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Concert ticket guru Live Nation found itself the subject of a shareholder lawsuit seeking an injunction to stop the company’s annual meeting on the basis of disclosure deficiencies surrounding the company’s use of a Non-GAAP measure in its annual incentive plan.
Live Nation shareholder Shiva Stein – who appears to have filed disclosure lawsuits against at least one other company – accused the company of making false and misleading statements in the company’s CD&A on the use of the Non-GAAP metric “Adjusted Operating Income” (“AOI”) and its application in the company’s annual incentive plan.
- In the proxy statement, Live Nation disclosed an AOI goal for the annual incentive plan of $700 million for 2017 with payouts only occurring if the company achieved at least 90% of target.
- According to the proxy, the company achieved an AOI measure “on a pro-forma, constant-currency basis, adjusted for legal settlements” for 2017 of $728 million – 104% of target – and based incentive awards accordingly.
- For assistance in defining and reconciling AOI, Live Nation referred readers to pages 30-31 of the company’s 10-K for the most recently completed fiscal year.
- In the 10-K, the company disclosed that 2017 AOI was $625 million, which is less than 90% of the company’s $700 million target.
- Neither the proxy statement nor the 10-K provided any clarifying language reconciling the gap between the $728 million figure disclosed in the proxy and the $625 million figure disclosed in the 10-K.
The dual-definitions of AOI led to the complaint accusing the company of making false and misleading statements in the proxy. Interestingly, the lawsuit was dropped by Stein only days after it was filed. Live Nation’s disclosure inconsistencies should be a lesson for companies which utilize Non-GAAP measures – make sure there is consistency in how the measure are defined across filings and where divergences occur, explain them. There is a potential that Non-GAAP measures provide a potential focus area for plaintiff’s attorneys in the future. A recent announcement of a class-action suit against internet security software provider Symantec included a focus on the company’s use of Non-GAAP measures which, as the company disclosed, “would lead to heightened regulatory scrutiny by the SEC”.


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In the US the most important releases are existing home sales; building permits and housing starts; flash Markit PMIs; current account; NAHB Housing Market Index; Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index; and FHFA house prices.
In the UK investors will turn their attention to Bank of England's policy meeting, at which the central bank is expected to keep rates on hold on the back of poor economic data and Brexit worries. The country's CBI factory orders and public finances will also be watched.
Elsewhere in Europe, flash Markit PMIs for the Eurozone, Germany and France will be in the spotlight, alongside Eurozone consumer confidence and construction output; Norway and Switzerland interest rate decisions; Germany producer prices; France final Q1 GDP growth and business morale; Italy trade balance; and Turkey unemployment and consumer sentiment.
In Japan, analysts are eyeing the publication of inflation rate, trade balance and flash Nikkei Manufacturing PMI; while in Australia markets will focus on house price index for the first quarter.
Other important figures include: Canada retail trade and inflation; Mexico, Brazil and the Philippines interest rate decisions; Argentina Q1 GDP growth; and Malaysia and South Africa inflation rates.

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Woman speaks out after losing more than $100K to online scam
It all started when Imani-Thenaï Kinzanza’s mother sent her a link to what they thought was a legitimate news article.
“I was skeptical at first,” said the 33-year-old single mother of two from Laval, Que. “But I saw CBC/Radio-Canada written on top of it and the picture of Justin Trudeau.”
The article told of how Canada’s prime minister was supposedly making money through investments. At the bottom of the article was a registration link, taking to her another page to sign up.
She filled out a form, got a phone call and found herself on the line with a sweet talker who identified himself as Ron Wagner from a company called Profitrop.
Kinzanza started small, just a few hundred dollars, and it appeared her investment was paying off.
“It was going up, and up, and up,” she said. “I was like, ‘This is working. This is really working.'”
Although she set a limit of $250 US to invest, Wagner said he was “putting his heart” into her file, and she felt a romantic relationship was blossoming. She was pressured to invest more.
Every time she sent money, representatives always had a new excuse for her to send more, be it taxes or bank transfers that supposedly failed.
She tried to walk away. Her bank wouldn’t reimburse her. Her finances were in ruins.
Another call came from someone offering to help regain her debt. Desperate enough to trust the new caller, Kinzanza ended up sending money to a company called LTG GoldRock with hopes she’d pay off her loans. But she lost it all.
Now she is speaking out, trying to alert others about such online scams.
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Cashiers are disappearing in favour of self-checkouts, but shoppers aren’t happy about it
Linda Hause says a recent shopping trip to her local Walmart in Edmonton was a painful experience.
Hause, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, says sometimes her Walmart has no cashier lanes open, requiring her to get assistance at self-checkout. But she says that on this occasion, the self-checkout attendant declined to help.
“They didn’t seem to understand that I had a disability,” said Hause, who was driving a mobility scooter at the time. “I felt that maybe they thought that I was just being lazy.”
Determined to finish her shop, Hause says she climbed out of her scooter to scan her 40 items — and paid the price.
“I was in fairly excruciating pain. It was mostly in my back, but my legs were sore as well,” she said. “I just came home and went to bed with painkillers.”
Hause is one of many shoppers raising concerns about the lack of cashiers in some stores as the number of self-checkouts increases.
Walmart said it determines staffing based on the needs of each store, and that employees are available at all stores to help customers at self-checkout. It adds it’s looking into Hause’s case. Read more
Couldn’t get Taylor Swift tickets? You’re not alone.
Taylor Swift answered the prayers of Canadian Swifties when she recently announced six Toronto shows set to take place at the Rogers Centre in November 2024.
But fans need a lot of luck to score an exclusive ticket.
Anyone looking to get tickets would have already had to pre-register by Aug. 5 through Ticketmaster’s verified fan program, a process designed to manage demand, filter bots and avoid high-priced tickets.
Vancouver’s Callista Ryan was one of the fans who made it through that process.
“I was leaving the gym and I just opened my phone, and I saw a text come through that I had gotten the code to get a ticket,” she said. “I was very excited. I almost yelled out in the locker room.”
Even after getting the code to access the pre-sale, Ryan still had to navigate through the process of buying the tickets online.
“It was actually quite stressful on the Ticketmaster site because you click a ticket, you go to purchase and then boom, someone’s already got those tickets,” she said.
Ryan was eventually able to secure four tickets, and estimates she spent around $2,000 in total.
Not everyone who applied had the same experience, as many fans across the country were placed on a waitlist.
“I know about 30 people who all got waitlisted,” fan Tuba Chishti told CBC News Network on Wednesday. Chishti herself was placed on the waitlist.
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Sainsbury’s has recorded an increase in like-for-like Christmas sales with more customers than ever placing online orders for the festive season.
Christmas like-for-likes jumped 9.3% for the grocer, driven by sales of smaller turkeys, lamb and beef as consumers changed their plans at the last minute due to new government regulations.
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During the first NBCC North Sea Neighbours Dinner, Dutch Flower Group and myself got a huge surprise.
Perhaps you remember I wrote about the importance of collaboration in my previous column. Well, on the evening of the 11th of July, we were presented with the NBCC Stronger Together Award in appreciation of our long-standing efforts on the British market.
The jury report summarised it as follows: ’Dutch Flower Group sets an example for others with the unique way in which they work together with different sectors, companies and governments.’ The jury also praised DFG companies in England and the Netherlands for their sustainable collaboration with leading large-scale retailers, supermarket chains and wholesale stores. Our chain-wide approach, which includes our work with growers, suppliers and retailers, was mentioned in the jury report too.
Our intensive Brexit preparations were discussed in the presence of top managers of large Dutch and English companies, as well as prominent politicians, including the British minister of International Trade, Liam Fox, and Dutch minister Sigrid Kaag. We’ve been working closely together with the government in the so-called Brexit Buddies programme, to help entrepreneurs with this complex process.
I’ve got to say I was completely surprised and absolutely delighted when we were announced the winner of the award. When you’re surrounded by big names such as Tony Chocolonely, Port of Rotterdam, Van Oord and Dutch Customs Administration, this is a great achievement for Dutch Flower Group and their employees, as well as for the floriculture sector as a whole. I hope the award will contribute to a more positive image of the floriculture sector on the labour market. It is such a great dynamic industry with many enthusiastic people and, in my opinion, the most colourful products in the world. Something worth promoting.
I’d like to dedicate the Stronger Together Award to all our clients in the Netherlands and abroad, our growers, our partners and all stakeholders in the floriculture sector who will be joining us in the next growth phase. May the award be a symbol for our daily efforts which, as far as I’m concerned, will continue to be characterised by transparent collaboration.
Big congratulations to all!
Marco van Zijverden
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Former automotive PR exec Jason Vines is out of the industry and has a new book out, which means that he's spreading dirt on everyone, calling out "prick" New York Times reporters, stupid CEOs, and arguing that Bob Lutz would have been CEO of Chrysler if he'd have kept his big mouth shut.
What happened to Bob Lutz's grand plan to put the Corvette ZR1's 638 horsepower V8 into the Fisker Karma? If you ask him, the Destino is still on, and in a new piece for Forbes Lutz revealed why he's doing it.
The McLaren MP4/8B was powered by a Lamborghini V12 and driven by Ayrton Senna in September, 1993 at Estoril after the Portuguese Grand Prix. It was faster, and he wanted to race it in Japan. That never happened.
Bob Lutz and Gilbert Villarreal's venture "VL Automotive" that puts LS9s in Fisker Karmas was introduced as "America's newest, smallest, and most expensive automaker" in this afternoon's press conference. The proposition got vague from there.
There's no other industry player we've written about more than "Maximum" Bob Lutz, but we've somehow never had him around to answer your questions. Today we change that. From GM to BMW to Ford to Chrysler to GM to VIA and VL, few people have shaped the industry as much as Lutz and now he's here to answer your…
Come back at 3:00 PM EST to ask "Maximum" Bob Lutz whatever you want about making cars, flying jets, and being a gargantuan badass.
Bob Lutz. This is a man. A man who says things. And he's not worried about being politically correct, as we saw in his description of Mary Barra.
Over the weekend, former General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz dropped a bombshell on car enthusiasts and policy wonks when he revealed for the first time that the federal government told GM to drop Pontiac or they wouldn't get a bailout. Enthusiasts may balk, but this was the common sense idea — and even GM knew it.
There was a lot of handwringing from commenters last night about the demise of Pontiac. Whether you buy it that the Federal government forced General Motors to kill it, or you think that GM killed the brand themselves, it was the right thing to do. I would've done the same. And here's why.
When General Motors shut down Pontiac, it left a lot of enthusiasts wondering why. It was primed with a lineup of powerful, rear-wheel drive models, and seemed like it had a bright future ahead of it. It turns out that GM killed it on government orders, according to former GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz.
I'm a big fan of the last-gen Pontiac GTO, the boring-looking Australian captive import with a not-at-all boring pair of LS V8 engines. That one only lasted from 2004 and 2006, and it was never replaced. But it almost was, according to Bob Lutz!
Perhaps the best description of Phil Caldwell came from the lips of Henry Ford II’s butler in the Ford apartment in London. Bedwell, the butler, was serving me one evening after he had just come off of a full week of attending to the needs of Phil Caldwell. “I beg your pardon, sir... I always try to please, and…
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Former AT&T boss and 10-month GM CEO Ed Whitacre has a book out about how he saved GM. I've already lampooned that notion, but it's nice to see 'Maximum' Bob Lutz chime in, if only because Lutz was there and because Lutz is a jet-flying, Global Warming-denying madman who always speaks his mind. Lutz, predictably,…
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Writing on the website The Wire China, Douglas Fuller, an associate professor at City University of Hong Kong and author of Paper Tigers, Hidden Dragons: Firms and the Political Economy of China’s Technological Development, said the American administration had been trying, since May 2019, to destroy Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies, the world's biggest maker of telecommunications gear.
"American national security hawks think that it presents a significant threat: if any telecom network uses Huawei equipment anywhere in the world, they argue, China’s military could interfere with US military overseas operations," Fuller wrote.
"Many security analysts question this thinking by pointing out that a number of nations, including both China and the US, can hack virtually any commercial network – with or without Huawei equipment. But that hasn’t dissuaded the US Government."
Fuller said the US, frustrated by this failure, had come up with new measures on 15 May.
"This time, Washington changed the rules so that Huawei cannot even employ outside firms, such as renowned Taiwan chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, to make its chips while using American equipment," he explained.
"Since American firms dominate the electronic design automation tools necessary to design chips, as well as most types of machinery needed to fabricate chips, the new rules weaponise the wider semiconductor supply chain. The goal is to kill off Huawei’s access to chips and destroy Huawei’s competitiveness in 5G telecom equipment."
Despite this appearing to be foolproof, Fuller said there were many reasons to believe that weaponising the supply chain would not destroy Huawei. On the contrary, this move could backfire on the US.
"Let’s look at the EDA software for chip design first. The three firms — Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens’ Mentor Graphics — that dominate this industry are either American or have enough American-origin tech to fall under the export control," Fuller pointed out.
"In the short term, then, it would appear Huawei has no viable alternatives and cannot design new chips."
But in reality, he added, Huawei had a number of options. It could hack the software from the EDA firms and these companies might just turn a blind eye since they would prefer to have Huawei using their software rather than wares from a competing entity.
Fuller said another option was for Huawei to set up front companies to work with the EDA sellers. "The EDA vendors, it should be noted, are not passive players in this new regulatory landscape," Fuller said.
"Several have already set up corporate partnerships in China that look suspiciously like they are designed to provide Entity List firms with EDA tools that they can’t receive directly from the American vendors."
However, Fuller identified the most critical factor as the amount of time that Huawei had to find an alternative supply of semiconductors.
"Many of its self-designed chips for its [Huawei's] next two years of products have already been designed," he said. "In other words, it only needs EDA tools to design chips that will appear in its products two years from now.
"Huawei has also been stockpiling large quantities of chips, which could last for a year or more depending on the [type of] chip."
However, what Fuller described as the US national security hawks were not foolish, he said. They knew that cutting off the EDA tool supply would not be enough to block Huawei. Hence, they had designed a policy to prevent Huawei's designs from being made into semiconductors.
"Huawei, like most other tech firms that design chips, relies on external foundries, such as Taiwan’s TSMC, to produce them'" Fuller said.
"These foundries, in turn, are full of American machinery covering virtually the entire production line except for lithography (machines using beams of light to print circuitry designs on wafers — the Netherlands dominates here).
"So, the thinking went, forbidding TSMC or any other foundry from using American equipment to produce for Huawei means that Huawei can’t get its chips produced."
But then he posed a query: "Or does it?"
Despite the American dominance in this industry, Fuller said there were international competitors for every type of machine produced in the US.
"Some insiders believe international competitors, particularly Japanese firms, could eventually replace many American machines in foundries. Conceivably, a foundry without a single piece of American equipment could produce chips for Huawei several years from now," he said.
He said if Huawei needed new semiconductors for new products before a de-Americanised plant came into being, Huawei could try to engage foundries through intermediaries, much as it could do on the EDA side.
"This creates plausible deniability. If the EDA tool vendors and foundries do not know they are working with Huawei, business could continue as usual," Fuller explained.
He said it was possible to argue that the American administration would be able to ferret out these complex corporate manoeuvres to circumvent the Entity List.
"But that probably over-estimates American bureaucratic capacity. Forty years of attacks on American 'big' government — stretching back to the Reagan administration — have led to a deep decline in government capacity," Fuller pointed out.
"Industry insiders report that the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, which is in charge of the Entity List, has next to no supply chain knowledge in semiconductors, and private industry is not exactly lining up to enlighten them on the subject."
He said even if the Entity List ban effectively scared off foundries from producing chips for Huawei, the Chinese firm's past history indicated it could still survive as a major provider of telecom infrastructure equipment.
"Ten years ago, Huawei’s own chip division was a shadow of its future self, and yet Huawei was already the third largest and fiercely competitive telecom equipment firm in the world," Fuller said. "Preventing Huawei’s in-house chips from being produced just means Huawei will revert to relying on more external purchased chips."
He concluded by saying: "If anything, the implications of Washington’s war on Huawei are more dire for American industry. America’s semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry is the last stronghold of American-made machine tools.
"The expanding export controls around the Entity List have already set in motion moves to change that. On a recent investor call, one executive from a prominent maker of such equipment said confidently that the firm would meet this regulatory challenge by moving more production overseas
"A recent internal study by American industry insiders also concluded that the fastest way to de-Americanise a fabrication facility was to simply move production of the American equipment to East Asian countries, including China."


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The Greater Starkville Development Partnership board discussed wayfinding signage, retail analysis and employee recruitment, among other issues, at its meeting Friday.
Jennifer Gregory, GSDP vice president and chief operating officer, gave a presentation on a wayfinding signage system for the city of Starkville funded by $10,000 from the Starkville Convention and Visitors Bureau and $10,000 from the city beautification fund. She said she will give the same presentation to the Starkville Board of Aldermen Mar. 20, asking city staff to install the signs as an in-kind service. The plans call for some current city signs to be removed and replaced with the wayfinding signs, but she said her Mar. 20 request will not include permission for removal, focusing only on the in-kind services for the time being.
If the city gives its approval, Gregory said it will take 30 days afterward to fabricate the signs, which means the first few signs will not be installed in time for Super Bulldog Weekend as she had originally hoped. She said she and City Engineer Edward Kemp currently plan to install the signs in three phases.
â€śI would just like for all of them to be up by football season,â€ť Gregory said. â€śI think that would be beneficial.â€ť
Gregory incorporated an information packet into her presentation which shows signs of varying sizes for varying road types. Each of the signs features the official logo the city of Starkville adopted in December 2010 for its flag and correspondence atop a series of panels with destinations and directional arrows. These panels are interchangeable, Gregory said, and as new developments such as the Cotton Mill projectâ€™s convention center come to fruition, new panels for these new destinations can be added.
Gregory said inspiration for the signsâ€™ motifs came from other signage projects in the Starkville area, including black borders from signs on the MSU campus and square icons from street signs in Starkvilleâ€™s historic districts. Clyde Pritchard, owner of Pritchard Engineering, is set to provide services for the Cotton Mill project, and he said he was interested in using similar motifs for signage within the convention center and at the propertyâ€™s other landmarks.
Jon Maynard, GSDP president, gave a presentation on a service called SCOUT, provided by Buxton, to which the GSDP has subscribed at an 80 percent discount offered by the Tennessee Valley Authority. He said SCOUT provides retail analysis data which, for example, allows the city to determine how retail dollars consumers within 20 minutes of Starkville are leaking into other communities.
â€śWhat it says here is we have the potential for over $428 million of retail sales, when our actual sales are $389 (million),â€ť Maynard said. â€śSo, weâ€™re actually leaking about 10 percent of our retail sales at somebody elseâ€™s community. Most of thatâ€™s going to Columbus and Tupelo. Itâ€™s also going out to Birmingham, Memphis, Jackson (and) larger places.â€ť
Maynard said Buxton can also break down retail leakage by store type, and it can also find store types where Starkville is exceeding its potential. For instance, he said, Starkville is exceeding its potential in stores selling sporting goods, books and music, but it is well beneath its potential for electronics and appliance stores.
Maynard said the cityâ€™s demographics could explain some of the leakage figures. For instance, several board members were curious about Buxtonâ€™s report showing small leakage in food and beverage stores.
â€śMy thoughts on the groceries are: This takes into account college students, and college students arenâ€™t necessarily buying groceries,â€ť Maynard said. â€śTheyâ€™re buying dining plans and things like that.â€ť
Austin Shafer, GSDP vice president for membership and the chamber of commerce, also gave a report at the meeting on a new project to help recruits for Starkville businesses see the city from an angle not always seen in human resources.
â€śEvery time a recruit comes into Starkville from somewhere else, one or two of our ambassadors are going to take them through Starkville and show them their Starkville,â€ť Shafer said. â€śTheyâ€™ll actually show them kind of the inner workings, hangouts and little places, and actually show them that they love the community; this is why they need to be here.â€ť
Shafer said the chamber of commerce is also working with MSUâ€™s communications department to develop 30-second and one-minute clips asking students, faculty and others to show the GSDP their Starkville. He said he wants these clips to appear on the GSDPâ€™s e-mail newsletter, social media and the GSDPâ€™s website.
â€śWe want to show that on a grand scale,â€ť Shafer said. â€ś(We want to show) the positive parts of Starkville, not just the Cotton District (and) not just Main Street.â€ť


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Forgoing its usual Sunday release strategy, Nintendo has announced that Star Fox 64 3D
will launch in North America on a Friday -- September 9, to be exact. That's only a week before the annual family trip to Canada for the Vintage Wings air show
Your family traditions aside, Star Fox 64 3D
adds improved graphics, gyroscopic controls and an overhauled multiplayer experience to the N64 classic. Oh, and it's on the 3DS, so you know what that entails
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News just in games giant Nintendo, creator of iconic consoles the Snes, Game Boy and N64, posted its first loss in 30 years.
The figures are accounted for in this article, which states the £330m loss is on the back of weak Wii sales and strong yen, along with disappointing launch of 3DS handheld. Kyoto-based Nintendo is optimisitc sales of the Wii consolewill pick up in the next financial year.
So what's happened to Nintendo since the much-loved success of the Snes, Gameboy, N64 and the early days of the Wii? Our readers have been posting tributes to the consoles they knew and loved on Twitter and Facebook – and putting forward ideas for how the games company could pick things back up again.
— Weirdy Vee(@canon_alberic) April 26, 2012
1989 Snes (Super Ninetendo entertainment system) and Game Boy
— Thom Baker (@Thom_Baker) April 26, 2012
@guardian Pokèmon on the GameBoy!
— Travis Croft (@Travis_Croft) April 26, 2012
@guardian Gameboy colour!! First ever games console... I have the best memories from that one. :)
— Becky Reyna (@BeckyReyna1) April 26, 2012
@guardian my heart belongs to the SNES, although i give much respect to beloved consoles who have come before and since.
— noah tron (@noahtron) April 26, 2012
@guardian donkey kong country on snes! Loved it! 😍
— Dafydd Burge (@dafyddplymouth) April 26, 2012
@guardian GameCube was underrated, but you can't beat a snes. Always wanted one...
— mrgray (@Super_Thumbs) April 26, 2012
@guardian SNES forever <3
— Seema Patel (@Nemolala) April 26, 2012
1996 Nintendo 64
@guardian N64! Hands down, greatest console ever. It will never be beaten, a true classic!
— Matt Horner (@HattMorner) April 26, 2012
Are smartphones wooing casual gamers?
— Annam Choudhry (@bobbyV_89) April 26, 2012
@guardian Mobile gaming passed them by
— Greg Adkins (@fritopunk) April 26, 2012
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Simple, not making their games available for mobile gaming on smartphones.
Seems obvious where they have gone wrong... They make consoles for educational and family friendly games... The money in games at the moment is in death and carnage.... Brave attempt Nintendo, but if you can't beat them... Join them!
Unfortunately Nintendo followed a relatively similar path to Polaroid. They had a unique niche in the gaming market with portable gaming, but based their entire company around retro cartridge-style game packs and when technology advanced, Nintendo decided to stay in the dark.
the lack of new series that could do for gaming what the Super Mario Bros. or the Legend of Zelda series did before. Make no mistake, Mario and Zelda remain huge names in gaming and I'm always looking forward to the next deliveries, but Nintendo has been falling victim to re-releasing and milking some series way too much. The best examples that come to mind are Pokemon and Mario Party (for those who don't keep a close eye on videogames, "Mario Party" is a series of party-themed games featuring characters from the Mario world, it's not part of the Super Mario Bros. series).
What were your favourite consoles and why? Where did Nintendo go wrong and how could they pick up sales? Leave your comments below.


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Apple Seeds OS X 10.7.2 to Developers for iCloud Testing
Apple seeded developers with OS X 10.7.2 alongside a new iCloud for Lion Beta 5. The 10.7.2 seed appears to only contain changes to support iCloud Beta 5 as Apple has not yet made any mention of 10.7.1. OS X Lion was just released last week, and we expect that 10.7.1 will be delivered shortly as an initial bug fix to customers.
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There will be little to no room in Amirah Cutts van this weekend. She intends to pack every inch of her vehicle with books, and give them to the community for free. Cutts is determined to help neighbors begin or grow at-home libraries. “We are going to be giving away hundreds of books,” Cutts said. “We just want to be able to give as many collected resources we have out to the community.”
Cutts will team up with the Germantown Supply Hub, a neighborhood mutual aid program, to give away free books and school supplies. The event takes place on Saturday, Sept. 5, from 12 to 4 p.m. at the People’s Lot at 36 Church Lane.
Reading Recycled and Schoolbox Bazar donated lightly worn books for the event. Cutts, a former Germantown High School teacher, hopes that the books’ accessibility will encourage more reading and help parents or learning center supervisors with the virtual school year.
“I think it’s important because parents and caregivers may find themselves needing to fill in the gaps in the day,” Cutts said. “You just say, ‘here, you’re gonna get that book off the shelf and let’s see how we can continue your learning that is connected to what you just did with your teacher today.”
Before the pandemic, students could utilize their in-school libraries or visit public libraries in their neighborhoods. With school doors shut and public libraries opened with limited activity, it may be challenging for kids to get their hands on books quickly.
Cutts said she had hundreds of her own books in her own collection and she was hoping to find a new home for them. When she learned about the Supply Hub, she thought that recirculating her items through them seemed like a perfect idea.
“I said this makes sense for me, to want to come to this space with these books to give them out. People collect books, sometimes they read them, they outgrow them, and they want to pass them on to someone else.”
The Saturday giveaway is only the beginning of Cutts’s long-term goals. She plans to launch a home library challenge, encouraging Germantown neighbors to have at least 100 books at home.
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Futura looks to his beginnings with a special edition 1460
The boot gets a military-inspired update.
Herschel releases an all-weather boot with Dr. Martens
Inspired by life in the Pacific Northwest.
Sophnet. and End. blend luxury and utility for their collaboration with Dr. Martens
A bold yet stealthy twist on a Dr. Martens classic.
Haven and Dr. Martens release a jungle boot version of the 1460
The popular boot gets a military-inspired update.
The Dr. Martens 1461 is getting the Hender Scheme treatment
The famous derby silhouette is reimagined in vegetable-tanned leather
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At the back, the seven-seater SUV will have a completely new different profile, with pointed LED tail light and a pointed rear around the exhaust. The fourth-generation variant appears to be sleeker than today's Santa Fe, with a large grille and slim lamps like the Kona and a pointed rear hatch design.
The 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe - due to be revealed next month - hoves in to view as Hyundai reveal renders of their new SUV, revealing a substantially updated model.
Like the subcompact Kona crossover unveiled past year, the next Santa Fe gets sliver-thin daytime running lamps positioned high along the hood crease, while the main headlamps sit low on the sides of the grille.
The exterior rendering highlights the magnificent frontal section of the All-New Santa Fe.
EBay drops PayPal as first choice for payments
EBay, which reported earnings on Wednesday, brought in $2.61 billion in revenue during its latest quarter. Earnings excluding some costs were 55 cents a share, compared with the average forecast for 52 cents.
At least 70 wounded in Afghan bombing attack
In a message on Twitter, the group said more than 70 wounded had been brought in to that hospital alone. The bombing came just a week after Taliban militants killed 22 at an worldwide hotel in the city.
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Salah, an Egypt global , has made a sensational start to life at Anfield having only arrived from Roma for £36.9m last summer. That's according to Egyptian FA president Hany Abo Rida .
Hyundai has also not confirmed powertrain details, but a rear occupant alert system and an upgraded rear-cross traffic alert system will feature on the Santa Fe. The ROA alerts the driver if a passenger is in the rear seat, a feature created to prevent parents from accidentally leaving children in a auto that might become dangerously hot inside, the company said.
Enhancing the user experience is at the core of the latest Santa Fe, according to the company.
Hyundai Motor Co., playing catch-up in the booming US crossover market, is banking on a bigger, more modern redesign of the Santa Fe to lift its fortunes in the important segment.
Currently, Hyundai is doing a market study on customer preference which would help in deciding which model to launch.
HyundaiA promotional image for the 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe. "At the moment we are yet to finalize whether it will be the Ioniq EV sedan or the full electric version of SUV Kona".


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Newsweekis partnering with native advertising and discovery platform MGID with plans to implement MGID’s content recommendation units throughout its digital properties.
MGID’s units will appear across Newsweek’s digital platforms on desktop, tablet and mobile/AMP devices. Newsweek is exploring ways to reach its monetization, user engagement and new visitor acquisition goals.
MGID’s technology works through an algorithm that matches users-to-product through analysis of historic data from within a set network. As a result, visitors are fed relevant messages from relevant campaigns. Smart widget technology is utilized to avoid frustration and deliver an all-in-one solution.
“We recognize the value of MGID’s technology aimed to provide our readers with a highly targeted and engaging experience,” stated Alvaro Palacios, COO/CFO of Newsweek.
MGID will also provide Newsweek with internal recirculation technology that will allow the publisher to manage and optimize traffic flow on its pages.Michael Korsunsky, CEO at MGID NA, stated: “Our core value, as a company remains to be providing flexible, technologically innovative revenue options, without infringing on publishers freedom to execute their brand’s vision.”


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A long-empty Aberdeen shop has been brought back to life as a eco-friendly 'pop-up' selling items made from recycled plastic.
The store, outside the Bon Accord Centre on 1-5 George Street, is named Origin and promises the 'perfect sustainable gift' for Christmas.
Origin is the latest of the pop-ups to open as part of a £150,000 council funded project.
Aberdeen Live told in November how council bosses have backed the scheme from Gray’s creative unit, Look Again, which aims to turn the many empty units into exhibition spaces, art installations and pop-up shops through short term leases.
Look Again has already transformed 32 St Andrew Street into a city centre project art space for artists and designers and two other units will add to the portfolio and are based at: 1 – 5 George Street (across from Bank of Scotland) and 34 Upperkirkgate (next to Dr Noodles).
Deemouth Artist Studios (DAS) will create a pop-up shop called EDIT, based at 34 Upperkirkgate, while Aberdeen based start-up Origin, will create a plastic recycling centre called Origin Hub, based on George Street.
The city centre has suffered a prolonged decline with many much loved outlets closing in recent years, and the rate of closures has increased post-pandemic and a continued rise in online shopping.
Origin customers can also vote on product proposals in the shop and decide what they would like to go into production and staff are also accepting donations of plastic - although it must have the number five on it and be clean and colourful or white. The store is open December 17-20.


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Dutch start-up LionVolt BV, a spin-off from the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), has announced it has secured €4 million from the development agency of the region of Brabant (the Brabantse Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij – BOM), in the Netherlands, and Amsterdam-based venture capital and growth equity firm Prime Ventures, through a funding round.
LionVolt said it will use the funds to develop its 3D solid-state thin-film battery technology, which it expects to apply initially in wearables and electric cars.
The battery is made with a foil covered with billions of pillars with thin layers of functional material that create a 3D structure with a very large surface area and very short distances between both battery electrodes. Through this architecture, the device's lithium-ions have only a short distance to go through, and this, according to the manufacturer, reduces charging and discharging times.
LionVolt claims this approach enables the product to overcome two major hurdles to bring this technology to commercial production, which are the conformal coating of the full battery stack and the development of scalable manufacturing tools. The creation of the micropillar arrays is reportedly able to reduce the technological challenge of conformal coating, and the open and regular structure facilitates the deposition of consecutive layers.
The battery is claimed to offer higher energy density, a longer lifespan, and increased safety compared to conventional lithium-ion batteries.
The battery configuration is also said to be fully retrofittable into existing commercial formats and a production line can be set up in a very short time, according to the manufacturer, which said it wants to produce the new batteries in the Netherlands. “The BOM invests in LionVolt because the company has enormous potential,” said Jurgen van Eck, from the BOM. “Almost 80% of the supply chain the company needs to build a production line can be sourced locally.”
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Analysts see Hungary farm sector expanding 10-15% in 2008
Agriculture analysts expect Hungary’s farm sector to expand 10-15% this year, and value added in the sector could expand even more, by 15-20%, a study by Kopint-Tárki and Agrar Europa shows.
Kopint-Tárki chief researcher Márton Szabó said the expansion would bring Hungary’s farm sector back to 2006 levels following a 14% contraction in 2007 because of spring frost and drought. The study projects food prices will rise 9.5% in 2008, increasing 10% year-on-year in H1, with the increase slowing to 6.5% in H2. Farm gate prices rose 22.2% in 2007, about double the increase in 2006. Szabó attribute the rise in food prices in part to global tendencies, namely rising demand in developing countries, increasing demand for biofuels and climate change. Food price inflation in Hungary grew from 2.5% in 2005 to 7.7% in 2006 ad 11.5% in 2007, he noted.
The report projects Hungary’s farm sector export surplus -- farm exports came to €4 billion and imports were €2.5 billion in 2008 -- was likely to be halved in 2008 as grain exports is projected to fall. This year’s harvest is projected to be good but last year’s poor harvest left less on store for exports. Drought in Europe caused demand for grain to rise last year, and Hungary is one of Europe’s biggest grain producers. (MTI-Econews)
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Japan’s polished diamond imports rise 2.6% in March
In March 2013, Japan noted a 2.6 percent (on y-o-y basis) in its polished diamond imports, which valued $75.4 million, reports say. The said imports increased in volume terms as well, by 20 percent to 177,067 carats. The average price of the diamonds decreased 15 percent to $426 per carat.
According to different regions, polished diamond imports from almost all major centres rose - from Belgium they rose 36 percent to $14.7 million, from Israel they jumped 32 percent to $6.5 million, from Hong Kong they rose almost three times to $11.6 million and from the United States it increased 63 percent to $3.3 million. The said imports from India dropped 30 percent (on y-o-y basis) to $28.6 million in March 2013.


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toyota rav4 expected launch in india
2018 Toyota RAV4 Configurations. Its important to carefully check the trims of the vehicle youre interested in to make sure that youre getting the features you want, or that youre not overpaying for features you dont want. The Toyota RAV4 is a sports utility vehicle that will be launched in the D segment in India in mid 2010. This vehicle has a compact and yet an extremely stylish look and is expected to be available from September 2010. Dont expect Toyota to launch their Calya in India any time soon.2018 Toyota RAV4 ( Adventure) will reach this fall. The Toyota Land Cruiser Prado VXL Review. New Toyota Fortuner 2017 Price, Specification and Features. Toyota has revealed the new facelifted RAV4 SUV at the New York Motor Show. The new RAV4 will launch in the international markets in December it gets revised styling, greater interior quality and a host of new technology.Autocar India: February 2018. Whats in this issue? You are on Home Toyota Rav4 In India Launch page.Upcoming cars india 2017 launch date price pics, Upcoming cars in india 2017 launch date specs price pics of new model maruti swift tata kite new honda civic new honda city maruti ignis baleno rs. Currently, the RAV4 is in existence in Asia only in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. Since these countries are closer to India than other western countries, the RAV4 is the model most likely to be launched by Toyota in India. In 2017 the Rav4 outsold the Camry. It appears the Rav4 will do it again in 2018 and maybe beyond All New Toyota RAV4, which is the name of the latest SUV from Toyota which is predicted to become the new flagship of Toyota. According to the news that on receipt, Toyota plans to launch the car to the beginning of 2015. In contrast to products made by Toyotas other SUV Free Price Quote From a Local Dealer. View Special Offers.
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Honda Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. charted its highest ever sales last year, delivering a total of 109,511 units of cars. Not only that, the company has retained it’s Number 1 position for the Non-National segment for the third consecutive year and maintained its Number 2 position in overall TIV (Total Industry Volume) for the second year running.
Since Honda Malaysia set foot in Malaysia in 2003, the company has sold more than 730,000 cars over the span of 14 years. Last year was also the first time Honda Malaysia has achieved sales of more than 100,000 units and the highest that a Non-National brand has ever achieved in Malaysia.
Despite the challenging market climate in 2017, overall sales for the Japanese carmaker has increased by 19 percent compared to the previous year. December 2017 was the best month with 11,221 units sold. As of 2017, the brand’s market share stands at 19 percent, up 3.2 points from 2016.
The City emerged as Honda’s best-selling model, contributing 27 percent to total sales, followed by the HR-V at 17 percent, BR-V at 16 percent and Civic at 14 percent. The Jazz and City Sport Hybrid duo also delivered remarkable results, with contributing two percent to the total sales despite being on sale for only four months. As it stands, all CKD models from Honda Malaysia are Number 1 in their respective segment.
In 2017, Honda Malaysia launched eight new models (all-new and refreshed included) – BR-V, City facelift, Jazz facelift, City Sport Hybrid, Jazz Sport Hybrid, Accord with Honda Sensing, all-new CR-V and all-new Civic Type R (FK8R). Malaysia is also the first country outside of Japan to launch and assemble the City and Jazz Sport Hybrid.
Moving on to market penetration, Honda Malaysia has grown its presence in East Malaysia with more than 7,500 units delivered to customers in 2017, an increase of 33 percent compared to 2016. The seven-seater BR-V was the best-selling model in East Malaysia.
In 2017, Honda Malaysia serviced more than 1,150,000 vehicles, up 13 percent compared the previous year. The company also introduced Honda Pride, a campaign to create awareness amongst Honda customers on the benefits of aftersales services from Honda Malaysia. Twelve specially designed benefits such as 5-Years warranty with unlimited mileage, genuine parts and comfortable dealer showroom were structured to deliver top-notch quality after sales services to Honda customers.
Managing Director and CEO of Honda Malaysia, Mr. Toichi Ishiyama said, “Honda Malaysia achieved outstanding sales achievement in 2017, and we dedicate this milestone year that we have experienced to all our customers, business partners, dealers and Honda associates. It has been an exciting year for Honda and the outstanding results we achieved would not have been possible without the strong support of all Malaysians and the Malaysian Government.”
“Reflectively, we are pleased to note that with the maturing Malaysian market, customers responded well to the various Next Generation Advanced Technologies we introduced such as Honda SENSING, Turbo and Sport Hybrid i-DCD. The Sport Hybrid i-DCD made history during their introductions as Malaysia is the only country outside of Japan to introduce the technology. It was also the most affordable Hybrid to be introduced in the market. Honda was also the first brand to introduce the SENSING technology into mass models such as the CR-V and New Accord. Ultimately, we strive to bring the joy of ownership to all our customers,” concluded Mr. Ishiyama.


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Fines for no city stickers coming Monday morning
BY JOSH MCGHEE Staff Reporterfirstname.lastname@example.org July 13, 2012 5:06PM
Chicago residents without vehicle stickers will see big fines starting Monday morning.
The deadline for purchasing the stickers is Sunday. After that, expect a late fee of $60 and a minimum ticket of $200 — compared to a $40 late fee and a $120 ticket last year.
City Clerk Susana Mendoza proposed raising fines for people not obeying the law instead of raising the sticker fees for everyone.
This year’s sale for of vehicle stickers started online April 23 and in person May 1, a month earlier than last year.
The City Clerk’s office said they had sold 875,000 so far — about 4 percent more than the 841,000 they had sold at this point last year. The City Clerk office sells about one million stickers during the renewal period.
“Tickets must be displayed Monday not just bought,” said a spokeswoman for the clerk.
The stickers are now interactive thanks to a QR code with some cool features. By scanning the code on the back of your sticker you’re directed to a website to look up street cleanings, determine if they are in a residential area, buy daily guest parking permits and find parking spots.
Chicago drivers can go to over 400 sales locations to purchase the vehicle stickers, including currency exchanges and at Dominick’s stores. The city clerk offers a store locator on their website to find the nearest locations.


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Liquor outlet representatives are riled that they are the ones held responsible when underage customers make a purchase armed with fake identification cards. (FILE PHOTO)
There's no penalty for minors caught trying to buy booze in B.C., though a hefty fine is handed to establishments caught selling to kids. A British Columbia pub and liquor group says that's unfair and is calling for a crackdown on under-aged drinkers.
Alliance of Beverage Licensees of B.C. executive director Ron Orr called under-aged youth a "tidal wave" of untouchables, with sleeves full of tricks and fake IDs to buy booze - yet the onus is on business owners to keep them out or face a $7,500 fine.
"There's no real penalty put back to the people who are ultimately the ones committing the offence," he said. "It strikes me that we've got this backwards. The analogy would be like charging a bank for letting somebody rob them."
The organization represents about 250 private liquor stores in B.C. and more than 600 pubs and other liquor-primary establishments. Orr echoed previous criticism of B.C.'s strict fines, saying the majority of sales to minors are honest mistakes in "real life situations."
According to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, which oversees B.C.'s liquor distribution and sales, there are penalties for minors possessing alcohol, presenting false ID and for being inside an age-restricted establishment - just not for the act of buying booze itself.
The penalty for each offence is $230 after fines were doubled in 2010.
"The new fine levels matched or exceeded fine amounts in other provinces and allowed B.C. to take a national leadership role regarding appropriate fine levels," a ministry spokesman said in an email.
But Orr argues those fines are still "so minor" they don't act as a deterrent in an age where youth can order fake ID online, noting border guards in Calgary recently seized up to 100 fake "older version" B.C. drivers' licences being shipped from China to Albertan youth who want to buy alcohol.
In 2011, authorities fined twice as many people under the Liquor Control Act for presenting false ID compared to the previous year.
"They insisted the bars check for two pieces of ID. All that did was double the demand for fake IDs," Orr theorized. "When there are more people getting fake ID, then you would expect more people to be caught."
In B.C., border officials intercepted 80 imported pieces of fake ID in the first six months of 2012, according to the Canada Border Services Agency.
Information on whether those IDs were being shipped to minors wasn't available by press time, but federal RCMP Sgt. Duncan Pound isn't surprised counterfeit card makers are targeting the "older version" of B.C. drivers' licences.
"The majority of what our investigators are seeing are the older ones, they don't have some of the security features being placed in the new IDs," he said.
Pound said those licences, still common in B.C., wouldn't look out of place to locals, estimating about 20% of drivers are using them.
"Potentially, that template is more readily accessible overseas on the Pacific Rim."
According to ICBC, the new light-background B.C. licences include facial recognition technology and numerous counterfeit prevention devices.


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CVS Now Accepts Touchless QR Code Payments via PayPal or Venmo
Nov 16, 2020, 4:16 PM by Rich Brome
CVS locations nationwide now accept payment via QR code, for a safer, touchless checkout experience. The system is compatible with the QR code feature of both the Venmo and PayPal apps. With either app, customers can draw funds for payment from an existing credit or debit card, a bank account, or their PayPal/Venmo balance. The service is available only at standalone CVS locations, (not those within a Target, for example.) PayPal owns Venmo. PayPal does not charge fees for making payments using QR codes via either app.
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Samsung today announced its lineup of flagship phones for 2022: the Galaxy S22 series. The top-end S22 Ultra sees the biggest changes as it essentially absorbs Samsung's Note series with an integrated S Pen stylus and a more Note-like shape and design, instead of the Contour Cut design of the other models.
Aug 10, 2022
Samsung has announced its newest generation of foldable phones: the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4. Both have similar designs and features compared to their predecessors, with a slew of small updates and refinements across the board.
Oct 27, 2021
Anker has launched MagGo, a new line of wireless chargers compatible with Apple's MagSafe magnetic wireless charging system, introduced with the iPhone 12 series. The MagGo lineup includes several unique new designs.
Dec 10, 2021
Hyatt has launched phone-based digital room keys at its first six hotel properties. iPhone and Apple Watch users can now choose to add their hotel room key to Apple Wallet and forego any physical room key.
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A bipartisan group of three US Senators has introduced new legislation that would place major new rules on the app stores run by Apple and Google. The Open App Markets Act would: Ensure users could access third-party app stores and make them the default.


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APEC senior officials are convening to push bold and practical trade policies, seeking to secure recovery as the uncertainty of the pandemic looms large over efforts to prepare for future shocks.
“APEC is at a critical juncture as we grapple with the prolonged economic and health crisis. APEC has a responsibility to chart the way forward in order to achieve strong, balanced, secure, sustainable and inclusive growth across the region,” noted Vangelis Vitalis, the 2021 New Zealand Chair of APEC Senior Officials.
“In the midst of these uncertainties, member economies are joining and working together based on our shared belief that more trade and more openness, together with structural reform and enhanced collaboration represent the best response to the pandemic,” added Vitalis, who is also the Deputy Secretary for Trade and Economic Affairs of New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Officials have been mandated by ministers to consider how trade can help address the immediate crisis and help drive economic recovery across the region. This includes work on how to ensure vaccine manufacturing, supply and distribution, supporting global vaccine-sharing efforts, and addressing barriers to the flow of essential goods and services that can help address the pandemic, in a bid to ensure that the region’s health systems cover all people.
A recent economic update by the APEC Policy Support Unit showed that the recovery is still heavily dependent on vaccination progress and distribution across the region. Despite varied rollouts, positive economic growth of 6.4 percent is expected for APEC this year.
APEC policy groups and senior officials reported on progress made to realize the 2020 Ministers’ Responsible for Trade Declaration on Facilitating the Movement of Essential Goods, including work on vaccines and related goods and services, as well as medical supplies and digital trade.
“There are a number of initiatives that we would like to advance, including to modernize the list of environmental goods and services as a contribution to sustainability,” said Vitalis.
Originally agreed in 2012 to reduce tariffs to no more than 5 percent, the APEC List of Environmental Goods covers 54 products that positively contribute to green growth and sustainable development. APEC remains the only intergovernmental body with an agreed list of environmental goods. Work is underway to consider the identification of environmental services as a complement to the ongoing work on goods.
“We are also working to find commonalities between the 21 member economies on how we can boost digital trade in the region through the internet and digital economy roadmap, while at the same time addressing gaps that allow everyone to enjoy the benefits of this sector,” he added.
Vitalis also highlighted New Zealand’s role as host of APEC 2021 in converting the APEC vision of an open, dynamic, resilient and peaceful Asia-Pacific community by 2040—known as the Putrajaya Vision—into a program of work and implementation plan relevant to challenges APEC economies face today and over the next two decades.
“There is rising protectionism across the world, which challenges all of us to rethink and lean in to support the fundamentals of regional economic integration and the international trade architecture,” Vitalis added.
“On top of that, the social license for trade policy and for economic integration is increasingly under strain as we witness the unequal impact of COVID-19 on women, small businesses and Indigenous peoples.”
“As a region, we need to work together to ensure APEC effectively responds, not just to the immediate crisis, but also to the longer-term need to build a sustainable and resilient regional economy that benefits everyone.”
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Anne Coghlan, Scope3 cofounder and COO, speaks to The Media Leader reporter Ella Sagar about what’s next for decarbonising the media industry to reach Ad Net Zero goals and what the biggest misconceptions about sustainability in advertising are.
Coghlan outlined three major misconceptions around carbon emissions and measurement in media; digital has a much lower carbon footprint than print; carbon measurement is “complicated”; and systemic action on carbon targets is “always slow”.
She also hinted at future global partnerships: “We know that agencies are agents of change, they are the changemakers and help their customers to ultimately make those adjustments that can be small, or hopefully in this case very large, to plans. They advise how media is spent and so I think IPG Mediabrands were definitely the first, but they will not be the last, major holdco that we announce that we’re working with.”
Coghlan also revealed that Scope3 is trialling “greenworking” internally whereby they talk about where they are making progress towards decarbonising, rather than simply announcing net zero or reduction achievements or awards. She suggested this would encourage more companies to try to go greener, and that consumers would acknowledge positive steps in the right direction.


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Another strategic deal was signed in Pennsylvania as the state comes one step closer to online gambling. The Mohegan Sun Pocono partnered with the Kindred Group (previously known as the Unibet Group), with the latter providing the casino with online and offline sports betting products, as well as online games. Players at the Mohegan Sun Pocono will be able to play at the Unibet sports betting lounge which will be set up at the casino. In addition, players will have access to an online sportsbook and casino platform. The deal was signed for a five year period, which will be extended for another two five-year periods if the sides agree.
The VP of Interactive Gaming at Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment, Aviram Alroy said in a statement: “We’ve aligned with one of the best online casino and sportsbook operators in online regulated markets which will allow us to offer best in class experience to our existing customers as well as attracting new ones.”
Alroy said that the introduction of the Kindred offering to the market is of great benefit to Mohegan Sun, as well as the state of Pennsylvania.
Players will be asked to open an account and register so that the casino can verify that they are 21 years of age or older. They are then able to use their mobile or web devices to place a bet through the online sports book. Geolocation software will be used to ensure that the players are based within state lines.
Regarding the question of when the products will go live, Alroy said that Mohegan Sun Pocono, together with Kindred, was working with the Pennsylvania regulator and plans were being made to launch as soon as all sides were confident that there would be a strong offering in the market.


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Alpine Mountain Ranch acquires The Summit Club
Alpine Mountain Ranch & Club has recently acquired ownership of The Summit Club at One Steamboat Place, which will offer an on-mountain ski and health club experience for ranch residents and property owners, according to a news release.
The Summit Club is an exclusive, membership-only club which serves the owners of One Steamboat Place condominiums, but also a select group of other investors in membership. The club bylaws allow for 150 individual memberships, with 59 memberships remaining unsold. The unsold memberships will be used to compliment the sales of Alpine Mountain Ranch & Club property.
“The acquisition of The Summit Club is a huge amenity for Alpine Mountain Ranch & Club," said Bob Dapper, director of development and marketing at Alpine Mountain Ranch. "We will be the only such development who can offer people who invest in our development community a place on the mountain to drive up to, to valet, to store skis and equipment, change up and hit the slopes. Afterward, they can enjoy all the first-class amenities of One Steamboat Place, including breakfasts, après snacks and drinks, as well as the fitness center and the pool. All is included in membership of The Summit Club.”
Alpine Mountain Ranch Sales Coordinator Cheryl Krumrie said the ranch plans to initially hold all 59 remaining memberships off the open market, using them only to compliment the sales of homes and land at Alpine Mountain Ranch.
"The Summit Club is a terrific added value to our property and compliments our long-range vision for Alpine Mountain Ranch," Krumrie said.


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Last week Amazon announced plans to buy One Life Healthcare which operates primary healthcare practice under the name of ‘One medical’ across major cities in the U.S. This is not Amazon’s first foray into medical space; in 2019 it launched Amazon care. Originally this was meant to be a service for Amazon employees in Washington State. Amazon care’s telemedicine and urgent care health offering has slowly been expanding to employees of other companies.
Amazon’s investments in healthcare have been going very slow till now due to regulatory and other hurdles. Since One medical has more than 180 offices over the U.S, this will give Amazon actual physical locations to operate from. This will also give Amazon access to already existing patients and patient data from the One Medical database.
For patients however, there won’t be any drastic change in the services of One medical. Amazon is planning to make big investments in healthcare since this is a recession proof industry and also due to how big this market is globally. Amazon is looking for its next big hit product after AWS and advertising and Amazon is taking a chance once again by investing in healthcare. Healthcare is also seen by Amazon as a good connecter to other services it provides already.
With this purchase of One medical, Amazon has acquired a ton of patient data which has also led to regulatory and privacy concerns. Patients are concerned about their private health records being used by Amazon without their consent. Questions remain on how Amazon will use this data for its benefit, using data to expand its operations and also in deal making as leverage for other businesses.


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Shoppers are panic-buying powerful vacuum cleaners to beat an EU ban that comes into force next week. Last night retailers reported that sales had soared by nearly 50 per cent as consumers snap up any remaining stock in the run-up to the Brussels diktat outlawing machines of over 1,600 watts. Many stores and websites have already run out of the most powerful models, with one reporting its busiest day for sales in more than a decade. Full story >>
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Not to Alarm You, but We’re Running Out of Scotch
Why the world’s supply of single malt is shrinking
The problem with Scotch is that everyone wants to drink it.
From London and New York to Hong Kong and Tokyo (Asia buys a quarter of a billion bottles each year), the world’s supply of vintage single malt is shrinking, and fast.
The Scotch Whisky Association reports that global exports of the popular booze — which accounts for 25% of all food and drink shipped annually from the UK with 38 bottles shipping out per second — jumped 159 percent between 2004 and 2014 with sales in the U.S. tripling from 2002 to 2015.
Dammit, supply and demand.
The industry was unprepared for the boom in worldwide sales and, since age-labeled single malt Scotch has to age for at least three years by law, distillers can’t catch up no matter how much they produce in a given year.
While whisky makers are adding more capacity and ramping up production to deal with the problem in the future, the current situation is not going away anytime soon and the single malt shortage could last for 10 to 15 years, according to experts like professional whisky investor Rickesh Kishnani. “The shortage of old and rare single malt … has already started,” Kishnani says. “It’s going to get worse.”
While the news may have you feeling the urge to drink up, we’d humbly submit that no-age statement whiskies are just as good anyway.
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Ankeny — Nearwood Winery received a Bronze medal in the Eighth Annual Mid-American Wine Competition held at the Des Moines Area Community College campus in Ankeny.
“This marks the eighth consecutive year of the MAWC and we have had the distinction of watching the local wine industry develop into a great representation of our region,” said Chief Judge Doug Frost of Kansas City. “The wine industry throughout the Midwest has evolved into tourist destinations, where wine enthusiasts visit local wineries. This helps the local economy and area wine industry.”
The judges were selected by Frost, who has earned both the coveted Master of Wine degree and the Master Sommelier title. The judges, who have over 200 years of cumulative experience, are experts in wine production, service and distribution.
“We’ve continued the fund-raiser for the American Heart Association titled “Affair of the Heart.” The event was held after the competition again this year and wine enthusiasts could sample some of the award winning wines from the 2014 Mid- American Wine Competition,” said MAWC Director Bob Foster.


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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Approximately 16,000 chairs are being recalled because they can break, which could cause people to get hurt.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Jimco Outdoor Folding Bistro Chairs were sold at TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods and Sierra Trading Post.
The product is described as a wooden foldable chair.
So far, the company has received five reports of the bistro chairs breaking. In one incident, a person suffered a cut to the leg and a bruised wrist.
The chairs were individually sold from January through June of 2018 for $20. They were also sold as part of a set with two chairs and a table for $130.
Consumers are being advised to stop using the chairs.
For information on how to obtain a refund, contact Jimco Lamp & Manufacturing Company at 1-800-643-0092, or by visiting their website here.


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Fujifilm's FinePix F800EXR camera features a 16-megapixel Back Side Illuminated EXR-CMOS sensor and a Fujinon 20x optical zoom lens equivalent to 25-500mm in 35mm format.
But the camera's main feature is its Wireless Image Transfer facility, which allows users to connect their FinePix F800EXR to their smartphones or tablets to share images. "Once users have download the dedicated Fujifilm Photo Receiver app to their smartphones and tablets, they can transfer the photos from the camera to the phone or tablet without going through the trouble of entering passwords," says Fujifilm.
"Up to 30 images can be sent in a single transmission, and users can share their photos online on Facebook and other social networking sites anytime, anywhere, without having to worry about accessing Wi-Fi hotspots."
Fujifilm has also released the Fujifilm Camera App, enabling the F800EXR to record the user's current location data "by sending the tablet/smartphone's latitude and longitude, and displaying it on the LCD monitor of the camera," according to Fujifilm. "Users can also send that image to their smartphones and tablets to display the location where it was shot on general map applications. With a database of approximately one million landmarks worldwide, users can enjoy various functions, such as Landmark Navigator, which acts as a tour guide, displaying the distance from where you are to nearby landmarks (in the direction the camera is facing), and Photo Navigation, which displays the distance from the photographer's present location to the place where a tagged photo was taken."
The camera, which will retail from September at £279, should prove popular among amateur photographers that have, in recent months, turned to smartphone cameras for their instant sharing features.
Both apps, the Fujifilm Photo Receiver and the Fujifilm Camera App, will be available free of charge. For more details, visit http://fuji.co.uk/f800exr
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AUGUST BURNS RED to release split with SILVERSTEIN as limited Record Store Day exclusive
Limited to just 500 copies
Featuring cover songs by both bands
The release is limited to just 500 copies on burnt orange colored vinyl and will be available at participating indie record stores on Record Store Day, April 20th.
This limited vinyl release features a cover track by each band, with ABR channeling SAVES THE DAY while SILVERSTEIN pays homage to THE GET UP KIDS.
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More information about participating stores can be found at www.recordstoreday.com.
AUGUST BURNS RED’s yet-untitled fifth album is due later this summer on Solid State Records. The band will be hitting the road as a mainstage act on this summer’s Vans Warped Tour, marking their third appearance on the venerated annual event, where they were last seen in performing in support of their 2011 album, Leveler.
With four successful albums under their belts and their fifth album – which guitarist JB Brubaker has described as the band’s “most ambitious album yet” – forthcoming, AUGUST BURNS RED have successfully earned veteran status. One of the leading forces in the modern metal scene, the Manheim, PA-based quintet has breathed new life into the metalcore genre over the course of their almost decade-long career, successfully transitioning from shake-up-the-field upstarts to one of the biggest names worldwide in the genre.


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U.S. tech companies are now using a massive database to stop child pornography
It's not a perfect solution, but it'll go a long way.
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He doesn't miss a beat.
Airbnb is officially in Cuba
Let the wanderlust wash over you.
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Ideas need to be stolen in order for plagiarism to exist, and from the looks of things, the Internet media is fresh out.
Amazon is deleting sex workers' wish lists without warning
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Searches UK support new energy reports
Searches UK are pleased to announce that Groundsure have updated their energy reports to coincide with the Oil and Gas Authorities (OGA) announcement of new licensing.
The change has come after the OGA announced the first portion of new licenses which will be offered to companies to explore for Gas, Oil, Shale gas and Coalbed Methane.
As leading search providers in England and Wales, Searches UK understand the importance of compliance, and work alongside industry specialists who share this passion.
Searches UK offer a full range of Residential and Commercial Conveyancing Searches across England and Wales.
Lisa Summerton, Sales and Marketing Director at Searches UK commented:
“It is very important to us to keep in line with regulatory procedures, so it is essential that the companies we work alongside share this. At Searches UK we keep our clients up to date with any changes or updates to any of our products and services, so as Groundsure announced these changes we naturally felt the need to inform our clients of these changes.”
To find out more about Searches UK and the services offered, please visit www.searchesuk.co.uk or call 0800 043 1815.
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With a vision of becoming the best SME bank in Ghana, Premium Bank has rolled out its second initiative; Pitch Day, in its series of outlined The HelpStation initiatives for the year 2017 aimed at making SMEs more resilient, high growth and globally competitive. The HelpStation initiative, organised and managed by TANOE for Premium Bank witnessed a massive turn out of young and passionate entrepreneurs.
The Pitch Day presented 50 shortlisted SMEs and some startup businesses from the hundreds that applied the opportunity to present their businesses and projects to a panel made up of the Head of SME Banking Unit of Premium Bank, the CEO of The African Network of Entrepreneurs (TANOE) and Executives from InvestinAfrica, Servled and African Entrepreneurs’ Hub.
The maiden edition of the Pitch Day which took place at Premium Bank’s Ridge branch in Accra saw the 50 businesses and entrepreneurs showcase their businesses to the panel with emphasis on their needs for funding and business support.
In a statement, the MD of Premium Bank, Kwasi Tumi expressed the Bank’s commitment to providing a holistic banking services and products tailor made to address the needs and challenges of SMEs in Ghana. He was excited about the turn out for the 1st Pitch Day and looked forward to the roll out of several other The HelpStation initiatives aimed at equipping businesses for high growth and sustainability.
Ekow Mensah, CEO of TANOE; the Organisation managing the The HelpStation for Premium Bank, said that, the Pitch Day along with other innovative and engaging The HelpStation initiatives will be a regular affair to identify businesses with potential for massive growth and provide them the needed push through the provision of adequate financing, requisite business advisory support and access to productive networks and constructive feedback from industry and subject matter experts.
Some significant businesses in attendance were Logiciel Ghana, E-Campus LLC, Center for Social Innovations Ghana, Kente Master, Incas Diagnostics, NBKitec and several others.


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- The Trump administration imposed tariffs on all imported solar cells and modules in January 2018. The U.S. International Trade Commission is currently conducting a review of those tariffs, which are scheduled to stay in effect through 2022.
- The tariffs have resulted in 62,000 lost jobs, 10.5 GW of solar projects that were never developed, and $19 billion in private investment that was never realized.
- Solar module prices in the U.S. are now among the highest in the world.
- To help fuel a clean energy economy for America, the Administration must remove these tariffs and allow solar to flourish.
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Groups displeased the trade deal opens up their market to more U.S. products
Canadian dairy farmers are panning the renegotiated trade pact between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, saying the deal will undercut the industry by limiting exports and opening up the market to more American products.
Dairy Farmers of Canada issued a terse statement soon after the agreement was announced late Sunday, following 14 months of difficult negotiations between the parties.
The organization says the newly minted U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement, or USMCA, will grant greater market access to the domestic dairy market and eliminate competitive dairy classes, which the group says will shrink the Canadian industry.
The lobby group says the measures will have “a dramatic impact not only for dairy farmers but for the whole sector,” adding that it fails “to see how this deal can be good for the 220,000 Canadian families that depend on dairy for their livelihood.”
Details on the deal remained sparse, but U.S. administration officials say it provides increased access to Canada’s dairy market for U.S. producers and limits the American impact of Canada’s controversial supply management system for dairy and poultry products.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would only say it was a “good day for Canada” as he left a late-night cabinet meeting in Ottawa that capped several days of frenetic long-distance talks that included Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and U.S. Ambassador David MacNaughton.
The deal appears to preserve the key dispute-resolution provisions – Chapter 19 – which allow for independent panels to resolve disputes involving companies and governments, as well as Chapter 20, the government-to-government dispute settlement mechanism.
A side letter published along with the main text of the agreement exempts a percentage of eligible auto exports from the tariffs. A similar agreement between Mexico and the U.S. preserves duty-free access to the U.S. market for vehicles that comply with the agreement’s rules of origin.


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Anheuser-Busch InBev plans to import a mass of its international craft brands, continuing an effort set in motion in April to make more of its international brands available in the United States, the world's second-largest beer market.
Draft beer labels from Camden Town Brewery of the U.K., Cervejaria Colorado of Brazil, Artesanas de Malta y Cebada of Mexico, Newlands Spring Brewing of South Africa, Archibald Microbrewery of Canada and Belle-Vue Brouwerij of Belgium cleared federal regulators over the last two weeks and appear to be headed to America.
Aside from Belle-Vue Brouwerij, which was acquired in 1991 by a predecessor to A-B InBev, the remainder of the brands joined the company within the last three years.
The global beers span the style spectrum. They include:
- A dry-hopped Belgian-style ale from Belle-Vue Brouwerij.
- A strawberry Helles-style lager and a pale ale from London's Camden Town Brewery, which A-B InBev acquired in 2015.
- A coffee oatmeal stout and a honey wheat ale from Cervejaria Colorado, a Brazilian brewer acquired by A-B InBev unit Ambev in 2015.
- A Belgian-style blond ale, a pale lager, an English-style pale ale and a Bavarian Hefeweizen from Newlands Spring Brewing of South Africa, a brand launched in 2015 by SABMiller, the giant global brewery purchased last year by A-B InBev.
- A red IPA and a tequila barrel-aged dry-hopped pale ale from Cucapa Brewing, a Mexican craft brand acquired by A-B InBev unit Grupo Modelo in 2016. Those beers will be contract brewed by sister brewery Artesanas de Malta y Cebada.
- A pale ale and a bock from Archibald Microbrasserie, a Canadian brewery bought by A-B InBev-owned Labatt Breweries of Canada in 2016.
For now, each of the beers will be imported via kegs, per regulatory filings. The two brews from Archibald of Canada also appear to be packaged in pints.
The company plans to pour each at an ABI-sponsored craft beer and music festival this fall in New York; it's unknown if there are plans to distribute and sell the beers beyond that. A company spokesman declined to comment.
The latest 13 beers to cross the desk of the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau join three other ABI-acquired international craft breweries to begin selling beer in the U.S. this year, joining the Australian brand 4 Pines, Spain-based Cervezas La Virgen and Mexican import Bocanegra.
While Anheuser-Busch's intentions for the portfolio of imports remains unclear, the recent round of new label approvals underscores the depth and breadth of its international portfolio, much of which has been cobbled together via acquisitions big and small over the past four years.
The breweries are among dozens amassed in recent years by ABI and its various divisions around the globe, including via ZX Ventures, which launched in 2015 and houses most of the company’s international craft and specialty beers.
Anheuser-Busch also holds a portfolio of U.S. craft brands organized under the banner, The High End, including Goose Island Beer Co., Blue Point Brewing Co., 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Wicked Weed Brewing and Elysian Brewing.