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Success has been at the forefront of Dun Laoighaires IADT’s Media Cube with evidence of 756 jobs being generated and a grand total of €25m in equity since 2007. They have also supported 80 companies throughout its 10 years history.
The Media Cube was set up for early stage digital ventures and designed to help businesses grow.
The Media Cube denotes a high-technology start-up community in the digital media and creative technology sectors, and works closely with Enterprise Ireland, the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Local Enterprise Office and other key agencies.
Graham Byrne, a graduate of IADT and now CEO of Your Smile Direct notes “Your Smile Direct began its life at the Media Cube back in 2014. We were able to get the help, support and contacts at critical times in our growth journey.” ‘Your Smile Direct’ offers online affordable Dental Support. He also adds “the biggest benefit I found was that the Media Cube has a rare community where you can just sit down and have a cup of coffee with five different entrepreneurs all going through the same journey.”
There is also evidence of strong links between IADT and global companies with 50% of the businesses that started out at the Media Cube have scaled globally.
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text: iPodlounge reports that Griffin Technology will introduce new iPod products at next week’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco. The company’s new AirClick Remote will allow users to control their iPod (play/pause, next/previous, volume up/down) from up to 60 ft. away using RF technology (as opposed to IR). It will be available for both 4G iPods and iPod minis, and will offer iPod photo, enabling users to advance pictures wirelessly. Griffin will also show its AirClick USB dongle, which plugs into a Mac to allow users to control Apple DVD player, iTunes, Keynote, PowerPoint, QuickTime and VLC. The company will also debut the SmartDeck audio cassette adapter for 3G/4G iPods and iPod minis. The accessory will allow users to use their own stereo’s transport buttons–such as fast-forward, rewind, next song, previous song, etc.–to control an iPod.

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Obama: Taxpayers ‘reluctant’ GM investors
The federal government will invest $30 billion in General Motors Corp., becoming a
reluctant shareholder in a new GM, U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday.
The morphing of the
old GM to the
new GM requires
a substantial amount of money that only a government can provide, Obama said of the federal government's involvement.
We're acting as reluctant shareholders, Obama said.
GM filed for bankruptcy Monday after submitting a second reorganization plan
tailored to the realities of today's auto market, Obama said. GM will cut 21,000 union jobs, close at least 12 factories and 40 percent of its 6,000 dealerships as part of the plan, The New York Times reported.
GM did what Chrysler has successfully done -- file for bankruptcy with support of the necessary parties, Obama said, adding he expected it would take more time for GM to emerge from bankruptcy than Chrysler LLC because GM is bigger and more complex.
The substantial government financial stake does not mean involvement in day-to-day operations, Obama said.
What we are not doing is running GM, Obama said.
GM will be run by private board of directors with (a) track record ... of commitment to innovation and quality. They will call the shots.
I will not pretend the hard times are over, Obama said, and will mean more job losses, and more closures at plant, dealerships and parts suppliers.
Speaking to the affected workers, Obama said they were making a sacrifice
for the next generation.
If the reorganization goes well, the new GM can offer a new U.S. generation
the chance to live out their dreams, out-compete global automakers and be an integral part of the U.S. economic future, the president said.
And when that happens, we can truly say that what is good for General Motors and all who work there is good for the United States of America, Obama said.


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Late yesterday, the Financial Times reported that SwiftKey was in talks with Microsoft about a potential acquisition that could be officially announced during the week. The report was right and this morning both Microsoft and SwiftKey have made the news official on their respective blogs.
The financial details of the acquisition weren't disclosed, but yesterday's report mentioned a $250 Million figure — or about a quarter Instagram if you want. The rest of the deal's terms aren't perfectly transparent either, but SwiftKey's co-founders Jon and Ben made it clear that the keyboard will continue to be developed for Android and iOS.
Our number one focus has always been to build the best possible products for our users.
Microsoft has been releasing its own apps on Android lately, but it's apparently looking to buy one now. Financial Times reports Microsoft is swooping in to snap up keyboard maker SwiftKey for $250 million. SwiftKey is running on millions of Android devices, plus the ones from OEMs that license and re-skin SwiftKey. Now Microsoft could extend its reach to all those devices very soon. Read More
Microsoft's Cortana has been available on Android for about 2 months, but shortly after its launch, it got an update to remove the Hey Cortana hotword (though that remained functional in Cyanogen OS) because of potential conflicts with Google's own Ok Google. That dampened a bit the app's utility as it became slightly more difficult to launch when in a hurry.
This update to version 1.4.0 tries to circumvent the issue by adding a homescreen widget. It has a big Ask Cortana button that launches voice searches immediately, a list of your upcoming events and reminders, and another button to add a reminder. Read More
Microsoft's Outlook has seen vast improvements over the past year or so. The app transformed from a Metro-inspired mess to a responsive and beautiful app with lots of Material touches. It recently even made the jump to add bottom quick access buttons, like Gmail used to have. And now the Outlook team is letting us know that the Calendar section of the app is getting cool new additions. Read More
Remember the days when Microsoft kept all its favorite toys in its own playground? Ah, those days are long over, and now we've got the full suite of Office apps on Android. All three—Word, Excel, and PowerPoint—are getting nice little updates today. Read More
Cyanogen Inc. started sending out Cyanogen OS 12.1.1 to the OnePlus One earlier this week. This update is notable as it's the first build that comes with Microsoft Cortana built-in. It turns out that's not the only Microsoft integration. The file opening dialog also seems to be suggesting Microsoft apps even if you don't have them installed.
Cyanogen Inc is rolling out Cyanogen OS 12.1.1 for the OnePlus One today, and it's not just any update. This is the first version of Cyanogen OS with support for Microsoft Cortana baked right in. After Microsoft finally made Cortana official for other phones, then removed the always listening feature, the OnePlus One is rather unique. Read More
Microsoft has been branching out recently to make its previously exclusive apps and services available on more platforms. Cortana just became publicly available after a lengthy beta test, and now there's a big update. Not because it added big things, but because it took one away. In v1.2 of the Cortana app, you can't use the "Hey Cortana" hotword in the US anymore. Read More
One of a smartphone's core functions is to contact your contacts, so you probably have a bunch of them. Some, maybe even most, folks would consider the default contacts app on their phone sufficient, but Microsoft is working on a piece of software for people who would say otherwise. Read More
Last month, Microsoft made a very unpopular decision to cut back on OneDrive storage for all of its users, reducing unlimited Office subscriber plans to 1TB, replacing paid 100GB and 200GB plans with 50GB ones for newcomers, and taking 10GB back of free storage on all regular user accounts. The justification given was an "abuse" of the unlimited plan by some users who had created backups of multiple computers and stored over 75TB of storage. In response, the user uproar explained that "unlimited" is, by definition, unlimited, and Microsoft should have put a limit from the first place if it didn't want users to surpass a certain capacity. Read More


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We’ve seen our fair share of shocking headlines recently: tenuous IPOs, the “retailpocalypse” and a fickle market have reset the way we size up subscription businesses. Recurring revenue models have their pitfalls, and 2019 has certainly taught the industry a few lessons.
Next year, retention is set to be a top priority for companies looking to keep customers engaged and drive growth. From niche products to personalization, how companies deliver on and measure the success of their customer experience will separate successful subscription businesses from the next unflattering news story.
These seven trends will emerge to shape the way companies delight and retain customers in 2020.
1. To meet consumer demand, more mainstream brands will experiment with subscriptions
We’ve all seen articles detailing the financial fall of many brick-and-mortar stores. The retail crunch predicted years ago is coming to fruition as we’ve watched household names like Sears, Toys R Us and Barney’s consider bankruptcy or go up for sale.
Consumers aren’t letting up in their preference for convenience; they want easier ways to buy, and that means stores must develop better online experiences and offer subscription options or risk losing revenue. We’ll see big brands like Nike and Ikea continue to experiment and expand innovative subscription offerings.
For struggling brick-and-mortar businesses, subscription services could very well be a lifeline to retain a dwindling customer base. The shifting retail industry presents an opportunity for traditional companies to fully embrace recurring revenue models next year — smart organizations will do so.
2. The golden age of niche subscriptions is gone, so fatigue will settle in
We’ve experienced a rapid period of subscription adoption, with more options launching everyday. And that’s led us to a point of max fragmentation where companies and consumers alike are subscribed to so many niche products and services, they can no longer manage or afford new offerings.
Because the proliferation of subscriptions are so vast, specialized products and services will need to do prove their worth or risk being replaced. B2B (project management, martech, ecommerce) and B2C (clothing, streaming, meal delivery) companies alike must offer far better experiences in 2020 than in years past. For B2B organizations, products must be integrated with larger systems to justify their existence. One-off point solutions that silo information and create broken customer experiences will no longer be accepted. And for B2C companies, pricing will have to be spot on as more competition vies for the budgets of consumers who haven’t budgeted for increased spending.
Ultimately, not every company will be able to compete in the age of subscription fatigue, so we’ll see more consolidation, partnerships and mergers occur in the coming year.
3. Customer retention will become the new frontier for marketers
It’s impossible to ignore the IPO press around WeWork, Blue Apron, Uber, Peloton and others. If 2020’s tech and consumer unicorns have poor unit economics and aren’t turning a profit, they need to prepare to be the next ugly headline. Marketers can be a force for change by focusing on the long-term retention of the customers they acquire. And I believe they’ll do so happily. Why?


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BANGKOK, 14 MAY 2019 (NNT) – Thailand joins hands with Indonesia to push for creative industries starting with three major industries with a growth target of five percent per year.
Both countries aim to develop target creative industries, especially the fashion industry, the design industry and the broadcasting industry to allow them to grow by five percent per year.
Mrs. Atchaka Sibunruang, Chairperson of the Creative Economy Agency Thailand (Public Organization)’s board, signed a memorandum of understanding on “Thailand-Indonesia Creative Industry Cooperation” with the Creative Economy Office of the Republic of Indonesia in order to jointly promote and create a better understanding of the creative industries as well as produce creative creators in both countries to compete in the global market through meetings and activities to exchange knowledge and personnel and create a database on digital industry together.
Mrs. Atchaka said Indonesia is a country that has grown and become the incubator for the creative industries of the world.
There are up to four unicorn startups (unicorn startups are 3-5 year startup businesses worth over one billion US dollar or over 30 billion baht), such as Go-Jek, a company that provides shuttle services worth 60 billion baht in Indonesia and Traveloka, a company that provides hotel and travel booking services worth 6.5 billion baht. This cooperation will result in the development of digital skills that truly meet the needs of the industry.
Thailand’s FDI applications up 69% in the first nine months of 2019
The total value of FDI applications received by the BOI in the nine months to September increased 69% from the year earlier period, to a total value of 203.37 billion baht, according to the latest data from the BOI
Thailand continued to attract rising foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of 2019, with increased number of investment project applications according to public agency Thailand Board of Investment (BOI).(more…)
Thai Labour minister calls meeting after U.S. GSP cut
The Minister of Labour has called an urgent meeting to address the labour concerns cited by the U.S. as a factor in the decision to revoke trade preferences.
BANGKOK (NNT) – The decision by the U.S. to suspend Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) treatment to Thailand, requiring all Thai exports to the U.S. to be subject to duties, has raised confusion among many sectors in Thailand.(more…)
Thailand edges up 6 spots in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2020
While many economies in the East Asia and the Pacific region make doing business relatively easy, the pace of reforms has slowed from previous years.
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DpiX gets new lease on life with purchase by consortiumTrixell, Varian, and Planer take controlling interestAnother supply crisis for thin-film transistor (TFT) arrays used in flat-panel digital radiography systems has been averted. A
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Another supply crisis for thin-film transistor (TFT) arrays used in flat-panel digital radiography systems has been averted. A consortium of dpiX's customers have joined forces to acquire an 80.1% interest in the Palo Alto, CA-based firm from its parent Xerox. Xerox will retain a 19.9% position in dpiX, which develops amorphous silicon arrays that can be used in either digital x-ray detectors or active-matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs) for image viewing applications.
As expected, defense firm Planar Systems and medical imaging companies Trixell and Varian Medical Systems are participating in the consortium (PNN 5/99). All three companies use dpiX's TFT arrays in their products.
The current TFT supply crisis began last month when Xerox announced that it would divest the firm or shut it down if a buyer could not be found. If dpiX had gone under, it would have been the second U.S. TFT array supplier to go out of business in a year. Sterling Diagnostic Imaging's previous TFT supplier, Optical Imaging Systems, shut down in late 1998 (PNN 10/98), and uncertainty over the supply of TFT arrays has led to concern about the commercialization of digital x-ray systems.
The consortium members declined to comment on future plans until the deal closes, probably in early June. Meetings between dpiX executives and consortium members will take place the week of June 7 to determine future strategies for the new dpiX, said dpiX president Timothy Da Silva.
Da Silva, who will retain that position in the new company, joined dpiX on March 5, and was previously vice president of operations for Xerox's New Enterprise companies. Trixell president Gerard Daguise has been named chairman of dpiX's board of directors. Daguise is also vice president of the radiology business unit of Thomson Tubes Electroniques.
DpiX's manufacturing plant in Palo Alto will be maintained, and there will be no disruption in the supply of TFT arrays, Da Silva said. A new holding company, PhSiTh LLC, has been created by Trixell's member companies (Philips Medical Systems, Siemens Medical Engineering, and Thomson-CSF) to represent their interests in the takeover of dpiX. Each of the Trixell companies owns one-third of PhSiTh.
Further financial details of the transaction, such as the percentage of dpiX that each consortium member owns and the overall purchase price, were not released.
Trixell decided to participate in the consortium to reinforce its supply of TFT arrays, said Jean Chabbal, general manager for Moirans, France-based Trixell. Trixell also maintains an alternative source for TFT arrays, which it declined to identify. The company will continue this dual-source supply strategy for the foreseeable future, according to Chabbal.
Another consortium participant, Planar Systems, has had a long-term supply relationship with dpiX, and although it has another supply source from an Asian company, it elected to participate to solidify its TFT supply, said Jack Raiton, CFO. The Beaverton, OR-based company employs dpiX's TFT arrays in its commercial and military avionics displays.
The acquisition will mark a new beginning for a company that has shown much promise but has yet to achieve profitability. Xerox's technology R&D lab, Xerox PARC, spun off dpiX in March 1996 to commercialize TFT array technology that could be used for digitizing x-ray studies and for viewing images. A source knowledgeable about the situation said that dpiX had revenues in 1997 and 1998 of $8.5 million and $11 million, respectively. Xerox invested more than $50 million in the venture, but the firm has never been profitable, according to the source.
Xerox's decision to divest dpiX, coupled with the demise of Sterling's TFT supplier OIS, highlights the difficulties that many companies are having in making a profit in the flat-panel digital radiography segment. While most analysts believe these systems will ultimately have a huge impact on the market, implementations to date have been minimal, due largely to the early stage of the technology and the high cost of the systems compared with computed radiography and traditional analog systems.
And the uncertain supply of TFT arrays for flat-panel digital x-ray systems has been a cloud hanging over the market. Participants in the consortium hope that the acquisition will resolve some of these doubts.
"It's true that the digital x-ray market is starting slowly, but we expect that our partnership with dpiX will help speed up this market, because now is the right time," Chabbal said. "The market is certainly more informed about the new technology and is waiting for the products."


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Google-parent Alphabet Inc, Microsoft, and Apple have emerged as tech’s leading employers in the first-ever Forbes World’s Best Employers List. Alphabet, which has a 72,000-strong workforce, took the top spot riding on its working conditions, diversity policies, and general image. Microsoft followed for being extremely “attractive” to employees. And Apple, whose market cap is nearing a trillion-dollar, took the fourth spot. Also Read - iPhone 13 to come with faster charging as compared to iPhone 12Also Read - New avatar of Google Chrome’s offline dinosaur game: How you can play
More than 36,000 global recommendations were analyzed by Statista to create the list, said Forbes. Employees were asked to rate their own employer and the likelihood of them recommending the organization to a friend or family member. They were also asked to recommend other employers they admired. Interestingly, Apple, Google and Microsoft also ranked as the top three most valuable brands in the world earlier this year. ALSO READ: Google s gender ratios show that it is hardly delivering on promises of inclusion Also Read - Apple TV Plus for free: PS5 owners get six months subscription free of cost
Google, of course, has traditionally ranked among the ‘best places to work’. Its free gourmet meals, lavish lounges, well-stocked play areas, and so on have been the stuff of legends. One of the biggest perks it has offered in recent years has been health insurance for part-time employees. And that possibly catapulted it to the top of the list. When Alphabet came into being two years ago, founder Larry Page said: “As Sergey [Brin] and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, ‘Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.'” And given the indulgence at Google/Alphabet, it truly is unconventional.
What is significant, however, is the fact that despite Google being in the face of a storm over its diversity policies after a leaked email from one of its engineers who was eventually sacked threatened to show it in bad light, the search giant continues to dominate Glassdoor ratings, incur profits, increase sales, expand operations, and attract the best of talent. Thus, making it rank among the world’s best employers. This win for Alphabet is a validation for Google the kind it needed.
At Microsoft, the last few years have been a tale of turnarounds under the inspired leadership of CEO Satya Nadella. While he hit refresh, Microsoft witnessed $89 billion in sales, $21.2 billion in profit, assets of $241 billion and a $573.7 billion market value this year, according to Forbes. And the software giant returned to being counted among the top three tech companies in the world the others being Google and Apple as well as made it to the top two employers’ list. ALSO READ: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says cultural diversity and inclusion critical to achieve company s mission
Fourth on the list, Apple, is the world’s most valuable tech company. While it had slipped to the 36th spot in Glassdoor’s annual ‘Best Places to Work’ list for lack of work-life balance, Forbes concludes that Apple is still an employer to beat. Employees not only draw handsome salaries across positions, but are also entitled to special discounts on Apple products. Additionally, Apple rewards its employees with “beer bashes” every once in a while. It also gets music stars to perform on anniversaries of its products, according to Business Insider.


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NextGen Gaming's Voodoo Dollars will be a popular first to market addition
The online casino operator and marketing firm SkillOnNet Limited has launched a new slot from NextGen Gaming titled Voodoo Dollars, which will be available at EUCasino.com along with a slew of third-party brands like CasinoRedKings.com, MegaCasino.dk, LunaCasino.com and PlayMillion.com,
SkillOnNet said in a statement that the 25-payline game is themed around magic and features Wild witch doctor symbols on reels two and four expanding to fill the whole reel and multiply winnings.
I'm delighted that, as part of our long-term partnership, we can enable SkillOnNet to leverage an exclusivity window for Voodoo Dollars to market as another first, said David Johnson, sales director for NextGen Gaming. He added that the game awards ten free games and a bonus ‚EURňúpotion' for obtaining at least three logo symbols.
This is the second collaboration between the two companies, who earlier this year launched the Doctor Love On Vacation slot in a similar "first to market" agreement (see previous report).
Michael Golembo, marketing VP for Malta-based SkillOnNet, said: The latest exclusive launch is a testament to the success [of the Doctor Love On Vacation slot] and we are excited to work our special witch doctor's magic on this one for sure.
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It’s been a tough week for Fab. Yesterday, word came that the company is being sued for trademark infringement and unfair competition by shoes and apparel site Just Fab, and today Fab is announcing over 100 employees will be laid off from its Berlin offices. The company, which just last month announced the close of $150 million in Series D funding, says the layoffs are meant to reduce redundancies. However, the company notes that it will have over 600 employees by the end of today’s actions, and is still hiring for more than 70 positions globally.
TechCrunch has also heard that Fab.com’s “Chief European Officer” in Germany, Maria Molland, had actually resigned at the beginning of June, though her LinkedIn lists her still as a Fab.com employee. We’ve also heard that the “over 100” employees being laid off is actually closer to 150.
Up until recently, Fab had been essentially running two separate flash sales businesses, explains CEO Jason Goldberg in a blog post about today’s layoffs — one in the U.S. and the other in Europe. But alongside the news of the funding raise, the company had also announced that it was pivoting its business model (yes, again) away from flash sales, in order to focus on where more of customers’ dollars were being spent — in its online “lifestyle shop.” Fab had said that two-thirds of its sales were not coming from flash sales, so it had needed to rebrand. It seems Fab.com was really becoming known for home goods, which account for 50 percent of sales.
Goldberg basically says today that the flash sales model was difficult to scale, noting that Fab wanted to sell the same products globally to its customers. “That was hard to do with flash sales, as products would come and go from Fab daily,” he wrote in the post. “The nature of flash sales dictates that products are not kept in inventory and are thus very difficult to ship fast or for free. However, fast and free shipping is possible with an inventory-planning model,” he says. The company is now working toward that.
With the change to Fab’s business model, the company says it now plans to consolidate most of its merchandising, marketing and operations teams into a single global team in New York. It will continue to operate local customer service, returns, shipping and logistics, finance, IT and HR positions in Europe at both its Berlin and Eindhoven offices.
Meanwhile, the company is planning to double its engineering team and hire in its sourcing and planning departments.
More than 30 people in Fab’s Berlin office are being asked to move to New York, while others are being laid off immediately or asked to remain in a transitional phase. Seventy of the employees began their “garden leave” (the approximate German term for paid leave) this week. Fab says it had 696 employees worldwide, which means the layoffs accounted for roughly 15 percent of its current workforce.
Europe is a big market for Fab.com, and especially the U.K., which generates nearly 40 percent of its sales in Europe and is its fastest-growing market outside the U.S. The company is also going after Asia, which is why Fab brought on Tencent and Itochu as partners, which was also alluded to in today’s announcement.
Growing the business to a worldwide scale is Fab’s overarching goal here, which means it will have to make strategic cuts like this when needed. Goldberg had previously said that there are only four e-commerce companies in the world that are valued at more than $10 billion: Amazon, Alibaba, eBay, and Rakuten. He wants Fab.com to be the fifth. But to do so, Fab has needed to invest in enhancements to its supply chain, logistics, customer service, technology and merchandising, and it’s also now bringing more product design in-house. Fab expects to reach profitability in its U.S. and European operations by Q4 2014 or Q1 2015, Goldberg also noted a few weeks ago.
The layoffs also come at a time when some reports have been critical of Fab.com’s missteps, as well as its company culture, where, as Bloomberg found, “employees are asked to send e-mails in a certain font, use high-quality paper and always ‘be Fab.'” We’ve also heard that the culture at Fab has not been great. Goldberg fought back against Bloomberg’s claims, but many of the bullet points in that earlier post ended up confirming the original reporting.
Update: Goldberg responded to say that Maria’s departure was unrelated – ” A couple of months ago Maria came to me to let me know that she was interested in starting her own company. I have been very supportive of that and am helping her. It’s the best reason for an exec to leave a startup.” He also notes that in terms of net terminations, Fab expects to be around -70 by year end.


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A display offering Mountain Pure’s CBD services and products during the Fit Blendz store on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge. (picture: Michael DeMocker/Special towards the Advertiser)
Tara Elwell is defined to open up her very first CBD shop in Broussard in lot of days. It’s the culmination of months of planning and comes amid a shakeup in the market that some business people worry will restrict access and selection of CBD services and products in Louisiana for the future that is foreseeable.
CBD or cannabidiol is just an element obtained through the flower or bud for the cannabis or marijuana plant. It includes trace quantities, less than 0.3per cent, regarding the compound that is psychoactive the marijuana plant called THC or tetrahydrocannabinol that may cause a top.
In Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a bill (HB 491) that legalized the sale of CBD products that contain less than 0.3% of THC june. Regulations follows within the footsteps of this farm that is federal (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) that legalized the agricultural creation of hemp in the usa together with sale of hemp-derived items like CBD.
From left to right: Fit Blendz manager that is corporate LeJeune, Mountain Pure owner Heather Carter, and former Baton Rouge store supervisor Hunter Head in the front of a display offering Mountain Pure’s CBD services and products in the Fit Blendz shop on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge. (picture: Michael DeMocker/Special into the Advertiser)
The CBD industry has boomed in Louisiana, in big part because there was little to no regulatory oversight. Then in very early 2019, two state agencies, the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy while the Louisiana workplace of Alcohol and Tobacco Control issued general public notices warning their licensees that offering CBD products in Louisiana ended up being unlawful.
The notices managed to get confusing whether companies will be allowed to carry on attempting to sell the products at any degree, prompting legislators to pursue a legislation to facilitate CBD that is legal within the state.
Nevertheless, retailers will are in possession of to follow definite guidelines if they would like to carry on offering CBD items. They have to be allowed through Louisiana workplace of Alcohol and Tobacco Control and won’t be allowed to offer any CBD product that may be inhaled or is available in an edible type. Items may not be labeled as health supplements.
Companies at first needed to conform to these guidelines and apply for a permit that is temporary the ATC by Aug. 1. The agency pressed the due date back once again to Sept. 1 belated week that is last getting a lot more than 500 applications for temporary licenses from stores throughout the state, according ATC commissioner Juana Marine-Lombard.
The agency chose to widen the screen to offer individuals additional time to adhere to what the law states.
September”I believe that the number of businesses that apply for temporary permits could likely double,” Marine-Lomard said, explaining the extension to.
Elwell filed her license July 22 on her business Green Time Wellness. She hopes to start at 3711 W. Pinhook path in Broussard in many days. Elwell, undeterred by the regulations that are new stated she’s got “faith that the industry should be able to endure this.” She added that, “regulations aren’t necessarily a thing that is bad. If you should be able to adapt from the comfort of the start.”
A advocate that is long-time CBD, Elwell began utilizing the hemp-derived product to simply help her sleep, handle anxiety and muscle tissue discomfort. Just last year, whenever her dad had been clinically determined to have cancer and she became his caretaker, she began conversing with him about making the change from exercising legislation to working time that is full the health industry.
“My dad’s health forced us to say i wish to live every of my life doing what makes people healthy cbd oil for sale and happy,” she said day. “I learned legislation to master just how to run a small business. CBD is my passion.”
Much more individuals seek out these items to greatly help handle a number of signs from muscle discomfort to anxiety — company has boomed. A year ago the meals and Drug Administration confirmed that the ingredient ended up being effective in handling seizures in kids who are suffering from particular forms of childhood epilepsy, ultimately causing the approval of Epidiolex, a cannabis-derived medication.
Despite its current appeal, Heather Carter, the co-owner of a Louisiana-based CBD item manufacturer called hill Pure CBD, stated whenever she started in 2017, she had been one of several only brands to produce CBD within the state. Carter began attempting to sell her services and products to tiny retail stores in Baton Rouge before expanding to stores in brand New Orleans and Lafayette. The larger health food stores were not interested in buying CBD products at the time. Carter stated it took about 6 to 8 months before bigger business got more content offering CBD.
“And then it absolutely was everywhere,” she said.
In mid-July, Carter had been scrambling to go the company away from her house in Baton Rouge and in to a kitchen that is commercial rushing to have her retail permit and wholesale permit filed because of the original Aug. 1 due date.
Some business people are worried that not any longer being permitted to sell edible CBD or even the form that is inhalable drive clients to purchase the products online, Carter stated.
“At the period, how do they inform the caliber of just exactly what they’re getting,” she stated. “I’m sure our clients choose to keep in touch with us in individual. But will the shops nevertheless be here to provide them the eye which they require?”
Whenever Buddy Popp, who owns the CBD Shop in St. Tammany Parish, exposed two locations in 2018, everyone was CBD that is still buying from stores. Popp’s companies appeal to older customers and offer a number of CBD products such as for instance shower items and oils.
Nevertheless, complying using the rules that are new currently impacted company. Popp stated he is seen a drop off in product product sales just from pulling edible stock to stay static in conformity.
Even before HB 491 ended up being authorized Popp along with his household were currently taking a look at other states which are more supportive of CBD businesses. Florida, where CBD is regulated as a meals product, was from the straight back burner for a time, he stated.
“Louisiana remains very behind,” he said. “This is a growing industry that is likely to be hindered for a time.”


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Target: More victims in holiday shopping hack.
Whoa. The New York Times reports this afternoon that Target Corp. of Minneapolis, Minn., has revised the number of people affected by a data breach during the holiday shopping season.
Target, which originally said on Dec. 19 that about 40 million in-store customers had data stolen between Nov. 27 and mid-December, also revealed that additional types of information — mailing and email addresses, names and phone numbers — were hacked.
Before Friday, Target had disclosed that hackers stole customer names, credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates and security codes for only those customers who had shopped in its stores.
This additional trove of data involves all kinds of customer information that Target had collected over time.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post says Target is working with the Department and Justice and the Secret Service to track down the party responsible for the hack.
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This is when Starbucks red cups are coming back - and what their new Christmas drinks are
There are certain important moments and events that mark the start of the festive season.
For some it's the switch on of your town or city’s Christmas lights, while for others it might be the arrival of advent calendars in stores, or the sudden wintry chill in the air.
But, for many, the launch of Starbucks festive drinks menu is as important an occasion as any.
What is on the menu?
Those with a sweet tooth are sure to be delighted by this year's festive offering from the coffee chain - toasted marshmallow hot chocolate.
The take on the timeless classic is made with an exciting twist, combining a tasty mocha sauce with a marshmallow syrup, topped with marshmallow flavoured whipped cream and finished with a caramelised sugar topping.
The hot chocolate will be accompanied by all of the original festive favourites that fans have grown to love over the years.
The original holiday trio of indulgent flavours includes toffee nut, gingerbread and eggnog lattes.
A toasted marshmallow hot chocolate is new to the festive menu this year (Photo: Starbucks)
When are the drinks available?
The festive drinks will be available to enjoy at Starbucks branches across the UK from Tuesday 5 November 2019.
In true festive style, the drinks will be served in Starbucks' iconic red Christmas cups.
However, this year, customers can instead invest in one of the coffee chain's new reusable red cups to see you through the holiday season and beyond.
The cups will be available to buy from participating Starbucks stores while stocks last.


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Opus9, a digital 3PL for U.S. shippers, has partnered with FleetUp, a fleet management system, to further drive efficiencies and cost savings for Opus9’s truckload customers.
Existing Opus9 carriers, through its 9Network, are invited to join a partner program to provide real-time GPS tracking and ETA services to Opus9’s customers, expanding and enhancing customer service.
“Through this exciting partnership, we will empower carriers with the ability to have full control on sharable fleet data,” said Alex Ryu, founder and CEO of Opus9. “We are thrilled to work with FleetUp as they are a premier innovative fleet management system in the industry.”
By partnering with FleetUp, Opus9 said it expands visibility benefits for its customers. Before this enhancement, blind spots existed in the logistics and transportation industry. This partnership will enable customers with connectivity benefits, cost reductions, shorter lead times and greater agility in their supply chains.
For Opus9’s carriers, they will get FleetUp's ELD at a discounted rate of 20% off monthly costs. The ELD benefits include:
- An easy-to-use ELD solution
- Live location tracking
- The ability to analyze fuel waste through smart reporting
“FleetUp will be able to provide reliable ELD and hours of service AI features, preventative maintenance alerts, analyze fuel waste and supply other key metrics to Opus9’s customers,” said Ezra Kawk, co-founder and CEO of FleetUp. “We can save companies tens of thousands of dollars a month through unparalleled tracking and analysis reports.”


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The Â£20million development will see the Elder Way site transformed into a budget hotel, six restaurants and a health and fitness centre.
So far, developers have revealed that an 89-bedroom Premier Inn hotel and Beefeater restaurant will form part of the major scheme. Discussions are currently underway with other potential occupiers.
Central England Co-operative, which still owns the landmark building, is working with Jomast Developments Ltd to transform it – while still retaining many of its original features.
Adam Hearld, development director at Jomast Developments Ltd, said this week: "Work is due to start sometime in the new year and will take between 12 to 18 months."
The Co-op development is part of the revised Northern Gateway masterplan.
Mr Hearld previously told the Derbyshire Times: "This is a hugely important and exciting opportunity to revitalise a significant landmark building and create a vibrant leisure destination in the heart of Chesterfield town centre."
Meanwhile, Nicholas Johnston, acquisitions manager for Premier Inn, said in February: "We are delighted to be taking an 89-bedroom hotel and Beefeater restaurant as part of the forthcoming Elder Way development in Chesterfield.
"Chesterfield is an excellent location and, as well as attracting new visitors to the area, the new hotel will deliver fresh investment and create 60 new jobs for the local area."
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Ready meal provider Parsley Box has this morning announced its intention to float on London’s AIM list.
The company, which targets its meals at the “baby boomer” generation, said it would give its customers the chance to invest in the firm as part of the IPO.
Parsley Box said that it planned to be admitted to the bourse at the end of this month at the earliest.
The Edinburgh-based firm has grown rapidly since its inception in 2017, and now provides around 900,000 products a month.
In 2020 Parsley Box posted revenue of £24.4m, and currently has over 154,000 subscribers.
With its target market the only demographic set to grow over the next decade, the firm said it was well positioned to take advantage of demand for its meals.
It provides 147 different meal options, which do not have to be refridgerated and can be stored on a shelf for up to six months.
Chief executive Kevin Dorren said: “Announcing our intention to list on AIM to enable our loyal customers to become shareholders marks an important milestone for Parsley Box.
“Our fast growth trajectory clearly demonstrates the market opportunity from the Baby Boomer+ consumer for the convenience of our high quality, affordable, quick and delicious ready meals delivered to their door.
“An IPO provides us with an attractive platform to realise our growth ambition, whilst also enabling our loyal customers and valued employees to share in our future success.”
In addition, Parsley Box said that it would add three new directors to its board ahead of the float, Chris Britton, Hazel Cameron and Ana Stewart.


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Accentium Web, the company that previously made Gaadi.com has launched another automobile website 99Cars.com. The timing of the launch is rather interesting. Previously Accentium Web had sold Gaadi.com to MIH Group, a subsidiary of the South African media group Naspers, perhaps the non compete agreement between them is now over.
The website offers several features such as car comparison, car recommendation among many others. 99Cars.com platform gives each car a specification score, and evaluates them based on that score and price. Additionally, it explains to users what advantage does the car have over others.
In addition, based on user’s preference and demand, 99Cars.com’s ‘recommend me a car’ option helps a consumer find a car for them. The company says that it is also offering cars images in every available color, helping users know how exactly it looks.
99Cars.com website is competing against CarDekho, CarSalesIndia, AutoIndia, Carwale, Carazoo, Times Internet’s Zigwheels among many others. CarDekho lets users buy and sell new as well as old cars. Its owner last year secured $15M from Sequoia Capital. Whereas Carwale, an online marketplace that lets users research and talk about cars was acquired by German media company Axel Springer and India Today group in 2010. Times Internet’s Zigwheels also sells used and new cars as well as acts as a platform where one can sell their car.
99Cars.com website is also a product of Accentium Web, the company that previously made Gaadi.com. It also runs matrimonial site SecondShaadi.com, and product and comparison website PriceBag.com.
*Disclosure: 99Cars.com has been founded by Vivek Pahwa, who is MediaNama Editor Nikhil Pahwa’s cousin.


text: EGM has begun swirling rumors that a version of Little Big Planet will be coming to the PSP sometime in 2009. The kicker is that LBP creator Media Molecule won’t be at the helm, but Sony Liverpool who handles the WipeOut series of futuristic racers will be doing it. Details are obviously nill for something this early in the rumor stage, and EGM only states that it’s coming with the above release date. Supposedly, it will be “fantastically ambitious and will further flesh out the PS3 LBP experience.” That’s something to go on until Sony makes it official. It would be surprising to see all of customization makes its way over, but if it’s ambitious, that would indicate such a title.


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It’s the time of year that Apple fans worldwide have been waiting for! Tim Cook took to the stage yesterday to make some incredibly exciting announcements. One of these announcements is that the latest series of Apple devices will be available for release soon and I’m sure there are already people queuing up outside Apple Stores up and down the country to get their hands on one!
We will check out all of Apple’s latest announcements at the end of this post. But first of all we have a very important question to answer – is the Apple Watch Series 3 worth buying?
What’s New in the Apple Watch Series 3?
One of the biggest additions to the Apple Watch Series 3 is something that many people have been predicting – cellular connectivity. This addition starts to allow for the watch to stand alone as a “smart watch” without needing a connection to your iPhone. While this addition is hardly revolutionary (this function has been available in some Samsung and Android Wear watches for years) it is a welcome step forward for Apple. This new feature will allow you to receive calls, messages and use the internet while away from your iPhone.
A very exciting feature on the Apple Watch Series 3 is that you can still receive calls and messages using your mobile phone number rather than providing you with a separate number to use on your Apple Watch.
The cellular data is useful for runners freaks who will be happy to know they can leave their phone at home and still track their run using cellular data. For the rest of us, we can enjoy listening to Apple Music even if our mobile is out of charge (or out of data!) thanks to the cellular data connection.
As usual, the latest Apple Watch has been given a welcome boost internally, with an exciting new dual-core processor which gives an performance improvement of 70%! There is also a new “W2” chip inside the watch which boosts Bluetooth and wireless connectivity. This chip also provides welcome improvements in power efficiency, which will hopefully stop the usual complaints that the Apple Watch runs out of charge far too quickly!
If you love using Siri then you’ll be happy to learn that it can now talk through the built in speaker – which makes using Siri much more convenient. There are some fun new watch faces to look forward to (including a Toy Story one I can’t wait to see!) and a number of improvements to the heart rate sensor in the watch. Apple will use the heart rate monitor inside the Apple Watch Series 3 in a study with Stanford University later this year. The hope is that the heart rate monitor can help people spot health problems much earlier, which should help save lives.
When Is It Available and How Much Does It Cost?
If you want to guarantee that you will get your hands on the Apple Watch Series 3 then you can pre-order one this Friday. The watch will be available for sale here in the UK on Friday September 22nd – so you won’t have to wait too long to have one on your wrist! Unfortunately, if you don’t live in the UK, US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland or Puerto Rico then you will need to wait until 2018 to pick up the new Apple Watch.
Apple lovers who want the cellular option will need to be on the EE network for their mobile phone. EE have exclusive rights to the Apple Watch Series 3 cellular option and they are allowing customers to register their interest now. Customers who want to pick one up will need to have an iPhone 6 of newer on a pay monthly or SIM only contract with EE. The contract for the Apple Watch Series 3 will run for 24 months regardless of how long is left on the phone contract.
The Apple Watch Series 3 is going to cost £399 for the Cellular + GPS model (contract pricing with EE is not yet available) and GPS only will cost you £329. Some customers have complained that the UK is getting a worse deal once again with pricing of the Apple Watch in pounds directly matching the cost in dollars. This has been the case with previous Apple Watches, too, and is unlikely to put too many people off buying one!
Is The Apple Watch Series 3 Worth Buying?
There are many customers who would have been buying an Apple Watch Series 3 regardless of the upgraded features (or lack thereof). So, for those, the announced improvements are a complete bonus. But for those of us who are looking for a top quality smart watch, it can be hard to decide whether to buy an Apple Watch or look elsewhere.
Once again, the Apple Watch does look fantastic and will excite anyone who gets their hands on one. The design and build quality of the watch is top notch and the choice of watch faces has been expanded once again. On this side of things, there is very little competition from other watch manufacturers.
The benefits become a little less certain when it comes to the features inside the watch. You can find top quality heart rate monitors and exercise tracking with other watch manufacturers. Although, it does seem that Apple may have improved this feature considerably when you take into account the decision for Stanford to team with Apple on a study.
Cheaper Android Wear and Samsung watches have already provided cellular connectivity. There is also very little new in terms of the features inside WatchOS itself. For this reason, it is hard to know whether you should buy an Apple Watch Series 3.
If you loved the previous versions of the Apple Watch then the new features are very welcome. By the same token, if you want a very stylish smart watch then the Apple Watch Series 3 is absolutely the best option. But if features are more important than form – and you’re still not 100% convinced with Apple – then there are a lot of options out there, many which are more affordable.
Apple have gone all out on announcements this year, with an exciting additional model of phone being announced! As expected, the new Apple iPhone 8 and 8 Plus have been announced and will hit shelves very shortly. The new model features an all-glass design and it will even be able to charge up wirelessly.
However, the iPhone 8 is probably the least exciting iPhone announcement of all time. This is because Apple have gone all out with a new iPhone which is being released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Apple’s first steps into the mobile phone market. The Apple iPhone X brings a complete redesign of the iPhone and will cost £999 for the entry level 64GB model. Gone is the traditional iPhone home button as the OLED screen now fits the entire front of the device. FaceID is the latest Apple feature and it uses facial recognition to unlock the phone and authenticate Apple Pay payments. Although worryingly, the demonstration of this feature didn’t quite go to plan yesterday as Craig Federighi struggled to unlock the device! This new phone will hit shelves in November, with pre-orders available from October 27th.
Apple have also announced a 4K version of Apple TV which will be welcome to customers who have recently upgraded their television.
Many people have talked about Apple losing their magic in recent years but nobody does product announcements quite like Apple do! It’ll be interesting to see just how successful these new products are when they finally do hit the shelves.
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Visa, Master Card Threatened by Meteoric Growth of Rupay Cards; Accuse Govt. of Monopoly
As per latest data from RBI, there are 22 crore RuPay cards in usage in India as of now, which is growing at an incredible pace. Considering that the first card was issued in March, 2012, RuPay has already captured 35% of the market in India.
Such exponential growth of RuPay Cards has clearly threatened existing players in this niche: Visa and Master Card. They have now accused the Government of using their influence and reach to kill competition. In other words, it the monopoly of Govt. backed RuPay cards which they are complaining, as demand of level playing field increases.
One senior official from Visa said, “The only reason RuPay has added so many is not because it is cheaper, but because there is an invisible mandate from the government to issue only RuPay cards. More than half of the cards issued have not been used. NPCI can claim to issue millions of cards. But these cards are not as a result of competition, but due to a monopoly.”
As per Visa, this is not a good sign, as the market never thrives on monopoly. He said, “It does not benefit the market in anyway because they are not being used,”
Visa, Master Card: Government’s Mandate Is Increasing Usage of RuPay Cards
In strongly worded statements, both Master Card and Visa have directly accused the Government of using their influence, reach and power to increase the spread of RuPay card, as they are becoming helpless to compete against such a force.
By lowering transaction fees by 30%, by issuing an unspoken ‘mandate’ to all banks regarding spread of RuPay cards, they are losing out in the fight. And it’s the monopoly which they are afraid of, more than the competition.
Ari Sarker, co-president, Asia Pacific, MasterCard minced no words when he said, “There is no official mandate from the government, but yes, there is a preference for RuPay for the Jan Dhan financial inclusion scheme,”, adding, “Banks are aware but there is an invisible mandate that we are not able to play in that space..”
Fight Fair – Create a Level Playing Field
On the other hand, Visa has requested that considering the fairness of the market, there should be a level playing field for both Government and private enterprises to survive and work.
TR Ramachandran, group country manager, India and South Asia, Visa said, “We have always been saying that we need a level playing field in India to build a scaleable (sic), inter-operable network. Currently, on a basic ATM usage we are slightly cheaper than RuPay, and if there is more competition in India it will only help in reducing cash usage,”
On their defense, Visa said that their pricing structure is lower than RuPay on some counts, but due to this ‘mandate’ from the Government, more RuPay cards are being issued than it would have been naturally. They ask, when all banks are asked to issue only RuPay cards, how will they fight?
Master Card has 180 million debit and credit card holders in India, which allows them a share of 28% in the Indian market. But within 3 odd years, RuPay has grabbed 35% with 222 million cards, and this is clearly irking them.
Ramachandran said, “We are in talks with the government and the RBI. These conversations are happening at various levels. We think we will get a fair hearing”
We had earlier shared three reasons why RuPay cards may end the monopoly of Visa and Master Card in this domain; but the accusations of Visa and Master Card regarding Government sponsored monopoly and ‘unspoken mandate’ is clearly a serious charge. No business environment can thrive on such state sponsored diktats, and it is clearly against the free nature of the market and business ethics.
We will observe how Government and RBI respond to these allegations, and accusations. And we will checkout how Visa and Master Card plan out their survival in India.


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Jun 25, · The CME contracts are based on the Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR) index, which aggregates bitcoin trading activity across four bitcoin exchanges - itBit, Kraken, BitStamp, and GDAX - between 3pm and. 2 days ago · In a statement on March 14, the exchange revealed: “CFE is not adding a Cboe Bitcoin (USD) (“XBT”) futures contract for trading in March CFE is assessing its approach with respect to how it plans to continue to offer digital asset derivatives for trading. Jun 10, · Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) followed CBOE in listing Bitcoin futures a year and a half ago. For now, CME is not going to follow the example of CBOE in .
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Financial Futures Trading. Your Money. Personal Finance. Your Practice. Popular Courses. News Markets News. Compare Accounts. The offers that appear in this table are from partnerships from which Investopedia receives compensation. Cboe is targeting institutional investors interested in crypto as clients for its service. The exchange is developing its information products to be "of service to traditional clients like institutional investors … as they embark on that endeavor," Catherine Clay, head of information solutions at Cboe Global Markets, told online publication Coindesk.
While the specifics of Cboe's products are not available yet, Clay said that they could include cryptocurrency indexes, historical data, and tick data. Cboe will roll out its products in three phases, starting with product creation and launch in the first quarter of next year and product distribution during the second quarter. Meanwhile, Cboe competitor CME is boosting its crypto futures portfolio with the launch of Ether futures contracts on Feb.
CME already offers Bitcoin futures contract trading on its platform. The monthly contracts will be cash-settled. Your Money. Personal Finance. Your Practice. Popular Courses. News Markets News. Key Takeaways Cboe and CME are launching new crypto products next year aimed at meeting demand for crypto investing by institutional investors. Cboe plans to launch trading and indexing products in three phases next year. The major U. Cboe Global Markets, which rolled out the first bitcoin futures contracts in December , has decided to stop adding new ones.
It did not rule out the possibility of other cryptocurrency derivatives, though, and "is assessing" its approach for how it plans to continue. In the meantime, active bitcoin contracts are still available to trade, but the last of them expires in June. Futures are a way for investors to bet on whether the price of a commodity — in this case bitcoin — will rise or fall.
The contracts expire each month, meaning an exchange has to continuously list more if it wants to keep the market alive. The move by Cboe highlights cooling enthusiasm for bitcoin after an all-out mania led by retail investors in


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Bitcoin (BTC) has lost over the past 2 months, bringing discomfort for electronic possessions as well as blockchain-related supplies, the majority of which have taken an also larger hit. Shares of crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) have been an outlier, shedding less than bitcoin.
CoinDesk information reveals bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, has shed over 39% of its worth considering that striking document highs near $69,000 on Nov. 10 owing to a broad-based relocate to much less dangerous possessions set off by the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) hawkish position. Coinbase has gone down 36%.
Shares of the U.S.-listed mining business Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), Riot Blockchain (RIOT) as well as Bit Digital (BTBT) have gone down greater than 50% each because Nov. 10, according to information from charting system TradingView.
Argo Blockchain (ARBK), the only crypto-miner detailed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), has decreased by 45%, while Canadian crypto miners Hive Blockchain (HIVE) as well as Hut 8 Mining Corp (HUT) have slid 52% as well as 59%, specifically. Toronto-listed crypto exchange Voyager Digital (VYGVF) is down 50% together with a 45% slide in shares in MicroStrategy (MSTR), a business intelligence software application firm that holds 122,478 BTC, worth almost $6 billion, on its annual report.
The decrease in the worth of the supposed crypto supplies is possibly reflective of establishments shedding the rate of interest in the industry in the middle of climbing leads to faster Fed price walkings. That makes both bitcoin as well as crypto supplies delicate to financial plan tightening up.
” Some organizations utilize crypto equities as a proxy for crypto itself,” Mike Alfred, a worth capitalist as well as CEO at BrightScope and also Digital Assets Data, informed CoinDesk in a Telegram conversation. “It’s simpler for hedge funds to acquire COIN than it is for them to hold BTC straight for numerous factors.”
One feasible description for COIN’s family member stamina could be that the exchange’s earnings are connected to bitcoin’s cost volatility instead of its cost trajectory. The high-cost disturbance seen in current weeks typically implies even more deals and also enhanced profits.
Volatility = more transactions— Danny Baldus-Strauss (@BackpackerFI) January 6, 2022
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Watch the business, not the stock.$COIN
The capitalist neighborhood is currently starting to take a look at COIN as a worth supply rather than a development supply. Worth supplies are businesses thought about to be trading listed below what they deserve. Development supplies are the ones with the prospective to surpass the general market over a provided duration and also are extra at risk to interest-rate walkings.
” COIN is the only crypto supply in my individual leading 10 equity holdings. I see it as a worth supply at these degrees.”
Financial institution of America lately updated Coinbase to purchase from neutral while maintaining the cost target unmodified at $340, mentioning raising indicators of profits diversity past retail crypto trading as the driver for the adjustment in the score.


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EDITORIAL: Almost overnight, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has gone from being a somewhat clownish figure to a great friend of New Zealand who may even be able to right a terrible historical wrong.
The UK’s free trade agreement with New Zealand is its third deal in a post-Brexit environment, following ones with Japan and Australia. And it appears that Europe’s loss is New Zealand’s gain.
As the British media was quick to point out, the deal adds nothing to the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) and risks upsetting British farmers. But the deal is favourable to us. New Zealand can expect to see a $970 million boost to GDP over 15 years, with our winemakers and honey producers being the initial beneficiaries.
The British see New Zealand as the land of wine and honey. Wine is our largest export to the UK, worth $463.1m per year. When the deal comes into force next year, $14.1m in tariffs on wine will fall away, just as they will on honey, onions and hoki.
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Who knew that we have an onion trade with Britain worth $8m per year?
Tariffs on apples and mussels survive for another three years. Tariffs on butter and cheese decline before vanishing entirely after five years.
Tariffs on sheep meat and beef, which currently sit at around $500 per 100kg, will endure for 15 years. By contrast, tariffs on Australian sheep meat and beef will be gone after only 10 years.
Dropping meat tariffs from both countries any sooner would have been political suicide for Johnson. As it stands, there has been immediate backlash from the UK’s National Farmers Union, concerned about British farmers going “toe to toe with some of the most export-oriented farmers in the world”.
Others say that while it’s a good day for British drinkers, it’s not so good for British farmers.
Our own Trade Minister, Damien O’Connor, concedes there has been some “wariness and paranoia” on the part of British farmers.
Meanwhile, New Zealand sheep and beef farmers might look across the ditch and wonder why their Australian equivalents are going tariff-free more quickly.
In return, New Zealand consumers will be able to buy tariff-free chocolates, gin, clothing and cars.
“Welsh auto companies that exported £3.4m ($6.5m) of road vehicles to New Zealand last year will now benefit from the removal of tariffs,” the UK Government announced.
You can also expect to see more British lawyers and architects working here.
But the greater benefit for the UK is the post-Brexit positioning and a reangling towards “the Indo-Pacific”.
The UK has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which includes New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Canada, Singapore, Mexico, Vietnam and others in the Asia-Pacific region.
While the free trade agreement with us is worth little to the UK on its own, it is a vital stepping stone towards a new arrangement.
For some New Zealanders, the deal also has sentimental value. The UK’s entry into the European Economic Community (EEC), as it was then called, in 1973 has an almost mythical status in this country, as a turning point that has been described as an emotional betrayal akin to the severing of a parent-child relationship.
While we can’t wind the clock back, Johnson’s clumsy but well-meaning reminder that we share a common language of rugby recalled that we have other, more serious and enduring cultural and historical connections with Britain.


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By David Fathers, Regional General Manager at Crown Records Management.
The word destruction usually has negative connotations but after GDPR had suddenly become a buzzword in the corporate world – and a booming business itself.
GDPR, which gives European citizens increased rights over their personal data - and ups the ante on data breaches - has changed the world of information management.
Businesses know they may be called upon to edit or delete the personal data they hold at any time, are under pressure to ensure they have consent to store it in the first place. They are signed up to a strict compliance structure around data breaches too.
So, what's the answer when you have a pile of historic data collected in the days when consent rules were more lax? Or which is being kept without any real reason or plan?
The answer, according to David Fathers, Regional General Manager at Crown Records Management, may be simpler than you think.
"We're finding that a lot of businesses are realising that secure destruction can play an important part in their bid for compliance," he said.
"So many companies stock-pile data for no reason at all. Data which is beyond its use-by data, data which is no longer relevant to the business, data which is stored on formats which are no longer accessible.
"And even more commonly, physical data stored on paper and then sent to a warehouse never to be seen again.
"In the past this kind of data was not a big risk, it was effectively put away and forgotten about. Now, after GDPR, it's a very different environment.
"GDPR applies to physical data as well as digital data – so those boxes are suddenly a problem. And keeping data in formats which can longer be accessed is an issue too. How are you going to edit or delete personal data when you can't even get to it?
"Secure destruction is often the most cost-effective way to end the problem; and it's becoming an industry in itself."
Here are six reasons why destruction is now a good thing:
- Securely destroying out of date boxes can aid GDPR compliance and help avoid data breaches. It can save money in the long-term too because there is a cost attached to physical storage. Destroying a box normally costs around the same as the price of storage for one year.
- Old office equipment can be a data risk and destroying it reduces the threat of data breaches. Multifunctional devices with hard drives such as copiers, scanners and printers can contain sensitive information such as copies of printed and scanned documents.
- Mobile phones, laptops and hard drives all contain huge amounts of personal data these days and secure destruction is the only certain way to prevent breaches.
- Secure destruction can have environmental benefits. Encouraging a paper-free office in the first place, for instance by restricting what information is printed and photocopied, is both sensible and environmentally-friendly. This equipment is a regular source of data breaches because it is so easy to lose track of data once it has been copied. Reducing the number of boxes in storage also has environmental benefits. Crown Records Management estimates that 2006 trees and 321 litres of water could be saved if the 350,000 boxes it holds that are past their 'destroy date' are securely destroyed.
- Having a secure destruction policy in place encourages businesses to consider what data they have and how long it needs to be kept for. Some data has to be kept for legal reasons but many businesses keep data longer than it is useful or needed.
- Secure destruction can help protect brands and intellectual property. The destruction of counterfeit goods and also retail goods such as clothing, shoes or books which have been misprinted or overprinted, is another growing aspect of the industry.


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PlayStation Plus Latest News & Update: Predictions For December 2016 Free Games; Includes 'Gravity Rush 2'?
PlayStation Plus fans are expecting Sony to release more free games next month in the spirit of the Christmas season. With only the much awaited "The Last Guardian" that is to be released on December 6, 2016 exclusive only for the PlayStation Plus.
However it seems that next month will be a moderate month for the PlayStation to release exclusive games. This Gen Gaming released their predictions if ever PlayStation Plus will be releasing free games next month.
This includes "Knack" which was originally for PS4 that was three years ago. On the other hand, "N++" was the only game not free in the 2015 Summer PLAY promotion for the PlayStation Plus.
"Tearaway Unfolded" was also included in the wish list which is a good game for younger players that may be receiving a PS4 for a Christmas present.The first person "Wolfenstein: The New Order" will also be a great addition to the PlayStation Plus free games.
"Gravity Rush 2" demo version is also speculated to be released next month in the PlayStation Plus as part of their promotions. According to The Bit Mag, "Gravity Rush 2" was part of the September 2016 free games, but gamers in Japan got to play the demo version. However "Gravity Rush 2" has been delayed to January 20, 2017.
Aside from PlayStation Plus giving away free games in December 2016, Sony will also give out free games this month including "Everybody's Gone to Rapture" and "The Deadly Tower of Monsters" for PlayStation 4. For PlayStation 3, some titles are "Dirt 3" and "Costume Quest 2" plus "Letter Quest Remastered" and "Pumped BMX+" for PlayStation Vita.
"The Last Guardian" will not be the only game released on December 6. Other PlayStation Plus games that would be release on the same date are "Werewolves Within" for the PlayStation VR and for Playstation 4 and Vita is the "Demetrios: The Big Cynical Adventure".


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The U.S. Small Business Administration is counting on the Internet to change community bankers' views about international trade.
Recognizing that most small banks consider trade financing to be more trouble than it is worth, the agency has developed an on-line rating service that, in a few keystrokes, can help a bank determine the creditworthiness of foreign companies that trade with its small-business customers. SBA officials hope the quick-response system -- to be launched today in New England -- will ease bankers' fears and encourage them to finance more imports and exports.
"The beauty of this is that a bank is not going to have to create an international lending division just to do loans for these folks," said Jean Smith, deputy assistant administrator at the SBA's Office of International Trade.
Dubbed EXR Online, for Export Risk Analysis, the program is free and available to all small-business lenders through a password issued by the SBA. If it catches on in New England, it will be offered to West Coast lenders by early next year. Plans for further expansion have not been set.
Trade finance is not a new business for the SBA; it has offered loan guarantees on overseas transactions for about five years. But the program, which handles just a few hundred transactions each year, has not come close to meeting expectations, partly due to a lack of interest among small banks, Ms. Smith said.
"A lot of banks don't get into this business because it takes time and effort," she said.
The community banks doing well in this market have hired specialists in international lending. Most others either refer loan requests to their larger correspondent banks -- which typically have sophisticated international divisions -- or have chosen to stay out of the game entirely
"You can't really justify ramping up for it for the few occasions that business customers ask for this type of thing," said Robert Daigle, president of $582 million-asset Camden (Maine) National Bank.
EXR Online is designed mainly to analyze the risk of short-term working capital loans. The SBA will guarantee 90% of such loans, up to $750,000.
Ms. Smith said the on-line program has been in the works for about two years. Its partners include Dun & Bradstreet Corp., which provides the rating for foreign companies, and Thomson Bankwatch, an American Banker affiliate that rates foreign banks. (Foreign bank ratings are important because they often guarantee payment of the overseas companies through letters of credit.)
Leigh F. Weber, a Virginia consultant who helped create the software, predicted banks will embrace EXR Online, but not until more small businesses begin selling goods overseas.
"Right now, exporters just aren't beating down the doors to their community banks," said Mr. Weber, director at Issues Development and Management in Falls Church, Va.
Another potential drawback: Some banks might be hesitant to finance exports because there is no secondary market for SBA-working capital loans, he said.
Still, community bankers familiar with the service say it has potential.
Daniel F. Rich, senior vice president at $380 million-asset Danvers (Mass.) Savings Bank, is most impressed by its speed. EXR Online can provide bankers with credit ratings of foreign companies and banks within three minutes.
"If we had a customer that wanted one of these working capital loans, we would consider using it," said Mr. Rich. "It would certainly save us a lot of time and money."
And Michael Lum, vice president of commercial lending at $280 million-asset Washington First International Bank in Seattle, said the service might enhance his bank's existing trade financing business. For example, Washington First could use EXR Online to double-check credit ratings.
"It never hurts to have another source," said Mr. Lum.


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From Redcliffe to Launceston, Mittagong to Newcastle and in my own electorate of Whitlam, businesses are pulling their hair out because of problems they are facing with the NBN. On Friday, 15 September, the member for Cunningham and I will be convening a crisis summit of businesses in the Illawarra and South Coast to deal with the real issues that the government is ignoring.
Last week the Executive Director of the Illawarra Business Chamber, Chris Lamont, had this to say:
Feedback from members indicates that unreliable telecommunications that are dysfunctional for lengthy periods of time is putting their business at risk and in some cases has caused them to go out of business entirely.
The government's response is to stick their head in a bucket of sand. Businesses in my electorateand I know in yours, Deputy Speaker Claydon, because I have visited them with you personallydo not have that luxury. They are seeing money and customers walk out the door because their phone lines won't work and because their internet services won't workall from a government that promised an NBN that would be faster, better and cheaper. The government has failed on each of these three measures.
We can't wait till the next election. We need solutions now, so the member for Cunningham and I will be looking for solutions with businesses at the business summit in our electorate.


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Cake Rusks in India are one of the most favourite tea time snacks. Rusks are mildly sweet, healthy snacks that complement tea and coffee excellently. A bite of rusk dipped in hot chai tastes heaven.
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At the recent Sectoral Session on Agriculture and Food Procession Sector in Uttrakhand our Chairman, Mr. Radhey Shyam Dixit, talked about the lates
Ananda Dairy Ltd. one of the leading dairy brands in India is thrilled to announce that its range of fresh paneer is now available in Ludhiana. Kee
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Apple said Monday that it sold a staggering over 5 million iPhone 5s in the three days since its launch, which shatters the record held by iPhone 4S. But once people took home their all-new iPhone 5, some began noticing quirks. One of the biggest co mplaints users have about the iPhone 5 is battery […]
iOS 6 is out, and now you can upgrade wirelessly on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Below we offer some suggestion for updating iOS 6. Hope it’s helpful.
Now iPhone 5 has been released at San Francisco, and the pre-order of the new device begins on September 14. The iPhone 5 will be available in Apple stores and at Apple resellers starting September 21. For those iPhone 4S users, do you know what exactly the difference between iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S?
Finally the iPhone 5 is coming, which is later more than a year since we first expected its coming last year. Rumors about the iPhone 5 have been flooded around for mothers. The media event today shows that the iPhone 5 is fully consistent with the prediction before.
Now everybody is waiting for the Apple media event, on which the new iPhone 5 will be released. The 6th generation of iPhone is believed to have a bigger screen and thinner body. However, the pre-orders of iPhone 5 will not start at the same day as the release day. According to the resources of […]
Samsung revealed its Galaxy Note 2 on Aug 29 in Berlin, Nokia and Motorola revealed new phones at back-to-back press events in New York on yesterday. They appeared hurrying to show them off before Apple makes its iPhone announcement next week. It’s shaping up to be a cold fall for smartphone makers. Nokia announced the […]
Apple officially sent out the invitation for a media event today. The event will be hold at Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco at 10 am on September 12.


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Weekly Heating Oil Prices Flat
With some forecasts predicting a very cold and bitter winter ahead, we present our seasonal heating oil update. The latest price of home heating oil nationwide is $2.65, up less than a penny from last week and up 34 cents per gallon since the start of the season.
While politics and the new government's agenda is still very much in the news, investor interest last week shifted to the bigger picture.
Chicago Fed: Economic Growth Decreased in January
"Index shows economic growth decreased in January." This is the headline for today's release of the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index, and here is an excerpt from opening summary: "Three of the four broad categories of indicators that make up the index decreased from December, and two of the four categories made negative contributions to the index in January."
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Weekly Gasoline Price Update: Regular and Premium Flat
It's time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular and Premium are unchanged from last week. According to GasBuddy.com, Hawaii has the highest average price for Regular at $3.10 and San Francisco is the most expensive city, averaging $3.01. South Carolina has the cheapest at $2.02. The WTIC end of day spot price closed at 54.33, up 1.40 from this time last week.
The Big Four Economic Indicators: January Real Retail Sales
Note: With the release last week of January Retail Sales and the Consumer Price Index, we've updated this commentary to include the latest Real Retail Sales. Month-over-month nominal sales in January rose by 0.4% (0.36% to two decimals). Real Retail Sales, calculated with the seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index, declined 0.2% (0.19% to two decimals). The chart gives us a close look at the monthly data points in this series since the end of the last recession in mid-2009. The linear regression helps us identify variance from the trend.
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Gold Gets a Shot in the Arm from Inflation and China
Inflation just got another jolt, rising as much as 2.5 percent year-over-year in January, the highest such rate since March 2012. Led by higher gasoline, rent and health care costs, consumer prices have now advanced for the sixth straight month. In addition, January is the second straight month for rates to be above the Federal Reserve’s target of 2 percent.
Tax Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Really Ugly—Part Three
Today we come to part 3 of my tax reform series. So far, we’ve introduced the challenge and begun to describe the main proposed GOP solution. Today we’ll look at the new and widely misunderstood “border adjustment” idea and talk about both its good and bad points
S&P 500 Snapshot: Yet Another Record Close
On Friday, the S&P opened lower than Thursdays' close and was fairly flat until late in the day with a rise a couple of hours before close. The index reached its intraday high at close and ended the day with a gain of 0.17%. Week over week, the index saw a gain of 1.51% ending Friday with another record close.
Why Value Is Still a Value
The rally in value stocks may have stalled, but Russ discusses why the trend still has further to go.
Big Winners in the Neglected Frontier Universe
Frontier markets were mixed in 2016, with most of the Middle East and Africa lagging the rest of the universe and a few markets surging ahead 30-40% on the year.
Russia: Stagnant Stability
A recent trip to Moscow on the 100th anniversary of the 1917 revolution revealed not a whiff of revolutionary change in the economy, but rather stagnant growth mixed with structural stability. We could simply call it “stagnant stability.”
ECRI Weekly Leading Index: Down Slightly from Last Week
Today's release of the publicly available data from ECRI puts its Weekly Leading Index (WLI) at 144.5, down 1.0 from the previous week. It is currently just below its all-time high. Year-over-year the four-week moving average of the indicator is now at 12.17%, up from 11.88% the previous week, and at an interim high. The WLI Growth indicator is now at 11.1, down slightly from the previous week.


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Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday charged six footwear factory workers with stealing $15,000 worth of rubber resin used for making the soles of shoes at the factory in Por Senchey district.
Interior Ministry police officer Sok Sokha said yesterday the six were arrested on Saturday following a complaint by the Sinci Ekinhong Shoes factory.
According to the complaint, the six have been employed at the factory since 2014. They allegedly stole 144 packs of resin worth about $15,000 last month.
“The owner of factory accused them after the company lost a lot of sacks of resin,” said Mr Sokha.
“They were arrested based on the complaint of the company’s representative and based on photographic evidence of them from the factory’s CCTV cameras.”
Mr Sokha identified the suspects as Pon Ravy, 29, Pon Channa, 23, Chea Sam-Oun, 24, Eam Piseth, 24, Ham Sam-oun, 22, and Heng Sophea, 38.
He added that they face up to two years in prison if convicted.


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Fans of the free-to-play MMO RPG Riders of Icarus have something to look forward to as it is getting a content update, titled Corruption of Light, on March 22, 2017.
Announced by a press release, publisher Nexon America showed off two trailers for the flying beast mount combat title. The first trailer is more of a hype generator, showing off some combat, and catapult combat, but the second trailer get’s a little juicier.
Though it’s only 33 seconds, this trailer shows off new mounts for players to enjoy. The first is Elicuno, a light coloured fantasy inspired dragon with the ability of flight. The second is Dredrum, a more lizard-like creature, more brutish in design, who does not pose the ability of flight, though it can jump. The final creature is Torkai, a majestic wolf with the ability of flight. With a more mystical white and purple colour scheme, this mount also has what appears to be two pieces of tech floating over it.
Riders of Icarus launched last year by Korean developer WeMade Entertainment, to mixed reviews, allowing players to tame, collect and ride a variety of beasts in an MMO setting. As a free to play game, it appears that Riders of Icarus has a hard time fitting into that model. On the game’s steam page, many users complain about the titles “pay to win” model. Still, the game does sit at a 6/10 on steam, even with those complaints.
WeMade has made a name for itself in the MMO world. Aside from Riders of Icarus, WeMade worked on the Legend of Mir series, which houses 120 million users across three games in Asia. To this day, Legend of Mir remains a popular series with a mobile remake generating $100 million a month in China according to a statement from publisher Shanda that was translated by Tech in Asia last year.


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Both of these crypto advanced countries decided to share their experience on how to regulate the blockchain industry.
The Minister of Finance of Switzerland, Ueli Maurer and the Secretary of State for International Financial Matters Joerg Gasser, reportedly visited Israel and requested access to the local markets for the Swiss banks.
Gasser said that by the end of 2018 he is working on a plan to create a way to regulate the blockchain technology for the Israeli officials that would also give broad recommendations. He also hopes that these plans will be approved by the Israeli officials in 2019. There is still no information from the Israeli officials. The Ministry of Finance also said that both of these countries agreed to share some notes on fintech regulation and some guidelines on preventing crypto money laundering.
Israel is working on a number of projects that use the blockchain technology. An international tax attorney reviewed local blockchain initiatives as open government platforms for future elections and also a possibility for a future national cryptocurrency. On the other hand, Switzerland is working on further legislation to integrate blockchain projects in everyday life. The country also opened its first Crypto Valley where many different blockchain ideas and solutions are developing constantly.
Switzerland also promotes blockchain startups. There was the first bank in the country opened to provide accounts for business companies. A lot of Swiss banks also opened up their businesses to crypto-related companies since. In July, the first blockchain-based voting was held in Zug to evaluate whether this technology can be used for other ways of governance.
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Bitcoin Could Soon Fall To $2,400 And Wall Street Could Buy The Dip
"We believe this thesis still remains intact which could mean seeing a break of the lows in the coming weeks. A 25% selloff in BTC from the current lows of $3,200 would be to roughly $2,400."He also shared that the next sell-off could be just what the crypto market needs in order to finally break the backs of the bears and reach a new bull momentum in 2019.
Bitcoin ATM Operator Coinme To Start Selling BTC At Coinstar Counting Machines
“Bitcoin is now accessible at your local grocery store via Coinstar kiosks, and this offering will make it even easier for consumers to participate in this dynamic new economy.”Coinstar, on the other hand, offers coin-to-cash conversion in their kiosks in multiple countries around the world but it still remains unknown whether the Bitcoin feature will expand just as quickly as it did in the US. Coinstar’s CEO Jim Gaherty noted: Coinstar offers coin-to-cash conversion kiosks in various countries throughout the world. It remains unknown whether the Bitcoin feature will expand beyond the U.S., while the company did not provide figures on how many machines will offer it.
“Coinstar is always looking for new ways to offer value to our consumers when they visit our kiosks.’’According to CoinATMRadar industry monitoring resource, there are more than 4187 Bitcoin ATMs worldwide and more than 60 percent or 2516 are in the United States. The market has grown plenty over the years and many operators are trying to get control of what they think to become a fairly popular trend for crypto usage.
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