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Qualcomm introduced new chipsets at its technical summit yesterday. The brand new chip set features a flagship Snapdragon 865 chip and mid-range 765 and 765G Snapdragon chips. The Snapdragon 865 chipset will energy most flagship telephones of the approaching 12 months. The Snapdragon 765 SoCs that include built-in 5G modems will deliver 5G connectivity to midrange telephones.
On the Qualcomm Summit, manufacturers resembling Xiaomi, HMD International and OPPO introduced their subsequent smartphones outfitted with these new chips. Look right here for the checklist of potentialities.
Mi 10 with Snapdragon 865
Xiaomi introduced that its subsequent flagship product, the Mi 10, can be one of many first smartphones to be powered by the Snapdragon 865. The telephone is predicted to be launched within the first quarter of 2020. If we speak in regards to the different options of the By mid 10, it ought to include a cascading show, a 108MP digicam, a selfie pop-up digicam and Android 10 with MIUI 11 on high. Firm co-founder Lin Bin additionally printed an article on the Mi 10 Professional not too long ago.
Redmi Ok30 with Snapdragon 765G
Xiaomi has already introduced the launch of its smartphone Redmi Ok30 5G in China on December 10. This telephone is now confirmed with a Snapdragon 765G processor. The specs and options of the Redmi Ok30 have additionally been the item of a leak and it’s anticipated 6.6-inch perforated display screen outfitted with twin selfie cameras and a frequency 120Hz refresh fee is current. The Redmi Ok30 will function a quad-rear digicam setup with a brand new Sony 60MP sensor and a 5,000 mAh battery.
OPPO Telephone with Snapdragon 865
OPPO additionally introduced plans to launch a flagship telephone with the Snapdragon 865 within the first quarter of 2020. Nevertheless, the corporate has not disclosed any particulars about this telephone. Individually, OPPO's subsequent Reno three Professional 5G also needs to be powered by the Snapdragon 765 chip. OPPO Vice President Brian Shen not too long ago confirmed that it will be the thinnest 5G dual-mode telephone available on the market , with a thickness of solely 7.7 mm. It’ll have a display screen with no notch and can pack a battery of four,025 mAh.
Realme Telephone with Snapdragon 765
Realme additionally confirmed the launch of a smartphone with Snapdragon 765 SoC in India. The corporate not too long ago launched its Realme X50 5G in China, which can assist twin mode 5G mode. This telephone must be powered by the Snapdragon 765 chip. Different Realme X50 specs disclosed embody a 6.44-inch Full HD AMOLED show with 90 Hz refresh fee, a 60MP quad-camera configuration, two selfie cameras and a four,500 mAh battery with quick cost assist of 50 W.
Nokia 5G telephone with Snapdragon 765
HMD International additionally introduced the launch of a Nokia smartphone with Snapdragon 765 processor early subsequent 12 months. The corporate has introduced that the subsequent Nokia 5G telephone will ship with PureDisplay with HDR10 assist and ZEISS optics. The subsequent Nokia telephone can even have the flexibility to document 4K movies with an ultra-wide-angle digicam.
Along with these manufacturers, different smartphone makers resembling BlackShark, Coolpad, Lenovo, Meizu, Nubia, OnePlus, Vivo and ZTE additionally plan to launch telephones with the newest Snapdragon chips over the subsequent 12 months.


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Maybach, “The Legendary Automotive Brand for Premium Luxury Cars” is accelerating its commitment to contemporary art. The latest highlight of Maybach’s artistic commitment is its collaboration with David LaChapelle, one of the world’s most prominent photographers.
A multimillion-dollar collection of original work by Andy Warhol, featuring famous sports stars such as Muhammad Ali, Pele, OJ Simpson and Chris Evert has been stolen. The works of art disappeared earlier this month from the Los Angeles home of Richard Weisman (who comes from the famous art-collecting Weisman family). The pieces were taken from … Continued
A 1984 portrait by Andy Warhol of the late singer Michael Jackson will go on display at London’s O2 arena before being sold at auction in New York. The artwork was commissioned by TIME Magazine to celebrate the record sales of Jacksonâ€™s album Thriller Since the death of Jackson and since Warhol passed long ago, … Continued
To celebrate its 90th anniversary, Bentley Motors collaborated with artist Romero Britto to paint the first concept car of its kind ever to be designed, a prototype Bentley Continental GT. The car is on display at Romero’s “Come to my World” exhibit in Berlin and, according to Romero himself, has been created to â€˜put a … Continued
French artist ZEVS was arrested in Hong Kong this morning, July 13th, 2009 at 3:49am after Liquidating the Chanel logo on the faÃ§ade of Chater House in Central. No news on whether heâ€™s been release yet or whether he will make it to the opening of the exhibit this Tursdayâ€¦ ZEVS is an anonymous French … Continued
French urban artist Zevs has a must-see show at art statements gallery, opening in Hong Kong Thursday, July 16th. The artist arrived earlier to create a series of paintings of LV and Chanel dripping logos on lacquer in collaboration with local craftsmen. Additionally, he made a series of ceramics and paintings on metal. All these … Continued
A Pablo Picasso sketchbook worth several million dollars has been stolen from a museum in Paris. There is no sign of a break-in at the Picasso Museum in the Marais area of the city, yet the red notebook containing 33 pencil drawings disappeared on Monday night, police said. The sketchbook has been valued at $9.8 … Continued
London photographer Atton Conrad captured these stunning images by fusing beautiful models with dresses manufactured from light graffiti. The light creates a dramatic sense of movement, while also providing different types of textures and styles. Conrad uses enough density of light to allow the models to be modestly covered but still maintains a sheer alluring … Continued
We have seen the fashion label lollipops not long ago, and now here come the fashion cupcakes. Shot by Swedish photographer Therese Aldgard and styled by Lisa Edsalv, the two created a fantastic line-up of cupcake sets. These pretty little cupcakes are inspired by Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Christian Louboutin and Betsey Johnson.
The HergÃ© Museum has officially opened in Louvain-la-Neuve, a small town near Brussels, Belgium. The museum is dedicated to the work of HergÃ© (Georges Remi), who created the Tintin comic-books. The hero of the series is Tintin, a young Belgian reporter. He is aided in his adventures from the beginning by his faithful fox terrier … Continued
A painting by Chinese artist Sanyu fetched a record HK$42.1 ($5.4 million) at a Hong Kong auction as bidders fought for lots, betting that the worst of Asiaâ€™s art-market slump is over. Of the 38 lots offered last week at Christieâ€™s Internationalâ€™s top selection of Asian art, 34 sold, raising a combined HK$181.7 million, according … Continued
For two days Elena Gregusova’s “Wear the News” collection will be exhibited at the Financial Times “Business of Luxury Summit” in the famous Salle des Etoiles in the Sporting Monte-Carlo. The outstanding collection of six haute couture sculptures created exclusively from Financial Times newspaper represent Elena’s artistic transformation of recycled newspaper into extraordinary luxury wearable … Continued
Christian Louboutin has entrusted his latest ad campaign to photographer Peter Lippmann, one of the most famous still life photographers. Each shoe was impeccably interpreted in photos that emulate classic still life pieces from the 18th century. Multicoloured sweets, exotic fruits, flowery decorations, still life and a pair of Tina boots, a must-have for this … Continued
The Push Button House from architect/artist Adam Kalkin was originally displayed at Art Basel Miami in 2005. The Push Button House is exactly that: it starts as a shipping container until a button is pushed, and it turns into a house. Motorized walls unfold like a flower, revealing a fully functional house, complete with refined, … Continued
A huge hand-painted Easter egg is displayed in Zagreb‘s main square in Croatia (Republic of Croatia is small country in Central Europe).
River Re Wall is a system for green walls that’s developed by Hokkaido Sanyu Corp. It seems like a mini version of a riverbed or garden turned on its side. Behind the moss-covered wall panel is an irrigation system that ensures all-around healthy greenery and generates a faint, trickling sound of water. The sound is … Continued
In a simple yet innovative personal touch to various runway shows around the globe, Massimo Gammacurta with the help of various fashion brands created a series of branded lollipops. The instantly recognizable powerhouse brands include Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel. Designer logo lollipops, created in delicious flavors and rich-looking textures just call … Continued

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Roquette, which opened the world’s largest pea protein factory in Canada last year and which counts plant-based meat producer Beyond Meat among its clients, is advising its customers to prepare for a spike in pea prices.
Supply has been hit on various fronts, it said. Canada, the largest pea producing region in the world, recorded a drop of 45% in its production and pea prices have drastically increased by 120% in comparison to last year, after an exceptional drought this summer in Canada, believed to be the worst in over a century.
Europe has also suffered from low yields and in France, another large pea producing country, the crop has been severely damaged by the wet weather during the harvest.
In the context of a very strong market demand for pea protein, which is a key ingredient in many new plant-based products, the sector is dealing with the consequences of this shortage of peas. The dramatic increase in prices will inevitably lead to costs being transferred to customers, Roquette reported.
Jeremy Burks, Senior Vice President of Plant Proteins at Roquette said: “We know our customers are watching the raw material prices and availability closely and they can rely on our huge investments to shorten the supply chains and help them mitigate some of this significant cost increase.”
Roquette’s production sites include Portage-la-Prairie (Manitoba, Canada), the largest pea protein plant globally which starts producing in 2021, and Vic-sur-Aisne (France), which is the largest pea protein plant in Europe.
Roquette is working to build a secure sourcing and delivery strategy from farmers to customers, it added. “Over several years, we’ve invested in breeding new varieties of peas, on farming methods and our agronomists have worked with farmers to ensure a reliable and plentiful supply of high-quality peas,” explained Burks. “The short term is a serious challenge, but we are making certain that customers can look forward with confidence.”
Supplier Ingredion also warned of rising pea prices. But added the situation gave manufacturers license to reformulate.
“Globally pea prices have risen to reach a record high,” said Severine Bensa, Ingredion Plant Based Protein Platform Lead EMEA.
“The worst drought in North America has impacted many crop yields negatively. With the demand continuing to be strong this has led to a rapid escalation in prices which means base commodities increased by >100% in just a few weeks. Europe hasn’t been affected by droughts but strong demand has led to record high pea prices (+40%) driven by high wheat, corn and soybean meal prices.”
She added there will be less availability for the short term. “But moving forward, market fundamentals should rebalance and stabilize the current volatility as high prices will lead to higher average crop sizes.
Yes, there will be a rise in plant protein prices in 2022 due to the situation but it is the opportunity for manufacturers to reformulate their recipes to maintain an affordable price for consumers.”
Yellow pea is the fastest-growing source of protein for plant-based meat alternatives, driven by a strong consumer demand for healthier nutrition and sustainable food.
Moving Mountains, Meatless Farm Co and Beyond Burger are among the start-ups using it for their plant-based products.
The penetration of pea fibre as an ingredient in new food and beverage products has nearly doubled in the last five years, according to the Mintel Global New Product Database (GNPD).
Main categories of pea-related ingredients are: meat substitutes, nutritional and meal replacement beverages, snack bars/cereal bars/energy bars.
Pea ingredient products with vegan/no animal ingredients, high/added protein,, plant-based and environmentally-friendly packaging are rapidly growing in their positioning claims, Mintel noted.
Pea fibre not only adds fibre to products, it also helps improve moisturization. Pea protein is considered to be a complete plant protein because it contains all nine amino acids. This is in contrast to many other common plant proteins, such as almonds and rice, which contain all nine amino acids but are too low in lysine to be complete proteins
On top of the commodity spikes, a global energy crisis means natural gas prices are at seven-year highs in the US and record highs in Europe and Asia.
In August, the Commodity Price Indices compiled by Germany's Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) for energy raw materials rose by 2.3% compared to the previous month, with +42.5 percent above the previous year's value, the index remains at a high level.


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A few days ago the latest Hungry for Change newsletter popped into my inbox with an article in it about the proposed ban on the sale of supersized beverages in New York City. The ban would pertain to some (not all) sweetened beverages 16 ounces or larger. I find this very interesting and thought I would share. This is what I know.
According to a September 2012 article in the New York Times, “Seeking to reduce runaway obesity rates, the New York City Board of Health on Thursday approved a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, street carts and movie theaters, the first restriction of its kind in the country. ” The article also states,”Only establishments that receive inspection grades from the health department, including movie theaters and stadium concession stands, will be subject to the rules. Convenience stores, including 7-Eleven and its king-size Big Gulp drinks, would be exempt, along with vending machines and some newsstands. The restrictions would not affect fruit juices, dairy-based drinks like milkshakes, or alcoholic beverages; no-calorie diet sodas would not be affected, but establishments with self-service drink fountains, like many fast-food restaurants, would not be allowed to stock cups larger than 16 ounces.”
In a measure meant to protect the health of its constituents, I find it hard to believe that diet sodas are not addressed in this ban. This would mean that I could still go into a New York 7-11 and purchase a 44 ounce Super Big Gulp Diet Coke containing harmful chemicals such as aspartame and caramel E150d. Click here for more info on the petition to remove the harmful caramel E150d from the FDA (GRAS) Generally Recognized as Safe list.
I am torn because the optimist in me feels like there is valor in at least trying to create an environment where healthy habits can begin to flourish. My god, at least someone is trying. But I also feel like the government should keep their laws out of restricting what goes in my mouth and focus their efforts on education, food regulation without influence from lobby groups and more equitable access to healthy foods. Restrictions on the consumer simply at the point of purchase of a supersized beverage seems short sighted to me. Though well intended, the supersized beverage ban falls flat.
What do you think?
Have a delicious day.
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New York Times article written by M. Grynbaum
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Ever since Apple introduced the new protection tools for child safety this week, it instantly divided opinions. While some think this is a huge deal to protect children, others believe it will just create a backdoor for governments to access people’s iPhones.
Now, WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart is the latest to join those who think the new Child Safety tools from Apple could be bad.
It’s not the first time Cathcart criticized Apple. A couple of weeks ago, WhatsApp CEO called out Apple about the NSO malware in an interview with the Guardian and said the company should “be loud, join in” rather than saying this won’t affect many of its users.
With another controversy rising, Will Cathcart thinks the approach Apple is taking “introduces something very concerning into the world” and that WhatsApp won’t adopt something similar in its system. Although it’s important to keep in mind that it has been reported that Facebook wants to be able to read people’s messages on WhatsApp for targeted ads.
Here’s what Will Cathcart said:
“Apple has long needed to do more to fight CSAM, but the approach they are taking introduces something very concerning into the world. Instead of focusing on making it easy for people to report content that’s shared with them, Apple has built software that can scan all the private photos on your phone — even photos you haven’t shared with anyone. That’s not privacy.
(…) Can this scanning software running on your phone be error proof? Researchers have not been allowed to find out. Why not? How will we know how often mistakes are violating people’s privacy? What will happen when spyware companies find a way to exploit this software? Recent reporting showed the cost of vulnerabilities in iOS software as is. What happens if someone figures out how to exploit this new system?
Although Cathcart is another big voice against Apple in this case, joining others such as Edward Snowden and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an internal memo obtained by 9to5mac shows Apple addressing concerns around new Photo scanning:
Keeping children safe is such an important mission. In true Apple fashion, pursuing this goal has required deep cross-functional commitment, spanning Engineering, GA, HI, Legal, Product Marketing and PR. What we announced today is the product of this incredible collaboration, one that delivers tools to protect children, but also maintain Apple’s deep commitment to user privacy.
We’ve seen many positive responses today. We know some people have misunderstandings, and more than a few are worried about the implications, but we will continue to explain and detail the features so people understand what we’ve built. And while a lot of hard work lays ahead to deliver the features in the next few months, I wanted to share this note that we received today from NCMEC. I found it incredibly motivating, and hope that you will as well.
What do you think of Apple’s announcements around expanded protections for child safety? Let us know down in the comments.
- Apple announces new protections for child safety: iMessage features, iCloud Photo scanning, more
- Comment: Apple’s child protection measures get mixed reactions from experts
- In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Photo scanning features, doubles down on the need to protect children
- Apple says any expansion of CSAM detection outside of the US will occur on a per-country basis
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Booty, booty, booty, booty was rocking everywhere at the 2014 Fashion Rocks. Hosted at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, music and fashion enjoyed their most explosive collision yet as the event comes as a must-see highlight of New York’s Fashion Week.
Boasting performances from the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Hudson, Usher, Nicki Minaj, Rita Ora, and more, the star-studded showing aired tonight on CBS.
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Bigben Interactive in collaboration with the development studio Milestone, announced WRC 4, the fourth chapter of rally series that will be on shelves in October 2013 for PS3, PSVita, X360 and PC.According to its press release, WRC 4 will feature a new amazing mix of elements with high graphical detail and real in-game sound. All these improvements are possible thanks to the community’s feedback. The main characteristics that will be included into this new game are: loyalty to the license, an exciting game experience, accessibility for first-time players and a dynamic and competitive online game mode.
Among new features of this 2013 edition, players will have the chance to experience new lighting conditions, new weather effects depending on the stage, and a brand new Career Mode to put the player into real driver’s shoes.
Realism and immersion are two of the most important pillars of the development, with impressive 3D environments and an HDR system that will grant the best in-game performance. Or at least that’s what Milestone claimed.
Alain Falc, CEO of Bigben Interactive said:
“We are very pleased and proud to become the publisher of this famous racing franchise. This is a new step in the partnership built with Milestone over the past few years. All our efforts are done to offer players the most complete and realistic WRC videogame.”
Luisa Bixio, Marketing and Sales Director added:
“We’re really happy to be part of this exciting WRC 4 announcement and all the news included into the 2013 version of the game. This brand new chapter, different from the previous reboot of the series, will include many of the improvements requested by the community. A lot of the features that we’ve seen on the official Facebook page or received by mail have been incorporated. We’re convinced that WRC 4 represents a step forward for the series and will be appreciated by players.”
WRC 4 is the official game for the 2013 FIA World Rally Championship and features all the rallies from the 2013 WRC calendar, complete with all leading WRC teams and drivers in the revamped Career Mode to turn players into real WRC drivers. WRC 4 also features an improved version of the graphics engine, called Spikengine, launched last year.
Here is hoping that this new WRC game will come with proper SLI scaling this time around.
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”


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BMTS Technology plant in Shanghai plant won the 2021 General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award, which is a high recognition of the core competencies of BMTS in quality control, cost control and delivery.
This special award is given to top performing suppliers who have met or exceeded a very stringent set of quality performance criteria and have received the cross-functional support of the entire GM organization.
In the award statement, BMTS is highlighted as one of the crucial parts of the whole GM supply chain: “You are a critical part of the team who helps ensure our customers are delighted with their product purchase and we want to recognize and thank you for consistently providing quality parts day in and out to our assembly plants as we continue to navigate through these unprecedented times”.
BMTS has a long history of cooperation with GM. Back in 2008, shortly after BMTS was founded, the two sides agreed to jointly develop the new generation of turbocharging solutions. Three years later, General Motors nominated BMTS Shanghai plant for the first time and started product design, production and delivery. In the past several years, BMTS has taken thorough and effective measures to ensure the safe delivery of GM vehicles in the face of great external challenges caused by the COVID-19, rising raw material costs and high transportation prices. BMTS has cooperated closely with GM team. In 2021, it achieved an excellent result of zero PPM (Parts Per Million).
Dr. Richard Chen, BMTS’s Regional Leader Asia, expressed gratitude for this recognition: "We are very honored to get the 2021 General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award. Over the past year, we faced a lot of challenges and still achieved remarkable success. The award is sincere recognition of the bilateral cooperation in the past. We will work together to build high-quality partnerships. I also want to thank the GM team for their hard work, without whom this award would not have been possible."


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Cryptocurrencies extended losses on Wednesday, with Bitcoin cracking 19% to slip below the $49,000 level. The biggest cryptocurrency, in terms of market capitalization, traded at $49,767, down 14.6% at around 1155pm, as per data available with WazirX.
“We have major concerns about cryptocurrency from a financial stability perspective,” Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das told news channel CNBC TV18 on Wednesday.
Last week, Bitcoin became the first digital currency in the world to hit a market valuation of $1 trillion. It took the crypto asset less than two months to reach this mark from $25,000 as of the end of December.


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The industry will create additional employment opportunities for over 50,000 skilled professionals like fashion designers and merchandisers.
Indian companies’ heavy investment in the industry, ready availability of designer wear in shopping malls and consumers’ interest in designer wear and exposure to western media are the main reasons behind the quantum leap, the report said.
The Indian fashion industry accounts for barely 0.3 per cent of the international industry’s net worth. Currently, the global designer wear market is worth about Rs.1,80,000 crore and growing at 10-10.5 per cent every year, an Assocham analysis said.
As per the estimates, Indian designer wear commands a category engagement of 66 per cent for male customers and 57 per cent for female customers, according to the analysis.
The category engagement in western designer wear is 5 per cent. Excluding western wear, the per capita per annum spending on designer wear for men is Rs.48,627 and Rs.56,271 for women.
About 60 per cent of male shoppers and 72 per cent of female shoppers prefer shopping for designer wear in departmental stores. Comparatively, 46 per cent of male buyers and 38 per cent of female buyers vouch for exclusive brand showrooms, the analysis said.
The government should establish more fashion institutes across the country with R&D facilities in each State or at least every zone so that the regional expertise in apparel are brought to light and blended with other regional and international deigns to produce high breed design, according to the organisation.
The frequency of purchase is the highest amongst youngsters. However, women in the 41 to 50 years age group are also big shoppers. The northern and western... [continues]
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Apple has given Siri two new voices in the latest beta version of iOS 14, Techcrunch reported. Furthermore, users will no longer get the female one as default.
‘Hey Siri – Which Voice do You Want?’
Users will now have to pick which voice the electronic assistant has when they first set it up. The idea is to improve diversity and remove bias. In a statement Apple said:
We’re excited to introduce two new Siri voices for English speakers and the option for Siri users to select the voice they want when they set up their device. This is a continuation of Apple’s long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusion, and products and services that are designed to better reflect the diversity of the world we live in.
The new voices are based on recordings. These are run through Apple’s Neural text to speech engine to make it all sound a bit more natural. Voices in Ireland, Russia and Italy are also now being run through that in the latest beta.


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The gleaming white hall in Chicago where the team from the start-up Hyzon is working on the future of mobility has something of a laboratory about it.
The heart of the development work is as big as a cupboard and gray-blue with orange power cables: the company’s own fuel cell. It is being developed for use in trucks. Hyzon’s work on climate-friendly freight transport has ensured that the company is now valued at just under a billion dollars. The first tractor-trailers equipped with the company’s technology are scheduled for delivery in 2023
The journey began in 2003 with students at the University of Chicago, says CEO Craig Knight. “Everyone was fascinated by the fuel cell, its design, its commercialization.” In 2010, backed by Germany’s Linde Group, they launched the first air-cooled fuel cell, low-power but portable. “These were portable devices for powering remote areas,” Knight explains. “Things really took off when mobility applications became interesting seven years ago.”
In the future, the fuel cells will also be shipped to Cologne. Sara Schiffer heads the company Hylane there, a spin-off of DEVK. The mutual insurance company, once founded by railroad workers, is active in many places in the transportation sector. Now DEVK is getting involved in the hydrogen experiment.
“We didn’t want to just talk about climate-neutral transport anymore, we wanted to do it,” says Schiffer. “Hydrogen technology is new and needs to be put into practice.” Hylane buys the relevant trucks and rents them to transport companies.
The first partners have already signed on, from Dax corporations to medium-sized companies. They include the rail subsidiary Schenker, and more recently the consumer goods group Henkel, plus the logistics companies Hermes and Koch and the event service provider Mitea.
Hylane plans to purchase at least 44 fuel cell trucks by 2023. The government subsidy will cover 80 percent of the additional cost of purchasing a hydrogen truck compared to a diesel truck. The Federal Ministry of Transport approved the funding decision in June. According to a sample calculation by Hylane, a new hydrogen truck costs 500,000 euros. The classic diesel costs about 100,000 euros. In this example, the subsidy covers 320,000 euros of the acquisition costs.
The longer the vehicles will be in use at Hylane, the cheaper the project will be. According to internal calculations, the rental costs of a hydrogen tractor unit over six years are likely to be 70 cents per route kilometer. A diesel truck comes to 50 cents. Without the federal subsidy, however, the costs would be up to two euros per kilometer.
In total, the federal subsidy comprises 15 million euros in the first tranche. “We were opportunistic in our approach,” explains DEVK board member Bernd Zens. “We want to invest green and stay connected to the transport market.” Its biggest future task, he says, is decarbonization.
The first seven trucks are scheduled to arrive in Germany these days. They will not yet come from Hyzon, but from Hyundai. The South Korean manufacturer will supply 17 trucks, two will come from Daimler Truck, two from Framo and, starting next year, 23 from Hyzon. The long-hyped U.S. supplier Nikola is not yet far enough, he said. By 2024, Hylane wants to have 150 vehicles on the road.
The advantage of hydrogen
Hyzon CEO Knight is confident his trucks will pass the field test: “Electrification of large trucks doesn’t work. We’re talking about 40-ton vehicles that are driven 18 or 20 hours a day. These can’t be converted to battery power.” The spark, as Knight calls it, came from Asia: “The Chinese government was the first to decide to promote hydrogen trucks to reduce pollution in big cities.”
The problem with battery-powered trucks, he says, is the size and heaviness of the battery. “Our engine is also electric, but the necessary energy is generated on demand.” Hydrogen refueling is costly, but more practical, he said. Electric trucks would need special charging stations, for example.
“Do you know how much electricity Tesla needs for its trucks? 750 kilowatts for a fast charge,” Knight said. “There aren’t many places where a 750-kilowatt outlet is available. There simply isn’t the infrastructure. And even where there is, these columns present enormous challenges to the electric grid, both at the charging point and in distribution and generation.”
Hydrogen is a different story: to convert the large intercity trucks that crisscross the U.S., all that would be needed is to install appropriate fueling pumps at existing stations. In fact, according to calculations by the Boston-based environmental organization Clean Air Task Force, eight to twelve times fewer refueling stations are needed than for battery-powered trucks because of the longer range per fill.
The director of the Fuel Cell Technology Center at the University of California, Irvine points out another aspect. “Hydrogen is light. You can put a lot of it on board a vehicle and it can still carry its full payload,” says Jack Brouwer.
Skepticism about the technology
But not everyone is so convinced about the technology. “It’s still completely open which type of drive will ultimately prevail. The market decides, as it always does,” says Christian Koenig. The automotive expert has worked for Porsche in North America and runs an electromobility consultancy in Atlanta.
“Hydrogen first has to be produced in large quantities, which requires new production facilities. And hydrogen is not green per se; it depends on which energy source is used in production. In addition, production is particularly energy-intensive,” says Koenig. It is also highly flammable.
The hydrogen drive is also not fundamentally better in terms of charging and range. For example, the necessary refueling infrastructure is still completely lacking. In addition, the battery range is growing steadily: “Today, there are vehicles that can go up to 500 miles per charge. Hydrogen trucks are still ahead on the long haul. But that can change.”
Even industry players like Andy Marsh, CEO of U.S. fuel cell manufacturer Plug Power, believe hydrogen technology will first catch on in industry, not transportation. “It will take a long time to build the necessary network,” Marsh said.
VW subsidiary Traton (MAN, Scania), for example, is fully committed to battery power. Large investments in fuel cells are a waste of money in the view of the Munich-based company. Three quarters of the energy is lost in hydrogen trucks due to poor efficiency. With battery trucks, on the other hand, the ratio is exactly the opposite, Traton argues. MAN wants to launch the first real battery trucks with a range of 600 to 800 kilometers by 2025. With new battery generations, even 1000 kilometers are possible in the second half of the decade, they say.
Tesla is also fully committed to e-mobility. However, the truck, called Semi, which was presented in 2017, is still a long time coming. According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, production is unlikely to start before 2023.
Other manufacturers, including Volvo Truck and Daimler Truck, are taking several approaches. First, Daimler is building a U.S.-wide charging network for electric commercial vehicles that is intended to increase customer acceptance of the new powertrain technology. In addition to Daimler, U.S. investment house Blackrock and the power plant division of U.S. energy company Nextera are on board. The project’s start-up financing amounts to around $650 million and is to be provided in equal parts by the three partners.
On the other hand, Daimler is pushing the practicality of hydrogen propulsion. “Hydrogen trucks can be a viable option for our customers, especially in tough long-haul applications,” Chief Technology Officer Andreas Gorbach tells Handelsblatt.
As one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, Daimler is committed to the Paris climate agreement. “In this context, we have the ambition to only offer new vehicles in our global core markets that are CO2-neutral in driving operation by 2039,” Gorbach explains. In the future, he says, every customer will receive a tailor-made solution for every transport task without CO2 emissions – for example, electric trucks on short-haul routes, hydrogen trucks on long-haul routes. “We will successfully bring both technologies to the road.”
Since 2021, the fuel cell prototype “GenH2 Truck” has been tested on the company’s own test track and public roads. The plan is to achieve a range of 1000 kilometers and more. Series production is scheduled to start in the second half of the decade.
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So there is still a lot to be tested. The auto industry is therefore keeping a close eye on the Hylane project. The goal is to get started as quickly as possible, says Schiffer. That’s why they’ve also opted for the rental model. “Our users don’t have to take on any financing risk and don’t have high acquisition costs.”
The challenges now include setting up the filling station network. The industrial gases group Linde has agreed to build two filling stations on its own account, and others must follow quickly, Schiffer says. Hylane is therefore working with the Berlin-based start-up H2 Mobility to expand the network: “Filling up takes ten to 15 minutes.”
“Hydrogen technology is promising,” explains DEVK board member Zens. But it is also clear that “we are not engineers. Only the practical test, which we are now starting, can show whether the technology will prove itself. Someone has to start.”


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LAS VEGAS -- The Pixel Farm (www.thepixelfarm.co.uk) will be showing products and hosting demos at its NAB booth this year. The company recently introduced PFDepth, a fully integrated toolset for spatial scene reconstruction, depth creation and 2D to 3D conversion, and will be demonstrating it at their NAB booth.
September 23, 2013, 10:59 am
MONTREAL — VFX studio MPC (www.moving-picture.com) will open a new studio in Montréal, Quebec this autumn. The 25,000-square-foot studio is situated in Old Montréal and will be home to more than 200 artists. It will feature a full specification screening room, and will be networked through MPC’s pipeline, allowing for collaboration and review of sequences between each of MPC’s global studios. The investment is being supported by parent company Technicolor and the Government of Quebec.
September 16, 2013, 9:22 am
AMSTERDAM — The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk), based in London, has announced that a brand new version of its Nuke compositing software will launch later this year. Nuke 8 will offer artists enhancements to the dope sheet, allowing them see and move keys around in the context of a timeline style view. They will be able to see the results and each property of a node accurately displayed in context. The new viewing capability will make working with scripts that involve time manipulation a m...
September 16, 2013, 9:21 am
AMSTERDAM — Grass Valley, CA’s AJA Video Systems (www.aja.com) has expanded its range of compact mini converters with the addition of the V2Digital, V2Analog, HD10A-Plus and 4K2HD. Each offers new features and capabilities for analog and digital workflows across SD, HD, UltraHD and 4K.
September 13, 2013, 9:48 am
AMSTERDAM — Dolby Laboratories (www.dolby.com) has updated its Professional Reference Monitor. The new PRM-4220 offers the same accuracy and Grade 1 performance as the PRM-4200, but introduces several new hardware features, including HDMI 1.4 and Display Port 1.1 interfaces.
September 13, 2013, 9:47 am
AMSTERDAM — Freemont, CA’s Blackmagic Design (www.blackmagicdesign.com) has several new products at the IBC show this year. The SmartScope Duo 4K is a new, updated version of the company’s SmartScope Duo, and now includes 6G-SDI connections, making it well suited for rack mount video applications and waveform monitoring in SD, HD and Ultra HD television formats.
September 13, 2013, 9:47 am
AMSTERDAM — Mission Hills, CA’s Xytech (www.XytechSystems.com) is showing the latest developments in its flagship MediaPulse platform at IBC. MediaPulse automates functionality across the production ecosystem, fusing operational automation, asset management, order management, resource management and crew management into a multi-discipline product.
September 12, 2013, 12:38 pm
AMSTERDAM - Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) is introducing new capabilities for its Flame Premium 2014 software at the International Broadcasting Convention 2013. The latest release of Flame Premium combines...
September 12, 2013, 10:45 am
ORLANDO — Rampant Design Tools (www.rampantdesigntools.com) has launched a new design facility — the Rampant Digital Media Studio. Equipped with technology from Red and Blackmagic Design, the Rampant Digital Media Studio was set up to handle the rapid growth and accelerated demand from customers for newer, more sophisticated drag-and-drop VFX elements.
September 3, 2013, 9:38 am
SANTA CLARA, CA — Assimilate (www.assimilateinc.com) has launched Scratch Play, a new, free, comprehensive media player. Scratch Play supports RAW footage from cinematic and DSLR cameras, formats commonly found in VFX and editorial pipelines, and those found across the Web. It also features the company’s CONstruct media management timeline, which can contain any combination of different formats, resolutions or color spaces, including REC 2020, the new 4K ultra HD color space.
September 3, 2013, 9:38 am
FRIEDRICHSDORF, GERMANY — Maxon (www.maxon.net) is now shipping Cinema 4D Release 15, a new version of its flagship 3D motion graphics, visual effects, painting, and rendering software application. The new release offers powerful 3D workflow enhancements for modeling, text creation, and digital sculpting, as well as advanced rendering optimization. Maxon will internationally debut Release 15 next week at IBC 2013 in Amsterdam.
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Keeping in view that the prices of locally produced automobiles have been increased beyond the reach of the common man, the government announced a handful of initiatives for the automobile sector in budget 2021-22 aimed at curbing car prices.
During the announcement of the federal budget on Friday, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin announced tax exemptions for cars having an engine capacity of 850cc.
“Rising car prices in the country have irked the common man hence federal excise duty and value added tax on locally produced cars, having engine capacities of up to 850cc, have been abolished,” said Tarin.
In addition, the government also decreased the sales tax rate on such cars from 17% to 12.5%.
He was of the view that these measures would enable people from the lower and middle class to buy their own automobiles.
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An interesting piece of research has just emerged which confirms what I have long suspected, whilst, at the same time, going along with my suspicion about the creative ego and the use of very high priced Hollywood directors!
Advertisements starring high profile celebrities such as David Beckham and Jamie Oliver do not sell products as well as those featuring every day people, new research suggested.
A study by the University of Bath and the University of St Gallen in Switzerland, found that ordinary members of the public are more effective in selling products than super stars paid millions to endorse them. That’s because people are more worried about keeping up with the Jones’s than the rich and famous!
Never-the-less we guarantee that those Advertising Agencies will keep on using highly paid Hollywood movie directors as well as using the rich and famous as models…there goes millions more of the poor old clients budget…again…again…again!
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E-commerce giant Amazon has unveiled a new solution that allows users of its cloud computing platform to create and deploy secure blockchain networks.
Blockchain Templates is offered as an additional service for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and is powered by a range of open-source frameworks.
The service is positioned as a quick and easy way for companies and individuals to set up their own blockchain networks for a variety of purposes.
With AWS Blockchain Templates, users are able to easily integrate Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric frameworks into their cloud infrastructures, says the company.
According to Amazon, the templates “allow you to focus on building your blockchain applications instead of spending time and energy on manual setup of your blockchain network”.
Users have the option to set up their frameworks as containers on either an Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) cluster or an EC2 instance running the Docker platform.
“Your blockchain network is created in your own Amazon Virtual Private Cloud [VPC], allowing you to use your VPC subnets and network Access Control Lists,” explained the firm. “You can assign granular permissions using AWS IAM to restrict which resources an Amazon ECS cluster or Amazon EC2 instance can access.”
Anyone signed up for AWS can access the solution without any additional charge. Users only need to pay for the resources that they need to power their blockchain networks, and the templates are available in any region, said the company.
In recent times, Ethereum has emerged as one of the most popular open-source, distributed computing platforms. “You should consider using Ethereum if you would like to transact with peers on the public Ethereum network, want to build a new public network, or want to use Ethereum’s Solidity smart contract language,” said Amazon.
Created by the Linux Foundation, Hyperledger Fabric is another widely-used blockchain framework. It also allows users to develop blockchain applications, but comes with greater access control and data permissions functionality.
Amazon said firms should use Hyperledger Fabric if they “want to create a private blockchain network, or want to limit the transactions that each party can see”.
It describes blockchain as a technology that “makes it possible to build applications where multiple parties can record transactions without the need for a trusted, central authority to ensure that transactions are verified and secure”.
The firm added: “Blockchain enables this by establishing a peer-to-peer network where each participant in the network has access to a shared ledger where the transactions are recorded. These transactions are by design, immutable and independently verifiable.”
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In 2017, Amazon claimed that AWS had over one million active customers, with known users including Adobe, Airbnb, Alcatel-Lucent, BMW, British Gas, Dow Jones, the European Space Agency, Financial Times, G4S, Kellogg’s, Lamborghini, NASA, Netflix, News International, Nokia, Philips, Samsung, SAP, Unilever, and the UK’s Ministry of Justice.
Amazon’s entry into the blockchain space, alongside IBM, will doubtless persuade many more organisations – of every size – to experiment with the technology. But it’s wise to remember that, as a distributed ledger system, blockchain isn’t suitable for many types of application, despite the claims made for it.
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When shoes and gum typically come together, it’s an unfortunately sticky situation. When well-known city organization Iamsterdam, clothing brand Explicit Wear and sustainability group Gumdrop come together, it’s the first ever shoe made out of used chewing gum!
Yep, in an effort to reduce and recycle waste, the organizations are launching a sneaker created out of gum found on the streets of Amsterdam, called Gumshoe. The sole of the shoe is made 100% from recycled compounds that are composed of 20% gum.
With 1.5 million kilograms of gum littered on the streets each year, the creation seeks “to make people aware of this problem,” according to spokesperson Jonathon Van Loon on the collaboration. He also assures customers that the shoe “is as strong as normal rubber and even smells of gum.”
Who doesn’t want to put a little pep in their step with the smell of bubble gum each day (and look damn cool while doing it)?!
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The bad news about global food supplies keeps coming. The World Bank reports that 44 million people have been driven into poverty since last June because of increasing food costs. And within days of the release of one U.N. report warning that global food prices in January 2011 were at an all-time high, another U.N. alert projected that drought in China would have a severe impact on the nation’s next wheat harvest. Because China has been largely self-sufficient in grain production for decades, a shortage there would mean a surge of demand through the global wheat market.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s Price Food Index, a monthly measure of commodity costs for basic household foods, was up 3.4 percent from December 2010, the seventh consecutive month of food price increases. Sugar prices are at a 30-year high. The F.A.O. price index now stands at its highest level since the agency started measuring food prices in 1990. Prices in fact are now higher than they were in 2007 and 2008, when escalating commodity prices triggered food riots around the world. Rising food prices were among the forces underlying the discontent in Egypt and Tunisia. Unrest in other nations will be a likely outcome of the 2011 harvest of high prices if stronger measures are not taken.
World Bank and F.A.O. analysts worry that the world could be facing a long stretch of commodity price volatility and rising food prices. That might not mean much in a nation like the United States, which can anticipate minor and mostly tolerable increases in food costs in the coming year. But in the developing world, where many subsist on $3 or less a day, the results can be life-threatening. Some nations are already experiencing price shocks on food staples like rice, wheat and sugar, commodities that are now 30 percent to 40 percent higher than they were just last year. Many of the world’s poorest people are already spending more than half their income on food. They will be forced to stretch household budgets even further by skipping meals, reducing portions or buying cheaper but less nutritious substitutes. During the last food crisis, the World Bank estimated that 870 million people in developing countries were hungry or malnourished. The F.A.O. estimates the current number to be closer to 925 million.
The rising prices reflect higher global demand and poor yields in breadbasket nations like the United States and Australia, where bad weather this year played havoc across normally reliable growing fields. But hoarding has also contributed to the problem as some nations attempt to ensure domestic supplies by sequestering reserves from the commodities markets. Such efforts have a boomerang effect, adding sudden demand spikes on tight supplies.
In the short term, greater food aid from wealthy nations will certainly be necessary to stave off hunger, and poor nations can respond to the crisis by lowering tariffs and other import barriers. Meanwhile, U.S. and European regulators should keep a tight rein on market speculators tempted to increase profits by artificially inflating already high commodity prices. Over the long term, however, the rush toward biofuel production—for example, the corn-consuming and generously subsidized ethanol in the United States—needs to be seriously re-evaluated. It does not do the world much good to stiff-arm one crisis, climate change, by generating another, food insecurity and impoverishment. It may seem obvious that the best long-term step away from this carousel of scarcity, demand and price spikes would be to increase overall global supplies of staples. Less obvious is how best to go about that without further intensifying the suffering of the world’s hungriest people.
The global commodities market is a modern marvel in matching agricultural output with demand, but it has had at times a devastating impact on local production of food. In recent decades many nations have shifted from food self-sufficiency based on subsistence farming to export crop production, which discourages domestic production of basic food crops and specializes on a handful of crops or even a single major crop. Such efforts can lead nations to become dangerously reliant on imports for foodstuffs that used to be produced locally.
Efforts like the Obama administration’s Feed the Future program, a foreign aid program designed to get at the root of food insecurity by increasing agricultural production and raising smallholder farmer incomes, are welcome. But what would do the most to revive self-sufficiency and extinguish hotspots of hunger would be a critical review of expensive U.S. and European agricultural subsidy programs that contribute to the disruption of local food production. That examination of market conscience may allow subsistence producers to stay on the farm, where they can earn their daily bread and, more important, produce it within their own communities.


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More trade talks between China and the U.S. are on the horizon. However, the questions of if and when remain. Last week, the Trump administration declined to confirm any plans to meet with China regarding the Phase 1 trade deal.According to Reuters, a spokesperson for China’s Commerce Ministry last week stated bilateral talks would be held “in the coming days” to evaluate the agreement’s progress. Previously planned for August 15, China claims the meeting was moved due to a scheduling conflict.Yet, President Donald Trump claims he canceled the meeting, because, he says, “I don’t want to deal with them now.”China is buying more U.S. commodities, a promise made in the Phase 1 agreement. However, the most recent data suggests China is behind pace to fulfill its commitments.China has committed to buying more new crop soybeans and sorghum from the United States. And, while China is purchasing more U.S. new crop corn, the purchases still lag from prior levels. Home Indiana Agriculture News China, US Trade Talks Coming By NAFB News Service – Aug 23, 2020 Previous articleHoosier Ag This Week – The Week in Review Podcast for August 22ndNext articleCoronavirus Aid Delayed, Likely Won’t Include Ag Provisions NAFB News Service Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter SHARE China, US Trade Talks Coming SHARE
Japan’s exports fell in May at the fastest pace since the 2009 global financial crisis as US-bound car shipments plunged, bolstering expectations for a deep contraction in the world’s third-largest economy this quarter.Weak global demand for cars and slowing business spending could drag on Japan’s export-led economy, even as China-bound trade shows signs of picking up and US and European economies reopen.The trade data came a day after the Bank of Japan increased its support through lending schemes for struggling businesses to US$1 trillion. Shipments to Asia, which account for more than half of Japanese exports, declined 12 percent, and exports to the European Union also fell 33.8 percent.Japan’s economy slipped into recession for the first time in 4-1/2 years in the first quarter and is on course for its deepest postwar slump as the pandemic ravages businesses and consumers.Analysts warn of an even bleaker picture for the current quarter as consumption crumbled after the government requested citizens to stay home and businesses to close.Overall imports fell 26.2 percent in the year to May, versus the median estimate for a 20.4 percent decrease, posting the biggest drop since October 2009.As a result, the trade balance came to a deficit of 833.4 billion yen ($7.77 billion), versus the median estimate for a 1.07 trillion yen shortfall.Topics : Ministry of Finance (MOF) data out Wednesday showed Japan’s exports fell 28.3 percent in the year to May, worse than a 26.1 percent decrease expected by economists in a Reuters poll.That followed a 21.9 percent decline in April and marked the biggest annual drop since September 2009.US-bound exports – Japan’s key market — halved to mark the biggest annual drop since March 2009, due to more than 70 percent declines in shipments of cars and car parts, the trade data showed.Exports to China, Japan’s largest trading partner, fell 1.9 percent in the year to May, a smaller drop than the prior month’s 4 percent annual decline.
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“At a time when there's so much depressing news going on in the world, people are even more receptive than usual to hearing about brands doing the right thing,” says ListenFirst, the social analytics company that compiled the data.
Guinness, for example, generated 82,918 responses from a Facebook post about the brand committing $500,000 to give back to the community on St Patrick’s Day.
And overall, eight out of the 10 top performing posts by alcohol brands all address the coronavirus in one way or another.
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ListenFirst looked at 284 alcohol brands, alongside 22 other verticals such as healthcare brands. It compiled a social engagement score measuring the volume of post responses and fan growth across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram; and hashtag/handle mentions on Twitter.
Social engagement with alcohol brands increased 326.51% in March 2020 compared to March 2019. To put that in perspective, ListenFirst looked at 22 other verticals and alcohol brands by far have seen the biggest lift in social engagement during the coronavirus.
For instance, the next highest score was around healthcare brands which saw social engagement increase by 141.35% in March 2020. Engagement around CPG Food brands increased by 58.08% in the same time period.
The most successful social media post by an alcohol brand in March 2020 was a Facebook post by Diageo’s Guinness: that generated 82,918 responses about the brand committing $500,000 to give back to the community on St. Patrick’s Day.
The second and third most successful posts by alcohol brands during the month were both from Anheuser-Busch’s Budweiser. The brand generated 51,858 responses around a Facebook pun showing the beautiful buds of spring outside a lockdown window, and 33,396 responses around a Facebook post asking for names of people who are going above and beyond in doing the right thing.
And in general, both beer and wine has seen increased conversation online. There were 4,043,688 tweets mentioning beer in March 2020; which was 40% more than the volume of tweets than mentioned beer in March 2019.
Meanwhile, there were 3,007,145 tweets mentioning wine in March 2020 - an increase of 66% from March 2019.
The exception was Corona beer: negative sentiment around Corona on Twitter went from 7% Negative in March 2019 to 19% Negative in March 2020, according to ListenFirst, because people wrongly associate Corona beer with the Coronavirus.
Tito's Handmade Vodka generated 31,487 responses to a Facebook post on how it's producing hand sanitizers at its distillery. Fireball, meanwhile, created 24,450 responses from a post on its $400,000 in match money to a tip jar fund for out-of-work bartenders.
Tracy David, Chief Marketing Officer, ListenFirst, said: "Given the number of normal activities that have been taken away from consumers, people are especially thankful that they're still able to drink, which is a big contributor to why social engagement around alcohol brands has risen.
“However, brands like Guinness, Tito's Handmade Vodka, and Fireball are even further ingratiating themselves to the audience by posting about how they're donating their money or resources.
“At a time when there's so much depressing news going on in the world, people are even more receptive than usual to hearing about brands doing the right thing."


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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Gets Second Model S
The two men reportedly received their cars two days before the pictures of Steve Jurvetson surfaced on the internet. Also, if you were wondering why the two men received their cars early, a statement by Elon Musk will clear that up for you: “…the reason those two cars are going to Steve and myself is so that we can spend a few weeks just going through the cars in detail and experiencing any tiny issues ourselves before regular customers experience them them. I think its really important to thoroughly test your own product and be extremely tough on it before giving it to general customers” and goes on to explain how issues have been identified and fixed before the big day.”
While that may not be entirely true (we think), they are the words of the CEO of the company and should be taken as they are.
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CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains to an AT&T unlimited-data customer what the FCC's historic fine against the company for misleading customers really means.
The company may get rid of the unlimited data plan altogether in the future, says the CEO of Sprint.
This lightweight, wearable exoskeleton fits around your foot and ankle and can reduce the amount of energy you expend on walking.
The struggling carrier's Direct 2 You program, which brings a customer rep to a place of your choosing, now serves New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver.
The wireless carrier will instead promote an "All-In" plan that includes $60 for the plan and $20 for the smartphone.
Cane toads, soaring temperatures and a giant crocodile -- one Star Wars fan is braving it all on a 15,000-kilometre hike around Australia in full Imperial Sandtrooper armour, all to give his local children's hospital a new hope.
Remember that Netflix price increase? A lot of potential subscribers did, resulting in fewer-than-expected sign-ups. That, and an austere outlook for earnings, has investors spooked.
A survey from CIRP finds almost all Prime members will renew their subscriptions despite the recent bump to $99 a year.
A trip to the UK takes CNET writer Amanda Kooser through a world of British tech quirks, full of baffling toilet buttons and an alphabet soup of cellular networks.
Stronger demand for business PCs has delivered better-than-expected second-quarter sales for Intel.


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Do good whilst eating good food. That’s the mission behind Manchester’s first pay-as-you-feel restaurant The Real Junk Food that will open on Oxford Road next month. It will take on the space recently vacated by pop-up dessert bar MilkJam.
The concept is simple: meals are made from food that would have otherwise gone to waste. The menu rotates according to the donated produce and customers pay what they can or what they feel it was worth.


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Mario Kart Tour's second multiplayer beta will be open to all
Nintendo says it's "on the way."
Super Nintendo World theme park is a 'life-size, living video game'
A 'Power Up Band' wearable will track visitors' progress collecting coins and fighting bosses.
'Mario Kart Tour' is a simple racer surrounded by free-to-play complexity
So many currencies, 'gacha' pulls and EXP systems.
'Mario Kart Tour' mobile racing is now available on Android and iOS
Go forth and fire your blue shells.
Nintendo is holding an online 'Mario Kart 8 Deluxe' tournament this Sunday
The top eight winners will earn 2,500 Gold Points.
Mario Kart VR comes to Southern California
The multiplayer game is coming to K1 Speed Irvine.
'Mario Kart Tour' beta will arrive on phones next month
Starting prepping those green shells.
Nintendo may have put an end to Tokyo's real-life 'Mario Kart' tours
A Tokyo court has ordered the tour provider to stop renting out Mario Kart costumes.
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Xiaomi is all set to launch its most anticipated smartphone Redmi Note 5 in India on 14th Februry. Earlier this week we told you that Xiaomi India has started sending out press invites for an event on 14th February. The invite comes with a big “5” written, which might be the Redmi Note.
Now as according to report by Techhook, Xiaomi will launch the Redmi Note 5 at the event as they have found a couple of mentions about the device in the Websites source code. Xiaomi had added a timer on its event page for the launch event and has mentioned Redmi Note 5 in the source code as well as in the url of the tease image.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 will have thinner bezels and will sport a dual camera setup. This 18:9 display comes with thinner top and bottom bezels. At the back, you can see a vertical dual camera setup and a fingerprint scanner just below it. According to previous leaks, the smartphone will be powered by a MediaTek Helio P25 processor and maybe Snapdragon 630 for India.
Where MediaTek will note be available. It will be available in three variants 3GB RAM and 16GB internal storage, 3GB RAM and 32 GB internal storage and 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. The Redmi Note 5 will sport a 5.65 inch Full HD + Display and rear fingerprint scanner just below the expected vertical dual camera setup.
Though the listing on TENAA shows a single camera setup and a dual camera setup at the front for selfies.The smartphone is expected to start at CNY 1,299 around ₹12,499 and will be available in Black and Gold color variants. Stay tuned to Sid Tech for more tech updates.
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Starting October 1, 2021, a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags will go into effect in Washington. Here’s what you need to know.
Washington residents use two billion single-use plastic bags each year, according to the Department of Ecology. These single-use plastic bags are a major contaminant in rivers, streams, roads and essentially all of Washington, according to the department.
Single-use bags contain toxic chemicals that are released into the environment if not properly disposed of. Because of their thin construction, single-use bags are difficult to recycle, which means many end up in landfills or worse.
In order to combat the negative effects of this pollution on the environment, the legislator has decided to ban single-use plastic bags in 2020. COVID-19 has disrupted the supply chain of alternative bags, so that the Governor Jay Inslee delayed implementation of the ban until October. 1st 2021.
Thus, from October 1, restaurants, grocery stores and other retailers will no longer be allowed to use single-use bags, according to the Ministry of Ecology. Instead, businesses will be required to charge an 8-cent fee for reusable plastic bags and recycled paper bags. Another option for businesses is to use brown or green “compostable” plastic bags for an optional fee.
Reusable plastic bags should be at least 2.25 millimeters or approximately ninety thousandths of an inch thick and should be made of at least 20% recycled material. Paper bags must be made of at least 40% recycled material.
The 8 cent charge will not be applied to customers who use food stamps such as SNAP and WIC. The ban does not apply to single-use plastic bags used for products, cooked or prepared foods, flowers, plants or meat, according to the Department of Ecology.
Buyers can also bring their own reusable grocery bags instead of using a reusable paper or plastic bag.


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When the Google Nexus 7 tablet launched as the first device to come pre-loaded with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, accessories were surprisingly scarce as only a flip cover was available to consumers. Thanks to Nordic Hardware, however, several items from the tablet’s upcoming accessories lineup have leaked.
It seems users willy finally be able to put those POGO pins on the side of the Nexus 7 to use as the official desktop dock is listed with a release date of August 24 and pricing set at $49.99. It’s supposedly “perfectly-angled” for optimum media consumption, and it also features a 3.5mm headphone jack for output to external speakers and a micro USB charging port on the back. As for cases, a premium leather cover will be available in four different colors on August 31 for $39.99 and the previously released standard TPU flip cover will soon be available in six total color options.


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Airtel announced the transfer agreement of the 800 MHz spectrum to Jio in 3 circles for Rs 1037.6 crores.
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TRAI has delayed the implementation of the new SMS regulations because of the SMS service outage faced by the users on Monday
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The Moto Z2 Play has a lot to offer with some sleek design, respectable specs and the modular concept, which is the core strength of Moto Z series. But is it enough to give stiff competition to its arch rivals?
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With this price, the Note 5 Lite straightaway heads up one on one against the Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime. Not only this, Xiaomi is expected to unveil its new Redmi 4 series of smartphones in India next week which will further spice up the competition.
Priced just over Rs 26,000, the Desire 10 Pro is already in a pool of death as we have the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T in that price range. However, let’s not presume things and head on for our review for the HTC Desire 10 Pro.
The Redmi Note 4 comes in three variants, price starts Rs 9,999
The base model comes with 2GB of RAM and a price tag of Rs 6,999, while the higher model sport a 3GB of RAM and is priced at Rs 7,499.
Initially, the device was priced at Rs 23,999, however, one can easily grab it for a price of around Rs 21,000.
The all new HTC One (HTC M8) that will be made available in India will be a TDD LTE ready smartphone.
At the Reliance Industries’ 42nd AGM event, Reliance Jio announced a slew of new products and services. The announcements included Jio Fibre rollout schedule, a new IoT platform, set-top box, Jio Postpaid Plus plans, Jio Fiber Welcome Offer, Jio First-Day-First-Show and more.
On July 21, Reliance unveiled the JioPhone feature phone for the Indian consumers and it was made available from 24th August for pre-booking from both online and offline channels.


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The supply chain congestion is resulting from the confluence of record US consumer and business import demand, coupled with disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The US House of Representatives passed the bill by 364 votes to 60 yesterday (December 8).
Leah Wilkinson, AFIA’s vice president of public policy and education, welcome the move and urged the US Senate to act accordingly
“Over the past year, the ongoing COVID-19-exacerbated supply chain issues have created logjams at US ports and blocked the export of our members’ products, resulting in steep financial losses and irreversible friction with international customers.”
The bill, which expands the power of the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), imposes minimum service standards on carriers and prohibits carriers from imposing “unreasonable” demurrage and detention fees, among other elements.
It requires shipping companies to adhere to “minimum service standards that meet the public interest” and blocks them from unreasonably declining cargo.
“This legislation works to address unfair shipping practices by tackling the worst instances of abuse from bad actors in the shipping industry in an effort to boost our country’s global competitiveness,” said Democrat representative Kurt Schrader.
Container industry pushing back against reforms
Other industry groups are backing the bill but the World Shipping Council (WSC), whose members represent 90% of the world’s container ship capacity, is critical of the legislation.
Following the US House passage of the bill, John Butler, president and CEO of the WSC, said:
“The House today passed HR 4996 without proper debate or committee process. The bill is a political statement of frustration with supply chain challenges – frustrations that ocean carriers share
“The problem is that the bill is not designed to fix the end-to-end supply chain congestion that the world is experiencing, and it will not and cannot fix that congestion.”
The ocean carrier sector is getting mixed messages from the Biden administration on solving the supply chain crisis, he said.
Butler told a US Senate hearing: “On the one hand, the administration is pressing us to get our customers to come to the ports and pick up their cargo so that we can get it out of the way and move additional cargo,” he said. “At the same time, we have a House bill, and an expected Senate bill, that would restrict the ability to use detention and demurrage incentives to get that job done.”
“As another example of mixed messages, we are also being told that we must put empty containers on outbound ships in order to clear the ports. Again, at the same time the proposed legislation in both chambers would say that we have to load all export boxes before we can load empties.”
And the bill ignores the fact that all supply chain participants are working collaboratively to find solutions to today’s problems, noted the WSC in October.
“Supply chain participants including ports, carriers, labor, marine terminal operators, rail, truckers, chassis providers and shippers are collaboratively working to find operational solutions to increase efficiency and cargo velocity.
“These operational solutions have born some success.”
Record levels of US ag exports
Notwithstanding the ongoing congestion, US import cargo is moving at historic levels, noted the WSC, and US government statistics indicate that agricultural exports are moving at or near pre-pandemic, and in some cases, record levels.
Containerized export tonnage of US soybeans increased almost 25% in the October 2020-March 2021 period, reaching the highest levels ever, according to the Foreign Trade Division of the US Census Bureau.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), noted the WSC, put US agricultural exports for fiscal year 2021 at US$173.5bn. The most recent USDA forecast for 2022, continues this upward trend, with those exports projected at US$175.5bn, down $2bn from its August forecast, but still a record if realized.


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AIDA Cruises was the first cruise line to carry passengers to the new cruise terminal on a man-made island between the Palm Jumeirah and Bluewaters Island in the heart of Dubai’s tourist area.
“We are excited and proud to bring AIDAbella, the ninth ship back into service, offering our guests voyages in the Orient in winter 2021/2022 and specifically to Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal located in this wonderful seafront district,” said Felix Eichhorn, President of AIDA Cruises.
“A special highlight of this year’s cruise season is the World EXPO 2020,” he added.
The Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal is nestled within the Dubai Harbour development adjacent the Palm Jumeirah and in close proximity to Dubai’s landmark tourist attractions.
It was developed by Carnival Corporation and Shamal Holdings and will be the cruise company’s regional hub, serving all its ships cruising to and from Dubai annually.
Carnival Corporation is the largest cruise company in the world, it owns nine global cruise lines, including AIDA Cruises and Costa Cruises, which are both homeporting in Dubai for the current 2021/22 cruise season.
The Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal is the largest, standalone dedicated twin cruise terminal centre in the Eastern hemisphere, capable of serving two ships simultaneously on its more than 900-metre quayside.
Dubai’s 2021-2022 season, which commenced in October and runs until March next year, is expected to welcome 126 cruise ship calls and more than 500,000 cruise visitors, of which 150,000 will embark and disembark at Dubai Harbour.
The terminals offer a wide array of amenities and services for passengers and crew – from ample seating areas to washrooms, currency exchange outlets, ATMs, cafes, retail outlets, Duty-Free, dedicated parking, taxi stands and much more.
All facilities are wheelchair accessible and complimentary WIFI is enabled for passengers and crew to stay connected.
Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal can process 3,250 passengers per hour with streamlined immigration and customs screening processes, and dedicated access routes for passengers and crew, facilitated by Seaport Passenger Boarding Bridges.
“We have successfully navigated our way out of the unprecedented global challenge and have set our sights on leveraging the momentum that is accelerating across sectors including tourism to position Dubai as the world’s most preferred and visited destination,” said Issam Kazim, Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing.


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Feros Care’s Experience Centre is devoted to the research, design and implementation of digital technologies that deliver smart and emerging technologies for seniors and people with disability. The hub includes a research lab where new technologies are rigorously tested and piloted by consumers and the Plug and Play centre where clients and health professionals can look, touch, feel and experience exactly how the equipment works.
The hub’s Knowledge centre includes face to face and online workshops in the use of smart and emerging technologies and there is a virtual care team with clinical staff remotely monitoring and supporting high risk clients with chronic conditions.
Ms Jennene Buckley, Feros Care’s CEO highlights the technology revolution is at our door step.
“Therefore it is critical for health and aged care organisations to build a significant capability in delivering digital service models to remain relevant to our current and future consumers of our services,” she says.
“Gone are the days when technology and aged care were at opposite ends of the spectrum. Today, we can provide so many more options of care by including technology and digital solutions into both residential and home care.”
While Feros Care’s initial focus has been on aged care, Ms Buckley says its commitment in the next five years is to focus on virtual health and wellbeing for people of all ages. “This includes people with chronic disease, people with disability and virtual care (hospital in the home),” she says.
“Our new product suites for community care include our virtual senior centre, wearable technologies, senior friendly tablets and training, wearable technologies, 12 week remote chronic disease rehabilitation with wearable technologies. The list will be grown constantly with our new Experience Centre,” continues Ms Buckley.
Minister Wyatt says the Australian Government welcomes Feros Care’s investment and promotion of innovation and technology in aged care. “Access to quality, accurate and timely information is vital to support consumers, and their families, to make informed choices about their care,” he says.
“It’s important for the aged care sector to harness technology to support Australians everywhere to make their own choices, to be able to seek support as they wish, when it suits them and in ways that work for them.”
The new hub is based at Tweed Heads, but has a national presence through state based service partners, national distribution network and online services.


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For the past five years, SGI’s Altix ICE platform has been the company’s bread and butter HPC cluster offering. That trend looks to continue as they gear up for their fifth generation design. But this iteration of Altix ICE, codenamed “Carlsbad 3,” is more than just a processor and InfiniBand refresh.
According to SGI marketing VP Bill Mannel, the first four generations of Altix ICE were variations on a theme, using essentially the same blade infrastructure. As Intel or AMD came up with new processors and Mellanox rolled out faster InfiniBand parts, SGI slapped them into the Altix ICE lineup. But Carlsbad 3 has been redesigned from scratch, says Mannel.
Like many HPC blade vendors, SGI is going after the three big attributes customers are clamoring for: higher density, lower cost, and more efficient cooling. Just riding the Moore’s Law curve for microprocessors gets you halfway there for the first two attributes, but better cooling required some re-engineering on SGI’s part.
The previous versions of Altix ICE relied on either standard air cooling or liquid cooling in the form of water cooled doors bolted onto the enclosures. But like a lot of denser blades, SGI has added the option for a cold plate, where the liquid runs against the hottest components of the blade. That design also allow for warm water cooling, where the water temperature can run up to a tepid 30 degrees Celsius (86F), and which can be cooled via a liquid-to-air exchange rather than a power-sucking chiller. Although this is a new feature for the Altix ICE, the cooling technology is derived from the Rackable ICE Cube container that SGI offers today.
Mannel says the 30C limit for warm water cooling is showing up in more RFPs, and is becoming more accepted as datacenters, HPC or otherwise, are forced to cram more compute capacity into the same building. For supercomputing setups, this can be especially useful for customers who want to build their systems with extra-hot processors like high-bin (high GHz) x86 parts and big wattage accelerators like GPUs.
Speaking of which, the new ICE machines will sport the new Sandy Bridge EP Xeons, Intel’s upcoming CPU offering for dual-socket servers. As far as accelerators go, at the very least SGI will be offering NVIDIA’s latest GPUs, either the standard M2090 Tesla modules or the related X2090 designed for extra-dense blade setups. According to Mannel, the final design is being worked out this month.
And although Intel’s MIC (Many Integrated Core) Knights Corner coprocessor won’t be arriving until later in 2012, it’s a pretty sure bet that the Altix ICE will adopt them when the Intel releases the commercial product. At the International Supercomputing Conference last month, SGI was one Intel’s system partners cheerleading the MIC development effort. (Currently SGI offers a MIC development system based on the Rackable H4002 server and the Knights Ferry part.) In fact, MIC is apt to show up across multiple SGI HPC offerings next year. “We do intend to include it into our system plans going forward,” says Mannel.
InfiniBand, too, got an upgrade in the Carlsbad 3 design. The default interconnect will be Mellanox FDR InfiniBand, but since SGI is using mezzanine cards for the network I/O, the customer could opt for 10GbE too. The rational behind mezzanine cards is that they are cheaper than using discrete network adapters and more flexible than hardwiring each blade with as specific interconnect by plopping the network silicon directly onto the motherboard. Also, when EDR InfiniBand goes into production, customers should be able to just swap the FDR cards with the EDR version, leaving the compute blade as is.
Also for increased flexibility, the SGI engineers went to a power shelf design. In the current ICE setup, the power supplies are inside the blade enclosure; with the new design, they will be in separate units. That allows customers to add (or subtract) power supplies as needed, as for example, when installing more blades or hooking up accelerators.
Density wise, Carlsbad 3 will offer two configurations, each more compact than the current Altix ICE 8400. In the standard configuration, the new ICE will up the blade count from 16 to 18 per 10U enclosure. That’s 12 percent more compute per rack unit. And since the Sandy Bridge chips will provide up to 2 more cores per socket than the 6-core Westmere EP silicon in the 8400, the compute density gets another 33 percent boost.
Also, instead of coming in 24-inch wide racks, the engineers have squished them into standard 19-inch boxes. That will enable the new machines to more easily co-exist with vanilla datacenter gear.
The other density innovation is their M-Rack configuration. Basically it’s a double density setup that is able to fit twice as many blades (36) into an enclosure by sandwiching two motherboards into a blade slot — what they call the Gemini Twin blade. The M-Rack essentially flips two standard racks 90 degrees and pushes them together, squeezing out the space that would have been the hot aisle (and compensating with the type of water cooling discussed above.) The M-rack is nearly twice as dense as the new standard density offering and nearly 3 times as dense as the current Altix ICE 8400.
The new ICE machines are scheduled to start shipping in December and according to Mannel they already have some customers in the pipeline. Although he didn’t say, one of them could be NASA, which recently upgraded their Altix ICE Pleiades supercomputer with additional hardware. That system is now in the petaflop club and sits at number 7 on the TOP500 list.
SGI’s biggest supercomputer to date, Pleiades represents a microcosm Altix ICE history. The system was originally installed in 2008 and has been upgraded on a continuous basis ever since. Through the aggregation of Altix ICE hardware of various generations, it now contains a mixture Harpertown, Nehalem and Westmere Xeon processors and a combination of DDR and QDR InfiniBand networks.
Pleiades may end up as a 10 petaflop system as early as next year, as was the original intention of NASA. If so, that is almost certain to be accomplished with the upcoming Carlsbad 3 blades, most likely souped up with accelerators. And given SGI’s and NASA’s penchant for Intel silicon, those accelerators could very well be MIC coprocessors.


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Lucknow:In a bid to encourage artisans in the state and lay emphasis on their social and economic development, the Uttar Pradesh government has embarked on a project to construct a Shilp Graam for Rs 207 crore, an official said on Thursday. The state housing and development board will be developing the Shilp Graam — an artisans’ village — which will be spread across 20 acres in sector-1 of Awadh Vihar Yojana.
The Shilp Graam would also be known as the Lucknow Haat. “The main purpose of establishing the Shilp Graam is to infuse a new lease of life among the artists involved in some of the dying arts and crafts of the state. Once the new Lucknow Haat is built, it would pave the way for development of art, craft and handicrafts,” an official informed IANS. The establishment of the Shilp Graam would result in expansion of art, sale of handicrafts and boost production.
It would also ensure training of budding craftsmen. Provisions would also be made for sale of handicrafts at a designated place while separate spots have been identified for exporters, entrepreneurs and tourists, he added. Apart from this, an auditorium, amphitheatre, a food court, exhibition hall, dormitory and entertainment facilities for the artisans would also be developed.
Awadh Shilp Graam would have nine food courts, two restaurants, 150 craft shops and open court platform, 54 AC craft shops, and five air conditioned (AC) anchor shops for manufacturing. A 44-bed dormitory for women, 102-bed dormitory for men, an auditorium with a capacity of 500, 2 large AC halls, 1 vigilance room and 1 ticketing room will be constructed. A separate area earmarked as the children’s zone is also being developed. Adequate provision for greenery has been ensured in the proposed Awadh Shilp Graam. IANS
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Equities research analysts expect Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ:NCLH) to report $0.70 earnings per share for the current quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Five analysts have made estimates for Norwegian Cruise Line’s earnings. The highest EPS estimate is $0.71 and the lowest is $0.69. Norwegian Cruise Line reported earnings per share of $0.85 during the same quarter last year, which suggests a negative year over year growth rate of 17.6%. The company is expected to announce its next quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th.
On average, analysts expect that Norwegian Cruise Line will report full year earnings of $5.06 per share for the current financial year, with EPS estimates ranging from $5.04 to $5.08. For the next financial year, analysts forecast that the business will report earnings of $5.63 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $5.49 to $5.86. Zacks’ earnings per share calculations are a mean average based on a survey of research analysts that that provide coverage for Norwegian Cruise Line.
Norwegian Cruise Line (NASDAQ:NCLH) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported $2.23 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.15 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $1.91 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.89 billion. Norwegian Cruise Line’s revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.27 EPS.
In other Norwegian Cruise Line news, CEO Rio Frank J. Del sold 2,456 shares of Norwegian Cruise Line stock in a transaction on Friday, October 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.23, for a total transaction of $123,364.88. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 404,094 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,297,641.62. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Rio Frank J. Del sold 4,000 shares of Norwegian Cruise Line stock in a transaction on Monday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $53.62, for a total value of $214,480.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 408,407 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,898,783.34. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 257,364 shares of company stock worth $13,753,202 in the last ninety days. 0.98% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in NCLH. FMR LLC raised its stake in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 27.6% in the 1st quarter. FMR LLC now owns 245,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,497,000 after buying an additional 53,190 shares in the last quarter. NEXT Financial Group Inc raised its stake in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 53.6% in the 2nd quarter. NEXT Financial Group Inc now owns 2,351 shares of the company’s stock worth $126,000 after buying an additional 820 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC raised its stake in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 16.6% in the 2nd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 17,140 shares of the company’s stock worth $919,000 after buying an additional 2,436 shares in the last quarter. Strs Ohio raised its stake in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 51.1% in the 2nd quarter. Strs Ohio now owns 7,973 shares of the company’s stock worth $427,000 after buying an additional 2,697 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC bought a new stake in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in the 2nd quarter worth $295,000. 88.85% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Shares of NCLH traded up $0.75 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $53.61. The stock had a trading volume of 1,256,908 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,031,004. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $52.18 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $51.65. Norwegian Cruise Line has a fifty-two week low of $39.36 and a fifty-two week high of $59.71.
About Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NCLH) is a global cruise company. The Company operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. The Company had 25 ships with approximately 50,400 Berths, as of May 1, 2017. The Company’s brands offer itineraries to various destinations around the world, including Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Africa, Canada, Bermuda, Caribbean, Alaska and Hawaii.
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