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At the release time, manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) for the basic version of 2019 Dodge Charger Hellcat is found to be ~ $29,090, while the most expensive one is ~ $68,740.
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text: According to Digital Equipment Corp, Intel has agreed to continue supplying DEC with Pentium chips at least until the fourth quarter. Intel had claimed that DEC’s current purchase order ran out in the third quarter. Intel declined to comment on the supply arrangement. The supply is a major concern for DEC, as it sold some $2.2bn worth of Intel-based computers in 1996, which represents over a quarter of its total revenues. DEC told Reuters that its product agreement with Intel ran through 1999 and it did not expect any interruptions.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks dipped a bit Friday, the last trading day of the third quarter, with Wall Street relieved about solid readings on the economy but cautious ahead of October’s corporate earnings reports.
The market’s losses were small, thanks to positive reports on consumer spending, construction spending, inflation and Midwest manufacturing. Though strong economic data might lower the chance that the Federal Reserve will further reduce rates, the tame inflation measure kept hopes of a rate cut alive.
Last week the Fed, reacting to August’s tightening credit and plunging stocks, helped restore confidence in the financial markets by decreasing the federal funds rate target by a half point to 4.75 percent. The central bank’s rate decrease, the first in four years, helped the major stock indexes finish in positive territory for the quarter.
“A second Fed cut will go a long way in reassuring the stock market that the worst is over. The focus going forward will be whether the Fed is going to lower rates to shore this up, or decide the risk of inflation is too high,” said Janna Sampson, director of portfolio management at Oakbrook Investments.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers shrugged off a rash of bad news to spend more than expected in August while a key measure of inflation eased to the slowest pace in 3½ years. Construction activity also rose above expectations.
The Commerce Department reported Friday that consumer spending rose by 0.6 percent in August, the best showing in four months and better than the 0.4 percent increase that had been expected. Incomes rose by 0.3 percent, slightly lower than had been expected.
A closely watched gauge of inflation was up just 1.8 percent in August, compared to the same period a year ago, the smallest increase since a similar rise in February 2004.
In another report, construction spending posted a surprising 0.2 percent gain in August as strength in non-residential construction offset a continued plunge in home building. Analysts had been forecasting that overall construction spending would fall by 0.2 percent.
• About 21,000 Mini Zooper doll strollers, manufactured in China by Lan Enterprises, are being recalled because a child’s finger can become caught in the stroller’s rectangular metal clip or the black plastic side hinge, possibly causing a fingertip to be severed. The strollers also pose an entrapment hazard. Pottery Barn Kids, which sold the doll strollers from October 2005 through June 2007, has received three reports of serious lacerations, including one report of a 2-year-old boy’s fingertip being severed. For details, call 888-367-0144 or visit http://www.potterybarnkids.com or http://www.cpsc.gov.
• About 80,000 X-15 flying model rockets, manufactured in China by Estes-Cox Corp., are being recalled because the product’s side or engine retainer ring can separate and cause the rocket to fall without the nose cone separating and the parachute deploying, posing a risk of an impact injury to those nearby. The company has received one report of a consumer who was struck in the arm and required surgery. The company has also received seven reports of the side or engine retainer ring separating and the nose and parachute failing to release and 25 reports of the retainer ring being lost during flight. The products, sold nationwide from June 2005 through July 2007, have the number 66670 on the tail. For details, call 800-576-5811 or visit http://www.estesrockets.com or http://www.cpsc.gov.
DOVER — Chef/owner Chris Kozlowski, better known as “Koz,” of the Orchard Street Chop Shop, was voted overwhelmingly last Wednesday to become the 2008 vice-chairman of restaurants for the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association.
This position will make him chairman of the board of the association in 2010, one of the most powerful non-political positions in the state of New Hampshire.
In a statement made by Kozlowski, he said, “I am very excited and flattered that they voted for me for this position,” he said. “Over the last year, there have been many laws that I have been negotiating with lawmakers in Concord about.
“These laws had both positive and negative affects on our industry,” the Dover chef said. “I am going to embrace this position and continue to fight for the restaurants and lodging establishments here in New Hampshire.”
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Singaporean Fintech Startup in Fintech Global 250 Listby Company Announcement July 10, 2017
CB Insights named Funding Societies to the prestigious Fintech 250, a select group of emerging private companies working on groundbreaking financial technology.
CB Insights CEO and co-founder, Anand Sanwal, revealed the Fintech 250 companies during The Future of Fintech, a gathering of the world’s largest financial institutions, best fintech startups, and most active venture investors.
“The financial services industry will see more change in the next 10 years than it has in the last 100. And that transformation is being driven by a group of smart insurgent startup companies. The Fintech 250 are the most promising of these insurgents. They are bringing emerging technologies and business models to financial services that will permanently change the way we handle money and do business,”
said CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal.
said Funding Societies co-founder Kelvin Teo.
“Funding Societies currently serves Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, where it is known as Modalku, or My Capital in Bahasa. While each country is vastly different and requires us to rethink from scratch, it is a region we’re passionate in. We believe technology advancement in financial services can truly benefit societies here.”
The CB Insights research team selected the Fintech 250 companies based on several factors including data submitted by the companies and the company’s Mosaic Score. The Mosaic Score, based on CB Insights’ National Science Foundation-funded algorithm, measures the overall health and growth potential of private companies. Through this evidence-based, statistically-driven approach, the Mosaic Score can help predict a company’s momentum, market health and financial viability.
Together with companies such as Stripe, Ant Financial Services, Funding Circle, Dianrong and Robinhood, Funding Societies is being recognized for its innovative technology in front of an audience of 1000 senior executives from around the world and news outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Reuters and Bloomberg.
Founded at the tunnels of Harvard Business School, Funding Societies is led by Harvard and Stanford graduates from Southeast Asia, and is comprised of a team of local industry veterans. It focuses on the under-served SMEs looking for loans, and the under-served retail investors seeking investment opportunities.
Shortly after its fundraising from Sequoia India, Funding Societies has grown to become one of the largest platforms in Southeast Asia. It recently has also picked up several awards including the FinTech Award from the Singapore regulator MAS, the Best Customer Experience Award from Retail Banker International and the Digital Innovation Award from Warta Ekonomi Indonesia.
Quick facts on the Fintech 250:
- These 250 emerging private companies have raised $14B across 240 deals in 2016.
- Applications of their technology include breakthroughs in insurance, lending, payments, human resources, real estate, and muc
- Ribbit Capital has backed 17 of the Fintech 250 companies, while Andreesen Horowitz and Goldman Sachs backed 9.
- Twenty-three Fintech 250 companies have reached a valuation of $1B or more.
- 23 countries are represented among the Fintech 250 companies.
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Earlier this month, a research report from BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk concluded that the HTC Thunderbolt was outselling the Verizon iPhone. This report was based on anecdotal evidence gathered from sales employees and their impressions of which handset was selling faster. Needless to say, the methodology behind this analysis led us to be skeptical of these results; as it turns out, that skepticism was well-founded.
During Verizon's earnings conference call, the wireless carrier confirmed it sold 2.2 million iPhones in the six weeks the handset was available on the network. The carrier also confirmed the 4G-enabled HTC Thunderbolt sold 260,000 in the two weeks it was available. On average, then, Verizon was selling about 360,000 iPhones and 130,000 Thunderbolts per week.
This is a whopping 230K difference in units sold that favors the iPhone. If you stretch out the Thunderbolt sales to six weeks and assume sales continue at the rate noted above (not necessarily the case, as sales would tend to spike at the beginning of the window and trend down, but giving the Thunderbolt the benefit of the doubt), Verizon would have sold 2.2M iPhones and only 780K HTC Thunderbolt handsets.


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HANOVER, Md. (WUSA9) -- Anne Arundel County police say a woman faces multiple charges after she stole boots from a store and then pepper sprayed the store manager when she was confronted about the theft.
Police tell us it all started at approximately 3:34 p.m. Sunday at the Off Broadway Shoes at 7000 Arundel Mills Circle in Hanover.
According to police,Cierra Scottstole a pair of boots from the store. She was confronted outside of the store inside of the mall by the store manager. Scott is accused of then pulling acan of pepper spray from her purse and spraying the manager. Police say between 25 and 30 other people in the mall were affected by the spray.
Polce tell us Scottfled until confronted by the loss prevention officer outside of the mall. Then, according to police, shethreatened the officer with a small knife. He was able todisarm her before she sprayed him with the pepper spray, say police. Police tell us the officer was able to disarm her again and used the pepper spray against her. Scott was then taken into custody.
Anne Arundel County Fire personnel treated all but one of the people affected by the spray at the scene, according to police. One store employeewas taken to Baltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC) for treatment.Scott was also taken to BWMC for treatment for exposure to the pepper spray, say police.
Police say Scott, who is 24 years old and from Baltimore,was charged with robbery, theft, reckless endangerment, and numerous counts of second degree assault.


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Wal-Mart to Implement Temporary Price Drop for Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Bundle
There’s a good chance that Wal-Mart might be making a price drop for the Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle for $249.99 ($50 off). As part of their Rollback ad in their magazine, the price drop is expected to happen on August 28th through September 5th.
It was verified that not only was this a Wal-Mart only deal, but it was Wal-Mart’s decision to make this deal, which confirms that this is not Microsoft’s reaction to PlayStation 3’s recent price drop or Microsoft’s decision at all.
Walmart made an independent decision to implement this temporary price cut. We’ve made no announcements about price drops, and do not discuss our pricing plans in advance. Xbox is the number-one selling console in the U.S. for 13 of the past 14 months, and is showing record growth. With an incredible line-up of games and entertainment, we’re expecting the biggest year in Xbox history as the best-selling console worldwide.


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Middlemen and agents have contributed to the high prices of fuel in the country, Zambia Micro and Small Scale Traders Cooperative Foundation (ZAMAST) has observed.
Written by Francois on July 25, 2020
ZAMAST Muchinga Province Coordinator, Josephat Chitimbwa, said in an interview that Government should instead start trading directly with suppliers.
He said trading direct with suppliers or Government to Government would cut on some expenses and result in affordable prices of oil products.
Mr Chitimbwa said fuel was an important commodity as it was one of the drivers of the economy.
“We would like to call on Government to cut off agents and middlemen in the procurement of oil, these agents who pose as suppliers are into business and would want to make profits.” He said
“Therefore, Government incur extra costs by dealing with them as opposed to dealing directly with the sources.” he said.
He said the country was undergoing economic difficulties and hence the need to ensure that unnecessary costs were avoided.
Mr Chitimbwa said Government should cut on the number of companies procuring goods and services even on the other sectors so as to reduce on expenses.
“Fuel is an important commodity in the economy and high cost of fuel results in high cost of doing business.” He said.
Government should find means of ensuring that prices are reduced such as cutting off agents and middlemen and use of cheaper means of transport such as Tazara,” Mr Chitimbwa said.


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Cut? What cut? Despite all the talk of a taper, the Fed has decided to leave its asset purchase program entirely in place. The announcement is moving futures higher this morning, following record closes on the Dow and S&P yesterday. Meanwhile, markets to our east have been hitting five-year highs today.
All this comes after Ben Bernanke announced QE3 will remain totally intact. Bernanke says, "With unemployment still elevated and inflation projected to run below the Committee’s longer-run objective, the Committee is continuing its highly accommodative policies. The Committee recognizes that inflation persistently below its objective could pose risks to economic September performance, and we will continue to monitor inflation developments closely."
So, what exactly happened, when a taper of some sort seemed almost certain? Watch Lauren Lyster and Yahoo Finance Senior Columnist Mike Santoli discuss the matter in the video above.
Breaking news: Weekly jobless claims released right as we started streaming live to you at 8:30. The Labor Department says there were 309,000 new jobless claims last week. Estimates were for around 330,000 claims. The prior week's number had been the lowest in seven years, but that's because a computer glitch left thousands of claims uncounted.
Now a brief look at some other headlines this morning: JPMorgan (JPM) will reportedly pay $900-milion in fines for the London Whale trading scandal, which is more than prior estimates. The official announcement could come today; BlackBerry (BBRY) is preparing to lay off up to 40% of its staff before year's end: Google (GOOG) is considering a plan to stop using cookies in favor of system that would track users instead; Grand Theft Auto has set a record for the franchise, racking up more than $800-million in sales when the game debuted Tuesday.
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Priceline (PCLN) has crossed a big line. The stock briefly topped $1,000 a share yesterday in the 3pm hour, after the Fed announced there'd be no taper. Priceline stock is up 56-percent year-to-date.
Food giant ConAgra (CAG) has just come out with an earnings miss. The company posted adjusted profits of 37-cents a share, 2-cents below estimates. Revenue was also about $90-million below expectations. The company is citing soft sales, plus changes in merchandising. There is also what it calls a significant investment in new products being attributed to the disappointment. ConAgra is up 7% this year. That's in spite of an 8% drop over the past month.
Also reporting this morning is Rite Aid (RAD) which came in with a healthy beat. The drug store chain swung to a profit of 3-cents. Expectations were for a loss of 4-cents. Rite Aid also beat on revenue which hit $6.3-billion. Even ahead of this report, the stock was up 165%year-to-date and trading at its highest level in 5 1/2 years.
Microsoft (MSFT) is holding an analyst meeting today. There will be plenty to discuss at the event: the company's share buyback program announced two days ago, the effort to replace CEO Steve Ballmer, and the recent purchase of Nokia's handset unit. Microsoft shares are up 21-percent year-to-date.


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Hewlett-Packard is widely reported to be close to buying intrusion detection security software company ArcSight for $1.5bn.
HP has been negotiating to buy ArcSight since it was put up for sale late last month, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Journal says a deal could be announced as early as today (13 September), but the situation is still fluid and could fall apart.
HP's interest in ArcSight suggests that Intel's recent $6.8bn acquisition of security firm McAfee will herald a consolidation in the crowded security market, according to the Financial Times.
The paper said HP competitors Cisco Systems and IBM had already made acquisitions in security with a view to integrating them into services, because security is increasingly being considered a critical part of the decision-making process when ordering other goods or services.


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New York Kicks Off Storage Incentive Program, Allocating $280 Million Worth of Funding
The New York State Energy Research and Development Agency on April 25 announced a funding opportunity for two categories of projects as part of the state’s $400 million investment to attain the ambitious goal of deploying 3 gigawatts of storage by 2030. The state is making available $150 million for bulk storage projects comprising installations over 5 megawatts that mainly provide wholesale market or distribution services. The remaining $130 million will support retail projects made up of customer sited systems below 5 megawatts deployed as standalone facilities or paired with solar installations.
Bulk storage projects can avail the funding as a fixed incentive amount that declines each year through 2025, or a utility bulk storage request for proposals scheduled to be issued later this year. The retail incentive allocation will cover two regions — New York City and the rest of the state, but exclude Long Island — with amounts set to decrease over time based on market activity by sector and region.
The New York Public Service Commission announced $40 million last November to support storage-paired solar projects. In December, the commission authorized a $310 million market acceleration bridge incentive, which will help incentivize about two-thirds of the state’s goal of deploying 1.5 gigawatts of storage by 2025.
NYSERDA said that an additional $70 million will be allocated in the future to tap opportunities that have the greatest potential to support a self-sustaining storage market. Further, $53 million will be made available this year for retail and bulk projects on Long Island, using funds from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a nine-state compact that established the nation’s first mandatory emissions trading program. The agency will host a webinar on May 2 to discuss the bulk incentives and May 3 for those interested in the retail incentives.
The agency also announced that the New York Power Authority has issued a request for information to identify battery companies interested in competitive solicitations or storage development opportunities. The request is open to storage developers, battery integrators, or other companies that utilize lithium-ion technology in utility-scale applications. Responses are due May 13.


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The Dolores Town Board will discuss the retail marijuana moratorium at a Nov. 4 workshop beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Dolores’ moratorium on retail marijuana shops and retail grow facilities expires on Dec. 31. The board will examine different options. The moratorium could be extended, the matter could be put on the ballot, or the Town Board could make a decision on whether to allow retail marijuana operations in town.
The process for hiring a permanent town manager will also be addressed at the meeting.
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Jul 17, 2017, 6:00 am96 ptsWhat’s your favorite flavor of Pringles? There may seem like there are too many to count, let alone choose a favorite. Have you ever thought about what a ramen-flavored potato chip might taste […] The post Now You Can Eat Pringles Flavored Like Your Favorite Ramen Noodles appeared first on Geek.com.
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VivaReal, operators of a series of South American property portals covering Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia as well as a US-based website for the Spanish-speaking population, has announced that as part of its improvement strategies in the Latin American market, the company’s Colombian portal has established a partnership with Acercasa.
VivaReal Colombia stated that, this synergistic alliance will help its customers gain more leads and its search users find a very competitive mortgage alternative, which also increases engagement rates. The company’s new mortgage calculator becomes a powerful tool for qualified potential buyers who can now test their financial status and plan their loan payments ahead.
The company’s online marketing campaign launched using the slogans “Together we make your dreams come true” and “Acercasa: a new home financing alternative for Colombia”; though it is solely marketed via social media and while Acercasa’s home financing solutions apply only to a very specific target of the Colombian market, VivaReal Colombia claims it gained considerable momentum.
By adding this new application to the details page of selected properties on VivaReal, users can easily analyze different loan options available in Acercasa, and even directly apply online for their credit appraisal process. Brian Requarth, VivaReal’s CEO and co-founder, explains that “as the middle class grows in Colombia more people are buying homes. VivaReal’s partnership with Acercasa helps families access affordable home loans. Acercasa has an experienced management team combined with an innovative product. This complements VivaReal and adds value to the search experience for hundreds of thousands of homebuyers that visit our site in Colombia each month.”


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Another week's gone and it's time to recap. Microsoft unveiled Windows 11 with a new design and smart features. The taskbar icons are now centered, instead of on the left, windows have a rounded edge, updates are 40% smaller and work better in the background, and the OS can run Android apps. This last bit is enabled through the Intel Bridge compiler, which translates non-X86 apps to run on both Intel and AMD processors. Windows 11 will be out as a free update for compatible devices later this year.
The Huawei P50 series might come out on July 29. The range, consisting of the P50, P50 Pro and P50 Pro+ could be largely 4G, running on the Kirin 9000 chipset. We expect all three phones to have a 1-inch main camera and a new 1/1.18-inch sensor behind the ultrawide camera.
Tecno brought out its first premium smartphone - the Phantom X. It has a 50MP main camera, 4,700mAh battery with 33W charging and a Helio G95 chip. The phone will be out next month.
A few Samsung-related stories came out. First we saw official renders of the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3. The Z Fold3 looks to have a punch-hole camera on its inner display, contradicting reports of an under-display camera. The next Fold will also seemingly finally support the S Pen.
The Galaxy M32 is now official. True to its heritage, it comes with a huge, 6,000mAh battery, complimented by a 6.4-inch 90Hz AMOLED and a low starting price tag - INR 14,999 for the 4/64GB model.
Rumor has it the Galaxy S22 and S22+ will get 50MP main cameras and a proper 12MP 3x zoom camera - no more cropping on a 64MP regular-zoom camera.
We also saw renders of the Galaxy Watch Active4 that's expected with Wear OS in August. The watch features no rotating bezel and has flat sides, instead of the rounded ones on the current Galaxy Watch Active2.
Sony's Xperia 1 III's US pre-orders are expected to start July 1 for a hefty $1,300. At least early buyers could expect some sort of high-end headphone bundle.
The OS will now remember the size and exact position of each app on your monitors.
Most of the P50 series will be 4G only.
And that's a large 1/1.3" sensor on the back, joined by a 50mm portrait cam and an ultrawide module. There's an ultra wide selfie camera too.
First sales in India start on June 28.
The phone is listed at $1,300.
In the S20 and S21 generations a 64 MP cam was used for high res shots, zooming and 8K video, but things could be very different next year.
The company confirmed that it is working on a 160W charging system, but is yet to confirm the name of the phone.
Will be a free upgrade to Windows 10 users.
The global version of the handset has been spotted.
These dummies are likely intended for case makers to try out their new designs.
The new Velvet was going for a keyless design that built on the original Velvet, but introduced new elements too.
The phone has a laser rangefinder with a range of 40 meters and 8 measuring modes.
Prime Day is going until June 23.
The phone will be “by far” the cheapest smartphone.
And it's reportedly going to be faster than the next-gen Mali GPU.
Researchers at TrendForce say that all four new models will have sensor shift stabilization and AF on the ultra wide cameras.
The event is happening later today and will finally showcase the new OS.
The so-called Drawer UI features a pane on the left that helps you quickly jump through local folders.
It will be a new platform rather than the regular SD888 with the 5G modem turned off.
The phone is still up for sale on Apple's website.
The Fold3 seems to have a hole-punch camera on the inside screen.
The domed glass and curved sides are going away in favor of a flatter design.
Korean telecoms are reportedly already testing the latest Galaxy Z foldables.
A 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Max will go for less than $900.
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OnePlus has had a busy time at MWC 2023, showing off a OnePlus 11 Concept phone, letting us deliver a hands-on OnePlus Pad review, and revealing a OnePlus 45W Liquid Cooler. But the company might have saved the best for last.
In a panel hosted by TechRadar’s Senior Phones Editor Alex Walker-Todd, we learned from Kinder Liu, President and COO of OnePlus, that the company is building its first foldable phone, and plans to launch the device before the end of 2023.
Specifically, this OnePlus foldable is set to land in the second half of the year, so sometime between July and December.
Speaking about the phone, Liu said: “Our first foldable phone will have the signature OnePlus fast and smooth experience. It must be a flagship phone that doesn’t settle because of its folding form, in terms of industrial design, mechanical technology, and other aspects. We want to launch a device that aims to be at the pinnacle experience of today’s foldable market.”
So it sounds like this will be a no-compromise phone, and will probably also therefore be very expensive. That said, most OnePlus phones – including the OnePlus 11 – are slightly cheaper than a lot of their rivals, so there’s some hope that the same might be true of the company’s first foldable.
OnePlus hasn’t revealed anything else about this phone yet, but it has said that more information will be revealed in the coming months. This is a company that tends to drip-feed information ahead of launches though, so we may well learn most of the details before the OnePlus foldable is fully unveiled.
Analysis: it could be similar to the Oppo Find N2
While OnePlus hasn’t said more about its foldable phone, there are some clues as to the form it might take.
For one thing, we’ve heard rumors of a OnePlus foldable for a while, and the more recent ones suggested that it might be based on the Oppo Find N, which was only available in China.
OnePlus is a subsidiary of Oppo, so that’s certainly a possibility; although since we heard these leaks, the Oppo Find N2 launched, so basing the OnePlus foldable on the newer phone seems more likely.
The Oppo Find N2 is also only available in China (though the Oppo Find N2 Flip has launched more widely) so in most of the world it wouldn’t be a competitor to a OnePlus device.
This is just speculation though, so don’t be surprised if the OnePlus foldable is something completely different; but for reference, the Oppo Find N2 has a 7.1-inch 1792 x 1920 foldable display with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 5.54-inch 1080 x 2120 cover screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, and a 4,520mAh battery with 67W charging.
It also has a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset, up to 16GB of RAM, up to 512GB of storage, and a triple-lens camera with a 50MP wide snapper, a 48MP ultrawide, and a 32MP telephoto with 2x optical zoom. That’s an impressive assortment of specs, so if the OnePlus foldable is based on this then it could have a great shot at ranking among the best foldable phones.


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The one segment of the U.S. economy that still appears to be lagging is also the biggest: household consumption.
In May, personal spending again disappointed, up just 0.2%, versus expectations for a 0.4% increase. Meanwhile, according to revised first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) numbers released last week, personal consumption rose just 1%, down from the previous estimate of 3.1% growth.
Looking forward, household consumption – as distinguished from business spending, which I believe will accelerate – most likely won’t pick- up significantly anytime soon. As I write in my new weekly commentary, there are three reasons why personal spending is likely to remain muted in the foreseeable future.
Debt is no longer fueling consumption. Consumers are still struggling to pay down their debts and credit availability is limited. Debt helped power consumption for four consecutive decades and, without it, consumers have relatively shallow pockets.
Lower savings aren’t spurring spending. The savings rate appears to have stabilized at around 4%. While consumers could theoretically spend more by savings less, at this level, the savings rate probably won’t go down much more.
Income growth remains very weak. Most households are not experiencing much, if any, growth in real income. After inflation, disposable income is up just 1.9% year-over-year, roughly 1.5 percentage points below the long-term average. Unless wages accelerate or consumers decide to dip further into already meager savings, spending is likely to remain subdued.
So, though there have been recent encouraging signs about economic growth, including better-than-expected home sales figures, slower consumer spending is likely to continue to drag down U.S. economic growth.
What does this mean for investors? Two implications were visible last week, when mixed economic data pushed both interest rates and the dollar lower. Until the economy demonstrates more consistent growth, yields are likely to remain low.
In addition, there is a third implication: continued weakness in consumer-related stocks, particularly discretionary companies. Despite what is shaping up to be a decent year for U.S. stocks overall, consumer discretionary companies continue to lag.
As such, I continue to advocate caution toward consumer-related segments of the market. You can read more about my sector outlooks in my latestInvestment Directions monthly market commentary.
Sources: BlackRock, Bloomberg
Russ Koesterich, CFA, is the Chief Investment Strategist for BlackRock and iShares Chief Global Investment Strategist.


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November 19, 2019
Marijuana stocks could see a boost as companies target the infused beverages market.
November 13, 2019
BevCanna Enterprises Inc. announced that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to acquire Little West Holdings LLC.
November 7, 2019
Companies looking to differentiate their brands in the emerging cannabis beverage market are focusing on taste and consumer experience to...
November 6, 2019
Nextleaf Solutions Ltd. (CSE:OILS, OTCQB:OILFF, FSE:L0MA) is pleased to provide the following corporate update.
October 31, 2019
Odorless cannabis is one of the latest industry innovations that has the potential to revolutionize the way consumers smoke cannabis.
October 23, 2019
BevCanna announced today that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent dated October 15, 2019 to partner with...
October 22, 2019
Cannabis-infused beverages and tinctures are creating new options for consumers looking to enjoy cannabis discreetly.


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The sixth edition of Gartex Texprocess India 2020, to be held from August 21 to 23 in New Delhi, will include zones such as Embroidery Zone, Garmenting and Apparel Machinery, Digitex Show, Fabrics and Trims Show and India Laundry Show, besides the famous Denim Show. The fair serves the complete value chain of garmenting and textile manufacturing process.
The event which initially began as a platform for garment and textile manufacturers, now has the patronage of allied sectors. It covers all segments of the industry including latest machines, spares and consumables, raw materials, trimmings and embellishments, logistics and packaging solutions, etc.
The show is an ideal platform for reaching out to the huge Indian and global garment and textile markets at one go. A key highlight of the exhibition is the Denim Show that provides the much-needed focus to the highly versatile fabric. Denim has created a special place for itself in fashion needs of today’s generation, and this show brings A-Z of denim together while providing high visibility to various applications.
After bagging the title of India’s fastest growing show last year, Gartex Texprocess endeavours to be true to this claim by bringing far more exhibitors under a single roof as compared to previous year. The past edition clocked a whopping visitor base of 10,390.
Gartex Texprocess India – the country’s most comprehensive trade show on garment and textile machinery, fabrics, accessories and allied industry – attracts state-of-the-art technology, and is also used for networking. It also features a string of seminars and workshops.
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The UK economy grew by 0.3% in 2013, revised upwards from previous data that registered no growth.
It confirmed earlier figures that showed a 0.3% decline in the economy during the last three months of 2012, but altered the contributions from each sector.
Manufacturing output fell by 1.3% in the fourth quarter, rather than the previously estimated decrease of 1.5%.
Output of the service industries fell by 0.1% when it was previously estimated to be unchanged. Output of the construction industry rose by 0.9%, revised up from the previously estimated 0.3% increase.


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U.S. hip implants can be 4.5 times pricier
Published 4:00 am, Saturday, June 12, 2010
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That's how much more expensive it is to get a hip implant in the United States than in some European countries. Prices are higher in part because orthopedic device makers in the United States spend more money to persuade surgeons to use their products, analysts say. A 2007 agreement between federal prosecutors and the five biggest device makers sought to rein in those payments, but they have continued to climb. And now the Justice Department is probing a sixth company. The companies say the payments are appropriate and for legitimate purposes.
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Researchers for one of the studies wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association that the findings raised questions about “whether regulations or sales suspensions that exempt mint flavors are optimal strategies” for preventing young people from vaping.“These results are unacceptable and that is why we must reset the vapor category in the U.S. and earn the trust of society by working cooperatively with regulators, Attorneys General, public health officials, and other stakeholders to combat underage use,” Juul CEO KC Crosthwaite said in the statement. .
Discontinued Mint, Mango Juul Pods Were Magic for Quitting
Juul is in trouble—losing money, shedding hundreds of employees, besieged by lawsuits and possibly about to be regulated out of existence by the Trump Administration—because the San Francisco-based company’s product offerings, particularly mint and mango-flavored nicotine-juice pods, are very popular with teenagers.But adult smokers also prefer minty and fruity vapor to blowing tobacco-flavored clouds, according to recently published research—and with attractive flavors, they also stand a much better chance of quitting cigarettes.“The impact of suspending retail sales of flavored Juul pods on adult smokers’ likelihood of quitting should be closely assessed.”.According to the study’s disclosure, the Centre for Substance Abuse Research accepted money from Juul Labs.“Industry-funded articles tend to support the industry position,” Stanton Glantz, a longtime tobacco-industry researcher (and e-cigarette skeptic) at the University of California, San Francisco, told Observer via telephone on Tuesday.“That’s the trouble with Juul,” as Dr. Nancy Rigotti, a physician and tobacco treatment specialist at Harvard Medical School, told the Associated Press earlier this year.“It’s probably the worst for kids, but it might be the best for adult smokers.” In the United States, it’s all about the kids, and if Juul products are yanked from the market entirely, as former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Scott Gottlieb suggested on Monday, there are at least some adult smokers doomed to continue their Marlboro habit.
Teens Find a Big Loophole in the New Flavored Vaping Ban
Meredith Berkman and Dorian Fuhrman, two of the co-founders of Parents Against Vaping, recently met with Mr. Zeller and some of his staff to discuss their concerns.
Juul mint pods: Juul stops sales of mint flavor amid vaping crisis
Juul said Thursday it will stop accepting retail and online orders for mint pods in the U.S. after absorbing the recent results of multiple studies, including the 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey.“These results are unacceptable and that is why we must reset the vapor category in the U.S. and earn the trust of society by working cooperatively with regulators, Attorneys General, public health officials, and other stakeholders to combat underage use," Juul CEO K.C.Juul pledged to abide by the Food and Drug Administration's forthcoming decision on vaping flavors.Juul said last month that it still believed flavored e-cigarettes could play a critical role in "helping adult smokers move away from combustible cigarettes," which cause cancer.
The FDA just banned mint Juul pods
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued new guidelines meant to curb the youth vaping epidemic that, among other actions, will officially halt the sale of mint Juul pods."[Health and Human Services] is taking a comprehensive, aggressive approach to enforcing the law passed by Congress, under which no e-cigarettes are currently on the market legally," HHS secretary Alex Azar said in the FDA statement."I’m deeply disturbed that industry lobbyists were able to get President Trump to gut the ban on flavors that the FDA was belatedly planning," wrote Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley in a statement.
E-Cigarette Flavor Bans and Juul's Decision to Pull Mint Pods Won't
Juul and the entire vaping industry have been under increasing pressure due to the recent series of vaping-related illnesses and deaths in the United States.It is unsurprising that a majority of vaping-related lung injuries have been due to people in places where marijuana is illegal seeking out black market THC cartridges.A study published in the Harm Reduction Journal concludes that “restricting access to non-tobacco e-cigarette flavors may discourage smokers from attempting to switch to e-cigarettes.”.This recent decision by Juul, catalyzed by misguided political pressure from misinformed politicians and public health officials, is ill-conceived and potentially dangerous.Ending the sale of mint Juul pods will likely have a minuscule effect on reducing teen use and may very well only exacerbate lung injuries by pushing users to purchase more dangerous, unverified substances on the black market. .
Sales of minty vape products surged after Juul stopped selling fruity
(CNN) Facing pressure from regulators over an epidemic of youth vaping, e-cigarette giant Juul announced in late 2018 that it would stop selling certain flavors in US stores, including "fruit" and "mango.". .


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On November 8th, the Trump administration released new rules on travel and trade with Cuba, much in line with the President’s already stated policy on June 16th. Despite headlines stating that travel to Cuba is now harder due to new restrictions, there are big reasons for U.S. travelers and those in the travel industry to celebrate. Under the new rules, all 12 categories of travel remain, and any American can still legally travel to Cuba under the popular people-to-people category, provided they do so with a company authorized and experienced in people-to-people travel. Tour operators continue to run trips as they have for years, commercial airlines are still flying from the U.S. to Cuba, travelers can stay in many hotels across the island, cruise ships are sailing, and you can still bring rum and cigars home for personal consumption.
So, is it harder to travel to Cuba?
“No, it’s not harder for Americans to travel to Cuba. Much of what allowed Americans to travel to Cuba in the past couple of years remains. While there are some modifications in the new regulations, they are modest by previous regulatory standards. While individuals wishing to self-certify their travel under the people-to-people category, introduced only last spring, now have to travel with an approved company, couples, friends, and families can still travel among themselves or if they prefer a tour group, they just need to arrange their travel with a proper company. Travel to Cuba can be confusing and it’s always a good idea for travelers to speak with a tour operator with years of experience in Cuba to learn about options, ask questions, and make sure they are making the right decisions.
Another interesting change, is the U.S. Department of State created a list of Cuban companies that American companies are not permitted to do business with. The list in no way impacts the ability for Americans to travel to Cuba. It reduces choices. More importantly, hotels that American’s frequent including the Meliá Cohiba, Hotel Saratoga, Iberostar’s Parque Central, Hotel Nacional, Four Points, and Meliá Varadero, Meliá Santiago are not on the list.
As generations of Americans have known since the early 1960’s, travel to Cuba has been off-limits or severely restricted. When President Clinton introduced people-to-people travel in 2000 and again, in 2011 under President Obama, Americans started traveling to Cuba for the first time in decades. “Traveling to Cuba has always been political and restricted for Americans, it’s part of what makes Cuba special, intriguing, and popular” says Popper. “Since the new regulations were issued, we’ve already seen a surge in web traffic, brochure requests, and bookings.”


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Street Fighter 5 is getting a batch of "nostalgic" downloadable content later this year, game director Takayuki Nakayama announced at a panel at Evo 2016 today.
Included as part of that DLC are new costumes for Ibuki and Alex based on their Street Fighter 3 outfits. Ibuki's familiar ninja costume and Alex's ending costume, complete with leather jacket, are in development, though Capcom says the release timing for both is still a secret.
Additionally, Capcom is working on a new stage for Street Fighter 5 that's based on Bison's classic Thailand stage from Street Fighter 2. Here's a look at that nostalgic DLC from today's panel.
While the release date for that nostalgic DLC is still unknown, Capcom came to Evo 2016 armed with new content ready to drop today. The Capcom Pro Tour Premier Package is available now from the PlayStation Store and includes new costumes for Chun-Li, Cammy and an unspecified third character. It's not clear if that third CPT Premier costume is for an existing character, a future DLC character (like Juri) or a character that hasn't been announced yet.
In addition to the CPT Premier costumes, a new Capcom Pro Tour stage — a boxing ring called Ring of Destiny — is also available for purchase. A bundle containing all the CPT Premier content also contains 22 color variations for existing characters and in-game titles "Capcom Cup 2016" and "Capcom Pro Tour 2016." The CPT Premier Package costs $24.99.
Street Fighter 5 players looking for even more color variations for their World Warriors will soon be able to purchase them. Currently, many of those colors are locked behind certain achievements in Street Fighter 5's survival mode, which Capcom admits "can be a pain to go through."


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Jes Hathaway is the editor in chief of National Fisherman magazine and NationalFisherman.com.
Written by Jes Hathaway
Thursday, 05 June 2014
I met Eric and Amber Petersen from Muskegon, Mich., at the 2010 NF Profitable Harvest conference, and I’ve been in touch with them ever since. I loved their family fishing story so much that I asked freelance writer Dan Denov to go out with the Petersen brothers on their Lake Michigan whitefish trap net boats. (Click here to read that cover story from March 2012.)
Back then, Amber was scratching it out at the local farmers market, selling whitefish and slowly expanding her roster to include other local and wild fish. In the last four years, Amber has created a rapidly expanding local business with a new storefront in Muskegon, where she sells wild fish from all over the country, as well as smoked and prepared fish dips and sausages.
I jumped at the chance to meet up with her last September to see her new store and processing facility, as well as the dock from which the family has been launching commercial fishing boats since 1927. (Read the full story on page 21 of our July issue, or check out my slideshow of the ship-to-shore business.)
When I got talking to the rest of the NF staff about small-scale and local marketing efforts, the idea for our July issue special section began to grow. While the stories we have to share (starting on page 20) are just a small sampling of seafood marketing efforts across the country, they are representative of the range — family businesses, gear-type associations, state and national seafood promotion boards, small businesses that focus strictly on sourcing and selling local and wild seafood, and even an app that helps locals connect with fishermen and their catch.
The fact is, fishermen and seafood enthusiasts from coast to coast are plugging away at fresh ideas that might improve public access to wild American fish. Our federal government is supposed to be setting aside funds for grants toward exactly these kinds of businesses, but most of that money instead goes toward fishery assessments and research.
The Saltonstall-Kennedy Act of 1939 and its 1954 revisions (read about them in a story from the May 1954 issue of Maine Coast Fisherman) earmarked federal funds for seafood marketing grants. The National Seafood Marketing Coalition is working toward federal legislation that will reclaim a portion of those grant dollars. I hope they can pave the way for ventures like those featured in our July issue to get grants that will help them launch marketing efforts to put more local seafood onto American plates.
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Oregon LNG project could disrupt fishing
NOAA tweaks gear marking requirement
N.C. launches first commercial/recreational dock
Spiny lobster traps limits not well received
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is required by state statute to appoint someone to the Board of Fisheries by today, Tuesday, May 19. However, his efforts to fill the seat have gone unfulfilled since he took office in January. The seven-member board serves as an in-state fishery management council for fisheries in state waters.
The resignation of Walker’s director of Boards and Commissions, Karen Gillis, fanned the flames of controversy late last week.
Keith Decker, president and COO of High Liner Foods, will take over for the outgoing CEO, Harry Demone, who will assume the role as chairman of the board of directors. The Lunenburg, Nova Scotia-based seafood supplier boasts sales in excess of $310 million (American) for the first quarter of the year.Read more...


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Rich and powerful – can entrepreneurs be both?
09 December 2011
Edwin Sim Managing Director of Human Capital Alliance discusses Harvard Professor Noam Wasserman’s research into how successful entrepreneurs optimize business opportunities.
Owners of many successful family businesses in Asia inevitably must decide whether to bring-in outside investors to help scale their already-thriving enterprises.
A recent study by Harvard professor Noam Wasserman indicates that many entrepreneurial business owners want to make a lot of money and also run the show.
In his Harvard Business Review article “Founder’s dilemma”, Wasserman’s research shows that in America it is tough to accomplish both successfully.
“Between making money and managing their ventures, those who don’t figure out which is more important to them often end up neither wealthy nor powerful,” he said.
Every would-be entrepreneur, Wasserman said want to be a Bill Gates, a Phil Knight or an Anita Roddick each of whom founded a large company and ran them for many years. “However, successful CEO-cum-founders are a rare breed,” he said.
Wasserman said that founders must be honest about their motives for getting into business. Are they in business to build and rule over an empire (the king option) or are they in it to make boatloads of money (the rich option)?
The rich options, he said enable businesses to become more valuable but it sidelines many founders by taking away the CEO position and control over major decisions.
The king options allow founders to retain decision-making control by allowing them to stay as CEOs and maintain Board control. “But often by building a less valuable company,” he said.
For founders, Wasserman said rich options aren’t necessarily better than king options or vice versa. “What matters is how well each decision fits with their reason for starting the company.”
Consequently, business owner entrepreneurs must eventually come to grips with what success really means to them by choosing between money and power.
“Founders who want to manage empires will not believe they are successes if they lose control, even if they end up rich and conversely, founders who understand their goal is to amass wealth will not view themselves as failures when they step down from their job.”
To fully capitalize on their successful business opportunities, Wasserman said entrepreneurs eventually realize that their limited financial resources, ability to inspire people and passion simply are not enough. They end up inviting family, friends, angel investors or venture capitalist to invest in their businesses. “They often must give up control of the businesses.”
Once a company’s board is in the control of others, the entrepreneur’s CEO job is at risk because the board’s task is quite straightforward. If the founder underperforms as CEO, the Board will find someone new.
On the other hand if right investors are chosen, the entrepreneur’s financial gains will soar. Wasserman’s research showed that founders giving up more equity to attract cofounders, non-founding hires and investors build more valuable companies than those who with less equity.
“Founders end up with a more valuable slice but they have to give up most of the decision making.”
Entrepreneurs are also often convinced only they can lead their start-up to success. “I’m the one with the vision and desire to build a great company. I have to be the one running it”
Wasserman agreed that there is a great deal of truth to that point of view. “At the start the enterprise it’s only an idea in the mind of its founder, who possesses all the insights and the opportunity, about the innovative product, service or business model that will capitalize on the opportunity, and about who the potential customers are.
The founder, he said hires people to build the business according to that vision and develops close relationships with the first employees. He also creates the organization culture, which is an extension of his or her style, personality and preferences.
“From the get go, employees, customers and business partners identify start-ups with their founder, who take great pride in their founder-cum-CEO status’
However, founders, also often make decisions that conflict with wealth-maximization principles. “Some options had the potential for generating higher financial gains but others, which founders often chose, conflicted with the desire for money.”
Wasserman’s research also showed that four out of five entrepreneurs are forced to step down from the CEOs post. “Most are shocked when investors insist they relinquish control. They are inevitably always pushed out in way they don’t like – well before they want to abdicate.”
Change in leadership can be particularly damaging when employees loyal to the founder oppose it. “In fact, the manner in which founders tackle the first leadership transition often makes or breaks young enterprises.”
Edwin Sim may be reached via firstname.lastname@example.org


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The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency has announced a new price band of N151.56 per litre for Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol.
This is coming just a day after government implemented the price hike in electricity tarriff
The latest development was contained in a memo released by the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company and signed by D.O Abalaka.
The memo reads, “Please be informed that a new product price adjustment has been effected on our payment platform.
“To this end, the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) is now one hundred and fifty-one naira, fifty-six kobo (N151.56k) per litre. This takes effect from September 2, 2020.”
The Nigerian Government had in March said the pump price of petrol would be determined by market forces, stating that how much Nigerians would pay would be largely determined by the international prices of crude oil.
It would be recalled that fuel price went up by 16.4 per cent for the month of July, which make it sell for as against N143.80 per litre price as against previous price band of N121.50.
Following this announcement,Nigerians have taken to different platforms to condemn the price increase.


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Nodle acquires Brickchain to secure IoT networks
March 17, 2020
California-based Nodle, which is building a Bluetooth connectivity service for the IoT, has acquired Brickchain to help IoT manufacturers, large enterprises and smart cities comply with GDPR and CCPA data privacy regulations and build a more secure IoT network.
Brickchain, based in Stockholm, is a specialist in securely managing and protecting identities. Brickchain’s infrastructure provides a safer way for users and consumer electronics manufacturers, as well as government institutions, convert devices and user activity into cryptographic facts with proof and record of what happened. Brickchain has raised $3m in funding.
As part of the acquisition, Brickchain founders Declan Caufield and Lars Larsson will join Nodle. Caufield will reinforce the management team as head of security and privacy, and support Nodle’s efforts to productise and market its security protocol to large enterprises, consumer electronics manufacturers and governments in the IoT space. He will additionally oversee Nodle’s compliance with the new regulations around privacy.
“Brickchain is a timely acquisition for Nodle that will further enable and accelerate Nodle’s continued rapid growth,” said Caufield. “Brickchain can provision services, applications and identity through its self-sovereign jurisdictions, called Realms. This truly distributed architecture transcends blockchain’s limitations by providing exceptional scalability, without compromising data privacy.”
Larsson, an infrastructure architect and developer, will join the engineering team and work on the integration of the Brickchain protocol into the Nodle infrastructure.
“Brickchain is a secure federated application framework and protocol that provides service providers, for example manufacturers, users and devices with a robust trust mechanism,” said Larsson. “It is massively scalable by design, as each Brickchain Realm can establish its own independent relationship with trusted shared services while maintaining end-to-end user privacy, something that is extremely hard to do with blockchains. It is a great fit with Nodle’s infrastructure and chain.”
Even with the massive number of hacks, scandals and privacy laws being enacted globally, there is no industry standard, and secure access control in today’s IoT infrastructure to authenticate devices and encrypt data in a way only users can access the data.
Mobile network operators have been selling raw data for years, and there are no guidelines or handbook on what to do to protect users’ privacy, simply because it has barely been considered.
Earlier this year, Amazon’s Ring Camera team said they would allow users to opt-out of data collection by third parties. This was only after the EFF (Electronic Frontiers Foundation) brought this to light.
“We are poised to lead the way to better manage the data generated by connected devices, dramatically increase scalability and provide enterprise customers, industrial and consumer electronics manufacturers and smart city entities with a stronger privacy model,” said Micha Benoliel, Nodle’s co-founder and CEO.
Nodle’s network, dubbed The Citizen Network, is a community of smartphones and other Bluetooth LE-enabled devices that act as secure nodes to connect and locate smart assets at low cost. Valuable data insights are gathered and interpreted for intelligent decision-making in various industries, including the financial sector.
With estimates reaching 55 billion connected devices on the planet by 2025, Nodle does not require the deployment of physical hardware. Instead, it extends the reach capabilities of wireless networks.


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Coca-Cola premiers 2020 Christmas TV ad, ‘The letter’
The advert is directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Taika Waititi
Coca-Cola has announced the launch of its new festive campaign and TV ad, ‘The letter’.
On TV screens from December, the advert, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Taika Waititi, follows a father’s journey to make his daughter’s Christmas wish come true.
Running alongside Coca-Cola’s iconic ‘Holiday are coming’ advert, the new campaign, ‘The letter’, marks 100 years since Coca-Cola created its first festive association and builds on the brand’s heritage of Christmas campaigns, that will once again see Santa play a crucial role in the festivity.
Kris Robbens, marketing director at Coca-Cola Great Britain, said: “This year, the Christmas season is set to be more meaningful than ever before. As a company, Coca-Cola has been celebrating the festive season through our advertising since the 1920s, featuring uplifting messages of unity and joy.
“Our new advert reflects the real magic of Christmas – our greater appreciation for loved ones, a sense of community and our need to be present with each other this Christmas, above all else.”
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Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp is increasing prices for its rubber carbon black reinforcement materials in North America, effective 1 June.
The company announced 13 April that the prices for all Vulcan, Sterling, Regal, Spheron and Propel carbon black products would increase by $0.045/lb except for Vulcan XC-72, Vulcan XC-72 R and Sterling C carbon blacks.
Prices will increase by 4% for Black Pearls, Monarch, CRX, Vulcan XC-72, Vulcan XC-72 R and Sterling C carbon black products.
The US carbon black supplier said the price increase was necessary to address “persistently rising costs” associated with the manufacturing, regulatory and environmental compliance, packaging, and logistics.
The price increase, said Cabot, will enable it to remain a “reliable supplier of high-quality carbon black products to meet growing demand in the region.”


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How Kenya lost Jack Ma’s lucrative deal to Rwanda
Kenya may have lost a lucrative deal after Jack Ma, the co-founder and executive chairman of AliBaba, opted to set shop in Rwanda instead despite having an initial interest in Kenya.
This was revealed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Dr Mukhisa Kituyi during an interview with Jeff Koinange on JKL.
According to Dr Kituyi, Kenyan government’s lackluster approach after meeting Jack Ma was the reason why the deal to market the country’s coffee abroad collapsed.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame was more proactive to the deal that has doubled coffee prices for farmers in his country.
“July, two years ago, I brought Jack Ma and 16 Chinese billionaires to Nairobi. We had a lecture in University of Nairobi and had a meeting with business community at Kempiski. We visited Nailab and State House and then I took them to Kigali,” Dr Kituyi said.
In Kigali, they met with President Kagame and his cabinet, and unlike Kenya, Rwanda followed up the meeting.
“President Kagame followed up the meeting, he requested for concrete meetings on what to do and last year, Alibaba rolled out the first world electronic trading platform for agricultural produce to be rolled out in Africa in Kigali.
“The price of coffee from Rwanda more than doubled in the first three weeks and since then, sales have gone up more than 40 per cent,” said Dr Kituyi.
According to him, Rwanda saw an opportunity and seized it and aligned resources with the opportunity while its leadership walked the talk.
“Kenyan government never followed up, but Kenyan young men and women followed up on their own effort,” he said.
Last year, Jack Ma chose Kenya’s start-up incubator Nailab to run a Sh1 billion African entrepreneurs funding programme to fund innovators providing digital solutions so as to address challenges and support Africa’s digital economy.
“There are many great things which are being done in this country, but they get submerged in the sea of mediocrity. I believe that the model of African development requires a developmental state where the political leadership is consumed by an obsession that it can rise from where it is and deliver the country to a higher level,” said the UNCTAD Secretary General.


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Win Tools From Eastwood
Larry Jewett - May 10, 2012 01:52 PM
Ask any auto hobbyist how he or she first got started restoring classic cars and the response is often: "Dad."
That's why the Eastwood Company has announced the Eastwood 2012 Father's Day $4,000 GearWrench® Giveaway, celebrating the role dads have played in passing along their enthusiasm for car restoration.
To enter, participants need to send in their favorite picture—up to three photos—showing a father/child auto restoration project. Finalists will be chosen by a panel of judges, and three winners will be chosen by popular vote on our website.
All participants are eligible to win the Grand Prize of over $2,000 worth* of GearWrench® tools, while the Second- and Third-Place winners will both receive $1,000 worth* of many of these tools.
The Eastwood 2012 Father's Day $4,000 GearWrench® Giveaway ends 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 31, 2012. Rules for the contest and a listing of prizes are available at http://www.eastwood.com/fathersday-giveaway. The Giveaway Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are 21 years of age or older as of April 28, 2012.
On June 1, 2012, a panel of Eastwood judges will select the finalists, and their pictures will then be displayed on the Eastwood website and other online sites for public voting. These include the Eastwood website (http://www.eastwood.com/fathersday-giveaway), the Eastwood Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/eastwoodcompany), the Eastwood blog site (http://blog.eastwood.com/) and the Eastwood Forum (http://forum.eastwood.com/forum.php). Voting will conclude on June 7, 2012. Eastwood will then announce the Grand, First-, and Second-Place Prize Winners on June 8, 2012, just in time for Father's Day.
"Since 1978, Eastwood has offered an ever-expanding line of innovative, revolutionary and priced-right tools for the auto restoration hobbyist. Beginning Father's Day 2012, Eastwood will be expanding its product offering by adding famous brand-name tools (such as GearWrench®) that every hobbyist wants in his tool box," said Steve Kowalke, Eastwood Director of Product Management and Development and a tool industry expert. "The 2012 Eastwood Father’s Day $4,000 GearWrench® Giveaway is Eastwood’s way of wishing all of the hard-working fathers out there a Happy Father's Day."


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Looking ahead to the future is something every small business owner needs to do once in a while - and it seems focusing on increased productivity is high on the agenda for many companies.
Deloitte asked a number of chief financial officers (CFOs) what their main priorities were for achieving sustained growth for their business, with 61 per cent identifying improved productivity.
This isn't the only tool they plan to use for growth, however, as 55 per cent said they would be investing in new technology and product development to drive their business forward.
Deloitte's Chief Operating Officer Keith Skinner explained how CFOs are keen to invest in strategies they can control - and that will ultimately reduce any organisational inefficiency.
"In the next 12 months, the most popular type of growth remains organic expansion (76 per cent) followed by introducing new products, services and expanding into new markets (63 per cent)," the expert commented.
The survey also shed light on how confident the nation's businesses are at the moment, with 32 per cent saying they are more optimistic now the Australian dollar has started to weaken.
Meanwhile, 25 per cent have been buoyed by record low interest rates, while the strong economic tailwinds originating from the US and Europe were cited by 64 per cent and 34 per cent of respondents, respectively.
The picture isn't all bright, however, as 48 per cent admitted to being concerned about activities in China. This marks a stark contrast to the 25 per cent who said it was a positive influence during the last survey.
This follows results from the latest Commonwealth Bank Future Business Index, which found that during the three months to March, companies became more optimistic about what the coming months have in store.
Results were largely positive as the index recorded its second-highest score since it got underway in September 2011.
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Taiwanese pineapples have change into the newest sufferer of deteriorating cross-strait relations, after Chinese language authorities all of the sudden banned imports of the fruit.
The ban, which begn on Monday and is indefinite, was introduced by the Chinese language customs workplace on Friday. The customs workplace stated dangerous pests had been detected in current shipments.
Taiwan’s authorities rejected the declare, accusing Beijing of creating an “unacceptable” unilateral resolution, and urging residents and worldwide allies to eat “freedom pineapples” in help of the home business, echoing the campaign to help Australia’s wine producers after Beijing imposed tariffs final yr.
Beijing has a historical past of enacting commerce sanctions throughout worldwide disputes, most lately with Australian wine, coal and barley, motion that may trigger important financial injury to business and put strain on rival governments. Relations with Taiwan are on the lowest in many years. Regardless of the Communist social gathering by no means ruling Taiwan, Beijing considers it to be a province of China, and has vowed to unite it with the mainland, by drive if essential.
Pineapples reportedly make up about 40% of Taiwan’s complete fruit exports, of which 90% go to China. Greater than 41,600 tonnes have been shipped in 2020, in accordance to the council of agriculture.
Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, accused China of unfair commerce practices, and stated 99.79% of imported batches handed inspection. Tsai additionally introduced NT$1 billion (US$36m) in help to Taiwan’s pineapple farmers, and pledged to develop the export market to 30,000 tonnes by rising abroad gross sales incentives and “strengthening advertising and marketing actions” in america, Japan, Singapore and different worldwide markets.
“Knowledge proves this sudden unilateral resolution will not be based mostly on well being or honest commerce,” Tsai stated, urging individuals to get pleasure from Taiwan’s pineapples “whether or not in a smoothie, a cake, or freshly lower on a plate”.
In one other tweet she requested for individuals to share their favorite sort of pineapple cake.
Joseph Wu, Taiwan’s overseas minister, accused China of punishing Taiwan’s southern farmers, who’re making ready to harvest.
“Keep in mind Australia‘s #FreedomWine?,” he said on Twitter, referring to a world marketing campaign to make up for the gross sales misplaced to China’s ban on the product. “I urge like-minded mates across the globe to stand with Taiwan & rally behind the #FreedomPineapple.”
China’s Taiwan affairs workplace stated the ban was “completely cheap and essential”.
“The Democratic Progressive social gathering (DPP) authorities have intentionally misrepresented and maliciously interpreted technical points, taking the chance to assault and discredit the mainland,” it stated.
The commerce hit to Taiwan is the newest salvo in persevering with tensions between the 2 governments. In recent times, significantly 2020, Chinese language army exercise and sabre-rattling has elevated. Beijing has additionally reacted with excessive sensitivity to any worldwide behaviour which seems to recognise Taiwan’s sovereignty, together with official visits to the island, artwork and cultural reveals which refer to it as a rustic, and even “separatist” desserts at diplomatic social occasions.


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Rural business faces bankruptcy after enormous rates rise
The owner of a Lancashire equestrian centre could be facing bankruptcy after business rates skyrocketed by more than 1,000 per cent overnight.
Derek Bolton, of Bluebell Liveries, now has to fork out more than £8,000 a year – up from just £564.
The 54-year-old, who has run the business in Trigg Lane, Heapey, near Chorley, for almost 25 years, said the change could see his livelihood go down the pan. He added: “It is outrageous, my business can’t afford that. It will bankrupt me.”
It comes after a major overhaul to business rates across the country.
Across Lancashire it means many firms will see their rates reduced but others have been left with massive rises.
The overhaul of commercial tax charges, which were introduced in April, has seen his rates jump more than 1,000 percent.
Business rates are based on the value of the property a business is located in – not how much profit the firm makes.
The overhaul, which was introduced on April 1, sets rates according to the value of the premises in 2015.
Derek, who runs Bluebell Liveries in Heapey, near Chorley, now has to fork out £8,250 annually - up from just £564 the previous year.
He says the changes could see his business, which is also a stud yard, go down the pan.
“Its a serious life-changing situation,” said Derek, who is the full-time carer of his 85-year-old mother who has advanced dementia. “Some idiot in Whitehall has just thought, ‘Oh let’s slap it on’.
“I can’t get my head round how they think.
“Its outrageous, my business can’t afford that. It will bankrupt me.”
Derek, 54, who has owned his livery yard in Trigg Lane for the last 23 years has been eligible for small business rates relief in the past. His business was also eligible for rural rates relief.
In the changes that the chancellor announced in the budget last year, which came into force as of April this year, Derek’s livery and stud yard was no longer eligible for the relief.
With the flick of a switch, the rateable value of Derek’s property has gone from £7,000 to £22,369.
“It wipes out all my profit,” said Derek. “I work seven days a week, 12 hours a day.
“I will have to close so I will lose all my credit to the bank.”
“The value of my property has plummeted and a business like Amazon has just had its rates reduced.”
In 2014 Derek had a difficult year business-wise and his income amounted to just over £10,000.
He has to shower and cook in his mother’s house because his shower flooded last year leaving a hole in his ceiling and his cooker does not work properly. He also has no hot running water because he needs a new boiler.
Although he is eligible for transitional relief for the first year and there is a cap on his payments for two months, Derek still says ultimately his business will not be able to absorb the costs.
He is not the only owner of a livery yard who has seen their business rates hiked since April.
Dave and Janet Berry will have to pay 69 per cent more for their yard, Chorley Equestrian Centre in Chapel Lane, Heapey.
They are also saying that the rates could mean they shut up shop.
“For us it could put us out of business,” said Dave. “It’s our place, we’ve been here 32 years. We built it up from nothing.”
Call for a rates system that is ‘fit for purpose’
With another General Election looming the Federation of Small Business (FSB) has launched its manifesto calling for a ‘business rates system that is fit for purpose’.
The manifesto states: “The non-domestic rates system, as it stands, is an unfair and regressive tax that takes no account of a firm’s ability to pay.
“A business must pay £1 in business rates before its earns £1 in turnover, let alone £1 in profit.
“A property-based tax by its nature unfairly targets businesses with premises, and businesses in prime locations (such as high streets).
“Infrequent or delayed revaluations merely store up trouble, exacerbating a property tax that already lags behind the economic cycle.”
Meanwhile a Lancashire business leader has also urged the winner of next month’s General Election to make £300m of relief to small businesses a priority.
Norman Tenray, the managing director of Longridge-based building supplies’ firm, OBAS UK, said the delay to the package promised by the Government would hurt firms across the county.
It had been hoped a support fund would be set up following the end of a consultation into soaring rates in some parts of the country.
However, the Department for Communities and Local Government has confirmed it will be up to the next government to publish its response to the findings.
Mr Tenray said: “There is potential for this delay to last several months and that is simply unacceptable to businesses struggling with the impact of rates revaluation.
“The fund promised to protect affected businesses was ready for implementation and now, due to no fault of their own, those hardest hit will be the ones which shoulder the burden.
“I would call on whichever political party forms the next Government to make this a priority and allow small businesses in places like Lancashire to prosper and grow.”
Many small firms have seen their bills plummet
For many the government’s overhaul in business rates has seen their bills plummet - or even disappear.
The government says that nearly 600,000 small businesses will be taken out of paying business rates altogether, because the rateable value of their business falls below £12,000 a year.
All businesses with properties that have a rateable value over £12,000 must pay rates and relief is available for businesses just over the £12,000 threshold.
MJH Accountants, which has an office space in Woodplumpton Road, Fulwood, is one of the winners from the changes.
Managing director Mark Hall said: “Our rates have actually come down. This year our rateable value is £7,000 and last year it was £7,600.
“So I’ve gone from paying about a grand a year to paying nothing.”
Elsewhere in central Preston Ham & Jam coffee shop in Lancaster Road still has to cough up £1,000 a month in rates.
Although owner of the cafe, Richard Lowthian’s rates have come down, he still finds the bills a tough pill to swallow.
Richard, whose 145 square-metre cafe has been open for about 16 months, said: “Our rateable value was £24,000 and that’s come down to £17,000, so it’s come down - we’re now paying about £1,000 a month in rates.
“I can’t really compare though because we won a competition when we opened which meant that for the first 12 months our rates were paid for.
“It’s a big bill that we have to pay now though, a big chunk of cash. Business rates and rent are our two biggest outgoings.
“In the high street in the city centre you are paying a premium whereas in a small office space in the middle of the country side you’re probably not paying anything.”
The Chamber of Commerce for North & Western Lancashire based in Fulwood has found that many of its members have welcomed the revaluation because their rates have dropped.
Babs Murphy, chief executive of the Chamber of Commerce said: “With any business rates revaluation there will always be winners and losers.
“The reduction in business rates however is great news for thousands of small businesses many of whom have been taken out of the system altogether.
“Last year we were pleased that the chancellor heeded our calls to avoid higher business taxes and costs, and moved to lower them in a number of areas.
“The measures taken has been viewed by many of our members as a welcome and important step on the road to essential reform.”
In South Ribble the feeling is similar.
Leader of the borough council, Coun Peter Mullineaux, said: “Following a recent re-valuation of rateable values right across the country, businesses in South Ribble are in fact set to save an average of 10 per cent when compared to the previous financial year, although the re-valuation will affect each business differently.”
London as a region is the only net loser from the revaluation. Businesses in the capital will see an average increase of 11 per cent, but some areas of central London will see far greater increases.
For businesses hit badly in the North West the £300m relief package will see £22.2m being allocated to the region.


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Why You Shouldn’t Sweat Today’s Google/Motorola X Phone Rumor
A little earlier today, a rumor about the Motorola X phone started popping up on various smartphone sites. We love a good rumor so we looked in to where this one was coming from, and once we heard the details of it, couldn’t help but be overwhelmed by a sense of déjà vu; isn’t this old news?
The rumor in question comes from a Chinese analyst who claims that Google has lost interest in the X phone and subsequently returned the model to Motorola, in the hopes that more development time can improve its prospects.
That sounds almost identical to something we heard several weeks back. In light of the embarrassing comments by a Google exec that upcoming Motorola hardware – including the X phone – wasn’t “‘wow’ by Google standards,” we heard that Google had asked Motorola to fine-tune the phone’s design, contributing to the delays that have since been reported.
Has everyone already forgotten about that? We’d say it’s far more likely that this Chinese source has gotten hung-up on old Motorola X phone rumors than this is really any new development.


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On 5 April Chef Heston Blumenthal will receive the Diners Club Lifetime Achievement Award at the World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards in Melbourne, it was announced last week. Chef Heston owns The Fat Duck in Bray, which was at the top of the World’s 50 Best Restaurant list in 2005, and Dinner by Heston Blumenthal at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in London, the 45th World’s Best Restaurant, which I visited for lunch last July. Continue reading →
* Chef Heston Blumenthal, with South African roots, is opening ‘The Perfectionists’ Café’ in Terminal 2 at Heathrow, linking to his TV series ‘In Search of Perfection’. The 130 seater restaurant menu will feature burgers and pizza with a ‘gourmet twist‘, a ‘multi-sensory bar’, and the world’s first wood-fire pizza oven in an airport.
* Stellenbosch American Express Wine Routes attended its first ITB travel expo in Berlin last week, with Stellenbosch 360 and the Wine Routes represented, positioning Stellenbosch as the ‘ideal hub from where (sic) to explore Cape Town and the Western Cape’. Wine and culinary tourists tend to stay in a destination for longer and spend more, making this segment an important target for Stellenbosch. (received via media release from Random Hat Communications)
* Transforming the N1 and N2 into Toll roads is being threatened for the Winelands again, after the City of Cape Town managed to obtain an interim High Court interdict against the implementation of the toll roads last year. Sanral is justifying the toll roads on its need to upgrade the roads, at a cost of R10 billion, which it cannot raise Continue reading →


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In response to questions concerning the lawsuits that TikTok and some WeChat users have filed against the U.S. government executive order banning TikTok in the United States, Lijian defended their decision, assuring that "China will also continue to take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises."
Trump Signs Order to Ban TikTok Operations in the United States
He went on to say that some U.S. politicians are trying to destroy these Chinese companies, along with Huawei, because they have caught the "anti-China syndrome" and will attack anything Chinese.
These reckless actions by various U.S. officials are essentially coordinated and targeted bullying against outperforming non-US multinational companies, whose success the U.S. elite fears and would resort to state power to pummel if necessary, Lijian added.
"This is a repudiation of the principle of market economy and fair competition that the United States has always boasted about. This is trampling on international rules and disrupting exchanges and cooperation in science, technology, and innovation riding the trend of globalization. The world will only see more clearly the true face of these self-serving bandit-like politicians," the spokesperson added.
TikTok, the rapidly rising video-sharing social network service, belongs to ByteDance, the Beijing-based Internet technology company founded in 2012. On August 7th, as part of the Trump administration's increasing hostility towards the Asian giant, the U.S. president signed an executive order prohibiting all U.S. firms from engaging in transactions with ByteDance, taking effect within 45 days if the company does not sell its application to a U.S. company.
TikTok, which sued the U.S. government Monday, accused the Trump administration of denying it due process and infringing on the rights of its employees and the broader community.


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