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The company will leverage the reach of social media to unite executives and investors around a common cause: supporting entrepreneurs.
The platform goes online initially in a club deal format rather than a fully fledged crowdfunding one and will be aimed at professional investors. “But we will stay close to opportunities in the sector and take every advantage of developments.” adds Andrea Gentili, COO and co-founder of Kobo Funds.
Kobo Funds is born out of a three year experience in private equity of ExecutiveSurf, the executive recruiting and interim management company, which counts an international network of hundreds of thousands of executives. This will be made available to growing companies and to the huge amounts of private wealth (currently €36 billion in Europe alone) that is open to alternative investments. The idea is to unite management and capital with the entrepreneurial spirit in an attempt to drive the economy out of recession.
Headquartered in London and linked with ExecutiveSurf’s platform (present in Europe, Asia and the USA), Kobo Funds will be initially focused on so-called ‘made in Italy’ investments.
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A privatized liquor industry in Pennsylvania is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Thursday night, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill that calls for liquor sales to gradually be removed from the state’s hands. Privatization advocates say the bill would lead to cheaper liquor prices, greater selection and longer hours for Pennsylvanians — particularly in urban areas like West Philadelphia.
The passage of House Bill 790 — which carried by a 105-90 vote — came after hours of debate on Wednesday and Thursday.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, who has been an outspoken advocate of privatization, called the day “historic.”
“Never before has a liquor privatization bill passed through either chamber of the legislature, and I am extremely proud of the hard work and commitment the House and the leadership they have shown to the people of Pennsylvania today,” he said in a statement.
Under the bill, beer retailers would be the first eligible to apply for liquor licenses that were previously given only to state-operated stores. The bill would eventually allow supermarkets to enter the liquor industry.
Although the legislation is a bold move toward privatization, it marks a less aggressive push than a similar plan Corbett had called for earlier this year. Under Corbett’s original plan, the state would have sold off the retail and wholesale operations of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board almost immediately after the bill was passed.
Today’s legislation marks a far more gradual privatization effort.
While the bill has made its way through the House, it may face an uphill battle as it moves on to the Senate. Several prominent Democratic senators have already spoken out against the measure, and it is likely that any privatization plan would have to go through several more rounds of revision before it stands a chance of passing again.
Privatization supporters have consistently pushed consumer convenience in their campaign over the past several weeks.
“We have the most convoluted and complex way of dealing with liquor sales in this state,” Charlie Gerow, a spokesperson for the grassroots Coalition to End the Liquor Monopoly, told The Daily Pennsylvanian earlier this semester. “Many Pennsylvanians realize that, and we’re going to make our voices heard.”
Gerow added that a privatization plan could go a long way toward bringing a liquor store back near Penn’s campus, which lost its closest state store — located at 41st and Market streets — when it shut down in January 2012.
Opponents of the plan, however, have cited data showing that the state-run liquor industry is a boost to the economy and a valuable job source for Pennsylvanians.
“From our point of view, particularly at a time when the state has a real challenge with raising sufficient revenues, privatization shouldn’t be high on our priority list,” Stephen Herzenberg, executive director of the Keystone Research Center, told the DP earlier this year.
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Here's Why Skechers Can Continue Selling Knockoff Adidas Springblades
Skechers wins infringement case.
Skechers is wack. Not necessarily because they sell cheap, ugly sneakers, but because a large part of the business they do comes from blatantly ripped off sneaker designs and technologies. Skechers is also smart, as they often find legal loopholes that allow them to continue making a mint off of these knockoff models. Case in point, the ruling in the company's latest dispute with Adidas.
According to the Street, Adidas has lost its suit alleging Skechers copied its Springblade sneaker design, even though they definitely did. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon said that the decision was based on the fact that Skechers began selling the Mega Blade a year before Adidas received a patent for Springblade in May 2016. Adidas launched Springblade during Summer 2013.
"Skechers respects the intellectual property rights of other companies and has invested tremendous resources into building a brand identity by developing its own distinctive designs, not by copying others," Skechers President Michael Greenberg said in a statement to the New York Times.
Furthermore, Adidas' request for an injunction to stop Mega Blade sales was refused due to the company's inability to prove it would suffer irreparable harm without one.
There is a shot at redemption for Adidas—next April, the companies will be in court again over a lawsuit that alleges Skechers copied the iconic Stan Smith tennis shoe. Because they did.


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It’s been an oddly contentious day in the Star Wars fandom. Alongside the growing excitement for a new The Last Jedi trailer that would air during Monday Night Football, a debate raged over whether fans should watch the clip at all. A tweet from director Rian Johnson—repeated out of context and blown a bit out of proportion—was the source of the dust-up. “I am legitimately torn,” he wrote to a fan wondering if they should avoid all marketing leading up to the film. “If you want to come in clean, absolutely avoid it. But it’s gooooood.....” Johnson later smacked down some of the disproportionate reactions to his original tweet, calling claims that he had told fans not to watch the trailer nothing but “clickbaity jiggery pokery.” In other news, I’ve named my new stuffed Porg Clickbaity Jiggery Pokery.
But skittish Star Wars fans shouldn’t have worried that this latest trailer would give the whole game away. Lucasfilm and Disney are, at this point, absolute masters of the slow, controlled roll out—as evidence by the reveal of a new The Last Jedi poster just a few hours before the trailer dropped.


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Crypto personality: There will be no bull market for bitcoin this year
Joel Birch, co-founder of the crypto investment platform Stacked and a popular Twitter personality, does not believe that bitcoin will see any...
The world's biggest cryptocurrency bitcoin is currently trading at $3,626, which is around $20 lower than yesterday.
The crypto markets have declined slightly over the last 24 hours. At the moment, around 70 of the 100 biggest cryptocurrencies show red numbers.
The market cap of all cryptocurrencies has also fallen over the last 24 hours – from $121 billion yesterday to $120 billion today.
That is a $1 billion decline.
When we look at the biggest cryptocurrencies, all of them show red numbers in the last 24 hours. The cryptocurrencies that have lost the most are eos (-4,75%) and litecoin (-3,23%), but also xrp (-1,26%), ethereum (-0,82%) and bitcoin (-0,52%) have declined in value.
The world’s biggest cryptocurrency bitcoin is currently trading at $3,626, which is around $20 lower than yesterday.
The cryptocurrencies on top 100 that performed the best during the last 24 hours were repo (+15,98%) and theta (+11,12%), and the ones that performed the worst were aurora (-13,60%) and moac (-6,77%).
*All numbers in this article comes from Coinmarketcap.com.
The US cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has been granted a banking license in the state of Wyoming. This opens up a number of opportunities for the...
The suspected multi-level marketing (MLM) fraud Mirror Trading International seems to be spreading in Sweden.


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From the San Diego Union this morning. The article was about security of cargo from Mexico and elsewhere to the US, but mentioned this new port.
Also, I was surprised to find that Manzanillo has 10 times the amount of cargo going through than does Lazaro Cardenas (1.3 million containers to 160 thousand). No wonder the cuota is so crowded all the time.
Plans are under way to develop a megaport at Punta Colonet, 150 miles south of San Diego. The port is expected to be the size of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports combined.
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The new Subaru BRZ will be presented in two weeksNovember 5, 2020
The Japanese company announced the date of the debut of its new sports car.
Subaru is preparing for the debut of the new BRZ sports car, which is scheduled for November 18. The day before, the automaker published a teaser image of the model, which shows that the new Subaru BRZ received a relief hood and new front optics with DRL.
Information about the new sports car is kept secret, but based on spy photos, you can see a number of accents, such as near the air intakes. The model will also receive an original radiator grille, a new trunk lid with a spoiler, thin taillights, as well as a streamlined body and two exhaust pipes.
According to some experts, the new car will be based on the modular TNGA platform, but some experts say that the BRZ will receive a rear-wheel drive chassis from the first generation of the model.
In terms of technical data, it is expected that the new Subaru BRZ will be equipped with 2.4- or 2.0-liter power units with a capacity of 217 and 205 horsepower, respectively. However, we will be able to find out the exact information about the car in two weeks.
- SAIC creates a premium electric brand
- Jeep has awesome items on Amazon for Cyber Monday
- Mazda MX-30 performs well in moose test
- Tuning diesel trucks is causing huge environmental damage
- This video proves that the Mercedes Unimog is a true SUV.


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Cassava Community — an African Web3 platform centered on nonfungible tokens (NFTs), gaming and loyalty rewards — has launched the third model of its platform, that includes integration with noncustodial good contract pockets UniPass, permitting customers to make use of e mail addresses as an alternative of seed phrases and gasoline.
In a transfer to onboard Africans from Web2 to Web3, the partnership allows customers who create Cassava accounts to routinely join on UniPass, and have entry to holding, sending and receiving on-chain digital property throughout a number of Ethereum Digital Machine blockchains.
In an interview with Cointelegraph, Cassava Community co-founder Mouloukou Sanoh defined how African customers and companies can use the brand new model to enter the Web3 house.
“With Cassava v3, now we have made it straightforward for African customers to work together with their favourite Web2 and Web3 manufacturers. As customers work together with these manufacturers, they earn each CB Cash and different on-chain rewards specified by companions.”
Sanoh added that whereas CB Cash — the reward tokens used within the community — exist off-chain in the intervening time, customers will be capable of swap them for on-chain property quickly. CB can then be used to buy live performance tickets and thriller packing containers on the platform.
Concerning the usage of the Cassava v3 for companies, Sanoh mentioned, “Cassava v3 supplies a channel via which companions can develop their African market”. Enterprise manufacturers who companion with Cassava Community may also create communities on the community through the use of the brand new “group” function to get engagement and followership on totally different platforms via job creation for customers to interact in and earn rewards.
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Through the interview, Sanoh defined how the brand new model might enhance the enterprise financial system in Africa. Sanoh mentioned, “Cassava v3 serves as a bridge for international Web3 companies to attach with African Web2 customers.” Sanoh additionally talked about that, to this point, 90% of the companions participating with the group function of the Cassava v3 are African companies.


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Even with live sporting events shut down around the world thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, there's still a wealth of pro wrestling to watch on television. And one promotion's reach is about to get even bigger, according to a tweet from MLW founder Court Bauer. Bauer claims that a "transformative" deal for the company is done, teasing it will be announced soon. "The deal I've been hinting at is done!" Bauer tweeted. "Cannot wait to share this one with our fans, locker room, and crew. It fortifies our future. Truly transformative for @MLW."
In the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer said the deal could be announced any day and that it is for streaming rights with a "major carrier." Meltzer wrote:
Court Bauer on Twitter said that, "The deal I've been hinting at is done! Cannot wait to share this one with our fans, locker room and crew. It fortifies our future." The deal should be announced at any time and is believed to be a streaming deal with a major carrier.
MLW Fusion is available to watch live on BeIN Sports. Still, the soccer-heavy channel is usually only available only in select sports packages with cable, satellite, and streaming TV services. The show is available to watch on YouTube afterward. Bauer's tweet and Meltzer's report indicate that the new deal could make MLW even more widely available. Could MLW be about to stream on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime? It's unknown whether the deal will be for MLW Fusion or for other content. Either way, it will be interesting to see whether Bauer is overhyping the magnitude of the deal or whether it will truly deliver on its promise of being "transformative" for the company. Hopefully, the deal is announced soon, and we can all find out.


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The pictures above are from a couple of weeks ago, taken at a press conference, announcing the launch of Reliance Jewellery stores in Bangalore. The models sashayed down the runway, showcasing myriad designs mostly in Gold. However, the question is, is there absolutely anything left that Reliance hasn’t dipped its fingers into??
And more importantly, is that male model wearing heavy gold jewellery?!!
Bangalore also saw a Shobha Asar jewellery exhibition at The Oberoi and for its inauguration, the star power came in the form of Kareena Kapoor.
Ignoring the obvious issues with eye make-up, do you think her choice of jewellery matched the outfit?


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Chugging into the future of SMS: Virgin Trains gets on board with RCS messaging
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Virgin Trains has become the first UK brand to embrace RCS messaging, which is being hailed as the future of SMS.
Virgin Trains has become the first brand in the UK to introduce the option of rich communication services (RCS) messaging to its customers.
RCS messaging is being hailed as the future of SMS, and is designed to provide consumers with a richer and smarter mobile communications experience.
To begin with, Virgin Trains will be using the technology to provide passengers with onward journey information, with updates generated around ten minutes before they arrive at their destination.
RCS messaging can also be used to send photos, videos and audio, and Virgin Trains will be exploring how else it can use this technology in the future.
John Sullivan, chief information officer at Virgin Trains, commented: "We always strive to lead the way and, with a proud record of digital innovation, we're very excited to be investing in new technology that will transform the way we communicate with our customers."


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Richard Branson has announced on his blog that Virgin Galactic customers can now choose to pay for their space flights using the virtual currency Bitcoin.
Branson described Bitcoin as the "world's most innovative businesses looking to the future" adding that a "future astronaut," a female flight attendant from Hawaii, has already used Bitcoins to pay for her first Virgin Galactic flight.
"I have invested in some bitcoins myself, and find it fascinating how a whole new global currency has been created. For people who can afford to invest a little in bitcoins, it's worth looking into. Many people and organisations are - today a Cyprus university is allowing students to pay their tuition fees with bitcoins."
Bransons said that "future astronauts" flying with Virgin Galactic "are pioneers in their own right, and this is one more way to be forward-thinking."
A Virgin Galactic space flight will cost $250,000, (roughly £150,000) or around 277 Bitcoins.


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Sky is to add 12 new channels to its Catch Up TV service, giving viewers additional flexibility as to when they watch their favourite shows.
Discovery, TLC, E!, Star, Watch, GOLD, Dave, Alibi, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Cartoonito and Sky News will be added to the service by the end of 2013.
Catch Up TV is available as part of Sky's On Demand service, which is available to existing subscribers at no extra cost.
Viewers simply need to connect their Sky+ HD box to any broadband router in order to gain access to a host of additional content.
Sky On Demand offers programmes from BBC iPlayer, 4oD, 5 On Demand and Sky channels, giving viewers a range of options.
"The recent introduction of Sky+ HD boxes with built-in Wi-Fi means it is even easier for even more customers to access a world of entertainment when they want," Sky claims.
"Once connected to their home broadband, customers can join millions of customers who already are making the most of Sky’s On Demand service for no extra monthly cost."
The service offers the last 30 days of TV from the UK’s biggest Catch Up TV service, Sky’s latest TV box sets, and hundreds of movies from Sky Movies and Sky Store.


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The first Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs), Connectivism and Connective Knowledge (also known as CCK08), led by George Siemens of Athabasca University and Stephen Downes of the National Research Council, was offered in 1998. Twenty-five tutition paying students from the University of Manitoba and over 2,200 tuition free students from the general public, participated.
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An incredible 56.1% of ads on the internet are not seen by humans, according to new research released today by Google. “With the advancement of new technologies we now know that many display ads that are served never actually have the opportunity to be seen by a user,” said Google group product manager Sanaz Ahari […]
The latest report from Nielsen shows the growing change in how consumers are watching their favorite shows. Last quarter, the number of people watching traditional television dipped by 4-percent, but those watching shows through online streaming services skyrocketed by 60-percent. This is in comparison to the same quarter (Q3) last year, and it is anticipated […]
Ray Kurzweil: Stephen Hawking, the pre-eminent physicist, recently warned that artificial intelligence (AI), once it surpasses human intelligence, could pose a threat to the existence of human civilization. Elon Musk, the pioneer of digital money, private spaceflight and electric cars, has voiced similar concerns.
It’s hard to wait for the future to get here and give us all the amazing things we’ve dreamed up in our countless sci-fi books and movies (I’m still waiting for the hover-boards Back to the Future promised me). Though much of what we’ve seen on the big screen is still decades or millennia away… […]
In the coming year, mobile will continue to strengthen its hold on the industry, smart data will outshine big data, and real-time marketing will become an achievable goal. With just a few weeks left in 2014, it’s time for some of my annual digital marketing predictions for the upcoming year.
A paris-based design company is looking to take the wearable devices trend to the next level with the visualization of ‘cicret‘, a bracelet that projects the screen of your smartphone directly onto your wrist. currently in the prototype phase, the wristband remotely hooks up to a mobile device and emits the interface onto the wearer’s […]
We complain 879 million times/year (and Facebook is our top target) We complain about brands an astonishing 879 million times a year on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media networks. A full 10 percent of us find something to be angry about publicly every single day.
There are some languages and skill sets that are more valuable than others. One of the most lucrative industries in the U.S. is computer programming. The average salary for a computer programmer just hit an all-time high as it approaches $100,000.
Engineers at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, back in mid-December 2009, began to suspect that hackers in China had obtained access to private Gmail accounts. Those accounts included those used by Chinese human rights activists opposed to the government in Beijing.


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MARQUETTE - With Halloween fast approaching, shoppers are haunting the aisles of local stores, looking for items to create that special trick-or-treat costume.
Whether you're planning to costume yourself as a ghoul, ghost, politician or rescued Chilean miner, local thrift stores are a good place to try to find what you're looking for, at ghastly affordable prices.
"Usually, Halloween is our biggest time of year," said Diane Houle, store supervisor at the Goodwill Store in Marquette Township. "That's when we're usually hiring extra people for the season."
Above, Kira Spiroff of Marquette shops at Goodwill for a Halloween costume for her son on Thursday. (Journal photo by Danielle Pemble)
Items are donated to the Goodwill store throughout the year, but especially right after Halloween has past. The outlet has both kids and adult costumes.
"A lot of the kids costumes are dinosaurs and stuff like that," Houle said. "There's witches, there's all kinds."
St. Vincent DePaul stores are another local source for Halloween costumes or costume building items.
"We have loads of costumes," said Linda Morrison, of the St. Vincent DePaul Store in Marquette.
Morrison said the store has a rack of adult and children's costumes, but also numerous items shoppers might decide to use to create their own individualized scary ensembles.
"We save anything that looks goofy throughout the year," Morrison said.
Morrison said the costume shopping for this year is well under way.
Sandy Rose, owner of Party in Disguise in Marquette, said her store sells costumes for adults. She said Alice in Wonderland is a popular theme this year. There are a lot of people buying vampire costumes too, based on the popularity of the bloodsuckers in recent movies and television programs, Rose said.
Another place to consider Halloween attire purchases is on-line. There's likely still time to get what you need, if you hurry.
The website www.constumes4less.com offered a few tips for Halloween costume buying.
Whatever type of Halloween costume you're looking to buy or create, a trip to a local thrift store, or on-line discount costume shop can help you save money.
John Pepin can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 206. His e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.org.


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The Supers are back home in Incredibles 2 home this fall.
Pixar's latest sequel The Incredibles 2 is proving to be one of summer's smash hits.
Summer is here and so are the big popcorn movies. A handy guide for parents and kids to know what to see at the movies in the next few months.
Disney Pixar's Incredibles 2 exceeds all expectations at the box office this weekend with a record-breaking $180 million at the box office.
Disney Pixar's The Incredibles 2 takes in $18.5 million on Thursday, doubling the previous Thursday record for an animated movie of $9.2 million by Finding Dory.
Disney and Pixar do not disappoint after a fourteen year absence. Incredibles 2 is top notch family entertainment.
14 years after the original movie hits theaters, The Incredibles 2 is looking to double the debut of its predecessor with a projected huge win at the box office.
Some say it's no shock that Incredibles 2 is the best Pixar film since Toy Story 3.
Early box office projections for The Incredibles 2 put the Disney Pixar sequel at $140 million for an impressive opening weekend next month.
Disney and Pixar release an exciting new look at Incredibles 2 as tickets officially go on sale.
Find out what the Parr family is up to this time. The brand new trailer for Disney/Pixar's Incredibles 2, coming to theaters in 3D June 15.
The Parr family suits up with Frozone and Edna Mode in a new poster for The Incredibles 2.
Violet is going through a rough adolescence in the latest sneak peek at Incredibles 2.
Dark Horse Comics announces two different Incredibles 2 comic book tie-ins arriving later this year.
Disney and Pixar released a special look at The Incredibles 2 during the 2018 Olympics.
Mr. Incredible gets his super suit ready in new Incredibles 2 posters, while Jack-Jack takes up curling in a preview of new Olympics footage.
Disney and Pixar have released a brand new poster for Incredibles 2 ahead of the new footage coming later this week.
A new Olympics TV spot announces a special look at Incredibles 2 is coming next week.
Disney is expected to debut Super Bowl trailers for Incredibles 2 and A Wrinkle In Time, but a Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer seems unlikely.
Mirroring a recent Google Arts & Culture viral experiment, Disney has unveiled the voice cast and characters for The Incredibles 2.


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AgriFutures Australia’s, Manager Research, Annelies McGaw is encouraging applicants to consider applying for projects and professional development opportunities that will provide industry wide benefit.
“Over the past 12 months, the Program has invested in eight industry development grants that will have a positive impact on the industry.”
“It has been exciting to see what previous recipients have achieved through the grants program, and how they have boosted the resilience of the honey bee and pollination industry, helping safeguard it against future adversities,” said Annelies.
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Inspired by AgriFutures’ funded research into the market and production potential for propolis, Jessica Berry from Hive & Wellness received a 2020 Industry Development Grant to investigate opportunities for Australian beekeepers to generate an additional income stream from the commercial production of propolis.
Propolis is a resinous mixture produced by honey bee from saliva, bees wax and tree bud exudate, and despite being used for millennia in traditional medicines, dietary supplements and cosmetics there is currently no commercial propolis industry in Australia.
“With sales of retail propolis products in Australia exceeding $20 million, and the majority of the propolis raw material coming from overseas sources, Australian beekeepers deserve a bigger slice of this market. And the opportunity for other international markets,” said Jessica.
“There is a huge opportunity for commercial scale propolis production; Australian propolis is as good, if not better, than the propolis we are currently importing from New Zealand, Brazil, China and Romania.”
With the University of Sunshine Coast’s Honey Lab, Hive & Wellness took the raw material and tested how it could be processed into an economically viable finished good. Matched with in-kind human resources support, the Grant covered the materials required to undertake the project.
“The initial data we were able to generate from the Grant has allowed us to progress to a commercial production trial to deliver a commercial batch of propolis for further product trials and sampling.”
With an aging demographic and the risk of losing knowledge of how to operate a commercial beekeeping business in Australia, Ms Berry says looking at new and emerging opportunities will be critical for the future of the industry.
“Investigating alternative ways beekeepers can value add and diversify their businesses, especially with the trials of drought and bushfires, coupled with focusing on some of the really interesting and innovative aspects of the bee industry, helps to change the perception of the industry. It will go a long way towards attracting younger people into the sector.”
“Collectively we need to showcase that beekeeping it is a viable business to get into. This is where projects like ours come in.”


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It seems that rapper Common is all the rage in Hollywood at the moment, first being signed to the now defunct Justice League Mortal and now being signed to the latest Terminator installation, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.
The British TV show SPACED from Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson is finally coming out on DVD for the US.
Skrulls, Skrulls everywhere and nary a hero one can trust!
Nick Fury finally surfaces to confront the threat of the Skrulls with an all-new team of Howling Commandos!
Jon Favreau, director of the record-breaking new Iron Man film, writes this Iron Man tale that takes place in the heart of sin city!
To coincide with the record-breaking release of the Iron Man movie, Marvel Comics debuts an all-new Iron Man title with a movie still incentive cover!
Cable, Marvel’s time-lost X-son is back where he belongs…in the future!
Marvel heroes of the past travel through time to meet the Marvel heroes of the present in this incredible mini-series by Jim Krueger, Alex Ross and Steve Sadowski!
One of greatest franchises in cinematic history will be returning to the screens next year, but this time the Terminator will be sporting a softer PG-13 rating.
It’s been one of those comics that has developed a weird amount of attention, but with Gail Simone writing, it’s not that surprising. So now, announced at New York Comic Con, Simone has announced she’s bringing back the Secret Six.
Iron Man could be the first $100M opener of the summer blockbuster season!
Resident geek of geeks, Joshua S. Hill, reviews Iron Man. However, if you don't want to click, just be happy in the knowledge it rocked!
Beat the demo and get an exclusive cheat code for the full game.
The first tournament is appearing today on the Mario Kart channel!
Capcom just released a bunch of new images for Street Fighter IV, and HolyFragger.com has got them all for your viewing pleasure!
She already was easy on the eyes. Now Australian thespian Teresa Palmer will be more than meets the eyes.
Buy Mass Affect for the PC and you could get some cash, or some cool Dead Space stuff.
Spyro Trilogy Culminates with Premiere on Xbox 360 and PSe3 system; Elijah Wood, Gary Oldman, Christina Ricci, Blair Underwood, Wayne Brady and Mark Hamill Provide Voice-Over Performances.
Film and Literary Legends Ray Harryhausen & Jules Verne team up again for the Back To Mysterious Island comic series.
All-ages flip book will feature works from past winners DJ Coffman (Hero By Night) and Jorge Vega (Gunplay).


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[CES 2013] If you happen to be at CES this year, you would do well to check out the show floor and scout for different “niche” devices, as well as those that did not gain attention in terms of a press conference. One of them would be Hisense, who has a transparent 3D display on show. To put it simply, you are able to place just about anything behind the display, where it will show off a 3D image in the foreground. The transparent 3D display demo unit was a 40-inch screen coming in a landscape format, and this raw attempt will require you to wear a pair of 3D glasses in order view the 3D effect as intended.
Chances are, Hisense would market this transparent 3D display that is high on the novelty factor to the advertising industry, but will consumers bite at the end of the day? That remains to be seen, but stranger things have happened in the past, such as a full touchscreen smartphone – who would have thought that we would actually ditch the physical QWERTY keyboard eventually?


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The world’s largest social network is going after click bait headlines. Will the one above survive?
The virtual-reality era officially begins on Monday. Facebook will start selling its $599 Rift, a VR headset it believes will change our lives — again.
The initiative behind some of the company’s most experimental apps has gone away, along with the apps it produced over the past year. Facebook says it will still encourage experimentation.
Being named the worst company in America two years in a row was a wake-up call for the video game maker. Interviews with current and former executives, employees and partners show how EA changed the way it worked as it tries to redeem itself.
Soon you’ll don a high-tech headset as easily as you reach for your controller. Watch for blockbuster launches in the year ahead that pave the way to the brave new virtual world. Facebook and Valve lead the charge.
For decades, the Internet has been like the Wild West, with anonymous users creating racist or hate-filled posts. Now the world’s largest social networks are doing something about it.
The website has only been available to the public for a little over a month, but it’s already gaining attention among tech elite.


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Brands like Taco Bell, Burger King, and Arby’s commonly use humor in their TV ads, and also ranked in the top 10 advertisers in terms of social engagement lift for both broadcast and cable advertisers in October. By tapping into emotions, brands are able to spark social media conversation around their ads. Read on to see which other advertisers made a splash in October.
- DirecTV took the top spot for broadcast advertisers thanks in part to ads featuring a football coach giving his team a pep talk about switching to DirecTV.
- Oreo’s ads for Oreo Chocolate Candy Bars resonated with audiences across broadcast and cable, helping the brand take the number 2 spot for both this month.
- Red Bull claimed the top cable spot in October with ads featuring dancing sea creatures.
- Netflix sparked social media conversation and joined the top cable advertisers with ads for the final season of House of Cards, starring Robin Wright.
Methodology from 4C:
To assess the TV ads generating the greatest consumer response on social media, 4C fuses data from Teletrax, its global TV monitoring network covering more than 1,300 U.S. Channels in all 210 DMAs, and its proprietary social affinity database with engagements from 2+ billion social media users across Facebook and Twitter.
By comparing each brand’s social media engagements in the two-minute period after the start of a TV ad to the brand’s average social media engagement rate, 4C calculates the TV Social Lift Impact. Ultimately this is a measure of how much more likely a consumer is to engage with with the brand on social media after seeing its TV ad.
For example, DirecTV’s 130.9% TV Social Lift Impact means DirecTV’s broadcast TV ads increased DirecTV’s social engagements by 130.9% in the two minutes following the start of an ad.


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The 8-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab A is receiving a price cut. The device is now available on eBay at a discounted price of only $100 which is $130 less than the original price of $230.
The brand new Galaxy Tab A 8.0 Wi-Fi edition is being sold by eBay in Smoky Titanium color with 16GB in-built storage and 1.5GB RAM. The product will be shipped with a free 1 year warranty.
Launched in 2015, the current deal is the best bargain for a Samsung device as powerful as this. Featuring a quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz, the Galaxy Tab A runs Android Lollipop OS. It features a 5MP rear camera and a 2MP selfie snapper. The battery on board is of 4200mAH capacity.
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Meanwhile, the 10-inch Galaxy Tab A (2016) was spotted on WiFi Alliance running Android Nougat OS hinting that Samsung is preparing to release the software update to the Tab.
I can’t believe that these specs were once flagship specs! Looking at today’s specs, these feel soooo outdated!
And this is exactly what someone will say about the current flagships in another two years 😐 Not exactly sure but its something called the Moore’s law 😀
Even for that price those specs seem pretty outdated and completely not worth buying even with the warranty there.Most tabs these days come with much better specs especially battery wise….
great deal!! if u r a multimedia enthusiast and not a very heavy user then this is a great tablet to go under budget!!
For those of you who are considering buying this,there’s not point in buying this now. A $100 with an additional 20 to 30 bucks, will fetch you a much better budget tab/smartphone.
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Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) had its price target raised by Griffin Securities from $330.00 to $334.00 in a research note issued to investors on Friday, Briefing.com Automated Import reports. The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the software company’s stock.
A number of other research analysts have also issued reports on ADBE. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on shares of Adobe from $340.00 to $350.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. JMP Securities restated a hold rating on shares of Adobe in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th. UBS Group restated a buy rating and issued a $360.00 target price on shares of Adobe in a research report on Friday. Nomura cut their target price on shares of Adobe from $315.00 to $310.00 and set a buy rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity set a $320.00 target price on shares of Adobe and gave the company a buy rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and seventeen have assigned a buy rating to the company. The stock currently has an average rating of Buy and a consensus price target of $319.19.
Adobe stock traded up $11.98 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $317.94. The company had a trading volume of 6,444,783 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,858,577. The firm has a market cap of $147.03 billion, a PE ratio of 48.47, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.74. Adobe has a one year low of $204.95 and a one year high of $321.73. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $294.50 and a 200 day moving average of $288.39.
In other news, CMO Ann Lewnes sold 3,000 shares of Adobe stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $269.71, for a total transaction of $809,130.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief marketing officer now directly owns 49,148 shares in the company, valued at $13,255,707.08. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders have sold 9,000 shares of company stock valued at $2,533,770 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.32% of the company’s stock.
Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. JJJ Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Adobe during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Hexavest Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Adobe by 58.2% in the 3rd quarter. Hexavest Inc. now owns 106 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares in the last quarter. Resources Investment Advisors LLC. boosted its stake in shares of Adobe by 94.3% in the 2nd quarter. Resources Investment Advisors LLC. now owns 103 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Massey Quick Simon & CO. LLC bought a new stake in Adobe during the 2nd quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, Venturi Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Adobe during the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.88% of the company’s stock.
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Al Haddad Motors, the authorised general distributor for Mercedes-Benz in Bahrain, has announced that Bahrain won a six-month sales competition among all other Middle Eastern competitors.
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Bahrain-based Al Haddad Motors has invited customers to test drive its Mercedes-Benz C-Class and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, throughout this month.
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A 19-year old Maryam Ahmed Al Khaja, an Emirati national won a brand new Mercedes-Benz E250 open-top sports car from the Sahara Centre in Sharjah, UAE, as part of its annual Spring Promotion.
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Ubisoft announced today that Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword has shipped for the PC. This is the first mission pack for the latest Rainbow Six game and follows the remnants of the terror network from Raven Shield.
Athena Sword features eight new missions that take place across the globe. There are five new multiplayer levels, seven additional weapons, and three updated classic missions from the original Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear. The mission pack also includes three new multiplayer game modes including: Adversarial Terror Hunt, Adversarial Scattered Hunt, and Capture the Enemy.
Athena Sword is available right now at a retail price of about 20 bucks. Keep it at IGN for the latest Rainbow Six news.


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Nintendo has announced a gain for a final entertain of a 2016 mercantile year, that are quite impending to new news as they enclose a initial central sales information on a new Switch console. Since it became accessible on Mar 3rd, Nintendo sole 2.74 million Switch units for a rest of a month — some-more than a 2 million a association prolonged confirmed it would boat in March. Nintendo also foresee sales of 10 million units for a stream financial year, definition it expects to have sole roughly 13 million sum by April.
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Making it easy for people to search for restaurants on mobile phones could be one of the fastest ways of attracting new customers, according to a new study on mobile search habits.
It's widely reported that by around 2014 the amount of search data consumed on mobile devices will surpass the amount of search taking place on desktop machines.
With 4G Mobile Networks now offering speeds comparable with home broadband, it's obvious to see how the amount of data consumed on-the-go will continue to rise.
But what are people using smart phones to search for? and how can this affect the restaurant industry? A new study by the market analysts Nielsen has shown that around 95 percent of smartphone users use their mobile devices to search for restaurants.
The study looked at the behavior on 6,000 Android and Apple devices and surveyed around 1,500 people. The most interesting figure for restaurants is that of the 95% of people who searched for restaurants on mobile devices 90 % would actually visit a restaurant within a day, even more striking is the fact 64 % of the 95 % would visit a restaurant 'immediately' or within one hour.
The study also found that although many users choose the mobile version of websites when surfing they much prefer to use apps. 70% of all the time spent engaging with restaurant content was done through a mobile app.
It shows the importance of having a presence online with mobile apps, mobile friendly websites and making sure restaurants are listed on popular apps such as Yelp. 3 out of 5 of those who took part in the study actually said they had no pre conceived idea of where to dine when they begin searching on mobile devices with Location, Price and Good Reviews all contributing to their final decision.
It's an interesting study that also goes into lots of detail about how tablets and mobiles are used very differently when it comes to searching online.


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The international business organizations Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Berlin and Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) have joined up to bring together German start-ups and Japanese commercial powerhouses.
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One of the world’s largest industrial trade fairs, the Hannover Messe, has welcomed back physical visitors after two years of online events due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Some 2500 participants will spend four days putting their innovations and ideas on display.
The first live presentation of the German Startup Awards following the coronavirus pandemic has taken place in Berlin. The winners, which are split into four categories and by gender, covered everything from mental health to recycling plastic to reusable drinks cups to corporate diversity.
As part of its drive to push connectivity in Germany, the government has pledged to dramatically expand the country’s fiber optic network, especially in rural and remote areas. Start-up One Fiber from the southwestern city of Mainz has an innovative idea for how to do this: use Germany’s extensive rail system.
Chipmaker Infineon tops the list of those honored at the 2022 German Innovation Awards in the large business category.
New space start-up Rocket Factory has been awarded joint first place in a two-year, EUR 25 million microlauncher competition held by the German Space Agency (DLR).
With political and environmental pressure growing to cut transportation-related CO2 emissions , newcomer Pepper Motion from the Bavarian capital wants to electrify diesel haulage trucks and busses. The start-up says that retrofitting is a crucial aspect of Germany reaching its ambitious greenhouse-gas reduction targets.
Wheel.Me from Oslo has designed what it says is the world’s first autonomous logistics wheel combining robotics, indoor navigation technology and data analytics. The scale-up has just taken this innovative idea to Germany, establishing a subsidiary near the logistics hub of Frankfurt.
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After some occasional investment in innovation, Ânima Educação decided to structure a venture capital fund. BRL 150 million will be invested in startups over the next 10 years. Ânima’s CVC will enter investment rounds from start-up companies, although controls could range from R $ 1 million to R $ 5 million – which would allow for eventual participation in Series A.
“The challenge for startups today is essentially to have money, management, customers and a differentiated core. The problem is that, many times, we find companies concerned with solving obsolete problems, which will become obsolete because the market has changed,” he says. Daniel Castanho, founding partner and chairman of the Soul Council. “We are looking for those who are concerned about understanding the future.”
- Vivo creates a fund of R $ 320 million to invest in startups
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About 30% of the funds will be allocated to the foundation of a venture builder, to help entrepreneurs with some experience to make their ideas, with Soul as a partner. The company itself has some theses to be tested, which now have another laboratory for this purpose.
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“When we look at edtechs, it’s very, very low-tech. There’s a lot of focus on formats and content in education and almost no new technology,” said Reynaldo Gama, CEO of HSM and SingularityU Brazil. in charge. “What we want is precisely to find innovation in a transversal way. We are talking about fintech, artificial intelligence, metaverse, everything related to the education of the future.”
Two years ago, the company had already founded an innovation center, Learning Village, which currently has 35 accelerated startups, in addition to funding and other industry companies involved in the ecosystem. Meanwhile, Ânima has also invested in MedRoom, which applies virtual reality to medical education, and in the Gamma Academy, which trains professionals in the fields of programming, design, marketing and sales.
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Samsung expands cloud gaming to its older smart TVs
- Samsung is bringing cloud gaming apps to its 2021 smart TVs.
- The new apps will include the likes of Xbox Cloud Gaming, Amazon Luna, GeForce Now, and more.
- Samsung’s gaming TV hub won’t be included.
Samsung has been dipping its toe into cloud gaming since announcing its gaming hub earlier this year. However, it was a feature that the company only enabled for its 2022 smart TVs. But soon owners of Samsung’s 2021 smart TVs will be able to join in the fun too.
Today, Samsung announced that it is expanding access to cloud gaming apps on select 2021 TV models. The rollout is planned to start next week and will continue until the end of the year.
This rollout will see a number of cloud gaming services come to older Samsung TVs including Xbox Cloud Gaming, Amazon Luna, GeForce Now, and a few other apps. In addition, the TVs will support a majority of Bluetooth controllers.
In the company’s announcement, Head of Product, Mike Lucero said:
When Samsung Gaming Hub rolled out earlier this year on 2022 TV models, the number one question we received was ‘when is game streaming coming to my 2021 TV?’ Today we’re happy to share with our eager fans that they’ll be able to play the games they love before the end of the year. With any leading Bluetooth-enabled gaming controller and internet connection, millions of players will be able to access an expansive library of games ranging from the best AAAs to the hottest indies and retro games directly through partner apps on select 2021 Smart TVs, making Samsung devices a preferred destination for game streaming.”
If you’re an NVIDIA GeForce Now RTX 3080 member, Samsung also says that you’ll able to stream up to 4K at 60 frames per second natively on compatible Samsung TVs.
Unfortunately, these apps won’t be coming to every 2021 Samsung smart TV, only select models. These models include:
Earlier this year, Samsung launched a gaming hub for its 2022 smart TVs. This hub brings all of your game streaming apps together and acts as a launch point. The hub won’t be a part of this rollout, however. The rollout will only bring individual game streaming apps to these TVs.


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A week ago today, the Rocky Rococo's on Silvernail Road had its biggest sales day of the year - on Valentine's Day, a holiday more often associated with boxes of chocolates than with boxes of pizza.
That's because every Valentine's Day, Rocky Rococo's stores sell special heart-shaped pizzas.
Valentine's pizza sold this year came in a heart-shaped box with a heart-shaped balloon attached. Prices started at $11.99 for a cheese pizza. Each customer alsoreceived ascratch-off coupon for a future visit.
Last Thursday, the Silvernail restaurant sold somewhere between 270 and 290 heart-shaped pizzas, along with about 35 large pizzas and 10 t o 12 small pizzas, according to assistant manager Rafael Moreno.
On a more typical Thursday night, the business would usually sell anywhere between 12 and 36 full-sized pizzas. Roughly, that means the business sold around 10 times more pizzas than it usually does.
This year, in an effort to manage the craziness, the restaurant limited the number of pre-orders it accepted to 10 per half-hour slot.
The change helped a lot, Moreno said; last year, a lot of orders were running late, as opposed to this year, when only a few pre-order customers had to wait for any length of time.
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Your Workout Could Soon Be Taxed!
Despite plenty of public opposition-including a burpee flash mob, a zen protest, and a #DontTaxWellness Twitter campaign-Washington D.C.'s city council voted last week to apply a new sales tax to gym and yoga studio memberships. The tax goes into effect October 1 and will apply D.C.'s 5.75 percent sales tax to services. (That's about $4 tacked onto a monthly $75 fee, or $1.75 on top of each $30 class.)
To be clear, the tax isn't actually singling out fitness activities; car washes, carpet cleaners, storage lockers, and bowling alleys are among other businesses affected. (Currently, D.C. taxes "goods," and this expansion is designed to include "services.") But many city residents-including Mayor Vince Gray-think the city should make an exception for health-related investments. Opponents of the new tax also point out that there are still plenty of services that aren't included in the expansion, including those provided by lawyers, accountants, doctors, registered dietitians, and physical therapists.
"Certainly the amount of money generated around the fitness industry would pale in comparison to what you'd get from a tax around those legal and financial services, or even on a much smaller sales tax on all professional services," says Graham Melstrand, vice president of corporate affairs for the nonprofit American Council on Exercise, which opposes the tax.
So why did the budget proposal pass? It's backed by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute and the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, and supporters say that sales tax regulations need to expand to provide income tax cuts to those who need them, and to keep the overall sales tax rate from going up elsewhere. And it's not that unusual, either: More than 20 states (and some local governments, like New York City's) already apply a tax to certain types of health and fitness memberships.
The problem: No studies have been done on the before-and-after effects of such taxes on the overall welfare of residents, says Melstrand. "It's probably not enough to make a family decide not to go to the gym anymore; I think they'll pay it begrudgingly," he says. "The bigger problem is the message that it sends: that taking personal responsibility for your health through prevention isn't something that's valued."
What do you think? Tell us in the comments below (especially if you're in D.C.!) or tweet us at @Shape_Magazine.


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The buyer has been complaining about twice charged while buying a new Tesla. The buyers are trying to get in touch with the company and yet there is no response or way of getting their money back. Tesla has a huge fan following across the globe but situations like these have taken a toll where from YouTube to Twitter everyone is complaining about being scammed buying EVs.
Tesla sells vehicles through its website and at the time of checking out there are the number of payment option appears such as ACH transfer, financing, bitcoin, wire transfer, or more to pay for the EV. More people have been scammed by Tesla. The customers have been charged twice for their new vehicle due to some error that stated it will be resolved immediately but it lead to months.
The customer’s tried reaching the sales department, delivery department, service center to get a solution for these issues but they haven’t had any resolution. Tesla at first hasn’t entertained these issues from multiple buyers but recently they have looked into the issue it comes as a software glitch. The irony is Tesla runs on advanced tech and this kind of issue shows raises doubt and declines Tesla’s reputation.


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NAMDEVCO wants to train exporters to meet US import guidelines for fresh produce in an effort to get their products into that market.
CEO Nirmala Debysingh Persad made this revelation as she appeared before a Public Accounts Committee today.
She explains what the training would entail.
Mrs Debysingh Persad is optimistic that the benefits will trickle down to the farmers themselves.
The PAC, led by UNC MP Dr Bhoe Tewarie, is examining NAMDEVCO’s audited financial statements for 2008 to 2011.


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The total number of documented non-fungible token (NFT) sales in the last 30 days was about 362,374 sales. The leading NFT marketplace Opensea transacted $2.39 billion in the last 30 days, a 22.88 percent increase from the previous month. Since last month, Decentraland volume has increased by 192 percent, hitting more than $28 million in sales.
Metaverse and NFT Steam Continues to Produce High-Quality and Expensive Collectibles
The metaverse and non-fungible token (NFT) excitement has remained high in the final month of the year. Decentraland and The Sandbox have handled a large number of sales in the recent week.
According to seven-day sales figures, The Sandbox made $19.3 million, while Decentraland made $6.6 million. According to 30-day sales figures, Decentraland’s $28 million in revenue is about 200 percent higher than the previous month.
While Opensea experienced a 22.88 percent increase in sales this month, Solana’s Magic Eden marketplace saw an 86.9 percent increase in monthly sales of $148.86 million. Superrare’s 30-day sales of $26 million increased its value by 15% since last month.
Atomicmarket, a Wax blockchain NFT marketplace, saw $38.96 million in sales, a 73 percent decrease. Rarible’s NFT market sales fell 4.5 percent last month, totaling $18.27 million. Foundation’s monthly sales were $10.38 million (down 11.94 percent), while Aavegotchi’s sales were $5.78 million (down 35 percent ).
Despite online conversations about Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT floor pricing rising just above Cryptopunk (CP) NFT floor values, the greatest sale this month was Cryptopunk #4156, which sold for 2.5K ETH or $10.35 million at the time of sale.
Furthermore, Cryptopunk #9953, which sold for 399.69 ETH or $1.57 million, was the sixth-largest sale this month. While CP floor pricing are slightly higher than BAYC floor prices, they are almost equal at 52 to 53.5 ether per NFT. At the time of writing, CP’s daily media price (56 ETH) is greater than BAYC’s daily median value (55 ETH).
This month’s most expensive BAYC sale was Bored Ape Yacht Club #9452, which sold for $1.42 million or 347 ether. Furthermore, four weeks earlier, Bored Ape Yacht Club #9449 sold for 285 ether, or $1.17 million.
While five CPs were among the top 15 most costly NFT sales this month, only two BAYCs were among the top 15. Another major transaction in the recent 30 days was the acquisition of Axie Infinity #1157920892 for 550 ETH, or $2.33 million. In the last 30 days, the top 15 NFT sales totaled $41.56 million.


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Ramco Cements reported an 18% fall in quarterly profit on Tuesday as a rise in fuel, power and other input costs outpaced demand at the Indian cement maker.
Net profit after tax for Chennai, Tamil Nadu-based Ramco fell to 673.9 million rupees ($8.15 million) for the third quarter ended Dec. 31, from 825.7 million rupees, a year earlier, according to an exchange filing.
Total expenses climbed 33% to 19.21 billion rupees, led by an increase in power and fuel costs, while the company posted a 29% growth in sale of products.
Ramco sold products worth 19.91 billion rupees in the reported quarter.
Higher global petcoke and coal prices, as well as power and fuel expenses that had crimped margins for cement producers in the second quarter had a lingering impact on their bottomline for the reported quarter as well.
Ramco's rival and India's top cement maker UltraTech Cement also last month reported a 38% slump in profit for the December quarter due to a surge in expenses.
Costs of petcoke and coal have since eased from their highs and will likely moderate further this quarter and beyond, setting cement producers up for a better 2023 after a lacklustre 2022, analysts have said.
Earlier this month the Indian government unveiled a bigger budget of 39.45 trillion rupees ($529.7 billion) for the coming fiscal year, stepping up investments on highways and affordable housing.
Ramco, however, still sees fierce competition as rivals increase capacity, and after conglomerate Adani Group raised stakes by buying Ambuja Cements and ACC, analysts have said.
Shares in Ramco, which has shed around 30% last year, climbed as much as 1.9% on Tuesday. ($1 = 82.7190 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam in Chennai; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee)


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CHICAGO, Jan. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced its 2013 CEO of the Year, E. Hunter Harrison of Canadian Pacific. Morningstar annually recognizes a chief executive who exhibits exemplary corporate stewardship, demonstrates independent thinking, creates lasting value for shareholders, and has put his or her stamp on an industry. Tune into CNBC's "Nightly Business Report" this evening to watch an interview with Harrison.
The two other nominees for Morningstar's 2013 CEO of the Year award were Darren Gee of Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. and John Martin of Gilead Science Inc.
"This year's nominees have demonstrated sound stewardship practices on behalf of their firms' shareholders," Heather Brilliant, head of global equity and corporate credit research for Morningstar, said. "We selected Mr. Harrison as this year's winner because Canadian Pacific has produced outstanding results since his appointment as CEO in June 2012. Harrison has now transformed three railroads in his career, and along the way forged a new standard of profitability in a two-centuries-old industry.
"It would be difficult to identify another company leader who has revolutionized operations within a mature, asset-intensive industry several times over. Earlier in his career, Harrison steered both the Canadian National and Illinois Central railways to industry-leading margins. His actions in 2013 improved operations for the benefit of Canadian Pacific employees, customers, and shareholders, and positioned the firm for future success."
Harrison has been a powerful catalyst for change at Canadian Pacific:
- Following his appointment, Harrison streamlined leadership, operating practices, and assets, both human and steel. He replaced nearly all senior leadership, decreased the work force by 27 percent, and reduced company-controlled railcars and locomotives by 35 percent and 43 percent, respectively.
- He relocated the firm's headquarters from downtown Calgary, Alberta to the firm's Ogden Yard, a move that cut costs but also keeps Canadian Pacific's focus on freight operations front and center for corporate employees.
- The firm is on track to produce a nearly 30 percent operating margin in 2013 and targets a 35 percent margin in 2014, a figure nearly double 2011's level. Shares have soared to CAD 160.65 as of Dec. 31, 2013, far above the CAD 70 price in January 2012 when public correspondence between the firm's board and activist investor Pershing Square mentioned Harrison's name as a potential new CEO. In 2013, Canadian Pacific's 61 percent total return dwarfed the returns of the S&P 500 (32 percent) and the Dow Jones Transportation Index (41 percent).
"Remarkably, Harrison has made these changes to Canadian Pacific's business without harming customer service," Brilliant added. "The firm's higher margins and greater return on invested capital will generate additional free cash flow, which can be invested in a virtuous cycle to enhance safety, operations, and customer service, thereby driving down costs even further. We believe this trend will enhance Canadian Pacific's cost advantage—a key source of its Wide 'Economic Moat' rating. The firm's wide economic moat is also based on efficient scale; Canadian Pacific has a difficult-to-replicate network of track and assets and operates in an industry effectively served by existing participants."
Morningstar's Economic Moat™ rating is a proprietary measure of a company's sustainable competitive advantages, and Morningstar assigns each company a rating of Wide, Narrow, or None. A company can obtain an economic moat through five primary sources: Efficient Scale (a limited market where there is little incentive for new entrants), Network Effect (a situation where incremental customers add value for existing customers), Cost Advantage (allowing a company a greater profit margin and/or the ability to steal market share), Intangible Assets (e.g. patents or strong brands), and Switching Costs (making it costly in time and/or money for customers to switch providers).
Morningstar introduced its CEO of the Year award in January 2000. Winners are chosen by senior members of Morningstar's equity analyst team based on their in-depth independent research.
About Morningstar, Inc.
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors. Morningstar provides data on approximately 437,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 10 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its registered investment advisor subsidiaries and has approximately $176 billion in assets under advisement or management as of Sept. 30, 2013. The company has operations in 27 countries.
The references to Canadian Pacific in this press release should not be considered a solicitation by Morningstar to buy shares of that company.
©2014 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Carling Spelhaug, +1 312-696-6150 or [email protected]
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SYS-CON Events announced today that G2G3 will exhibit at SYS-CON's @DevOpsSummit Silicon Valley, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Based on a collective appreciation for user experience, design, and technology, G2G3 is uniquely qualified and motivated to redefine how organizations and people engage in an increasingly digital world.
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Puppet Labs has announced the next major update to its flagship product: Puppet Enterprise 2015.2. This release includes new features providing DevOps teams with clarity, simplicity and additional management capabilities, including an all-new user interface, an interactive graph for visualizing infrastructure code, a new unified agent and broader infrastructure support.
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Dethleffs awarded “German Fairness Prize” yet again
For the second year in a row, the Allgäu-based manufacturer has been voted the “fairest” company in the industry – of all motorhome manufacturers, Dethleffs has come out on top once again in the initiative run by the news channel n-tv and the German Institute for Service Quality.
As the overall winner in the “Motorhome Manufacturers” category, the Isny-based company Dethleffs was awarded the “German Fairness Prize 2018” in Berlin yesterday for the second year in a row. “It’s one thing to achieve a high standard, but quite another to maintain it,” says Dethleffs’ Managing Director Alexander Leopold, who accepted the award at the Bertelsmann Representative Offices in Berlin.
“We were already incredibly proud when we were awarded this prize for the first time last year, because it reflects our commitment to being a friend of the family. We are all the more delighted that we’ve managed to show our customers that our efforts are not just temporary, but permanent. True friends are loyal, reliable and fair, which is precisely what we want to be for our customers. Receiving this award yet again underlines that,” Leopold is pleased to say.
“In particular, we are indebted to all of our staff and trading partners for the incredible job they have done in recent years, and all credit goes to them.”
This is the fifth time that the German Fairness Prize has been jointly awarded by the news channel n-tv and the German Institute for Service Quality (DISQ). An extensive survey of German consumers provides the basis for this award. Some 50,000 consumers were asked for their opinion about 547 companies and to assess how fairly these companies treat their customers. Does the company offer fair prices that ensure value for money? Does it provide information about product features, contractual services and pricing? And is the company reliable – both in terms of the reliability of its products and services, as well as its response to problems and complaints?
In a total of 46 categories, awards were given to the two to three “fairest” companies in the view of consumers. The Allgäu-based manufacturer of leisure vehicles was one of the award winners of the evening and was voted into 1st place as the overall winner among motorhome manufacturers, whilst also coming out on top in the individual categories of “Value for money” and “Reliability”. “The thing that all the award winners share in common is that they treat their customers extremely fairly and set standards in their industry,” explains Hans Demmel, Managing Director of n-tv. “The German Fairness Prize therefore raises awareness and serves as a vital guide for all consumers.”


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belk inc-cl b (BLKIB) Key Developments
Belk to Launch Store at Bel Air in Mobile
Jul 23 15
Rouse Properties reported it has signed a lease with Belk to open a new 237,000-square-foot store at The Shoppes at Bel Air in Mobile, Alabama. In a release, the company noted that Belk will be taking the place of an existing Sears, and expanding on its already integral presence at The Shoppes at Bel Air. Rouse also announced it will commence a complete transformation of the center including the redevelopment of enclosed mall space into an engaging streetscape with retail and high-volume restaurant concepts fronting on Airport Boulevard.
Belk Attracts Bid
Jul 6 15
Reuters reports that Belk Inc. (OTCBB:BLKI.B) is the target of a more than $3 billion bid from private equity firm Sycamore Partners.
Sycamore Partners Reportedly Mulls Acquisition Of Stakes In Belk
Jul 2 15
Sycamore Partners reportedly is seeking acquisition of stakes in Belk Inc. (OTCBB:BLKI.B). Sycamore Partners is preparing an offer for Belk Inc. that could value the U.S. department store chain at between $3 billion and $3.5 billion, including debt, and become the buyout firm's largest deal, people familiar with the matter said on July 2, 2015. Sycamore Partners is in the process of finalizing financing arrangements for a potential acquisition of Belk, the people said. The family that owns Belk is expected to make a decision on whether to sell the company this month, the people added. Private equity firms TPG Capital, L.P., KKR & Co. L.P. (NYSE:KKR), Bain Capital, LLC and Golden Gate Capital considered offers for Belk earlier, according to the people. The sources asked not to be identified because the sale process is confidential. Sycamore, Belk, TPG, KKR, Bain and Golden Gate declined to comment. In the fiscal year that ended January 31 2015, Belk generated revenue of $4.1 billion.
Belk Inc. Announces Unaudited Consolidated Earnings Results for the First Quarter Ended May 2, 2015
May 29 15
Belk Inc. announced unaudited consolidated earnings results for the first quarter ended May 2, 2015. For the quarter, the company's net sales were $985.0 million, compared to $955.1 million in the prior year period. On a comparable store basis, net sales increased 3.3%. Net income was $21.8 million compared to $19.3 million in the prior-year period. Net income excluding non-comparable items totaled $24.6 million compared to $19.4 million in the prior year period. Operating income was $44.4 million against $41.0 million for the same period a year ago. Income before income taxes was $10.7 million against $10.2 million for the same period a year ago.
Belk Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 27, 2015
Apr 23 15
Belk Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 27, 2015., at 11:00 US Eastern Standard Time. Location: Mint Museum UPTOWN, 500 South Tryon Street. Agenda: To elect the nine Directors nominated by the board of directors to serve one-year terms; to approve, on an advisory basis, executive compensation of the named executive officers, often referred to as a say on pay ; to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2016; and to consider and act upon any other matters that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.


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Another study has found that consumption of even one soft drink daily may be associated with increased negative behavior in young children. A study of almost 3000 5-year-olds showed that those who drank 1-4 pops daily (that's unbelievable! ...my 9-year old probably drinks 1 or 2 a year!) were significantly more aggressive than their peers who drank no soda. Further, those who consumed 2+ servings were more withdrawn, and those who drank 4+ servings had more attention problems. These associations remained even after the researchers adjusted for candy or fruit juice consumption and for a variety of social factors.
According to the researchers, more pop per capita is sold in the US than in any other country, and past research has suggested its consumption is linked to aggression, depression, and even suicidal thoughts in adolescents.
Keep in mind that the group studied were 5-year olds. Why they are getting even one pop daily?! No one, even adults, should be consuming a daily pop. The occasional one is probably fairly harmless, but not daily.
Unfortunately, the researchers were not able to identify if these results were due to specific ingredients (such as caffeine, sugar, artificial colours or sweeteners, etc.), or if drinking pop means the kids aren't drinking more nutritious drinks or meals because they're full from the pop.
Source: Soft Drinks Consumption Is Associated with Behavior Problems in 5-Year-Olds
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