partnership agreement with Dutch football club AFC Ajax just two weeks after obtaining a license to operate in the Netherlands.
Kindred has entered into a business partnership with Ajax as the group’s flagship brand looks to carve a name for itself in the Dutch sports betting market.
Ajax competes in the country’s top football division, Eredivisie, and Unibet is looking to benefit from the exposure gained through this deal.
Kindred received approval from the Dutch Gaming Authority (KSA) on June 8 to offer online commercial gambling and gaming, after an extensive licensing process.
“We are delighted to have Unibet as our newest partner. The Kindred Group and its brands are well known for their dedication to the field of responsible gaming,” said Menno Geelen, Commercial Director of AFC Ajax.
“This will receive explicit attention in our partnership. Unibet distinguishes itself through its high quality product offering that is appreciated by fans.”
As stated by Geelen, both parties will collaborate on responsible gaming efforts, specifically Kindred’s “Impact Unibet” program.
This scheme is designed to promote safer gambling, and the operator will work with Ajax to further this objective, particularly with regard to mental health.
Lennart Kessels, Kindred’s General Manager for the Netherlands, said, “We are extremely proud to be working together with Ajax.”
“Within our partnership, we will invest in Unibet Impact, which is a unique program based on partnerships with professional and amateur sports clubs and social organizations.”
“Unibet Impact is dedicated to promoting a safer and more responsible online gaming industry, while bringing fun and entertainment to Dutch society. With Ajax specifically, we want to focus on responsible gaming in relation to mental health.” completed Kessels.
This news also comes not long after Kindred decided to pull Unibet out of Germany, saying market conditions are “not sustainable”.


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Beyond the new food every year, there’s another new first this year at the fair: more beer! A new law that passed earlier this year means there will be more brews to try at the ‘Land of 10,000 Beers Craft Beer Hall’!
WCCO’s Rachel Slavik brought viewers to the highly dog-friendly patio at Stanley’s Northeast Bar Room back in June. They have a menu just for pooches — including “mutt” loaf — and they have a daily “Yappy Hour” … so calling it “highly dog-friendly” may not be strong enough.
Could this be the “beer of champions”? Wheaties has partnered with Fulton brewery in Minneapolis to create a limited-edition beer: HefeWheaties.
Passengers traveling through Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport could soon have new food and shopping choices.
There’s a common idea that things get better with age. It’s true with red wine. It’s true with bourbons. And, it’s true with breweries. In 2013, 33 years after its founders met, Enki Brewing was officially open for business.
The Minnesota Vikings announced Tuesday that MillerCoors has been named the founding partner of the new U.S. Bank Stadium and will continue to be the official beer partner of the team.
Since Total Wine stores entered the Twin Cities market, full out price wars have been underway in the local beer, wine and liquor markets.
Pabst Brewing Co. is returning home to Milwaukee. The Los Angeles-based beer company said Wednesday it will open a new brewery on the site of its original Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee.
For many runners, it’s the sense of accomplishment that they get as they cross the finish line keeps them going. For the rest of us, it’s the beer.
How much is it worth it to you to have an unlimited supply of beer for the rest of your life? How about one grand?
On the first Sunday breweries in Minneapolis could sell growlers beer, Rep. Eric Paulsen appeared on WCCO Sunday Morning, saying he wants an excise tax cut for small breweries.
From a creamery to a hardware store to a brewery, the building that is now home to Maple Island Brewing has had quite a history. And so have its owner and brewer.
With summer kicking into high gear, we thought it would be fun to mix up some summer beer cocktails on the ‘CCO Rooftop. Stephanie Shimp from the Blue Plate Restaurant Company and bartender Colin Weaver from The Lowry visited WCCO Mid-Morning with some recipes.
A single pint of beer can often lead to a much bigger sale in the craft brewery business. The 64-ounce growler allows customers to bring home a sampling of their favorite brew.
Tin Whiskers challenges Urban Growler to the first ever brew-off and they invite you to try their beers made with ingredients chosen by Twin Cities locals.
Food, beer and live music — sounds like a pretty good way to spend a Saturday! Minneapolis’ Harriet Brewing is holding an edition of the Minnesota Food Truck Associations brewery series, which features 17 food trucks in one location.
Moo-ve over, Colorado. Minnesota is taking over your beer. Local restaurant, Red Cow, is teaming up with Colorado’s Odell Brewing Co. to create a one-of-a-kind IPA: COWlaboration.
Sunday turned out to be a bit disappointing to some eager Bloody Mary drinkers.
From Disney to beer, it’s a transition many of us make. But for Ethan Applen, co-founder of the new Minneapolis brewery Lakes & Legends, it was a little bit more challenging, and a little bit later in life.
The last time the Minnesota Wild scored a hat trick at the Xcel Energy Center was November 2014. Nino Niederreiter scored three goals against Buffalo. So, Lindsey from Maplewood asks: What happens to the hats people throw on the ice after a hat trick?
Next up for Tap Talk is Shakopee’s Badger Hill Brewery.
We’re traveling a bit south for this Tap Talk. In fact, we’re going all the way down to Rochester to visit its first taproom, Kinney Creek Brewing.
Already seeking a new brew to excite your taste buds? Good news, you won’t have to wait too long! A new craft brewery, Lakes & Legends, announced it plans to open its doors in summer of 2015.
When co-founders Deb Loch and her partner, Jill Pavlak, decided to make a major life change they had no idea they’d be making history in Minnesota. Truth is they just wanted to bring people together at a turbulent time in United States’ politics.
Supporters of legalizing Sunday liquor store sales in Minnesota may have to put a cork in it this year.


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Tomahawk United Methodist Church, Nokomis food pantries benefit from Trig’s food drive
For the Tomahawk Leader
TOMAHAWK – Trig’s 11th annual Stuff-A-Truck food drive wrapped up Wednesday, March 17, bringing in $21,000 worth of food and cash donations to benefit local communities.
Among the organizations benefitting from the drive were the Tomahawk United Methodist Church Food Pantry and the Nokomis Food Pantry.
“Trig’s and the Stuff-A-Truck food drive collaborate with local communities and service organizations to literally stuff a semitrailer with food and personal hygiene items to stock the shelves in local food pantries,” Trig’s stated in a release.
The food drive started Feb. 24 and ran through March 17. The annual event took place at all seven Trig’s locations. During that time, Trig’s guests helped by purchasing pre-packed bags of items each pantry in that community requested, by purchasing a pinup or by rounding up their grocery bill.
Trig’s noted that some locations had so many pre-packed bags that they were running out of space to store them and dropped them off at the pantries throughout the three-week period.
The 11th annual Stuff-A-Truck also benefited the following organizations:
- Rhinelander: Rhinelander Food Pantry
- Minocqua: Lakeland Food Pantry & Boulder Junction Food Pantry
- Eagle River: Three Lakes Christian Food Pantry, Vilas Food Pantry, Headwaters food pantry, Inc.
- Wausau: The Neighbors’ Place
- Everest Metro: Peyton’s Promise
- Stevens Point: Community Thrift Store of Portage County
This year, donations were noted “more than ever,” Trig’s noted.
“Trig’s associates are proud to have beaten the previous year’s Stuff-A-Truck record of $15,600,” the company stated.


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Hyundai has been awarded the accolade of “Best Car Manufacturer” at the 2012 Car Dealer Power Awards. The prize was given to Hyundai after an exhaustive survey run by Car Dealer Magazine undertaken to find the best carmaker in the industry.
With feedback from over 1,000 dealers across the UK, the Korean firm achieved first place in the category, proving the success of the company’s significant growth in the UK in recent years.
Car Dealer Magazine editor, James Baggott said: “These awards are the only industry gongs voted for by those that matter the most, the dealers.
“Hyundai has obviously worked hard on forging an impressive partnership with its dealers as they’ve voted the manufacturer as the best to represent in the UK. It’s an impressive achievement and represents a jump from 12th place in last year’s survey.”
Hyundai’s UK sales are up by over 11% this year and the firm has sold over 35,000 vehicles in 2012, just over 15% of all Hyundai sales in Europe.
President and CEO of Hyundai UK, Tony Whitehorn commented, “this is a hugely significant award for our business as it recognises the hard work and effort of our team here in the UK.
“The UK business is growing daily, driven by the fantastic new products that we are bringing to the market place, but that growth would not be possible without a robust team and a strong dealer network.
According to the Which? annual car survey, the Hyundai brand is a front-runner in terms of reliability, design, quality and desirability.
The consumer magazine puts the Korean firm at least on a par with more mainstream European marques thanks to its competitive prices, excellent levels of standard equipment and its five-year Triple Care warranty scheme.
For more information on Hyundai’s extensive range visit T W White & Sons Hyundai in Weybridge, Surrey today.


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TRANSFORMATION: March 2013 – International trade
Tapping the global market
Many Missouri businesses think they are too small to compete.
According to the SBA, 97 percent of all U.S. exporters are small businesses, and 95 percent of the world’s consumers live outside the United States. This represents an enormous opportunity for small firms.
But knowing where to start can be tough.
According to a recent SBA survey, 40 percent of businesses surveyed expressed concern about entering new overseas markets because they didn’t know how to begin.
That’s where the Missouri Small Business & Technology Development Centers’ International Trade Center can help. Headed by Larry Dill of the St. Louis Regional SBTDC, the Center can help Missouri businesses in four broad areas:
- International market research
- Management capacity and planning
- Supply chain and logistical support
- Trade finance
“Our mission is quite simply to help Missouri businesses export their products to other parts of the world,” says Dill. “And we have the best partnership in the country to do so.”
The International Trade Center strongly believes in collaborating with private and public partners to create or secure export plans, networking opportunities, vital contacts, finance, logistics and more. The staff works closely with the U.S. Department of Commerce, SBA export programs, Missouri Department of Economic Development Office of International Trade and Investment, Missouri Department of Agriculture, the World Trade Centers in Kansas City and St. Louis and other entities.
“We all work together,” Dill says. “We refer clients to each other. There’s no competition. We’re united toward one goal — to help small businesses in Missouri grow internationally. We collaborate more than anyone else in the country.”
Exporting is more important now than ever before. Not only does it result in increased sales and broader markets, exporting offers enhanced opportunities for employee advancement, a faster business growth rate and an 8.5 percent lower likelihood of going out of business than a solely domestic market-oriented company.
Here are the stories of three fascinating companies the MO SBTDC has helped grow into exporting.
- RK Stratman, Inc. – Wentzville
- Dacor Manufacturing, LLC – Fenton
- American Food Exporters, LLC – Creve Coeur
Two-thirds of the world’s purchasing power resides outside the U.S. Quite simply, the old rules of doing business only in America no longer apply. Companies that truly want to grow can’t afford to ignore the export market. The MO SBTDC international trade specialists help Missouri firms seize global opportunities.
Download the March 2013 issue of TRANSFORMATION in PDF, formatted for printing.TRANSFORMATION is published by the Missouri Small Business & Technology Development Centers, with assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration, University of Missouri Extension, Missouri Southern State University and the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. Questions and comments may be directed to Mary Paulsell, Director of Communications, MO SBTDC, at 573-882-1353 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
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London announced the pause in negotiations today, less than a month before the next round of talks towards a permanent trade deal was expected to take place.
A special quota for U.K. cheese imports, which offered the same low-tariff access to the Canadian market as the European Union has, expired at the end of last month.
Canada has also decided not to extend country-of-origin rules set to expire at the end of March, which will likely drive up the price of U.K. goods such as luxury cars.
Trade Minister Mary Ng's office says the move stems from British "unwillingness" to offer something in return, such as budging on a dispute over Canadian meat.
Both countries insist they want a fair deal for each other's businesses, farmers and workers.
"We reserve the right to pause negotiations with any country if progress is not being made," reads a statement from the British government.
"We remain open to restarting talks with Canada in the future to build a stronger trading relationship that benefits businesses and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic."
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The fast-growing plant, which homeowners fear for its proclivity to invade gardens and structures, contains a chemical that may eventually replace the nitrite preservative in cured meats such as bacon and sausages.
Nitrite-rich diets have been linked to an increased risk of colorectal cancer, prompting scientists, including those at the University of Reading, to investigate alternatives.
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Along with developing versions of cooked and dry cured red meats that omitted nitrite, the project evaluated whether those substitutes had an effect when combined with the naturally occurring nitrite found in processed red meats.
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Gunter Kuhnle, Professor of Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Reading, said:
“The ongoing worries about highly processed red meat have often focused on the role of nitrite, and its links with cancer. The PHYTOME project tackled the issue by creating processed red meat products that replace additives with plant-based alternatives.
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We introduced the Great White plush from Hungry Shark Evolution a few weeks ago, and now, thanks to Taymai, we are giving you the opportunity to not only win the limited edition toy but the iOS game as well. All you have to do is answer one question (correctly) and post it in the comments by Friday, September 28. The big question is:
There will be three winners, chosen at random from those who provide the right answer. The first name drawn will win the iOS game, Hungry Shark Evolution, along with the plush.
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The last couple of months have been marked by a broad set of positive developments for the GPU makers, especially Nvidia and AMD. Some of the highlights have been:
Application acceleration goes mainstream. – The leading creative application providers, Adobe and Autodesk, are embracing the GPU and driving the requirement for one into space of generalized computing. This actually started with prior generations of the software but we’ll see more of this in products like Adobe Creative Suite Version 5 but even Flash will take advantage of the GPU to improve performance and the experience.
Internet video gets serious. – Video is one of the leading new applications for the Internet today and it is shifting from the short grainy YouTube content of yesterday to high definition, in some cases even 3D, content. This level of digital video demands more processing power to produce and even to view properly. Everybody want’s video, more so than even text and browsing, and it’s another good reason to have a GPU in computer, especially mobile Internet devices.
GPU in the cloud. – Until recently it wasn’t clear if GPU computing power would be available in the cloud. Given the success of generic on-demand offerings from Amazon, Google and others it seemed only matter of time before we would begin to see it. Both AMD and Nvidia are working closely with the major players and we will see GPU processors on-demand and in the cloud pervasively in 2010.
Cloud-based GPU applications are shipping. – Mental Images has announced and is providing Reality Server which represents the high end of digital image rendering in the cloud. Some companies are using it today with their own cloud servers. Application platforms like OTOY are enabling the highest end of gaming even on mobile devices like the iPhone using cloud-based GPU software and acceleration. Here is a link to a Techcrunch post on OTOY back in June of 2009. We also covered a demonstration of OTOY in our short research report on the 2009 Gilder Telecosm Conference. It’s available in the sample publications section of our website.
3D content has arrived. – The cinema industry has embraced it. Avatar is in theaters this week. A big difference today is that the cinema industry creates content in native digital form which means that content can be moved rather than redeveloped into other formats for games, short videos, images and other forms of consumer entertainment content.
Standards are emerging. – Although there is still plenty of bickering over PhysX versus OpenCL and DirectX versus others, these technologies are settling into mainstream software like applications, browsers, and operating systems. In cases were two important standards make it, it looks like they will both be supported. This makes it possible to deliver high-end graphics and 3D applications to a large market.
We expanded on the mobile 3D theme further in a report published yesterday by GigaOM called: 3-D Untethered: A Look at Mobile 3-D Technology (GigaOM Subscription).
On top of all the industry adoption Intel settled with AMD and paid them $1.25B, scrapped their Larrabee-based plans to enter the discrete GPU market and is under further FTC investigation for trying to screw Nvidia.
Put simply the industry is shifting to video, 3D, and mobile and right now this leaves Intel mostly out of the action. It’s great news for Nvidia, AMD, ARM, Imagination Technology, Qualcomm and a host of other semiconductor makers.
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A closely watched indicator of German business executives’ outlooks plunged to its lowest ever level in April as economists struggled to predict just how deep the coronavirus downturn would be in Europe’s largest economy.
The Munich-based Ifo institutes business climate index nosedived to 74.3 points from 85.9 in March. Ifo head Clemens Fuest on Friday described the mood among companies as “catastrophic” and said “the corona crisis is hitting the German economy with full force.”
Economists said it was difficult to chart how big the fall in economic output would be since the situation is unprecedented, with many areas of activity not in a downturn, but simply coming to a full stop due to widespread restrictions on movement, activity and association aimed at stopping the spread of the virus.
Andrew Kenningham, chief Europe economist at Capital Economics, estimated that GDP would slump by 12% quarter on quarter in the second quarter, and by 8% overall this year. A steeper plunge of 18% in the second quarter and 10% for the full year was foreseen by Andreas Rees, chief German economist at UniCredit.
Rees said the situation was not like other economic downturns based on the usual swings of the business cycle, with the result that previous prediction models were less valid and probably understated the true depth of the downturn. “At least some business activities, especially in the services sector, were basically zero. This is not just a ‘normal’ deterioration in a typical cyclical downswing but a crash to historically low and unprecedented levels,” he wrote in an email.
Kenningham wrote in a research note that “the April reading will probably mark the low point given that the government has begun to loosen some of the restrictions this week, albeit only tentatively, with small shops and car showrooms re-opening. But the recovery will be from a very low base.” RGA
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A recent XXL Magazine “The Break” recipient Aspektz from the True Thorobredz returns to start off 2012 with a blast! Staking his claim for next-up from Toronto, Aspektz drops off a new track, “Fire Flame”, packed full of punchlines, along with a crazy “Behind-The-Scenes” clip for his upcoming video “Swivel”, which is a first of its kind 360-degree fully interactive music video; which can be clicked and dragged, creating a brand new video every time you use it. Aspektz is also gearing up for the “Frost” tour later this month.
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Warburg Pincus has sold German payment processing business Easycash for €290 million to trade buyer Ingencio Group. Details of the returns generated by the sale were not disclosed, but a source close to the situation said the exit would net Warburg 3x its invested capital and generate an IRR of more than 30 percent.
This week has seen a number of significant private equity exits, such as the sale of drinks business Orangina Schweppes – also to a trade buyer – by private equity backers The Blackstone Group and Lion Capital for €2.6 billion. Elsewhere Permira raised €177 million by selling more than half of its stake in German telecoms company Freenet.
Warburg Pincus invested in Easycash in 2006 and during the period of its ownership executed six bolt-on acquisitions, almost doubling the size of the company’s workforce to 350 employees. Based in Ratingen, Germany, the company provides card purchase processing equipment for retailers, operating 215,000 point of sale terminals.
Warburg Pincus, one of the largest private equity firms in the world, has been an active buyer and seller this year, acquiring a 10.3 percent stake in publicly traded UK conglomerate Premier Foods, increasing its stake in municipal bond insurer MBIA to more than 30 percent and acquiring an 18 percent stake in Australian waste management group Transpacific for around $400 million.
The private equity firm was also behind the largest private equity exit this year so far: the $4.4 billion sale of Metavante Technologies to Fidelity National Information Services.


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Crossing all racial, cultural, and national borders is the frustration understood by men worldwide and experienced in most visceral form by a 38-year-old man in the Chinese coastal city of Suzhou who just couldn’t take it anymore.
According to witnesses the 38-year-old man leaped the equivalent seven stories to his death after repeatedly begging his girlfriend to just … stop … shopping.
Fun Meter Pegged Out…
Breitbart.com reports that, before taking the plunge, Tao Hsiao was heard arguing with his girlfriend that five hours of continuous shopping and more bags than he could carry was pretty much all he could handle.
Nonetheless, Tao’s yet-to-be-identified-by-authorities inamorata insisted on hitting one more store to purchase shoes.
Witnesses say that the girlfriend justified her decision by insisting said footwear was allegedly on sale.
Isn’t It Always…?
An anonymous witness related that, according to the girlfriend, somehow the whole situation was Tao’s fault:
He told her she already had enough shoes, more shoes that she could wear in a lifetime, and it was pointless buying any more.
She started shouting at him, accusing him of being a skinflint, and of spoiling Christmas.
It was a really heated argument.
Apparently reaching his breaking point, Tao slammed the bags down, the hurled himself over the balcony, in that order.
Cue the Alanis Morisette Music…
Authorities stated that Tao died on impact, but not before taking out a number of Christmas decorations.
A spokesman for the upscale mall pointed out the obvious in a statement to the press:
This is a tragic incident, but this time of year can be very stressful for many people.


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NYC road distributors obtain $ 2 million from Morgan Stanley, Robin Hood
The pandemic has ravaged small businesses in New York City, and among the fighters are nearly 20,000 street vendors who have lost 70% to 90% of their income, according to a survey conducted in June and September.
With these small businesses that are such an important part of New York City barely surviving, Morgan Stanley and the Robin Hood Foundation have partnered with the Street Vendor Project (SVP) at the Urban Justice Center (all headquartered in New York) to help millions of businesses distribute dollars to thousands of local vendors.
Street vendors selling groceries, coffee and merchandise in the five boroughs “have defined New York in many ways,” said Raj Borsellino, program director at Robin Hood, a nonprofit that helps New Yorkers out of poverty, told CNBC Make It.
“It’s people we recognize. It’s people we’ve met and who we really need to get through our days and give New York City the vibe it has.”
Although the $ 2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) bill was passed in March and small business support was distributed through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), “many street vendors have turned out not qualified for it, also because of immigration status or for other reasons, “says Borsellino.
“These providers live every day,” says Mohamed Attia, director of SVP at the Urban Justice Center.
And many of the street vendors – according to Borsellino disproportionately immigrants, blacks, Latinos and in some cases also without papers – are also among the “most severely affected by Covid”. Borsellino notes that one in four street vendors either had Covid-19 themselves or a close family member who did.
Because of the role street vendors play in the daily life of the community, Morgan Stanley employees who work at their Times Square headquarters in Manhattan were “concerned about their vendors and the coffee carts,” said Joan Steinberg, president of Morgan Stanley Foundation. (Many people who work in town become regulars with certain vendors.)
To help, Morgan Stanley, Robin Hood, and SVP are offering assistance to more than 2,000 New York City providers up to $ 1,000. Morgan Stanley has pledged $ 2 million and Robin Hood has donated an additional $ 375,000 to fund the initiative.
“This entire population is in such great trouble,” says Steinberg. “This is a personal deal for those who have worked and lived in New York City. These vendors are on every corner. They are your neighborhood.”
One seller who received assistance is MD Alam, a Bangladeshi immigrant who has been a street vendor in New York City since 2000. He and his wife Hira run his business with Bangladeshi kitchen carts on 44th Street and 6th Avenue.
But these days “it’s like a ghost town,” Alam says of Manhattan’s Times Square. “I’ve never seen [this] in my 20 years. “
MD Alam works in his Bangladeshi kitchen in Times Square.
Courtesy Scott Peterman, LLC
Alam, who like other street vendors relies on office workers for customers, says ahead of the pandemic, “Business was so good.”
But in March, when dozens of offices closed for home orders, his business hit a wall.
“How are we supposed to sell groceries? There are no people. There are no office workers. Offices are closed,” he says. “I haven’t been in business for five months.”
Even now that Alam’s business is open again, many office workers are still working from home. “Not even 10 customers come [a day],” he says.
Although Alam had some savings, he also has expenses such as a permit fee of $ 300 per day, plus groceries, supplies, and utilities.
“It’s very hard. We don’t make much money, but whatever you make, it’s about costs. Nothing goes in your pocket.”
“We have no more savings,” says Alam.
Funding or government support “would be very helpful for providers,” says Alam. “It’s very difficult for our family.”
Although the nearly $ 2.4 million that will be distributed will help this community, “we are still looking for a longer-term solution here regarding Covid aid that extends to all populations in the city,” says Borsellino.
“Most of these street vendors are immigrants who came to the US in search of a better life for themselves and their families. Many of them truly embody what we have come to know as the ‘American Dream’,” he says.
And “while many of us had the luxury of working remotely in the pandemic … we were still trying to make a living. They worked extremely hard day in and day out, and did so many times – an enormous risk to themselves himself, “says Borsellino.
Steinberg hopes for further support for street vendors.
“We have to help them in the short term in order to reach them in the longer term,” she says. “We need to think about creating just bouts so everyone can relax. We don’t want them to be left behind when the rest of the economy rebuilds.”
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May 13, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission today adopted two items to benefit and protect consumers.
The Commission first made it easier for consumers to switch voice service providers by requiring wireline, wireless and certain Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to transfer a customer's existing telephone number to a new provider within one business day, rather than the current four-day requirement. Delays in number porting cost consumers money and impede their ability to choose providers based solely on price, quality and service.
With the exception of small carriers, all providers must implement the new number porting interval within nine months from the time the Commission receives key input from the North American Numbering Council (NANC), which is due 90 days after the effective date of the order. Small carriers have 15 months after the NANC recommendation to implement the new interval. The NANC is a federal advisory committee charged with advising the Commission on numbering matters.
In a second order, the Commission expanded consumer protections for customers of interconnected VoIP providers. Interconnected VoIP providers are those whose customers can place calls to and receive calls from the public telephone network, rather than solely over the Internet.
These providers are now required to notify customers before they discontinue, reduce or impair service, as conventional providers currently must do. Interconnected VoIP providers can no longer close shop without notice, leaving customers unexpectedly without phone service or recourse.
Consumers are increasingly using interconnected VoIP to replace analog voice service, and their expectations for notice, access to emergency 911 service and other consumer protections are the same as users of conventional voice service, the Commission found.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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While Australians are still waiting to learn when they’ll be blessed with the next iPhone, international users are left scratching their heads over why their latest gadget purchase is more problematic than ever.
First up on the list of problems seems to be mobile reception.
In a departure from previous iPhone designs, the metal band encircling the device acts as the antenna for the phone. This design aspect is now causing problems because of the way people hold the phone.
If you grip the phone with the edges against your thumb and palm, with your pinky finger holding the bottom corner (like the way most of us hold our phones) in your left hand, your phone reception is apparently reduced.
Holding your phone like this? With an iPhone 4, you can say goodbye to those bars of reception.
One customer has already written to Apple head man, Steve Jobs, about the problem. And his reply? “Just avoid holding it that way.”
Apple’s official answer is slightly more creative. Slightly.
“Gripping any mobile phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone. If you ever experience this on your iPhone 4, avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band, or simply use one of many available cases.”
Meanwhile, some users are dealing with a problem that affects how their phone looks.
Yellow spots and streaks are being found on various iPhone 4 units, a problem certain Apple support people are claiming is a residue from the manufacturing process.
Either way, it’s not good news for a phone that early reviews are labelling as the best phone out at the moment. We’ll have more on this as we get closer to an Australian release.


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Or perhaps your ultimate pleasure would be to enjoy the sensation of ‘being at the seaside’ wherever you are sailing in the world.
Remarkably, these and other wished-for experiences will soon become a reality for cruise line passengers thanks to the revolutionary design innovations for two new prototype ships.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri is to build two next-generation ‘Seaside’ cruise vessels which will be based on what designers are describing as a “revolutionary architectural style”.
A range of futuristic technologies will include an almost at sea-level promenade which will circumnavigate each ship, giving passengers the feeling of being ‘at the seaside’ throughout their time on board. Both ships will also be equipped with innovative wind deflectors which will prevent passengers being disturbed by strong breezes. This will also increase opportunities for more outdoor functions and on-board events.
The prototype ships – commissioned by Italian-Switzerland cruise company MSC Cruises – will feature numerous other technological innovations which will reduce fuel consumption by 25 per cent compared with similar vessels and provide advanced safety systems that will far exceed international regulation requirements.
Both ships will be smaller and wider than other luxury cruise vessels. Their innovative design and versatility will make it much easier for them to visit and dock at any port around the world.
“Seaside is a futuristic prototype because of its structure, shape and versatility,” said MSC Cruises executive chairman Pierfrancesco Vago. “We had in mind to design and build two completely new ships, revolutionary in their structure, unlike anything that exists on the market today. We are getting ready for the new and compelling challenge that the construction of these ships represents. It will be a real revolution in the world’s cruise market, an excellent product for its unique and innovative architectural features and cutting-edge technology.”
The new ships’ unique design is based on the concept of increasing cruise line customers' outdoor living experience. In addition to the breathtaking near sea-level promenade, completely new features will include outdoor shops, bars and restaurants. Seaside’s other world-leading attractions will include a sumptuous and spacious theatre, terraced balconies and panoramic lifts with sea views.
Geneva-based MSC Cruises has a proven, award-winning reputation for designing eco-friendly ships which exceed environmental expectations. The company’s record for innovative eco-technology in its current fleet of cruise vessels includes advanced water treatment systems to prevent ocean pollution and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy conservation equipment.
MSC Cruises’ commitment to cleaner, green technology to protect and preserve the ocean environment has been recognised by a series of high-profile awards around the world in recent years. Awards have been received for a cruise ship achieving the highest environmental standards, for outstanding eco-friendly facilities, setting standards for lower ship emissions, achieving near-zero environmental impact for treated emissions and for ships protecting their hulls with revolutionary paint which reduces fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.
“This is the start of an ambitious and new adventure with MSC, a group that prides itself on its quality and Mediterranean style,” said Fincantieri chief executive Giuseppe Bono. “These ships, which represent a genuine design challenge, will be developed entirely by Fincantieri. Our commitment to innovation covers all high value-added sectors, thanks to the involvement of more than 2,000 technicians and 160 employees dedicated to basic research, as well as a partner network of Italian and European centres of excellence.”
Each new ship will cost €700 million and there is an option for a third vessel. The first one is scheduled for delivery towards the end of 2017 and the second vessel is due for completion six months later. The new cruise ships will have a gross tonnage of 154,000 tons and each have 2,070 cabins for 5,300 passengers and 760 cabins for crew.
“MSC Cruises adds the last piece to its new industrial plan that will allow us to double the capacity of our fleet by 2022,” said the company’s chief executive Gianni Onorato. “With the arrival of the new ships we will reach a capacity of about 80,000 passengers a day.”
Meanwhile, you may find it interesting to watch this short video which shows features of the revolutionary new design.
Source: MSC cruises


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- KUKA AG impresses with its intelligent communication of the mega topic "Digitalization" and has an exemplary reputation when it comes to implementing Industry 4.0 and automation.
- CEO Till Reuter is a popular interview partner and visionary when it comes to the increasing digitalization and its various consequences.
- UNICEPTA has analyzed more than 1.1 million news items from opinion-leading and social media.
(Cologne / Berlin – January 14, 2016) KUKA AG and its CEO Till Reuter are the winners of the first "Thought Leadership Awards 2015". UNICEPTA Medienanalyse GmbH and the German Public Relations Association (DPRG) present the award each year to the one German company which has been particularly successful in positioning itself with regard to the communications topic of the year.
"With the Thought Leadership Award, DPRG and UNICEPTA are honoring outstanding communication services in areas of particular social relevance based on a cross-media analysis," says Theres Essmann, Managing Partner at UNICEPTA. "The big issue digitalization offers companies a great opportunity to position themselves. KUKA and its CEO Till Reuter succeeded particularly well in presenting innovative technologies in a generally accessible way."
KUKA's communication of the issue is not just one-dimensional with regard to its own products (robotics, automation), but continuously refers to the contribution to society as a whole and to future implications of digitalization (energy efficiency and sustainability, job security for Germany as an industrial location, contribution towards mitigating the looming shortage of nurses because of demographic change).
"This success also shows that the sheer size of a company is not the sole crucial factor for successful communication," Essmann adds. "KUKA has also surpassed larger players in the communications field."
"Medium-sized companies are the backbone of the German economy – they are a driver of innovation and the extended workbench, so to speak," highlights DPRG President Norbert Minwegen. "They can also compete with the biggest German companies in terms of communication, as KUKA impressively proves. We are excited about this award winner."
Dr. Till Reuter was pleased to receive the award: "Progressive digitalization is a rapid development which is of central importance for us, but also for our customers and partners. We are convinced that German medium-sized companies like KUKA can and should play an important role in this development. Therefore, we have strongly focused on public dialogue and I am of course delighted that this is being recognized. I am proud of and grateful to my KUKA communications team and all the staff who have helped."
The selection of the award winner was based on a UNICEPTA analysis of more than 1.1 million news items from opinion-leading and social media. The company also analyzed the visibility of the top 5 candidates' communication on the topic on their own channels as well as the commitment of the CEO as a "Thought Leader."
The "Thought Leadership Award" will be presented at the gala for the International German PR Prize of the DPRG on January 22, 2016, at the "Kap Europa" in Frankfurt am Main.


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