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Mario Kart for Wii U, along with many other Nintendo titles, has been kept on the down-low for quite some time. But within Nintendo’s financial results announcement, a sliver of information indicates that plumber and go-cart will reunite this year!
Here’s the evidence from a press release directly from Nintendo:
During the next several months, Nintendo expects to launch new titles in the Mario Kart (Wii U), Super Mario Bros. (Wii U), Wii Fit (Wii U), Pikmin (Wii U), The Legend of Zelda (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS), Mario & Luigi (Nintendo 3DS) and Pokémon (Nintendo 3DS) franchises. These games, along with titles from Nintendo’s third-party publishing partners, will help drive hardware momentum and introduce new audiences to the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS platforms.
We already knew that these software titles would be revealed in detail at this year’s E3; and while most of these titles were already anticipated for release this year (“Super Mario Bros.” is likely a reference to Super Luigi U), Mario Kart was never officially added to that list. However, this piece of information suggests otherwise.
Mario Kart Wii sold millions upon millions of copies, so prioritising release of a new Mario Kart for Wii U is undoubtedly a smart decision by Nintendo.
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Whenever there is good news at Hume Sindelar & Associates, Miami, the newest employee trots from office to office ringing a large hand bell. One by one, some 35 staffers file hurriedly into the firm`s conference room to hear the report.
Last week, the bell rang twice, signaling at least $4 million in new business, which brings the 50-year-old agency`s billings to $18 million. Hume will produce the multimillion-dollar October rollout for ``The Mall Card`` for client Banco Popular de Puerto Rico. Consumers eventually will be able to use the card in participating stores in shopping malls. The Mall Card business may soon rival the agency`s largest billed account, the $4 million Florida Power & Light, said Hume vice president Steve Nostrand. The first malls to introduce the card will be International, Cutler Ridge and Dadeland in Miami, followed by others in Florida and the United States. Banco Popular has initially agreed to offer the card to all Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. malls. Debartolo, of Youngstown, Ohio, is the largest developer of shopping malls in the country. Other non-DeBartolo malls may be included later, Nostrand said.
Hume also picked up the $1 million-plus Bonaventure Hotel and Spa account last week from Needham and Grohmann, Pompano Beach. Needham had the account for 2 1/2 years.
Get out those resumes. Nostrand said he expects to hire additional help to handle the new business.
RAY OF HOPE
It pays to wait in long lines at airports.
Mel Wolff, president of Wolff Whitehill Advertising, Fort Lauderdale, was waiting to pass through Customs at Miami International Airport when he noticed a man, also in the queue, wearing a sweater with the Sea Ray emblem. Sea Ray is a manufacturer of 17- to 46-foot motor boats.
The man turned out to be Tim Harrington, marketing manager for the Knoxville, Tenn.,-based company.
Wolff, whose agency specializes in the marine industry, asked Harrington if he might have an opportunity to make a presentation. Harrington said he was in the market for a new agency to take the place of Johnson Hill Press, Ft. Atkinson, Wis., which had handled Sea Ray for about four years. ``We were looking for a full-service agency with a lot more creativity,`` Harrington said later.
In September, Wolff`s agency, a branch of the $10 million New York- based agency, will release a $1.5 million national and international print and television campaign. The tag line: ``If it isn`t a Sea Ray, you`ve missed the boat.``
Westin Hotels and Resorts of Seattle, Wash., is set to make its first expedition into South Florida with the planned Nov. 15 opening of the Westin Cypress Creek Hotel, Fort Lauderdale. The hotel`s agency of record, named late last week, is Forsyth & Connors, Fort Lauderdale. The agency is expected to handle a $250,000-plus budget. The 300-room hotel will cater to the business traveler, said Frank Gill, marketing director.
SeniorFest In an effort to get seniors to spend more, several companies, including Publix Supermarkets, Eckerd`s Drug Stores and Burdines, have banded together to introduce a three-month statewide marketing concept called SeniorFest.
Starting in September, at least 70 Florida hotels, restaurants and attractions will offer ``two-fers,`` giveaways and special sales for senior citizens.
``We are recognizing seniors who have very viable economic clout,`` said Richard Roffman, vice president of marketing for the Melbourne- based Golden Years Magazine, project sponsor.
The event culminates in a Nov. 20 golf game sponsored by the National Parkinson Foundation. It will be held at the Miami Lakes Country Club. IAC, Miami, is the ad agency handling the tourney.
-- The planned community PGA National, Palm Beach, a $500,000-plus account, from Beber Silverstein and Partners, Miami, to Creative Directors, Coral Gables. John Hall, PGA`s vice president of marketing, said the switch came after eight months with Beber because of a change in PGA management and because Creative had experience in real estate accounts, such as Boca Pointe, Boca Raton, and Hunters Run, Delray Beach. -- Mr. Pottery, a 12-store retail chain with six stores in South Florida, a $350,000 account, from Forsyth & Connors, Fort Lauderdale, to Aiossa & Associates, Fort Lauderdale. A multimedia campaign breaks in October.
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Majority of Canadians support Trudeau's trade tactics with Trump: Nanos survey
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, greets U.S. President Donald Trump during the official welcoming ceremony at the G7 Leaders Summit in La Malbaie, Que., on Friday, June 8, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Despite angering U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bold assertion that Canada “will not be pushed around” by America on trade earned the support of most Canadians, a new Nanos Research survey suggests.
The report, commissioned by CTV News and The Globe and Mail and released Sunday, shows that Trudeau’s handling of the tricky trade relationship with Trump has earned the support of the majority of Canadians.
The survey also found that a majority of Canadians are optimistic that Canada’s economic interests will be met if NAFTA is renegotiated.
Last Sunday, Canada’s list of retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. came into effect. Steel, aluminum and a long list of other products -- including playing cards, bourbon, pens and inflatable boats -- are among the $16.6 billion worth of American-made products affected.
Many of those products are produced in key states that Trump hopes to win during the U.S. midterm election in November.
Trudeau’s government ordered the tariffs after the Trump administration slapped its own tariffs on Canadian-made steel and aluminum brought into the U.S., saying the goods posed a “national security risk.”
More than half of Canadians (59 per cent) believe Canada’s ongoing diplomatic outreach will be effective (15 per cent) or somewhat effective (41 per cent) to change the U.S. position on trade. Another 14 per cent disagree.
From a broader perspective, seven in 10 Canadians (or 71 per cent) approve or somewhat approve of Trudeau’s handing of the trade relationship with Trump. About one in four (26 per cent) disapprove or somewhat disapprove of Trudeau’s approach.
Following the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Que., Trudeau held a press conference where he insisted that Canada won’t be pushed around by the U.S. The statement angered Trump, who called Trudeau “meek and mild” during G7 talks.
Seven in 10 Canadians supported Trudeau’s move, with 53 per cent of respondents agreeing that the statement was a good idea and 23 per cent calling it a somewhat good idea. Only 22 per cent said it was a bad idea or a somewhat bad idea.
The fate of NAFTA remains unclear nearly a year after trilateral negotiations began. Trump has sent mixed messages over the deal. At times, he’s said he wants it totally scrapped, but he’s also said he’d be open to two separate trade pacts between U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada.
While Canada’s NAFTA negotiators continue to work towards striking a deal, approximately six in 10 Canadians are confident or somewhat confident that Canada can protect its economic interests if NAFTA is renegotiated. Another 14 per cent say they are not confident.
Women, seniors and those living in Atlantic Canada and Quebec tended to be more supportive of Trudeau’s approach. Men, Baby Boomers and those living in the Prairies were generally less supportive.
The observations are based on a RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,000 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between June 26th and 28th, 2018 as part of an omnibus survey. Participants were randomly recruited by telephone using live agents and administered a survey online. The margin of error for a random survey of 1,000 Canadians is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.


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Both companies have a multitude of issues.
Toyota's four-year reign as the number one global automaker may be coming to a close. The Japanese company is suffering production delays due to Japan's most devastating earthquakes since 2011. Toyota deliveries have dropped 2.3% to 2.46 million vehicles between January and March. Meanwhile, despite dealing with the Dieselgate scandal, VW deliveries have actually increased by .8% to 2.5 million vehicles. VW's reputation has been damaged in the US, but this has been offset by strong sales in China and solid sales in Europe.
Steel shortages were already causing delays for Toyota when the earthquakes hit. Toyota manufactures 40% of its global vehicles in Japan, so the earthquakes have greatly affected sales. General Motors has maintained the third overall sales spot with 2.36 million deliveries. Volkswagen has certainly weathered the storm here, and has impressively come back on top (for now).


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The deal comes after Indonesia in October banned online shopping on social media platforms to protect smaller merchants and users’ data, forcing TikTok to close its ecommerce service TikTok Shop.
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Under the deal, TikTok will buy 75.01% of GoTo’s PT Tokopedia, Indonesia’s biggest e-commerce platform, for $840 million and inject TikTok Shop’s Indonesia business into the enlarged Tokopedia entity.
“The strategic partnership will commence with a pilot period carried out in close consultation with and supervision by the relevant regulators,” the two firms said in a joint statement.
Many of Indonesia’s over 270 million population are active social media users, and TikTok has 125 million users in the country.


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Xiaomi 12 Ultra protecting case has reportedly been noticed on Xiaomi Youpin platform. The cutouts for the protecting case exhibits the rear design of the upcoming smartphone. It was lately tipped that the Xiaomi 12 Ultra might launch in July with a 6.6-inch curved show and an enormous round digital camera bump on the again. The anticipated value of the Xiaomi smartphone has additionally been leaked on-line. It was additionally tipped that the handset may run Android 12 out-of-the-box and get a twin speaker setup.
According to a report from ITHome, a brand new protecting case for the upcoming Xiaomi 12 Ultra has been noticed on Xiaomi Youpin platform. It can be value noting that the cutouts on the protecting case present the rear design of the rumoured smartphone from Xiaomi. To make clear, the protecting case isn’t accessible for buy, however has simply been listed on-line with the identify of the appropriate smartphone.
Recently, the alleged renders and anticipated specs of the smartphone had been additionally shared on-line, as per a report. The protecting case has an analogous round rear digital camera module cutout that matches the leaked renders. The report had additionally added that the smartphone could be priced at round $1,350 (roughly Rs. 1,05,000) and it may be anticipated to launch in July.
Xiaomi 12 Ultra specs (anticipated)
Xiaomi 12 Ultra is claimed to be the upcoming addition to the Chinese firm’s 12 sequence. The smartphone is predicted to be powered by the newest Snapdragon 8 Gen+ 1 SoC. It can get Android 12 out-of-the-box and is predicted to return in two storage choices, 256GB and 512GB. The smartphone is predicted to get a twin speaker configuration and a USB Type-C port.
The smartphone is predicted to function an enormous round bump on the again that can home the digital camera module. It was seen with a complete of seven cutouts that point out that I may have a number of cameras together with a number of sensors. The cellphone is claimed to function a 50-megapixel major digital camera, a 48-megapixel broad angle lens, a 48-megapixel periscope lens, and extra. At the entrance, it might get a 20-megapixel hole-punch selfie digital camera. The report additionally talked about that the main points concerning each cutout is but to be confirmed by Xiaomi.
The Xiaomi smartphone is predicted to get a 6.6-inch curved AMOLED touchscreen with 1,440×3,200 pixels decision. The touchscreen of the smartphone can function 20:9 side ratio, 1 billion colors, and 120 Hz refresh price. The show is claimed to be designed to ship as much as 1,700 nits of pear brightness.


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Negative, anonymous reviews on websites like Yelp can hurt small businesses.
A carpet cleaner in Virginia says false and malicious reviews on Yelp drove customers away, forcing the company to lay off employees.
Joe Hadeed wants the Virginia Supreme Court to force Yelp to reveal the identities of the people who wrote the negative reviews.
But Virginia law is unusual. In the rest of the country, most judges have protected anonymous online reviews to ensure reviewers are safe from retaliation.
Yelp spokesman Vince Sollitto says the company vets its reviews. “We actually use an algorithm to recommend the most valuable and reliable content. So Yelp only recommends about 75 percent of the content it receives.”


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Microsoft has announced it has settled its case against Andrey N. Sabelnikov, which the company previously accused of being part of the now shut down Kelihos botnet.
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Yet another organized botnet, this time based on the Kelihos.B malware, has been shut down. The botnet reportedly had a network that spanned over 110,000 different PCs.
Microsoft named a new defendant in the legal case regarding the Kelihos botnet, following the dismissal of the case against the original defendants last October.
Microsoft has dismissed a lawsuit and reached a settlement against the defendants who were suspected of helping to run the Kelihos botnet that Microsoft helped to shut down in September.


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London Tech Week to go ahead through Zoom
London Tech week will go ahead next week, with the tech industry attending through Zoom
London Tech Week will go ahead next week with organisers using a combination of Zoom and event management platform Grip to run the event over four days.
The virtual sessions will include speeches about women in business by US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and Cherie Blair QC.
Another Tech London Week event will be held in September which will be virtual first, but there are hopes some people will be able to attend some physical sessions by then. A decision will be made this month on its exact format.
Next week’s entirely virtual event, London Tech Week Connects, will run from 9 June to 12 June and will be made up of seven sessions.
“We were originally looking at September but then we all agreed to have a virtual event next week,” said Russ Shaw, founder of Tech London Advocates, one of the organising companies behind Tech London Week.
Most of the participants will be invited via Zoom calls for each of the events, but there will be production team behind this. “It will feel like going on a Zoom call, but there will be directors and production managers sitting behind to make sure this works seamlessly,” said Shaw. “People will be able to ask questions, there will be online polling and people will be able to have networking sessions in between.”
Organisers are using an event management platform from Grip support the virtual event.
Shaw expects a lot of attendants, with thousands expected to connect from across the world. He said organisers will this month make decisions on the format for September’s events. “There is a decision to made in June whether to have live events in September. It will be virtual first,” he said.
Sessions to be held next week will cover healthtech, cyber security, edtech, the current tech investment landscape, business resilience and women in business.
Shaw said the Covid-19 pandemic and the tech response to it will feature heavily throughout the event.
“I am sure it will hit every session. The impact of Covid-19 has highlighted the critical role that technology will play in future society – whether keeping us safe or boosting our economy,” he said.
“It has brought new innovations to the fore and accelerated the growth of key verticals such as fintech, AI [artificial intelligence], cyber, edtech and healthtech, showcasing the resilience of London’s world-leading tech companies.
“By virtually convening an array of high profile speakers, London Tech Week Connects gives us a glimpse of what can be achieved in a digital-first world and will spark the necessary debate to ensure that technology is harnessed positively and an inclusive manner.”
Register for the June sessions on londontechweek.online.
Read more about London Tech week
- London Tech week 2017: Speaking in east London at the launch of this year’s London Tech Week, mayor Sadiq Khan said the city will remain open to talent from around the world despite the threats posed by Brexit to the city’s tech sector.
- London Tech Week 2016: Technology company “collective”, the Tech Talent Charter launches to tackle lack of diversity in the tech sector.
- The London Tech Week 2018 launch event kicked off a string of 300 separate events over the next week designed to promote London as a tech hub and attract more young people from diverse backgrounds into an industry craving new blood.


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The first episode of 'Panthers Uncaged' will premiere on Wednesday, July 1 at 5 p.m. ET on the club's Facebook, IGTV, PanthersVision & YouTube.
"We wanted to give our Panthers family a behind-the-scenes look at what our players, trainers and staff are doing to ensure a safe environment as the NHL's Return to Play plan begins," said Florida Panthers Senior Vice President Shawn Thornton. "During these unprecedented times, we aim to provide access into players' lives to showcase their emotions, perseverance and dedication in their quest to bring the franchise its first Stanley Cup. Thanks to Lexus for helping us to bring fans this exclusive look at the hours in the gym, the whatever-it-takes attitude and more."
Fans can look forward to watching all-access footage that shows the Panthers Hockey Club entering into a "new normal" as they return to the Panthers IceDen and take to the ice after the pause. Each episode will give insight into the processes, training regimes and preparation for the upcoming 2020 postseason. In the premier episode, fans will hear from players and staff as they take an inside look at the Panthers 2019-20 campaign, transitioning from the pause to postseason play and more.
"In the midst of an unpredictable year, Lexus is doing what we've always done: put people first," said a representative of South Florida Lexus Dealers. "While now is not the time to gather for a Florida Panthers game at BB&T Center, this behind-the-scenes series is sure to entertain fans and give them a glimpse of the team's exciting future."
Fans can stay tuned to FloridaPanthers.com, and Florida Panthers Social Media, using hashtag #PanthersUncaged for new episodes, bloopers and more.
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LG Electronics, a South Korean technology powerhouse, has modified its corporate development plans to include bitcoin and blockchain-based technologies. LG unveiled two distinct crypto-related goals. It reportedly wants to involve itself in “the creation and distribution of blockchain technologies” as well as “the marketing and broking of cryptocurrencies,” leading to speculation that the company might open a crypto exchange.
During its yearly general meeting, LG has sparked concern that it may build a crypto exchange by marketing and brokering cryptocurrency as well as researching blockchain technology by unveiling two different crypto-related initiatives.
“There hasn’t been any decision taken yet,” an LG rep claimed, disputing speculations that the industry might construct its own marketplace or network. The presentation was basically an overview of business topics.”
LG Electronics, founded in 1958, has been at the forefront of the country’s electronics sector from its inception as the first manufacturer of radios, televisions, and other appliances. After Samsung Electronics, it is now the world’s second-largest electronics manufacturer.
LG has steadily built a reputation for trustworthiness, craftsmanship, and inventiveness. It has become distinguished for its excellent product as a frontrunner in design, innovation, and excellence. Its luxury brand aims to build on that reputation. LG, Life’s Good, is dedicated to providing people with electrical devices that improve their lives.
Bithumb’s CEO, Heo Baek-young, said earlier this year that the platform was collaborating with a significant corporation to strengthen our NFT market. As an outcome, there were allegations claiming LG was looking to launch a crypto exchange.
As a result, speculation surrounding LG establishing a cryptocurrency exchange began to surface. The IT behemoth has been busily adding NFT into its products in recent months. A collaboration with Kakao’s Ground X has resulted in the production of a series of fully NFT-capable smart TVs. LG has also initiated an alliance with Seoul Auction Blue, an online art auction house, to work on some of the other NFT-based art projects.
LG’s statement came as other IT companies and the rest of South Korea race to integrate cryptocurrencies and blockchain-related technology. Samsung, a South Korean electronics manufacturer, has disclosed that it would debut a Decentraland store as well as an NFT ecosystem for its smart TVs later this year.
Furthermore, the country elected crypto-friendly President Yoon Suk-Yeol, who campaigned for restructuring South Korea’s crypto business and administrative regulations to make the country a potential haven for “unicorns” in blockchain technology.


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Marks & Spencer chief executive Stuart Rose has revealed the company's operational review, the retailer's "master plan" intended to safeguard its future and see off the proposed 400p a share takeover offer from retail tycoon Philip Green.
BBC News Online looks at how the High Street favourite hopes to revive its fortunes.
Why has M&S undertaken this major review?
The retailer has seen a recovery stall in the past year as it faces fierce competition from smaller fashion retailers and supermarket chains.
It has also found itself in the sights of Mr Green, with the M&S board of directors last week rejecting a third informal approach from the Monaco-based billionaire owner of Bhs, Top Shop and Miss Selfridge.
Mr Green's 400p a share offer put extra pressure on Mr Rose to come up with something that would provide more value for investors, as well as reviving the company's sales.
Why has this tussle attracted so much interest?
With 375 stores, 11 million shoppers a week and 66,000 employees, M&S is a venerable British institution and one of the High Street's best-known names.
However, the days when M&S was unchallenged have long gone as clothing sales have come under pressure from Next and Asda and food revenue has been hit by Tesco.
Mr Green, meanwhile, is credited with reviving Bhs' and Topshop's fortunes and reckons he can do the same at M&S.
What is at the heart of Mr Rose's plans?
A promise to refocus on "core values" and concentrate on female customers in the key 35 to 55 age range, where sales have been suffering.
As Mr Rose admitted: "I don't think we have served them well enough... we have neglected them."
He believes the retail business needs to be re-focussed after becoming "too complicated", with stores that are cluttered.
The company also plans to return £2.3bn to shareholders, with the £1-per-share payment partly funded by the sale of the M&S Money business.
What else does Mr Rose plan to do?
A deal with former Next boss George Davies means M&S will buy the popular Per Una fashion brand for £125m.
However, M&S has said the deal is conditional on there being no change of control at company. Mr Davies has an option to terminate the existing arrangement if there is a takeover.
Plans for a chain of Per Una stand-alone stores, including on the King's Road in London, are not going ahead.
As mentioned above, M&S will sell its financial services division to HSBC Holdings for £762m. The Money business will retain the M&S brand.
The company has also revalued its property portfolio to a higher £3.6bn, but said it has no plans to sell assets, or to take part in any lease-back schemes.
Is that all?
No it's not.
M&S is planning to cut 650 jobs and will halt the roll-out of smaller Simply Food stores.
The axe also will fall on the Lifestore homewares outlet in Gateshead, and other planned stores will not now go ahead. M&S will still have a homes division in its major stores.
There are plans for better co-ordination on in-store decor and external advertising, with a new campaign promised for the autumn under the Your M&S concept.
Existing shop space, meanwhile, is set to be modernised at a cost of about £400m a year.
Any other measures?
As fashions have changed and consumer expectations shifted, M&S's products have been seen as increasingly outdated.
The firm now plans to bring in better products and said its autumn clothing has already been bought. M&S says it eventually wants fewer lines with ranges bought in greater depth.
Prices will be sharpened with emphasis on "good, better, best" products.
At the same time, the company also wants to introduce new terms with suppliers and a tighter operation of the supply chain is envisaged to deliver £175m of cost cuts by 2006/07.
The company has yet to explain how it hopes to source "best" products from a squeezed supply chain.
Will it be enough?
Total savings in the financial year ending 2007 are expected to be £320m, while Mr Rose says the plan provides "value today and value tomorrow".
The board is "confident that these measures, together with unlocking the retail potential of Marks & Spencer, will deliver value significantly in excess of 400p per share to our shareholders".
Mr Rose will now seek to charm shareholders in a series of meetings, but does not expect a quick conclusion to the takeover battle.
"I wouldn't expect to get the thumbs up or thumbs down by this afternoon," he said on Monday.
What do the experts say?
Among analysts, the jury appears to be out, with the turnaround plan given a mixed reaction. While some believe Mr Rose has done enough, others have expressed doubts.
The BBC's business editor Jeff Randall said the plans do not contain many surprises.
"I can't see a really big rabbit in the hat," he told BBC News 24, adding that the shake-up was merely "good housekeeping".
And what can Philip Green do now?
The Takeover Panel has given Mr Green until 6 August to make a formal bid. However he has said he would only make a formal bid if the M&S board accepted his offer.
He will now be hoping large shareholders lobby the M&S directors to accept his proposed 400p a share offer.


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Latest news about Bitcoin and all cryptocurrencies. Your daily crypto news habit.
Bitcoin’s PoW consensus mechanism is secured by consumption of electricity, this is what makes each newly mined Bitcoin have value. The newest model to predict Bitcoin price is based on this minimum Cost of Production (COP) for newly mined Bitcoin, and its accuracy is startling.
New model correlates with S2F and Bitcoin’s parabolic curve
In the Bitcoin white paper, Satoshi laid out his vision for how Bitcoin’s incentive structure for miners mirrored that of physical gold, and how it is mined in the real-world by gold mining operations.
The steady addition of a constant of amount of new coins is analogous to gold miners expending resources to add gold to circulation. In our case, it is CPU time and electricity that is expended
A new Bitcoin valuation model put forth by DataDater, relies on this aspect of BTC production to calculate minimum price per coin, by using the minimum cost of production.
The result is a frighteningly accurate prediction model of the absolute bottom for Bitcoin during bearish price swings. As it currently stands, it costs around $7577 on average to mine a whole coin, depending on electricity rates.
DataDater’s COP model can be reliably used as a metric to help investors gauge exactly where the bottom may be, based on the cost incurred by miners to create a newly mined bitcoin.
What else can this new model tell us?
It has often been an anecdotal belief in Bitcoin that prices often follow hash rate. When we see the lead cryptocurrency’s hash rate rise to new highs, price usually isn’t far behind.
DataDater’s COP model predicts a rise in Bitcoin prices which roughly correlates with the asset’s parabolic curve of progression, and also Plan B’s stock to flow model (S2F).
It makes this prediction based on the short life of the viability in ASIC miners and increasing hash rates, as new miners join the network. As miners invest in higher priced equipment, and more miners compete for the same rewards, we expect Bitcoin prices to rise because of increasing operating costs.
The COP model for valuation can also be applied to other PoW cryptocurrencies, a quality that other valuation models for Bitcoin often fall short of when applied to rival PoW coins.
By predicting the minimum cost of production for miners to produce other coins like BCH, LTC, or XMR, we can predict a COP valuation for these chains also. Additionally, the COP models can be used to compare the price of Bitcoin to other PoW coins.
DataDater has plans to do a future comparative analysis of the effect of other PoW coins on the Price of Bitcoin using the COP comparisons to add an unbiased perspective on how these coins truly interact in the market.
What do you think of the COP valuation model for PoW coins? Let us know in the comments!
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When we talk about Groupon Malaysia, you will definitely read or hear about Joel Neoh. The CEO of Groupon Malaysia and Groupon Taiwan.
Back in 2011, this young enterprising Malaysian who’s company GroupsMore was acquired by Groupon.
As reported in The Star recently, Groupon Malaysia has more that 1.5 million customers in the country, offering over 160 deals per week from some 3,000 over merchants.
Groupon Malaysia is the most visited deal site in Malaysia. Period.
It was reported the US daily-deal site company Groupon Inc became profitable in less than a year.
In 2010, Forbes magazine called it “the world’s faster growing company in web history”.
While we are reading glowing writeup about Groupon Malaysia and Joel Neoh, but lately, Groupon Inc is having big problems; its business model, accounting issues, refunds, and complaints of inflated saving claims, substandard customer service, overselling deals and false advertising.
There is even a Facebook page specially for complaints called Groupon Complaint Page.
According to Wikipedia, its first earnings release as a public company, Groupon reported a fourth-quarter 2011 loss of $9.8 million.
Well, Groupon claimed that the latest accounting problems arrived from a move into higher priced coupons, which led to more customer returns and refunds than anticipated.
Now, Forbes is asking: “Is Groupon Over?”
One site even said, “Groupon On The Road To Bankruptcy“.
Last year, a guest post in Techcrunch, titled: “Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse”
ABC Action News: “Is Groupon done? Customers business complaints and falling sales leave many observers wondering.”
And I have read that this online coupon company is threatening to sue small merchants.
In the last two years Groupon has managed to break over 20 advertising regulations in UK.
Hopefully Groupon Malaysia by Joel Neoh is not facing all these problems.


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‘Mushq Budij’ rice revived in Anantnag, Keran: SKAUST
Post by Syeda Rafiyah on Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Srinagar, Apr 11: Director Extension SKUAST-K, Prof. Mohammad Makhdoomi on Tuesday said that the university has revived the traditional rice variety Mushq budij at Anantnag in South Kashmir and Keran in Kupwara.
As the paddy sowing season would be started soon, he said that the agriculture university has developed many varieties of seeds but not all of them had the desired outcome.
Over a period of time, a number of rice varieties suitable for high as well as low altitude situation, resistant to lodging, diseases and pests have been developed and the full potential of these varieties can be exploited when recommended packages of practices are adopted.
“We have also created a rice variety Shalimar rice-4, which has a productivity level of 10 tons per hectare as it is three times more productive than any national variety. We also introduced Kashmir’s Basmati rice called Shalimar Sugand,” he said.
Makhdoomi said SKUAST-K has been working for the revival of old and forgotten varieties like Mushq budij which was extinct and has worked hard for its preservation.
“We have introduced it and preserved the gene of Mushq Budij. We have revived in Anantnag and Keran sector. The farmers have also received an award of Rs 10 lakh for its promotion,” he said.
Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Muhammad Iqbal said the government has initiated key reforms in the agriculture sector as a matter of policy to elevate socio-economic conditions of farmers and is attempting to make them entrepreneurs par excellence.
“The cultivation of age-old traditional varieties of paddy like K-39, Chinese 1039, 1007, etc. has been successfully replaced with the high yielding varieties like SR-2, SR-3, SR-4 and SR-5 which has substantially increased the yield of paddy to the extent of 80 quintals per hectare and has maximized the farmer income,” the director said.


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Tata Motors, basking high in the glory of recently launched sedan Zest, didn't had respite in the sales department even after the much anticipated launch. The overall sales of the company declined by 18 percent in the month of August as the company sold a total of 40,883 units including commercial and passenger vehicles, while last year it sold 49,611 units during the same month.
As far as domestic market is concerned, Tata Motors went on to sale 36,403 units in the month of August against the 44,717 units during last year in same month. It meant a slumping in sales by 19 percent. The passenger vehicle segment, however, is reviving back as it registered a minimal de-growth of 5 percent in the month of August as the company sold a total of 10,975 units of its vehicles as compared to 11,564 units sold in August 2013. The car sales, excluding the SUVs, recorded a 6 percent of de-growth with 8,229 units sold being sold in the month of August, while last year in August, it sold 8,761 units of its cars. The UV Segment saw a regression of 2 percent as 2,746 units were sold against the 2,803 units, being sold during last year same month.
In commercial vehicle segment, Tata saw a massive decline of 23 percent with August sales standing at 25,428 units as compared to 33,153 vehicles that were sold in August 2013. LCV segment wasn't enticing either for the buyers as it too saw a de-growth of 35 percent as a total of 16,287 units were sold in the month of August. However, the only savior for the company was M&HCV segment as it witnessed a hike by 11 percent with 9,141 units being sold in the period of August 2014. The exports, too, couldn't help Tata much as they were also down by 8 percent. The company exported 4,480 units in the month of August against the 4,894 units during the same month last year.
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Food Empire profit up 34.4% to US$7.9 million in Q3
FOOD Empire, which manufactures instant coffee and snacks, has posted a net profit of US$7.9 million in the third quarter, up 34.4 per cent from the same period a year earlier on sales growth in Russia, Ukraine and IndoChina.
Revenue in the three months ended Sept 30 rose 5.4 per cent to US$76.8 million, partially offset by lower contributions from the rationalisation of underperforming businesses.
Executive chairman Tan Wang Cheow said in the results filing on Monday: “We remain on track to implement our multi-year plan to strengthen the group by focusing on sustainable growth through organic initiatives and pursuing M&A (merger and acquisition) opportunities. Meanwhile we are continuing efforts to rationalise our underperforming businesses, streamline operations and consolidate our group structure."
The group expects business to "remain resilient" even as the global economy is projected to grow at a slower pace for the remaining part of 2019 as a result of continuing trade tensions between the US and China.
However, the group may face currency volatility in core markets such as Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries, which could impact its future results, it said.
Food Empire said the construction of its second coffee plant in India is on track and trial production is expected to commence in early 2020: "The group will focus its efforts to ensure its timely commissioning."
Third-quarter earnings per share was 1.47 US cents, up from 1.10 US cents in the third quarter last year.
Net asset value per share was 37.22 US cents, up from 33 US cents as at Dec 31 last year.
Food Empire shares closed flat at S$0.54 on Monday before results were released after market close.


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What you need to know
- OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro are now up for sale in several European markets.
- The OnePlus 7T costs £549 in the UK, while the OnePlus 7T Pro is available for £699.
- Elsewhere in Europe, the OnePlus 7T is priced at €599, while the OnePlus 7T Pro carries a €759 price tag.
OnePlus' newest smartphones, the OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro are now available for purchase across Europe. The OnePlus 7T was officially unveiled last month, while the 7T Pro made its debut at an event in London earlier this month.
Both smartphones are now available from the company's official website in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom.
Consumers in the UK can now grab the OnePlus 7T for £549 from the OnePlus website, Amazon UK, as well as John Lewis. Three is also selling the phone for £29 upfront and £38 a month on a 24-month plan. Unlike a few other regions, OnePlus is selling the 7T in Europe in just a single version with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage.
The newer OnePlus 7T Pro, on the other hand, is now on sale in the UK from OnePlus, Amazon UK, and John Lewis for £699. It too comes in a single version, featuring 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage. The McLaren Edition OnePlus 7T Pro is slated to be released in the UK on November 5 for £799.
In other European markets, the OnePlus 7T is now available for €599, while the OnePlus 7T Pro can be purchased for €759.
OnePlus' latest and greatest flagship smartphone is only a relatively minor upgrade over the OnePlus 7 Pro that was launched earlier this year. While it does not bring many significant upgrades, there is no doubt that the OnePlus 7 Pro is a fantastic device that offers nearly everything that you would expect from a 2019 flagship. It has a Snapdragon 855+ chipset under the hood, a smooth 90Hz AMOLED display, capable triple cameras, and impressive battery life.
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Google just made it a lot easier to control your phone with just your voice
Google today announced the launch of a new version of its Voice Access accessibility feature, which will be available on devices running Android 6.0 and above in Beta. It has also announced five more useful new features that will be rolling out to Android devices in the coming weeks.
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A current report launched by security firm Sophos reports that scammers could swindle $14 million from victims tempted into getting fake cryptocurrency programs utilizing Apple’s Developer Enterprise program. What makes it also sugar baby jobs much more fascinating could be the CryptoCons put phony profiles on dating programs like Tinder and Bumble to catfish their own victims.
The Sophos report noted an earlier con on both Apple and Android os devices with many victims originating from Asia. Current swindle, according to Sophos, are globally, with iphone 3gs people dropping a large amount of cash.
“In our first study, we unearthed that the crooks behind these solutions happened to be focusing on iOS users using Apple’s random distribution approach, through circulation functions referred to as ‘Super Signature services.’ Even as we expanded our very own browse considering user-provided information and extra danger looking, we in addition witnessed harmful programs linked with these scams on iOS utilizing setting users that misuse Apple’s Enterprise trademark submission system to a target subjects. “
Just how is CryptoCons carrying this out?
It absolutely was reported that a victim through the UK ended up being scammed from ?63,000 and that is about $87,000 when they fell deeply in love with one of many CryptoCons. Additional tales arrived about hackers stealing huge amounts of currency several times because this issue was first reported.
Lots of people are wanting to know just how this could easily take place? Very first fraudsters making use of artificial pages reach out via Tinder, Bumble, and quite often fb and finally push the often flirtatious discussions to personal messaging solutions. Once depend on is gained, the CryptoCon will mention purchasing cryptocurrency, immediately after which in the event the con is certainly going better, will advise among the many corrupted fake programs. The moment the target initiate deposit a large amount of income, they look for they can not withdraw it, while the fraudsters let them know to invest additional or pay a tax.
The fraudsters have used Apple’s Enterprise regimen, allowing the CryptoCons to prevent the app shop overview techniques and circulate the phony solutions.
Sophos authored in report, “We have also noticed thieves abusing the fruit Enterprise Signature to manage victims’ equipment remotely. Apple’s business trademark system enables you to circulate apps without Fruit App shop feedback, utilizing an Enterprise trademark profile and a certificate. Programs finalized with Business certificates must be delivered in the business for staff members or program testers, and must not be used for circulating apps to people.”
The document additionally says the Bitcoin address is actually of this con has received more than $139 million cash, and that there are likely most address contact information taking part in this swindle. Sophos claims that many associated with subjects include iPhone customers who have been tricked into installing fake mobile device control users from fake website next allowed the iPhone user’s cellphone to be used as a “managed” device by CryptoCons.
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Bitcoin Core 0.20.0 cleans up the Bitcoin Core codebase, advances hardware wallet integration and strengthens network reliability, among other improvements.
Bitcoin developers are exploring Point Timelock Contracts (PTLCs) to improve the privacy of payments on the Lightning Network.
Bitcoin Core released a new software update Wednesday. Notably, the it includes experimental software to hedge against attacks from nation-states and ISPs.
Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, has its eyes on the popular bitcoin privacy tool Wasabi Wallet, documents verified by CoinDesk show.
The most popular way to use bitcoin off-chain is on Ethereum, data shows.
Investors in China still can't get enough of crypto ICOs. Even though scams are commonplace, and "chives" (retail speculators) lose money with alacrity, Chinese investors are culturally ...
VanEck company MVIS and crypto data provider CryptoCompare are launching a new hourly Bitcoin Benchmark Rate
The U.S. military conducted a war game involving bitcoin while Chinese police may have potentially frozen accounts linked to illicit transactions.


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The European beer brand Heineken announced a new bottle and logo design earlier this month that is designed to unify the beer label’s branding, making it more consistent and memorable to consumers.
Mark van Iterson, Manager Global Heineken Design & Concept, said “The bottle will reinforce the new packaging visual identity which has already been applied to the contemporary tactile can and embossed glasses that were introduced in selected markets earlier this year. As the market leader we pride ourselves on being progressive in design as well as taste.”
Previously, Heineken’s branding on beer bottles and cans was different. In addition to the specific packaging changes, the new packaging visual identity includes updates to key brand elements including an ellipse curve, derived from Heineken’s iconic racetrack logo — which not only looks good, but also adds a pleasing to-the-touch feel, whilst a distinctive embossed mark acts as a stamp of quality and authenticity.
Additionally, the new shape makes it look proud while enhancing the premium positioning of the bottle. Additionally, Heineken’s trademark refreshing green colour has been enriched and its iconic red star emblem, the world’s most recognizable beer symbol, has been raised above its logo. The new design is scheduled to hit stores at the beginning of 2011 in Western Europe and worldwide by 2012.
“Our consumer focuses on details. This is why Heineken has dedicated time and resources to this design update, making sure every single element was taken into consideration. We have looked at each and every packaging detail to ensure our sophisticated consumers feel a subtle but significant difference,” notes Mark van Iterson, Heineken’s global design and concept manager. “Consumer response has been excellent. They see the new design to be modern, appealing and innovative.”


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Football game is very popular in some countries and starting in the nineteen-thirties, a huge number of fans thronged Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium for the Army-Navy football amusement. As bubbly as the disposition was inside the stadium, it wasn’t about so chipper for the Philadelphia cops who needed to crowd the swarms. The diversion was regularly hung on the Saturday in the wake of Thanksgiving, and generally as going to fans were showing up the day preceding, occasion customers likewise would slip on downtown. On those Fridays in the wake of Thanksgiving, the late Joseph P. Barrett, a long-lasting correspondent for the Philadelphia Bulletin, reviewed, even parts of the police band were called upon to run activity. The cops nicknamed the day of gridlock Black Friday, and soon others began to do likewise.
It is seen that many retailers stressed the expression would frighten individuals off. A couple of weeks after the 1961 amusement, which President John F. Kennedy had went to, the P.r. pioneer Denny Griswold depicted in her industry pamphlet, Public Relations News, the exertions by Philadelphia dealers and city authorities to re-brand the day Big Friday, in reference to the begin of the Christmas shopping season. (“The media cooperated,” Griswold composed.) Big Friday didn’t stick, however the thought behind it did, in Philadelphia and, in the end, past. A couple of decades later, when the term came to portray a day when retailers’ records moved “into the dark” for the year—a meaning likewise pushed by advertisers individuals accepted that had dependably been the undertone.
Such excellent thought never boded well for Bonnie Taylor-Blake, a neuroscience analyst at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a beginner etymologist. “Since when was ‘The shopping extravaganza following Thanksgiving’ ever utilized within a positive way?” she composed in an email. She looked for the soonest employments of the expression, at long last arriving on Griswold’s reference, a revelation Taylor-Blake showed up for the list serve of the American Dialect Society.
It would appear a ton of what we’re told about Black Friday is developed by retailers and the promoting specialists they contract. Retailers like Black Friday on the grounds that the prior clients begin their vacation shopping, the more they are prone to use over all. Not long from now, the opposition is elevated in view of a generally short window in the middle of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Looking for Christmas season benefits, retailers work to adventure individuals’ stresses over missing a decent arrangement and the media, searching for a fun story, joins in.
Shopping add more interest in celebration and include more enjoyment. The shopping extravaganza following Thanksgiving has additionally created a perilous undercurrent. Five years prior, a Walmart representative at a Long Island store was trampled to death by a rushed swarm. The U.s. Word related Health and Safety Administration now suggests that stores staff their doors with uniformed protects and spot shopping trucks “and other potential obstructions or shots” far from the entryways. The day after Thanksgiving likewise is demolishing retail specialists’ occasions, as it crawls prior into Thanksgiving: on Thursday not long from now Kmart will open at 6 A.m., Walmart at 6 P.m., Target at 8 P.m.
It is not new that despite the fact that neighborhood TV news cams obediently examine the lines of packaged customers holding up in yard seats outside their most loved stores, strengthening the idea that shopping on Black Friday is mandatory, expanding quantities of Americans are quitting. A Nielsen study distributed November eighteenth reported that just thirteen for every penny of buyers plan to visit a store this Friday, down from seventeen for every penny a year ago and proceeding with a four-year slide that has been generally hastened by the development of internet shopping—which, obviously, now has its own particular advertiser made term, Cyber Monday.
Such shopping extravaganza following Thanksgiving doesn’t even essentially offer the best rebates, in opposition to what retailers need their clients to accept. As opposed to offering most stock at the maximum and stamping what doesn’t offer, stores now design their costs, with the goal that the “reduced” costs are really at the level they had needed from the beginning. Some “entryway buster” things, in constrained amounts, draw individuals into stores. Numerous blessings, however, have lower stickers at different times. The purchaser value research firm Decide Inc. examined information for the Wall Street Journal a year ago and found that Elmo dolls, Egg boots, Samsung TVs, and Kitchen aid stand blenders were less costly on different days. (Choose shut its administrations in September, in the wake of being bought by ebay.) Consumer Reports demonstrates that a lot of people home machines and little shopper hardware are least expensive in December.
A year ago, Black Friday was the well accepted to many people and day for customers going to stores, as indicated by Shoppertrak, a Chicago firm that counts the quantities of individuals going to retailers. Be that as it may there were a lot of procrastinators, as well: the Saturday before Christmas was the second-busiest day. Indeed, four of the ten greatest shopping days in the not so distant future are required to come in the week paving the way to Christmas, Shoppertrak anticipated. It’s harder for retailers to get ready for that wave of using late in the season, so they center rather on tempting customers to purchase on Black Friday, securing their benefits weeks prior. (The sum used on TV ads advertising Black Friday arrived at eleven million dollars a year ago, as indicated by Nielsen, almost five times the 2011 aggregate.)
The day was celebrated by some one who was Harry Gordon Selfridge, the American originator of the British retail chain Selfridges and the first to post in his stores the quantity of shopping days until Christmas, comprehended that retailers must entice their clients; he titled his history of dealer societies “The Romance of Commerce.” In the nineteenth and twentieth hundreds of years, Selfridge and different retailers utilized the Christmas season to turn a dream of a more content life, summoning the Victorian time’s stress on kids and the local circle. Puncturing the myths encompassing Christmas, even negatively made ones, can make an individual feel like the Grinch, however Bonnie Taylor-Blake, the beginner etymologist, hasn’t endured. “I’m lucky that family, companions, and collaborators I’ve imparted this story to are, similar to me, doubtful on a fundamental level,” she said. She couldn’t care less much for shopping; on Black Friday, she plans to stay home.
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Apple drastically raised its prices on Friday (+ 25% for the iPhone 13!) In Turkey, with spectacular increases often above the minimum wage, against the backdrop of the collapse of the Turkish lira in recent times, a consequence of the much maligned directives of ‘Erdogan.
The Turkish Lira Collapses … Consumers Toast! In particular, Apple customers may cringe. The iPhone 12, one of the brand’s bestsellers, cost 10,999 Turkish pounds on Thursday evening. It was worth 13,999 Friday morning (1,020 euros at the exchange rate of the day), an increase of 3,000 pounds, higher than the local net minimum wage which amounts to 2,825 pounds (205 euros). The iPhone 13 went from 11,999 to 14,999 Turkish liras (+ 25%), an increase above annual inflation, which nevertheless approaches 20% according to official data, and makes the cost of living difficult to bear for many of Turkish families.
“The pound has lost 10-15% [against the dollar on Tuesday], they have to increase their prices”, relativizes Emirhan, left with a pair of headphones from the Apple Store in Gayrettepe, an upscale district located on the European side of Istanbul. As a result of President Erdogan’s monetary policy, deemed irrational by many observers, the Turkish lira had seen its value melt by 13% in a few hours on Tuesday against the dollar, before stopping its fall. In the process, Apple had suspended its online sales in the country, the time to adjust its prices.
“Before, it was very, very expensive. Now it’s very, very, very expensive,” quips Mehmet Mert, 31, left the store empty-handed. “With inflation, to buy something here you have to stop eating,” says the IT manager. Asked by AFP, a manager of the official store refers to customer service for any comments.
On Twitter, a Turkish internet user is ironic about the news of the price increases decided by the Californian giant in Turkey during the “Black Friday” sales everywhere else: “It’s Black Friday today, but guess what we have in this country instead of reductions “.


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Whether it’s Bitcoin, Ethereum, or a slew of industry peer competitors in between, the main appeal of cryptocurrency is that it’s unregulated by the government or central banking system. On the one hand, that makes it highly attractive, as it’s less affected by the ebb and flow of the economy and transactions can be made quicker. On the other, it raises a security and regulatory issue that until recently, has flown somewhat under the radar.
With so much data stored on the internet, cryptocurrencies are inherently vulnerable to hacker attacks. At their core, they’re designed to be accessed by those with the computer knowledge to professionally and ethically crack the “code” protecting the assets, gaining access to the units. If you can solve the incredibly complex computational code, you’re rewarded with a cleared transaction equal to its worth. Though there has been some pushback and controversy surrounding this approach, with some critics claiming that the rich are the only ones who can afford the highly technical computer systems required for code-breaking, it remains the primary means of bitcoin wealth building outside of private buying, trading, and selling.
Yet, a recent incident has shed some light on the vulnerabilities built into the cryptocurrency …
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Ghostface has a new game to play.
Funko Games is rolling out Scream: The Game–a multiplayer tabletop game set in the familiar environment created by the classic horror franchise–over the summer, according to a report on Screen Rant. Check out the images of the new game on this page.
The game–expected to hit shelves in mid-year–finds Ghostface returning to Woodsboro to hunt the players, “who will have to work together to survive,” according to the official description.
The new game includes a Ghostface figurine (naturally), as well as a free app that ties into the gameplay that features contributions from Roger Jackson, who voices the masked slasher in the films.
Gameplay, according to the company, will be “fast-paced–with each round estimated to take just 20 minutes.” Long enough for Ghostface to find a screaming target.
Keep reading Horror News Network for future updates on Scream: The Game and the Scream franchise.


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Trade Wars – When Nash Equilibrium meets Deglobalization
European Reflation: All that Glitters ain’ t Gold
Trade war – noun – “a situation in which countries try to damage each other’s trade, typically by the imposition of tariffs or quota restrictions.”. The US-China trade war, despite the looks of being surging now, it has already started by 2016 when Donald Trump was fighting for presidency: “Any country that devalues their currency […]
Brexit: to be or not to be together?
Annual inflation in the Eurozone has surged to its highest levels since 2013. Having already hit 1.1% in December 2017, it has now jumped to 1.8% in January 2017, according to Eurostat. Despite the consumer price growth acceleration, the European Central Bank insists that the aggressive monetary stimulus must continue. Draghi’ s attention is focused on […]
What future for ILVA?
Few weeks ago, after a protracted period of renegotiation of UK’ s status as European member, the Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the country is set to have a referendum on June 23rd. He said “We are approaching one of the biggest decisions this country will face in our lifetimes: whether to remain […]
Ilva, the third-largest steel producer in the EU, is a 100 year-old Italian industrial concern whose post-war history has been marked by cycles of expansions, near-bankruptcy, public ownership, privatisation and, recently, near-collapse. A year ago, the Italian government took the control of the Ilva plant in Taranto after a court sequestered sections of it […]


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After an on/off four-year relationship, the couple has finally agreed to tie the knot.
Shia LaBeouf has been telling people that he and his girlfriend Mia, 'are getting married', he also told a a grocery store employee that they are planning for their wedding plans during a recent shopping trip.
According to US Weekly, LaBeouf has recently referred to Mia as his fiancée during his recent art project livestream.
The couple started dating after thet met each other on the set of the film Nymphomaniac.
Mia has been recently spotted wearing a large diamond ring in her left hand ring finger.
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Do you know what’s going on with your company’s printing? A recent survey by printer manufacturer, OKI, has revealed that 63% of SMEs have very little understanding of the printing costs for their organisation as a whole. The survey was undertaken at the Elite Business show that was held in London in April.
According to OKI, the results of the survey show why SMEs struggle with out of control printing expenses and missed opportunities to save money and increase their efficiency. This lack of knowledge could be the reason why many companies don’t know how to manage, control or measure their daily printing costs, including printer ink and toner cartridges.
Furthermore, only 15% of those interviewed for the survey said that their printing costs could be predicted accurately. OKI UK’s Marketing Director, Graham Lowes said that the findings of the survey are surprising considering many small businesses have not recovered fully from the recent economic recession.
The trend of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) has also affected printing costs. Almost half (49%) of the people interviewed found that printers that are supposed to support mobile printing do not or are not enabled to support printing from a smartphone or tablet, which can lead to wasted paper and wasted toner or ink.
OKI also revealed another survey that showed that 93% of people still print on a daily basis, so the dream of a paperless office is still far from a reality.
So what can small business owners do to cut down on their printing costs? There are several options available, such as using energy efficient multi-function printers, using compatible printer cartridges or using managed print services, such as those offered by OKI.


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Microsoft has updated the Feedback Hub for Windows 10 on PC and Mobile for Insiders on the Fast ring. The new version includes some performance improvements.
The new version number for the app is 1.3.1611.0. Users will likely notice that the Feedback Hub app is much faster compared to previous versions. Be aware that some users may not see the download because the 'check for updates' feature could be broken for those folks.


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Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Poland’s economy probably slowed in the third quarter as domestic demand failed to maintain growth amid a European debt crisis that weighed on exports.
Gross domestic product expanded 4 percent from a year earlier compared with 4.3 percent in the previous three months, according to the median estimate of 30 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. The Central Statistics Office in Warsaw will publish the data at 10 a.m. today.
Buoyed by consumer spending, Poland was the only European Union nation to avoid recession in 2009 after Lehman Brothers Inc.’s collapse triggered a global economic crisis. Retail sales jumped 11.4 percent in September, the fastest in four months, even as grow slowed in the 17-member euro region that buys 55 percent of Polish exports.
“We expect the data to confirm that Poland’s economy did rather well,” Maja Goettig, chief economist at Bank BPH in Warsaw, said before the release. “But investor attention is skewed toward the country’s uncertain prospects.”
The global economy is under threat from Europe’s fiscal crisis, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said this week. The euro region is already in a “mild recession,” with GDP set to expand 0.2 percent in 2012 and 1.4 percent in 2013, the OECD said.
The zloty, the sixth-worst performer against the euro since July among currencies tracked by Bloomberg, traded at 4.531 per euro late yesterday in Warsaw after touching a two-month low on Nov. 24. Credit-default swaps insuring against non-payment fell 27 basis points to 312 after increasing to 340 on Nov. 25, the highest since the credit crisis peaked, according to data compiled by CMA.
Poland’s third-quarter growth was probably driven by domestic demand, the survey showed. Krakow-based Alma Markets SA and Gdynia-based Bomi SA, two supermarket chains, boosted sales by 7 percent and 2.3 percent, respectively, from a year ago during the period.
Private consumption “maintained moderately fast growth,” Maciej Reluga, chief economist at Bank Zachodni WBK, said by phone before the release.
Investments in roads and bridges also grew, based on nine- month Office data from the statistics office show. Poland, a country of 38 million, is the highest net recipient of EU in the bloc’s 2007-2013 budget, getting 67 billion euros ($89.3 billion) in aid to iron out differences between richer and poorer states. It’s also preparing to co-host the 2012 European soccer championships.
Poland’s purchasing managers’ index, a gauge of manufacturing, fell to 50.2 in September, missing economist forecasts as the euro area’s debt crisis acted as a “significant drag” on industry, HSBC said Oct. 3. While it rebounded to 51.7 in October, export orders fell for a fifth month. A reading above 50 indicates growth.
There is “no doubt” Poland’s economy will expand by 4 percent or more this year, Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski said Nov. 10. It will grow by 2.5 percent in 2012, the government has forecast in it budget for next year.
The central bank trimmed its 2012 growth forecast to 3.1 percent from 3.2 percent Nov. 9. It kept the seven-day benchmark rate unchanged at 4.5 percent for a fifth month, saying the economic slowdown in Poland will be “milder” than in neighboring countries.
Sales at Unilever Polska slowed this year for the first time, “but this is not a drama as Poland is for us one of the best markets in the region,” Sanjay Dube, the company’s president, told Bloomberg Business Week this week.
Market consensus is moving toward 2012 growth of less than 2 percent, according to Citibank Handlowy’s chief economist Piotr Kalisz, who sees 1.9 percent expansion.
“Unfortunately, the scenario of deep recession in the euro region means there’s a risk our forecast may shift even lower,” he wrote in an e-mailed note yesterday.
--With assistance from Barbara Sladkowska in Warsaw. Editors: Andrew Langley, Alan Crawford.
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Previously, Capcom renewed the rights to the ?Deep Down? trademark, which means the game may still be in development. Capcom is appearing at Gamescom 2016 to showcase some games. Will the company finally reveal their progress on Deep Down at the event?
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office site, Capcom has filed for the fifth extension of the ?Deep Down? trademark. This is their last extension for holding the trademark, and they will not be granted another chance if they fail to release the game. At worst, Capcom?s game might just become a vaporware which would mean Capcom just wasted money on renewing the trademark. However, Capcom still has plenty of chances to announce the game as there are still more big video gaming events like Gamescom 2016.
As seen on PS360HD?s video, the gameplay footage of at Tokyo Game Show 2013 featured dungeon crawling with artstyle similar to Dark Souls. While Capcom?s game also sports a medieval setting, the game doesn?t look as dark due to the game?s slightly high-tech hidden rooms and its interface. Due to these lighter features, the game looks like a less harsh Dark Souls game with slight hints of Capcom?s Monster Hunter features.
— Capcom UK (@Capcom_UK) August 17, 2016
Currently, Capcom?s appearance at Gamescom 2016 mostly focuses on other games like Resident Evil 7 and Dead Rising 4 rather than Deep Down. Additionally, the game ?hasn?t even been headlined yet for Gamescom 2016 in the Capcom Germany news. Other than the trademark renewal, Capcom hasn?t provided significant updates about the game to get fans excited for its release.
Alternatively, the Tokyo Games Show 2016 next month could also be a good event for Capcom to announce their title. However, the official Capcom site for Tokyo Game Show 2016 does not include the game in the release title lineup.
Capcom can still announce the game this Gamescom 2016, unless they?re trying to surprise their audience with the game?s release. The game would need a smash hit gameplay though to make fans interested. Deep Down has missed too many large events and has fallen to extreme obscurity due to lack of constant updates from Capcom.


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September 20, 2006
Intel preps Pentium-branded 'Conroe' processors
The Pentium is dead. Long live the Pentium. Yes, for all Intel's keenness on its new Core brand, the Pentium name will apparently survive beyond the current P4 and PD processors in the form of an upcoming 'Conroe'-based single-core CPU family due early next year.


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The finance minister of Malaysia earlier issued a warning that cryptocurrency payments were unlawful because they did not adhere to the fundamental requirements of money.
According to reports, the Malaysian Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) supports the use of cryptocurrencies, and the deputy minister has called on the government to legalize them.
As per local news outlet Harian Metro, Malaysia’s regulators have been encouraged by deputy minister of communications and multi-media Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin to regulate some use cases for cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens (NFT).
Given the growing popularity of the cryptocurrency industry among millennials, Zahidi emphasized how these policies will considerably benefit young people. Additionally, he mentioned that the KKMM is looking into strategies to boost young people’s involvement in the sector.
The deputy minister pointed out that Malaysia’s financial regulators, along with the central bank and the Securities Commission Malaysia, have the authority to decide how cryptocurrencies should be regulated.
Nevertheless, Zahidi noted that the government is prepared to raise this matter because the cryptocurrency sector is currently the future of finance and business, particularly for young people.
Some sources claim that Zahidi advocated for the adoption of cryptocurrencies as legal currency rather than only the legalization of some cryptocurrency transactions in Malaysia.
Cointelegraph’s request for comment from the KKMM representatives was not immediately answered. If new information becomes available, this article will be updated.
According to some sources, Honduras is also prepared to accept Bitcoin as legal cash, following in the footsteps of El Salvador, which passed its Bitcoin Law in September 2021.
Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Malaysia’s finance minister, reaffirmed in early March that payments made in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether were prohibited in the nation because they did not adhere to the global standards of money.
To address the expanding trend in the digital asset business, the minister further stated that Bank Negara Malaysia was working on prospective introductions of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and blockchain-related innovations.


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Jeremy Keight from JW Magazine was privileged to take an exclusive tour of Michael Hill Jeweller’s new manufacturing facility in Brisbane with the company’s CEO, Daniel Bracken. Here, Jeremy shares his visit to the impressive site and Michael Hill’s plans for the future.
I’ve visited more than my share of jewellery manufacturing facilities in my time – from Birmingham to Brussels to Bangkok, from Dubai to New Delhi to Hong Kong and Shenzhen. I was particularly excited to be visiting an Australian brand with an international presence, which is committed to fostering growth and nurturing talent in its adopted hometown.
Although the Michael Hill brand started life in New Zealand, its founders, Michael and Christine Hill, soon moved to Brisbane and made Australia their home base. Michael Hill CEO Daniel Bracken explains the brand’s aims and why it chose to take on the mammoth task of relocating its headquarters and expanding its operations to a new, purpose-designed site.
“We commissioned our new building at the start of 2021, and moved into the facility in August 2022,” Daniel said. “The new state-of-the-art building is home to the company’s global leadership team and functions, a high-tech distribution centre and reimagined artisanal jewellery workshop. We have increased capacity and invested in new equipment as well as re-purposing existing equipment within the workshop, to elevate quality, innovation and volume.”
Touring the headquarters with Daniel, the pride that he and other staff members have in the facility is apparent. There is a definite feel of family in the air and the building has been designed for comfort as well as function.
The attention to detail in the offices and on the production floor is astonishing. The well-known Michael Hill decor has been carried from store to factory and the architect-designed building has been well laid out so that all staff have a workspace with natural light and windows. There are networking and relaxation nooks, spacious meeting rooms, well-appointed kitchens and break-out facilities – the list goes on.
I was keen to know more of the company’s future plans and asked if they have plans to open similar manufacturing facilities across Australasia.
“We have made this significant investment into our Brisbane facility and do not anticipate opening further facilities – at this time,” Daniel said. “We employ around 25 qualified bench jewellers and, as we moved into our new building, we launched our first ever apprenticeship program, partnering with Queensland TAFE. Four young apprentices are now enjoying the benefits of this program, working closely with our qualified jewellers.”
The Brisbane workshop produces approximately 20 percent of the company’s global sales, with Daniel explaining that the styles created in-house focus predominantly on single settings and solitaires.
“We have made a long-term commitment to local manufacturing and believe that it represents a key strategic differentiator for the Michael Hill brands,” said Daniel.
There have been benefits to both the company and its customers by ramping up local manufacturing.
“Speed to market for stock as well as special orders have been a real bonus,” said Daniel, “along with customers being able to enjoy the choice of purchasing Australian-made jewellery. Our turnaround for special orders is approximately 10-14 days which has halved what it used to be. We can also be more innovative in the creation of new designs.”
The Brisbane facility also acts as a warehouse and distribution centre. Daniel led me through the picking facility which was, without a doubt, the most jaw-dropping I have seen in the industry. Daniel explained that the new technology installed in this area has cut picking and distribution time by around 75 percent.
The new facility incorporates a significant solar power system as well as harvesting rain water in order to be as environmentally sensitive as possible. The care the brand has taken to ensure a complete balance in its business from staff comfort to workplace harmony and environmental and ethical manufacturing is impressive.
I would personally like to extend my thanks to the staff, and especially Daniel, for taking the time to show me around the amazing building Michael Hill Jeweller now calls home.


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Big Tech Giants Say They Are Subject to Intense Competition
Sounding a bit like Google execs in front of the Senate Commerce Committee almost a decade ago, Facebook told the House Antitrust Subcommittee that it faces "vigorous" competition for its products and services, including fierce competition for revenue and low barriers of entry for new competitors.
That is according to the prepared testimony of Matt Perault, director of public policy, for Facebook.
He also said the company had been a boon to small businesses, saying it had "democratized advertising, helping millions of small and medium-sized businesses along the way."
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Perault suggested Facebook had been successful because it had worked hard and taken risks. "America does not punish success; it rewards it," he said.
Google was represented at the same hearing--by Adam Cohen, director, economic policy, who was making the same arguments in his testimony about being subject to vigorous competition for search, including from Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo and "many more."
Cohen pointed out that last year, 54% of product searches originated on Amazon, and specialized search services are growing in the areas of flights, hotels and restaurants.
Amazon's Associate General Counsel for Competition, Nate Sutton, weighed in, too. He talked in his testimony about how each of the company's many businesses "faces intense competition from well-established competitors," including its online retail business, for which it says it knows its customers have many options, including the brick and mortar type, who are also doing their own online business, and the third-party sellers Amazon hosts on its platform, many of them small businesses it is helping out.
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And for Apple, said Chief Compliance Officer Kyle Andeer, "the competition is fierce. Our customers have an ever-growing number of choices when it comes to products and services. We compete against some of the largest companies in the world, both foreign and domestic."
Their statements were at odds with the general tenor of the Hill inquiry into Big Tech, which is based on the companies' massive size, market cap, and dominance in various areas. Legislators on both sides have talked about the need to rein in or break up edge giants, Republicans pointing to allegations of conservative bias, Democrats of the need to downsize converged corporate giants in general.
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I), chairman of the Antitrust Subcommittee, gave the companies props for dynamism, immense tech breakthroughs and economic contributions. But he said they had been allowed to grow without sufficient antitrust oversight, leading to an increasingly concentrated and less open internet "growingly hostile to innovation and entrepreneurship."
The companies' protestations about fierce competition notwithstanding, Cicilline said Google controls nearly all the search in the country (about 90% of all searches), with Amazon controlling almost half of all online commerce, despite the company's statement that it only captures a small percentage or retail. He said its closest competitor, eBay, controls less than 6% of the market.
Facebook controls over half of the U.S. social media market, he said, with about 2.7 billion monthly users, notwithsanding the growth of Chinese social app TikTok, which Perault noted as one of its fierce competitors, he said Facebook captures over 80% of global social media revenue.
Apple, he pointed out, is under scrutiny for prices in its app store and policies that may favor its own services and products.
Cicilline said there was a good argument that the market lent itself to shielding dominant firms and producing a "kill zone" for new startups that might want to challenge them. "There is growing concern that anticompetitive practices and the gatekeeper role of online platforms is now imperiling small business in our communities," echoing the knock on ISPs inside the Beltway of the past decade.
Ranking member James Sensenbrenner (R-Ill.) raised red flags about coming down too hard on Big Tech. He said the antitrust laws don't exist to punish size or success and that because a company is big doesn't necessarily mean it is bad.
He echoed the Big Tech comments that they had actually helped small businesses, not hurt them. "Breaking up big businesses because they are large could wind up hurting small businesses throughout the country."
He also said breaking up the companies would not solve all the problems, like privacy, he said.
He did not dismiss the possibility of anticompetitive conduct, but said he was offering a counterpoint to some of the more radical speculation. He said they should look seriously at wrongdoing, but not break up companies by fiat because big was inherently bad.
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Developer Luko Todesco executed jailbreak iOS 9.3 beta 1. About this he wrote on his Twitter page. In confirmation Todesco posted a video showing the Cydia on the home screen of your smartphone with the new OS.
Luke Todesco is a well – known expert in the field of computer security. On the support page his name is listed among the developers who have helped Apple find and close security holes in iOS 9.2.
On the video “demonstration of the jailbreak iOS 9.3 Beta 1” hacker showed the new features of iOS 9.3, then launched Cydia on your device and carried out the injection of code in OS processes.
The same programmer last week announced 9.2.1 jailbreak iOS beta. He noted that it plans to release the exploit. That however, does not exclude the possibility that a hacker will pass on discovered vulnerabilities to other developers. Last year Todesco helped hacker group Pangu to create the jailbreak for iOS 9.1.
The release of the first beta version of iOS 9.3 was held on Monday evening. OS supports the new night mode and provides the ability to classify data with a password or fingerprint. In addition, the update contains the option that allows you to find gas station, Parking, restaurants, coffee in the area where the user is located. Read more about all innovations can be found here.


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The Barretts October yearling sale bounced back from its decline a year ago with a $175,000 sale topper and an average that climbed 14.8% from 2013.
California Chrome continues to wield his influence, this time with the plethora of yearlings by his sire, Lucky Pulpit, in the Barretts October yearling sale. The catalog of 259 hip numbers includes 23 by Lucky Pulpit.
The catalog for Barretts October Yearling Sale, featuring 259 yearlings to be sold Oct. 7, is now online and will be mailed soon.
There are many ways to raise awareness and money for Thoroughbred aftercare, and at the recent Barretts October yearling sale one idea proved very successful.
Having completed its first race meet under the rebranded Barretts Sales & Racing, the company will offer its annual yearling sale Oct. 8 with a catalog of 248 young prospects.
The catalog for the Barretts October Yearling Sale, featuring 249 youngsters Oct. 8, is now online and will be mailed soon.
Owners of California-bred foals of 2010 have until Feb. 15 to pay a $300 fee for eligibility in the new Golden State Series, a program of stakes and purse enhancements totaling more than $2.3 million in its initial year.
With California-breds dominating the Barretts October yearling sale catalog, buyers looking to take advantage of the recently announced Cal-bred stakes additions will have plenty of choices.
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A majority of adults around the UK are cutting back on the amounts of money they spend on a monthly basis, according to recent research.
With millions of British households already struggling to deal with their debt management difficulties, close to 57 per cent of consumers are now looking to trim their spending, MoneyExpert reports.
A recent study by the price comparison firm found that around a third of adults plan to reduce the amounts they spend on going out and roughly the same proportion intend to stop splashing out so much on clothes.
In light of its own research, MoneyExpert has encouraged consumers around the country to deal with their personal loan and credit card debts as soon as they can.
“The credit crunch is moving on from being something that just affects bankers to having real effects on real people in the real economy,” said Sean Gardner of MoneyExpert.
Meanwhile, figures released by research firm GfK NOP last week indicated that consumer confidence in the UK has reached a 15-year low in recent weeks.


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Two of the North East’s most prominent business leaders have called on the Government to help businesses invest more, with one saying the UK has become a “low growth, low productivity, low wage economy.”
Steve Hare, CEO of Tyneside technology giant Sage, and Sir Nigel Wilson, the North East-born chief executive of investment group Legal & General, have joined calls from a number of business groups for more action to be taken to prioritise growth.
Organisations including the Institute of Directors, the CBI and the Federation of Small Businesses have spoken out in the run-up to next week’s Budget to call for measures that incentivise greater investment in the UK. The calls have come as concerns grow that efforts to boost productivity in regions like the North East are being hampered by low business investment.
Mr Hare said: “It is a privilege to be a FTSE 100 tech business and we’re proud of our UK roots. Sadly, the country risks falling behind other nations if the Government fails to show it is serious about driving growth.
“The Budget needs to provide financial incentives to encourage more investment in tech, so SMBs can innovate and grow, supported by a strong digital infrastructure that benefits the economy across every part of the UK. We need to steer the country on course to be a competitive high-growth digital economy with a compelling vision, not one that sits in the shadows of its European or global counterparts.”
And speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, Sir Nigel Wilson said: “We’d like to invest a lot more in the UK but a combination of regulation and policies has made that very difficult over the last 20 or 30 years.”
Sir Nigel - whose company has invested around £250m into the Newcastle Helix and Riverside Sunderland schemes in recent years - described the UK as a “low growth, low productivity, low wage economy frought by political infighting” and added: “This has to change. We need the Government to step up and put rules in place and policies that allow us to invest in the real economy in the UK.”
A number of signs in recent weeks - including falling inflation and robust retail signs - have pointed to the economy turning around from the perilous position seen for many families and businesses at the end of last year. But recent research has also suggested that around 630,000 small and microbusinesses in the UK are still at risk of going bust in the face of rocketing costs and pressures on consumers, according to new research.
The UK economy is widely believed to have been held back over a long period by low investment by UK companies, which has led the country to have lower productivity than many of its counterparts around the world. Business groups want the Government to offer tax incentives for firms that invest more.
The Treasury has been contacted for comment.


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Prepaid card provider InComm is to pilot a real-time authentication solution that will allow its cardholders to complete transactions using dynamic CVV codes that replace the static CVV codes printed on the back of cards. “It works every place cards are accepted — online, over the phone, or at the point of sale — by generating a daily security code that only the cardholder knows,” solution provider Tender Armor says. The service will be piloted in 2017 making use of Tender Armor’s CVV+ solution.
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Facelifted Volkswagen e-up! could deliver 160-mile range
The forthcoming Volkswagen e-up! - set to be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September after a significant hiatus - could deliver around 160 miles of range.
Registrations for the facelifted model have already opened in the Netherlands, with online materials suggesting a WLTP-rated range of 260 kilometres.
The figure correlates with the range set to be offered by the Skoda Citigoᵉ iV - a sister vehicle to the e-up! - which will deliver 165 miles from a 36.8kWh battery when production begins later this year.
Meanwhile, VW's Dutch website suggests an 80% charge will be possible in four hours via a 7.2kW AC home wallbox charger, up from the previous model's AC maximum of 3.6kW.
DC fast-charging compatibility at speeds of up to 40kW remains.
Speaking to our sister title Auto Express earlier this year, VW’s sales and marketing boss Jurgen Stackmann confirmed that “everything we have worked on for almost three years” would be unveiled at the annual autumn show.
Stackmann added: “The market below will be captured by a fabulous e-up! with an extended range.”
In March, Volkswagen announced that a Polo-sized electric car was in the pipeline to act as an entry-level model for the ID. range, but it’s unlikely to arrive before 2023.
As a result, the company is aiming to bridge the gap with a facelifted e-up!, which will boast more than the 83 miles of range achieved by the current model under WLTP tests.
Back in January, the e-up! was “closed for ordering” in the UK due to long delivery lead times.
“A significant surge in demand for the e-up! across the markets has resulted in our factories hitting their maximum production capacity,” a spokesperson for the company said at the time. “Build times for new customers would therefore be too long so, to avoid disappointment, we have taken the decision to close ordering of the car.
“It is, for the time being, no longer possible to order a new e-up!. However, e-Golf remains available to order. We will re-open the ordering process as soon as is practicable.”
Only 27 e-up! models were sold in the UK 2018, suggesting that the city car - which was originally launched in 2014 - has been struggling to compete with more advanced, longer-range models.
Currently, the e-Golf is the only electric car in Volkswagen’s stable.