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MasterExchange strikes chord with €2.4M funding for music investment platform
Stockholm-based startup MasterExchange has secured $2.7 million or €2.4 million in funding from global investors, including Vectr Fintech, Rob Small and Claes-Henrik Julander. This investment will fuel the launch of its innovative music investment and royalties platform.
Since its inception in 2022, the platform has allowed people in the UK, EU and EEA to invest in songs using standard currency and receive quarterly royalties. Users can also trade music royalty shares.
The first available song for investment is “Sofia” by Alvaro Soler, with more songs to be announced soon. The investment window for “Sofia” will close on August 15, 2023.
MasterExchange CEO and co-founder Alexander Fred-Ojala highlighted that its groundbreaking platform introduces music lovers to unique and exciting ways of engaging with their favorite music.
He explained that it opens up new, easy-to-use channels for the industry to foster devoted super-fans. MasterExchange presents an appealing prospect for creators to sell a stake in their future revenue, providing greater opportunities for artistic expression.
“I am super proud to lead this effort and this amazing group of people!” he said.
Co-founder and chairman of the Board, Johan Edfeldt, lauded the investors who had come on board to support MasterExchange. He pointed out that this group is not ordinary angels, but instead, they possess remarkable expertise.
He praised Small, the founder of Miniclip, whom he said contributed profound knowledge of B2C strategies. Meanwhile, Julander, the founder of Pan Capital, brought sophisticated investment tools to the table.
Edfeldt also emphasised that Vectr Fintech’s B2B2C VC perspective from its operations in San Francisco and Hong Kong adds further value to the team.
“We are proud and happy to have them onboard,” he said.
Praised the MasterExchange platform
Vectr Fintech managing partner Jason Best commented that the company invested in MasterExchange because the experienced and execution-focused team had delivered the easiest user experience for artists, fans and music industry professionals.
He praised the platform for offering artists the best way to provide investment opportunities to their fans through its fiat currency-based model.
Best also underscored that the platform had achieved industry stakeholder alignment, which allowed it to scale rapidly and efficiently.
“We believe that MasterExchange is capable of unlocking billions of euros of music investment value,” he said.
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Pune: Afour-day spell of un-seasonal rains could well mean an extended season and record production for strawberry farmers in Maharashtra’s twin hill towns of Panchgani-Mahabaleshwar, a region that produces more than 80% of the fruit in the country.
The rains have brought temperatures down and replenished groundwater levels in the region. As a result, the strawberry season, which was about to close, will get a new lease of life and a fresh crop is expected to hit the market from the first week of April.
Strawberry lovers can look forward to an extended season that will last till mid-May, said Kisan Bhilare, vice-president, All-India Strawberry Grower’s Association.
The drop in temperature also means the towns, tucked away in the Shayadru ranges, will produce at least an additional 1,000 tonne of the fruit over the next few weeks. The region had a record production of 13,000 tonnes in 2007-08, up from last year’s 10,000 tonne. If the temperature stays low, the figure could reach 15,000 tonnes.
For the farmers, this means an additional month of business, although prices have come down to Rs40 per kg from a peak of Rs250-300 per kg for the first flush of the fruit in January.
“Even that is additional earnings for the farmers whose families largely live on the earnings during the strawberry season,” Bhilare said.
The strawberry crop thrives in cool climate and needs continuous supply of water, which is why the season usually ends in April when temperatures go up. This year, with the un-seasonal rains, the fruit will be available for sale to summer holiday crowds who usually arrive about mid-April.
Meanwhile, the farmers have decided to get together and tag Panchgani-Mahabaleshwar a strawberry tourism destination, much like the vineyard tourism of Bordeaux and Champagne valley in France, where winery owners allow tourists to take leisurely strolls in their vineyards and taste their house wines.
Over 10,000 tourists from Mumbai and neighbouring places arrived at the hill towns to visit a strawberry festival over the weekend. More than 80 strawberry farms in Bhilar and other villages were opened to tourists, who were allowed to pluck and eat as much of the fruit as they could, for free.
In another part of Mahabaleshwar, Mayur Vora, managing director of Mapro Foods Pvt. Ltd, which makes jams, jellies, crushes and frozen fruit, laid out a feast for visitors. On offer were strawberry bhel, strawberry pizza, strawberry and cream and even a strawberry curry.
“The idea is to make people aware of the possibilities with this fruit,” said Vora.

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Making Vermont a safer and healthier place to live by reducing waste and eliminating toxins from consumer products, drinking water, and our environment.
Thousands of toxic or untested chemicals are used in products we’re exposed to every day in our homes, schools, and workplaces. From PFAS in our drinking water to pesticides in our natural environment to harmful chemicals found in single-use plastics and other consumer products, there are simply too many hidden dangers. These toxins are building up in our bodies and contributing to alarming trends in public health, including increased rates of birth defects, developmental disabilities, reproductive disorders, cancers, and more.
VPIRG supports federal and state legislation that will get known toxins out of consumer products and require health and safety testing before chemicals make it into products on our store shelves. We are also committed to promoting a circular economy that reduces waste, creates jobs, and holds manufacturers accountable for environmental impacts from the full life cycle of products they create.
Learn more about our Environmental Health campaigns:
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A report released today reveals that major retail companies are making slow but meaningful progress at improving the chemical safety of the products, food, and packaging they sell, but nearly half of those scored — including every restaurant chain evaluated — have failed to take any public measures to help eliminate toxic chemicals from the ...Read More
VPIRG has come out in support of Article 4 – a proposed charter change for Montpelier that would give city leaders the authority to address the growing problem of single-use plastic pollution. Specifically, the charter change, proposed by the Mayor and City Council, would enable Montpelier to regulate the sale and distribution of single-use plastics. ...Read More
VPIRG joined the Conservation law Foundation (CLF) and other partners in filing a petition calling for new drinking water standards in Vermont that better protect the public from harmful PFAS chemicals. The petition calls on the Agency of Natural Resources to implement water treatment solutions to protect Vermonters from the full class of PFAS instead ...Read More
Earlier today, VPIRG stood alongside business owners and environmentalists in the kick off for the Straws Upon Request Pledge, a statewide campaign aimed at reducing the number of single-use plastic straws used and thrown away in Vermont. The idea is pretty simple: businesses that take the pledge will make straws available to their customers only upon ...Read More
(Update 5/24/18): In yet another shameful display of putting corporate polluters ahead of Vermonters’ best interests, Gov. Scott vetoed S.197 – legislation that would have provided a modest step towards justice for Vermonters harmed by toxic chemical exposure by providing medical monitoring at the polluting entity’s expense. “The governor’s veto of S.197 is a severe case ...Read More
Earlier this week, VPIRG held a press conference outside of the Lowe’s Home Improvement store in South Burlington as part of a national “Mind the Store” campaign urging Lowe’s to stop selling deadly paint strippers. Executive Director Paul Burns made brief remarks outside of the store and presented the store manager with a letter requesting ...Read More
In a sad day for Vermont’s children, the Vermont House was unable to secure the votes to override Governor Scott’s veto of S.103 – therefore, the veto is sustained and regrettably S.103 will not become the law here in Vermont. The vote was 94-53. The house needed 98 YES votes to secure an override. See how ...Read More
Yesterday, Gov. Phil Scott vetoed the first major bill to reach his desk as a response to the 2016 discovery of the toxic chemical PFOA in drinking water in Bennington County and elsewhere around Vermont. The bill, S.103, was aimed primarily at protecting children from toxic chemicals in their toys, clothing, utensils and other products. Legislators ...Read More


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Dell Adamo XPS is 10mm thin!
If you think the Macbook Air is already thin at 18mm, check out the new preview photos of the upcoming Dell Adamo XPS — at under 10mm, it’s practically thinner than 99% of the mobile phones out there.
Dell says it’s actually 9.99mm — almost half the thickness of the MacAir.
There’s no word on the specs and other details of this XPS model but we’ll surely be keeping tabs on updates.
And based on the original Adamo by Dell series, I bet it won’t be cheap at all. There’s very slim chance that it will be released here in the Philippines too.


text: Champagne Bollinger has announced the release of R.D. 2008, the newest vintage in the Champagne house’s line of luxury wines. The wine ($440 a 750-ml.) is a blend of 71% Pinot Noir and 29% Chardonnay sourced from across 18 crus in the region. It is available nationwide. For more information, visit Champagne-bollinger.com.


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Bitcoin Isn’t Slow: Unconfirmed BTC Transactions at Post-2017 Low – via beincrypto
Roger Ver, a noted Bitcoin Cash supporter, often posts on Twitter that Bitcoin is slow, expensive, and unreliable. However, just looking at the mempool, unconfirmed transactions have been low for a long time now.
Bitcoin Isn’t Slow: Unconfirmed BTC Transactions at Post-2017 Low – via beincrypto
The Real Benefits of Blockchain Are Here. They’re Being Ignored – via Coindesk
Introducing as many people as possible to the benefits of decentralization is a cause almost everyone in this industry shares. The issue is that, in making the technology more accessible, many developers are sacrificing the benefits of decentralization for the sake of convenience.
Is Bakkt Really Bullish for Bitcoin? Here’s What Analysts are Saying – via beincrypto
Bakkt, the long-awaited cryptocurrency trading platform by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced Friday that it (finally) obtained the regulatory approval to go ahead with the launch of the company’s institutional-grade custody solution and physically-delivered Bitcoin Futures contracts.
NEO News Roundup: Travala Expands, Narrative Development Update and Switcheo Improves Wallet – via UsetheBitcoin
As the cryptocurrency market continues to expand in terms of fundamentals, crypto networks are also offering new services and products to clients around the world. NEO and the whole ecosystem remain important players in the cryptocurrency industry. In this article, we will cover some of the latest news related to the NEO ecosystem.
Teen sentenced to 20 months in prison for hacking services in exchange for cryptocurrency – via AMBCRYPTO
Elliot Gunton, a 19-year old teenager from Mounteney Close in Norwich was sentenced to a 20-month prison sentence on 16th August. Gunton was also asked to pay back £400,000 for hacking services he offered in exchange for cryptocurrencies. A Norwich Crown Court on Friday sentenced him for his crimes after he pleaded guilty in earlier hearings. Gunton was caught when the police visited his house in June 2016 to see whether he was complying with the Sexual Harm Prevention Order for a previous offense. Police authorities seized Gunton’s laptop in April 2018 after they found software which he used for committing cybercrimes.
Bitcoin Experiences Biggest Weekly Decline Since November 2018 – via beincrypto
Bitcoin just saw its biggest weekly decline since last year. The world’s largest cryptocurrency dropped by 15 percent to around $10,145, which is its biggest five-day fall since November 2018. Bitcoin is currently struggling to stay above the $10,000 level in light of strong price resistance due to the easing of the US-China trade war. More recently, cryptocurrency analysts have backed the idea of Bitcoin becoming a safe-haven asset.
Tron Hits 3.5M Accounts in Just 417 Days – via beincrypto
It’s been a little over a year since TRON’s mainnet went live, but the network recently hit 3.5M accounts. TRON has been embroiled in some controversy for the past few months, but the network recently hit a supposed milestone. As Dave (@redpillblue1) writes on Twitter, TRON hit its 3,500,000th account in just 417 days.
Apparently the ‘Real’ Satoshi Nakamoto Will Reveal Himself Tomorrow – via beincrypto
In a ridiculous press release, Satoshi Nakamoto Renaissance Holdings announced that Satoshi Nakamoto will reveal himself tomorrow, on August 18th. As you’d expect, the response has mainly been mockery and laughter on Twitter.
Ripple (XRP) May Face Grim Future Despite Today’s Bounce – via NEWSBTC
Earlier this past week Ripple (XRP) along with the aggregated crypto markets faced an incredibly sharp sell-off that sent XRP reeling down to lows of $0.25, which marked a significant pullback from the mid-$0.30 region where it has previously found stability. Although the crypto was able to post a small bounce today, analysts are still noting that XRP broke below its 2018 support level, which could mean that significantly further losses are imminent.
Blockchain Investors Have New Criteria For Funding Decisions: “Revenue Generation” – via Cryptobriefing
Blockchain investors’ tastes are changing, it appears. A new report reveals some interesting numbers regarding the quantity of money flowing into blockchain since 2013, with more than $23 billion mostly piling into early-round investment. A shift is taking place in terms of which geographic regions and vertical segments of the industry are seeing investment beyond the early stages. The release of the Investments in Blockchain report coincides with the launch of Outlier Ventures’ first Base Camp program to “support the development and growth of new technologies in the open data economy.”
Coinbase CEO’s Tweet on Institutional Investments in Crypto Raises Questions – via beincrypto
Coinbase officially announced the acquisition of Xapo’s institutional custody business earlier today, CEO Brian Armstrong took the opportunity to share the bullish update with the crypto community. Shortly after sending out the word on the big strategic move, Armstrong took to Twitter to claim that the decentralized digital economy was taking in around $200-400 million in institutional investments every week.
Will Growing Interest from China Propel Bitcoin’s Price Higher? – via NEWSBTC
Bitcoin (BTC) has incurred a significant amount of volatility as of late. This tumult was perpetuated yesterday due to news regarding the release of Bakkt’s physically-settled Bitcoin futures product, which many investors view as a bullish development for the broader cryptocurrency market. In addition to this, growing interest from China may help the Bitcoin price climb higher in the coming months.
Coinbase: Institutional folks buying $200-400M worth Crypto a week – via Bitcoinist
Brian Armstrong talked about institutional investors in the cryptocurrency space on Twitter earlier this week, saying the question of whether or not institutions will adopt cryptocurrencies has been answered. Coinbase is reportedly seeing hundreds of millions of dollars per week pouring in from legacy financial institutions.
Bexplus Wallet: New Way To Diversify Your Profits – via Cryptodaily
Bexplus is a popular marginal exchange, which allows users to trade crypto futures with 100x leverage. However, this August Hong-Kong based company introduced platform’s new lending feature: BTC-Wallet with annual interest. Here’s a review of new lending service. According to Bexplus, while platform is a marginal exchange where trading requires some knowledge and certain experience in trading, the BTC-Wallet is designed especially for traders, who is new to leveraged trading and don’t want to take high risks.
How Bitcoin is Becoming Omnipresent Using Satellites and Networking – via Coingape
Bitcoin [BTC] is a virtual currency whose transactions are primarily executed on the internet. Its dependence on it to exist, however, raises doubts on its store of value and currency argument. While the internet is ubiquitous during today’s time, there are still places on Earth where access is limited. Nevertheless, Bitcoin is growing more powerful than ever. Samson Mow, the Chief Strategic Officer of Blockstream tweeted about the Blockstream’s satellite service which was launched two years ago. The satellites provide for free synchronization with the Bitcoin ledger.
Celer Networks In Talks To Help NEO Scale Further – via Cryptobriefing
The Celer Network (CELR) could become a scaling solution for multiple blockchains. Representatives of the NEO team are discussing the possibility of integrating Celer’s layer-two scaling protocol with NEO’s blockchain platform. NEO has already integrated with Trinity Network, an existing off-chain scaling protocol developed in-house by NEO developers. John Wang, NEO’s Director of Eco Growth and the $100M EcoBoost fund, says that an integration with Celer is now “under discussion.”
Gold and Bitcoin May Someday Appreciate at the Same Rate – via beincrypto
In charting the steady appreciation of gold and Bitcoin, one user has determined that we may see the growth for both commodities intersect sometime in the coming decades.
Binance Update: iOS App Available on the App Store – via Coingape
The world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance is again available in the Apple App store after a month of being inaccessible. Apple users can now download the iOS app of Binance cryptocurrency exchange.
This ICO Startup Didn’t Die During Crypto Winter. It Has DAI to Thank – via Coindesk
Monolith CEO Mel Gelderman told CoinDesk he wants to promote an “ethereum lifestyle,” starting with the way he runs his London-based token startup. From his perspective, that lifestyle is about seeking financial solutions beyond traditional banks. Since Monolith was funded by an initial coin offering (ICO) of TKN tokens that raised $16.9 million from retail investors in May 2017, Gelderman said his team turned the ICO proceeds into roughly $25 million worth of assets through prudent trading and collateralized debt positions (CDPs), using ether as collateral to take loans denominated in dollar-pegged DAI tokens.
Tron Founder Justin Sun Asks Community about Next Dapp They Want to See, TRX Fans List Their Ideas’ – via U.TODAY
Justin Sun claims he wants to make a better blockchain world, suggests the community gives him ideas on what Tron-based dApp they want released next. The Tron founder Justin Sun is ‘back on fire’ as said in his recent tweet and promised to a) return TRX into the top-ten list on CoinMarketCap, b) to get BTT back to the top-thirty rank on CMC.
Litecoin Founder Charlie Lee Invests in Startup That ‘Makes Bitcoin Easy to Use’ – via U.TODAY
On Saturday, Charlie Lee tweeted about a startup which, as per him, is really important for the industry, even though it has been around for three years now. The Litecoin founder compares his confidence in it with the times when he joined Coinbase back in 2013. At the end of the post, Lee adds: ‘I’m an investor in Casa’.
OmiseGO Use Cases Expand With Burger King Thailand Embracing OmiseGO eWallet Suite – via UsetheBitcoin
Burger King Thailand (Minor International Pcl) launched a crypto eWallet that uses the OmiseGO eWallet Suite. Minor International Pcl is one of the largest hospitality, restaurant and lifestyle companies in Asia. The information was released by OmiseGo on its official site a few hours ago.
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American Meat Institute Tells U.S. Trade Representative that Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling Violates International Trade Obligations
Washington, D.C. - The American Meat Institute (AMI) today told the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative that mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) violates the United States' international trade obligations for many reasons and that the U.S. must honor these obligations.
The comments were provided in response to a December 4, 2009, Federal Register Notice. Canada and Mexico in late 2009 filed a case against the United States with the World Trade Organization (WTO), a move that came as no surprise given those countries' outspoken opposition to the labeling law when it was under consideration by Congress.
In comments, AMI Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel Mark Dopp said that equitable enforcement of international trade rules is a high priority for everyone and that all too often, market access for U.S. meat products has been threatened or cut off with little or no legitimate justification.
"American challenges to these actions have been based upon the rights provided under international trade agreements. These challenges will continue, as demonstrated by a recent limitation to an important market for beef. Critical to the United States' ability to enforce successfully World Trade Organization (WTO) and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) obligations is consistency in U.S. behavior and actions," Dopp said. "In that regard, the United States' credibility is undermined when U.S. legislation violates America's commitments pursuant to those international agreements. In the instant case, the U.S. COOL requirements, as provided for in the 2002 Farm Bill (and modified in the 2008 Farm Bill) and as implemented through regulations that became effective March 16, 2009, are not consistent with U.S. obligations under both WTO and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ("GATT") and NAFTA."
COOL is inconsistent with trade agreements because of its discriminatory effect on imported meat and imported live animals. The U.S. must ensure that the products of other countries "imported into the territory of [the United States]...be accorded treatment no less favorable than that accorded to like products of [U.S.] origin in respect of all laws...affecting their internal sale."
According to Dopp, COOL affects the internal sale of meat derived from foreign animals in the United States by creating notable disadvantages in selling imported foreign meat, as well as selling "foreign" animals to U.S. meat packing facilities. Significantly, GATT provides that "formal" identical treatment, i.e., that both U.S. and imported products must be marked with the country of origin, does not justify a law such as COOL where that law discriminates against imports in practice.
"The result is that COOL is de facto discrimination against foreign products, a result even contemplated by sponsors of the legislation who declared that it would be 'helpful to a lot of American agricultural producers' and force companies to rely 'on our independent producers here in this country,'" according to Dopp.
COOL also is not consistent with the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). The TBT Agreement specifically governs any technical regulation which, like COOL, "deal[s] exclusively with...marking or labeling requirements as they apply to a product." The TBT Agreement requires that the United States use international standards as the basis for its technical regulations. COOL breaches those U.S. obligations by failing to use two such standards.
First, the Codex General Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods provides that "when a food undergoes processing in a second country which changes its nature, the country in which the processing is performed shall be considered to be the country of origin for the purposes of labeling." COOL does not meet this international standard, Dopp said. In addition, the Codex General Standard provides that "the country of origin of the food shall be declared if its omission would mislead or deceive the consumer." The U.S. Government, however, has never claimed that customers were misled or deceived.
Second, the WTO Rules of Origin Agreement stipulates that the final harmonization work program must determine a country of origin as "the country where the last substantial transformation has been carried out." COOL, however, denies U.S. country of origin to animals and meat products that are substantially transformed in the United States, and thus fails to conform to this international standard, Dopp noted.
COOL also violates the TBT agreement by creating unnecessary obstacles to international trade. Its non-trade objectives are minimal, and COOL does not have as an objective protecting "human health or safety, animal or plant life or health, or the environment."
"Indeed, the U.S. Government has repeatedly stated that COOL 'is not a food safety or animal health measure. Likewise, COOL is not a 'national security requirement' nor does COOL have as its purpose preventing 'deceptive practices.' Neither sponsors of the legislation nor U.S. Government agencies have made such a claim," Dopp said.
The stated objective of COOL is to provide 'consumer information,' but AMS found that the "expected benefits from implementation of this rule are difficult to quantify. In fact, the agency concluded that that the economic benefits will be small and will accrue mainly to those consumers who desire country of origin information and that all available evidence shows that "consumers do not have a strong preference for country of origin labeling."
"In a number of cases meat packers have chosen either to cease buying imported livestock - an extreme trade restriction - or have confined the processing of imported livestock to limited dates and times. These practices, in turn, have significantly restricted trade," Dopp wrote.
In addition, to be consistent with GATT, COOL must be administered uniformly and reasonably. But according to Dopp, "COOL applies only to "covered commodities" and not to a host of products such as turkey, processed foods, etc. and, therefore, is not consistent," he said. Reasonableness requires that the administration of laws be "proportionate" and "appropriate" and, comparing the significant costs imposed on the U.S. importers and the foreign producers of animals and meat products to the scant legitimate benefit identified by the U.S. government, COOL cannot be deemed to be reasonable.
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Coinbase Revenue Increases from $628M to $736M in Q1 2023
According to the chief investment officer at Coinbase, the crypto firm is venturing into the derivatives market in order to better serve the international customer base.
Coinbase Revenue Increases from $628M to $736M in Q1 2023…
Op-ed: Don’t blame memecoins and degens for crypto’s credibility problem
How Bitcoin could offer a safe haven in the face of a global inflation crisis
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Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) has proposed an act to inject the U.S. foodservice industry with $120 billion, and as of Friday, the act has gained the support of 188 congressional cosponsors, Restaurant Engine reports
The Real Economic Support That Acknowledges Unique Restaurant Assistance Needed to Survive (or RESTAURANTS) Act of 2020 calls
for a $120 billion restaurant stabilization grant program, focused on providing relief to independent restaurants — an industry devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Though the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) delivered $659 billion to the US economy, just 8.1% of its funds
went to hospitality businesses.
“America’s 500,000 independent restaurants are a vital piece of every community and neighborhood, large and small,” Rep. Blumenauer said in a May press release
, announcing the act. “Few industries have been as uniformly ravaged as the food service industry… They need relief now.”
The plan would be available to foodservice or drinking establishments that are not publicly traded or part of a chain with 20 or more locations. Grant amounts would be administered by the Department of the Treasury, and would cover the difference between reported revenues from 2019 and projected revenues through 2020.
The grants, which would not require repayment, would cap out at $10 million per group.
Those interested in supporting the RESTAURANTS Act of 2020 can add their name to a petition
organized by the Independent Restaurant Coalition.


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Valve and five PC video game publishers were fined a total of €7.8 million (about $9.5 million) by the European Commission for limiting cross-border sales of games in the European Economic Region. The Commission has reported that the companies have geo-blocked about 100 PC video games, prohibiting them from being enabled and played outside those EU countries. This violated the EU’s Digital Single Market rules banning these forms of barriers.
The European Commission says that geo-blocking was meant to prevent the activation of games outside the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Geo-blocking prevents players living in EU countries with higher average salaries from saving money by purchasing them in EU countries where they are cheaper and then enabling them on Steam. The activation keys were geo-blocked between 2010 and 2015, said the European Commission.
“Today’s sanctions against the ‘geo-blocking’ practices of Valve and five PC video game publishers serve as a reminder that under EU competition law, companies are prohibited from contractually restricting cross-border sales,” said the European Commission’s head of competition policy. “These practices deprive European consumers of the benefits of the EU Digital Single Market and of the opportunity to shop around for the most appropriate offer in the EU.”
In total, five publishers were fined. Focus Home was fined almost €2.9 million (about $3.5 million), ZeniMax about €1.6 million (about $2 million), Koch Media almost €1 million (about $1.2 million), Capcom €396,000 (about $480,000) and Bandai Namco €340,000 (about $410,000). Since both of these firms cooperated with the investigation, their fines were reduced by between 10% and 15%. However, Valve decided not to comply and received a fine of more than €1.6 million (about $1.9 million).
The European Commission began its formal review of the practice of geo-blocking back in 2017 and officially asked Valve to stop the practice back in 2019. Valve previously argued that only a minuscule percentage of games used regionally locked trigger keys, and argued that it should not be responsible for the region locks demanded by publishers. It said that the practice ended in 2015, with few exceptions.


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DC’s comic line, DC Black Label, is the new home of some of the biggest and most beloved titles in DC’s catalog. New editions of Watchmen, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and All-Star Superman are among the titles set for new release in 2019.
DC Black Label, which was launched this year, was created to focus primarily on comics featuring DC’s core characters. It’s not about continuity with current storylines or character arcs. The label is aimed at older readers interested in exploring more of the stories that aren’t necessarily a part of the core DC Comics canon.
“The DC Black Label line will house the best and most evergreen stories from DC,” publisher Dan DiDio told The Hollywood Reporter. “The company has a long history that includes some of the most recognizable and renowned storytelling in comics and we want to honor that history by putting them under one banner.”
Others have said the line allows for writers and artists to create without censorship. You may recall the controversy of Batman: Damned, which came out in September and featured Bruce Wayne completely naked. Full frontal naked. It was a first in DC Comics history and caused a HUGE stir among fans, so much so that DC did eventually censor those panels and claimed the full-frontal nudity was a mistake.
In any case, more than 20 new editions of well-known titles will be released in 2019 through Black Label, including a new “Modern Classics” edition of Watchmen. Fans and collectors will likely be drawn in by the special slipcase with art designed by co-creator Dave Gibbons.
New material is coming from Black Label too. A second issue of Batman: Damned is set for December and The Other History of the DC Universe by Academy Award-winner John Ridley will launch in January.
Here is the full list of DC Black Label backlist releases:
- All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Trade Paperback, Dec. 4, 2018)
- DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke (Trade Paperback, Feb. 19 2019)
- Watchmen (DC Modern Classics Edition) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (Hardcover, March 26, 2019)
- Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross (Trade Paperback, Apr. 23, 2019)
- Frank Miller’s Ronin by Frank Miller (Trade Paperback, May 6, 2019)
- Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli (Trade Paperback, June 11, 2019)
- All-Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder Vol. 1 by Frank Miller and Jim Lee (Trade Paperback, June 11, 2019)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (Trade Paperback, June 18, 2019)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again by Frank Miller (Trade Paperback, June 18, 2019)
- Batman: The Dark Knight — The Master Race by Brian Azzarello, Frank Miller and Andy Kubert (Trade Paperback, June 25, 2019)
- Luthor: 10th Anniversary Edition by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo (Hardcover, July 9, 2019)
- The Joker: 10th Anniversary Edition by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo (Hardcover, July 9, 2019)
- Batman: Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean (Trade Paperback, Aug. 13, 2019)
- The Joker by Brian Azzarello: The Deluxe Edition by Brain Azzarello and Lee Bermejo (Hardcover, Sept. 10, 2019)
- Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland (Trade Paperback, Sept. 17, 2019)
- Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (Trade Paperback, Sept. 24, 2019)
- Batman: Year 100 by Paul Pope (Trade Paperback, Oct. 8, 2019)
- Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar, Dave Johnson, Andrew Robinson, Killian Plunkett and Walden Wong (Trade Paperback, Oct. 22, 2019)
- Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (Trade Paperback, Nov. 5, 2019)
- Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (Trade Paperback, Nov. 12, 2019)
- Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (Trade Paperback, Nov. 26, 2019)
- Batman: Haunted Night by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (Trade Paperback, Dec. 17, 2019)
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Now everyone is talking about the iPhone 11. Admire, scold and so on. However, some are not interested in the novelty. Insiders thought about the next flagship – iPhone 12.
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Without a doubt, Apple is already working on the iPhone 12. Will the phone change dramatically relative to the iPhone 11? Unfortunately, there is no official information.
iPad Pro fell $ 200
IPhone 11 Pro triple camera causes phobia
This did not stop the OnLeaks informant. He took the liberty of publishing the concept art of the iPhone 12. Image was created using CConceptCreator.
How does OnLeaks represent the device? Take a look at the render. iPhone 12 will lose a square protrusion on the back panel. Also, the frame around the screen will almost disappear.
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In addition, Apple will get rid of the "curtain". The front camera will hide in a miniature round neck. However, what was said is only a flight of OnLeaks fantasy.
Pictures do not deserve special trust. Apple – judging by the iPhone 11 – ignores fashion trends. Only one thing is clear: the iPhone 12 will definitely surprise us. Pleasant or not is another question.


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Monetary Council reports 2.6 percent increase in the hotels and restaurants sector and declines in construction, wholesale and retail and financial services
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 18TH 2011 – Following a decline of 5.4 percent in real output in 2009, the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) recorded a second consecutive year of negative growth in 2010 when a contraction of 1.8 percent was recorded, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is reporting.
New Chairman of the Monetary Council, Montserrat’s Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, Hon. Ruben Meade addresses opening ceremony (Photo courtesy of Spirit of Montserrat)
According to the communiqué issued at the 70th meeting of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank at the Montserrat Cultural Centre Conference Room in Montserrat on Friday 15th July 2011, many sectors including construction, wholesale and retail and financial services continued to decline, albeit at a slower rate than in the previous year.
“One positive development was a 2.6 percent increase in the hotels and restaurants sector, influenced by a 3.3 percent rise in stay-over visitors. Available data for the first quarter of 2011 suggest that the mild recovery continued, with a modest increase in activity in the tourism and construction sectors,” said the communiqué.
The Monetary Council noted that the divergences in global growth evident in 2010 are expected to continue in 2011 and 2012, with economic activity in the emerging market economies far outpacing that in the advanced economies.
This uneven pattern of growth will have important implications for economic activity in the ECCU, given the region’s close trading links with the slower growing advanced countries, namely the USA, the UK and Canada.
Council also noted that the current elevated global prices for oil, food and other commodities could lead to inflationary pressures, retard the economic recovery in the advanced countries and adversely affect the growth prospects for the ECCU.
In these circumstances Council was informed that the ECCU is projected to grow by roughly 2 percent in 2011 and by 3 percent in 2012, with modest expansions in the major sectors, particularly, construction, hotels and restaurants, and wholesale and retail trade.
Council was updated on developments in the variables which define the monetary and credit conditions in the ECCU during the twelve months ended March 2011 and the factors contributing to these developments.
Council accordingly noted the following:
Deposits in the banking system slowed to a growth rate of 2.4 percent from a rate of 3 percent in the previous year, reflecting the continued weak economic conditions.
Total credit expanded by 0.3 percent compared with a rate of 2.1 percent in the previous twelve months also consistent with the low level of economic activity and with commercial banks becoming more risk-averse in the current environment of increased credit risk.
Commercial bank liquidity showed a steady increase during the period as the pace of deposit growth outpaced that of credit expansion.
Commercial bank lending rates continued to decline as economic activity remained subdued.
At the end of March 2011, the weighted average lending rate across the ECCU stood at 9.5 per cent, 0.3 percent lower than the rate at the end of March 2010.
The Central Bank’s net foreign assets position continued to be strong, buoyed by official grant and loan inflows for member governments as inflows from private direct investment and travel receipts continued to be below pre-crisis levels.
The ratio of gross foreign assets to demand liabilities, which represents the backing ratio for the currency, stood at 95.5 percent at the end of March 2011, well above the statutory level of 60 percent and the operational target of 80 percent.
Consumer prices continued to rise during the period under review, reflecting higher international prices for oil, food and other commodities.


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24 editions of Busworld Europa in the
picturesque city of Kortrijk, Busworld is moving to Brussels, the capital of
Belgium… and Europe. Easier to reach with an international airport and train
station next door, more hotel rooms, a lively city with top of the bill horeca
and entertainment, the European Commission just around the corner,… Brussels
has got it all.
exhibition is almost fully booked. With a growth of 50% in net exhibition
surface, going from 40,000 sqm to 60,000 sqm, it is already clear that, again,
it will be the biggest edition ever.
bigger surface, more exhibitors, more vehicles to look at, to touch, to sit in,
to test drive… visitors should prepare themselves for a significantly longer
ride in Brussels Expo from 18 to 23 October 2019.
full exhibitor list can be consulted on the website www.busworldeurope.org. In conjunction
with the Busworld exhibition, the ‘International Bus Conference’ - a
collaboration between UITP and Busworld Academy - will open its doors in
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UCWeb, a subsidiary of China's internet giant Alibaba, recently reached the 100-million monthly active user mark in India for its flagship product UC Browser.
The mobile browser, that captures 57% market share in India, will now focus on a content distribution through UC News, a content-aggregation platform by UCWeb.
“With the changing mobile internet landscape, UCWeb has adopted a strategy of becoming a content distribution platform from being a browsing tool by engaging and aggregating entertainment-based content on our platforms -UC Browser and UC News,“ said Kenny Ye, general manager of overseas business at Alibaba Mobile Business Group.
While most mobile users don't identify with the need of a special mobile browser on their phones, UC Browser, since its launch in India in 2012, has gained popularity , strikingly among the youth.
Ye, who was a speaker at the Global Mobile Internet Conference here, told ET that their recent growth was mainly an outcome of localising the product for Indian market.
“UC Browser works on a data-saving mode, operating even in lo wer bandwidths and providing decent download speeds. The browser also offers a good range of curated content, based on user's preferences,“ he said.
Ye also said that going forward the company's focus will be on expanding its content distribution platform. UCWeb recently launched its audience engagement tool, where pe ople interact with followers on UC News and UC Browser. The company plans to use this as a platform for con tent distribution.
The company claims UC Browser reached 420 million monthly active users as of August 2016.
India continues to remain the second-largest market for UCWeb, Ye said.
“Our aim is to fill the gap between user, publisher and content provider. We are using big data and machine learning to understand user's preferences and make the connection between the demand side and the supply side,“ he said.
In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman dated April 2, seen by ETRetail, Cait said that a strong stimulus package is needed for the small businesses who are the contributor of a major chunk of revenue to the government and are also the backbone of the Indian economy.
The retail industry is staring at losses of about half a billion dollars due to the closure of malls, apparel stores and the recent decision to pull shutters on factory production due to the havoc created by the coronavirus. There are over 15 lakh modern retail stores in India generating a business of almost Rs 4.74 lakh crore and employing over 60 lakh people.


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And the offered wages that job seekers actually received also spiked massively as employers comply with a new reality.
This is a big benefit to the US economy on many levels.
Inflation is just going to stick around for a while, it seems.
The layoff-hype wrung the sense of power out of workers they’d briefly enjoyed. But that’s about all that has happened.
Tech & social media companies went nuts during the pandemic hiring-bubble, then sobered up. Now it’s already over.
But the layoff announcements in the media scared workers into surrendering some of their newly found power.
To shed some additional light on the jobs report.
But all the breathless layoff-hype in the media scared workers and tamped down on wage growth.
Their huge sales, dizzying growth rates, and high pay-scales move the needle.
Walmart U.S. gave us some color: ecommerce sales +27%; grocery sales +12%; non-grocery brick-and-mortar sales -10%.


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Google CEO Eric Schmidt may have stepped down from his position on Apple's board of directors, but the consumer rights group Consumer Watchdog thinks it's time for Arthur Levinson to step down, too. Mr. Levinson, Genentech's former board chairman, also serves as a member of Apple and Google's board of directors.
According to the watchdog group, "Genentech Board Chairman Arthur D. Levinson should quit as a director of either Internet giant Google or Apple to avoid antitrust violations."
Mr. Schmidt resigned from Apple's board of directors on August 3 over potential conflict of interest concerns since Google's Android and Chrome OS projects overlap -- and potentially compete with -- Apple's iPhone and Mac OS X.
"It took Eric Schmidt far to long too realize that the two roles are incompatible. That's not surprising considering the clubby atmosphere of Silicon Valley," commented Consumer Watchdog consumer advocate John M. Simpson. "Nonetheless, we're glad Schmidt finally did the right thing. We call on Levinson to act responsibly and choose one company or the other."
Mr. Levinson has not commented on whether or not he plans to step down from either company's board of directors.


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After being delayed indefinitely in early April, Naughty Dog has announced a new The Last Of Us Part 2 release date of June 19. Meanwhile, another PlayStation exclusive, Ghost of Tsushima, has had its release date changed to July 17, moving from its original June slot.
The Uncharted movie starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg also has a new release date, and is now coming Summer 2021. In non-release date move news, hot off the release of its Wastelanders expansion, plans may be afoot to add pets into Fallout 76, according to the team at Bethesda.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland’s Green Zebra Grocery is lending a helping hand to local restaurants and chefs amid the coronavirus pandemic. The store has recently teamed up with Russian restaurant, Kachka to offer Chef Bonnie Morales’ popular dumplings in-store.
“It’s incredibly vital,” Morales said. “Having another way to sell and have that income is absolutely essential.”
The collaboration with Kachka is part of the grocery store’s ongoing effort to partner with local businesses, as many now have to operate at limited capacity and find other ways to work through the COVID-19 crisis.
“This partnership is really extending a lifeline for us so that we can move through whatever this pandemic brings,” Morales added. “It’s business helping business and this is that in practice.”
Green Zebra says the goal is to provide local restaurants and chefs with a platform to promote and sell their popular small plates and products — in-store.
“We just realized that we can be an avenue for restaurants to put their foods on our shelves and still make some money,” Green Zebra’s Culinary Consultant Mike Shether said.
Shether, also known as the “local food guy” of Green Zebra says the retailer also teamed up with Portland’s Blue Star Donuts in April and has stocked the store’s shelves with some of the donut shops top sellers.
“Since then we’ve just been reaching out to different people around the area that are still making food and we’re like we still have shelf space.. we still have foot traffic,” Shether added. “We just really want to support local.. cause now more than ever that’s important.”
Shether says Green Zebra plans to continue these collaborations into the future and adds that more partnerships with local businesses are already in the works.
“We really want to support them as much as we can and we’d love to make this an established part of business forever,” Shether said.
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eading figures in business and the arts today called for an “immediate” emergency package of Government help as they warned that plunging the capital into Tier 3 at Christmas will lead to a huge wave of closures.
The decision, which will lead to an estimated £700 million hit before Christmas, was met with dismay from leaders in London’s hospitality and cultural sectors and follows just two weeks of trading after the second lockdown.
West End theatres, which had just begun tentatively reopening to socially-distanced audiences, will once again be dark for the forseable future.
Julian Bird, chief executive of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, said: “The past few days have seen venues beginning to reopen with high levels of Covid security, welcoming back enthusiastic, socially-distanced audiences. Theatres across London will now be forced to postpone or cancel planned performances, causing catastrophic financial difficulties for venues, producers and thousands of industry workers — especially the freelancers who make up 70 per cent of the theatre workforce.
“We urge the Government to recognise the huge strain this has placed on the sector and look at rapid compensation to protect theatres and their staff over Christmas in all areas of the country under Tier 3 restrictions.”
Richard Burge, chief executive of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said: “If health professionals decide it is essential that London moves into Tier 3 then so be it. But the business support from the Government must be sufficient and immediate. This must include — as a minimum — instant cash support to enterprises in hospitality and leisure, and the extension of the business rates holiday into the next financial year — which will help the whole of the high street to plan their outgoings and mitigate the impact of loss of trade due to restrictions deterring those outside London from travelling in.”
Mayor Sadiq Khan called on the Government to set up a compensation scheme to provide entertainment and hospitality firms with the same amount of income they received last Christmas, and also provide full pay rather than just statutory sick pay to workers forced to self-isolate.
He fears the move to Tier 3 could have “catastrophic consequences”, with up to 160,000 jobs at risk by the end of the month. Speaking to the Standard, Mr Khan said: “Think of the pubs, bars and restaurants and culture venues that have made huge sacrifices over the last eight months but were planning for a decent December to make up some of the monies lost.”
Simon French, chief economist at City brokers Panmure Gordon estimated that tonight’s move from Tier 2 to Tier 3 will cost a further £700 million in lost output just in the 10 shopping days left until Christmas. That is on top of the estimated £6 billion cost to London of last month’s second lockdown.
The move came as latest unemployment figures showed that joblessness is rising faster in the capital than anywhere else in the UK with an extra 314,000 people claiming work-related benefits over the past year.
Des Gunewardena, chief executive of fine dining group, D&D London, said: “Matt Hancock has just cancelled at 24 hours’ notice the biggest trading week of the year for central London pubs and restaurants. We all rely on profits at Christmas to be able to get through January and February. ”
David Moore, owner of Fitzrovia’s Pied à Terre, said: “It feels like Armageddon, I just feel like crying. Revenues will be down about 75 per cent for December year on year having suffered a slower start to the month than we’re used to and now having to close on the one week that we rely on every year.”
Ian Payne, chairman of Stonegate Pubs, said in a tweet: “How can any sane individual justify keeping Central London retail open when hospitality has to shut. We have all seen the crowds in Oxford St at the weekend. This is sheer madness.” Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association, said: “Moving into Tier 3 could completely destroy many pubs in London.”


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State-run PetroVietnam is in talks to sell a 49% stake in its Dung Quat oil refinery to three foreign companies, the refinery's director general said.
"We are trying to sell the stake as soon as possible, so that we will have funds for expanding the refinery," Nguyen Hoai Giang told Dow Jones Newswires Friday.
Mr. Giang said the parties involved haven't reached agreement on the issue he said is dominating negotiations: the refinery's value.
A person familiar with the situation said Friday that one of the three companies is state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela SA, the other two are from Japan and South Korea, and that it's likely all three will buy the stake jointly.
PetroVietnam, formally Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, has said it will use the money raised from selling the stake to expand the refinery's annual capacity to 10 million metric tons, or 200,000 barrels a day, from 6.5 million tons.
Dung Quat, the only refinery operating in Vietnam, It meets around one-third of the country's demand for oil products.
A feasibility study on the expansion will be completed by the end of this month, and the sale may take place after that, the person familiar with the situation said.
State media cited Mr. Giang as saying last month that the expansion of the refinery may cost between $1.5 billion and $2 billion, and will likely take five to six years.
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Costa Almeria resort town Roquetas de Mar had made safety the key selling point in its national tourism promotional campaign.
UNDER the slogan, ‘You and the Sea. This summer, safe, Roquetas de Mar,’ the campaign aims to lure visitors from other parts of Spain with promises of extensive beaches, plenty of accommodation, tourism sector quality and experience, and a holiday destination in a province which has registered one of the country’s lowest rates of Covid-19 infection.
It also promises holidaymakers will enjoy an unforgettable experience.
The local authority is running the campaign in regional and national media and on the Madrid metro. There will also be complementary provincial and local campaigns and promotions of local businesses and local agricultural and fishing industry produce.
Unveiling the campaign this week, Roquetas mayor Gabriel Amat admitted the forecasts for this summer “are not like other years,” but added, “they are better than we thought a few weeks back.”
The mayor reported that nearly all Roquetas’ hotels will open this year, and said bookings from national tourists are “good.”
According to Amat “Roquetas offers quality and health safety,” referring to the “great work being carried out alongside the Junta de Andalucia so that it stays that way,” and promising to “continue on this line, without letting down our guard at any time.”


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Retail supply chain firm nChannel adds Amazon to e-commerce partners
Startup nChannel Inc. has joined forces with “the enemy.”
Amazon.com Inc.’s new Webstore platform has approved nChannel’s supply chain automation software as an optional third-party service, which will expose the Columbus company to thousands of potential customers.
Columbus-based nChannel helps integrate connections among a retailer’s suppliers, in-store registers, website and outside e-commerce outlets, and accounting systems.
CEO Steve Weber had told me earlier this year that the goal was to help give small shops the back-end technology to compete with the likes of Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) – saying, “We’re giving folks the weapons of the enemy.”
It’s still important for small businesses to be able to compete with e-commerce giants, Weber said Wednesday – but now they also can use Amazon as a sales outlet.
“Eighty percent of product searches begin on Amazon.com,” Weber said. “To not be on Amazon in some respects is to not be on the Internet.”
Unlike having products offered as an approved merchant on Amazon.com itself, Webstore lets retailers create separate websites but use its ordering and checkout software. It’s competing with other e-commerce technology platforms such as Shopify or Ebay Inc.s’ Magento (which already work with nChannel).
“As Amazon is beginning to make inroads into this space, we are there on the ground floor,” Weber said.
Thousands of retailers are likely to use Webstore, and nChannel hopes a percentage of them become subscribers.
NChannel passed the 100-customer mark in July, doubling from the beginning of the year. It has grown to 53 full- and part-time employees, up from 30 in February, and had $3.3 million revenue in the year ended June 30.
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When Don Jones founded his first technology startup, Control Systems Research, there weren't many experienced entrepreneurs around to assist him.
"In 1968, there was no formal venture capital or entrepreneurial assistance in this city," he said. "I was pretty much on my own. I bought every book I could on starting a company."
Almost 40 years later, this scenario is starting to change as the number of repeat entrepreneurs that have started multiple companies appears to be on the rise in Pittsburgh. According to Innovation Works spokeswoman Terri Glueck, about half of the economic development organization's portfolio members are being run by repeat entrepreneurs.
"Typically, it (an increased number of repeat entrepreneurs) has a lot of ramifications that are far beyond the actual company," Glueck said. "Those entrepreneurs tend to mentor others, they are more likely to invest money in their own company and in others, and they typically have much more success in raising money."
Jones agreed that more help can be found today within the entrepreneurial community. "Today, it's a totally different landscape," he said. "We are developing a critical mass of entrepreneurs that help other entrepreneurs. That's been the driving force behind Silicon Valley. It is perhaps the most important ingredient of building an entrepreneurial environment."
More entrepreneurs in Pittsburgh is one indication of a vastly growing industry on the path to maturity, Jones said. More repeat entrepreneurs has meant that there are more experienced entrepreneurs to offer advice to startup companies as well as to start up their own companies. Jones also said that there are now more angel networks and coursework to help entrepreneurs, as well.
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On December 4th,media reported that Google had recently made its last Pixel series update in 2019, but many Pixel 2 and Pixel 3 users found that their phones had crashed, forcing many users to reset their devices.
It is understood that this updated system crash appears to be aimed at new gestures, because if you are also equipped with the Pixel 10 launcher and Android 10 gesture navigation features on the Pixel 3 or Pixel 3a phone, using two-key or old-style three-touch navigation will not encounter this problem, but after switching to a new gesture, The system crashes again.
Note that not only resets can lift the update crisis, one Pixel 3 user said he found the fastest way to uninstall updates, he quickly clicked on the three-point menu in the upper right corner of the screen when the launcher crashed and forced the menu to close, and uninstalled the update option in time, but not everyone was so lucky. After all, this operation was done in a very short time.
When it comes to push ingenas causing systems to crash or bug, we have to think of Apple, which has been reported by users since iOS 13, and Apple has since made several updates. However, it is hoped that Google’s update is only a small probability event, and can be resolved as soon as possible.


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Coming off a rough week that saw it badly miss earnings goals and fire three top executives, Hewlett-Packard is trying to turn attention to the future, highlighting several new product releases at its HPWorld conference.
In the spotlight for the annual conference are products aimed at inducing new and existing customers to migrate to HP’s 64-bit, Itanium-based Integrity line of servers and compatible storage devices.
HP describes Integrity as the “platform of choice” for its enterprise customers, because it offers opportunities for additional flexibility, as well as capacity for virtualization and utility computing, which is the theme of HP’s overall product push.
The server virtualization is starting with a push to enable machines to run both HP’s Unix and Linux at the same time and will eventually include the capability to run both Linux and Windows on the same servers, the company said.
Ann Livermore, executive vice president of HP’s Technology Solutions Group, said the company is making it easier for its customers to become “truly adaptive enterprises” by building on its achievements with Unix and translating them to other platforms.
“HP’s extraordinary achievements in Unix with HP-UX have paved the way for us to deliver industry-leading capabilities across multiple operating environments,” Livermore said. “This enables customers to reduce costs and simplify change through standardization without compromising on agility.”
HP might have its work cut out for it when it comes to convincing customers to make the move to newer machines. A survey by Interex, the HP user group that runs the conference, which is being held this year in Chicago, Illinois, found that just 16 percent of likely users said they plan to migrate to Itanium-based servers like the Integrity line, with 42 percent saying they had no plans to migrate.
One potential stumbling block appears to be worries about moving abruptly to a 64-bit system, with a third of users saying they’d prefer to see an intermediate step made available, with servers that ran both 32- and 64-bit programs.
But HP is undeterred and plans a barrage of rollouts at the conference, dangling features such as the Global Workload Manager, which automatically allocates resources among servers to optimize utilization and the Integrity Virtual Machine, which maximizes server utilization by allowing multiple deployments of HP-UX 11i and Linux to share a single machine.
Gartner analyst Martin Reynolds told the E-Commerce Times that companies do not enter server migration lightly, given the time and expense involved, but that HP and others need to lay the foundation so that they can keep customers who are ready to upgrade and emphasize that they are at the forefront of technology improvements.
“Vendors are always extolling the virtues of migrating to newer platforms,” Reynolds said. “Enterprises are constantly hearing why now’s the time and this is the platform to move up to. But most are going to proceed with great caution.”
Answering the Call
The conference convenes as HP faces several competitive threats. Sun Microsystems announced it would expand its HP Away program, which seeks to convert HP customers to Sun’s own products and services. IBM has gained market share as more enterprises opt for Linux, and Dell made a strong statement by posting a successful quarter just hours after HP missed targets.
Meanwhile, some say the latest bump in the road, with CEO Carly Fiorina firing three executives in the wake of the bad showing, demonstrates that HP has still not fully integrated the Compaq acquisition. The high-ranking executive let go last week was a holdover from Compaq who apparently failed to report problems with an internal systems upgrade in time.
Enderle Group analyst Rob Enderle said Fiorina’s actions were designed to quickly put last quarter’s problems behind HP and focus the entire company on executing going forward.
“That kind of quick, decisive action goes a long way to setting a tone for the company,” Enderle told the E-Commerce Times.


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General Motors in a buying mood
General Motors, trying to clear the stigma of being partly owned by the U.S. government, said Wednesday will spend $5.5 billion to buy back 200 million shares of its stock.
The government, in turn, promised to sell its remaining 300 million shares on the open market starting in January and get out of the company's business within the next 12 to 15 months.
The government got its shares as part of a $49.5 billion bailout of GM that began nearly four years ago. It saved GM from collapsing into financial ruin.
GM said it will pay $27.50 each for the 200 million shares, and it expects to close the deal by the end of the year. GM stock closed Tuesday at $25.49, and it shot up 7.1 per cent in premarket trading Wednesday to $27.30.
"This is fundamentally good for the business," GM Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann told reporters. He added that GM has market research showing that the government ownership has held down sales of the company's cars and trucks.
GM's purchase of the 200 million shares still leaves the government about $21 billion short of breaking even on its investment. To break even, the government would have to get nearly $70 each for its shares.
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The Minister for Universities and Innovation, Sam Gyimah MP, this week opened the London Stock Exchange together with Israel’s Ambassador to the UK H.E. Mark Regev and an Israeli trade delegation.
Minister Gyimah joined the dignitaries at the start of the annual InnovateIsrael 2018 conference and urged Israeli start-ups to do business in the UK.
15 Israeli startups briefed some 200 UK corporates, investors and family offices on their technologies at the InnovateIsrael conference on Tuesday, hosted by UK Israel Business (UKIB).
The companies came from a variety of sectors, including developers of artificial intelligence and vision devices for the partially sighted and those with dyslexia; drones, big data, cybersecurity, marketing technologies and nano-satellites.
The keynote speaker at the event was Ziv Aviram, the co-founder and CEO of OrCam Technologies, which uses artificial intelligence to help the blind to “see”. Mr Aviram chose the Innovate Israel conference to launch his new product – MyEye, a device attached to users’ glasses which visually interprets surroundings and relays them through an earpiece.
Last year, Mr Aviram sold his previous venture Mobileye, which produces technology for self-driving cars, for £11 billion to Intel – the highest ever sum for a buyout of an Israeli firm.


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- Inspire Brands bought Vromo, a delivery software platform, for an undisclosed sum on Monday, the restaurant company confirmed via email.
- This marks Inspire’s first purchase since its $11.3 billion acquisition of Dunkin’ in 2020.
- Inspire said Vromo can “make delivery channels more profitable,” echoing Yum Brands’ purchase of Australian delivery management firm Dragontail Systems in 2021 to improve the delivery experience.
Inspire’s purchase of Vromo appears to build on the company’s recent structural transformation, including realigning its corporate efforts to focus on growth, brands, commercial and company restaurants. This realignment was also designed to provide more support from Inspire’s shared services platform, aided by the appointment of Scott Murphy as chief brand officer and Dan Lynn as chief commercial and restaurant officer.
The acquisition also follows another major investment in Inspire’s delivery infrastructure in 2021. That year, Inspire launched Alliance Kitchen in Atlanta, which offers food from each of Inspire’s restaurant brands for delivery and takeout via aggregator platforms.
The company has also shuffled several brand presidents and hired a development chief last year.
Rival Yum has expanded its tech stack beyond delivery enhancements, as well. In 2021, the company bought Kvantum, an AI-powered consumer insights and marketing analytics firm and Tictuk Technologies, an omnichannel ordering and marketing platform. These tech assets help diners access Yum’s restaurant brands in new ways and has improved the customer experience and given its concepts an edge against rivals, executives have said in the past.


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Apple to update iMac lineup with Intel Haswell CPUs in June or July - report
Apple's all-in-one iMac desktops will receive a refresh this summer, gaining Intel's latest generation Haswell processors in June or July, according to one analyst.
Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities expects thew iMacs with Haswell processors could arrive as soon as this month. In the third quarter of calendar 2013, he expects total shipments to reach 1.1 million units.
In all, he has called for iMac shipments for the full year to hit 4.7 million units, which would be up 31 percent year over year from 2012.
iMac shipments peaked in the first quarter of calendar 2013, when Apple was able to address production issues that plagued the desktops at launch, sending out 1.75 million units. In the soon-to-conclude June quarter, he expects iMac shipments will be 650,000, as demand for the new models has cooled off.
The redesigned all-in-one machines first launched in the holiday 2012 quarter, but supply was severely constrained for weeks, until Apple was able to resolve its apparent production issues in early 2013.
Months before the launch of the new iMac, Kuo accurately predicted both the thinner redesign and the severe constraints that Apple would face. He said the production issues were mostly associated with a unique screen lamination process employed by Apple.
With the launch of new iMacs in the June-July timeframe, Kuo expects that major suppliers such as Quanta and Radiant will see their shipments "climb sharply" in the third quarter of calendar 2013.
Monday's note from Kuo offered no suggestion that new Haswell-powered iMacs will be unveiled at today's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. Instead, Apple is expected to introduce new MacBooks alongside its major software offerings: iOS 7 and OS X 10.9.


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Inverness's Eastgate shopping centre sold in £250m deal
The biggest shopping centre in the Highlands has been taken by its former owners as part of a £250m business deal.
F&C REIT has bought the Eastgate in Inverness on behalf of clients from property development and investment firm Grosvenor.
The mall covers a 320,000sq ft (29,750 sq m) area in the city centre.
Royal & Sun Alliance built the centre in two phases, the first 30 years ago. The second phase was opened in 2003.
Grosvenor bought the Eastgate in 2005 for a reported £170m.
The £250m deal involves the Eastgate and two centres in England.
Joanne Wilkes, of F&C REIT, said: "We are delighted to be taking an active role in one of the country's top shopping destinations and look forward to working with our customers and the local business community to ensure Eastgate is managed and developed with everyone's best interests at heart.
"We are confident that we can use our expertise to strengthen the centre's position as the retail centrepiece of the region and we will be engaging closely with the Highland Council in an effort to do so."


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Apple Pay launched last fall in Canada for American Express cardholders only, which meant the majority of Visa and MasterCard users with cards from Canadian banks were left out in the cold. But that changed yesterday with expansion to Visa, MasterCard and Interac from RBC and CIBC, with TD, Scotiabank and BMO coming next month. (more…)
EasilyDo has launched their own email app for iOS and Android.
Apple is expected to change the ‘New’ tab within the Apple Music app on the Apple TV to ‘Browse’.
Ahead of an expanded Apple Pay roll out in June, Apple is featuring mobile banking apps in the App Store.
SoundHound on iOS gets major artificial intelligence upgrade, powerful voice control.
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Uber will face fines of up to $50,000 a day if it doesn’t follow new rules.
MCX has today announced it would postpone a nationwide rollout of its CurrentC smartphone payment initiative.
The company’s recent hires are adding fuel to rumours of wireless charging feature in the next iPhone.
BitTorrent has today announced the launch of its new ‘BitTorrent Live’ video streaming app for Apple TV.
Police forces across Canada are set to make driving safer this week with a new public awareness campaign.
Apple and other tech companies subjected to security reviews in China.
UGO Wallet says it now can support HCE and tokenization for Visa credit cards.


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Third party developers will be able to build mobile applications that tap into the features of Adobe's Creative Cloud thanks to a new SDK the company is releasing as part of a major update to the suite of graphic design products.
The company is also releasing two pieces of hardware to work with Creative Cloud mobile apps.
"We will be releasing that Creative SDK to third party developers so they can actually include [Adobe] technology in their own mobile apps, so that they can connect into the Creative Cloud," Adobe APAC evangelist, Paul Burnett, said.
The vendor is yet to make available details about the SDK's licence and pricing.
The update to the Creative Cloud applications, which was made available to customers this morning, represents the "biggest release" since the vendor started phasing out boxed versions of its software in favour of a subscription model. It's an "absolutely huge release," Burnett said.
"Across the Creative Cloud desktop applications, 14 of those have had major updates in this release," he added. The exceptions were Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Lightroom, which recently received separate major updates.
A particular focus of the update is mobile, with the vendor adding a number of iPad apps to the suite. These include Line, for heavily vector-based architectural drawing, and Sketch for freeform drawing. Another mobile app is Photoshop Mix. Initially available on the iPad, the application allows processor-intensive tasks such as content-aware fill to be performed by offloading them to the cloud.
"What you're able to do in Photoshop Mix is if there is a process that you want to do that's too powerful for the iPad, it takes the file, sends it to the cloud , processes on the cloud and sends you back the results," Burnett said.
Burnett said this was an example of functionality that could be incorporated into a third-party tool via the new SDK. The SDK includes features such as access to files stored in the Creative Cloud and various manipulations of PSD files as well as image editing effects.
"The initial release of the SDK is going to be to a private beta and then later we will make it available to anyone," Burnett said.
"The more services we can give people in the Creative Cloud and the more services that our partners can provide for our customers in the Creative Cloud, obviously the more attractive it is. It's a subscription model and our promise to customers has been that we will continue to add value to it, and we've been consistently doing that, releasing new versions, new solutions, new apps. "
Coinciding with the Creative Cloud update Adobe is making its first foray into hardware, releasing a pen – dubbed Adobe Ink – and a ruler – called Adobe Slide – designed to work with tablet apps. The SDK will mean that third-party developers will also be able to design apps to work with the new hardware.
Details of the Australian availability of Ink and Slide are yet to be released, but they should reach the country this year.
'Huge efforts' to prevent another outage
Burnett said the vendor had made "huge efforts" to prevent another Creative Cloud outage of the sort that caused chaos in May. "We stuffed up," Burnett said. "It wasn't a security issue, it wasn't any sort of hacking or anything like that – we were doing a normal update and it was a human error which we missed on the way."
"Are we making damn sure that that doesn't happen again? Yeah," he said. "And we have been working like crazy on that. We've put a whole new team on [dedicated] to ensuring that that sort of thing doesn't happen again." Burnett said the vendor has also been examining ways of improving its response and reducing the impact of problems if they do occur.


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- Is Hummer discontinued?
- Can a civilian buy a Humvee?
- Are Humvees still being made?
- What is the biggest street legal truck?
- Are jeeps still used in military?
- Why is Ford not making cars anymore?
- Why Hummer is so expensive?
- What vehicle is replacing the Humvee?
- Are military trucks street legal?
- Are Army Humvees street legal?
- Can a civilian buy a Jltv?
- Can I buy a tank in the US?
- Are military Hummers bullet proof?
- Is there a 2020 Hummer?
Is Hummer discontinued?
In February 2010, General Motors Co.
(GM) announced it would be phasing out its Hummer brand after an unsuccessful attempt to sell the brand to a Chinese manufacturer.
Towards the end of its lifespan, the Hummer faced challenges as consumers became more conscious about vehicle gas mileage..
Can a civilian buy a Humvee?
Before this year they’ve been tough to come by for civilians. But now’s your chance to own your own personal Humvee straight from Uncle Sam. … In fact, even if you do buy a Humvee that is sold as street-legal, the laws regarding vehicle registration and plates for military vehicles and Humvees vary from state to state.
Are Humvees still being made?
With the demise of the civilian Hummer H1—and the Hummer brand overall—we haven’t thought much about the Humvee lately. But the military-spec Humvee, officially the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), is still being built by AM General, and the company has just rolled out a new version.
What is the biggest street legal truck?
You could also consider “biggest” dimensionally. The longest car is a van, the Iveco Daily. The widest car is a truck, the Dodge Ram 3500 DRW. And the tallest is the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, another van.
Are jeeps still used in military?
Are military Jeeps still used by the U.S.? The current military vehicle lineup no longer includes Jeep-made designs. According to Fox News, however, the U.S. military currently has a stronger-than-ever need for smaller, lighter, tactical vehicles.
Why is Ford not making cars anymore?
Ford to stop selling every car in North America but the Mustang and Focus Active. Ford today announced it will phase out most cars it sells in North America. … Citing a reduction in consumer demand and product profitability, Ford is in turn not investing in the next generation of sedans. The Taurus is no more.
Why Hummer is so expensive?
Why do hummers cost so much? The Hummers are expensive because they are no longer being produced. On top of that, they are built to be extremely durable with strong exterior and powerful engines. Here are the facts about the wild price range of Hummers.
What vehicle is replacing the Humvee?
After over three decades of faithful service, the United States Army and Marine Corps are replacing the AM General Humvee in frontline service with the Oshkosh JLTV.
Are military trucks street legal?
There are loads of military surplus vehicles in the market today, of which some are road-legal. As long as your military vehicle is free of armaments, rides on wheels, and is not wider than 102 mm, you can make it road legal.
Are Army Humvees street legal?
States are unable to title ex-military Humvees for on-road use. The principal reason the federal government limits ex-military Humvees for off- road use only is because they are not street legal due to not being manufactured to U.S. EPA emissions standards and U.S. DOT standards for on-road use in the United States.
Can a civilian buy a Jltv?
The Marine Corps have currently ordered 5,500 JLTVs, with deliveries slated to be complete by the early 2020s, and the Army has ordered 49,099 JLTVs, with deliveries slated through 2040. … Humvees and jeeps ultimately made their way into the civilian world, but Oshkosh says it can’t sell the JLTV to the public.
Can I buy a tank in the US?
A tank in the U.S. can have operational guns, if the owner has a federal Destructive Device permit, and state laws don’t prohibit it. … Tanks generally aren’t street-legal, so owners usually drive them off-road or on other private property.
Are military Hummers bullet proof?
The U.S. military is currently evaluating a new form of protection, developed by BAE Systems as well as systems designed by the Army, which are already in theater. The new gunner’s seat is protected by 1.5 to 2 feet (46 to 61 cm) high steel plates with bullet-proof glass windows.
Is there a 2020 Hummer?
The Hummer EV will go on sale in fall, 2021, and at first only the most expensive Edition 1 model will be available; less expensive trims will come into the picture starting in 2022.


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$7m Bindoon shed packs a punch for local citrus export
A new $7 million fruit packing facility which opened in Bindoon yesterday marks the coming of age for a local family business, and will help drive fresh produce exports from the region to markets across the globe.
The 7000sqm facility, the biggest of its type in WA, is a joint venture between Moora Citrus, headed by Sue Middleton and Michael Brennan, and the Kay, Gillon and Yildiz families.
Ms Middleton said the facility would enable Moora Citrus to consolidate all of its packing on one site.
In recent years the business spread its packing across several sheds, which meant a less consistent product was reaching market.
Called Moora Citrus Packers, the pack shed is fitted with advanced sorting software and has the capacity to pack, cool, inspect, load and seal containers straight to port for high-biosecurity protocol export markets, including South Korea, Thailand and China.
Ms Middleton said Moora Citrus already exported its fruit through a freight order system that involved time-consuming repackaging, over which they could retain little control.
“It meant fruit wasn’t necessarily packed how we wanted and to our customers’ requirements,” she said. “This enables us to pack our own containers, do it right and do it once.”
To start operating from next year, Moora Citrus Packers can be used by WA fruit producers, including those growing avocados, mangoes and blueberries.
“With some retrofitting to our machinery, we could pack other types of fruit,” she said.
A recent study by RSM found there was a significant shortfall in the packing capacity for fresh produce north of Perth. In alleviating this, Moora Citrus Packers expects to generate an extra 15 permanent jobs for Bindoon, plus opportunities for seasonal staff.
In full production, Moora Citrus and Moora Citrus Packers will have a joint turnover of $24 million, which Ms Middleton said would create 50-60 jobs in the service supply chain.
The first trees on Moora Citrus’ 210ha orchard were planted in 2005 and the orchard is still reaching full production. The orchard harvested 5000-6000 tonnes of citrus this year, expecting to reach 8000 tonnes next year.
At full production, expected within five years, 13,000 tonnes will be harvested from 171,000 trees.
“The new packing shed is a major milestone in our vision to to create a local family business and replace citrus important from the Eastern States,” she said.
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LINCOLN, Neb. -- General Motors recalled more than six million cars for faulty ignition switches, and the consequences may force millions of car owners to give up their keys.
It may also be several weeks until they get them back.
Julie O'Connell is one of those people, the owner of a 2008 Pontiac G6.
O'Connell said she is one of the few people that can actually get her car started, where others fail.
"It's just kind of a glitch to it," O'Connell said, "and my spare key has never worked."
After hearing about the recall, O'Connell said she is afraid to drive her car and wants to get it in fast.
O'Connell said it is especially concerning after she thinks about the 13 deaths that have been linked to faulty GM cars.
"It's just so sad that 13 people have died because of an issue that seems so simple," O'Connell said.
The CEO of GM, Mary Barra, is facing tough questions because of it.
Investigators believe GM knew about the problems in 2001, but did nothing to recall the cars until recently.
Barra believes former GM leadership focused on cost over safety. In a hearing Tuesday, a Congresswoman said it would have cost GM $.57 cents per unit to fix it.
O'Connell said the potential for danger is keeping her car off the streets, and headed to the shop as soon as possible.
"Millions of cars are being recalled," O'Connell said, "and it just makes me nervous that something could be overlooked so majorly."
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1) GM is asking owners of the cars listed below to bring their vehicles into their dealerships now, even though it may be several weeks until the parts arrive.
2) GM is working with rental agencies to ensure all their car owners have a rental while vehicles are in the shop.
The possibly affected cars are:
Chevrolet Malibu: All model year 2004 and 2005, and some model year 2006 and model year 2008 and 2009 vehicles
Chevrolet Malibu Maxx: All model year 2004 and 2005, and some 2006 model year
Chevrolet HHR (Non-Turbo): Some model year 2009 and 2010 vehicles
Chevrolet Cobalt: Some model year 2010 vehicles
Saturn Aura: Some model year 2008 and 2009 vehicles
Saturn ION: All model year 2004 to 2007 vehicles
Pontiac G6: All model year 2005, and some model year 2006 and model year 2008 and 2009 vehicles
Service parts installed into certain vehicles before May 31, 2010 under a previous safety recall
3) Take everything off your key ring, including the keyless entry, to be dropped off at the service center.


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Google's prototype car doesn't have a steering wheel or pedals, but could represent the end of bad drivers.
Here are five catalysts that could push Tesla Motors shares higher after the company reports earnings on Wednesday.
The Toyota Camry is safer, and that's why Consumer Reports recommends it again.
Tesla is putting itself into position to add production after getting a $34.7 million tax break from California.
The victim compensation expert raises the death toll from crashes involving GM cars with faulty ignition switches from 13.
Sir Richard Branson estimates the North America trucking industry could save up to $40 billion a year.
Chrysler is recalling 230,760 SUVs to install a new part to prevent a fuel pump issue that could cause the vehicles to stall or not start.


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The report, launched by cable operator UPC and research firm Amarach, predicts up to 150,000 new jobs from what it calls the Irish internet economy.
It says that consumer spending will make up 60pc of this surge in online activity. The report found that 60pc or €3.5bn of Irish spending currently goes abroad.
The report also found that 30pc of Irish adults now subscribe to broadband speeds of 30mbs or higher compared to just 10pc in 2012. It found that 44pc of Irish homes can access speeds of up to 200mbs. However, it also found that 23pc of Irish people have no idea what broadband speed they get at home. It also found that Irish businesses expect 21pc of their sales to be online in 2014, putting Ireland ahead of the EU average.
Meanwhile, 53pc of Irish firms say they are influenced by online feedback from consumers and customers. However, just 75pc of Irish businesses have websites according to the report. Over half of Irish businesses said they plan to sell to more customers outside of Ireland by using the internet over the next two years.