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Havells India expanding or maintaining margins in each biz segment: CMD
We are seeing a little bit of improvement in the last few weeks. In many categories, we may have gained market share. However, it is too early to say how Q4 pans out. Let us see how it works out. We are putting all our investments in brand and distribution. Hopefully things should turn out better in the coming quarters.
This quarter and this year are exceptions for Zee Entertainment: CFO
There was a 5.4% decline in ad revenue. The overall revenue at Rs 2,048....
Next round of fundraising likely at end of 2020: Shyam Srinivasan, MD & CEO, Federal Bank
Given the external situation, our performance on mo...
Grasim Industries Q4 profit at Rs 1,532 crore
The company's total expenses were at Rs 18,747.22 crore during the quarter.
V-Guard Q4 profit zooms 115% to Rs 59 crore
Consolidated net profit for FY 19 increased 24% over previous year to Rs 167.23 crore.
Jindal Stainless allowed to exit CDR; posts 72% fall in Q4 profit
The company’s lenders allowed it to exit the corporate debt restructuring (CDR) process.
Cipla Q4 profit beats estimates; top highlights
In Q4, North America delivered strong growth of 41 per cent YoY and 38 per cent QoQ.
What to watch out for in Sun Pharma’s Q4 results
The drug major is expected to post a 12.3 per cent increase in net sales to Rs 7,537 crore.
Hindalco Q4 profit drops 18% to Rs 506 crore, still beats Street estimates
This was against Rs 377 crore net estimated by analysts in an ET Now poll.
Hindalco's margins fall in Q4: Key takeaways
Revenue jumped to Rs 12,455 crore against Rs 11,687 crore in the year-ago period.
Hindalco Q4 results today: Here's what brokerages say
Edelweiss Securities expects the firm to report a 19.7 per cent YoY drop in profit at Rs 315 crore.
Page Industries plunges 11%, suffers biggest intraday fall in over a decade
The recorded sales stood at Rs 607.86 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2019
Exide Q4 profit up 11% at Rs 211 crore
For the year ended March 31, Exide's profit was up by 26.34% at Rs 844 crore.
Sun Pharma drops post Q4 nos; brokerages mixed
Analysts in an ET NOW poll had projected the profit figure to be at Rs 976 crore.
Multibagger Page gets de-rated on weak Q4, accounting policy
The management attributed the weak performance to liquidity crunch in the trade channels.
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Norfolk, Va. - Uber will be banned from the Norfolk International Airport until they come to an agreement with the Airport Authority.
The topic was brought up during the committee's regularly scheduled meeting today at the airport.
Airport Advisory members say Uber is welcome there and they want to do business with them, but that's only if they sign the same agreement and pay the same fees as another transportation app, Lyft.
After July of this year, it is now a Virginia state law for Transportation Network Companies, or TWC's, such as Uber and Lyft, to have an agreement with airports where they drop-off and pick-up passengers.
Executive Director of the Airport Advisory, Wayne Shank, says after doing some research, they invited both Uber and Lyft to negotiate that agreement.
He says Lyft took their offer to come to the table, but Uber didn't.
"When Lyft came and negotiated that deal, Uber was still not talking to us so we needed to move on," says Shank.
The agreement requires that Lyft pays a $10,000 security deposit, a $5,000 annual fee and a $2.00 charge for each drop-off and pick-up.
Uber has since sent two different proposals, according to Shank, to lower the pick-up and drop-off fees. They also sent their customers a message to e-mail city council to enforce the change
The Airport Authority discussed that they would not change the agreement for Uber since Lyft was cooperative from the start.
In a statement to NewsChannel 3, an Uber spokeswoman says, "It is unfair that the Airport Authority wants to single out riders who chose options like Uber by imposing such high pickup and drop-off fees on Uber trips, and we believe such fees will negatively impact our driver-partners’ businesses. Despite our effort to negotiate in good faith - and offer several solutions - we continue to be unable to reach an agreement with the Airport Authority."
Currently, if users try to open the Uber app within the airport, a message pops up saying that Uber drivers are not allowed to pick-up people at the airport.

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The 26th Printing and Packaging Exhibition was held with the cooperation of the printing union, the lithographic union and the Association of Carton manufacturers in the permanent location of Iran International Exhibition.
According to Mehr News Agency, the 26th Printing and Packaging Exhibition was held with the cooperation of the printing union, the lithographic union, the Association of Carton manufacturers, the paper and cardboard union, the Association of paper and cardboard, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and the Chamber of Guilds in the permanent location of Iran International Exhibition from Nov, 29th to December 3rd.
The Exhibition was held in an area surface of 43 thousand m2 25 thousand m2 of which has currently been allocated to hold the Printing and Packaging Exhibition by Arvin Mehr Fajr Company since 2019. 500 m2 of this exhibition was allocated to foreign section in which China and India have stands in the form of pavilion and some companies or their representatives from Italy, Germany, Belgium and Turkey independently participated in the exhibition.
According to the Supreme Leader's emphasis on production boom, a space of 100 m2 has been provided with the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in order to be acquainted with the capabilities of the manufacturers of this industry. Moreover, 500 M2 open area of this space has been allocated for stands.
In addition, 6 sessions of training courses, six meetings to discuss the industry problems and the online news program were held on the sideline of the exhibition.


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The retired boxer is working on his new project –
“Everyone’s got a plan till they get hit!” Well, the ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’ wants you to take a hit. Tyson is now a proud owner of a 418-acre (almost 420!) ranch that is going to be a weed smokers paradise.
Construction for the lavish hotel stay is already underway. The ranch will offer different strains of marijuana to edibles and merchandise, Mike says the resort will have it all. The ranch broke ground in December 2017 but is yet to be fully built. It’s designed to be a wonderland of weed with tourist attractions, a luxury hotel, glamping tents, a lazy river that will take a full hour to cross, and an ampitheater for music festivals and concerts. There will even be a Tyson University to teach cannabis-cultivation techniques to future farmers.


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Microsoft on Monday announced the end of days for its pioneering Paint application as it focuses on software for 3-D drawing.
Apple is reportedly working on a chip called the Apple Neural Engine, which would be dedicated to carrying out artificial intelligence (AI) processing on its mobile devices.
Apple on Monday confirmed that it has bought US machine learning startup Turi as Silicon Valley giants focus on a future rich with artificial intelligence.
University of Alabama in Huntsville researchers are seeing potential in a software application that could effectively warn users when they are about to give away sensitive personal information online.
Instagram on Thursday broke its square mold with an update that adds portrait and landscape formats to the image-sharing smartphone application.
Software may appear to operate without bias because it strictly uses computer code to reach conclusions. That's why many companies use algorithms to help weed out job applicants when hiring for a new position.
Microsoft on Wednesday followed through on a promise to release versions of its widely used Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs for smartphones running on Google-backed Android software.
Swiss researchers at CSEM in Neuchatel have developed the smallest-ever complete vision system on a chip, called Vision-In-Package (VIP). With a variety of potential uses—including brand recognition, robotic surgery guidance, ...
As modern software systems continue inexorably to increase in complexity and capability, users have become accustomed to periodic cycles of updating and upgrading to avoid obsolescence—if at some cost in terms of frustration. ...
Whether it is business or personal, more and more human interaction is happening in an online environment. But, how do you know if you can trust the person on the other end of the connection? The simple answer is most people ...


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Experience the magic of Tanzania in these amazing drone videos
From the glistening waters of Zanzibar to the wildlife-watching on the vast plains of the Serengeti, this drone video will have you packing your bags for Tanzania.
Created by travel bloggers Cameron Seagle and Natasha Alden, who run the travel site the World Pursuit, the drone video shines a whole new light on the East African nation.
The aerial footage shows clips from the stunning beaches of Zanzibar, deserted sandbars off the coast, luxury resorts and safari camps, tree-covered mountain peaks and wild elephants and giraffes roaming through Tanzania’s National Parks.
“Locals have been so curious about our drone,” Cameron says. “Many times they’ve never seen one and we often let them watch from the screen on our phones. Younger people’s faces just light up.” While locals are intrigued by the drone and footage captured, Tanzania’s wildlife have been far from impressed.“Pretty much every animal that hears or sees it, runs. In fact, we encountered a programme in which they train rangers to use our very drone to keep elephants out of local villages and crops,” says Cameron.
The two bloggers have just finished a nine-month adventure driving across Africa in a jeep, in the hope of travelling off the beaten track and shattering people’s misconceptions about the continent.
“Information about Africa is also really sparse. When we first arrived the only other bloggers we found with recent information had done overland tours. So, their advice completely fell short because doing it on your own and having someone plan every single aspect is totally different.”
Creating stunning aerial footage of their travels, the pair has driven overland the whole way from South Africa to Uganda. They now plan to spend a few months on safari exploring East Africa and creating more drone videos to inspire people to visit this part of the world.
Check out their facebook page for more videos from Africa.
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Discover how the Porto based medical cannabis company, Symtomax, is poised to conquer the European market and beyond.
Symtomax based in Porto, Portugal are licenced to cultivate, import and export medical cannabis Sativa L, with their facility that includes indoor, outdoor and greenhouse cultivation, research and quality control labs as well as processing, packaging and distribution for medical cannabis and cannabinoid-containing products, totalling 105 hectares with 95 hectares approved for cultivation is Europe’s largest outdoor medical cannabis cultivation facility, capable of producing more than 700,000 kilograms per year.
With Symtomax looking to invest over €30m over the next five years ensuring that they lead the cultivation process in Europe.
Symtomax is managed by CEO and Founder Minette Coetzee, whose entrepreneurial instincts and vision have rapidly positioned them as a major powerhouse in the cultivation world within the European Union. An impressive team, with the likes of Eurico Carlos Alves a Professor of Surgery at the Integrated Master of Medicine of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences and former State Secretary of Health and Chairman of the Infarmed Board of Directors. David Mace, ex GW pharmaceutical Audit Chairman, and Olaf van Tulder CEO of Green House Group (strain hunters) and over 25 years’ experience in the cultivation of cannabis on a commercial level.
This formidable partnership established between Symtomax and Green House group (GHM Europe B.V.) who are based in Amsterdam are one of the world’s leading producers, processors, extractors and breeders of medicinal grade cannabis genetics for the supplement, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries, has ensured Symtomax’s standing amongst the major cannabis corporations in Europe.
Symtomax will be utilising our vast experience and knowledge together with Green House companies in three main fields, acting as its seeds and ‘buds’ main supplier as well as providing Agro-environmental engineering expertise and full access to their GHM Genetic Development/GHM Medical programmes. “I have always believed that if you are going to build something great then you need the right people, industry experts who are all top of their game, with the same ambition and the same passion for cannabis and its potential” said Coetzee.
Their cultivation site in the Alentejo region of Portugal according to Olaf van Tulder, Symtomax’s Technical Director is in the ideal location. “Portugal is blessed with ample sunshine a favourable climate, and with outdoor cultivation requiring far fewer resources, reduces our operating costs compared to producing plants grown indoors. We use the natural environment to fuel its growth, nothing artificial, no high intensity lighting, plus we are lowering our carbon footprint which is a bonus”.
“Portugal is uniquely positioned to successfully export and distribute medical cannabis oil throughout Europe, the Middle East and the African markets, acting as our hub for cultivation, production and research. With more and more countries advancing legislation or introducing new regulations for medical cannabis,” Coetzee continued “we believe Portugal’s ability to anticipate this growing market will spearhead and reinforce its reputation for adapting to global business opportunities and become a prominent advocate of medical cannabis as an alternative healthcare.”
Cultivation in Portugal – the heart of the European Union
Portugal has a robust agricultural background with a strong wine making culture and with over 40% of its land used by agrobusinesses it was inevitable that cultivating cannabis is something that Portugal have easily accommodated. With its weather classified as Csb climate; a warm, temperate moist forest climate with wet winters, dry summers and the warmest month above 22°C on average. You begin to see why Portugal’s favourable business climate for international companies will make this country a leading contender in the European medical cannabis industry.
Portugal has highly qualified human resources that would play a major role in leveraging the pharmaceutical R&D in the country and as a member of the European Union gives us clear, tariff free and unobstructed access to all member states markets where medical cannabis is legal.
With a population of approximately 750 million, double that of both the USA and Canada, it’s easy to see why according to market experts Prohibition Partners, the European Union cannabis market is predicted to be the largest regulated cannabis market in the world, and over the next five years is estimated to be worth a staggering €115bn.
The evidence suggests that Europe will be a major market for the global cannabis companies hence why we have seen a steady stream of various acquisitions of strategic sites and joint ventures of European cannabis licence holders.
In Europe, for Europe
Symtomax believes that the focus of the major cannabis companies has been on acquiring cannabis production licences rather than cultivation. There is a trend which is seeing American and Canadian companies getting that foothold within the European market and with reliance on the importation of their dry product from another jurisdiction, or even outside of the EU. “There is a clear distribution and revenue cost advantage with cultivating within Europe. The numerous enquiries Symtomax have received for the supply of product, confirms this view,” continued Coetzee.
Symtomax are at the forefront to offer cheaper production, providing products at the certification grade Europe requires. With current demand outstripping supply in the European Union, it’s easy to see why Symtomax are confident about how they have positioned themselves. Symtomax’s vision and strategic direction is evident in the recently announced partnership. In May of this year Symtomax and Greater Cannabis Company a publicly traded biopharmaceutical, based out of Baltimore, with a focus on the development and commercialisation of cannabinoid delivery systems, signed a joint agreement giving rights to use their tested patented delivery products & distribution throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa.
With concern growing over vaping and the numerous incidents now being reported, Symtomax’s new oral patch, provides a safe alternative delivery platform that can be utilised to deliver cannabinoids directly into the body without the harmful side effects of smoking or vaping, and with quicker onset and greater bioavailability than ingestibles.
This new Innovative delivery system using a bio-adhesive, adjustable dose, and fully dissolvable, non-irritant patch, provides for a needle free, intra-oral systemic drug delivery.
Paul Segal, Chairman said: “Our focus has always been on providing safe, accessible, alternative medicines, with patients and consumers demanding safer routes of administration, while achieving proper potency and higher bioavailability, we believe we can now meet this need as well as the expectations.”
Symtomax have established sales and distribution arrangements to supply their cannabinoid-containing products through major pharmaceutical distribution channels throughout Portugal and the European Union (EU). The conveyance technology is designed to accelerate and enhance the delivery and bioavailability of medicines and cannabis actives when compared to traditional methods of enteral administration.
It does appear as if Symtomax have a well-planned strategy and it doesn’t end there. Whilst their short-term objectives are well underway, their expansion plans also focus on introducing the company’s brands into new and upcoming markets, and Africa they believe is that market.
“We are currently in discussions with parties in Africa and hope to finalise those very soon” said Coetzee. Africa is the largest and second most-populous continent, being behind Asia in both categories. It covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area, 20% of its land area and it has a population of over 1.2 billion people – almost double that of Europe, and almost three times that of the US and Canada.
Current estimates that more than 10,000 tons of cannabis are produced on the continent each year, according to a UN survey, which advocates believe could be worth billions of Euros in a rapidly expanding global market for legal cannabis.
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CUPERTINO, Calif. ( TheStreet) -- If a Verizon ( VZ) iPhone comes to pass, its shelf space won't be padded by the same pushovers that surround it at AT&T ( T).
If speculation holds and Verizon brings Apple's ( AAPL) iPhone into the fold in the first quarter of next year, its 14.1 million in sales last quarter -- a 91% improvement over the same period last year -- could be easily eclipsed; JP Morgan ( JPM) estimates that the iPhone will boost Verizon profits by 11%. Unlike AT&T, where 13 million iPhone subscribers at the end of the first quarter of this year accounted for 15% of the wireless subscriber base and 25% of wireless revenues, though, Verizon has a few more toys in the box. Verizon's Motorola ( MOT) Droid X, Droid Incredible and Droid 2 Google ( GOOG) Android phones, for example, accounted for about 27% of total Android sales in the second quarter of this year. Also, roughly 4% of Verizon's smartphone users use 2 gigabytes of data per month, compared with only about 2.5% of AT&T's iPhone customers. Here's a look at the iPhone and how it stacks up against five smartphone alternatives:


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Editorial: Cook County overreaches with unfair beverage tax
Here's the problem we have with the beverage tax that Cook County is trying to impose on all of us who stop at the supermarket or drive through a fast-food restaurant.
Why a beverage tax?
The answer Cook County officials will give is health, that the county in its benevolence is trying to discourage unhealthy habits.
OK, we have to admit that we don't have a problem with encouraging healthy lifestyles as a general premise.
Cigarettes, for example, are addictive and inherently unhealthy, with no particularly redeeming value. We don't take issue with tobacco taxes as a way to discourage smoking and the tragic consequences it brings.
And we don't have much of a question about taxes on alcohol either, considering how deadly and heartbreaking overindulgence in alcohol can be.
But after that, is it really the government's job in a land of liberty to dictate what our choices and lifestyles should be? And if you argue that it is, where do we draw the line?
Why beverages but not, say, potato chips?
Why beverages but not butter?
Why beverages but not baked goods or egg yolks or ice cream or processed foods or high-sodium soups?
Why some sweetened beverages, but not all sweetened beverages? That is, why not cafe lattes? Yes, let's think about that for a second: Why indeed beverages but not cafe lattes? What is the logic of that?
The argument against soft drinks is that they have too much sugar or if not that, too much sugar substitutes. Ok, if that's really the problem, what about everything else that has sugar or sugar substitutes. Why are they bad in beverages but tolerated in gum?
Should the government be charging us if the meats we eat fail to reach someone's standard for lean?
Speaking of that, many health experts argue against consumption of red meat no matter how lean it is. County Board President Toni Preckwinkle doesn't seem to be getting worked up about that.
What about caffeine? County officials seem expressly unconcerned about an overindulgence in caffeine even though it can have adverse effects on the heart.
Some studies show a correlation between fish oil and prostate cancer. Should Cook County be taxing fish oil?
And if Cook County's going to tax beverages, why doesn't it impose a tax on tea? Oh, that's right, we almost forgot. They tried taxing tea in Boston a while back and that didn't work out too well.


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Construction industry body Cement & Concrete South Africa (CCSA) is interacting with government to legislate anti-import dumping tariffs and protection for local cement materials and products.
“We have capacity to produce around 22-million tons of cement a year, and we are producing only about 13-million tons, owing to demand, so there’s significant spare capacity available.
“This is where imports of cement and other construction materials becomes a challenge. There’s about one-and-a-half million tons of imports of cement coming into South Africa, and that’s hurting the industry,” explains CCSA CEO Bryan Perrie.
This creates an “unfair playing field” for local cement suppliers, as importers do not have to deal with the same challenges – such as paying carbon taxes, higher energy prices, and complying with local labour and transformation requirements – as local suppliers do.
Consequently, these imports often cost up to 40% less than a lot of local products, he adds.
“We’ve applied for a few initiatives. We firstly applied for anti-dumping tariffs in 2015 on cement from Pakistan, and the tariff rates vary between 15% and 70%. They were valid for five years, however, so in 2019, we applied for a sunset review of the tariffs.”
Perrie says government usually takes up to 18 months to complete the necessary investigation for this review, as government was required to decide on whether to continue with the anti-import tariffs by the end of May.
“The second initiative is a general import tariff on all imports of cement products. The challenge is that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) declares that cement is a product that we can’t automatically place tariffs on if you’re a signatory to the WTO.”
To apply for this import tariff, an investigation is required to prove that the imports are harming a local industry. If successful, the necessary tariffs would be awarded for a relatively short period to enable the industry to become competitive again.
Perrie emphasises that several factors make completing this investigation difficult, including gathering highly sensitive information that is required for the investigation such as profitability, employee numbers and salaries.
Further, owing to anti-competition legislation, this information cannot be collected by one entity and must be collected through an independent firm of lawyers.
Cement companies having to submit this information also have different financial year-ends, which can result in inconsistent data being supplied.
“This has drawn out the process. We’ve submitted this information a few times and we’ve received a deficiency letter stating that more information is needed. We’re dealing with another deficiency letter now to provide more information”.
The third initiative that CCSA has applied for – through the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) – is for government to designate any specific product in the local market.
If cement is designated, then for any State-funded infrastructure project – whether it be national, provincial, or municipal level or through a State-owned enterprise – locally made cement produced from locally sourced raw materials must be used.
The Preferential Procurement Act of 2017 was declared unconstitutional on February 16 this year, which Perrie says, has halted efforts for designating locally made cement.
Since then, the DTIC has released draft regulations, which do not contain any mechanisms for localisation such as designation of locally produced cement products, he adds.
CCSA has subsequently submitted its comments on these draft regulations, emphasising the importance of designating locally made cement, and is waiting for a response from government.
“The cement industry is a large employer in South Africa. A lot of cement plants are in remote locations, and a whole community can be reliant on that plant, as it’s the only industrial activity in the area. If the industry suffers and those plants close, it can have a severe knock-on effect on those communities,” he explains.
CCSA was established last year through a process of engagement with various stakeholders to consolidate the Concrete Institute, Concrete Society of Southern Africa and the Association of Cementitious Material Producers.
Perrie states that CCSA has been mandated to promote and support the local cement and concrete industry, and to drive growth and deliver shared value through a unified platform for cement and concrete.
CCSA will create long-term shared value and industry growth in South Africa by driving collaboration, skills development and innovation, as well as the highest standards in sustainable cement and concrete materials and products.
“The benefit so far has been that CCSA has become a one-stop shop for cement and concrete materials and products. There was previously a lot of confusion over the different organisations, particularly in cases where we would interact with government on issues relating to cement and concrete.
“It’s now clearer that announcements coming from the cement and concrete industry will come from a single industry body,” he concludes.


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El Paso, TX - If you were at Cielo Vista Mall today, you probably ran into some colorful characters. Even Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy made an appearance. Groot was just one of many attending the grand opening of "ThinkGeek". It opened its first brick and mortar in El Paso today.
ThinkGeek says its mission is to create a world where everyone can embrace their inner geek.Shoppers tell us they're excited because before, they would have to go on an online treasure hunt for their favorite items. Now, they have a one-stop shop for the geekiest collectibles you can think of.


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The United Kingdom and the United States are starting negotiations on Tuesday for a new free trade agreement ahead of the post-Brexit transition period coming to an end.
Though the UK left the European Union at the end of January, it remains part of the EU customs union and single market (which allows for free movement of goods, people, services and capital) until the end of the year.
"The International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and the US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are launching negotiations via video conference call," the British government said. "This first round of negotiations will last for approximately 2 weeks and will involve around 100 negotiators on each side," they added.
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"Talks will cover all areas set out in the UK’s negotiation objectives, including goods and services trade, digital trade, investment and supporting SMEs," they clarified.
Trade between the two countries was worth £220.9 billion (€253 billion) last year. Exports to the United States accounted for nearly 20% of UK exports, according to a government report.
"We want to strike an ambitious deal that opens up new opportunities for our businesses, brings in more investment and creates better jobs for people across the whole of the country," Liz Truss said.
The aim is to increase trade between the two countries by £15.3 billion in the long term, compared to 2018.
This first round of negotiations will be followed by others approximately every six weeks.
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The ratings company Nielsen–the company you can blame for bad stunt-casting and stupid plot devices during sweeps week–is going to start rolling in data from online viewings of commercials this fall, which means networks will start using online viewing stats to help sell ads this time next year. What this means: if a network uses the new Nielsen rating system, “shows seen online will have to have the same group of commercials that run on TV,” reports AdAge. [More]
“Vision Media Television,” after getting exposed in a NY Times story as a ripoff production company, has changed its name to “GreatAmericaHD” and is back to its same tricks. The way it works is they call up non-profit organizations with an alluring pitch: a chance to be featured in a nationally-broadcast PBS show anchored by established broadcaster. In this case, Hugh Downs. What they don’t tell you is that you’ll have to front upwards of $20,000 in production costs, and the “program” they shoot will never see the light of day. [More]
Aziz Ansari wants everyone to know that the sheets he bought at Bed, Bath & Beyond were not of the quality he’d been promised. [More]
Corey, who is trying to help his Brooklyn parents improve their TV setup, feels his folks were baited and switched by Verizon, displaying a cheap deal on its site that went away after he entered his parents’ address. [More]
Over at Ditchwalk today, Mark Barrett points out that sex in mainstream advertising is a tell. There are two things it immediately communicates: that the product is “indistinguishable from its competition,” and that it is generic. You don’t have to stop appreciating libido-stirring images the next time a sexy ad airs (not that you probably could, anyway). But if you keep Barrett’s advice in mind, you may start noticing that some companies are telling you more about their product than they probably mean to. [More]
This past summer, Time Warner Cable introduced a new DVR service to subscribers. The New York Observer noted at the time that some of the changes–namely the “Start Over” feature that lets you watch something from the beginning even if you just switched to it–were nice. At least one customer, however, doesn’t agree. In fact, now that he’s given the revamped service a 4-month trial run, he’s ready to list the problems with it, some of which sound suspiciously anti-consumer. [More]
We’ve posted before about how to break your cable habit without giving up on TV altogether–it’s possible, but can’t happen without some work on your end. This week, the New York Times’ Nick Bilton explained how he and his wife have combined their existing devices with a few new ones to create a content stream that enables them to watch what they want without cable. [More]
Time just published its “Top 10 Any Category We Can Think Of” issue, and buried in there is a group of 10 great ads from the past year. Well, maybe not “great”–I would rather shove Norplant in my eyes than watch Evian’s rollerskating babies spot, but some of the other ones are pretty good. There’s also some great music in the list, including “Rapper’s Delight,” a Radiohead track, Bach, and Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. [More]
As the Comcast/NBC mergepocalypse draws near, we wanted to remind readers of the ways that this is going to harm consumers (beyond the obvious things like 30 Rock being promised to come on between 6 and 10 pm and actually airing at 11:30). Join us for a sad look into the future. [More]
Lee’s TiVo saga is enough to scare you off from gift cards and lifetime service subscriptions from the company. It’s a long, not easily summarized tale, but as things stand now, Lee is without service, stuck with an unwarranted $97.64 charge and has a gift card that won’t work. [More]
A sneaky DirecTV marketer has bought up toll-free numbers that end in “DISH.” When DISH Network customers call up, the operators make it sound like they’re from Dish and offering them a free service upgrade, but in reality, they’re switching the service and slamming the Dish Network customer into a DirecTV service contract.
Marketers had a message for the housewives of the 1950s: they weren’t doing a good enough job at home. Their husbands had to resort to going elsewhere for it. Why, even the girls at the office could do it much better.
Here’s an idea: When your top rivals are renting dirt-cheap DVDs from ubiquitous kiosks, or streaming thousands of films as a free bonus to customers who rent mail-order rmovies, what do you do? If you’re Blockbuster, you start a trial run of kiosks that will allow consumers to rent DRM-protected videos on SD cards, and play them back using a proprietary box that will do nothing else. Yeah, that’ll show ‘em.
Oh no! Brooke Shields used to have stringy, stick-figure eyelashes! I figured this out after watching Consumer Reports’ video dissection of a new commercial for Latisse, the glaucoma medication that has been rebranded as an expensive, temporary eyelash enhancer with side effects.
This HSN presenter remembered to use his wrist strap when playing with a Wiimote, so good for him! Unfortunately, it turns out you also have to make sure any attachments are firmly attached.


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Starbucks Corp., the Seattle, Washington-based coffeehouse chain operator had revealed its quarterly earnings’ report for Q2, 2020 late on Thursday that beats an analysts’ profit forecast marginally, while the world’s largest coffeehouse chain store operator’s revenue had contracted by 38 per cent over the second quarter of the year on a year-on-year basis, nonetheless, the company had forecasted a better third-quarter revenue as the coffeehouse chain has been expecting a faster-than-anticipated economic recovery.
Aside from that, adding a shimmering ray of hope for the investors, the Seattle-based company had also forecasted late on Tuesday that the pandemic-propelled losses would likely to gradually curb out through the rest of the year, while the company’s CFO (Chief Financing Officer), Patrick Grismer said to the reporters in a post-earnings’ call, “We believe the worst is behind us”.
Starbucks closes in full-capacity around the globe as economies reopen
Besides, Starbucks Corp. had also added in its second-quarterly earnings’ report that the company was operating at its 97 per cent capacity around the globe, while 99 per cent of its stores in China alongside 96 per cent in the United States were reopened.
The Seattle, Washington-based world’s largest coffeehouse chain operator had also told that the company’s revenue had taken a nosedive of 38 per cent to $4.22 billion on an annualized basis, however, the figure had still been ahead of the Wall Street forecast of $4 billion according to data from Factset, eventually lifting up the Nasdaq-listed Starbucks stocks’ prices over 5.7 per cent in post-market trading to $78.88 per share.
Nonetheless, the coffeehouse chain operator had wrapped up the day 2.38 per cent lower to $74.64 a share. Meanwhile, adding that the company’s curb-side services has been promoting growth in the United States and China despite forced closure measures in some densely populated cities, Starbucks Chief Executive Keven Johnson said late on Tuesday, “I believe this is one of those rare opportunities to move aggressively and further differentiate Starbucks from our competition. ”


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Milk powder prices slipped a little more in Fonterra's latest global on-line auction - a further indication that dairy commodity prices may have peaked.
The average whole milk powder price eased by 1.6% on last month to $US3256 per tonne.
It follows a fall of 7% in January, the first drop in six months after prices almost doubled.
Anhydrous milk fat, also dropped in price by almost 8%, after a lift of 4% in January.
Global dairy trade manager Paul Grave says demand has held up, considering that prices were under pressure in the United States and Europe over the past month.
Production is down in Australia and parts of New Zealand due to drought.
Mr Grave says the market is very finely balanced and buyers are aware it could go either way.


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Global warming could be great for brewers and distillers in one sense. After all, why not try to reclaim some normalcy with a cool, tasty beverage? Escapism will only get us so far, of course, but confronting the issue can actually lead us to more hope.
Producers of alcoholic drinks could be leaders in the fight against climate change. That's one possibility raised by ecologists at Ireland's Trinity College. Specifically, these researchers looked into different ways to produce gin. Traditionally, gin begins as a grain-based ethanol, much like vodka; it's then distilled again and infused with juniper berries, along with other flavors. Thanks to the emissions and agricultural requirements of growing base grains like wheat, gin's carbon footprint is pretty significant.
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"In terms of climate change impact," said lead author Theophile Lienhardt, "sipping a large measure of gin is similar to ... driving one kilometer in a petrol car."
People are nothing if not inventive, though. It turns out you can make excellent gin with peas instead of wheat. Peas not only have a far smaller carbon footprint, but their waste products make good animal feed and may create production chains that reduce deforestation in places like the Amazon.
This is just the latest in a new trend of adventuresome craft liquors, and it's fully at home in a time when consumers even want their good times to be sustainable. There could be more changes to our global cuisine and food systems, some more surprising than others. If we do things right, we could give ourselves and the planet more of a fighting chance.


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04 Sep 2020
The top two locations to sell property in the UK right now are Bradford and Sheffield.
Sheffield currently stands as the best place in England and Wales to sell a home, with sellers claiming 99.2% of their original asking price over the past twelve months.
Bradford comes in closely at second place, where sellers achieved 98.6% of the asking price over the same period.
The average price of a house on sale stood at £185,042 and £59,061 in Sheffield and Bradford, respectively. According to research by GetAgent.co.uk, Bradford is home to some of the lowest house prices on average.
On a national scale home sellers manage to get 95.8% of the asking price over the past year, with the average property selling for £13,303 below the original asking price of £319,789.
In Kensington and Chelsea, which are traditionally more expensive locations with the average asking price at £1,274,175, homes were selling at 93.1% of their original asking price – a gap of only £87,408.
Founder of GetAgent.co.uk, Colby Short, said: “It’s been a pretty turbulent time for buyers and sellers across the property market over the last year, in particular. For those home sellers that did brave it and decided to sell, the vast majority have managed to secure a very good percentage of asking price.
“Even in the worst-performing areas, 92 per cent is no kick in the teeth and demonstrates that even in much tougher periods property is still a very stable investment.
“With buyer demand now flooding the market, the pendulum should shift back towards the seller and we should see the asking price achieved breach the 100% mark in a number of areas once again.”
The housing market has shocked many after the lockdown period – experiencing a sudden rebound which is so far sustained, as house prices soared to record highs in August and demand surged.


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Right after researching digital currencies for function last year, personal financial author J.R. Duren hopped on their own crypto-rollercoaster. Duren bought $5 amount of litecoin in Nov, and eventually bought $400 more, mostly together with his bank card. In a few months, he experienced a rally, a crash as well as a recuperation, with the adrenaline highs and lows that can come along. “Initially, I was freaking out,” Duren said about watching his profile plunge 40 per cent at one stage. “The precipitous decrease arrived being a surprise.”
The 39-year-old Floridian is portion of the new course of crypto-traders who do not really believe bitcoin will replace the US money, or that blockchain will revolutionise modern financial or that dentists needs to have their own currency. Dubbed by longtime crypto-traders as “the noobs” online lingo for “newbies” these are regular traders hopping to the newest pattern, frequently with small understanding of how cryptocurrencies function or why they exist.
“We have seen a huge shift in the type of traders we have observed in crypto in the last year,” said Angela Walch, a fellow on the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies. “It’s shifted from the small number of techies to average Joes. I overhear conversations about cryptocurrencies everywhere, in coffee houses and international airports.”
Walch along with other professionals mentioned parallels for the late-1990s, when retail traders jumped into shares like Pets.com, a quick-resided online vendor of family pet supplies, only to view their riches vanish once the dot-com bubble burst. Bitcoin is the greatest-recognized virtual currency but there are now more than 1,500 to select from, based on market data web site CoinMarketCap, ranging from popular coins like ether and ripple to obscure coins like dentacoin, the one meant for dentists.
Exactly how many “noobs” bought into the craze last year is unclear because each transaction is pseudonymous, meaning it is connected to a unique digital deal with, and couple of exchanges gather or share more information regarding their customers. A variety of customer-pleasant web sites make committing easier, and online discussion boards are full of articles from regular retail traders who had been rarely spotted on the cryptocurrency pages of social news center Reddit prior to.
Reuters interviewed eight those who recently made their first foray into digital currency committing. Numerous were motivated with a anxiety about passing up on profits during what appeared like a never-ending rally last year. One bitcoin was really worth nearly $20,000 in Dec, up about 1,900 % from the start of 2017. Since Fri mid-day it had been really worth about $10,000 after having dropped just as much as 70 per cent from its peak. Other coins made even bigger gains and experienced similarly dizzying falls over that time frame.
“There was clearly that two-30 days time period last year in which all of the virtual foreign currencies maintained going and up and that i had a couple of buddies which had spent and they also had made 5-figure earnings,” said Michael Brownish, a study analyst in New Jersey, who said he bought about $1,000 amount of ether in Dec. “I purchased swept through the media madness,” he explained. “You never hear tales of men and women dropping cash.” In the days after Brownish spent, his holdings soared just as much as 75 per cent and tumbled just as much as 59 per cent.
Traders who received into bitcoin prior to its 2013 accident want to make reference to them selves as “OGs,” brief for “original gangsters.” They tend to shrug off of the latest downturn, arguing that cryptocurrencies will be really worth far more later on. “As crashes go, this can be one of the biggest,” said Xavier Levenfiche, who first committed to cryptocurrencies in 2011. “But, inside the grand scheme of things, it’s a hiccup on the path to greatness.”
Spooked through the sudden drop but not ready to book a loss, many traders are adopting a mantra referred to as “HODL.” The term comes from a misspelled post on an online community forum during the cryptocurrency accident in 2013, each time a user wrote he was “hodling” his bitcoin, as opposed to “keeping.”
Mike Gnitecki, for example, bought one bitcoin at about $18,000 in Dec and was sitting on a 43 per cent decrease at the time of Fri, waiting for a recuperation. “I look at it as getting been an enjoyable side purchase comparable to a game,” said Gnitecki, a paramedic from Texas. “Obviously I lost some cash about this specific video game.” Duren, the personal financial author, can also be keeping his litecoin for the time being, although he regrets getting invested $33 on bank card and trade charges for a $405 purchase.
Some retail traders who went large into cryptocurrencies the very first time during the rally last year remain positive. Didi Taihuttu declared in October he along with his family had marketed every thing they owned – including their business, home, cars and toys – to maneuver to your “digital nomad” camp out in Thailand. Inside an job interview, Taihuttu said he has no regrets. The crypto-time-trader’s profile is in the black, and that he predicts one bitcoin will be really worth among $30,000 and $50,000 by year-finish.


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Lately there’s been a bit of an offensive of Chinese device makers in India, as they launched a wave of local debuts of their top notch smartphones. Companies like Xiaomi, Oppo or Huawei don’t hesitate when it comes to attacking this market, that can bring great profit. The latest local release is the one of the Oppo N1 Mini.
This one is a 720p handset with a 13 megapixel swivel camera and it’s prepared for an Indian debut soon. Oppo debuted the N1 in India in January and now it’s time for the Mini version of the phablet to arrive, as the company itself announced on Twitter. The smartphone uses a 5 inch screen, a 1.6 GHz quad core Snapdragon 400 CPU, the Adreno 320 GPU and 2 GB of RAM. There’s also 16 GB of storage and no expansion.
Oppo N1 Mini integrates a 13 megapixel swivel camera, that can be used as both a front facing and back camera. It also has a special Ultra HD mode, that produces 24 megapixel shots apparently and it integrates a 2140 mAh battery. We have no price for the newcomer, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it somewhere in the range of $250, $300 tops. In the meantime the Xiaomi Mi3 is already a hit in India, with 100.000 pre registrations reached last month.


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European tyre manufacturer Apollo Vredestein has been awarded ‘Silver’ partnership status by the Freight Transport Association (FTA).
Less than a year after joining the Van Excellence scheme as a supporting partner, Apollo Vredestein has achieved the ‘Silver’ status in recognition of the role played by the brand within a scheme promoting compliance, road safety and self-regulation among van operators.
Apollo Vredestein says it is well-placed to support the innovative initiative, designed to recognise excellence within the commercial vehicle sector and improve operational standards, having recently earned the top place in German test body ADAC's latest summer tyre test, which looked at commercial van tyres for the first time.
The Apollo Altrust was given the highest score out of 16 tyre models tested in this category, using 13 criteria including performance on dry and wet surfaces, as well as durability, noise and fuel consumption.
Karl Naylor, Apollo Vredestein UK country manager, said: “The enhanced partnership with the FTA draws on our substantial technical knowledge and expertise to benefit commercial vehicle operators; the recent recognition by ADAC reinforces our position in the smaller commercial vehicle sector.”
European brand Vredestein, acquired by Apollo Tyres in 2009, is the latter’s premium marque.
With four R&D centres across the world and six factories globally, Apollo Vredestein has bold growth plans in Europe and has recently been appointed as OE supplier to major European vehicle marques and models.


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If you keep up-to-date with luxury news, you might have noticed a certain bag making headlines earlier today. This morning marked the drop of the infamous $1 million Louis Vuitton Speedy bag, touted by Creative Director Pharrell Williams and coveted by fellow celebrities and millionaires. Objectively speaking, it’s a ridiculous price to pay for a handbag – and we’re not the only ones who think so. Following hot on the heels of the LV bag’s release is luxury accessories label Elvis & Kresse, which has responded to the news with the release of its own £1 million bag in aid of charity.
Elvis & Kresse Unveil £1 Million Bag For Charity
Is there really need for $1 million bag? Many, if not most, would say no – especially if the only purpose it will serve is collecting dust in someone’s wardrobe. ‘To be honest, we were a little dismayed by the release of the “million dollar bag”‘, said Elvis & Kresse in a recent blog post. ‘There is a lot going on in the world, and if we are going to have a price that is clearly designed to generate headlines then why not generate headlines for the right reasons?’
That’s why the brand has launched its own version of the bag: the Million Pound Weekend Bag. The one-off, limited edition bag was created not just someone could spend £1 million, but so they could donate £1 million to charitable causes. Elvis & Kresse won’t be making any profit from this bag; instead, the brand plans to donate all of the money made to its longstanding charity partners The Fire Fighters Charity (supporting firefighters) and Barefoot College International (which helps young women who have not had access to education train to become solar engineers).
This is indeed a one-of-a-kind bag from Elvis & Kresse – not just because of the price tag or the limited quantity, but also because of the materials that went into making it. As is the case with all of the brand’s creations, the £1 million bag has been created using rescued materials including fire-hose and Burberry leather. The stripe of colour on top of the bag, for example, was constructed using a rare gold leather with just enough to make the one set of panels.
As the brand sign off, ‘Luxury needs to be about more than bling’, it hits home how much the luxury landscape is changing and moving towards increasingly unreachable price points. Luxury should be an investment that anyone can make, for the benefit of more than the brands themselves.
If you have a spare £1 million hanging about, you can invest in Elvis & Kresse’s charity bag at elvisandkresse.com
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Ethereum, the world’s second-most valuable cryptocurrency, has seen its value skyrocket as investors and developers have sought different ways to use the technology introduced by bitcoin. But is it ready for the big time?
That’s what some are asking with its market capitalization briefly crossing $1.1 billion — up from $72 million at the beginning of 2016 — in mid-March. The price of a single ether token has surged from around $1 at the beginning of the year to more than $14 in just months.
Ethereum counts some of the world’s largest technology companies as believers, and regulators recently cleared the way for buyers in New York state to purchase tokens through a major cryptocurrency exchange. A March New York Times profile quoted one of Ethereum’s creators as calling the platform the “crystallization” of the vision bitcoin put forward.


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CheckAlt’s solutions are used by financial institutions (FIs) and companies, including several property management and community associations, the release stated. Check payments are still used today for purchases above $100.
A Qualtrics study found that 42 percent of millennials still use checks for some transactions like rent payments, according to the release.
By partnering with CheckAlt, LetUs By RentMoola can offer several ways to boost payments, including through eTransfer, lockbox and check scanning, the release stated.
The new features also let landlords ease delays, errors and fraud associated with those payments, and rent payments are reconciled on the manager’s dashboard automatically like any other digital rent payment, which could reduce the risk of loss or delays that might happen otherwise, according to the release.
By offering 100 percent coverage for all types of payment methods and channels, landlords don’t see disruptions in cash flow, the release stated.
“For us, it’s about providing our customers choices and allowing them to pay with what they are comfortable with in a particular situation,” said LetUs By RentMoola CEO Karthik Manimozhi, in the release. “By offering [360-degree] payment options, our customers can better control their finances.”
CheckAlt Vice President of Business Development Levi Saada said in the release: “At CheckAlt, we pride ourselves on promoting payment flexibility, as well as a streamlined reconciliation process. With this new partnership, LetUs by RentMoola will be able to leverage best of breed technology to provide a truly holistic payment receivables experience for all property managers in the U.S.”
In March, RentMoola added new features by expanding its partnership with Paysafe, PYMNTS reported. Users can get a barcode for their mobile device and pay their rent in cash at participating physical locations.


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- SG Cowen told clients it recommends purchase of Tiffany shares TIF, -1.09% ahead of the company's second-quarter profit report, due out on Wednesday. Thomson First Call projects the retailer to post earnings of 24 cents a share in the second quarter. Cowen expects that Tiffany will reaffirm its second-half outlook. The stock ended on Friday up 2.4 percent at $34.62.
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The Yorkshire-based firm, Poundworld, has launched what they claim is the first disposable electronic cigarette for £1 – which equals to about $1.50 in US dollars.
The astonishingly cheap disposable e-cig is branded Ezi-cig and it went on sale at Discount UK’s chain of 40 plus stores.
Discount UK is expecting a very high demand for the disposable e-cig, so they’re initially limiting purchases to 12 per customer. The e-cig will be stocked behind the stores registers and only available to adults over the age of 18.
“We’ve been working on this product for over 2 years and after much research and development, we are so excited to be able to bring it to the market for the incredible price of £1,” said trading director Chris Edwards Junior.
The retailer is marketing the product as an affordable option for smokers wanting to kick the habit.
$1.50 – How do they do it? There couldn’t be much of a profit to make with that kind of price. If this was offered in the US, there would be an explosion of new e-cigarette users I would assume. Imagine taking a trip to a local dollar store for a handful of e-cigs to last you throughout the month. #vapemuch?


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The financial industry's smart reform is accelerating. On June 20, the signing ceremony of a strategic cooperation between Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) and Baidu was held in Beijing. Mr. Zhou Mubing, Chairman of ABC, Li Yanhong, Chairman and CEO of Baidu, Guo Ningning, Vice President of ABC, Zhu Guang, Senior Vice President of Baidu, and other senior directors from both sides attended the ceremony inaugurating the "FinTech Joint Laboratory".
Zhou Mubing, Li Yanhong and other senior directors from ABC and Baidu launched a strategic cooperation
The rapid development of finance and technology will bring a significant change in the financial industry," said Zhou Mubing in his remarks at the event. "In the current market environment, there is no better time than now for ABC and Baidu to co-establish a strategic cooperation in FinTech. Based on our complementary advantages and strengths, we will hatch creative products and services, build digital technical support capacity, and promote the deep transformation of ABC's digital operations."
"As one of China's largest and most strategically positioned financial enterprises, Agricultural Bank of China is the leading practitioner of inclusive finance," said Li Yanhong. At the same time, Baidu owns the world's most advanced artificial intelligence technology. Finance is a key sector for AI development, and through collaboration in AI Fintech, ABC and Baidu will usher in an era of intelligentfinanceforthebankingindustry.
According to the agreement, this initiative will focus on finance and technology including AI, smart customer profiles, targeted marketing, credit ratings, risk monitoring, and intelligent investing consultants and customer services. Cooperation will also extend to financial products and channel users.
At the event, ABC and Baidu inaugurated the "FinTech Joint Laboratory", located at the Internet Finance Department of ABC's headquarters, and Baidu's Financial Services Group. The lab will conduct in-depth studies on intelligent financial services. Guo Ningning and Zhu Guang also demonstrated the capacity of Baidu's finance and technology using ABC's mobile banking applications. The integration of AI and financial services will create a FinTech experience that is smart, safe and convenient.
Zhu Guang announced Baidu's "Three-step" strategy which includes enhancing the financial service business, building a financial service platform and developing financial technology. "AI is driving FinTech into an age of intelligence," he said.
Zhang Xiuping, General Manager of ABC's Internet Finance Department, said that the cooperation would employ FinTech as the pillar of support, ABC's financial knowledge as the core, and innovative applications as the keys to realize smart banking services for every customer.
Insiders believe that the mutually beneficial cooperation between ABC and Baidu will pave the way for a comprehensive upgrading of FinTech innovation, in which intellectualization will become the new direction. It also signals that competition in FinTech has moved to a smart stage governed by AI FinTech.


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When McDonald’s first released the menu for its highly anticipated all-day breakfast, people were not happy to find McGriddles absent from the menu.
“McDonald’s all day breakfast!”Aka McDonald’s all day disappointment. Where are the mcgriddles?
— Kyle Ren (@eroticdeodorant) December 31, 2015
Now, McDonald’s is giving the people what they want: The fast-food giant is testing a McGriddle all-day breakfast expansion at 72 locations in Tulsa, Oklahoma beginning next month. According to AP, McDonald’s is going to use the information collected from the two-to-three month long McGriddle test period to determine whether or not the item should be available all day nationwide.
But before you get too excited, AP notes there is a good chance the McGriddle addition could put a strain on the restaurant’s service. Back in Novemeber, McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook spoke with the New York Times about his plans to continue to improve the customer experience at Mickey D’s. Some improvements included a faster, more simplified menu and increased order accuracy. Adding the McGriddle will mean locations must “further juggle grill and oven space for an expanded menu,” according to AP.
I would do anything for McGriddles! Oh, I would do anything for McGriddles! I would do anything for McGriddles, please bring me McGriddles.
— Michael Salot (@MichaelSalot) August 20, 2015
We don’t have any doubts the all-day McGriddle will be a crowd pleaser; but it’s not just about the consumer; McDonald’s franchise locations and McD’s headquarters will have to determine whether or not the additional menu item adds to much strain on the operation. In the meantime, we can continue binging on hash browns and Egg McMuffins at all hours of the day and still leave feeling satisfied.


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Before the Butcher is tripling retail distribution of its UNCUT plant-based burger and sausage products with rollouts in more than 320 Albertsons, Vons, and Pavilions locations. Additionally, rollouts in Mariano’s, Pic ‘n Save, Metro Markets, and Copps stores are coming soon. The expansion follows the October retail debut of the UNCUT lineup in Ralphs Grocery, Lucky’s Market, and Whole Foods Market in Long Beach.
The Before the Butcher retail collection includes the UNCUT Burger, UNCUT Savory Chicken Burger, UNCUT Roasted Turkey Burger, and UNCUT Breakfast Sausage Patty. Some stores will also sell prepared foods made with UNCUT products, providing additional options for consumers concerned about the negative effects of meat production and consumption on animal welfare, climate change and human health.
The New York Times recently ranked UNCUT products as the meatiest of six plant-based burgers in a group taste test, noting the brand’s vegan, gluten-free, and non-GMO features.
“Our retail footprint is expanding rapidly because retailers recognize the value of offering a plant-based meat brand with four different choices to suit different consumer tastes and provide menu variety,” says Danny O’Malley, Before the Butcher founder. “We expect to double retail distribution again over the next few months.”
The Good Food Institute recently reported that sales of plant-based meat soared 37% from April 2017 to April 2019, now accounting for 2% of all dollar sales for retail packaged meat and outpacing the retail sales growth of animal meat. A separate report by UBS forecast even faster growth over the next decade, with total plant-based protein sales expected to explode from $4.6 billion in 2018 to $85 billion in 2030.
All 100% plant-based UNCUT products are made from a proprietary combination of non-GMO soy, refined coconut, expeller pressed canola oils, and natural seasonings. Each serving contains 6 to 21 grams of plant protein and has significantly less sodium than other meatless burgers on the market.
Before the Butcher also offers 12 plant-based foodservice products, including bulk ground meat, chorizo, pulled pork, ground Italian sausage, chicken chunks, beef tips, burgers, and sausage patties. Its foodservice customers include more than 1,500 restaurants and 30 school districts nationwide.


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Vstone Co, Japan, today released a two-legged robot modeled after the popular comic book robot hero, Gigantor, introduced in 1956.
The remote-control robot, which is 38 centimeters high and weighs 2.5 kilograms, moves its arms and legs smoothly and walks like a human being, Vstone said.
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The £25 beauty pill loved by Jessica Biel, Helena Christensen and Naomi Campbell now claims to reduce ageing by 48 per cent
Want to look younger for longer? According to new research, staying youthful for longer could be within your reach thanks to a daily vitamin pill.
Lots of the most beautiful celebrities already credit their perfect skin to Imedeen's Time Perfection youth pills including models Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen and Laura Bailey, actress Jessica Biel and singer singer Danni Minogue.
And women looking for an anti-ageing solution don't have to take their word for it, a new study conducted in Brazil has revealed that daily use of the supplements can help slow down the ageing process by as much as 48 per cent.
Actress Jessica Biel (left) and model Helena Christensen (right) say skin supplements give them good skin
The study, undertaken by Brazilian cosmetic dermatologist, Dr Adilson Costa - head of the Dermatology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas in São Paolo - followed a test group of women taking the daily pill aged between 35 and 60 over a period of 12 months.
The results revealed a 30 per cent reduction in fine lines and a similar decrease in wrinkles. Radiance and smoothness were also boosted by a huge 42 per cent.
Ingredients in the Time Perfection supplement include a mega dose of anti-oxidant vitamin C, zinc and a substance called lycopene, which is extracted from the skin of tomatoes.
The latter was the subject of a study by L'Oreal a few years ago, which found that it had a marked effect on ageing.
Fresh faced: Laura Bailey (centre, with Olivia Palermo and Eugenia Da Silva) relies on skin supplements for keeping her looks in good shape
A-list fans such as Jessica Biel have talked of their love for the supplements in the past, which they describe as the reason for their preternaturally youthful skin.
The new Mrs Timberlake revealed that she believes skin is a 'reflection of your inner health' in a recent interview with website, Yahoo.
The actress is famed for her glowing complexion and credits a combination of facials, skincare and supplements for keeping it in good shape.
'Your skin is a reflection of your inner health, so I try to eat well, stay hydrated and get regular exercise,' she explained.
'I also have monthly facials, which are a combination of natural fruit peels and massage. Plus I take Imedeen skin supplements.'
Fans: Both Naomi Campbell (right) and Danni Minogue (left) have admitted to taking Imedeen youth pills
Model Naomi Campbell spoke of her faith in Imedeen's anti-ageing prowess during an interview with the Daily Mail.
'My beauty secret [is that] I use Creme de la Mer and I take Imedeen so my skin always has an air of good health,' she revealed.
Meanwhile, 42-year-old supermodel Helena Christensen has admitted to using another beauty pill in preparation for time on the beach.
Imedeen's Tan Optimiser pill is part of the brand's anti-ageing range and helps protect skin from sun damage.
'I tan easily and as everyone, I wish to preserve my suntan as long as possible,' said the Danish model. 'ImedeenTan Optimiser is a very healthy partner.'
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It’s been said that the BMW Z4 isn’t living up to sales expectations, and 2025 could be the end of the lineby Robert Moore, on LISTEN 05:06
BMW launched the new Z4, twinned with the Toyota Supra, in 2018 as a 2019 model, and since then its sales haven’t been spectacular – especially in the United States. After three years on the market, the Z4 has been good for sales figures that total 7,717 examples in the U.S., or an average of 2,572 examples sold per year. The best year was, of course, 2019 when sales hit 2,941. In Europe, on the other hand, the Z4 has been much more successful with sales of 9,681 examples in 2019 and 8,314 in 2020. Are these sales figures good enough to keep the Z4 on the market through the decade and, perhaps, enough for a new generation? Apparently not, as a new report claims that BMW is set to kill off the Z4 roadster in 2025.
For a niche market that’s occupied by very few cars, sales of 12,000-13,000 examples per year across Europe and America doesn’t sound bad, but when you consider that BMW was selling 10,000-12,000 examples of the Z4’s predecessor on the U.S. market alone in the mid-2000s, it’s safe to say that the Z4 probably isn’t living up to sales expectations. And, that’s exactly what the Spanish website Motor.es is reporting as the reason for BMW canceling the Z4 in mid-2025.
|Toyota Supra U.S.||2,884||5,887||6,830||15,601|
|Toyota Supra EU||893||947||TBA||1,840|
|BMW Z4 U.S.||2,941||2,364||2,412||7,717|
|BMW Z4 EU||9,681||8,314||TBA||17,995|
Either way, the good news is that BMW isn’t just going to let the Z4 die a slow miserable death. According to the report – which has yet to be confirmed, by the way – the Z4 will be updated in 2023 with a new look. It should be a basic mid-cycle update, though, so don’t expect anything too extreme. It should also be pointed out that with the Z4 launching for the 2019 model year, mid-2025 would make it seven years old, which would be about right for the end of its lifecycle. So, it’s not as if BMW is pulling the plug too soon. It is also understandable that sales aren’t good enough to warrant a replacement, but if sales suddenly spike post facelift, this report could become nothing more than a debunked rumor as BMW would have justifiable cause to usher in a new generation.
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With the Toyota Supra being built alongside the BMW Z4 in Magna Steyr’s Austria plant, there is a possibility that the Toyota Supra could also suffer the same fate.
There’s a catch, though, as the Toyota Supra has been way more successful than the Z4 since launch – at least in America, anyway. In fact, from 2019 through 2021, Toyota has sold a total of 15,601 examples of the Supra in America or about double that of the Z4 (7,884 more, to be precise). It’s a totally different and pretty embarrassing situation in Europe, though, where Toyota managed to sell just 893 examples of the Supra in 2019 and 947 examples in 2020. So, even if the BMW Z4 does live on beyond the middle of this decade, it’s possible that BMW could withdraw the Z4 from the U.S. market altogether while Toyota could withdraw the Supra from the EU market altogether.
But, if BMW isn’t getting enough global sales for the Z4 to keep it alive beyond 2025, will Toyota be forced to make the same decision? With both models being built in the same factory, it’s quite possible that this is a two-for-one deal and killing off one could mean killing off the other.
|BMW Z4 sDrive 30i||BMW Z4 sDrive M40i||Toyota GR Supra 2.0||Toyota GR Supra 3.0|
|Engine||2.0-liter Inline-Four||3.0-Liter Inline-Six||2.0-Liter Inline-Four||3.0-Liter Inline-Six|
|Transmission||8-Speed Automatic||8-Speed Automatic||8-Speed Automatic||8-Speed Automatic|
|Horsepower||255 HP @ 5,000 RPM||382 HP @ 5,000 RPM||255 HP @ 5,000 RPM||382 HP @ 5,000 RPM|
|Torque||295 LB-FT @ 1,550 RPM||369 LB-FT @ 1,600 RPM||295 LB-FT @ 1,550 RPM||369 LB-FT @ 1,600 RPM|
|0-60 MPH||5.1 Seconds||3.8 Seconds||4.7 Seconds||3.7 Seconds|
|Top Speed||155 MPH||155 MPH||155 MPH||155 MPH|
With the Toyota Supra and BMW Z4 being built in the same factory on the same platform, it shouldn’t be any surprise that they aren’t all that different from one another outside of appearance. They both ride on the same platform, feature similar interiors, and have the same engines. The Z4 sDrive30i and GR Supra 2.0 share a 2.0-liter inline-four that is good for 255 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. The Z4 sDrive M40i and Supra 3.0 share a 3.0-liter inline-six that’s good for 382 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque. Where they differ, however, is their on-road performance. The Supra and Z4 have an identical top speed of 155 mph but the Supra will win the sprint to 60 mph every time. The Supra 2.0 makes it to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds (0.4-seconds faster than the Z4 30i) while the Supra 3.0 makes the same sprint in 3.7 seconds, just 0.1-second faster than the Z4 M40i.
Regardless of what happens, we’ll find out soon enough what the fate of the Z4 will be. The aforementioned update will happen in 2023 as scheduled and 2025 isn’t that far away. Now, we just have to wonder what will happen with the Toyota Supra.


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Virgin founder Richard Branson was in Miami this week to support the Virgin Racing team competing in Formula E, the world’s first fully electric motor racing series and a spin-off of Formula 1, the world’s most popular motor sport.
More than a chance to pursue his love of racing, he told Bloomberg TV (watch below) from the sidelines of the March 14 race that Virgin Racing engineers are researching and developing an electric car that might someday compete with fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla brand.
As Branson wrote from the first Formula E event in the US, “I believe this sport is the future of motorsport, and electric cars are the future of motoring.”
“We have teams of people working on electric cars,” Branson told Bloomberg. “So you never know—you may find Virgin competing with the Tesla in the car business as we do in the space business. We will see what happens.”
Hence the importance of the Formula ePrix for making electric cars cools. As he tweeted in reference to his rival, Elon Musk “is doing a great job for awareness & adoption of electric cars. Formula E will make electric cars sexy.”
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Bitcoin supply belonged to people who identify as Libertarian. Since then, the continuous falls have both disappointed me surprised. For most businesses, its simply not worth the money, time, and effort to accept Bitcoin when so few people will actually use it in their stores.4 In 2014, the IRS released a guideline that anyone who profits from. Since the Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto is no longer publishing his opinions, all coders have left is the documentation he left behind. Though he does't own any cryptocurrency exchange platforms, or any cryptocurrency company, he is making sure reasons why bitcoin will fail that people visualize a world with cryptocurrencies ruling the payment systems. December will be a good month in terms of price. Predictions are fine, there are many such big names doing this and this has already brought a lot of hope among Investors that Bitcoin will rise. /2lbn1PgWV7I It's not that McAfee is biased of Bitcoin only. However, with the price spiking in the thousands of dollars for a single.
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Michael Lewis, the author of Moneyball, was encouraged to talk to these Bitcoin revolutionaries in Silicon Valley, because it might make for good material for another book. I recently threw my hat into the bitcoin universe. With this happening, I think Bitcoin will fluctuate between for the rest of november. In fact, they have a public dossier of their educational materials given to law enforcement to help them understand what. Disappointed because, just as anyone, I badly wanted Bitcoin to crush all records. There is no guarantee that it will ever improve. In New York, all businesses who want to accept Bitcoin are required to register for a BitLicense if they want to do business. Bitcoin will reach 100k by 2020-21 and over a million dollars within 20 years. 4, in 2014, the IRS released a guideline that anyone who profits from digital currency needs to pay taxes in the same way that anyone selling their stocks or bonds must pay their taxes. In, new York, all businesses who want to accept Bitcoin are required to register for a BitLicense if they want to do business.
As debates over women on 20s have proven, what appears on actual tactile currency continues to matter to people. 2 The One Percent Hate Bitcoin Billionaire Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan chase, has called Bitcoin a fraud and says that it is destined to fail. Most people never saw the very first website that was ever created. However, even though Bitcoin was the first to introduce blockchain to the world, its not necessary for blockchain to exist. Ever since its advent in 2009, bitcoins value has been volatilesometimes wildly.
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Whats more, some merchantsespecially in large citiesonly accept cash, or offer discounts for cash payments. 9 Big Brother Is Watching, one of the biggest benefits of Bitcoin it that it is supposed to be private, secure, and untraceable. In my opinion, if we want Bitcoin price to rise shine and reap the investment in coming time, we must push the usage in our daily lives. Not even him, Even Elon Musk has been showing interest in Bitcoin as a currency, which caught fire rapidly. In October 2017, Bill Gates announced that he chose Ripple to run his project that will help alleviate poverty in developing nations, despite having promoted Bitcoin in the past.5 5 Time And Mining Problems The longer Bitcoin exists. He decided not to write a book on the subject. All over the world, homes of suspected Satoshis have been raided. The longer Bitcoin exists, the longer it takes for these computer systems to process the information. He's not the only one who's religiously reasons why bitcoin will fail promoting cryptocurrency. 8 As of 2017, the amount of Bitcoin that Satoshi Nakamoto owns is now worth billions of dollars, and he has made it clear that he is done with the project.
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There is no clear business plan mapping out Bitcoins future. DAAs AppChoices app here. If there was ever any reason for the public to believe that Bitcoin may become illegal, if there was a hack, a virus, or any other issue in the system, the value will drop dramatically as people panic and sell as quickly as possible. Reason #3: hodl, Cold Storages One of the biggest hurdle any commodity has to corss is getting in flow into the market. Bitcoin will struggle to survive. I've known Bitcoin since 2011 and I'm closely following it since 2015. Currency is more than a number on a screen.
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7 Laws And Regulations, in October 2017, China declared that it was illegal to create an ICO, which stands for Initial Coin Offering. Start-up companies were learning how to use blockchain to make their own spin-off coins to raise funds. Obviously, this was a huge benefit for criminals on the Dark Web. Many old-school investors who havent done their research will simply say its in an economic bubble and call it a day. 10 Blockchain Bitcoin, the most valuable thing about Bitcoin is that it introduced blockchain technology to the world. In the digital age, where people want things to happen within a split second, it is simply not realistic to think that as the world slowly begins to understand and use blockchain in their everyday lives, they will choose the. There are plenty of ways for hackers to hide their identity, but for the casual user, they are not getting any added expectation of privacy from Bitcoin. While theyre not necessarily one and the same, a member of Anonymous told Vice News that many of the members have left and that the organization is full of distrust. 8 The Lack Of Leadership Bitcoin was created by the man of mystery, Satoshi Nakamoto. This hard fork has deeply affected the momentum of Bitcoin 's price. However, when one looks at the big picture, it becomes clear that Bitcoin will struggle to survive. There are ample explanations of how bitcoin works littering the internet, that I neednt reproduce here, but, for the average consumer, its nature remains an obscure mystery.
I won't be surprised to see investing in terms of bitcoin. The appeal that a lot of Americans see. Even in a given day, the price might swing by as much. This will not only reduce the risk of loss, but also help you learn taking calculative measures for your ROI. So without further ado, let's dive. There are so many bullish predictions made about the bitcoin price that people have already started investing inch by inch. Tell people tomorrow that they can no longer withdraw cash and youll see the biggest protests in American history. In 2013, 44 percent of the Bitcoin supply belonged to people who identify as Libertarian. Cash is still, for better or worse, king. Doing this will not only help us manage our money under our supervision, but we can also bring down the price inflation. Bitcoin needs to penetrate through various markets enter the cash flow. 7 3 Will The Real Bitcoin Please Stand Up?
Vitalik Buterin is the boy genius creator of Ethereum. Bitcoin, but let me break your heart, all bullish predictions are going to fail. Back in 2013, Chamath has 5 million in Bitcoins. The FBI has made it very clear that they are watching. Most Bitcoin exchanges like Coinbase require that new users must upload the front and back of a Photo ID as well as take a selfie to prove that its really them. 6 Use Cases Many small businesses in Californias Silicon Valley accept Bitcoin as a form of payment, but larger corporations still only accept cash and cards. Cryptocurrency got a really bad reputation once news broke that. They are in charge of what the world currently uses for banking transfers. Therefore, people buy it forget it unless the price explodes.
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Now, coders and miners must come to a consensus every time a decision about Bitcoins future must be made. Ripple was so confident that they can beat swift that they they purposely scheduled their own conference, called swell, at the same time and location as sibos. John, in my views has the most confident and mind blowing prediction among all. He bought, bitcoin when it hovering around 100 a coin. Heres a tweet for you, See the confidence?
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Surprised because how unpredictable these technologies are. Try get your investment in parallel with the percentage of fluctuations. The authority standing behind what amounts to a promise to pay is supremely important. Thats.1 No one could have ever imagined that that seemingly unimpressive page would evolve into what has now become what the Internet is today. The Journal of Government Financial Management says that blockchain technology can truly help the financial system, but they need to see more successful examples of use cases, first. Most people find Bitcoin as investment that returns not immediately but in long term. Let's see it right away. I won't be surprised to see fiat currencies wiped out completely, just like old princly currencies did. Currency around the world is rich in symbolism, history, and culture. A few fake coin companies took millions of dollars from desperate people who were trying to invest so they could get rich on these ICOs.
Unlike other commodities, you can use Bitcoin to pay for so many things. In October 2017, Bill Gates announced that he chose Ripple to run his project that will help alleviate poverty in developing nations, despite having promoted Bitcoin in the past. Bitcoin may survive for a time but, in the long run, it promises to remain in its status as a proto-currencya convenience that, at any time, is subject to intrusion by hackers or regulatory restrictions from the state. To make it worse, it's a hard fork, which means that there's no coming back. Its potential to change technology is as big as the.
The main reason why I think Bitcoin price will not meet the predictions made by the industry experts is absolutely practical and will make sense. DAAs Consumer Choice page, the, nAI's website, and/or the, eU online choices page, from each of your browsers or devices. If that actually happened, people would have to lose their jobs, their homes, and maybe even their lives. In God We Trust, even as we move into an increasingly secular society, wont be disappearing from our money any time soon. Even if you choose not to have your activity tracked by third parties for advertising services, you will still see non-personalized ads on our site. People still want to touch their money. In most countries, the cost of electricity to run these computers is actually more than what the digital currency is worth, which makes it pointless to even try. If the Bitcoin revolutionaries stick to their morals, they arent going to listen to the IRS. As such, bitcoins long-term future is bleak beyond anything more than a playground for speculators, and those who can make use of its current unregulated status. I feel you, as a investor will definitely find this post useful. He is bullish for privacy coins like Monero, Verge ZCash. The main problem here is Bitcoin isn't flowing in the market, which is why the prices are hovering around.5k or put in other words, not reaching it's maximum potential. 10 Blockchain Bitcoin, the most valuable thing about, bitcoin is that it introduced blockchain technology to the world.
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Developers have come up with a solution called a hard fork, which is why Bitcoin Cash was created. Not only this, even Bitcoin cash, the classical one, dropped by 40 which is not a good start they had imagined. The price almost touched 20k mark. In fact, the Reddit community message boards had to split into two totally separate Bitcoin groups, because opposing opinions wanted to continue to talk inside an echo chamber instead of getting along. According to John, Bitcoin will be hovering around 500k (predicted in Jul'17) by 2020 in Nov'17 he predicted that. He also believes that bitcoin will replace everyday fiat currencies sooner or later. At this point in time, the only way to truly have an anonymous and untraceable financial transaction is with cold, hard cash.
He said that even if the price of one Bitcoin rises to 100,000, it would not change his opinion that it is destined for failure some day.9 Every single year, Toronto hosts a banking conference called the Swift International Banking. By clicking continue below and using our sites or applications, you agree that we and our third party advertisers can: transfer reasons why bitcoin will fail your personal data to the United States or other countries, and process your personal data to serve you with. What casual, bitcoin users dont seem to understand is that even though their name is protected as a string of numbers and letters on the public ledger, that doesnt mean they are fully anonymous. The, fBI has made it very clear that they are watching Bitcoin very closely, and they are getting better and better at finding the true identities of the people who use Bitcoin for illegal activity. However, when one looks at the big picture, it becomes clear that. Its confusing and shadowy. One person can read the same exact paragraph in the Bitcoin White Paper and come up with a totally different interpretation of Satoshis words than the next person.