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A report published by the US International Trade Administration has explored commercial opportunities for US firms in India across a variety of sectors including healthcare, where it identifies opportunities for US suppliers of medical devices, telemedicine solutions, AI solutions, and more.
The report states that “despite numerous market challenges”, the Indian medical device market remains an attractive target for US firms, highlighting the dependence of the country on foreign suppliers for equipment including cancer diagnostics, medical imaging, and ultrasonic scan technologies, with almost 80 percent of medical devices being imported.
In particular, the report identifies opportunities for US suppliers relating to devices such as surgical instruments, medical imaging equipment, cancer diagnostic solutions, point of care testing diagnostic devices, digital healthcare, health IT, and telemedicine services. It also highlights “diverse opportunities for U.S. companies” in the Indian biotech and biopharma sector.
On opportunities within digital healthcare, the report notes the rapid expansion of digital healthcare and telemedicine in India since the COVID-19 pandemic, but considers that this domain remains “in its infancy”. It concludes that AI and telemedicine-related technology “will provide significant opportunities for U.S. firms in the coming years”.
To read the report in full, please click here.
In other news from India, 12 small to medium enterprises based in India, have been selected for Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber’s Propel@YH Boot Camp, a programme designed to bring global health innovations to the region and to provide the SMEs with support and masterclass content delivered by a range of healthcare partners.


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Sun exposure can adversely affect the human skin and the children especially face a health risk. Albeit their repeated attempts to save their children from the harmful UV rays from the sun, the parents are often left to deal with stubborn kids who refuse to wear the sunscreen.
The famous cosmetics brand Nivea has hit upon an ingenious solution to the dilemma faced by the parents. The sunscreen manufacturer has launched a humorous campaign which makes innovative use of the drone technology to raise awareness about the potential health risks of the sun rays among the users.
The drone featured in the campaign video is a UV detecting, sunscreen pooping drone resembling a seagull. The drone flies above the unsuspecting kids playing on the beach and drops, or better yet poops, the sunscreen on them.
The seagull drone is equipped with a special UV camera to single out those kids who are not wearing sunscreen. The kids without sunscreen appear darker on the screen than those who are wearing a sunscreen. The reason behind the darker appearance of the children playing on the beach sans sunscreen is that they are soaking up more harmful UV rays. Thus, the drone operators can easily target the kids who are at risk of harmful sun exposure.
Although most of the kids are expected to run off shouting “Ewwww, get it off! Get it off!” Nivea, however, wants the children to rub the mess all over their bodies. Unless the kids confused the drone for an actual seagull, the sunscreen delivery method is actually pretty cool.
Watch the entire ad in this video:
However, we strongly recommend you to treat the droppings landing on your children as authentic, until you spot a humming Nivea drone in the sky.

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(THE OTHER PAPER) — When Dragonfly was morphing into Till (247 King Ave.), it marked a pretty significant evolution. The restaurant traveled up the food chain from serving only vegetarian eats to offering biodynamic dishes (think organic on steroids) for omnivores.
It turns out that Till isn’t done evolving, as its owners are presently developing the storefront adjacent to the restaurant at 249 King Ave. The space is slated to become Izzy and Mo.
Constituting owner Magdiale Wolmark describes as “an authentic Jewish deli,” Izzy and Mo will be open for breakfast and lunch Sunday through Friday. On Friday nights, in honor of the Jewish Sabbath, it will change into a doughnut stop and keep the circular treats rolling through Saturday.


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CHICAGO—Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with PT Eka Ilalang Suryadinamika for a Hyatt Regency hotel in Sentul City, Indonesia. Hyatt Regency Sentul City will be the sixth Hyatt-branded hotel in Indonesia.
“We are delighted to enhance our brand presence in Indonesia, and Sentul City’s growth over the past few years has been impressive,” said Ratnesh Verma, senior vice president, real estate and development, Asia Pacific for Hyatt Hotels and Resorts. “The first Hyatt hotel opened in the Indonesian market more than 30 years ago, and we are very excited to further build on Hyatt’s strong brand equity and excellent portfolio of hotels in the country.”
Hyatt Regency Sentul City will be located less than 25 miles south of Jakarta on the outskirts of the satellite city of Bogor and will feature an outdoor pool, a spa, and meeting space. The 225-room hotel will be part of a mixed-use complex, which will be comprised of a 240,000-square-foot retail mall and 212,000 square feet of office space.
“Given the strong Hyatt brand name and the hotel’s ideal location, we believe that the new Hyatt Regency Sentul City will attract business and leisure travelers from across the region. We are thrilled to broaden our relationship with Hyatt, and feel confident that the new project will create mutually beneficial results,” said Reina Kumala Kwee, president director of PT Eka Ilalang Suryadinamika.
Expected to open in 2017, Hyatt Regency Sentul City will join five existing Hyatt-branded hotels in Indonesia, including Grand Hyatt Bali, Grand Hyatt Jakarta, Hyatt Regency Bandung, Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta, and Hyatt Regency Bali, which is currently under renovation and will be rebranded from Bali Hyatt.


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Every time an election rolls around, you hear about some pitifully low percentage of people who actually bother to go to the polling place and cast a ballot. At the same time, one can’t help notice the decline in many bricks and mortar retail stores and the attendant growth of online shopping. So why not put two and two together here? Why not vote over the Internet? Skip all that hassle of looking up where you’re supposed to vote, getting there, parking, waiting in line. Just log on, in your pajamas if you want, and cast a ballot the same way you would order some shoes. “It would be something that would be more convenient for voters, you could just do it from the privacy of your own home,” says J. Alex Halderman, Assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan. “That has the potential to increase voter turnout, which is a very good thing. But, the problem is internet voting presents very serious security challenges that we don’t know how to solve, and might not know how to solve anytime soon.”
Halderman knows about those security problems first hand. A couple years ago the District of Columbia was trying out Internet voting and invited hackers to try busting into the system. Halderman and his students took them up on it. “We started about 48 hours prior to when the system was going to go online. By time it was ready to go online, two days later, we had enough information to allow us to completely alter the outcome of the election,” he says.
But people shop online all the time without having their credit cards stolen. Why should voting be any more dangerous? “Superficially, a voting transaction looks a lot like a financial transaction online, but in the back, they are fundamentally different,” says David Jefferson. He’s a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and chairman of Verified Voting, an election watchdog group. “In the financial world, transactions can almost always be reversed. Merchandise can be returned, money can be returned, and transactions can be voided. It’s impossible to void a voting transaction, and so that means you have to engineer a voting system up front so that it’s invulnerable to any kind of failures. Well, this is beyond our ability to do.”


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Bank of America reported Thursday profit that topped Wall Street estimates on booming investment banking and trading results, as well as the release of loan-loss reserves as fewer consumers were expected to default on debts.
The bank posted a first-quarter profit of $8.1 billion, or 86 cents a share, exceeding the 66 cents a share expected by analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. The company produced $22.9 billion in revenue, edging out the $22.1 billion estimate.
“While low interest rates continued to challenge revenue, credit costs improved and we believe that progress in the health crisis and the economy point to an accelerating recovery,” CEO Brian Moynihan said in the release.
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Around the turn of the millennium, Microsoft was under siege from all directions. Rivals were nipping at its heels, offering alternatives to its most profitable products. Regulators were poking around, looking for signs of unethical activity. It was making me-too products, and using bundling to secure market advantage.
And now in 2015, Google is under siege from all directions. Rivals are… you can see where we're going with this, we're sure. Here are 10 reasons why Google today looks more and more like the Microsoft of then.
Its core business is under threat
Microsoft's cash cows were Windows, Office and server software, and in the days when almost every device had to run Windows and Office those cows generated a lot of cash.
However, the shift from PC to mobile and from paid software to free, such as Apple's free iOS and OS X updates and Google's Android, has threatened that. This is why Windows 10 is free in the hope of boosting market share and Office as a service, not just a desktop app.
For Google, the cash cow is ads – and the threat is the rise of ad-blocking.
Google's partners don't make much money
You can blame laughably thin profit margins for the bloatware on cheap PCs – some OEMs are operating on truly microscopic margins in a market of me-too products. Android OEMs are beginning to understand that feeling, and with the exception of Samsung, the Android market is looking a lot like the PC market of old with endless me-too devices competing for our attention.
Some OEMs, such as HTC and LG, have balance sheets that make hardened accountants weep, and their glory days seem rather distant now…
It's got a reputation for malware
Windows today has very little relation to, say, Windows XP in terms of security – but the popular perception is still that Windows means viruses and other unpleasantness while OS X is shiny, safe and secure.
Exactly the same thing has been happening with Android, where despite Google's best efforts all kinds of poor quality apps continue to thrive. Google's Bouncer technology is supposed to spot malware and prevent it from entering the Play Store, but at the time of writing yet another new malicious app – Brain Test – has been downloaded between 200,000 and 1 million times.
It's almost a monopoly
At its peak, Windows XP was used by more than 80% of computer users – and at one point Microsoft's Internet Explorer had 97% market share in web browsing. That's not quite a monopoly, but it did give Microsoft the ability to use its enormity to push its own products – for example by making Internet Explorer the default browser in Windows.
Google has nearly 70% market share in search (it's in the high nineties in Europe) and, it's alleged, may have given undue prominence to its own products and services in search results.
Google is aggressively pushing its own products
We mentioned Internet Explorer in the last slide – Microsoft's bundling of that in every copy of Windows effectively killed Netscape, and of course it has also bundled other products such as The Windows Network, MSN Messenger, SkyDrive/OneDrive and so on.
Pick up any Google-approved Android phone and you'll see the Google Play Store, Google Maps, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Hangouts, Google Chrome, Google Play Music, Google Now… if you don't want to use Google's many services, Android phones aren't much fun.
It wants to be everything to everyone
Remember the Zune, Microsoft's iPod Killer, or the Kin, its iPhone rival? Microsoft's original goal was a PC on every desktop and Windows on every PC, but that goal morphed to include games consoles and smartphones and media PCs and keyboards and tablets and online services and… you get the idea.
Meanwhile Google – or rather its new Alphabet umbrella company – has a search engine and an advertising platform and social networking and a mapping service and makes tablets and laptops and military robots and self-driving cars and TV streamers and smart contact lenses and augmented reality glasses and set-top boxes and…
It's locked in a bitter battle with a giant rival
For Microsoft, the rival was Google. For Google, it's Apple. Since the arrival of the iPhone, or rather the re-launch of Android with obvious iPhone inspiration, the former friendship between Google and Apple has broken down.
Apple makes incredible margins from selling far fewer phones than Google's Android, it's moving into enterprise computing, and it's slowly but surely removing Google services from iOS and OS X, from maps to the ads iOS 9 can somewhat controversially block. The two firms have rival media operations, rival health tracking services, rival beacons and rival home automation too, and multiple rumours suggest Apple will have a rival electric car as well.
Google risks upsetting OEMs
Microsoft's Surface line raised hackles among OEMs, many of whom felt that Microsoft should stick to the software and let them get on with the hardware.
Google seems to have similar uncertainty over whether it's in the hardware business or not: it makes the Chromebook laptop, Chromecast TV streamer and the new Pixel C tablet, gets OEMs to make its Nexus devices and licenses Android to all and sundry (albeit with pretty serious terms and conditions, as set out in the Mobile Application Distribution Agreement), and will no doubt make its second generation of Google Glass too.
It's being investigated for anti-trust
You haven't made it in the tech industry until you've been the subject of intense regulatory scrutiny in the US and EU. Microsoft went through it years ago and now it's Google's turn – the EU is currently investigating allegations of Google abusing its market dominance in advertising contracts and in its use of others' data.
Meanwhile in the US, the FTC and DoJ are probing Android amid allegations that Google limits other firms' access to favour its own apps. The investigation could potentially mean Google will be made to unbundle its own apps from Android.
Google is losing people's trust
To many, Microsoft was the evil empire of tech – something that clearly informed Google's famous "don't be evil" motto. Today's Google is a long way from that early promise, though, and there's a growing unease concerning Google's business activities and the information it has about us.
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Prophet Shepherd Bushiri who is arguably one of the richest pastors in Africa, has released customised ATM cards for his members to use while paying tithes.
Days after TUKO.co.ke reported that Prophet Bushiri surprised his wife with an expensive G-Wagon, the preacher has made some names again.
Bushiri who happens to be one of Africa’s richest and most controversial pastors, launched customised ATM cards which are designed to allow members of his church pay their tithes ‘with ease’.
The light blue ‘My Anointmted Money Card’ cards bear the prophet’s name and a picture of him.
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Burger Lounge plans eighth unit, eyes growth
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Despite the growing number of better-burger concepts in California, San Diego-based Burger Lounge is scheduled to open its eighth restaurant next month, with plans to double its unit count before the end of 2013.
California is home to the growing burger concepts Umami Burger and The Habit Burger Grill, as well as the 278-unit In-N-Out Burger quick-service chain. Franchise brands Five Guys Burgers and Fries, based in Lorton, Va., and Denver-based Smashburger also are expanding in the state.
Burger Lounge, however, has positioned itself as a health-focused fast-casual brand, offering organic grass-fed beef and free-range turkey burgers, as well as wild salmon burgers and a vegetarian quinoa option.
Fries are made in house and fried twice, Belgian-style. And salads aim for fine-dining level quality, with options like an organic quinoa salad with roasted baby squash, corn, tomato, arugula, spinach, kale, red onion, toasted almonds, feta and a smoked tomato vinaigrette.
J. Dean Loring, Burger Lounge’s chief executive, founded the brand in 2007 with the goal of “doing a common thing uncommonly well,” he said.
“It’s an incredibly crowded space,” Loring said of the better-burger segment, “but we’ve been successful by keeping it simple and authentic and gimmick-free.”
Last year, private-equity firm KarpReilly LLC made a significant investment in Burger Lounge to fuel the brand’s growth. KarpReilly also has invested in a number of growing restaurant brands, including Habit Burger, based in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Burger Lounge will open its eighth unit in Beverly Hills in mid July, with two more in development for this year in Santa Monica and Del Mar. Next year another five are planned, probably all in Southern California, Loring said.
Burger Lounge has an average check of about $12 and average unit volumes of about $1.6 million, and has seen same-store sales grow about 6 percent over the past 12 months, Loring said.
The menu has remained fairly simple, although the chain has added options like chicken tenders, the salmon burger and quinoa salad. The classic beef Lounge Burger, $7.95, is the top seller, but tied for second place are the turkey burger and a vegetable salad with romaine lettuce, spinach, arugula, tomato, corn, cucumber, red onion, jicama, ricotta and lemon-basil or buttermilk ranch dressing.
Beer and wine are also offered, along with milkshakes, ice cream sundaes and house-made desserts, like cupcakes.
Over the past five years, Loring said he has been building partnerships with vendors that uphold the brand’s quest for sustainability. The grass-fed beef comes from Rain Crow Ranch in Missouri, for example, and cheese comes from a supplier based in California that worked with Burger Lounge to develop an organic American cheese.
“We’ve tried to focus on building partnerships and getting exclusivity,” Loring said. “We’re intent on keeping it domestic. I think these companies are growing with us.”
Loring has been building the company’s infrastructure for growth. Earlier this year, for example, the chain hired Robert Lane as director of marketing.
The company, however, is not yet considering franchising or taking the brand overseas, he said. Growth will remain slow and steady. “We just plan on keeping our heads down and continuing to do what we do,” Loring said.
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Guava a fairly easy fruit to grow
RODOLFO ROMANIn the morning, walk into a Cuban bakery in South Florida and more than likely patrons will be sipping on coffee and eating guava "pastelitos," which translates to pastry.
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Hispanic residents of Miami may thank the 200 acres of pink ripe guavas grown in the area that add the flavor to their favorite treat.
Jonathan H. Crane, tropical fruit crop specialist, said there isn't an exact number on how much the guavas produce economically, but it could be worth millions.
The fruit is grown in several areas of the state, added Crane.
"Most guavas are grown in Miami-Dade County, some in Palm Beach and Lee, and some in other South Florida counties," he said.
Hispanic Americans eat the fruit in several ways, including with crackers, cream cheese and guava jelly or in simple fruit juice form.
Another ethnic group finds comfort in the fruit, too: Asians, who indulge in the green, hard, crunchy white-pulp guavas. There are roughly about 300 acres of white-pulp guava in Florida, Crane said.
Guava is eaten raw in Pakistan and India, while in the Philippines the guava is used in cooking "sinigang," a soup.
Crane said guava has many health benefits.
"It is high in vitamin C and antioxidants," he said.
Growing a guava tree is simple and doable in a backyard. Guavas adapt well to warm subtropical to tropical climate conditions.
The tree begins fruit production roughly three to four years after planting, and in the state it could produce two crops per year. The main crop is during the summer, followed by a spring crop. However, it may produce yearlong.
Spacing is essential, and it must be planted in full sun. For proper care, a young guava tree should be fertilized every one or two months during the first year. The trees should be watered every other day for the first week or so and then roughly two times a week for the first couple of months.
The trees can be harmed by several factors, so take note of insect pests that could put the fruit at risk. The Caribbean fruit fly, guava whitefly, red-banded thrips, guava fruit moth and scales can all affect it. The roots can be attacked by nematodes, which are microscopic roundworms.
Crane added that the plant could vary in production.
"That depends upon its size, but probably several hundred pounds a year," he said.
When picking a guava there are a couple of things to take into account.
"For pink guavas, look for when they turn light green/yellow," he said. "White guava should be picked when it is still hard and green but large size — they are eaten like apples, hard."
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A fresh brand identity for Welsh television channel S4C has won the Welsh Brand Category prize at the 2007 Bilingual Design Awards.
The channel’s rebrand, which launched last January, was designed by London-based Proud Creative under direction of S4C’s creative director Dylan Griffith, who was also awarded the awards scheme’s Designer of the Year prize.
‘We wanted to create a channel identity firmly rooted in Wales, but with a more global outlook to better reflect Wales as a bilingual nation – and winning the awards was a testament to our success,’ says Griffith.
Focusing on the theme of ‘uncontrollable attraction’, all the new channel idents were filmed on location throughout Wales, but carefully steered clear of the outdated dragon and daffodil clichés of the old S4C branding, which hadn’t been updated since 1993.
According to Griffith, ‘We’re not pandering to the traditional motifs. It was definitely time to move on. We’re Welsh, but we’re global citizens as well.’
With S4C’s new identity sweeping the board at the Bilingual Design Awards, as well as taking home top honours at the prestigious European Broadcasting Union Connect Awards last month in Switzerland, it seems that S4C has put Welsh design firmly on the map.


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After being jilted on Valentine's Day, you'd think we would learn. But having tasted the goods, we couldn't help but get suckered in by every HTC Thunderbolt launch date rumor -- only to have our hopes dashed each time its release was inexorably pushed further and further back. Now, a leaked email and an HTC regional sales manager's tweet (whose account has subsequently been deleted) claim our lust for Verizon's first 4G handset will finally be quenched on March 17th. HTC posted on Facebook that the official launch date will be announced "soon, " and four days from now would certainly qualify. We just hope Best Buy and Big Red realize they face a legion of disappointed (and drunken) St. Patty's Day revelers should they delay Thunderbolt delivery day yet again. Let's hope the luck of the Irish finally gets us our LTE.
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“Central banks intensified warnings that Europe’s failure to tame its debt crisis threatens to roil the world’s financial markets and economy as Greece’s election in two days looms as the next flashpoint for investors,” reports Bloomberg. Monetary policy makers from Canada to Japan to the United Kingdom continue to sound alarm bells about potential fallout from the single currency bloc’s troubles. Their warnings come as Group of 20 leaders are set to convene in Mexico next week. According to Bloomberg, “absent a quick fix from divided European governments, central bankers may have to engage in fresh crisis-fighting of their own to ensure markets operate and their economies grow if the election jolts investors.” Lawrence Goodman, president of the Center for Financial Stability in New York, feels that such action may be close at hand. He states, “It will be very important for central banks over the next few weeks to articulate what their role is. The key goal will be to provide sufficient liquidity in the event of a freeze.”
CNBC quotes European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, who on Friday said that the euro zone economy faces serious risks and politicians must act fast. Under his leadership, the ECB is poised to provide further liquidity to solvent banks. He stated, “The ECB has the crucial role of providing liquidity to sound bank counterparties in return for adequate collateral. This is what we have done throughout the crisis, faithful to our mandate of maintaining price stability over the medium term — and this is what we will continue to do.”
The crisis is compelling numerous companies to take action of their own. “Just days ahead of a crucial election in Greece,” the Wall Street Journal has learned, “Carrefour SA said it would leave the country, its only unprofitable market, while it expands in Argentina where business is brisk.” France’s biggest supermarket retailer in terms of sales has announced plans to sell its 50 percent ownership interest in its supermarket chain in Greece to the Marinopoulos family, its local partner. Terms of the deal are undisclosed. “The announcement comes just a few hours after the company said it plans to acquire 129 supermarkets in Argentina,” according to the Journal.


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No where to run, Uplay haters.
Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs was initially thought to make Uplay, the publisher’s digital content platform, optional while playing the game but it’s been confirmed as mandatory for the experience.
Speaking to IGN, Ubisoft stated that, “Like some of our other AAA releases, including Far Cry 3, Splinter Cell Blacklist, and Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag. Watch Dogs will be available on Steam and will leverage Uplay to support the games services.”
If it weren’t enough that the game is suspected of downgrading its visuals since its delay from November 2013 to May 2014, now it will be saddled with Uplay, which launches itself even if you’re accessing the game through Steam.
Watch Dogs will be out on May 27th for PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS4. Can Ubisoft rise above the negative attention and make it a success? Stay tuned in the coming weeks to find out and let us know your thoughts on the game till then.


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Well, I'll be damned. I never thought I'd see this day, but after numerous delays, Garmin-Asus is finally releasing its Nuvifone models, starting with select Asian markets.
The Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 will be the first out the door and will go on sale in Taiwan on July 27, and then in Singapore and Malaysia by the end of August. The Garmin-Asus Nuvifone M20 will also go on sale in August, shipping in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia.
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Yahoo has suffered another hack.
The company disclosed today that it has discovered a breach of more than one billion user accounts that occurred in August 2013. The breach is believed to be separate and distinct from the theft of data from 500 million accounts that Yahoo reported this September.
Troublingly, Yahoo’s chief information security officer Bob Lord says that the company hasn’t been able to determine how the data from the one billion accounts was stolen. “We have not been able to identify the intrusion associated with this theft,” Lord wrote in a post announcing the hack.
“The stolen user account information may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (using MD5) and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers,” Lord added.
Yahoo was alerted to the massive breach by law enforcement and has examined the data with the help of outside forensic experts. The data does not appear to include payment details or plaintext passwords, but it’s still bad news for Yahoo account holders. The hashing algorithm MD5 is no longer considered secure and MD5 hashes can easily be looked up online to discover the passwords they hide.
Yahoo says it is notifying the account holders affected in the breach. Affected users will be required to change their passwords.
Yahoo also announced today that its proprietary code had been accessed by a hacker, who used the code to forge cookies that could be used to access accounts without a password. “The outside forensic experts have identified user accounts for which they believe forged cookies were taken or used. We are notifying the affected account holders, and have invalidated the forged cookies,” Lord said, adding that he believed the attack was launched by a state-sponsored actor.
Today’s revelations add to Yahoo’s long string of security problems. Yahoo employees reportedly knew of the intrusion that led to the theft of data from 500 million users as early as 2014, but the company did not announce the breach until this September. What Yahoo executives knew about the breach, and when they knew it, have been crucial questions in Verizon’s ongoing acquisition of Yahoo. Yahoo did not disclose the first breach until several months after the deal was announced.
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Molyworks´ metal powder sales unit Continuum raised $36 million from an PE fund to power recycled powder sales. ARA was interested because Continuum could perhaps decarbonize the supply chain through powder recycling. Several Fraunhofer institutes work together on 3D printing automatically using powder bed fusion. This could greatly reduce the costs of 3D printed parts. Rosotics, a startup, just raised $750,000 to launch an induction heating approach for metal printing that aims to make parts larger and cheaper. This is a supremely ambitious vision and also gets Draper, Sequoia and more on board the new firm.
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SEATTLE (AP) — The California liquor store chain BevMo is opening four more stores Washington.
It has opened stores in Tacoma, Silverdale and Tukwila since June when the state privatized the liquor business.
The Seattle Times reports (http://is.gd/eUq0tN ) BevMo plans to open stores in Bellevue and the Northgate area of Seattle in November and in the Ballard area of Seattle and in Bellingham in February.
Another chain of large liquor stores, Total Wine and More, has stores in Bellevue and Tukwila and plans to open a store soon in Spokane.
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text: Carson, CA. Saturday, December 8th, 2018. Rusnak’s Porsche dealers Rusnak/Pasadena Porsche and Rusnak/Westlake Porsche jointly hosted a Cayenne launch event at the Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles. Guests were able to try their hand in PECLA’s high tech simulator lab, enjoy food and beverages by PECLA’s 917 Restaurant, and experience hot laps around the race track in the all-new Porsche Cayenne and Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid driven by PECLA driving coaches. The all-new generation of the Cayenne was front and center on display for guests to experience first hand. Toys For Tots also had a festive toy drive next to PECLA’s Christmas tree.


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Last week, the Associated Press released photos of Michelle Obama shopping in Target. That doesn't fit with modern day Marie Antoinette image conservatives have constructed for the First Lady, so now they've decided that the entire thing was a calculated photo op. Apparently a woman who's vacationed in Europe and worn borrowed diamonds would never shop with commoners unless she had some ulterior motive.
According to the Washington Post, Sean Hannity of Fox News Tweeted, "First Lady Michelle Obama shopping at Target with an AP photographer in tow . . . . planned? I think so." Rush Limbaugh translated that sentiment into unintelligible blowhard, declaring, "What a phony-baloney plastic banana good-time rock-and-roller optic photo op."
To be fair, the circumstances in which the photographs were taken are a bit of a mystery. Obama is wearing a disguise with no entourage in sight (though we wouldn't be surprised if the other shoppers in the photos were in the Secret Service. If we were on a checkout line with Obama, we'd be too busy wetting ourselves to check out our two cell phones.) Yet it seems like AP photographer Charles Dharapak managed to position himself about six feet away from the First Lady. No other photographers were present, and neither the White House nor the news agency will explain how he got the shot. An AP spokesman said, "All I can say is that it was the result of good source work on his part." Obama's spokeswoman responded, "It is not uncommon for the First Lady to slip out to run an errand, eat at a local restaurant or otherwise enjoy the city outside the White House gates."
It is uncommon for a photographer to come along, but there still isn't strong evidence that the entire trip was concocted just to make Obama seem more sympathetic. Since she stepped onto the national stage, Obama has mixed designer clothing with pieces from stores like Banana Republic, J.Crew, and Ann Taylor. Someone at the White House may have tipped a photographer this time, but that doesn't mean she'd never slip out to Target when there are no cameras around.


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Telr and Innovate Payments merge to create revolutionary new payment platform for online merchants
Dubai, Singapore, September 3rd 2014 - Telr, the multi-currency and multi-lingual payment gateway for SMEs, announced its merger with Innovate Payments, the most innovative payment gateway in the MENA...
At Innovate Payments we work with some of the leading financial institutions so that we can offer merchant accounts tailored to the requirements of businesses in the regions where they operate. We continue to expand our network of aquiring banks and expect to announce new partnerships in the coming months across the Middle East and Asia.
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NBAD has been ranked in 2011 for the third time in a row one of the “World’s 50 Safest Banks” and the “Safest Bank in the Middle East” by Global Finance.
For more than a decade, Chase Paymentech has served Europe's top e-commerce brands with the latest payment processing services and today is the most experienced CNP payment acquirer in the world.


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The tug of war between Microsoft and the American Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues, which wants to block the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In fact, the authority believes that the merger would lead to a monopoly of the gaming market. Hypothesis, this, also endorsed by Sony (Microsoft’s biggest competitor) and several US players. Ten of which, news of a few days ago, have even filed a class action.
The official response from Microsoft arrived today, in the form of a 37-page document in which the company explains its reasons.
Microsoft: This is why worries about Activision are unfounded
In the Microsoft document dismisses all concerns expressed by the FTC, responding to all the points contested by the regulator. In particular FTC says acquisition of Activision Blizzard ‘would allow Microsoft to suppress competition’. The concern is that Activision owns some major gaming franchises (one of which is Call of Duty), and the acquisition would allow Xbox to obtain exclusivity on those titles. Hypothesis repeatedly rejected by Phil Spencer and other top Microsoft executives. A position also confirmed in the document presented today, which reads:
“Our industry is very competitive and there are few barriers to entry. Today, there are more platforms than ever before that allow gamers to access vast gaming possibilities. Development engines and tools are freely available to everyone, developers large and small. The choice of game distribution options has never been greater.”
Throughout the 37 pages there is also a statement by Brad Smith, president of Microsoft:
“While we are confident in the legitimacy of our positions, we are open to discussions with regulators to find creative solutions to preserve the competitiveness of the market, consumers and industry insiders. As demonstrated by our history, we never exclude ourselves from the possibility of finding compromises that can benefit everyone”
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Axa Private Equity, the buyout arm of the French insurer, is the latest investor to join the refinancing of Eurotunnel, the operator of the tunnel linking the UK and France, led by Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund.
After 10 months of negotiations, Eurotunnel last month agreed a restructuring agreement, which it is putting before shareholders on July 27 to avert bankruptcy proceedings.
Eurotunnel said Axa’s involvement was further proof of the plan’s potential. A spokesman for the company said: “Axa is a high calibre investor backing the plan. It is a step towards good news. It is also a reassuring sign for the retail shareholders, most of whom are French and who were concerned that the company was controlled by Anglo-Saxon investors and creditors.”
Under the plan Eurotunnel proposes to write off £3.3bn of its debt, or 54%, reducing its debt to €2.9bn. It will also issue listed hybrid notes, quasi-equity, to certain creditors for a nominal amount of £1bn, convertible from 2009 into equity.
The financial restructuring, if accepted, will be implemented through the incorporation of a new French parent company which will, in autumn 2006, launch an exchange offer, in the UK and France, to holders of Eurotunnel shares.
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Samsung has reportedly paid $30 million for Boxee, an Israeli startup which specialised in media streaming software and hardware.
While details of the deal have not been released, Boxee confirmed the deal has been completed with a statement on its website saying:
"We're pleased to announce that the Boxee team will be joining Samsung. Joining Samsung means we will be able to work on products that marry the best hardware and software in the TV space, products that will be used by tens of millions of people and will help to shape the future of TV."
Boxee started out six years ago as an off-shoot of the free and open source XBMC media centre software, claiming to be the first "social media center" allowing users to use various social networks to recommend and promote video content.
While Boxee had initially stated it wanted to see its software on as many third party devices as possible, it had recently changed focus to putting its software on its own hardware, such as the Boxee Box, a media steamer which allowed users to connect to there antennas as well as the internet.
However this purchase will likely mean the end of the Boxee Box and possibly the Boxee brand entirely with Samsung likely to integrate the Boxee interface into its range of smart TVs.
Samsung has been criticised widely for the user interface on its smart TVs and will be hoping that the well-liked Boxee interface will allow them a quick fix and let them catch up to the likes of Panasonic and Sony.
The company's most recent product was the Boxee TV/Cloud DVR storage service which allowed users to record broadcast HD content, but it wasn't a major success and those who did buy it will be further disappointed by news that the company plans on discontinuing the Cloud DVR service from 10 July.
"For Boxee users, we're working behind the scenes to ensure there's minimal impact to your devices. However, the beta Cloud DVR functionality we provided to certain Boxee TV users will be discontinued on July 10th. You will not have access to your existing recordings after that date. We realise many of you loved the service, and we're sorry it won't be available moving forward."
Lees than hoped for
Recent reports suggested that having failed to gain additional funding to the $26.5m it previously raised, Boxee in the last few months have been actively seeking a buyer. While the reported $30m purchase price will see investors get their money back, a source told VentureBeat last week that the price was less than Boxee had been hoping for.
With the market for smart TVs set to more than quadruple (according to figures from Informa Telecoms) in the next four years to over 220 million units per year, getting the user interface right will be key to keeping customers happy and more importantly loyal to your brand.
While some may see the acquisition of Boxee as an admission by Samsung that it has problems in this area, for Samsung's smart TV users it will come as welcome news.


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ADCS Press Release on the Transition Tax and GILTI: The Alliance For The Defence Of Canadian Sovereignty issued a press release on the impact of the “transition tax and GILTI” on people with tax residency in other countries. Although issued in November of 2017, it attracted a number of comments. These comments provide insight into how U.S. citizenship-based taxation damages people in other countries. Comments made in November 2017 (before the world heard about the transition tax)
The comments (from November of 2017 which is well before the Section 965 transition tax was understood) are here. Comments in September/October 2018
As described in this post, U.S. Treasury has been seeking comments about the Sec. 965 transition tax. The deadline for comments is October 9, 2018. You can read the comments here.
Comments that are particularly noteworthy are: From American Citizens Abroad – on behalf of all Americans abroad
— John Richardson – Counsellor for US persons abroad (@ExpatriationLaw) October 9, 2018
From James Gosart an individual
To: United States Department of the Treasury
Subject: Re: Proposed Regulations under Section 965 [REG 104226-18]
The transition tax is a killer for small American owned overseas businesses.
I am a small business owner of a consulting company in Hong Kong. Around the world, I’m sure there are thousands of small American business owners like me.
I formed the company in 2011 after spending more than 25 years based in China and Asia as an expat employee of a major US corporation. During the 7 years the company has been in operation, I have helped US companies and investors with their China and Asia strategies, ultimately growing their businesses in Asia and contributing to US based employment. My company paid corporate taxes annually in Hong Kong. I have now relocated to the US and I’m in the process of shutting the business down.
The new transition tax is so burdensome and complex that there is no way I would start such a business today. Nor would I recommend it to anyone else. For the US to decide to retroactively tax retained earnings of small US owned overseas businesses is so draconian and unprecedented that it will seriously impact the survival of countless numbers of such businesses. Even if a US owned overseas business is capable of making this payment, and many will not be able to, how can any business survive when faced with a 17.5% tax that their non-US owned competitors do not have? In addition, many thousands of Americans who use lawful local corporate entities as retirement savings vehicles will see their lifelong retirement savings decimated.
The Commerce Department has long estimated that for every $1 billion of business done by American business abroad 5,000 domestic US jobs are supported. Based on my own anecdotal experience I agree with that. No doubt the transition tax will cause thousands of American owned small businesses to close, or fail to start in the first place, will cause the loss of many thousands of US based American jobs, and will damage the lives of countless numbers of Americans living abroad.
I do not believe the transition tax for small business can be made fair or workable. It must simply be dropped altogether.
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Crowdfunding Company OurCrowd to Invest in New $30 Million Cannabis Fund
OurCrowd will collaborate with cannabis-focused early stage investment firm 7thirty on the new fund, which will operate globally, particularly in the U.S., Canada, and Israel
Jerusalem-based equity crowdfunding company OurCrowd Ltd. has agreed to invest in cannabis-focused early stage investment firm 7thirty Capital, the companies announced Wednesday. As part of the deal, the two companies will found a $30 million joint venture capital fund. OurCrowd will invest $10 million in the joint fund, according to one person familiar with the matter who spoke to Calcalist on condition of anonymity.
The fund will invest in companies that are developing cannabis-related technologies in the fields of digital health, agtech, retail, e-commerce, and software. The fund will operate globally, particularly in the U.S., Canada, and Israel, from 7thirty’s home office in Boulder, Colorado.
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PUBG Mobile might be a free game to download, but it is still managing to rake in lots of money. According to a report by Sensor Tower, the game was the top grossing mobile game worldwide in July 2020. The research firm notes that the game generated $208.8 million in user spending, which represented a 10.8 percent growth from July 2019. However, Sensor Tower also noted that a majority of the revenue (56.6%) was from the Chinese localization of the game called Game for Peace. The US and Saudi Arabia were its second and third biggest markets with a 10% and 5.6% respectively,
It should be noted that while the game was the top grossing mobile game overall, Sensor Tower notes wasn’t the top grossing game in either the app stores. In the Apple App store, the game was placed second, behind Honor of Kings, which is another game published by Tencent. It was placed ninth in the Google Play Store.
Interestingly, Sensor Tower’s report shows that Pokemon Go is still going strong even four years after its initial release. The game had the third and fourth highest revenue on the Play Store and App Store respectively for the month of July, leading to a fourth highest revenue overall.
It should be noted that PUBG Mobile may be leading in overall revenue, Garena Free Fire had higher earnings than it on the Google Play Store. Further Call of Duty: Mobile was nowhere on the list. However, that might change by next year as the game is fast gaining popularity. According to a previous report by Sensor Tower, the game crossed 250 million downloads in 265 days since launch. By comparison, PUBG Mobile had 236 million downloads in the same time frame.
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Vancouver-based Ritchie Bros. was established in 1958 and is now one of the largest auctioneers of heavy equipment worldwide. The firm has a strong global presence, operating from more than 15 countries and over 40 permanent locations. In addition to on-site auctions, Ritchie Bros. provides online auctioneering services, used to continue equipment auctions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The firm had more than 23,500 bidders registering from 58 countries for their first completely online auction. The auction from Ritchie Bros. Edmonton site saw the sale of over 10,700 items with a total gross transactional value in excess of CA$184M.
In a live online auction on the 9th of July and a timed online auction on the 10th of July Ritchie Bros. will sell a huge offering of heavy machinery and equipment from their Regina location. More than 980 lots feature in the sale, including equipment from the complete dispersal of Zou Farming Corp, V Sunshine Acres Ltd, thehayfarm.ca, Gene Hval and Allegiance Oilfield Services and Supply, and equipment from PAR Contracting Ltd, Gerald Trobert and G 5 Farms.
Assets include: 2018 Trailtech tilt deck equipment trailer; 2018 Vermeer bale processor; 2017 Mandako 3230 30 Ft vertical disc; 2016 Doepker 34 Ft tridem end dump trailer; 2016 New Holland square baler; 2015 Versatile RT490 combine; 2009 John Deere 9530 4WD tractor; 2013 Macdon M155 35 Ft swather; 2013 Peterbilt 388 sleeper truck tractor (T/A); 2013 Bourgault 3710 60 Ft air drill and much, much more. A large selection of unused equipment is also featured in the auction, including: 2020 Industrias America hydraulic box scraper; 2020 Industrias America rotary mower; 2020 Wolverine hydraulic skid steer brush cutter; 2020 Industrias America header transport and more.


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London’s phone boxes are going green!
Wondering what’s going to happen to all those phone booths now that mobile technology has taken over? London has a great answer – solar powered charging stations!
The stations are free to use, though advertisements are shown while you wait for your device to charge. The boxes are able to charge a variety of different device models – up to 100 a day – and can boost battery life 20% in 10 minutes.
Read the full article here: Phone boxes turn green to charge mobiles


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Noted Jefferies analyst, Peter Misek, said in a research note that the US International Trade Commission's injunction against the sale of the iPhone 4 could deprive Apple of as much as $US2 billion in revenue.
A U.S. trade judge has rejected Google's move to block the testimony of a Microsoft expert witness in the latter's 10-month dispute with Motorola over patents allegedly used by Android.
Google yesterday asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to block the testimony of a Microsoft expert witness in the latter's 10-month-old action against Motorola over patents allegedly used by Android.
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Realme recently started teasing the Coca-Cola phone on its India website. Now, Realme Vice President – Madhav Sheth has posted another teaser on his social media channels. The teaser posted by Mr Sheth showcases the reflection of a Coca-Cola can in the back panel of a smartphone, which is Realme 10 Pro. This hints that the company might launch the Realme 10 Pro Coca-Cola Edition in collaboration with the famous beverage company.
To recall, the design render of the upcoming Coca-Cola phone was leaked recently on the web. Based on the renders, some people claimed that the upcoming Coca-Cola phone will be a special edition of the Realme 10 4G. However, based on the latest teaser, it seems that claim wasn’t accurate. Take a look at Madhav’s tweet,
Cheers for real! pic.twitter.com/HMLxhHcQAP
— Madhav Sheth (@MadhavSheth1) January 27, 2023
To those unaware, the design render of the upcoming Coca-Cola phone was recently leaked which showcased the back panel of the device. Based on the leaked render, the Coca-Cola phone will come in a red colour option and will feature a dual-rear camera setup. Let us take a quick recap of Realme 10 Pro specifications and features.
The Realme 10 Pro offers a 120Hz refresh rate LCD display with a Full HD+ resolution and 680nits peak brightness. It is a 6.72-inch panel that makes room for selfie shooter inside a centered punch hole notch. The handset is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 processor and an Adreno 619 GPU. The smartphone packs up to 8GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB UFS 2.2 storage. The handset comes pre-loaded with Android 13 based Realme UI 4.0.
The Realme 10 Pro packs a dual-rear camera setup that includes a 108MP primary shooter and a 2MP portrait lens. The smartphone makes use of a 16MP front shooter for video calls and selfies. The handset comes equipped with a 5000mAh battery unit. It supports 33W SuperVOOC charging over a Type-C port. On security front, it has been equipped with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.
The Realme 10 Pro retails in Nebula Blue, Hyperspace Gold, and Dark Matter colour options. It measures 163.7 × 74.2 × 8.1mm and weighs 190 grams. The handset offers a stereo speaker setup and sports a 3.5mm audio jack. The Realme 10 Pro comes in 6GB + 128GB and 8GB + 128GB configuration options, that are priced at Rs 18,999 and Rs 19,999 respectively.
The micro-site for the upcoming Realme smartphone has already gone live on the India website. We can expect the brand to announce the launch date for the Coca-Cola phone shortly.
What do you think of the idea of the Coca-Cola edition of the Realme 10 Pro? Do let us know in the comments section below.


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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese messaging app operator Line Corp <3938.T> announced on Wednesday it swung to a full-year net profit on the back of growth in advertising revenue, although operating profit undershot forecasts due to higher operating costs and payment settlement issues.
Line, Japan’s most popular instant messaging service which went public in the world’s biggest tech IPO of 2016, posted a net profit of 7.56 billion yen ($66.49 million) for the year ended Dec. 31, compared to a loss of 7.58 billion yen in the previous year.
The company, controlled by South Korea’s Naver Corp. <035420.KS>, generates most of its income from advertisements, mobile games featuring cuddly animals, and emoticon “stickers” which adorn messages.
Annual operating profit surged 10-fold from the previous year to 19.90 billion yen, boosted by growth in ad revenues, which jumped more than 50 percent in the fourth quarter alone.
But operating profit came in 17 percent lower than analyst forecasts for 23.91 billion yen according to a mean estimate from Thomson Reuters. Net profit was also lower than forecasts for a profit of 8.84 billion yen.
The company said that it had yet to settle some payments for its gaming and sticker content in the three months to December, resulting in a 678 million yen hit to quarterly operating income.
Increased hiring lifted operating expenses as Line expands its workforce, and these costs also capped operating profit in the fourth quarter. The company said it expected such costs would continue into the first quarter of 2017, although it still expected to post an operating profit during the period.
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IBM unveils new watsonx, AI and data platform
International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) on Tuesday launched watsonx, a new artificial intelligence and data platform to help companies integrate AI in their Business.
The new AI platform launch comes over a decade after IBM's software called Watson got attention for winning the game show Jeopardy. IBM at the time said Watson could “learn” and process human language. But Watson's high cost at the time made it a challenge for companies to use, according to Reuters reporting.
Fast forward a decade, chatbot ChatGPT's overnight success is making AI adoption at companies a focus, and IBM is looking to grab new Business. This time, the lower cost of implementing the large language AI models means the chances of success are high, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna told Reuters ahead of the company's annual Think conference.
"When something becomes 100 times cheaper, it really sets up an attraction that's very, very different," said Krishna. "The first barrier to create the model is high, but once you've done that, to adapt that model for a hundred or a thousand different tasks is very easy and can be done by a non-expert."
Krishna said AI could reduce certain back office jobs at IBM in the coming years. "That doesn't mean the total employment decreases," he said about some media reports talking about IBM pausing hiring for thousands of jobs that AI could replace.
Also read: Google plans to upgrade search with AI chat, video clips
"That gives the ability to plow a lot more investment into value-creating activities...We hired more people than were let go because we're hiring into areas where there is a lot more demand from our clients."
He added that IBM was also embracing a more open ecosystem and partnering with open-source AI software development hub Hugging Face and others.
IBM said companies can use the watsonx platform to train and deploy AI models, automatically generate code using natural language and use various large language models built for different purposes such as chemical creation or climate change modeling.
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U.S. stocks opened mixed Friday after a reading from the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge showed that the cost of living is still running hot. The blue-chip gauge Dow Jones Industrial Average
rose 0.5% soon after the opening bell, while the S&P 500
gained 0.1% and technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite
dropped less than 0.1%, according to FactSet data, at last check. U.S. inflation measured by the personal-expenditures-consumption index rose 0.3% in September for an unchanged annual rate of 6.2%, according to a Bureau of Economic Analysis report Friday. Core PCE, which excludes energy and food prices, climbed 0.5% last month, bringing its annual rate to 5.1%, from 4.9% in August.
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- Elden Ring, the latest game by FromSoftware could be the developer's most successful launch.
- Elden Ring is one of the fastest-selling games, and one of the biggest launches in UK, even outsold Aloy's latest adventure 2.5 time.
- Elden Ring is doing well outside of UK as well.
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Live picture leaks of the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge scoring 134K on AnTuTu?84
While U.S. and Chinese consumers will be receiving the version of the phone packed with the Snapdragon 820 chipset, the rest of the world will have the Exynos 8890 SoC under the hood. It isn't certain which chip is powering the phone in the photo.
The Galaxy S7 edge will feature a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display, carrying a 1440 x 2560 QHD resolution. 4GB of RAM will be inside. On the back, we expect to find a 12MP BRITECELL camera. A 3600mAh battery is expected to keep the lights on.
Both the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge are due to be unveiled on February 21st at the Samsung Unpacked 2016 event that is being held the day before the MWC opens in Barcelona.
While the photo looks genuine, we still suggest taking the image (and the AnTuTu score) with the proverbial grain of salt.
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Sony's loss in the Australian Sony v Stevens case.
"Brendan Scott of Open Source Law, the lawyer who keeps Groklaw up-to-date on
legal events in Australia, sent me some news. Here's his email, which he
gave me permission to share with you:I'm sure you'll be interested in this.
The High Court of Australia (Australia's equivalent of the US Supreme Court)
has issued a press release in the Sony v Stevens case. The case relates to
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The world’s most popular anonymous, decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency, has had its ups and downs, but now that Bitcoin ATMs will become a reality, its prevalence will definitely change.
Robocoin, the world’s first Bitcoin ATM, went live on October 29 in a coffee shop from Vancouver, Canada. Unlike the Lamassu Bitcoin ATM about which I wrote a few months ago, the ATM made by Robocoin can convert fiat currency to Bitcoin and vice versa. The intention of this ATM manufacturer is to place more of these in Canada and if everything goes as planned, a global expansion shouldn’t surprise anyone. In fact, the company’s blog mentions that Robocoin has received inquiries from more than 20 regions including Australia, Czech Republic, Kenya, Ireland, the Philippines and Thailand.
On its blog, the company also expresses the enthusiasm of putting together the world’s first Bitcoin ATM: “We are incredibly passionate about the product we’ve put together. Robocoin will be the easiest, quickest, most convenient way to both buy and sell bitcoin ever. Say goodbye to pesky bank wires, archaic verification processes, and weeks of waiting time to get money converted. Using only the best bank grade hardware, Robocoin is capable of instantly handling transactions in the thousands of dollars. Not only does this provide incredible convenience for Bitcoin owners, but this also has the potential to change the entire remittance industry.”
As we’re dealing with valuable cryptocurrency here, several strict security measures had to be taken. The Robocoin ATM employs biometric authentication in order to prevent multiple deposits and money laundering. After getting the palm scanned, users can either sell or buy Bitcoin at the current exchange rate. There are limits for both types of transactions, though. For example, people can buy Bitcoins worth a maximum of $3,000 Canadian dollars a day or sell Bitcoins worth $800 CAD.
I keep hearing funny reports about people who bought Bitcoins a few years ago, only to discover recently that these are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. For example, Kristoffer Koch, a Norwegian guy who bought 5,000 Bitcoins worth $26,50 back in 2009 has discovered that his forgotten investment has now an estimated value of $886,000. Considering that’s the price of an apartment in a good area of Oslo, that’s one helluva return of investment.
The following video is of Robocoin, the Bitcoin ATM placed in Vancouver. The background music is pretty irritating, so you should mute it.
If you liked this post, please check the Lamassu Bitcoin ATM that accepts fiat currency and returns cryptocurrency, and this video of the man behind Bitcoin.


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Chrysler is not alone in trying to keep others from stepping on elements of its iconic "Imported from Detroit" Super Bowl ad.
Eminem, who proudly touted his gritty home town in the ad, is trying to stop Audi from using an unauthorized interpretation of his Lose Yourself -- the heartbeat of the Chrysler ad -- in an ad showing a 2012 Audi A6 Avant wagon cruising the streets of Berlin.
Eight Mile Style, the Ferndale, Mich.-based company that handles his song licensing, sued in Germany a few weeks ago and this week, filed a motion in a German court this week to quash the ad.
Since imitation in advertising is as common, and hard to fight, as it is in TV sit-coms or movies -- and one thing the Audi ad doesn't clone is the trademark Detroit tagline -- Chrysler has taken no legal action. But we'd guess it's not unhappy that Eight Mile is giving Audi a hard time.
We've included the video above. The Chrysler ad is below. Drive On thinks it proves again that -- also as with sit-coms or movies -- sequels are a bad idea. What do you think?
Chris Woodyard is an auto writer for USA TODAY who covers all aspects of motoring. He revels in the exhaust note of a Maserati and the sharp creases of a Cadillac CTS. Chris strives to live a Porsche life on a Scion budget. More about Chris


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Governors of U.S. states frequently lead trade delegations to Japan, but rarely do they get the sort of reception being given to California's governor this week. But the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is going straight to the top. On Friday he met with Japan's prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, whose country is the biggest foreign investor in the Golden State.
Although they have difficulty pronouncing his family name, nearly everyone in Japan knows his face. Arnold Schwarzenegger's action movies and television commercials for noodles and beer have made him a celebrity here for years.
Now he is a hawking a new product - the state of California.
Mr. Schwarzenegger is leading a four-day, 57-member trade delegation to Japan, which kicked off with a buffet of California food and wine at a posh Tokyo hotel on Thursday evening.
"Come to California. I invite all of you to California and I can guarantee you that you will fall in love with our great state," he said. " And before you go back home you will be saying 'I'll be back.'"
While Governor Schwarzenegger delivered the punch lines, his supporting cast of officials and business leaders mingled with hundreds of Japanese travel agents, food importers and other business people.
The California delegation sees increased tourism and exports as one way to help overcome the state's fiscal crisis. California's budget shortfall for next year is estimated to run as high as seven billion dollars.
Tourism from Japan has been declining since the 1990s. The development director for the California Travel and Tourism Commission, Terry Selk, hopes the former Mr. Universe can pump up those numbers.
"The fact that he has made a dedicated trip to Japan specifically to focus on supporting tourism and food and agriculture is more than we could have ever envisioned when he first came into office," he said.
The actor turned Republican Party politician also is starring in a new T.V. commercial to market California to the Japanese.
For those who choose not to venture across the Pacific, the state is hoping they will get a taste of California, literally.
California already sells annually about $1 billion worth of food products to Japan. The state's agriculture secretary, A.G. Kawamura, a descendant of Japanese immigrants, hopes to increase exports to his grandparents' homeland.
"This is our first chance to actually get on the road and sell California," he said. "We use this concept 'Buy California, California Grown.' This is, for us, an exciting chance to really get out, tell the story of the three hundred commodities that California grows."
Governor Schwarzenegger on Friday made his pitch to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Following the meeting, the governor said they discussed such topics as environmental issues and increasing trade of Japanese high-technology goods and California farm products.
The Japanese media has speculated that on this trip the former actor is eager to flex his diplomatic muscles and show he has what it takes to be president of the United States.
But for the Austrian-born politician to run for that office, the U.S. Constitution would need to be amended to allow naturalized citizens to become president - a move he favors.


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Abbott Nutrition, which exacerbated a baby formula deficiency in the United States when it temporarily shut down a Michigan plant in February due to the presence of bacteria, said it had stopped production at the plant again, this time due to flooding during a severe storm.
The agency said Wednesday it was forced to stop production of its Elcare special formula at Sturges, Mich, one of Abbott’s five production sites, after severe weather passed through southwestern Michigan on Monday and parts of the plant were flooded.
The company said it was assessing the damage and cleaning up the plant, which would delay production and distribution for several weeks, but that EleCare and most of its specialty and metabolic formulas had an adequate supply to meet demand until new formulas became available.
“These products are being rolled out to consumers in need, in coordination with healthcare professionals,” it said.
Robert M. Caliph, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, said the agency was informed of the stoppage but did not expect it to have much of an impact due to the increase in production, along with formula imports by Abbott and other manufacturers.
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- Understand the deficit: With so few companies making baby formula for the U.S. market, the closure of the Abbott Laboratories plant had a major impact.
- Premature infants: Many newborns who spend time in NICU rely on special formulas for improvement after coming home. Their guardians are nowhere to be found as the shortage continues.
- Pumping for reasons: In New York City, the shortage has prompted a massive volunteer effort, with some mothers donating extra breast milk to help other parents.
- An emotional toll: Deficiencies are forcing many new moms to tighten themselves up to breastfeed, with some even looking for ways to start again after stopping.
“While this is an unfortunate setback and a reminder that unforeseen natural weather events can disrupt the supply chain, I want to reassure consumers that the government’s work to increase supply means we will have enough products to meet current demand.” He said in a statement on Twitter.
The storm disrupted electricity and caused wind damage, the Stargis Journal reported, and 1.5 inches of rain was recorded at the city’s municipal airport.
The stoppage at the plant was the latest turning point in the US infant formula shortage, which began earlier this year, when epidemic-related supply chain problems, including some material deficiencies, made it difficult for parents to find formula.
In February, problems escalated when Abbott withdrew batches of its Similac, Alimentum and EleCare formulas and shut down the Sturges facility after receiving four consumer complaints of bacterial infections related to FDA formulas. The three allegations are Chronobacter sacchazi, a bacterium that can cause serious, life-threatening infections or inflammation of the membranes that protect the brain and spinal cord.
At least two children have died, though Abbott said there was no evidence that the source had caused any known child illness.
After the shutdown, Abbott said it had increased production at other manufacturing plants in the United States and one in Ireland.
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Abbott and other producers are increasing production because the government has simplified import regulations. “This means that the total amount of formula available, even before the Sturges plant returns to production, exceeds the formula demand before withdrawal,” said Dr. Calif, FDA commissioner.
On June 4, Abbott said it had resumed production of Elecare at the Sturges plant for the expected release to customers around June 20 and was “working hard” to resume production of Similac and other sources. However, the time after the flood seems to be unclear.
“Once the plant is re-sanitized and production resumes, we will resume production of EleCare, then follow the specialization and metabolic formulas,” the company said in a statement late Wednesday. “In parallel, we will work to resume Similac production at the plant as soon as possible.”
The shortage of child sources was a threat to political and public health. President Biden called for the Defense Production Act to increase production and approved the use of Defense Department planes for the “Operation Fly Formula.”
In May, the first in a series of international shipments of baby formula under the program was shipped to the United States to speed up imports and start getting stocks in stores. The seventh consignment took place on Thursday when the Nestle source was sent from Switzerland to Louisville, Kai, the White House said.


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LONGi has announced that it has supplied 9MWp of its high-efficiency modules for a project at the Proton Tanjung Malim car manufacturing plant in Malaysia, a site invested and owned by MFP Solar and executed by Pekat Solar, a leading Malaysian solar investor & EPC.
The plant now boasts the country’s largest car canopy, covering an area of 23.4 acres, with Proton’s motor pool car park providing parking spaces for 2,880 cars as a transit point for vehicles produced at Tanjung Malim, prior to being distributed to dealers and outlets nationwide.
As the project investor, MFP Solar provided a CAPEX-free solution enabling Proton to save on its utility payments and enhance its low-carbon image.
With the project deploying LONGi Hi-MO 4 bifacial modules, the system is expected to generate up to 25% of the power consumed at the plant, eliminating an annual 11 tons of carbon emissions.
MFP Solar Director Goh Chin san commented: “We are proud to complete such a landmark project in Malaysia, and delighted to see a conglomerate like Proton recognising the value of solar PV, the decreasing cost of solar energy generated now providing a sound investment opportunity for commercial and industrial owners in the region.”
“We are happy to have cooperated with Pekat Solar in delivering a remarkable project,” added Dennis She, Vice President at LONGi Group. “LONGi aims to provide high efficiency products to help corporates fulfill their low-carbon commitments and will continue to provide great value for partners around the globe.”


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Pig producers have backed the Co-op's calls for the UK's biggest retailers to do more to issue support to the sector after the supermarket unveiled a £19m pledge.
The Co-op is spending £19m on a new pricing model designed to help farmers manage rising production costs by linking the price to the cost of production, rather than the market price for pigs.
The UK's fifth biggest food retailer said it will be reviewed monthly to ensure that the price remains reflective of the costs farmers are facing.
Pig farmers have been facing historically high feed costs even before Christmas, which has now been exacerbated by the conflict in Ukraine.
As a result, many UK farmers are suffering significant losses, and some tragically have been forced to close their farms.
Co-op, which is seen as a major supporter of the pig sector, said its new pricing model will see it go even further by moving away from the SPP to offer its farmers a fairer price.
And earlier this week, Tesco, the UK's largest retailer, unveiled it is spending an extra £6.6 million on pig prices.
But the Co-op is now urging other retailers to 'go the whole hog’ and support the UK pig sector by shifting their sourcing policies to British produced pork.
It has a market share of 6%, but said its support outstrips any of the big four retailers combined, which have a combined market share of almost 70%.
Matt Hood, co-managing director of Co-op Food, said: “Some of the support for the sector is too little but it’s not too late for supermarkets to do their bit to help more British farmers.
"Switching to UK produced pork is the strongest commitment retailers can give to UK farmers at a time when the sector is experiencing unprecedented spiralling costs.
“Co-op is a longstanding and leading supporter of British farming and our new pricing model will see us go even further."
The National Pig Association (NPA) welcomed the announcement, calling the retailer a 'loyal supporter' of British pig producers.
Rob Mutimer, NPA Chairman, said: “Most of the big retailers have now acted in some way to inject more money into the supply chain.
"But while the price increases are very welcome, with wheat having reached £350/tonne this week, they are still not matching soaring input costs."
However, with the SPP currently at 173p/kg and average costs estimated to be in excess of 230p/kg, while the price increases are welcome, Mr Mutimer said they need to go further.
"The reality is that our beleaguered pig producers remain under huge pressure and, in many cases, are battling just to survive from week to week. We still need to see more from some retailers.
"As our industry fights for survival, we urge all the big supermarket chains to always prioritise British pork where they can," he added.


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According to its latest report on Southeast Asia, HSBC said Thailand will benefit the most from China's reopening. It said further that tourism in Vietnam was also expected to perform well as Chinese tourists account for some 30% of international arrivals to the country.
This month Khanh Hoa Province is expected to have nine charter flights which will bring Chinese visitors to Vietnam after a 3-year suspension due to the pandemic.
Hotels in Hoi An, in the central province of Quang Nam, have also received bookings from Chinese tourists.
Regarding trade, since 2020 ASEAN has surpassed the E.U. to become China's largest trading partner. Last year Vietnam was one of three Southeast Asian countries, along with Indonesia and Malaysia, reporting increases in exports to China.
Vietnam is also benefiting from more favorable trade ties with China because exports no longer have to undergo strict Covid testing.
Concerning FDI, Japan and South Korea are the leading countries in terms of pouring capital into manufacturing in ASEAN states, but China has quickly caught up with Japan to become the largest source of FDI in the region.
Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand have all seen sharp increases in Chinese FDI in production, which previously focused on real estate investment.
Goertek and Luxshare, two of Apple's three main suppliers (besides Taiwan's Foxconn), have poured an additional capital of $400 million and $306 million respectively into expanding production in Vietnam.
This is part of Apple's ongoing expansion in Vietnam, with the most recent move being the relocation of the MacBook supply chain to the country, which is expected to begin production in mid-2023.
HSBC forecast that Chinese direct investment in manufacturing in ASEAN counties in general, and Vietnam in particular, will continue to grow in the near future.
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ARC Pay API Introduced to Support an Evolving Travel Industry
ARLINGTON, Va – August 21, 2019 – Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) announced today the release of the ARC Pay platform, a consolidation of the company’s current payment solutions with the addition of a newly-released API. The platform provides customers with enhanced, flexible capabilities for accepting credit card payments to support their growth strategies as the travel industry evolves to enable omnichannel retailing.
The ARC Pay platform includes TASF, rebranded as ARC Pay GDS, and Agent’s Choice, rebranded as ARC Pay Hub. The ARC Pay GDS and ARC Pay Hub products continue to offer the same convenience, flexibility and streamlined workflow to efficiently process customer credit card payments without the need for additional user training.
The platform also incorporates ARC Pay API, a new payment product extension that extends automated credit card acceptance abilities to third-party integrators and travel industry organizations, including agencies.
“ARC’s payment products continue to enable travel agencies to remain competitive in the rapidly changing industry landscape,” said Joseph Cavanagh, ARC’s director of payment products. “This consolidation and expansion of our payment products platform affirms ARC’s ongoing commitment to support the myriad of new omnichannel distribution strategies ARC’s customers are pursuing.”
For almost 25 years, travel agencies of all sizes have trusted ARC to process credit card transactions securely. ARC Pay GDS, available within all GDS platforms, is integrated into ARC’s settlement system, providing convenient, accurate processing and reporting at competitive rates without the need for multiple merchant accounts.
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They're cheesy and uncomfortable looking, but they do say 'The Hobbit' on the side, so that's something.
The folks at RealD have come up with new glasses themed around 'The Hobbit,' which is due out this winter. Apparently they're headed straight to theaters instead of to retailers, but there's no indication as to their exact purpose.
The glasses are, well, dorky as hell. They're supposed to look like "hammer forged steel" but they look, as you might imagine, like plastic. They also look sharp and uncomfortable, though time will tell.
Source: Electronic House
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