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Resource4thePeople announced today that it has expanded its legal resources providing consumers with free consultations about the possibility of seeking compensation over alleged side effects from Bard IVC filters.
“It has become necessary to add personnel in order to adequately address the needs of consumers who are inquiring about their legal rights in connection with allegations that Bard IVC filters failed,” said Resource4thePeople.
“We are committed to providing experienced, aggressive legal representation for consumers who meet the legal standards involved in filing claims or lawsuits over these allegations. Any consumers who have questions about their eligibility in such cases should contact us immediately to preserve all of their legal options.”
Resource4thePeople said the increased volume of inquiries can be partially attributed to a recently created information bank on the organization’s web site.
This information is providing updated information about litigation involving claims that patients who have had Bard IVC Filters implanted in their bodies have suffered alleged serious side effects.
“Many consumers seeking information about these allegations were unaware of the Food and Drug Administration’s health advisory to physicians and consumers about concerns raised by the agency in connection with the use of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters,” said Resource4thePeople.
“That is one of the reasons we posted the FDA’s Aug. 9, 2010 health advisory* in the information bank and it has generated a significant increase in the number of inquiries our staff has been receiving.”
Resource4thePeople said that in addition to adding additional personnel to handle consumer inquiries, the Bard IVC filters litigation page will continue to be updated with news as this litigation proceeds.
“The site also includes information about free consultations from our national network of attorneys that are being offered to consumers who want to know just what legal rights for which they may be eligible.”
The side effects being investigated by Resource4thePeople attorneys are those outlined in the health warning by the FDA, including lower limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT), filter fracture, filter migration, filter embolization and IVC perforation.
Here is part of the FDA warning:
“Since 2005, the FDA has received 921 device adverse event reports involving IVC filters, of which 328 involved device migration, 146 involved embolizations (detachment of device components), 70 involved perforation of the IVC, and 56 involved filter fracture. Some of these events led to adverse clinical outcomes in patients. These types of events may be related to a retrievable filter remaining in the body for long periods of time, beyond the time when the risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) has subsided.
“The FDA is concerned that these retrievable IVC filters, intended for short-term placement, are not always removed once a patient’s risk for PE subsides. Known long term risks associated with IVC filters include but are not limited to lower limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT), filter fracture, filter migration, filter embolization and IVC perforation.
“FDA reviewed the literature and is conducting quantitative decision analysis modeling to evaluate the change in the risk/benefit profile after retrievable IVC filter implantation over time. More information about FDA’s decision analysis model including risk/benefit implantation timeframe suggestions will be made available in an update to this communication as well as in a future publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal.”
The most recent lawsuit update from Resource4thePeople involves the filing of a Bard IVC Filter lawsuit by a New York woman who is claiming in her lawsuit that the device was defectively designed, broke and caused her to suffer significant internal injuries.**
The woman, in her lawsuit, said the filter was implanted to prevent blood clots but the device broke apart with particles migrating through her body and damaging her internal organs.
"These allegations mirror the complaints that our national team of lawyers has been receiving inquiries about and we will continue to investigate these claims on behalf of the consumers that are contacting us," said Resource4thePeople.
Resource4thePeople also notes that a respected medical group has responded*** to concerns about the safety of IVC filters.
A professional peer group medical review is being launched by The Society of Interventional Radiology and Society for Vascular Surgery, which announced Feb. 13, 2013 that it will form a task force to measure the health risk of IVC filters to patients.
IVC filters are medical devices designed to prevent blood clots in patients at risk for a pulmonary embolism in cases in which an anticoagulant is contraindicated or proven ineffective.
The FDA's health warning issued to health care professionals and consumers reports that serious health problems can occur on these spider-like devices when the legs that extend from it to block clots break off.
What can then occur, according to the FDA is that these broken parts from the filter may travel to other parts of the body and cause serious problems such as lower limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT), filter fracture, filter migration, filter embolization and IVC perforation.
Resource4thePeople also notes that another recent lawsuit*** filed by a patient who had a Bard IVC filters implant alleges the devices are prone to fracture and cause tears in body organs, including the heart.
The lawsuit also alleges that C.R. Bard is liable because company officials were aware of IVC filters problems but failed to adequately warn patients and health care professionals. The lawsuit claims that an estimated 100,000 of the devices have been implanted in patients in the United States.
**Case # 2:13-cv-2281, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
****First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, In the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County; Case ID120800814


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French grocery giant Carrefour is to refocus on Europe and Latin America after confirming the sale of Carrefour Taiwan.
Carrefour has signed an agreement to sell its 60% equity interest in Carrefour Taiwan to its long-term partner and co-shareholder Uni-President in a $2 billion deal just over a month after confirming that its acquisition of Grupo BIG in Brazil had gone through.
The closing of the transaction is subject to the approval by the Taiwanese competition authorities (TFTC) and is expected to complete by mid-2023.
Created in 1987 through a 60/40% joint venture between Carrefour and Uni-President, Carrefour Taiwan has grown to 340 stores, of which 68 are hypermarkets and 272 supermarkets and premium stores, as well as 129 shopping malls, employing nearly 15,000 people.
After completion, Uni-President group will become the sole owner of Carrefour Taiwan and last year Carrefour Taiwan generated net sales of $2.54 billion.
Uni-President group is a leading diversified Taiwanese based conglomerate with a strong footprint in Asia and manages 7-Elevenin Taiwan. Its core business includes food manufacturing and investments in feeds, flour, edible oils, soy sauce, meat and dairy products.
Carrefour Taiwan will continue using the Carrefour brand in Taiwan and will be part of the wide network of Carrefour brand licensees in over 40 countries.
Carrefour Looks to Brazil For Growth
“After the completion of Grupo BIG acquisition in Brazil last June, this transaction will refocus Carrefour on its core strategic regions in Europe and in Latin America,” said the French grocer in a statement.
Shares in French food retailer Carrefour rose moderately 1.5% Wednesday after sparking hopes among some investors it could use the extra firepower to buy back shares, while shares in Uni-President Enterprises Corp. also saw a modest uptick on expectations that the Taiwanese company will increase its market share.
“We have a positive read from the transaction as we believe adding another strong retail brand under the group can further grow its shares in Taiwan’s retail market,” Citi analyst Angela Hsu said in a note, adding that having full control will allow Uni-President to sell more of its products while strengthening its brand image.
Last month, Grupo Carrefour Brasil (Carrefour Brazil) confirmed it had completed the $1.38 billion acquisition of Grupo BIG from Advent International and Walmart Inc.
The transaction allows Carrefour to expand in its traditional formats, notably cash & carry and hypermarkets, while extending formats in which it has a more limited presence, notably supermarkets. In addition, Carrefour Brazil will operate Sam’s Club in Brazil through a license agreement with Walmart. The combined entity operates more than 1,000 stores in the country, representing close to 25% of the total retail market in Brazil.
Grupo BIG Converts To Carrefour
Grupo BIG stores will be converted to Carrefour stores in the coming months while 14 stores will be disposed of by year-end to meet competition requirements.
Carrefour Group now owns around 67.7% of Carrefour Brazil (71.6% previously), Península Participações 7.2% and Advent International and Walmart, through affiliates, 5.6% combined.
Alexandre Bompard, chairman and CEO of Carrefour Group and future chairman of Carrefour Brazil, said: “With the acquisition of Grupo BIG, we are completing a strategic move, not only for Carrefour in Brazil, but for the group as a whole. Our history in Brazil is a perfect reflection of our ambition: within a few years, we conquered leadership, created a vast ecosystem of formats and services and built a powerful and committed powerhouse – while still benefitting from a huge potential for additional growth.”
With more than 13 000 stores in 40 countries, the Carrefour Group is one of the world’s leading food retailers and recorded gross sales of nearly $83 billion in 2021. It employs more than 320,000 people worldwide.
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More iPhone 12S rumors
A new report has appeared from Bloomberg magazine, known in the business field, talking about the upcoming iPhone, which seems to be coming under the name iPhone 12S instead of iPhone 13 as we had expected until very recently.
Apple considers the upcoming phone from the iPhone series as an S phone and not a phone with a new number, and this means that the company does not plan to offer major developments in the phone in a transitional fashion, as we have seen with the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 as an example.
But although the company does not plan for this, this does not mean that we will not see major developments on the next iPhone phone, according to the same report, Apple began testing a built-in fingerprint with the iPhone 12S and may justify this move because all phones come with OLED screens this year .
According to Bloomberg, Apple was one of the first companies that decided to completely abandon the fingerprint technology, although it was one of the first companies that supported it and worked to install it in its devices with 5S devices, but abandoned it completely in the iPhone X, as we have seen.
What supports this speculation is that Qualcomm, which is responsible for providing Apple with its 5G processors, announced this month a new fingerprint sensor that is much faster than the existing sensors, of course, Qualcomm and Apple’s relationship is more than excellent over the years so we may see this new sensor in IPhone 12s phones.
In fact, this is not the first time that we heard this leak, according to another report that appeared in 2019, Apple is planning to launch an iPhone with a fingerprint sensor under the screen and a FaceID fingerprint in 2021 and it seems that the rumors will support this.
There is no information or rumors yet about removing the charging port in exchange for a phone that charges and deals completely wirelessly, and personally, I think Apple will provide this until the launch of the iPhone 13.
It is worth noting that the iPhone 12S will not be the only new thing this year, so it seems that Apple is planning to launch an iPad in the economic category, but with the same design as the iPad Air 2020, which is the new design that Apple will adopt in the future for all its devices and phones.


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Amazon's potential move into online banking may be more about reaching new customers than disrupting the financial industry, according to one Wall Street firm.
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the e-commerce giant is in early talks with financial institutions to build a "checking-account-like" product for its customers.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch reiterated its buy rating on Amazon shares, saying a new banking offering will spur more e-commerce sales, particularly with younger shoppers and lower-income consumers who don't have traditional bank accounts.
"We think Amazon's aim with expanding its financial offering is less about disrupting the financials sector and more about increasing engagement on its own marketplace," analyst Justin Post wrote in a note to clients Monday. "While there may be some ability for Amazon to reduce the fees it pays to banks and payment processors by creating a closed-loop prepaid debit card type of product, we think that Amazon's primary motivation would be to attract younger and underbanked customers that otherwise would find it difficult to shop online."
The company's stock closed up 0.9 percent Tuesday.
Post reaffirmed his $1,650 price target for Amazon shares, representing 8 percent upside to Monday's close.
He said Amazon Prime's penetration of lower-income households making less than $50,000 per year rose to 56 percent in December from 51 percent in the second quarter of 2017.
"Like Prime, Amazon may want to offer checking incentives to drive customer lock in and higher long-term retail sales," the analyst wrote. "If Amazon's new product does come to fruition, Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market could be a logical place to test bricks-and-mortar merchant acceptance."
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While the market for glass, porcelain, and ceramic in Germany (GPK Market), thanks to pandemic-related catch-up effects in 2022, experienced the strongest growth in recent years at a rate of 13.2 percent, demand noticeably declined last year in 2023. Customers have already caught up on postponed purchases from the pandemic period and are also in savings mode due to the high price level. This is reflected in the market development:
With a decrease of 6.6 percent, the market volume in 2023 dropped to 7.2 billion euros. This is shown by the new "GPK | Household Goods Industry Report" by IFH KÖLN in collaboration with BBE Handelsberatung. While the market still exceeds the pre-pandemic level, market experts forecast further revenue losses in the coming years before the market is expected to stabilize from 2026 onwards.
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'The pandemic significantly boosted the GPK market, with a remarkable increase in private consumption and subsequent positive demand from commercial customers, but the real challenge lies in adapting to the post-pandemic reality with varying growth rates between segments and the increasing influence of inflation on consumer prices,' explains Dr. Philipp Hoog, Member of the Management Board and Head of Strategy Consulting at BBE Handelsberatung, regarding the results of the GPK industry report.
All product groups in decline
The GPK market is divided into three product groups: Tavola (including glass and tableware), Cucina (including cooking, frying, and baking utensils), and Domus (including decorative porcelain/ceramic and gift items). All three submarkets experienced a decline in revenue in 2023, with Domus suffering the largest loss.
Despite a significant decline, the Cucina submarket, which was already growing before the pandemic, still accounts for 43.9 percent of the total market share. Tavola, despite the smallest decline in comparison between submarkets, still represents only a quarter of the market share. However, according to the forecast, it is expected to experience the highest growth among the submarkets until 2028.
GPK Market to stabilise by 2028
The current downward trend of the GPK market will continue in the coming years. Possible reasons for this include current saturation effects and the ongoing consumer reluctance to spend. According to the forecast by IFH KÖLN and BBE Handelsberatung, the market will generate revenue growth for the first time again from 2026 onwards. By then, the economy in Germany is expected to have recovered. In addition, real wages will gradually increase, thereby steadily increasing the scope for spending in the GPK sector. By 2028, market revenue should exceed seven billion euros again – a projection that also takes price increases into account.
'The price increases in the GPK market reached their peak in 2022. Currently, prices are still rising but are back to a normal level. Real wages are expected to rise for the first time in 2024, with an expected increase of 3 percent, which will have a positive impact on consumption in the long term,' forecasts Christoph Lamsfuß, Senior Consultant at IFH KÖLN.


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Whether it’s the latest news or the latest meme, Twitter consistently punches above its weight in our cultural consciousness. And it’s an important space for brands to make an impression on potential customers. Check out the following Twitter stats to learn more about the platform’s user base.
One of the first questions that come to mind when considering a Twitter marketing campaign is probably: how many people use Twitter?
Twitter boasts 330 million monthly active users (as of 2019 Q1). Of these, more than 40 percent, or more specifically, 134 million, use the service on a daily basis (Twitter, 2019).
This was the first quarterly growth in monthly active users for Twitter in a year, which had been falling since its peak in the first quarter of 2018.
- Source: Twitter, 2019
Instagram and Snapchat may have snapped up the young demographic, but Twitter has its own crowd to appeal to.
Approximately six of every 10 (63 percent) Twitter users worldwide are between 35 and 65 years old (theVAB, 2018).
This paints a pretty clear picture of Twitter’s appeal for an audience that’s more mature than those of Snapchat and Instagram.
The average adult Twitter user in the US appears to fall closer to the lower end of that range – with a median age of 40.
- Source: Thevab
Twitter’s popularity as an outlet for news has been on the rise, and it’s one of the top reasons people use Twitter.
It’s a popular medium to communicate breaking news. In fact, journalists make up nearly a quarter of all verified accounts on Twitter.
The bite-sized news in the form of tweets makes for easy and quick consumption. This explains the relatively short amount of time spent per session on Twitter compared with social media giant Facebook, whose average session is 4.96 minutes. And when it comes to time spent on Twitter, it also helps to know the best time and day to post on Twitter.
- Source: Statista
This is a great reflection of the increasing influence social media has on consumers’ purchase habits and highlights just how important it is for brands to be present on social media.
Getting your brand involved on Twitter, however, revolves around more than just being interactive and engaging. There’s also the power of social media influencers to consider.
According to Twitter, purchase intent of users increased over five-fold when were exposed to tweets from both influencers and brands, as opposed to 2.7 times with just brand tweets.
Getting involved in Twitter campaigns with influencers has clear benefits for your business and you may want to begin finding appropriate influencers as soon as possible.
- Source: Digital Marketing Institute
67 percent of all B2B businesses are using Twitter as a digital marketing tool (Statista, 2018). And given the number of active Twitter users, this figure really shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Social media has given rise to the possibility of engaging personally with consumers. So much so that the brand-customer relationship has gone from one that’s uni-directional to bi- and even multi-directional.
In other words, brand messaging is no longer a simple one-sided conversation whereby consumers only listen. They are now well-equipped to react, respond, and interact not only with brands and their messages but also with other consumers who are also engaging.
That said, it’s become increasingly important for brands to not only be present on Twitter but also interactive and engaging.
In fact, 77 percent of Twitter users have a better impression of a brand when they respond to a tweet. And six out of ten users expect a brand to respond to any customer service requests within one hour.
- Source: Statista
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Nearly three years ago, our industry went from thriving with record-breaking sales to becoming a complete bust, with almost zero income whatsoever for many of our colleagues. Fast-forward to this so-called “new normal,” where inflation broke 9% (CNBC) and food costs increased by 11.4% overall in 2022:
“Egg prices soared 39.8%, while flour got 23.3% more expensive. Milk rose 17% and the price of bread jumped 16.2%…Chicken prices jumped 16.6%, while meats rose 6.7% and pork increased 6.8%. Fruits and vegetables together are up 9.4%. Overall, grocery prices jumped 13.5% and restaurant menu prices increased 8%.” (CNN)
In November 2022, approximately one million Americans working in the hospitality industry quit their jobs (US BLS). According to the National Restaurant Association, 78% of restaurant owners say they don’t have enough employees to support their business needs and hours of operation.
Why do I mention all this? Our industry is still struggling with limited staff and supplies, while the costs of available staff and supplies continue to increase. 2023 budgets need to start reflecting the world we live in, not the world we lived in before. The costs of doing business in 2023 will continue to rise and with that, I remind you, you get what you pay for.
The need to maintain budgets, while hitting marketing and event goals will continue to be a difficult dance for many event folks in 2023. Where would you look to sacrifice first? Production, food, entertainment, or elsewhere?
Fortunately, at Relish we aren’t planning on sacrificing our level of hospitality with a “race to the bottom.” Unfortunately, our pricing will continue to reflect these increased costs. However, as we grow our team to keep up with the current demand, we will continue to meet or exceed our client’s expectations and goals in 2023!


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Optalysys, a startup based in the United Kingdom, has introduced an entry-level optical coprocessor, the first such system of its kind on the market. The new system, known as the FT:X2000, is being sold to a select group of partners and early customers in preparation for the commercial launch of the technology later this year.
In a conversation with The Next Platform, Nick New, chief executive officer at Optalysys, described the FT:X2000 as a precursor to the upcoming FT:X3000, which will be the company’s first generally available offering. It is slated for release in early Q3. Until then, the FT:X2000 is preparing the ground, says New, by getting the technology in the hands of people who can put the platform through its paces and begin to develop software for it.
Over the last few years, a number of optical computing startups have been emerging from the shadows, driven by demand for alternate technologies that can offer a viable path for computing beyond Moore’s Law on CMOS chips. Since optical computing using photons instead of electrons as the basis for its processing, it is able to operate at much higher speeds – literally, the speed of light – while needing much less power. In addition to Optalysys, other companies looking to exploit the advantages of optical computing are Lightmatter, Lighton, Fathom Computing, and Lightelligence.
Despite this flurry of activity, optical computing doesn’t yet have the mindshare of other alternative technologies, like quantum or neuromorphic computing. That means these companies have some extra work to do educating customers and investors on its advantages. It’s telling that the Optalysys press release on the FT:X2000 launch cited investments by Google Venture and Baidu into two of its competitors – Lightmatter and Lightelligence, respectively – as evidence that optical technology is now getting the attention it deserves.
All of these startups are primarily focused on the set of applications under the larger umbrellas of artificial intelligence and data analytics, but each is utilizing somewhat different aspects of optical technology. In the case of Optalysys, it is using the diffraction properties of light as a way to implement Fast Fourier Transforms (FFTs), a basic mathematical tool than can be used to represent all sorts of physical and abstract phenomenon. One early use of the company’s technology is genetic search, which can be turned into a pattern matching problem that can be efficiently mapped onto the Optalysys hardware. Other early use cases include numerical weather prediction and mathematical processing.
The Optalysys hardware is based on high resolution liquid crystal microdisplays, which are employed commercially in various consumer and industrial markets. The company uses these microdisplays to diffract a low power laser beam to encode numerical representations associated with FFTs. According to New, there’s nothing really exotic or expensive about the hardware since it’s all based on commodity components. “There are no large fabrication costs attached to it as you would have for a chip design,” he told us. “The components within a mobile phone for example, are not too dissimilar than from what goes into our system.”
The entry-level FT:X2000 product is equipped with a stripped down interface, using a display port for input and a USB port for output. However, the commercial product due out this summer will have a standard PCI-Express interface suitable to hook it into a typical server or even desktop system. The idea is to use the optical device as a coprocessor to accelerate the numerical operations underlying things like machine learning, pattern recognition, and other types of correlation-dependent analysis.
The initial PCI-Express product will draw 10 watts to 60 watts, but according to New will perform about 30 times faster than a GPU on these types of applications. In twelve months, the company plans to launch an even more powerful platform that is projected to be 100 times faster, but with the same low power consumption. New attributes this fast rise in performance to the inherent scalability of the optical technology. In particular, as the resolution of the microdisplays increase, processing becomes more efficient thanks to the parallel nature of the optical technology.
New told us that the initial customers for the FT:X2000 include some big global players in computer manufacturing, defense, and aerospace, but declined to offer specific names. The initial PCI-Express optical accelerator will be aimed exclusively at datacenter users, but a potentially larger opportunity exists for embedded and small-form factor products, where power is at a real premium. “What we’re offering is a very large amount of local processing, but with a small power consumption to go alongside it,” he explains. “That gets us into a very interesting embedded application space such, as IoT and edge computing.”
New sees that market as a unique opportunity for Optalysys technology, especially as its performance-per-watt advantage over its silicon-based competition continues to grow with succeeding generations. As Moore’s Law slows, that advantage could widen even more, driving customers away from their dependence on all-electronics hardware. From his perspective, because of its superior performance and energy efficiency, optical computing is in a good position to take up the slack as advances in silicon-based computing start to peter out. “These are very exciting times, I think,” says New.
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Brace yourself — cooks, food lovers and other trendy folk — as a new home and kitchen store is about to launch.
On Friday, Williams-Sonoma Inc. plans to open its newest store at Ponce City Market, which connects directly to the project’s hotly-anticipated Central Food Hall.
The roughly 9,000-square-foot store will be the retailer’s fifth Williams-Sonoma Home Showroom and Design Center in the nation and its first in the South. The concept offers complimentary design services and a selection of custom fabrics, wood finishes and rug samples.
The location will feature a direct pass-through to Chef Jonathan Waxman’s yet-named restaurant, which could open in late September.
“We are all super fans of his,” said Williams-Sonoma spokeswoman Kendall Coleman during a Thursday tour. “We’ve never been connected to a restaurant.”
She added Waxman will use cookware from the store and other products, which will “bring the store to life.”
The store also has one of the company’s largest cooking schools. The plan is to have free classes every Saturday, teaching techniques such as knife skills.
Plus, every month, the store will host an artisan market to feature local goods, sort of a “pop-up mini food flea market,” said Coleman.
The store will source about 25 percent of its merchandise from the South. That includes 40 products that are made in Georgia from vendors including Georgia Olive Oil Co., Savannah Bee Co., Cacao Atlanta, Beautiful Briny Sea Salt, Preserving Place, Southern Art, Southern Culture and Doux South.
Ponce City Market is on pace to open dozens of new retailers through the fall.
Amy Wenk covers hospitality, retail and restaurants.


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Nvidia’s RTX 4050 was discovered, or at least the GPU packaging was allegedly spotted, at a Galax event – although as you can imagine, this is arguably not what it looks like, and we must be reeling under the weight of the salt that needs to be applied to that specific ‘leak’.
The sighting of a Galax RTX 4050 box came at an event where the graphics card manufacturer was releasing its RTX 4090 models – the flagship being the only high-end Lovelace GPU that is actually on sale right now – as reported by Wccftech (opens in new tab) (and first flagged in reddit (opens in new tab)).
And that got some people excited that maybe, just maybe, the RTX 4050 is somehow on the horizon. But we doubt it very, very much.
With leaks like these, of course, there’s always the possibility that the photo is faked, but in this case, it looks like it’s likely real – or at least the image could be, but not the box itself. By that we mean it’s probably a mockup box made by Galax to fill the booth at the Philippine launch event, or that seems like the most likely explanation anyway (if the photo isn’t fake).
Analysis: None of this makes much sense
If you look closely, there’s a ribbon on the front of the box where it should say ‘RTX 4050’ to match the other visible logos, so most likely this hasn’t been changed (and just pasted in – it’s this element that makes it look less likely that the photo is fake, at least for us).
But as mentioned, this is certainly not a sign that the RTX 4050 is somehow imminent and that graphics card manufacturers are already producing packaging for it. It’s most likely a Galax employee being mischievous – either it’s a mistake, pure and simple (somehow) – or the company is just filling their booth with other potential Lovelace products (though why didn’t the company use an RTX box? 4080 is a fair question to ask in this case).
Clearly though, a real RTX 4050 case would definitely not be the same size (huge) as the chunky case needed to cover the RTX 4090 main GPU. And so this is clearly an RTX 4090 case that had the text messed up (in real or by someone in Photoshop). VideoCardz (opens in new tab) more reports about it and claims it managed to get confirmation that the box in question was indeed present at this Galax launch event, by the way.
We haven’t heard anything in the rumor mill about the RTX 4050, and if it was any closer, we’d certainly be getting bits and pieces of speculation by now. In fact, we’ve also heard very little about the RTX 4060, which suggests that any wallet-friendly Lovelace GPU is still a ways off, and the RTX 4050 is likely still a long way off.
Although some witty people have suggested that this could be the new incarnation and name of the RTX 4080 12GB, which was recently canceled (or ‘not released’, ahem) by Nvidia after a backlash to that particular model. In all seriousness, presumably this 4080 variant is destined to become the RTX 4070 or likely the 4070 Ti (or Super), although whichever way Nvidia goes with the rename is likely to get confused (not for the first time). turn).


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New looks, new hybrid powertrain, increased versatility
Honda released the first set of teaser images of the upcoming 2023 Honda CR-V yesterday, giving us a glimpse at what the SUV looks like.
Although there are only four images, we can clearly see how the front-end is going to look, followed by the rear-end, the lights, the grille, as well as the bumpers and the exhaust tips.
No details have been revealed just yet, except for the fact that the CR-V will feature a more advanced hybrid system and offer a sportier driving experience than the current model.
Honda also mentioned that the 2023 CR-V will be more versatile than before, which means that we could see a more practical and spacious cabin.
From what we can see, it is also certain that the new model will look much more rugged and modern than the current-gen CR-V which we have here.
That being said, Honda confirmed that it will be revealing more details about the 2023 CR-V in the third quarter of 2022 so watch this space for more updates on the popular SUV.


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Four Seasons owner finds silver linings in the snow clouds overhead
The consensus is universal. Unless you are especially fond of building snowmen or ice fishing, this has been a long and miserable winter.
Taking exception to that outlook are the owners of local businesses who help folks with the tools needed to do battle with the ravages of winter — whether that is heavy-duty snowblowers or more maneuverable snow throwers.
After several recent mild winters, Ozaukee County businesses that deal with the sale and service of snow-removal equipment have been kept busy by a snow season that started early and just keeps piling up.
Aaron Gavin, owner of Four Seasons Outdoor Power, 123 N. Park St., Port Washington, has a simple philosophy when it comes to the meteorological challenges of the season.
“I am a big believer of ‘When it is winter, let the snow fly, and when it is summer, let the grass grow,’” Gavin said.
Not coincidentally, his business specializes in snow removal and lawn care equipment.
Four Seasons has a reputation as the go-to place to buy or fix Simplicity gear — which was once made in Port Washington — that dates to 1970.
After working as a repair technician, Gavin took over the business in 2010 and has added a full line of Snapper and Stihl equipment to the stock.
At age 33, he said, a lot of his customers say, “It must be nice to be your own boss.”
The comment always makes him laugh.
“When I was working in the shop I just had two bosses. Now that I own the business, every one who walks in the door is the boss — you have to make sure every customer is happy,” Gavin said.
Keeping up with job orders has meant sometimes coming in before dawn and staying long after dark, he said, often with prospective customers knocking on the locked door outside of regular business hours.
“I’ve been here at 10:30 at night and had a customer stop in asking if I had a belt. Is someone really clearing their snow in the middle of the night?” Gavin asked.
Since the announced closing this winter of Lauer Equipment Sales in Grafton, Gavin said, he has seen a sudden surge in business.
“We gained 10 new customers last week, people who are looking for a shop they can have an ongoing relationship with,” he said.
A quick look around the Port shop is proof that winter has been demanding.
There are only a handful of new snow throwers left, and even fewer reconditioned machines.
“The difference from last year is that we have been able to keep up with repairs, getting machines out as quickly as they come in,” Gavin said.
“Last year, we fixed a lot of machines that had broken belts because the snow was so wet and heavy.
“This year, because the snow has been lighter and folks are using single-stage throwers, there are more machines that need their paddles replaced. You know you are having a paddle problem if the snow isn’t being thrown as far.”
Gavin said no matter how well cared-for a snow blower or thrower is, there is no way to protect the machines from all of winter’s woes.
Perhaps it is a reflection on how much the saturated snow last year, that Gavin said he hasn’t had to deal with one problem that was prevalent last winter.
“For whatever reason, we had to repair 15 to 20 snowblowers that had dog chains wrapped around their augers. This year, we haven’t had one. Maybe people are just being more careful,” he said.
Gavin said he is not the kind of person who has visions of dollar signs dancing in his head every time there is a forecast of snow, but he acknowledged bad news on the weather front can be good for his business.
“I never like to see a customer having problems, especially in winter when it is snowing and they need to clear their driveway. But if they need service, I always like to see them coming to me,” Gavin said.
Even in the waning days of winter, he said, he makes a point of keeping new snow equipment on hand.
“Every spring, when new homeowners come in to get a lawn mower, we often sell them a snowblower, too, as kind of a package deal,” Gavin said.
He said his business is very much dictated by the pages of the calendar.
“It can be pretty busy here after it snows for a few days and equipment starts breaking down, but it gets really crazy here in spring — especially when it is rainy like last year and the grass starts growing,” Gavin said.
Come spring, he said, several building projects at the shop are also planned, including the installation of a new furnace and expansion of the showroom.
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M2 MacBook Pro preorders begin to arrive for customers
The first M2 MacBook Pro preorders are starting to get into the hands of customers!
While many of us are still waiting for Friday to roll around, some customers on this planet are already becoming the first to get their hands on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro. The next-generation 13-inch MacBook Pro features Apple’s new M2 processor and…that’s about it!
The new 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2 chip will officially release in stores and online on Friday, June 24. While most of us are still living in the past, it is already that day in countries like New Zealand and Australia. Some customers, like Sonny Dickson, have taken to social media to share proof of their shiny new Mac:
New Zealand does not currently have any Apple Stores in the country so all of its customers are getting their new M2 MacBook Pro through delivery. In Australia, however, Apple does have retail locations so we should also expect to see photos of customers picking up their new notebooks at their local store if there is any in-store stock.
Apple has cautioned that the new 13-inch MacBook Pro will be available at “select” Apple Stores at launch, so it seems like it will be hit or miss whether or not you will find it at your local store for now.
With the launch of the M2 MacBook Pro, we’re only weeks away from the redesigned MacBook Air with M2 chip as well!
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Avoka, the Transaction Experience Management experts, today announced that Avoka Transact, an innovative solution that turns form-based transactions into digital experiences, is available at CloudStore as part of the United Kingdom G-Cloud Programme. Avoka Transact mobile forms help government agencies transition paper-based and custom online forms to all-digital transactions and mobile transactions increasing citizen satisfaction, reducing costs, and increasing efficiency. It’s better, more efficient government delivered for less.
G-Cloud is part of the UK Government’s initiative to encourage the adoption of cloud services across the public sector to help organisations become more flexible, agile and responsive to changing requirements. G-Cloud gives government organisations access to pay-as-you-go services providing less expensive — and pre-approved — alternatives to traditionally sourced IT services — simply and transparently.
“We’re excited to be part of G-Cloud,” said Richard Austen, General Manager for Avoka Europe. “Avoka Transact is the perfect match for public sector organisations looking to modernise their transactions while greatly improving convenience for citizens and businesses.”
The “design once, deploy everywhere” Avoka Transact electronic forms delivers a seamless online experience to citizens and businesses so that they can complete applications, fill out and sign documents, open accounts and more, whenever, wherever, and however they want — via desktop computer, tablet, smartphone, or kiosk. This improves the take up of online services, which can be 50 times cheaper than using traditional channels.
Avoka Transact also provides data integration and workflow processes to take government front offices digital, and give government agencies the power to quickly improve field worker productivity with intelligent mobile data collection applications. All with enterprise-class security and quality of service.
G-Cloud participating public sector organisations can purchase Avoka Transact at CloudStore, a searchable database of over 7,000 services designed to enable businesses to match their requirements to the best-fit service from G-Cloud suppliers. CloudStore lists all the required details of each supplier and their services.
Avoka Transact turns paper or static PDF forms into sophisticated digital experiences empowering users to do business whenever, and wherever, they want — on a computer, tablet, smartphone, or kiosk. Avoka Transact helps organizations attract and retain more customers, sell more products and services, reduce abandonment rates, and improve the quality of information that flows into their IT systems. For more information call 888-840-3196. Visit Avoka at www.avoka.com and follow Avoka on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.


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Tumblr has been serious about bringing in ad dollars since being acquired by Yahoo in May 2013, and has hired its first ever director of media.
Stepping up to the plate is former director of mobile growth at Yahoo Sima Sistani, who will help Tumblr better connect with the entertainment world.
Reporting directly to global head of brand partnerships Lee Brown, here’s what Sistani had to say:
“When I’m out there talking to media companies, they’re really interested in figuring out how to engage their fans on Tumblr. There’s a big range of opportunity.”
While getting big players to advertise on the social network is a definite plan, Sistani also wants to help companies better engage the community with their own content.
“That native response on Tumblr is to share. What that means for influencers and media companies is that they are coming into a community that will share content out to their networks. I just really want to figure out how to help be a catalyst in the process.”
Last month, Tumblr reported a 30 percent increase in users from March 2013, and an over 50 percent increase in mobile monthly active users.


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Cryptocurrency exchange platform CoinDCX recently launched its OTC (over the counter) desk facility to tap into the institutional client market for crypto trades. According to the company, the new feature will complement CoinDCX’s existing platforms – CoinDCX and CoinDCX Pro – with the aim of expanding the number of users and overall trading volume. “Through the OTC Desk feature, institutional clients will be able to execute bulk orders for crypto assets such as Bitcoin (BTC) and other popular cryptocurrencies,” the company said in an official press release.
In addition, the OTC desk facility promises the company’s customers to buy or sell their holdings without worrying about price fluctuations. CoinDCX co-founder Sumit Gupta said that the company will focus on those who trade large crypto amounts. “This segment is more concerned about price certainty and seeks to reduce slippage,” he said, adding that the average ticket size for such services starts with an investment of over Rs 30 lakh.
The company said that the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies in India has benefited their exchange platform as more and more people are investing in crypto. Cryptocurrency is also seen as an alternative investment among institutions and those who wish to diversify their portfolios. “Corporations, as well as startups, are showing interest in broadening their portfolio by allocating some serious amount in this asset class,” Gupta said.
According to the company, the OTC desk facility will help in risk management while executing large trades.
“With the twin benefits of ample liquidity and the ability to place limit orders for large trading volumes, CoinDCX is poised to enter this relatively untapped market and further expand its trading footprint,” the company said.
The rise of crypto trading around the world has also attracted Indian consumers to digital currencies. The popularity is also reflected in the fortunes of CoinDCX. The company raised $90 million in August this year, valuing the company at $1.1 billion. This made CoinDCX the first Indian crypto exchange unicorn (companies with a valuation of over $1 billion).
Former Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin led the Series C funding at CoinDCX with participation from existing investors such as Coinbase Ventures and Polychain Capital.


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The Model Goods & Services Tax (GST) Act as prepared by the Empowered Committee has been released by the Indian Ministry of Finance on 14th of June.
The Constitutional (One Hundred and Twenty-Second) Amendment Bill, 2014, to empower the Indian government to levy such tax, which will subsume presently levied Centr...
15 April, 2016
In furtherance to the Indian Customs Single Window project, wherein online permissions are being obtained from various govt. agencies, the CBEC has developed ‘Integrated Declaration’, under which all information required for import clearance by the concerned government agencies has been incorporated in the electronic format of bill of e...
3 November, 2015
The Joint Committees on Business Processes for Goods & Services Tax (GST), set up by the Ministry of Finance, have given their reports providing a broad outline of the processes to be followed in respect of registration, payments, refunds and in case of filing of returns under the proposed GST regime by the assessees.
A seminar on ‘India Prepares for GST: Trade Briefs- Banking and Finance is being organised on 24th August 2016 at our Mumbai office.
This seminar would focus on the issues pertaining to Banking sector & Financial transactions and its GST implications in light of global jurisprudence.
Further, this seminar will also cover issues relating...
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Sprint laying off 6,000 nationwide, scrapping ION service
By DAVID HAYES and SUZANNE KING - The Kansas City Star Date: 10/17/01 15:01
Sprint Corp. said today the company will lay off 6,000 employees, including 3,000 in Kansas City, as the company scraps its ION high-speed Internet service and reacts to the weakened economy.
William T. Esrey, chief executive of the Westwood-based company, said in an interview with The Kansas City Star that the job cuts would be deepest in Sprint's long-distance and local service operations. However, Esrey said, 600 to 700 employees will be laid off in Sprint's corporate headquarters, and the cuts will reach into upper management.
Sprint's global markets group, which includes most of the long-distance, ION and fixed-wireless operations, will be hardest hit. About 4,000 jobs will be eliminated in that group, Esrey said. ION had about 1,700 employees throughout the country and fixed-wireless had about 500 employees.
The cuts, about 6.8 percent of the company's total workforce and about 10 percent of the wireline side of the business, are expected to be completed by the middle of November.
No layoffs at Sprint PCS are planned.
In addition, the company will shed 1,500 contract employees, including an unspecified number of workers in Kansas City.
Esrey said the cuts will save Sprint about $1 billion a year and make the company stronger. Esrey also noted that the layoffs will bring Sprint's total employee base down to 82,000 -- about where the company was 15 months ago.
"We are not going in and pulling in our horns," Esrey said. "We're making this adjustment, and then we're going to move forward very aggressively. And we're doing it out of strength so we remain strong. The worst thing we could do would be not to take this difficult step."
The Sprint layoffs are the latest in a series of job cuts in the telecommunications industry that began early this year. Since Jan. 1, more than 225,000 workers have been laid off from local and long-distance telephone companies and telecommunications equipment manufacturers.
News of the layoffs came this afternoon as the company reported its third-quarter earnings, and announced that Sprint PCS set a record for new subscribers. Sprint PCS added 1.25 million new customers in the third quarter. The company's affiliates added about 384,000 customers.
"That is far beyond what we have done before," Esrey said. "It's far beyond what anybody in the industry has done before."
PCS and its affiliates now have about 14.4 million customers.
Overall, Sprint reported that its FON and PCS divisions met analyst's earlier estimates. Esrey said PCS missed its projections for earnings before taxes and other costs because of acquisition costs from the larger than expected increase in new subscribers.
During the third-quarter, Sprint's FON group reported earnings of 18 cents a share. Last year, the company reported 44 cents during the same period. PCS reported a loss of 29 cents. Last year the division reported a 41 cent loss.
The death of Sprint's ION product, which provided integrated phone and high-speed Internet service over traditional phone lines, has been rumored for months. The company scaled back its plans for ION last year because it said glitches with the service's voice quality were still being worked out.
But in the end, Esrey said, ION was scrapped because of the economic and political climate in the telecommunications industry, not because the technology didn't work.
"Our people have done a super job; they've resolved the technical issues," Esrey said. "The business case does not make sense in current market conditions."
Pricing pressure on traditional high-speed cable and DSL Internet services, as well as in voice telephone service, made it impossible for Sprint to charge enough to cover its ION costs.
In addition, Esrey said, foot-dragging by the local Bell companies that provide the "last-mile" connection to homes and businesses, as well as potential changes in federal regulation, hurt the project.
Esrey said Sprint spent $3 billion over the last four years developing ION. The company will take a $2 billion write-off during the fourth quarter.
Sprint will take an additional $600 million hit from costs related to the layoffs and to move current ION customers onto other services, Esrey said.
In another announcement, Esrey said Sprint would freeze its high-speed "fixed wireless" Internet business. The business supplies about 52,000 customers but is not available in the Kansas City area. Current customers will be retained, Esrey said.
The technology for fixed wireless doesn't make the product feasible yet, Esrey said. Sprint is studying second-generation fixed wireless products, which could make it more viable in the future, he said.
To reach David Hayes, technology writer at The Star, call (816) 234-4904 or send e-mail to email@example.com.
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By Micah Maidenberg
Macerich Co. reported a second-quarter loss and said occupancies across its portfolio of malls fell as the company and its retail tenants grappled with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Macerich on Tuesday said the occupancy rate at its malls stood at 91.3% at the end of June, down from 94.1% at the end of the same month in 2019.
Rental collections at the company, and other retail-property landlords, have been complicated by the pandemic, with many tenants pushing for deferrals or givebacks on rent earlier this year with in-store shopping forbidden in many markets as officials tried to halt the spread of the virus.
The company said it had collected 58% of cash rents for June and 65% in July.
Nine of its indoor malls in California, which had previously closed and then reopened, were shut down again last month amid high infections in the state. Macerich also said its Queens Center and Kings Plaza properties in New York City remained closed as well.
The company swung to a loss of $25.1 million, or 18 cents a share, from a profit of $15.7 million, or 11 cents a share, the year earlier.
Funds from operations, an earnings metric that excludes the cost of building depreciation and makes other adjustments, fell to 60 cents a share from 98 cents a share. After stripping out another financing expense, the company reported FFO of 39 cents a share in the second quarter.
Total revenue fell to $178.6 million from $227.9 million, Macerich said.
FactSet expected the company to generate $185.6 million in revenue for the latest period.
Mall owners have been looking for fresh ways to transform their businesses, both before the spread of the coronavirus and in the aftermath of the pandemic. Consumers staying largely at home have been buying more goods via ecommerce platforms, pressuring retailers focused on traditional stories and retail-property landlords.
Simon Property Group Inc., another mall owner, is negotiating a deal with Amazon.com Inc. that would permit the ecommerce giant to open distribution sites in spaces once used by struggling department-store chains like J.C. Penney Co., The Wall Street Journal has reported.
"We are encouraged by the pipeline of new store openings for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021 and believe retailers will continue to prioritize store operations in highly productive town centers," Chief Executive Thomas O'Hern said.
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The much-awaited opening of the unique and first-in-the-province McDonald’s NXTGEN store is finally happening on December 16.
PLDT Home launches the first-ever 10,000 Mbps fiber-optic service in the Philippines in a history-making move towards the future of home connectivity. Metro Manila has first dibs on this ultra-high-speed internet starting next month.
“Safe Driving in the New Normal” DSFL of Ford Philippines is part of the company’s commitment to producing safer drivers on the road.
Read about the story of my Papa and Mama who recently passed away from complications due to Covid-19. Yes, we were not spared from the grief of this pandemic.
Does your policy have enough car insurance coverage for calculated risks?
September 17 is coming. And in the world of Globe Telecom, it means their annual 917 Celebration. This year, they are not slowing down because of the pandemic. Instead, they have more offers, rewards, and value-added services for their customers through GIFLand.


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Kylie Jenner Slams Forbes' Claim That She's No Longer A Billionaire
Is Kylie Jenner trying for baby no. 2? The beauty mogul opened up about her plans to expand her little family in the cover story for the latest issue of Interview Germany magazine. Watch to see what she said!


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December 24, 1992
Few dispute Rodney Rogers' credentials. He scores, rebounds and plays hard every night. His body, chiseled by Atlas, is that of the ideal power forward. When eight collegians were picked this past summer for the Dream Team to beat up on before conquering the world, Rogers was among them. He held his own. Virtually every college hoops guru considers Rogers one of the nation's best 10 players. But for Wake Forest, that isn't enough. "What we want," Sports Information Director John Justus said, "is for Rodney to be considered in the top five."
June 10, 1990
With all these multi-million-dollar art purchases in the news lately, do you feel left out because all you have to show on your walls are posters and family photographs? Thanks to a process that transfers print images onto canvas, posters can have the look and texture of an original oil. (Just don't try passing it off to a museum, however.) Available for $50 plus the cost of the poster at Eden Gallery, 47 E. Queens Way, Hampton; phone 723-6600.
August 29, 1989
"Crabzilla" is back. The city's famous 50-story crab is back on sale at Hampton City Hall and the Visitor's Center. The crab is depicted in this year's Bay Days poster, breaking up the Bay Days celebration after rising from the waters of Hampton Roads. The first 500 posters, numbered and hand-signed by city Planning Department graphic artist John Sharp, sold out two weeks ago after a newspaper article described the controversy surrounding it. Some local officials objected to the calamity depicted in the poster, a scantily clad female jogger and an elderly woman knocked off her walker in the panicky crowd.
February 3, 2008
Two large posters depicting partial nudity were confiscated from the Abercrombie & Fitch store in Lynnhaven Mall by Virginia Beach Police Saturday, and the manager was issued a citation on obscenity charges. Police acted on several citizen complaints about the displays, said police spokesman Adam Bernstein. "An officer went and looked at them, and thought himself that they were pretty racy," he said. The store manager was given a copy of City Code Section 22-31, Bernstein said.
August 6, 1989
Virginia artist P. Buckley Moss has been gathering accolades throughout the United States for her posters depicting the essence of the states and many cities. Her Virginia poster shows the Capitol in Richmond. Others show a sailboat against a mountainous coast in California, skyscrapers in an apple-shaped frame (New York City) and a Southern mansion (Atlanta). Available for $25 at The Framery, Coliseum Crossing shopping center, Hampton; phone 827-9974.
February 8, 2001
The Gloucester 350th Celebration committee has many commemorative items on sale, many of which feature the celebration's logo, designed by Ray Reuter. Included are: embroidered T-shirts and sweatshirts, three styles of etched glasses, golf umbrellas, a tricorn hat, a logo ornament, note cards, posters and tote bags Pictures of these items can be seen by on the Web page www.gloucester350celebra tion.org. For information, call 693-6350.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The biggest piece of corporate news this week was Apple’s unveiling of its new smartphone, the iPhone 5.
The announcement lived up, or down, to its billing. There was a rock band, hoards of bloggers, journalists and other fans. They all gathered to watch Apple’s management team demonstrate the latest version of one of the world’s best-selling smartphones.
The device is thinner, lighter, has a bigger screen, a faster chip, a better operating system and longer battery life. We’ll be polite and just ignore that whole new connector thing.
The technological press was riveted. Much of the financial media was, too. And why not? The event was wonderfully planned, the people making the presentations were superbly poised and the stuff that little computer can do is just amazing.
But nevertheless, it was hard to escape a slight sense of absurdity while watching and covering the event. Because after hours of parsing every tiny nuance of the announcement what emerged was...a new smartphone that looks, feels and performs very much like every other smartphone on the market.
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Stay tuned to MarketWatch throughout the weekend for all the news you need to organize your portfolio and your life. We’ll have continuing coverage of the unrest in the Middle East as well as any important news from the rest of the world.
Meanwhile, to get your next week started off well, please take a moment to view our weekly videos.
— Christopher Noble, assistant managing editor.
Is iPhone 5 a good buy?
The new iPhone 5 is the star of Apple’s product lineup, there’s no doubt about that, but some suggest that the previous model, the iPhone 4S may be a better deal for most users. Packed with features and compatible with the new upgrade to Apple’s iOS operating system, buyers may want to think twice before passing the 4S by. Read a story comparing the iPhone 5 with the 4S.
Everything you need to know
There’s a lot to digest about the new iPhone 5. A new screen, a new operating system, a new connection port and plenty of new functionality. MarketWatch rounded up all you need to know in one place. Read a story that tells you everything you need to know about the iPhone 5.
The euro gets another lifeline
Germany’s top court rejected calls to block ratification of the euro-zone rescue fund, triggering a modest sigh of relief from financial markets and clearing the way for implementation of an important tool in Europe’s effort to contain its three-year-old debt crisis. Read a story about the German constitutional court’s decision on the euro-zone rescue fund.
Incomes down, inequality up
Real median household income in the United States fell 1.5% in 2011, and a measure of income inequality increased on an annual basis for the first time since 1993, according to a report from the Census Bureau. Median income last year was down almost 9% from a recent peak in 1999, and is lower than when the recession began. Read a story about income and poverty in the United States.
The Federal Reserve, worried that improvement in the unemployment rate has stalled, announced a third round of monetary economic stimulus on Thursday. It said it would buy billions of dollars of mortgage backed securities in an effort to bring down long-term interest rates and spur economic growth. Read a story about the steps the Federal Reserve will take to boost economic growth.
Amazon v Apple
Before politicians can fix Social Security, they need to ensure that older Americans feel more secure about their financial future due to the fruits of their own labor, rather than any form of entitlement. One way to do that would be to give older people an incentive to work longer. Read Chuck Jaffe’s column on how entitlement reform could give seniors reasons to work longer.
Out of steam
After an impressive 11% jump in the last month, copper may soon run out of steam as support from global-growth expectations and stockpiling in China both wear off. The metal’s recent rise has been something of a surprise given that mostly disappointing economic data should be spoiling its demand prospects. Read a Commodities Corner column on copper.
Party like it’s 2007
U.S. markets are partying like it’s 2007 following the Federal Reserve’s announcement it will launch a new round of quantitative easing, better known as QE3 — but the stimulus might not keep the celebration going for long. So where should you put your money if you want to keep earning good returns once the euphoria wears off? Read a Weekend Investor column on stocks that don’t need QE3.


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LG has announced the launch of its Android-powered smartphone which is named as LG Optimus (LG GT540). The Android-powered phone is being designed to offer an optimal environment for the first-time smartphone users with easy and convenient mobile access. The smartphone has been featured with Google mobile services such as YouTube, Gmail, Gtalk, Google Maps and etc. Moreover, the SN Manager offers integrated access to social networking sites in a convenient platform that can be manage multiple social networking services such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo accounts.
Featured with a 3-inch HVGA touchscreen display, the LG Optimus is also equipped with 3-megapixel camera with geotagging function. It boasts with A-GPS, supports quad-band GSM and dual-band UMTS (900/2100 MHz) connectivity, comes with a 1500 mAh battery and a 3.5mm headset jack. Additionally, it is Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled, and supports up to 32GB of microSD memory card.
“LG Optimus is the ideal choice for early smartphone users who expect all the features of smartphones without the complexity,” said by Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “This is a device that was designed for regular people who want to jump into the smartphone experience but have been hesitant to do so because of the learning curve. By making LG Optimus more approachable, we hope more people will give smartphones a try.”
Available in black, white, silver and pink, the LG Optimus is expected to be available in UK from 1 May.


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Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd. has entered the Australian entertainment ticketing sector. The media conglomerate has bought Moshtix, the country's third largest ticketing group, through its News Digital Media (NDM) affiliate for an unspecified amount.
Hamish Petrie, who set up Moshtix in 2003, will remain with the company to oversee expansion plans.
The Australian ticketing sector is dominated by two major players -- Ticketek and Ticketmaster -- both which claim to sell 10 million tickets each year to music, sporting, movie and arts events.
Ticketek is owned by James Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL). Ticketmaster 7 entered the local market in 1999 as a partnership between U.S. parent Ticketmaster and TV and magazine company Seven; in April 2005, Ticketmaster bought out Seven's stake.
Petrie found a niche in the market by targeting small music venues, cinemas and promoters, and using a more cost effective paperless online model.
Under NDM, Moshtix will expand from having 170 accounts in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne to becoming a national operation. It will negotiate deals with smaller independent venues in the other cities, Petrie says.
NDM will also tie-up ticketing as an add-on for its series of Web sites. The largest of these is MySpace which News Corp bought last year, and which boasts 2.13 million users in Australia and 146 million globally.
Moshtix's volume of business is not known, but promoters and venue owners tell Billboard.biz that it is believed to be profitable.
"News Corp has an amazing grasp of the entertainment industry -- particularly in Australia through its (previous) involvement in record companies as Festival Records and Mushroom Records," says concert promoter and venue operator Michael Jacobsen.
Sydney-based Jacobsen is CEO of Arena Management, which operates the Sydney Entertainment Centre and Sydney Capitol Theatre and managing director of concert and theatre promoter Jacobsen Entertainment.
"At a macro level, to tie a ticketing company into a social network such as MySpace is an advanced and intelligent concept which will raise the bar in the ticketing industry and create a third major player."


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By Jon Bishop
HARVARD — I arrived at the post office on a sopping Thursday afternoon in order to answer a question that has presumably plagued Harvard since its Shaker days: Would you prefer to have a grocery store in town?
And its addendum: Where do you shop?
I talked to five different people — six, if you count the gentleman who didn’t want to be quoted but who did assert that it’s almost impossible to invest in town.
So what did I discover?
That folks like to go to a variety of stores, all varying in kind and in expense.
“I go out to two places: Debra’s Natural Gourmet in Concord and Whole Foods (in Bedford),” said Carol Greenough, who lives near the center. “I do that because I like to eat organically.”
She’d shop at a store in Harvard, if it carried organic produce.
“It’s a lot easier than driving quite a ways,” she said.
Shaker Hills area resident Katie Petrossi likes the Shaw’s in Groton and the Market Baskets in Leominster and Westford.
She, too, would shop at a store in Harvard.
“If there was a store in town, I would go there,” she said.
Ken Nygren, who lives in Still River, said one of his stores of choice is Hannaford. Opening a grocery store in Harvard would save him time and gas, he said.
Ed Rubin, a resident of Poor Farm Road, said that he goes to “a combination of places.” One of them is Market Basket, both in Leominster and in Westford. Then there’s Trader Joe’s, Hannaford in Ayer, as well as Whole Foods in Bedford.
“Once in a blue moon, we’ll go to Roche Brothers,” he said.
On a store in Harvard?
“It depends on what they have,” he said. “I don’t think it’ll make a huge difference.”
He’d go, though, if the store were “nice, higher end, quality.”
Finally there was Margaret Nestler, who lives near the center. She shops at Market Basket in Westford and at Debra’s Natural Gourmet in Concord.
Regarding a Harvard store, she gave a similar answer to Rubin. “It really depends on what the store is,” she said.


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Forecasts published Wednesday show Bolivia’s annual inflation rate decreased from 4 percent to just 3.5 percent, placing it among the lowest in the region. However, GDP growth forecasts remain high at 4.7 percent, leading South America for another year running.
Bolivian Opposition Will Privatize Gas Reserves, Minister Warns
Bolivia’s leftist government has been praised for ensuring economic stability, following Central Bank forecasts that lowered inflation forecasts to 3.5 percent annually.
"Low inflation promotes the efficient use of productive resources and reduces uncertainty … low and controlled inflation is an indicator of macroeconomic stability,” said Central Bank economist Luis Ballivian.
Bolivia’s low inflation is due to a combination of price controls on basic goods and state intervention, Economic analyst Guillermo Pereria said. Although the majority are made by currency exchange markets, it has primarily been the rise in agricultural production and food sovereignty which lowered Bolivia’s dependency on expensive imports and its vulnerability to fluctuations in the global market.
The rise in agricultural production follows Evo Morales’ land reform, which redistributed millions of hectares to Indigenous campesinos. It invested heavily in modern machinery and development for rural communities. An example of the investments include the announcement in July that the government was donating $6 million worth of tractors to be used communally by rural communities near the Andean town of Viacha.
Bolivia’s inflation figures are in stark contrast to neighboring Argentina. There, following four years of neoliberal reform, inflation has spiralled out of control, hitting nearly 60 percent annually, along with negative growth and rising unemployment.
The ruling 'Movement Towards Socialism' party will be hoping that a strong economy will be enough to deliver reelection, with electoral campaigns heating up ahead of the October presidential elections.


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Kuo: Apple Watch Series 7 Missed Body Temperature Monitoring Due to Algorithm Problems, but Feature Could Still Come to Series 8
Apple canceled plans to add a body temperature sensor to the Apple Watch Series 7, but the feature could come to the Apple Watch Series 8 instead, according to reputable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
In a thread of tweets, Kuo explained that Apple originally intended to offer a body temperature measurement feature with the Apple Watch Series 7 models, but the company shelved the plans when the body temperature algorithm it had developed failed to meet requirements before the device entered the engineering validation testing (EVT) phase last year.
Kuo believes that the upcoming Apple Watch Series 8 could feature body temperature monitoring, providing "the algorithm can meet Apple's high requirements before mass production."
The problems Apple has experienced relating to body temperature measurement purportedly relate to the fact that skin temperature quickly varies based on the environment, and since a smartwatch cannot monitor core body temperature using hardware, the feature is heavily dependent on an algorithm that produces accurate results.
Kuo added that Samsung is experiencing similar challenges with body temperature measurement, noting that the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 may not come with a body temperature monitoring feature due to algorithmic limitations.
Both Kuo and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman have previously discussed how the 2022's Apple Watches were likely to offer body temperature monitoring capabilities, but rumors related to the feature have quietened in recent times. Kuo's comments today appear to raise further doubts around whether the feature will actually debut with the Apple Watch Series 8 later this year.
For everything we know so far about the Apple Watch Series 8, check out our dedicated guide.
AirTags may be a convenient way for tracking dogs that might get off leash or otherwise lost, but there are dangers associated with the practice, as outlined by a report from The Wall Street Journal.
At 1.26 inches in diameter, AirTags are able to fit easily on a dog's collar, but that size also makes the tracking devices small enough to swallow, at least for a medium to large-sized dog, and ...
Apple has previously announced several upcoming iOS features that are expected to be added to the iPhone this year. Some of the features could be introduced with iOS 16.4, which should enter beta testing soon, while others will arrive later in the year.
Below, we have recapped five new iOS features that are expected to launch in 2023, such as an Apple Pay Later financing option for purchases ...
Apple's next device with an Apple silicon chip may not be a Mac or an iPad, but rather an advanced external display, according to recent reports.
The display, which is rumored to arrive this year, is expected to sit somewhere between the $1,599 Studio Display and the $4,999 Pro Display XDR – but more exact information about the device's positioning and price point is as yet unknown. While ...
In June 2022, Apple previewed the next generation of CarPlay, promising deeper integration with vehicle functions like A/C and FM radio, support for multiple displays across the dashboard, personalization options, and more.
Apple says the first vehicles with support for the next-generation CarPlay experience will be announced in late 2023, with committed automakers including Acura, Audi,...
When the original HomePod launched in 2018, it was discovered that the speaker can leave white rings on some wooden surfaces. Now, well-known YouTuber Marques Brownlee has confirmed that the issue persists to a lesser extent with the new HomePod.
In a side-by-side test, he showed that the white second-generation HomePod left a white ring on the wooden surface that he placed the speaker on,...
Apple's VP of hardware engineering Matthew Costello and product marketing employee Alice Chan recently spoke with Men's Journal and TechCrunch about the new second-generation HomePod in wide-ranging interviews about the smart speaker.
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Rhode Islanders looking to get into the marine trades industry can apply for a free training program. Every graduate from the last round of training landed a job.
The Rhode Island Marine Trades Association held its first round of training over the summer, and every graduate found a job within 30 days of graduation. So the trade association is doing it again, offering a free, full-time, five-and-a-half-week course.
Providence Business News Editor Mark Murphy joins Rhode Island Public Radio's Dave Fallon for a weekly business segment we're calling "The Bottom Line." Each Friday they look at business news and themes that affect local business and the public.
This week Dave and Mark talk with Jonathan Craig, sales and marketing director of GMT Composites of Bristol. The nearly 30-year-old company develops carbon fiber products for a diverse clientele, including the maritime and robotics industries and medical components.
Bristol boat builder Walt Schultz, is the owner of Shannon Boats. He worked his way through college destroying old, wooden boats. Older and wiser, he’s spent that last 40 years paying a penance of sorts repairing as many of those old boats as he can find.
There are two currently being repaired in his shop, one of them belonged to ice cream baron Howard Johnson. Schultz is one of the few remaining craftsmen repairing wooden boats from a long-gone era, and he shares his thoughts on what it means to know that craft.


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Apple has confirmed its hotly anticipated iPad 2 will launch this Friday in Australia, with prices starting at $579 for the entry level 16GB Wi-Fi version.
Telstra is finally offering visual voicemail to its customers who use an iPhone, but will charge $5 a month for the service.
The U.S. government itself has come out against Microsoft in a Supreme Court case that may decide the way patents are protected.
A post on Australian technology forum Whirlpool has possibly revealed iPad 2 pricing details.
Apple's iPhone 5 is still months away from becoming a reality, but that hasn't stopped the rumour mill going into overdrive. The latest word is that the fifth generation of Apple's smartphone will feature a larger 4in edge-to-edge display, along with...
Production of Apple's iPad 2 may be hit with component shortages caused by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, an analyst said today.
When the iPad 2 hit Apple stores, people couldn't wait to buy. Lines stretched around entire city blocks. At the Apple Store in Walnut Creek, Calif., a shopping mecca 30 miles east of San Francisco, people at the front of the line said they'd been wa...
Let's get this out of the way first thing: Apple's new MacBook Pro line of laptops, unveiled late last month and almost lost in the din of publicity around the iPad 2 launch, do not -- repeat, do not -- use flawed Sandy Bridge processors.
VMware has released the vSphere Client for iPad, with which IT staff will be able to monitor and manage their virtualized infrastructure, the company said on Thursday.
Well, it's happened. Apple boasts that each movie you record on its iPad 2 front and rear facing cameras will be a "mini masterpiece."
The $599 price for the Wi-Fi only Xoom tablet from Motorola Mobility has triggered an online debate about whether it's competitive with Apple's iPad 2 or way overpriced.
The latest Android smartphone loaded Web pages 52 per cent faster than iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3, according to thousands of independent field tests released today by Blaze Software.
Android hasn't just surpassed Apple's iPhone in terms of total device sales, but in Web page load time as well.
Apple on Thursday called independent tests by Blaze Software that showed the Android-based Nexus S smartphone browsed the Web 52% faster than the iPhone 4 to be "flawed."
Apple's decision to shave the iPad 2's profile and reduce its weight may mean a slight increase in broken screens, a repair expert said today.
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01/05/2012, Great news for those of you who own the original ASUS Transformer tablet: ASUS UK has announced on its Facebook page that the first Transformer tablet will be updated to the latest version of Android. While no exact date has been given at the moment, they expect to get it delivered as soon as possible after the Transformer Prime gets it on January 12th. The Ice Cream Sandwich update shall […]
01/03/2012, While a locked bootloader won’t mean much to most of the folks who pick up the ASUS Transformer Prime tablet, it’s a big deal for the folks who do like to make their tablets do things they aren’t supposed to do: like run custom ROMs or even different operating systems. Well, we’ve got some good news for those of you who care about the bootloader.
01/03/2012, There is a new firmware update rolled out for the Asus Transformer Prime that is said to mend any issues that one has with the GPS lock-on function. Bear in mind that this over-the-air (OTA) patch is different from the firmware update that was rolled out to the masses last week for improved stability purposes. This latest update is said to being the build up to version 22.214.171.124, where it […]
01/03/2012, We’re only a week away from the Consumer Electronics Show 2012, and we’re hearing rumors about what will be shown off at the event. The folks over at Notebookitalia.it have reported that we’ll be seeing a trio of devices from ASUS next week. First up we have the ASUS Transformer Prime Mini. Touted as a smaller version to the highly-acclaimed convertible tablet, the Transformer Prime, it will feature a 7″ […]
12/29/2011, ASUS has announced the launch of two new USB audio products – the MS-100 USB speakers and HS-W1 Wireless USB headset. Designed to work right out of the box, these USB audio accessories aim to enhance your listening experience on your laptop or computer.
12/27/2011, According to reports online, ASUS is set to announce the successor to its Eee PC 1215B notebook this coming CES 2012. A new notebook called the Eee PC 1225B turned up on the ASUS website over the weekend, signifying its imminent arrival. The 1225B will features an 11.6″ LED 1366 x 768 display, an AMD Fusion APU E450 1.65GHz or C60 1.0GHz dual-core processor, AMD Radeon HD6320 or Radeon 6290 […]
12/23/2011, According to Digitimes, ASUS may be looking to expand into a new market, the medical care industry to be exact. Yes, the same company that has produced your computers, your monitors and your tablets is looking to make the jump into the medical care industry, which we guess is not really a bad thing.
12/21/2011, For those looking to get their hands on an all-in-one desktop PC solution, ASUS has finally launched the ET2700 system on their website. The ET2700 system was unveiled back in CeBIT in March, followed by another appearance at Computex.
12/20/2011, With NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 quad-core processor powering the ASUS Transformer Prime, it’s definitely a desirable tablet, so much so that we reported that Best Buy customers were receiving emails about how their orders have been cancelled or are unable to be fulfilled due to massive backordering. Now it looks like if you are living in the UK and you were hoping to get your hands on the 64GB model, you […]
12/15/2011, While the ASUS Transformer Prime is looking like it will be on track for a end of the year launch as far as US markets are concerned, it seems like our friends over in Italy will be seeing a delay. According to ASUS Italy’s Facebook page, the ASUS Transformer Prime for Italy will be seeing a delayed launched and will most likely be seeing a launch at the end of […]
12/12/2011, Launching the Asus Transformer Prime on the market and creating video games are not really the same thing, but playing Game Development Story on my Android phone the other day proved one thing: – there is the option to rush a game to the market with some bugs in it, simply to cut down on development costs and to take advantage of the momentum, but it will come at a […]
12/09/2011, A few days ago we reported that according to a rumor, future ultrabooks could be seeing touch screen functionality. As to whether that will be a feature many will be looking forward to remains to be seen, and it appears to further corroborate those rumors, Digitimes has once again come forward and stated that according to their sources, ASUS will be debuting a new ultrabook in June at Computex 2012 […]
12/06/2011, There is one thing that you really need to hand it to the folks over at Apple – they are clearly pacesetters in recent years when it comes to hardware design as well as ease of use in their software. I mean, give any grandpa or grandma an Android-powered phone and they might ditch it after a day’s use in frustration, but hand them an iPhone, and surely they won’t […]
12/05/2011, Some time back in November, we reported that ASUS’s Padfone was spotted on GLBenchmarks with a Qualcomm MSM8960 processor. As it turns out that may not be the case according to Nicole Scott from netbooknews.com who claims to have it on good authority that the ASUS Padfone will not be running on a Qualcomm processor, but NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 quad-core processor instead.