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Road Runner Sports is enhancing its in-store experience and streamlining sales associates’ duties with digital signage introduced in partnership with Creative Realities. Members of Road Runner’s VIP loyalty program can get a personalized in-store experience using the displays, including a welcome video and a digital queue tracker that lets them continue shopping while they wait for notification that an associate is free to assist them.
Associates, who can activate the signage on behalf of VIP members to initiate the experience, also will be provided with the VIP’s personal information to drive more positive and memorable experiences as well as additional sales lifts. The digital signage builds on other personalization features such as the Road Runner Sports Fit Finder, which helps shoppers find the right shoes in under three minutes.
“We wanted to create something that would make our customers feel special while shopping in our stores – a loyalty benefit that hasn’t been seen anywhere else,” said Michael Gotfredson, Jr., President of Road Runner in a statement. “We leveraged Creative Realities to create an experience that highlighted our VIPs as they shop to make them feel like the champions they are. The technology experiences deployed by Creative Realities have done just that. We are thrilled with the results and the impact it has had on both our customers and our sales associates.”
Road Runner and Creative Realities have been working together since 2021, and the new digital signage features have been successfully deployed at 15 locations to date. The retailer plans to continue rolling out the program to all U.S. stores, including multiple screens at each location.
“This solution was exactly what we were hoping for — celebrating our amazing customers while also driving more brand loyalty and affinity in a unique way,” said Todd Velazquez, Director of Retail Customer Experience at Road Runner in a statement. “We are excited to be at the forefront of the retail and sportswear industry with Creative Realities at our side. They have been a trusted partner for us, and we look forward to working with them on our expansion and growth plans.”
The use of digital signage is growing across the industry as retailers look for new ways to differentiate their experiences and drive revenue growth. One recent example is Amazon, which is implementing digital signage at Fresh stores to enhance its retail media network by offering manufacturers campaigns that can be scheduled based on store location, daypart or the in-store location of the digital signage.


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Trampoline wins major international award
02 April 2014
A University of Canterbury designed Springfree trampoline has won the Best of the Best prize in one of the world's largest product competitions.
A University of Canterbury designed Springfree trampoline has won the Best of the Best prize in one of the world’s largest product competitions the annual international Red Dot Awards for 2014.
The safety trampoline designed by the university’s Professor Keith Alexander stood out from 4815 entries from 53 countries and received the Best of the Best honours for its highest quality and ground-breaking design.
Professor Alexander, deputy head of Canterbury’s mechanical engineering, says he was thrilled to hear his design won the coveted Red Dot award.
"It’s great to be recognised by Red Dot for the Best of the Best in international product design. This award reflects the innovative and revolutionary design that is the Springfree trampoline and rewards the many years of hard work and commitment by the company and our University team.
"The trampoline is safe by design, offering new technology combined with a patented safety system to bring parents and children a brand new trampoline design. After years of research and development, we eliminated the major risks of injury associated with traditional spring-based trampolines.
This award will be presented in Essen, Germany, on July 7.
Professor Alexander has won the New Zealand Engineering Innovator of the Year award for his spring free trampoline invention, which now sells around the world and has won seven international awards including the Child Product of the Year in the United States.
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Welcome back, Wal-Mart
Retailer hopes to purchase plaza it vacated in 2008, open bigger store
Posted September 19, 2012
WARREN — Wal-Mart is eyeing a return to Warren.
At a press conference hosted by Mayor Jim Fouts at Warren’s City Hall on Sept. 12, a spokesman for the retail giant confirmed plans to redevelop the company’s former location at the Tech Plaza shopping center, at 12 Mile and Van Dyke.
Erik Hingst, senior manager for public affairs and government relations for Wal-Mart stores in Michigan and Ohio, said this time the company would prefer to purchase the plaza at 12 Mile and Van Dyke, where they still lease property on the far west side.
Hingst said the company made a decision to shutter the Warren store when it opened a new store at 14 Mile and Van Dyke in Sterling Heights in 2008, because the 128,000-square-foot Tech Plaza location was not large enough to suit the company’s needs.
The redeveloped store, however, would add about 50,000 square feet of space, enabling Wal-Mart to offer a full line of groceries, a bakery and delicatessen, meat, dairy and produce, and a pharmacy, as well as the general merchandise the company typically sells.
The 185,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter would bring a $20 million investment to Warren and about 300 jobs to the Tech Plaza shopping center, where Fouts had been pressing for development since his 2011 State of the City remarks.
Fouts had called the vacant space in the heart of the city an “eyesore” and even threatened to call for a “nationwide boycott” if Wal-Mart failed to come to the table over to resolve the vacancy by foregoing its lease from owner West Penn Realty through its agent, J.J. Gumburg Co.
Hingst said the company was aware of the mayor’s interest in seeing the property developed, either by Wal-Mart or by another business at that high-profile location.
“I do believe that the mayor’s passion for that particular location got our attention,” Hingst told assembled members of the media on Sept. 12.
Fouts called news of the development a win for the city and a sign that things are turning around with respect to the economy in Warren.
“After I became mayor in 2007, I made it a priority to find a suitable tenant for the Tech Plaza property,” Fouts said. “At one time, Tech Plaza was the biggest shopping center in the area.
“I think we can truly say that not only is Warren back, but Wal-Mart is back. I hope this will be the first of many major expansions in Warren,” Fouts said.
Hingst said no agreement had been reached on the purchase of the property, but barring any catastrophic breakdown in the process, the company fully intended to purchase the plaza and to redevelop the store. Wal-Mart hopes to open the new store in 2014.
Decisions about leasing and ownership of areas of the plaza not occupied by the new Wal-Mart store would be made at a later date at the corporate level, Hingst said.
Fouts said he was optimistic that the entire plaza would eventually be occupied.
Officials said Warren offered no tax incentives to lure Wal-Mart back to 12 Mile and Van Dyke.
A site plan for Wal-Mart’s proposed redevelopment of the Tech Plaza site was set to go before the Warren Planning Commission at 7 p.m. on Sept. 24.
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Staff Writer Brian Louwers covers the cities of Warren and Center Line. He has worked for C & G Newspapers since 1998 and is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Dearborn. In his free time, he participates in the Michigan State University Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program and conducts interviews with military veterans for the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress.
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Australian guardians are disregarding wellbeing notices and burning through a great many dollars a year on pharmaceutical and vitamins that don’t help kids, as well as might be causing them hurt.
A staggering $67 million is spent yearly on cool and influenza prescriptions for kids under 15, in spite of the reality these cures can be destructive for youths.
New research fromÂ Melbourne’s Illustrious Kids’ Healing facility uncovers thatÂ one third of youngsters matured under six are being given over-the-counter cures, despite the fact that the Restorative Merchandise Organization cautions there could be reactions.
Unfathomably, guardians are additionally forking out $74 million every year on vitamins and supplements, notwithstanding huge numbers of the assumed advantages being doubtful.
Dr Anthea Rhodes, the chief of the Australian Tyke Wellbeing survey, said by and large guardians were searching for a convenient solution for their youngsters’ wellbeing.
‘We as a whole battle to adapt to our children’s hacks and colds over winter, however for youthful youngsters these pharmaceuticals are known to be insufficient, and now and again possibly unsafe,’ Dr Rhodes said.
‘Particularly irritating that among guardians who are giving these items to their young kids, 74 for each penny do as such on the counsel of a drug specialist, and 64 for every penny on the guidance of a specialist.’
Those overviewed in the survey confessed to utilizing medications and vitamins trying to accomplish everything from boosting their youngster’s safe framework to enhancing their development or notwithstanding improving their conduct.
However as indicated by Dr Rhodes, the reactions of utilizing the wrong medication can incorporate everything from a changed heart rate to seizures.
‘About portion of all youngsters and adolescents are accepting these supplements, despite the fact that there are no demonstrated medical advantages where eat less is typical and there is no settled nourishing insufficiency,’ she said.
‘Among this gathering, three out of four guardians are giving their kids vitamins to help their resistant framework despite the fact that there is no certain proof that these items can have that impact.’
More data on what drug is appropriate for your kid can be found at the Remedial Merchandise Affiliation site.


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An anonymous bidder paid $610,000 in a charity auction for coffee date with Apple chief Tim Cook, the organizers said Wednesday.
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With less than 24 hours to go before author JK Rowling unveils her top-secret Pottermore project, it’s clear that – to misquote Hulk Hogan – Pottermania is running wild. \t
The mysterious website pottermore.com, which unveiled its holding page last Thursday, received a staggering 2.5 million hits after just 36 hours online, and the Pottermore Twitter feed had amassed 79,427 follows as of noon today.
Further, the YouTube channel the website links to has been viewed 2,619,450 times and attracted 60,447 subscribers.
At present, visitors to the page are met with the message “coming soon…” accompanied by the author’s signature and two CGI owls, both of which look as though they’ve been rendered for a computer game.
The page links through to a unique YouTube channel screen populated by more animated owls, a countdown clock and a series of un-clickable links to other YouTube videos.
Unsurprisingly, speculation is rife about what the project will ultimately turn out to be, with media commentators guessing at everything from the launch of the Harry Potter books in electronic form to the unveiling of a Hogwarts-based theme park.
Other hunches include a prequel novel, a book about the next generations of young wizards, a Harry Potter encyclopedia, or an online game.
The only certainty is that it won’t be a new novel featuring the famous bespectacled wizard, as Rowling’s lawyer, Neil Blair, has revealed publicly that “this will not be a new Harry Potter book”.
Whatever the announcement turns out to be, we’d best hope the technical wizards at YouTube are prepared for a pre-lunchtime traffic surge tomorrow…
Got any theories about what Pottermore might be? Will you be logging on to YouTube tomorrow for the announcement? Post a comment and let us know.


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Champion® Athleticwear Continues to Expand with Its First Store in Chicago
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 20, 2018--Champion Athleticwear, makers of authentic athletic apparel since 1919, is continuing to expand its retail footprint with its first store in Chicago and its third in the U.S. overall. The grand opening at 1520 North Milwaukee Avenue took place over the weekend on Saturday, September 15.
The Champion store is located in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, the city’s creative epicenter and a diverse area filled with shops, art galleries, theaters and restaurants. Located just minutes from downtown Chicago, the store is easily accessible from anywhere in the city via public transportation and is just steps from the Blue Line “L” stop.
“Following our successful store openings earlier this year in Los Angeles and New York, we are proud to call Chicago our newest retail home. Our store provides brand fans an opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of Champion through a combination of our heritage, iconic products and customizable apparel,” said David Robertson, Director Champion Brand Marketing. “Champion and Chicago are a perfect match, as we both have a long history of diversity, innovation, individuality and a strong tie to sports. We look forward to becoming part of the city’s retail and cultural fabric.”
The 1,900 square-foot store is a hub of Champion activity, with innovative opportunities for customers to shop for and interact with product and the brand.At the grand opening, the first 500 customers to shop the store received a limited-edition canvas tote bag with exclusive art designed by Joseph “Sentrock” Perez, a local street artist. Specialized product will be available only in the Chicago store, including a designed T-shirt from Sentrock and a Chicago capsule collection. In addition, on-site customization will feature Chicago-themed patches, as well as the opportunity for shoppers to create their own unique made-to-order garment. National and local collaborations will also cycle in and out of the store on a frequent basis. Champion’s heritage will be on display with select archival items dating back through the brand’s nearly 100-year history. Reverse Weave®, the brand’s signature franchise, will be featured in a vast array of colorful sweatshirts, hoodies and joggers. And after a fresh reintroduction last month, Champion’s footwear line will be available at the store as well, giving shoppers direct access to the new pieces.
Champion’s storied heritage is showcased throughout the store, as some of the company’s most unique and treasured items are on display within fixtures developed from recycled wood made from reclaimed basketball courts. The store is not only a place to shop for classic styles, every day staples and bold designs, but also creates a unique experience for fans of all generations to connect with the brand in new ways.
Since 1919, Champion Athleticwear has offered a full line of innovative athletic apparel for men and women including activewear, sweats, tees, sports bras, team uniforms and accessories. Champion uses innovative design and state-of-the-art product testing to ensure uncompromised quality and innovative apparel for our consumers. Champion Athleticwear can be purchased at department stores, sporting goods, specialty retailers, and at Champion.com. For more information, please contact us at 1-800-315-0563 or at Facebook.com/Champion, follow us on Twitter @Championusa or on Instagram @Champion. Champion is a brand of Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE:HBI).
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With the launch of the iPhone 5C, Apple decided to try something new with its smartphone range. Alongside its premium phone the iPhone 5S, it would offer a cheaper smartphone in a range of colors. But the problem is, the 5C isn’t that much cheaper, and not that many people want the chunkier, slower handset that doesn’t have the fancy new fingerprint scanner.
This has been made clear by Apple asking its manufacturing partners Pegatron and Hon Hai Precision Industry to scale back production of the smartphone. Pegatron is thought to have cut production by 20 percent, where as Hon Hai by 30 percent. Pegatron handles two thirds of iPhone 5C production where as Hon Hai produces the rest.
The 16GB iPhone 5C costs $549 off contract where as the 16GB iPhone 5S is only $100 more at $649. There isn’t enough of a clear differential in price between the two, and that extra $100 spend is worth it for the performance and features on offer in the 5S. The same is true of purchasing either phone on contract–they are too close on price.
The cut in production is just for the fourth quarter, so there’s every chance it may be increased again next year. However, Apple will probably need to lower its pricing in order to spike demand, but that seems unlikely to happen. There’s certainly room for a price cut as the 5C costs just $173 to manufacture.
I think everyone would agree there is room in the market for a budget iPhone, but Apple made the C in 5C stand for Color, not Cheap. Until the company rethinks its pricing and what a budget smartphone actually means, it seems unlikely the iPhone 5C is going to gain in popularity and grab sales from better equipped, cheaper Android smartphones.


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Tag - Amazon Cloud Drive
Amazon is going after Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive, by offering customers unlimited cloud storage at a very low cost. The retailer is upgrading its existing Cloud Drive service by adding two more tiers for non-Prime subscribers, each providing unlimited storage of files and photographs, but with subscription prices that severely undercut the same offerings by its competitors.
Sonny's Music Unlimited -- the PlayStation Music App for iOS -- has received a redesign. Allowing account-holding users to stream over a network or download 30 million songs, games and movies are available on PlayStation systems, and music on iOS and computers.
Google has updated Chrome to enable voice search, among other additions. Chrome version 27 enables conversational search through the Google homepage, providing a clickable microphone to start it off, and then switching to a larger Google Now-style mic logo. The update, spotted by Searchengineland, also provides a new API for Chrome Store developers, 14 security fixes, and a 5-percent speed boost to page loads.
Amazon has launched an iOS version of its Cloud Drive Photos app (free), which gives users 5GB in free storage space for backing up or offloading photos taking up too much room on their own devices. Depending on the format of the pictures, the Amazon Cloud Drive Photos storage locker can hold up to thousands of photos, and the company offers additional storage space for a fee starting with 20GB of additional space for $10 per year. The iPhone-oriented app also allows sharing of photos to Facebook, Twitter and email.
We live in a world positively soaked in data nowadays. Fortunately, the capacity to store that data has gotten bigger in volume, smaller in physical size, and cheaper per gigabyte as time progresses. Gone are the days where you'd have to lug a Zip disk around (remember those?) or stick your iPod into disk mode. At worst, you're carrying a USB drive with you -- though really, you should be relying on the cloud for by now. The issue is figuring out just what you're going to be keeping up there.
An unofficial app that streamed music from Amazon Cloud Drive has been removed from the App Store, says developer James Clancey of Interactive Innovative Solutions. aMusic was reportedly pulled because of legal concerns involving the music industry. Clancey claims that the removal from the App Store is temporary, but has no date for when the app will be back.
Amazon upped the ante against Apple's iTunes Match late Wednesday with major upgrades to Cloud Player and its first mobile support beyond Android. Those who get a paid Cloud Drive subscription will, for a "limited time," get unlimited space for any AAC- or MP3-encoded music on Cloud Player, regardless of the source. Any user can also store Amazon MP3 purchases from before the service's March launch for free rather than just those they bought afterwards.
Amazon in an unannounced step extended an olive branch to iPad and iPhone users by fixing Cloud Player access over the web. Having previously been denied access, iOS users can now play songs from Safari much as they would on the desktop. It works with multiple tracks and will even pause properly for an incoming phone call.
Amazon possibly raised the stakes in US music on Friday with a major shift in its 69-cent section in Amazon MP3. Instead of selling mostly older or niche songs, the store is currently selling songs that are or were very recently hits, including singles from Dr. Dre and Talib Kweli. No signs existed that it was a temporary sale.
Amazon's EC2 cloud services have been hit with a significant outage that was first announced after 4:30am EDT Thursday and remained unresolved later in the evening. The problems have affected a number of websites, including Foursquare and Reddit. The problems appear to be limited to Amazon's northern Virginia data center, rather than a widespread issue affecting all of the company's centers.
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Cirrus creates Lightning-headphone dev kit
Apple supplier Cirrus Logic has introduced a MFi-compliant new development kit for companies interested in using Cirrus' chips to create Lightning-based headphones, which -- regardless of whether rumors about Apple dropping the analog headphone jack in its iPhone this fall -- can offer advantages to music-loving iOS device users. The kit mentions some of the advantages of an all-digital headset or headphone connector, including higher-bitrate support, a more customizable experience, and support for power and data transfer into headphone hardware. Several companies already make Lightning headphones, and Apple has supported the concept since June 2014. http://bit.ly/29giiZj
Apple Store app offers Procreate Pocket
The Apple Store app for iPhone, which periodically rewards users with free app gifts, is now offering the iPhone "Pocket" version of drawing app Procreate for those who have the free Apple Store app until July 28. Users who have redeemed the offer by navigating to the "Stores" tab of the app and swiping past the "iPhone Upgrade Program" banner to the "Procreate" banner have noted that only the limited Pocket (iPhone) version of the app is available free, even if the Apple Store app is installed and the offer redeemed on an iPad. The Pocket version currently sells for $3 on the iOS App Store. [32.4MB]
Porsche adds CarPlay to 2017 Panamera
Porsche has added a fifth model of vehicle to its CarPlay-supported lineup, announcing that the 2017 Panamera -- which will arrive in the US in January -- will include Apple's infotainment technology, and be seen on a giant 12.3-inch touchscreen as part of an all-new Porsche Communication Management system. The luxury sedan starts at $99,900 for the 4S model, and scales up to the Panamera Turbo, which sells for $146,900. Other vehicles that currently support CarPlay include the 2016 911 and the 2017 models of Macan, 718 Boxster, and 718 Cayman. The company did not mention support for Google's corresponding Android Auto in its announcement. http://bit.ly/295ZQ94
Apple employees testing wheelchair features
New features included in the forthcoming watchOS 3 are being tested by Apple retail store employees, including a new activity-tracking feature that has been designed with wheelchair users in mind. The move is slightly unusual in that, while retail employees have previously been used to test pre-release versions of OS X and iOS, this marks the first time they've been included in the otherwise developer-only watchOS betas. The company is said to have gone to great lengths to modify the activity tracker for wheelchair users, including changing the "time to stand" notification to "time to roll" and including two wheelchair-centric workout apps. http://bit.ly/2955JDa
SanDisk reveals two 256GB microSDXC cards
SanDisk has introduced two 256GB microSDXC cards. Arriving in August for $150, the Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Premium Edition card offers transfer speeds of up to 95MB/s for reading data. The Extreme microSDXC UHS-I card can read at a fast 100MB/s and write at up to 90MB/s, and will be shipping sometime in the fourth quarter for $200. http://bit.ly/294Q1If
Apple's third-quarter results due July 26
Apple has advised it will be issuing its third-quarter results on July 26, with a conference call to answer investor and analyst queries about the earnings set to take place later that day. The stream of the call will go live at 2pm PT (5pm ET) via Apple's investor site, with the results themselves expected to be released roughly 30 minutes before the call commences. Apple's guidance for the quarter put revenue at between $41 billion and $43 billion. http://apple.co/1oi1Pbm
Twitter stickers slowly roll out to users
Twitter has introduced "stickers," allowing users to add extra graphical elements to their photos before uploading them to the micro-blogging service. A library of hundreds of accessories, props, and emoji will be available to use as stickers, which can be resized, rotated, and placed anywhere on the photograph. Images with stickers will also become searchable with viewers able to select a sticker to see how others use the same graphic in their own posts. Twitter advises stickers will be rolling out to users over the next few weeks, and will work on both the mobile apps and through the browser. http://bit.ly/29bbwUE


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One of America’s oldest and most beloved fast-food brands is launching a multi-year expansion in Orlando with plans to open as many as 30 new stores by 2025.
Dairy Queen started selling its iconic soft-serve ice cream and burgers in Sanford back in 1954 – years before Walt Disney ever scouted the Orlando area for a new theme park. The company now operates a dozen franchise stores in Central Florida, including one in Leesburg that opened May 3. Another new store is under construction and scheduled to open on Lee Vista Boulevard in October.
Jim Kerr, Executive Vice President of Franchise Development for Dairy Queen, told GrowthSpotter the region’s population growth and demographics make it a ripe for a deeper market penetration, especially in submarkets with significant residential and retail new construction.
“Dairy Queen expands and grows nationally, and then we prioritize and target some markets,” Kerr said. “The Orlando market is very attractive to us and will help us buy into growth opportunities that are there. We’ll be able to attract additional and new franchisees within the market. And there are plenty of gaps.”
Long associated with small-town America, the 80-year-old brand operates stores mostly in Orlando’s outskirts such as Blithlo, St. Cloud and Mount Dora. The brand has 95 percent consumer recognition.
“That’s part of the reason why we have a lot of opportunity in a market like Orlando,” Kerr said. “Across the country, we tend to build in the small towns and outer edges. And now, I’ve been with the company for about 12 years, and I have focused pretty heavily on penetrating the markets like Orlando and others like it.”
The company wants to add at five new stores per year beginning in 2021 and is offering multi-unit franchise packages. The Minneapolis-based company has hired David Bulger as a full time franchise development coordinator based in Orlando to assist with the new store development, market analysis, permitting and opening.
Kerr said the company is looking for standard QSR outparcels with drive-thru lanes to accommodate the 2,500-3,000 square-foot prototype store. “And when the real estate market is right, we’ll look at shopping center end caps with drive-thru and other host buildings that enable us to have the full complement of treats, beverages and cakes,” he said.
A typical store has indoor seating for 66, a large freezer capacity for cakes and take-out items, and a covered patio. The company also offers a smaller prototype with seating for 40-50 customers. The ideal site is close to high-growth residential, schools and employers where the store can also capture a significant lunchtime food business.
“The one feature we have that most QSRs do not have is a patio,” Kerr said. “Because our parents and kids and sports teams, those different events, they love to go outside and utilize the patio.”
Dairy Queen is introducing a new, streamlined “Grill & Chill” prototype concept this year that eliminates the stacked stone exterior and tones down the color palette. Dairy Queen was founded in 1940 in Joliet, Illinois and introduced its first banana split in 1951. Now wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway, the American Dairy Queen Corporation operates over 4,500 stores in the U.S.


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DOVER, Fla. â The Florida Strawberry Growers Association is turning to social media to encourage consumers to eat more fresh strawberries this winter.
Ted Campbell (left), executive director of the Florida Strawberry Growers Association, Dover, and Sue Harrell, director of marketing, examine some berries.
The association plans to target chefs, restaurant managers and consumers through social networking sites such as Facebook, other websites and blogs.
âConsumers are looking online for recipes now more than cookbooks,â said Sue Harrell, director of marketing.
âWe want to come up and be one of their choices so they can come to us. We want to show people what to do and give them different ideas other than eating strawberries fresh, like how exciting it is to put them in a salad or do other things other than eating desserts.â
Ted Campbell, executive director, said organizations can reach many more people through the way they use the Internet and that such promotions are less expensive than printing materials for distribution at retail and foodservice locations.
For the second year, the association is using Jammer, an animated strawberry character, to promote the stateâs berries.
Many packers are affixing the Jammer image alongside the Fresh from Florida logo on clamshells.
The association is using the character in videos designed for children that cover nutrition, information on the industry and recipes such as a childrenâs strawberry smoothie breakfast.
The character has been an effective vehicle in teaching children about the importance of strawberries, Campbell said.
Other videos designed for adults also feature a local grower and a handler discussing berry production and packing to educate consumers about Floridaâs berries.
The videos will include recipes and information such as instructions for chocolate dipping berries, Christmas holiday entertaining and creative ways to improve table settings using strawberries.
The video programs and other information will also show consumers what they can do with berries once they bring them home to ensure they bring out the best flavor.
Those videos and other information will be available though a new website, http://strawberrysue.com.
Harrell said the association hasnât used the new media as much in the past. Though it has a website, the group didnât utilize it much further, she said.
To entertain foodservice interest, the association is planning to sponsor a Florida chefâs harvest tour.
The tour, which the group is planning to hold in February, is set to have a group of chefs from Florida restaurants and private clubs tour strawberry fields, meet with growers and see packing and handling operations during the March 3-13 Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City.
For prizes, the association plans to award $500 gift cards through a random drawing of participating chefs that prove they support Florida strawberries through copies of menus featuring signature strawberry dishes or invoices documenting berry purchases.
The association also plans to award two $1,000 gift cards to recognize larger restaurant chain efforts promoting the stateâs berries.
For retail, the association plans to promote Florida berries through media kits. The association plans to provide posters and other artwork that supermarkets can download and customize for their own in-store signs to use in strawberry displays.
A recipe brochure featuring winning recipes of a recipe contest the association sponsored with the Birmingham, Ala.-based Taste of the South magazine is to be made available via download and for distribution to consumers in the produce aisle, Harrell said.
Eight pages in the December 2010/January 2011 magazine issue feature articles about eating, handling and nutrition and photos of the strawberry recipes that the association plans to feature on its website.
âWhen we started looking at all of these cool recipes that came in, we saw some neat things,â Campbell said.
âOnce you get chefs excited, they are so creative and are wonderful people with the way they create their dishes.â
Campbell said foodservice is important. He said he saw so many innovative produce products being released for foodservice use during the Oct. 15-18 Produce Marketing Associationâs Fresh Summit 2010 in Orlando.
âWe are tying in other produce products with strawberries in ways that arenât always conventional uses,â Campbell said.
âWe have had a succession of success stories with the Taste of the South, did a chefâs tour last season and ran promotions with the recipes. We can spread the winning recipes around and keep it flowing as much as we can.â
Steve Machell, sales manager for Gulf Coast Produce Inc., said heâs impressed with the associationâs marketing efforts.
âJammer will be our Nike swoosh, the checkmark, so to speak, which will be our identity and help increase sales,â Machell said.
âThe growers association has done a phenomenal job with the new varieties and has now really embraced the need to do more marketing. Theyâre becoming much more attuned to the marketing side as well.â


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Unsurprisingly, Microsoft supports the Australian news media bargaining code
President of Microsoft, Mr Brad Smith said that his company is committed to Australia along with its news publishers and that it completely supports the Australian News Media Bargaining Code. Presently not bound by this directive, Smith said that the code represents a fundamental code towards a fairer digital ecosystem and a level playing field. Microsoft Corp and its search engine platform Bing has been paraded by Australian PM Scott Morrison along with his army of ministers as the answer to the ‘Google-sized hole that’ll be vacated if Google pulls its Search from the country.
PM & other ministers on the media code
Morrison, at the National Press Club, said he is confident Aussies would have sufficient alternatives if the tech giant Google decides to move ahead with its threat, pointing towards a meeting he had with Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO.
Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, also rallied behind Bing, supporting that in the event of the search giant Google leaving, he expects to see investment from other search players in the Australian market. Microsoft Corp, in response to the same, said that it is committed to the country and its news publishers that are key and vital to the democracy of the country.
Josh Frydenberg, Australian Treasurer revealed that he talked directly with Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO with regard to the Media Bargaining Code that’s making its way to law. Frydenberg said that Zuckerberg did not convince him to back down.
Minister Paul Fletcher and Frydenberg had a meeting with the CEO of social media giant Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg who reached out to speak about the code and its impact on the social media platform, Facebook. Frydenberg said that Facebook takes it very seriously and it was a very constructive discussion.
More from Brad Smith
Smith said that his company Microsoft has always supported the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s efforts to successfully analyse the concerns brought on by the digital era.
The media code “reasonably attempts” to address the ongoing bargaining power imbalance between the Australian news businesses and digital platforms. Smith says that Microsoft also recognises the importance of search, not only in the lives of consumers but to the hundreds of thousands of Aussie small businesses which rely on the power of search and advertising techn to support their organisations.
While Microsoft, currently, is not subject to the news media code, the tech company would be willing to swear by these rules, if the government designates Microsoft, said Smith. Microsoft will ensure that Aussie small businesses who want to transfer their advertising needs to Bing could do so with ease, that too with no transfer costs.
Microsoft will further invest in ensuring that Bing is comparable to its competitors. Smith wants to remind people that Bing can help, with every search, as it gets better at finding what users are looking for.
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There has been a fire incident at the headquarters of the Federal Inland Revenue Service in Abuja on Monday according to officials.
Wahab Gbadamosi, a spokesperson for the revenue office, stated that a “small fire outbreak by the store near the FIRS canteen, by Annex 1”.
“Firemen who put out the fire are investigating the source of the fire,” he added.
He further stated that additional questions seeking clarification about whether or not crucial or sensitive material were affected would be answered later.
The inferno gutted a store attached to a canteen used by the agency’s staff members at the headquarters’ annex.
The head of the of fire service in Abuja, Julius Opetunsin, did not immediately return calls seeking comments Monday morning.
Footage seen on social media showed firemen standing atop a fire truck and pouring water as thick smoke billowed from a patch of the building.


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An annotated digest of the top "Hacker" "News" posts for the second week of August, 2021.
August 08, 2021 (comments)
An Internet is mad about Apple (business model: "Uber for spyware") turning your phone into a cop, and posts a lot of irrelevant misunderstandings about it. Hackernews follows this up with dire warnings about the state of child trafficking in the world today, complete with admonishments that there is no hope for improvement, except for venture-backed smartphone apps. None of the outrage focuses on the obvious motivation behind Apple's new spyware: if they can put a U2 album on your phone, they can put some kiddie porn on there too, and so can various national governments, and now you'll get automatically reported. There is no information in Apple's documentation regarding how low your Chinese social credit score has to get before this is automatically deployed to your iCloud account.
August 09, 2021 (comments)
Some bureaucrats, whose funding is dependent on climate change, declares climate change to be extremely important. Of course, tens of thousands of scientists around the world have been saying this for some time, but now the United Nations has paid some empty suits to read this information and grow concerned about it. Hackernews has solved all these problems in their heads some years back, casually post to this effect in comment threads, and are immediately torn asunder by other Hackernews who have solved this problem in their heads _but different_.
August 10, 2021 (comments)
TikTok (business model: "Uber for Vine") is more popular than Facebook (business model: "Uber for Sino-Soviet Propaganda"), presumably because it bypasses the middleman and delivers the content straight from the source. Hackernews debates whether it's just a matter of time before it turns out to be evil, or whether a social-media application targeted at children and operated by a government full of genocidal monsters is and shall remain "fun." Other Hackernews point out that the app, which is operated by a company in which the murderous, barbaric Chinese government has an ownership stake, is mean to fat people.
August 11, 2021 (comments)
Github (business model: "Uber for README.MD") directs its employees to eat its own dog food. Because of Github's acquisition by Microsoft (business model: "Uber for customer abuse"), it turns out that what Github engineers are eating came out of the dog to begin with. Hackernews tries to figure out whether they, as customers of Microsoft's latest desperate attempt to get anyone to use Azure, have any control over their information, or whether they'd be better off remaining with their existing workstation-as-a-service provider, Apple (business model: "Uber for garden walls").
August 12, 2021 (comments)
Reuters (business model: "Uber for chatlogs") reports about an Apple chatlog as though it were news. This is a continuation of the ongoing outrage over Apple's new policy of outsourcing its content moderation services to your battery. The stakes are high; three, possibly even four people have declared an intention to use Apple products slightly less over the next five to ten years. Hackernews is running out of shit to post about this, so they just link to their previous comments and go back to refreshing their order status pages.
August 13, 2021 (comments)
Google continues the war against its own users, renewing the surge at the second front recently opened (against its own developers). Hackernews thinks that any agency of any government gives a single shit about what appears on the app store besides advertising platforms with users numbering the billions. Other Hackernews dislike that Apple and Google have so much control over their own property, and look forward to the day when they can be liberated by human rights advocates Epic Games, which is famed for both caring about individual humans and for being part-owned by the Chinese government, a deadly pack of human jackals who prey on the weak at an industral scale.
August 14, 2021 (comments)
Asahi (business model: "Uber for Yellow Dog Linux") goes to an extraordinary amount of effort to remove half of the value of expensive computers, and replace it with a shivering basket case of an operating system. Hackernews desperately wants to appear so technically-inclined as to run a gimmick operating system on overpriced luxury computers, but since the shit doesn't actually work and there's no benefit to getting it working, nobody has much to discuss.


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Sep 25, 2013 8:00 AM PDTO.L Entertainment has revealed the trailer for its third DVD release, “Art of Romance.”
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Mexico City’s Mercado du Trueque has already seen residents swap their rubbish for food, and now a similar scheme is launching in New York. Hello Compost wants to encourage composting by offering low-income families credits for fresh produce in return for their organic waste, using gamification as an incentive.
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The Dow technology index has risen more than 50 percent in the past year and a number of technology companies such as Microsoft and Amazon.com reported better than expected earnings this week. What should investors expect from the sector going forward? Rob Sanderson, director of research at ABR Investment Strategy, shared his insights.
“There is strength in the PC food chain…and on the e-commerce side,” Sanderson told CNBC.
Sanderson expects a big product cycle for Microsoft’s Windows 7 on corporate upgrades.
“That’s going to carry sales of PCs to a higher level,” he said. “There’s room for upside to most people’s estimates for PC units for the year.”
Sanderson said Amazon’s earnings results also were solid. He added that the firm's e-reader Kindle may have an advantage over its latest rival, the Apple iPad.
“It’s a 3 million unit category this year, most of it being Amazon,” he said of the e-reader market. “It will probably double or triple this year.”
“The magic is how well you control user experience and aggregate content,” he continued. “Both these companies do it well, but Amazon has a lower price point, which is going to be important for penetration and new opportunities.”
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)-- Electronics.ca Publications, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "The Worldwide Market for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems."
The current global recession is having a devastating effect on new light vehicle (car and van) sales. From 68 million sold worldwide in 2007, sales are expected to reach no more than 54 million in 2009. The outlook for the optional extras that car purchasers might make would seem to be equally grim. However, a new 2009 study available at Electronics.ca Publications, "The Worldwide Market for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems" suggest that, though new light vehicle sales may not recover to 2007 levels until 2011, some optional features may fare better than others.
In general, sales of optional features to improve safety are predicted to be less badly affected than those that merely offer a little more "comfort and convenience." According to the market analyst, Parmjit Bhangal, "Driver assistance systems undoubtedly will help to reduce accident rates, with some driver assistance systems helping to reduce over 20% of accidents; but still customers will need convincing they need the features".
The most widely fitted driver assistance feature discussed in the study, tire pressure monitoring, was estimated to be fitted on 30% of new vehicles in 2007. "Though shipments of this system will fall in the short term, they are not predicted to fall to the same extent as vehicle sales; and they are forecast to be fitted to 50% of new vehicles in 2016" Bhangal stated.
The number of new light vehicles with park/reverse assist will rise slowly but steadily, even through a tough 2009 and 2010, to nearly double shipments from 2007 to 2016.
Systems like blind-spot detection, though fitted on fewer than 200,000 vehicles in 2007, are forecast to be on 5.5 million new vehicles in 2016. A similar situation is foreseen for collision mitigation. Analysis available at Electronics.ca Publications shows that blind spot detection systems could prevent up to 8% of all road accidents.
However, many optional extras that may have seemed attractive previously, may not seem so attractive now, as money is tighter, it may now be difficult for a customer to justify spending on extras such as heated seats or a DVD player. These are options that most people can do without and probably will.
Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' web site. View the report: http://www.electronics.ca/publications/products/The-Worldwide-Market-for-Advanced-Driver-Assistance-Systems.html


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Some more details have emerged on the rumoured Apple Watch SE 2 which should make a showing this September. It is expected to arrive with an always-on display and improved chip, but also a bigger price-tag.
Apple Watch SE 2 – what is known
It is widely expected we will get an Apple Watch SE 2 model this year. Its predecessor was released back in September 2020 as a version for those on a budget, as a mid-level option. The device borrows a lot from the Apple Watch Series 6 but omits some of its functions such as SpO2 and ECG. It also doesn’t support the always-on display option.
The fact that we didn’t see an SE 2 model in 2021 should come as no surprise. With the coronavirus crisis, supply chain disruptions, energy shortages in certain countries and other factors – it was not a normal year. But Mark Gurman from Bloomberg expects that we will see Watch SE 2 in September 2022 with a slightly tweaked design and a boost in health features as compared to its predecessor.
Adding their voice iDropNews which apparently has insider information. They also predict that the model with go ahead this year, but that not very much will change as far as design. So the same 40 and 44 mm options and display real-estate.
They say what will change is that the device will get a new chip which will allow for an always-on display, improved audio features and the addition of ECG sensors. It is also reasonable to expect SpO2 functionality.
No changes in battery life are expected although the always-on display could be accompanied by a bigger capacity battery. So you should still be able to get around 18 hours on a single charge. There’s also talk Apple might integrate fast charging technology which is currently only reserved for the Series 7 device.
The final prediction from LeaksApplePro is to do with price. In the US they expect a 20% increase as compared to the predecessor model. Which means the SE 2 should come in around $300.
A more rugged Apple Watch 8 Sports
Another novelty this year will reportedly be a “rugged” model of Apple Watch. Last Spring Mark Gurman from Bloomberg stated that unnamed Apple sources told him the company is looking at branching into other models to target different buyer types.
While the more robust model would retain the square look of the other iterations, it would be useable in extreme environments. To this end the timepiece will pack a sturdier design which offers more protection.
We have seen a number of companies offering such products. Garmin and Casio spring to mind with their wide range of sports watches. Another popular brand is Amazfit. They’ve launched a more rugged rugged T-Rex Pro earlier this year. There’s obviously a market for this sort of thing that includes athletes, hikers, mountaineers and others.
Which means the rugged Apple Watch would use existing technology – only things such as water-resistance and build would be upgraded. For example, Apple could use a rubberized exterior to make the device more shock resistant.
Essential reading: Top fitness trackers and health gadgets
All of this was expected in 2021. Unfortunately, the upgrades that came with Series 7 in September were miniscule. The most important is the slightly bigger display. And there was zero mention of a more rugged model.
Since then Mark Gurman has doubled down on his prediction. In one of his instalments of his Power On newsletter, he says the rugged version will still come. But that it will be in the form of an Apple Watch Series 8 sports model.
If you keep repeating something until it happens – is it really a prediction? Perhaps it is, perhaps it is not. In fairness, 2021 was not a regular year. Many companies postponed their launch plans due to the on-going chip shortage, never ending pandemic and energy shortages in certain Asian countries.
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CUPERTINO (CBS) – The maker of iPhones, iPads and Macs may soon help you get rid of a device, your satellite dish.
The Cupertino tech giant is in talks with TV programmers to offer a Web-based subscription TV service that could launch as early as September, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Citing unnamed sources, WSJ suggested that the service would offer programming from about 25 channels – including CBS – that would be available on all devices running Apple’s iOS operating system.
A formal announcement could come as soon as June, with analysts telling CNet that the cost of such a service could fall between $30 and $40.
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Venezuela-US trade balance down 31.42% in 2012
Venezuela's oil imports skyrocketed in 2012 (474.96%), as the country imported vast quantities of compounds for the processing of gasoline and other oil by-products
Based on data revealed by the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Trade and Industry (VenAmCham), the rise in imports is accountable for the drop in the balance reported in favor of Venezuela. Purchases from the United States soared 41.51% in the aforementioned period, climbing from USD 11.24 billion in 2011 to USD 15.90 billion in 2012.
For their part, Venezuela's oil imports skyrocketed in 2012 (474.96%), jumping from USD 486 million in 2011 to USD 2.79 billion.
A blast in Venezuela's main refinery Amuay in August last year, made the country import vast quantities of compounds for gasoline and other oil byproducts processing.
Meanwhile, non-oil imports swelled 21.9%, rising from USD 10.7 billion in 2011 to USD 13.10 billion in 2012, the VenAmCham's report shows.
For their part, Venezuela's exports went down 10.98%, from USD 40.09 billion two years ago to USD 35.69 billion last year.
Oil exports slowed 11.35%, from USD 38.19 billion in 2011 to USD 34.49 billion in 2012.
A slight rise (1.17%) was reported in non-oil exports, from USD 1.18 billion to USD 1.19 billion.
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A shipment of over 30,000 tons of phosphate arrived at Puerto Cabello port in late July on board the Shi Long Ling, a Chinese-flagged vessel that began its long journey in northern Africa. The cargo boat docked on July 26 after traveling more than 3,200 nautical miles. Undoubtedly, this would just be considered one in many cargo ships crisscrossing the oceans if it were not for the fact that Venezuela has denounced Western Sahara occupation by Morocco and yet purchases the territory's natural resource products from the occupying power.


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Which is just how much the first Largest Rare metal card can simply cinch right up charging their people, predicated on CardHub, a credit card-tracking webpages who may have examined over 1,100000 credit card offers.
First Premier’s Rare metal credit, aimed at users with less than perfect credit, just is sold with a heavens-large thirty six% Annual percentage rate but inaddition it will come full of a few of the large fees about bank card business, said Odysseas Papadimitriou, Chief executive officer from CardHub.
Earliest Premier, which includes 2.six million users and you may sends solicitations to a single.5 billion customers every month, says it is enabling customers who if not end up being denied from the most creditors hence has to rates in risk by assessing high charges and you can interest levels.
“Our very own items are priced according to research by the risk associated which have offering the equipment these types of individuals, of several just who end up within budget of one’s credit scale,” Ceo Miles Beacom advised CNNMoney in the a message.
If you are Papadimitriou believes one to charges and you will rates of interest to possess higher-exposure consumers should be steeper than just they are having customers having a good credit score, the guy said cash advance loans Louisiana the sort of fees Very first Premier costs do nothing to help people who’re already during the a detrimental monetary condition.
“[Earliest Biggest] is claiming are helping people with poor credit. Exactly how could you be permitting her or him by charging you these types of over the top costs of your products?” he said.
New nastiest payment ‘s the “Credit limit Boost Fee.” People spend the money for percentage whenever the credit limit are improved. Papadimitriou told you the guy understands regarding not one card issuer one charges eg a fee.
Whenever Very first Prominent grows a consumer’s credit limit, they charge twenty-five% of one’s amount whereby brand new restrict try improved. Customers can use to have a borrowing limit increase when, however, cannot discover a rise until these are typically a consumer to own 13 weeks. Grows range between $a hundred and $2 hundred.
A great deal of people apply for credit limit grows monthly, and you will on the one-quarter regarding requests is actually supplied centered on borrowing chance and a consumer’s overall performance inside their latest maximum, Basic Prominent told you.
Whenever users phone call to check out a borrowing limit improve, Basic Prominent agencies tell them the cost would-be assessed in the event the he or she is approved — before running the latest consult, considering a customer care script you to Very first Largest taken to CNNMoney. When people sign up for a limit improve on the internet, they are available with an identical advice next because of the option to terminate its demand, the bank told you.
If your cardholder’s restriction try increased from the $200, they shell out an excellent $fifty fee. People have thirty day period following credit limit raise to contact Earliest Biggest when they need to cancel the rise and also have the price tag reimbursed.
Delivering this or other costs and you can attract into account, a buyers which gets good $200 credit limit walk and has a beneficial revolving balance of $five-hundred manage finish using $453 annually to make use of Very first Premier’s Platinum credit adopting the first thirteen days of owning it — also $180 within the attract with its 36% Annual percentage rate, an effective $50 credit limit boost percentage, an annual fee out-of $forty two and you will $174 when you look at the month-to-month fees. From inside the first 12 months, the fresh yearly payment are $175 and you will monthly charge try waived.
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Carrying an equilibrium away from $322, and this Basic Prominent said is the mediocre harmony of the customers, would give the complete yearly cost down low but it create however getting a high $389.
For even customers which have terrible borrowing, this will be far too much to pay for borrowing from the bank, told you Curtis Arnold, creator regarding charge card analysis web site CardRatings. Customers begin to be unwelcome so you’re able to typical credit card companies whenever their scores dip toward lower 600s, the guy told you.
Even though many issuers steer clear of the forex market, there are many more alternatives in addition to Very first Biggest. Orchard Financial, like, now offers a rare metal credit card having customers seeking to rebuild the credit, told you Arnold. Brand new card is sold with charge totaling $39 or $59 per year and you may an apr from % otherwise %, dependent on their credit. For example Very first Largest, Orchard and account towards credit bureaus, allowing consumers to alter their borrowing records.
“I care that many customers get solicitations out of [Basic Biggest] and you may consider it’s the only option — they do say: ‘At minimum this place is providing myself a good chance’,” told you Arnold. “But when you’re [Earliest Largest] are bragging in the enabling some one right back on their ft, they’ve been indeed beating anybody when they’re off.”
Various other replacement Earliest Premier’s credit card are a protected card. Safeguarded notes have dramatically reduced fees as they need to have the cardholder in order to deposit her currency into account. Of a lot banks point these to their highest-chance people instead of handmade cards.
Remarkably, First Premier now offers a guaranteed card with sensible prices, nevertheless the cards is not mentioned into homepage of the web site, told you Papadimitriou. Earliest Largest said they desires focus on one tool on good time toward its website.
‘I broke up with my financial!’
Earliest Largest might have been experimenting with the latest notes, charges and you will interest rates because the Card Act is launched during 2009, and this restricted the fees the latest issuer you certainly will fees, Very first Premier told you.
In 2009, Basic Biggest made headlines to own providing a credit having a beneficial 79.9% interest rate having a short span of your time. It later on provided a credit that have an effective 59.9% Annual percentage rate, prior to getting eliminate brand new card entirely just last year. It is still providing a card with high forty-two.9% price.
And while its charge might have pulled various forms into the current decades to fulfill the fresh new Card Operate regulations, one another Papadimitriou and Arnold agree that First Prominent still takes new pie to possess offering the most costly credit cards in the business.
“We have checked out credit cards for over a decade, and these credit cards was outright terrifying,” told you Arnold. “They truly are not the only real bad apple available to you, but I am unable to consider a keen issuer that’s bad.”


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Jermaine bell got the surprise of a lifetime sunday his 7th birthday after mickey mouse and disney world cast members, in return bell was surprised by the big mouse himself when mickey mouse arrived with a delegation from disney during an. Jermaine bell spent his disney vacation savings on food for hurricane dorian evacuees on his 7th birthday walt disney world resort employees surprised him with a free trip to the parks complete, while the reality star spent years searching blogs for design inspiration and of course it wouldn't be a kardashian home.
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Enabling the file-sharing tool Samba in the router also exposes the vulnerability to hackers. Lovett told CNET that following his report of a related vulnerability in June that exposes hard drives of computers connected to the affected Asus routers, he reported to Asus representative Nick Mijuskovic the newer flaw to Asus in both September and November to no avail. "I only received a reply of we'll look into it," Lovett wrote in an e-mail. Asus did not immediately respond when asked for comment. CNET will update the story when we hear back from the company.
The Fonepad's 7-inch screen has a resolution of 1,280x800-pixels, which is the same that you'll get on the Nexus 7, The display is crisp and clear, with no fuzziness around app icons, Small text is easily readable too -- good news if you want to use it black butterfly iphone case as an ebook reader, Side by side against the Nexus, there's no noticeable difference in clarity, There is a difference in brightness and colour tone though, The Fonepad's display is comparatively quite dim and is worlds apart from the retina-searing power of the Asus Transformer Infinity, Its colours aren't great either, with quite muted tones being visible on my favourite test video..
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Chen said the Passport is off to a strong start, selling out on its own site and Amazon, The phone has already garnered 200,000 orders since Wednesday, BlackBerry also said it issued 3.4 million licenses for its BES10 server, and saw its base of monthly active BlackBerry Messenger users grow to 91 million from 85 million a quarter ago, Update, 6:03 am PT: To black butterfly iphone case include additional executive and analyst comments, Fresh off the launch of its Passport smartphone, the struggling handset maker is on the slow road to recovery..
Unfortunately, Ricoh doesn't yet sell its digital cameras in the United States. If you plan on visiting England any time soon, the R4 can be yours for as little as $470. The Caplio R40 will be released in June, though we don't yet know how much it will cost. If you have a real need for a high-zoom, wide-angle ultracompact and a couple hunded extra pounds sterling in your pocket, maybe a hop across the pond is a good choice for you. Otherwise, you'll have to make due with domestically available ultracompacts such as the EasyShare V610 or the smaller-zooming Casio Exilim EX-Z850 or Sony Cyber Shot DSC-T30.
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David Taylor, a director at Delta Air Lines (DAL), recently bought 10,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 13 percent, and came to a total cost of $330,900.
Taylor was the last insider to buy with multiple purchases back in April. Since then, there have been several insider sales, mostly by company EVPs at prices as much as 20 percent higher than where shares trade today.
Overall, Delta insiders own 0.3 percent of shares.
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The airliner is flat over the past year, with shares giving up their gains in the past three months. Rising energy prices and concerns of a slowing economy may be creating those fears now.
Delta is coming off a strong year, with earnings up 60 percent and revenues up 11 percent. But further growth may be limited with the headwinds of energy prices and slowing consumer spending.
Action to take: With shares looking oversold and near their support line from the past year, a buying opportunity may be starting to emerge now. Today’s buyers can also get a 1.2 percent dividend.
For traders, the current trend is down, but shares are looking oversold and ready to bounce in the coming weeks. The December 15 $35 calls, last going for about $0.92, could see mid-to-high double-digit returns if shares bounce higher soon.
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LONDON (ICIS)--Europe styrene spot prices have risen since the start of the month, on higher prices in Asia where demand has jumped after China prices surged after the National Day Golden Week holiday.
Europe spot prices rose by around 14% in the past few weeks, with current month spot prices averaging at around $700/tonne or more – a level that was temporarily reached in mid-July, before falling again. Prior to that, prices were well below that level after the slump in March.
The hike in Europe prices is almost entirely because of the increase in values in Asia after the 1-8 October holiday in China. Prices there have spiked on eased oversupply pressure and a bullish futures market.
“The styrene market is crazy right now, the Q4 is crazy, crazy,” a trader said this week, referring to the open arbitrage to Asia on strong post-holiday demand there and for pre-Christmas plastics buying.
There has been a pronounced uptick in demand for acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and polystyrene (PS) in Asia.
The positivity in the Asia market has caught some players by surprise and brought rejuvenated dynamism to the styrene sector, after a lacklustre few months which at best saw the market slightly recovering after the peak of the impact of the pandemic.
In the previous three years, there had not been such an uptick in pricing values following the holiday in China. Indeed, in 2019 and 2018, prices fell.
Europe November has traded this week at $720/tonne, $725/tonne and at $730/tonne. Last week saw more trade activity than usual, with November trading at $645/tonne, $647.5/tonne, $655/tonne, $675/tonne, $675/tonne again for a 3,000 tonne load and at $685/tonne.
Last week also saw 2,000 tonnes traded at $682/tonne for any November or any December, in the buyer's option, and December had traded at $675/tonne, $680/tonne and at $685/tonne.
There have not been any October or December trades confirmed this week, with most traders pointing out “there is no October market at the moment”.
MOST INTEREST IS FOR NOVEMBER
Europe players expect Asia to have a strong fourth quarter, and there is some expectation November will be the strongest month in Q4 for Europe.
December will likely soften as usual, but it could end up at a higher level than the market had expected based on 2020’s performance so far. It is also anticipated that once the vessels arrive in Asia, demand there will be satisfied and the arbitrage would close again.
Looking at Europe stock availability, the trader said: “We have some stocks, but not as much as usual. It is a bit shorter than usual because the hurricanes in the US delayed shipments and not much molecules arrived in October from the US, I think it was 20,000-30,000 tonnes.”
The trader said that while that was the normal amount to meet largely contractual requirements and spot business that had been locked in before the arbitrage window had closed, the market has prior to hurricane season seen 35,000-45,000 tonnes from the US per month.
“But right now due to the hurricanes in the US, the prices increased and therefore the arb was closed and no spot cargoes were booked from the US to Europe,” it added.
Run rates in Europe are higher than they were a few months ago, with PO/SM (propylene oxide/styrene monomer) and EB/SM (ethylbenzene) mostly running at ramped up rates. PO units seem to be running especially well at 80-85%, because of good demand for that product.
EBSM producers are said to be running well because of decent spreads to benzene.
The outlook for November trade flows points to US volume potentially heading mostly for South Korea and India, and potentially the Mediterranean but there is not much scheduled to ARA (Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp).
EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES MAY BALANCE TO
EUROPE SUPPLY LENGTH
The European market is long and will be long next year but some of these opportunities could bring a bit more balance to the market.
The trader said European exports to Asia could balance out some of the European oversupply.
“Demand in Asia is very, very good. If you look into the currency as well, China’s currency is very stable – that’s a very good sign looking into the financial markets as well, and this signs a positive impulse to the people as well and their buying interest is starting again, but I think in Europe we did not see such a demand increase as in Asia," it said.
"We have demand here but it is for sure not as high as Asia. I would say we’re coming a little bit back, but we are not higher than before corona.”
Prices are on a free on board (FOB) Rotterdam basis.
Styrene is a chemical used to make latex and polystyrene resins, which in turn are used to make plastic packaging, disposable cups and insulation.
Front page picture: A street in Beijing on
the National Day, 8 October; industrial
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Atlus released a new Baroque trailer. The game will be released for Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii in March. Enjoy the trailer.
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A commentary accompanying the study assets there's no question that targeted retail advertising makes it more likely that children will start smoking and less likely that adults will quit.
Smokers who had to walk at least a third of mile for cigarettes had an easier time quitting, according to an analysis of data from Finland published today by JAMA Internal Medicine.
The bad news? Distance from a tobacco outlet didn’t seem to make a difference in who relapsed, the authors found.
Anna Pulakka, PhD, and fellow researchers culled data from 2 studies of smokers and ex-smokers to evaluate whether living further from a source of cigarettes. A total of 20,729 men and women ages 18-75 took part in the study. Results were based on a comparison of responses from 2008-2009 and from 2012-2013 for one study, and between 2003 and 2012 for the other study.
They found that a 500 meters between the smoker’s home and the tobacco source was associated with a 16% increase in the odds of quitting in the between individual analysis, and a 57% increase in the within individual analysis, after adjusting for marital and work status.
"We found robust evidence suggesting that among Finnish adults who smoked, increase in the distance from home to a tobacco outlet increased the odds of quitting smoking," the study concludes.
Finland has strict anti-smoking policies, and the authors acknowledged that the findings may not be generalizable to other populations. But in a related commentary, authors based in the United States, Cheryl Bettigole, MD, PhD, and Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, said the findings add further evidence that marketing of cigarettes and the availability of retail outlets keep some from quitting.
Bettigole and Farley note that despite long-term efforts by CDC to promote the harms of smoking—as well as the master settlement agreement that called for an end to marketing to children—a 2013 study found that tobacco companies continue to spend $1 million an hour on marketing.
CDC findings have shown that the long-term decline in smoking rates is leveling off, and those who still smoke are more likely to be poor and minorities. Billboard and retail advertising in low-income areas, where children cannot help but be exposed to marketing, have been linked to higher rates of youth who start smoking.
The value of the long-term study from Finland, they write, is that it makes the case that being surrounded by tobacco advertising is inherently harmful. “We can now conclude that tobacco outlets and the heavy dose of tobacco marketing they dump into their communities cause smoking—more precisely, they inhibit quitting among smokers.”
Tobacco companies have not stopped advertising, the commentators note; they have simply fine-tuned their efforts and aimed them directly at the population most likely to smoke. “The Marlboro Man no longer rides on television and radio, but point-of-sale substitutes,” such as discounts, coupons, and other promotions.
Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, causing 6 million deaths per year, according to CDC. At current rates, smoking will cause 8 million deaths per year by 2030.
1. Pulakka A, Halonen JI, Kawachi I, et al. Association between distance from home to tobacco outlet and smoking cessation and relapse. JAMA Intern Med., August 2016 DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.4535
2. Bettigole C, Farley TA. Retail stores and the fight against tobacco—following the money. JAMA Intern Med, August 2016 DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.4544


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Uber (UBER) raised $8.1 billion in additional cash through its IPO this month. A richer Uber could spell trouble for Yelp’s (YELP) ambitions. Yelp has an interest in the restaurant food delivery market in the United States. It has an arrangement with restaurant food delivery provider GrubHub, where it makes money when its users make a purchase with GrubHub’s restaurant partners.
…With a larger war chest, Uber could be more incentivized to mount a stronger competitive challenge against market leader GrubHub in America’s food delivery scene, potentially slowing its growth or taking its market share. And Yelp would have something to lose if GrubHub cannot compete effectively or defend its market share. Yelp said in its latest investor letter that its operating results may be adversely affected if it fails to realize the benefits that it expects from its arrangement with GrubHub.


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The Pottermore website, through which J.K. Rowling will sell Harry Potter ebooks, has been hit by conmen selling fake accounts.
The scammers are trying to entice Potter fans by selling invitations which claim to offer early access to the portal, which doesn't go live until October.
Avid Harry fans can gain beta access to the service, but only by competing in daily challenges on the Pottermore website, which run until tomorrow (Saturday).
Up to a million accounts will be given away to the public.
Security researcher Chris Boyd reckons that the cyber con-artists are selling the false accounts for up to £60 on eBay and gaining access to the personal details of users in the process.
Apparently, some genuinely obtained accounts are also being sold via the site.
Eager fans are also being instructed to be wary of searching for the Pottermore service on the internet. Scammers are thought to be using search engine poisoning entice fans to click on malicious links.
Pottermore will be the exclusive digital seller of existing Harry Potter titles, while Rowling plans to pen more stories from the world of wizardry which will also be sold on the site.


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One of a kind “Ride for Freedom” tractors, one each from Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) and Mack Trucks, will be joining the 29th annual “Ride for Freedom” rally in Washington, D.C., over the Memorial Day weekend; a rally that honors prisoners of war-missing in action (POW-MIA) from all U.S. conflicts overseas, as well as those currently serving in the armed forces.
A new sleep apnea white paper issued by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) and based on a survey of over 800 truck drivers finds that the cost of sleep apnea treatments is hitting them hard in the wallet, with out-of-pocket expenses for treatment averaging $1,220 or some 1.5 weeks of median drive pay.
Fleet managers and drivers should begin preparing for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) 29th annual International Roadcheck, which will take place June 7-9, 2016. And this year, there’s an emphasis on tire safety.
As everyone in the industry should know by now, new truck engine oil is due to hit the market on Dec. 1. The introduction of the new PC-11 engine oil performance category will result in the largest change in oil specifications the industry has seen in a generation.
The latest “confidence report” issued by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) released this week at the 2016 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, CA, determines that aerodynamic enhancements to Class 8 tractors can return a sizeable savings in fuel efficiency – even for day cab models, which many felt were incapable of benefiting from aerodynamics in the past.
A new optional powertrain will be offered by Ford Motor Co. for its 2017 model F-150 pickup truck line: a second-generation 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoost engine matched to a new 10-speed automatic transmission.
Ford said this is the first volume-production 10-speed automatic available to consumers from any automaker and is designed to deliver improved acceleration and performance compared to six-speed automatic gearboxes.
A factory-installed strobe warning light emitting diode (LED) kit is now being offered by Ford Motor Co. for its F-150 pickup truck line for fleet customers; a light kit designed with utility, road construction and municipal fleet crews.
Already available on 2016 F-Series Super Duty, the OEM said this LED strobe light kit will be offered as an option on all 2016 F-150 models with a fleet identification number.


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New 2021 Flag Tee Features the Names of All 50 States and Five US Territories
To celebrate America’s upcoming birthday and the diverse tapestry that makes up the U.S., Old Navy is rolling out the red, white and blue carpet to the country’s newest members. The quintessential American fashion brand is teaming up with the nonprofit Welcoming America to officially welcome newly naturalized U.S. citizens with the gift of its iconic Flag Tee.
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This Fourth of July, Old Navy is celebrating all things American, from apple pie and barbecues to freedom and flag tees. The brand will cue the fireworks for a special group of people who represent the country’s rich heritage of diversity - new American citizens. To commemorate their first Independence Day as naturalized citizens, Old Navy is gifting its 2021 Flag Tee to these newest members1, officially welcoming them to the Old Navy family and tradition of stars and stripes.
“This July Fourth, I’m celebrating the opportunity to live out my dreams, and the diversity in America, in style,” said Kris Njatcha, who became a citizen in 2015 from Cameroon and is teaming up with Old Navy to celebrate the program.
To further invest in the brand’s commitment to belonging, Old Navy is supporting Welcoming America with a $65,000 donation to support the nonprofit’s mission to build inclusive communities together with immigrants. A portion of the donation will also fund July Fourth celebration events for newly naturalized citizens through Welcoming America’s member organizations in select markets.
"We're thrilled to partner with an inclusive brand like Old Navy to celebrate new American citizens and the communities that foster belonging for everyone across the nation," said Rachel Perić, Executive Director of Welcoming America.
2021 Flag Tee
Since its founding in 1994, Old Navy has been part of the July Fourth traditions for millions of families who proudly wear the brand’s Flag Tee to celebrate America’s birthday. The 2021 Flag Tee is the brand’s most inclusive version yet, featuring the names of the five U.S. territories in addition to the 50 states.
“We view the flag as an enduring symbol of freedom, especially now as the country continues to reopen from the pandemic,’ said Shane Cullen, Senior Designer of Graphics at Old Navy. “Given all we experienced in the last year as a nation, we saw an opportunity to evolve our traditional Flag Tee design to convey togetherness and solidarity.”
The 2021 Old Navy Flag Tee collection, priced at US $5.00, is available for the family (pets included!2) now at oldnavy.com and in stores in the U.S. nationwide. Old Navy invites customers to join the conversation while wearing their Flag Tees and share what they are most proud of being an American with the hashtag #oldnavyflagtee.
About Old Navy
Old Navy is a global apparel and accessories brand that makes current American essentials accessible to every family. Originated in 1994, the brand celebrates the democracy of style through on-trend, playfully optimistic, affordable and high-quality products. A division of San Francisco-based Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), Old Navy brings a fun, energizing shopping environment to its customers in more than 1,200 stores around the world. For more information, please visit www.oldnavy.com.
About Welcoming America
Welcoming America is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that leads a movement of inclusive communities becoming more prosperous by ensuring everyone belongs. Through the Welcoming Network, we work to change systems and culture by providing communities the roadmap they need to create welcoming policies and share new approaches to inclusion to create an environment where everyone can truly thrive. Visit www.welcomingamerica.org to learn more.
1Offer valid while supplies last. Old Navy will gift 1,000 Flag Tees to new U.S. citizens through nonprofit partner Welcoming America.
2Flag Tee for pets is priced at US $10.00.


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We have been seeing countless leaks suggesting the launch of a Galaxy Tab S7+ Lite. As the name suggests the device would be a toned-down variant with a more attractive price. Now, the device has been revealed in Germany, and turns out that it is actually named Galaxy Tab S7 FE 5G. Samsung seems to be way more confident with the FE (Fan Edition) moniker and we can’t blame them for that. After all, the Galaxy S20 FE has been a notable success for the company since its launch in October last year. The Galaxy Tab S7 FE cuts some corners but offers decent performance and 5G connectivity for users in Germany. We know that it’s just a matter of time until it leaves the country and reaches other countries in Europe.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE specifications
The new Galaxy Tab S7 FE flaunts a 12.4-inch display with a 2,560 x 1,600 resolution. To cut some corners, Samsung is ditching the AMOLED panel in favor of a common LCD. Under the hood, the slate comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 760G processor paired with 4G of RAM and 64GB of Internal Storage. According to reports, we can also expect a variant with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of Internal Storage soon. Both of them offer support for expansion via the microSD card slot.
In terms of optics, the table has an 8MP autofocus camera in the back and a 5MP front-facing camera that should be enough for video calls. The tablet also counts with three built-in microphones to make sure your voice is clean during calls. Under the hood, we get a massive 10,090 mAh battery with support for 45W fast-charging. Unfortunately, users will need to purchase a charging bring separately. Samsung is going full force with the chargerless packages. According to the Korean firm, the Galaxy Tab S7 FE battery can offer 13 hours of battery life for video playback. You’ll surely want to watch a lot of videos with this massive display.
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The tablet also comes with an S Pen that makes justice for the Tab on its name. The low-latency pen features a soft tip and is said to feel like a real pen when writing with it. The software converts handwriting into text in real-time and charges automatically when placed on the magnetic part on the back panel.
As usual, the Tab S7 FE comes with support for Samsung DeX. When the mode is turned on it provides users with a desktop-like environment with a start menu and a taskbar. The company also sells an optional keyboard cover that allows users to transform the Galaxy Tab into a small notebook. While in normal tablet mode, the software provides up to 3 apps split-screen multitask. In case you’re wondering the tablet comes with Android 11-based One UI 3.1 straight out of the box.
Pricing and Availability
The tablet retails at €649 which is pretty expensive when you compare it with the Galaxy Tab S7 that offers the same RAM and twice the storage for about €619. Not to mention the chipset inside the Tab S7 that is more powerful than the Snapdragon 750G. Anyway, the Galaxy Tab S7 FE is available for purchase in Mystic Black and Mystic Silver. More colorways will come in the future.


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Trouva, the online marketplace that specialises in offering hard-to-find pieces from a wide variety of retailers, has received an investment boost and plans to use the cash to fund its European expansion.
A richly embroidered jacket by Yves Saint Laurent inspired by Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" was sold at auction Wednesday for 382,000 euros ($420,000), a record for a garment from the celebrated French designer.
Luxe fashion names are focusing heavily on boosting their e-tail ops and Hackett said it has achieved 97% growth in international e-tail, three months after partnering with cross border e-commerce specialist Global-e.
A 49-carat diamond which analysts estimate to be worth up to $12 million was among over a dozen jewel-encrusted items snatched from a German state museum in a spectacular heist, the museum confirmed Wednesday.
Department store Jenners could be under threat in Edinburgh with the owner of the building it occupies, Bestseller's boss, planning to convert the space into a part-retail location with a hotel, bar and restaurant.
Victoria Beckham’s fashion business remains loss-making and the latest accounts, for 2018, show that its losses widened last year as sales fell. But it also talked of profitable Q4 EBITDA for the current year.
Bvlgari and Save the Children are celebrating the tenth anniversary of their partnership with the #GiveHope campaign, which has brought together a myriad of stars including Eva Green and Lily Aldridge.
After stints at Helmut Lang, Gucci and Bottega Venetta, Bellettini joined Saint Laurent as CEO in 2013 to take it to the next level. She talked about identity, creativity and empowerment at the Vogue Fashion Festival.


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by Anton Shilov
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company last week said it had managed to boost ouptut of wafers processed using 28nm fabrication technology by more than two times in Q1 2012 compared to the previous quarter. But the company admits that it will only meet all the demand for 28nm production capacity sometimes in the first quarter of 2013.
"As we had expected last quarter, 28nm contribution more than doubled to 5% of total wafer sales in the first quarter. This was the fastest ramp in foundry’s history as we tried to chase customers’ massive demand. [...] Our Fab 15, begins 28nm volume production this month, and then ramp at a fastest speed in our history to reach about 50 thousand wafers per month by the end of this year," said Lora Ho, chief financial officer of TSMC.
Unfortunately, the company did not disclose the share of wafers processed using 28HP (HKMG) and 28LP (SiON) process technology in Q1 2012. Last quarter the vast majority of 28nm chips were made using 28LP and given TSMC's plan to increase output of 28nm HKMG-based products to around 50% [of all 28nm wafers] by the end of the year, it is highly likely that in Q1 2012 the company also produced the majority of 28nm chips using silicon oxynitride-based fabrication process.
Keeping in mind that companies like Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia Corp. use 28HP/HKMG process technology to make their high-performance graphics processing units, it is likely that they will continue to get lower amount of 28nm chips than they would like to for several quarters down the road.
Despite of massive investments into expansion of production capacities, even the head of TSMC, Morris Chang, makes no secret that the supply of 28nm chips will not meet demand till early 2013, which means that the ramp up of 28nm production capacity to levels higher than 10% of total wafer revenue will take around six quarters.
"I think the worst of the supply shortage is behind us. We expect that we will be close to catching up in the fourth quarter this year. We expect to have completely caught up with demand by the first quarter next year," said Morris Chang, the chairman and chief exec of TSMC.
TSMC disclosed that the total amount of wafers processed using 28nm manufacturing technology will be from 350 thousand to 400 thousand units for the whole calendar 2012, which is a very significant number. Still, considering the fact than barely 30% - 35% of those wafers will rely on HKMG process technology, TSMC's success with high-k metal gate in the first year of production will be significantly below that of Globalfoundries, which shipped 250 thousand of 300mm wafers processed using gate first 32nm/HKMG in the first year of production.
For the Q1 2012, TSMC has announced consolidated revenue of NT$105.51 billion ($3.612 billion), net income of NT$33.47 billion ($1.146 billion), and diluted earnings per share of NT$1.29 (US$0.22 per ADR unit). Gross margin for the quarter was 47.7%, operating margin was 33.6%, and net margin was 31.7%.
Year-over-year, first quarter revenue increased 0.1% while both net income and diluted EPS decreased 7.7%. Compared to fourth quarter of 2011, first quarter of 2012 results represent a 0.8% increase in revenue, and a 6% increase in both net income and diluted EPS. In US dollars, first quarter revenue increased 2.7% from the previous quarter and decreased 1.3% year-over-year.