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Weeks ahead of the first South African grape exports of the season, the South African Table Grape Industry (SATI) released a strong statement on September 22. Producers expect a much better season than the previous one.
Last season was one of the toughest since the post-deregulation era two decades ago. Increases in production costs, transportation costs and logistical challenges have put considerable pressure on producers.
“Producers and stakeholders have been planning proactively, assessing how to improve on-farm quality and mitigate as much risk as possible during product transportation,” SATI officials say. “The focus has been on developing and improving collaborative working relationships within the industry to help overcome the challenges faced last season.”
To prepare for the upcoming season, SATI has worked closely with a number of national trade organizations to proactively mitigate these challenges. Dedicated technical support teams help growers deliver top quality grapes.
SATI indicates continuous improvements in on-farm production, including:
• Post-harvest protocols and product handling
• Quality and crop control
• Monitoring and maintaining optimal cold room temperatures. In collaboration with producers and exporters, SATI is currently developing a cold chain project to monitor temperatures from the packing station to the market.
• Packing stations. Whenever possible, growers pack their own fruit in on-farm packing facilities – a significant investment of capital and resources that demonstrates growers’ ongoing commitment to growing and exporting quality produce.
Market access progress
South African exports of table grapes have increased year on year for the past five years. In fact, over the past four years, exports to the EU have grown by 6% in compound annual growth rate (CAGR).
UK exports remained stable, posting a 4% increase in CAGR over the same period. Exports to Canada have increased by 19% CAGR over the past four years. Exports to the United States have increased by 40% CAGR over the same period and the industry is eager to expand this market further.
Compared to other producing countries in the southern hemisphere, South Africa has the advantage of being close to Europe and of free trade agreements with the European Union and the United Kingdom.
Continued expansion into Southeast Asian markets remains one of SATI’s strategic objectives, and significant progress has been made in the Philippines. SATI’s Chinese market development campaign was successfully launched two years ago and continued last season despite Covid-19 restrictions in China.
Consolidation of cultivars
To stay in line with global market trends, South African growers have phased out less popular cultivars to plant more new generation cultivars. Global consumption trends indicate a preference for white seedless grapes, and South Africa’s 2022 National Vine Census shows growers have kept pace with this trend.
The coming season
Mecia Peterson, head of market development and communications at SATI, said on September 23 that her group will publish its first harvest estimate in October. In general, “the climate has been good for producers”.
The first grape exports from South Africa are shipped in October. There are five shipping zones. In order of their seasonal maritime succession, these are the Northern Province, the Orange River, the Olifants River, the Berg River and the Hex River.
Peterson said around 75% of South Africa’s grape exports go to the EU and UK. India, the United States and Canada are other markets.
Based at the Montreal headquarters of Capespan North America, Mark Greenberg, president, said his company imports grapes from South Africa, Peru, Chile for the US and Canadian markets. Capespan ships its first African grapes from Namibia to the UK, Europe and Canada in November.


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Miley Cyrus twerking onstage at the 2013 VMAs had nothing over FUSE, the cable network that last September had 350 people twerking simultaneously in New York City’s Herald Square to promote the launch of Big Freedia’s “Queen of Bounce” TV show. The event achieved 88 broadcast hits and made three New York dailies, including the NY Post, Newsday and AM New York, and set the Guinness World Record for the most people twerking simultaneously.
“Loads of people come to us every week with ideas to test records,” Peter Harper, svp Americas at Guinness World Records, says. “Five years ago companies got savvy to the fact that if they attempted a world record, they could get publicity for it. It generates amazing press coverage and great news.”
FUSE is just one brand that in recent years has turned to Guinness World Records to achieve a marketing goal. Here are four more ways brands have leveraged the publicity of record breaking to impressive effect:
1. Caused-based campaigns: Kaiser Permanente, Colgate and UK-based costume company Escapade all have worked with GWR to generate awareness for initiatives such as cancer screenings, dental health or injured servicemen, respectively.
To celebrate the launch of its Colgate Total Advanced Pro-Shield mouthwash, Colgate last summer teamed up with the Make-A-Wish foundation to encourage people to “swish” for a difference—and set a record for the most people using mouthwash simultaneously: 1,142. The event took place at Times Square in New York City, with TV personality Stacy Keibler leading the record attempt. Colgate donated $1 to the charity for every participant in attendance. The stunt drew 94 million in media impressions with high-profile placements on TV shows such as “The View,” CBS’s “Live from the Couch” and “E! News.”
2. Milestones and anniversaries: Companies such as 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Friendly’s Ice Cream and Mary Kay have all leveraged a GWR attempt to pay homage to their longevity and heritage. 20th Century Fox hosted a record attempt for the “Longest Marathon Watching Television” to celebrate “The Simpson’s” 500th episode.
3. Fan engagement: Many brands have engaged fans with GWR, including the California Angels, Raytheon, the Kansas City Chiefs, Sacramento Kings and more. The California Angels, a client for four years, has promoted fan spirit by attempting records for the Most People Wearing Wigs, Most People Wearing Snuggies, Most People Wearing Cowboy Hats and Most People Wearing Costume Hats.
4. Brand Awareness: TiVo’s TV watching marathon at CES earlier this year along with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ largest financial literacy lesson in Sept. 2013 raised brand awareness with key audiences. POM Wonderful broke the record for the longest inflatable beach ball relay at the Wynn Hotel’s Encore Beach Club to launch its juice blends.

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Frank Cox, former CEO of Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods, Arkansas' largest advertising agency, is devoting his time to a new company. As founder and CEO of the Stratos Group, Cox promises customers "Marketing expertise. Not overhead."
And, because of his business model, he feels it's a promise the company is able to keep.
"I am not trying to be Cranford Johnson. I am not trying to be Stone Ward," Cox told Outtakes, referring to the largest agencies in the state. "I am trying to find a few clients that appreciate my experience and the experience of my colleagues."
Though the Stratos Group has only three on staff, including Cox, he explained that its model "doesn't require a large staff. We have a core of expertise and can reach outside and bring in other expertise in an on-demand fashion as needed."
The Stratos Group operates within the accounting firm Frazer Frost and works with it directly on in-house jobs, but still retains the ability to work for other businesses.
Cox, who resigned from CJRW in 2004, remained in the advertising industry even before beginning the Stratos Group. In 2005, Cox bought into EnVision Marketing Group, a supermarket checkout conveyer belt advertising agency. Originally based in Rogers, the company had moved to Little Rock by the time Cox bought out Joe Molinaro to become one of the company's five owners.


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William Grant and Sons say they remain committed to bottling Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey at Annerville, Clonmel, following the recent announcement that the company is investing in a new, state of-the-art pot still whiskey and malt whiskey distillery in Tullamore, bringing whiskey production back to the town for the first time since the original distillery closed in 1954.
“This announcement is great news for the brand. Sales of Tullamore Dew are growing by 15% each year and building our own distillery will secure our production needs for the long term. We remain committed to bottling at Clonmel and that is not going to change as a result of this announcement”, a company spokesperson told The Nationalist.
The company employs more than 60 people at its Clonmel facility.
Work on the new Tullamore distillery, a €35 million investment that will utilise the latest in green technology, is scheduled to begin later this year, subject to planning permission, and will support in the region of 100 construction jobs during the two-year building phase. When combined with the new Tullamore Dew Visitor Centre, scheduled to open next September, the total number employed by the firm in the town will rise to around 25.
William Grant and Sons bought the brand from C&C almost two years ago.
Tullamore Dew is currently one of the fastest growing Irish whiskey brands, almost doubling worldwide sales to almost 700,000 cases since 2005. It is the largest selling Irish whiskey in many markets in Northern and Central Europe while in several countries, including Denmark, Czech Republic and Latvia, it is the largest selling whiskey of any type.


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Two Spencer’s TV & Appliance customers were awarded major shopping sprees at its original location in Mesa recently.
Patti Everts of Scottsdale and Richard Holmes of Peoria each won $10,000 to spend at the store for being its 4 millionth transaction.
John Polainer, the Scottsdale location’s general manager, gave them certificates. He also served as the salesperson who sold Everts her appliances at the Scottsdale store.
Everts’ prize-winning trip was her first visit to Spencer’s.
“I bought a whole new kitchen,” Everts said gleefully. “I bought everything that a kitchen should be—a washer and dryer, refrigerator, microwave and dishwasher, the whole kitchen.”
Everts said she’s never won anything like this. At first, she thought the phone call from Spencer’s was a trick.
“I received a phone call in the afternoon, and I thought I was punked; I really did,” Everts said matter of factly. “I didn’t know the person calling me. I didn’t recognize the number on my cellphone. I was trying to be excited for him, but I didn’t want to be super excited and be wrong.
“Then John (Polainer), my salesperson, calls me about an hour later and congratulated me and then I knew it was real.”
Everts is not sure how she will spend her $10,000, but she’s excited to return to Spencer’s when she is ready.
Holmes is a long-time customer of Spencer’s and was also surprised that he had won.
“One of the managers let me know,” Holmes said. “I was surprised and right after that the salesman called me.”
To enter into the competition, Holmes bought a new stove and refrigerator. He bought all of his appliances at Spencer’s in the last 15 years.
Holmes had also never won something to the magnitude of this prize.
“My first experience with them was really good and every experience since has been great so I just keep coming back,” Holmes said.
He already used most of the gift on more appliances and will finish + using the winnings and continue to be “a Spencer’s customer forever.”
“We got another new stove and another new refrigerator, and a deep freezer and a TV. Now we’re just waiting to get some more stuff,” Holmes said.
After buying a new stove, Holmes sold his other one but now has three refrigerators and a freezer in his house.
Spencer’s has 10 Valleywide locations that are practicing social distancing during the pandemic and offers virtual listings of its appliances on its website.
Polainer was happy to award the winners and is hopeful that by next year the company will have reached the 5 millionth transaction mark.


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To the residents of New Canaan,
With the cases of coronavirus actively increasing in our town, I am writing to encourage all seniors not to go the grocery store where you could be exposed to this new virus, putting you at higher risk of becoming ill, or where you may be endangering others. Instead, participate in the Volunteer Shopper Program, a partnership between the town and Walter Stewart’s Market. This action is critical to the health and safety of our seniors, but also in the best interest of all town residents.
The CDC has repeatedly stated that, “Older adults and people with underlying medical conditions are at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness.” While it is difficult to calculate the number of cases in the United States at this time, early analysis shows that an estimated 60% of victims requiring hospitalization have been adults age 65 and older.
An important part of our work at Staying Put is providing social activities for seniors. So I recognize that, for some, a trip to the grocery store is a social outing. The store is a welcoming environment and affords an opportunity to see friends.


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Investopedia Advisor submits: I like Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F). Yes, I like Ford based on the obvious contrarian rationale – because so few do. Of course, current investor aversion alone is insufficient reason to like any investment. I like Ford for other reasons as well.
To be sure, the reasons to dislike Ford are legitimate and well-documented: The automaker posted a $797 million loss in North American operations in the second quarter, running the total to $1.1 billion for the year. Sales of its F-series trucks, a mainstay of its automotive profits, tumbled 9.7 % in June and are down 2 % this year.
On the financial side, Ford’s $150 billion debt is near junk status, its dividend has been halved, its stock is trading at a 14-year low, and it’s expected to burn $3 billion of its $23 billion cash horde this year.
Other reasons are illegitimate and, therefore, unpersuasive. To wit: Ford doesn’t sell vehicles people want. Fact is, Ford posted $178 billion in sales in 2005, twice as many as Honda (NYSE:HMC) and putative General Motors (NYSE:GM) savior Carlos Ghosn’s Nissan (OTCPK:NSANY).
Despite $3-a-gallon gasoline, Ford’s F-150 trucks are the still the world’s best-selling vehicles.
Another illegitimate reason is the exaggerated fear of the industry’s 500-pound gorilla, Toyota (NYSE:TM). Make no mistake about it, the Japanese leviathan is formidable, posting trailing twelve months earnings of $11.8 billion. And while Ford sales slid in the first half of 2006, Toyota’s rose 9.8 %.
But Toyota isn’t perfection incarnate. It recently recalled 420,000 vehicles globally, including some Echo and Prius models sold in the U.S., over a faulty engine part. Toyota is also readily beatable on the highly competitive racetrack.
Despite spending $500 million annually on its Formula One racing effort, Toyota has yet to win a race and is consistently bettered by smaller, lesser-funded rivals Renault, Ferrari, and DaimlerChrysler’s (DCX) McLaren.
The question isn’t whether Toyota or other profitable auto manufacturers are better run than Ford; the answer is obvious. The question is, what is the margin of superiority, and what are the odds that the margin will be maintained? To answer this question you need to discern the product from the investment.
Consider this: Lowly Fiat (NYSEARCA:FIA), the automotive archetype of manufacturing ineptitude and shoddy workmanship, has been one of the top automotive performers over the past two years. Why? Fiat is improving and has more room to improve than its competitors.
And so does Ford, which has risen from even deeper abysses than the one it currently finds itself. Chrysler wasn’t the only U.S. automobile manufacturer teetering on bankruptcy in the early 1980s. Ford was too as sales for Granadas and LTDs languished during a time the Japanese flooded the market with reliable, economical vehicles.
Ford’s response, unlike Chrysler’s, which was to importune the federal government for a billion-dollar loan, was to hit the design board. The result: the Taurus, the best-selling automobile through the late 1980s and much of the 1990s, and a reversal of fortunes.
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At the time of release Stephen Brown did not own any shares in any of the companies mentioned in this article.


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ChatGPT is turning one and we thought - what better than to run through the exciting highlights of its first year?
November 30, 2022: OpenAI's landmark release of ChatGPT, a large language model-based chatbot, marks a significant milestone. ChatGPT rapidly gained popularity, attracting over one million users within five days of its release, a feat that took Twitter two years to achieve.
December 2022: ChatGPT makes history as the fastest-growing consumer internet application, reaching an estimated 100 million users in just a few months. This unprecedented growth signifies ChatGPT's impact on the AI industry and consumer technology.
January 26, 2023: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) to improve transparency and trust in AI development and usage.
February 1, 2023: OpenAI announced ChatGPT Plus, offering premium features to users.
March 1, 2023: Introduction of the ChatGPT API for developers, enabling integration in various applications.
March 14, 2023: Launch of GPT-4, enhancing ChatGPT's capabilities in reliability, creativity, and problem-solving.
March 22, 2023: A letter of AI concern signed by notable tech figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, highlights societal-scale risks from generative AI.
October 30, 2023: President Joe Biden signs an executive order on AI safety, security, and trust, establishing new standards and guidelines.
November 2023: ChatGPT celebrates its first anniversary, showcasing a year of significant growth and impact.
- ChatGPT has been a driving force in making generative AI a mainstream concept, significantly influencing enterprise software decisions and sparking large-scale AI experimentation.
- McKinsey predicts that generative AI solutions, like ChatGPT, could contribute up to $4.4 trillion to the global economy annually.
- Ethical, copyright, and security considerations surrounding generative AI have been increasingly debated, with efforts to establish guidelines and mitigate risks.
A year ago, ChatGPT was the primary choice for consumers and developers seeking large language model (LLM) interaction. Now, the landscape brims with both open and closed source alternatives, including Microsoft Bing, Google Bard, and offerings from startups such as Anthropic Claude, Inflection Pi, and perplexity.ai. There are also multiple options for developers, including APIs from Amazon Web Services, Azure, Cohere, Google Cloud, Hugging Face, OpenAI, and many others.
We look forward to seeing how the landscape of generative AI will evolve in the coming 12 months. As more providers emerge we expect to see competing solutions push each other forward and propel the innovation within generative AI even further.
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Continuing with the trend of groundbreaking developments in the AI field, we at Applai are thrilled to announce the launch of a highly anticipated resource in AI education – the book "AI i gymnasiet" (AI in High School). This book, released by researcher Sine Zambach and published by Praxis Forlag, explores practical approaches and fundamental concepts of artificial intelligence in the context of high school education.Our contribution to this book is a testament to Applai's commitment to advancing AI knowledge and application.
We are particularly proud to have our chatbot solution demonstrated in the book, showcasing how our solution works. The book "AI i gymnasiet" is available for free until the end of the year, a wonderful opportunity for those interested in understanding and implementing AI in educational settings. 🎉📚🤖 For more details and to access the book, please visit: aiigymnasiet.praxis.dk.
After a wonderful trip to Greenland, we are happy to share that our collaboration and partnership with Inova continues. Inova is a Greenland based consultancy focused on Innovation, Development, Growth and Analytics. With the expertise from Applai, they are developing new and exciting AI solutions for the Greenland market.
We are super happy to be part of this collaboration and can't wait to tell you more very soon. Psst, the image below is just a teaser - the video is not yet public ;)
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Yet the negative connotation associated with this phenomenon is no longer appropriate.
Over the last decade, it has become possible to browse online photos and personal details of thousands of potential mail order brides, with these women located throughout Russia, Ukraine and the other republics of the former USSR, plus Asia and Latin America all of whom can be emailed instantly.
In Asia, many international brides coming from developing countries in the continent are faced with unemployment, malnutrition and inflation, with the majority of them hailing from the Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Taiwan and China; however, economic factors are not the only driving force for Asian girls to enter the mail order industry.
The concept of contracting for a picture bride sight unseen originated over 100 years ago, from Japan to Hawaii, China to California and Europe to the Midwest.
One group got a Dove Dark Chocolate bar every day for two weeks.
Like other dark chocolate bars with high-cocoa content, this one is loaded with something called epicatechin.
Now here is a medical experiment you would love to volunteer for.
Engler's team divided 21 healthy adults into two groups.
"It is likely that the elevated blood levels of epicatechin triggered the release of active substances that ... Better blood flow is good for your heart." Not all chocolate is created equal.
The second group that didn't get Dove bars wasn't totally left out. Blood vessel stiffness indicates diseased vessels and possible atherosclerosis.
Those who got the full-flavonoid chocolate did significantly better. Blood tests showed that high levels of epicatechin were coursing through their arteries.
But chocolate companies have now learned to make dark chocolate that keeps up to 95% of its flavoniods. Can't you get more and better flavoniods from other foods?
Surprisingly, the answer is "not really." Engler says that dark chocolate "Many people don't realize that chocolate is plant-derived, as are the fruits and vegetables recommended for a healthy heart," Engler says.


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The horrifying moment jeweller bravely tried to defend his business from machete-wielding thugs as they ransacked the store
- Neil Kay was serving a customer in his Wigan shop when the trio burst in
- He suffered machete cuts as he fought to prevent the high-value raid
- But the masked raiders ransacked the store, costing Mr Kay thousands
- He said: 'I feel so lucky to just be alive - who knows what could've happened'
A jewellery-shop owner says he feel lucky to be alive after having to fight off three machete-wielding raiders who ransacked his store, costing his business thousands of pounds.
Neil Kay was serving a customer in his security-locked shop in Wigan, Greater Manchester, when the masked trio smashed down the front door to carry out the high-value raid.
A CCTV camera captured the drama as the jeweller, who has run Neil Kay Jewellery in Tyldesley Arcade for 27 years, fought to defend himself and his beloved shop from the thugs.
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This dramatic CCTV footage shows the moment that a jeweller fought off three machete-wielding thugs outside his shop in Wigan, Greater Manchester, to defend the store from a high-value raid
Neil Kay, who runs Neil Kay Jewellery in the town's Tyldesley Arcade, pictured in the white shirt, suffered machete cuts as he fought off the three masked men
Mr Kay managed to temporarily chase one of the men away from the shop but sustained horrific machete cuts as he was faced with a machete, knife and sledgehammer.
Despite his brave efforts, the raiders still managed to ransack the store, stealing dozens of Rolex watches and costing Mr Kay's business thousands of pounds.
The thugs even pinned down Mr Kay's assistant Michelle Rhoden as they carried out their crime spree.
The three men then scrambled back into their stolen grey Vauxhall Astra, which was later found abandoned nearby.
By that time, they had switched to an Audi to continue their getaway.
Mr Kay, who has run the shop since 1987, said: 'I feel so lucky to just be alive after the robbery as who knows what could have happened with such weapons.
Mr Kay said he felt 'lucky to be alive' after facing attacks from the machete, knife and sledgehammer. He said: 'I try not to think about the alternate consequences'
The men, who were dressed head-to-toe in black, were caught on CCTV walking towards the store, holding weapons in their hands, before smashing down the door of the shop, as Mr Kay was serving a customer
'I put my arms up above my head to defend myself and so luckily the machete just cut my hand, it would have been much worse. I try not to think about the alternative consequences.
'It was such a horrifying ordeal which I hope I never have to go through again.'
The 54-second clip begins by showing the three men, who are dressed head-to-toe in black, getting out of a car in a car park.
After ransacking the store, the three men raced back to their stolen grey Vauxhall Astra, which was later found abandoned
The terrifying raid took place in Tyldesley Arcade in Wigan, pictured above
The scene then cuts to the gang walking down a street lined with shops, while shoppers look on.
The next scene shows the three men inside the shopping centre, walking towards the store and holding weapons in their hands.
They burst into the store before Mr Kay - who was dressed in a white shirt and dark trousers - bursts out of the shop and scuffles with them.
The jeweller chases off one of the men, while two others can be seen going into the shop.
The last scene shows the three men running out of the shop. The first carries a black bag in his hand.
A second man leaves after him, waiting for the third, who also carries a bag, before the three flee the shopping centre.
Police have appealed for information about the raid. Anyone with information should call 0161 856 7124 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
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MANILA, Philippines - Competition among convenience stores is expected to heat up further as the first Lawson store in the Philippines opens next week.
PG Lawson, a joint venture between Lucio Co's Puregold Price Club and Japanese convenience store giant Lawson, said the first Lawson store will open on March 30 in Sta. Ana, Manila.
The company is planning to open 50 stores in the Philippines this year. It has set a target of opening 500 convenience stores in the Philippines by 2020.
"Under the partnership, Lawson will provide its expertise in convenient stores know-how and product development while Puregold will provide its expertise in product procurement and localized knowledge of the retail consumers," the company said.
Lawson will face stiff competition in the country, where 7-Eleven, Ministop and FamilyMart have established their presence. Japan's FamilyMart Co had expanded in the Philippines in 2012 via a joint venture with Ayala Land.
Earlier, Puregold said it will contribute 70 percent of the investment in the joint venture company, while Lawson will provide 30 percent.
In May 2014, Lawson chairman Takeshi Niinami was in Manila to attend the World Economic Forum for East Asia. He bared plans for the company's expansion in the Philippines, saying they are targeting to put up as much as 2,000 convenience stores in the long term.
“The Philippines is very strong in consumption. I am very interested in entering it,” he said in a 2014 interview with The Philippine Star.


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Good Vibrations Celebrates Seventh Store Opening Soon
Pioneering Sex Positive Retailer Brings Pleasure to the heart of Silicon Valley
San Francisco (September 4th, 2013): Good Vibrations, the trusted San Francisco Bay Area based company that takes pride in providing accurate sexual health information and quality sex toys will be bringing pleasure to the people of the South Bay when they open their seventh store in the chic shopping district of Palo Alto. The feel-good retailer is set to open the doors of their elegant new location in early October.
Executive Vice President Jackie Strano says, "Many of our loyal customers over the past thirty-six years have hailed from the peninsula and surrounding areas of Palo Alto, and we are delighted to bring our brand of fun sex-positive education and carefully curated pleasure products to the South Bay. In addition to our retail offerings, we look forward to hosting fun events, tours for the medical and educational community, and popular workshops. We are proud to expand the brand into the headquarters of high tech and innovation where companies like Tesla, Facebook, and Apple hang their hat. It's an exciting time for the company and we have worked very hard to continue to grow and stay relevant in changing and turbulent times."
Situated right off of University Avenue alongside many charming boutiques and restaurants with ample access to parking and public transit, Good Vibrations looks forward to bringing customers' experience to a new level for the Peninsula/South Bay in this exciting and accessible location. Good Vibrations has always been a destination retailer for adults desiring a safe, well-lit, comfortable and well-stocked place to shop for quality pleasure products. The staff couldn't be happier about serving Palo Alto and the surrounding cities.
The Palo Alto store will be Good Vibrations' seventh store and its sixth store in California. Starting with the original Mission District locations since 1977, the iconic retailer opened its second store in Berkeley in 1994; added a location in the Polk Street/Nob Hill neighborhood in 2003; and established an Eastern Seaboard store in Brookline, Massachusetts, a section of the greater Boston metropolitan area, in 2006. In 2011 Good Vibrations opened its downtown store in San Francisco, near the Westfield shopping mall across from Bloomingdale's, and its most recent location opened in 2012 in the Lakeshore shopping district of Oakland, CA.
According to Staff Sexologist/Chief Cultural Officer Carol Queen, PhD, who is the company's longest-serving staff member, "We are eager to be part of the academic and medical community and serve the vibrant, bustling community of Palo Alto. There's no experience that compares to a visit to a truly sex-positive store like Good Vibrations, and this will allow us to do an even better job promoting pleasure, quality, and communication. Stanford University is just a stone's throw from the new location and besides the lectures and panels I have done there, we look forward to more outreach and providing a resource of trusted information.
A grand opening celebration party will be announced soon.
ABOUT GOOD VIBRATIONS
Good Vibrations is the San Francisco-based retailer trusted for more than three decades to provide a comfortable, safe environment for finding sex-positive products and educational materials to enhance one's sex life. Good Vibrations offers products through its website, goodvibes.com and retail stores in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland, CA and in Brookline, MA.


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Revenue at Grafton Group up 9.1%
Revenue at building materials company Grafton Group increased 9.1 per cent in the 10 months to the end of October.
The firm, in a note to the stock exchange yesterday, said revenue amounted to £2.3 billion (€2.6 billion), which was an increase of 9.1 per cent on revenue of £2.1 billion compared to the same period last year. The increase in constant currency terms was 6.9 per cent.
On merchanting, which comprises more than 90 per cent of the company’s revenue, Grafton said the rate of like-for-like revenue growth in the UK merchanting business was influenced by a weak third quarter in 2016.
Demand softened in October and volumes were broadly flat when measured against an improving trend in the fourth quarter of last year.
Pace of growth
The company said the pace of growth in the Irish merchanting business “moderated a little”, but that the prospects for sustained growth were “positive”.
It said the recovery in house building “gathered momentum from a low base but it will require several years for supply to meet ongoing demand”. “Non-residential construction is in the early stages of a recovery that is expected to remain on a firm growth path,” it said.
On retail, which comprises 6 per cent of revenue, it said spending in Woodie’s stores “increased strongly”.


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EV stocks have hit a rough patch in the last few quarters. The fundamental reasons include supply-chain issues, inflation and global macro-economic uncertainty. While near-term growth has been impacted, the long-term outlook for the electric vehicle industry remains bright.
Just to put things into perspective, the electric vehicle market size is expected to touch $1.3 trillion by 2028. Through this period, the industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 24.3%.
Even beyond this period, EV sales are likely to remain robust. The Biden administration is targeting 50% EV sales by 2030 among new vehicle sales. Given this growth outlook, it makes sense to consider exposure to EV stocks at a time when valuations look attractive.
My primary focus is on pure-play electric vehicle companies in the U.S. and China. However, I have also discussed two stocks from the EV charging and solid-state battery segment. I believe that these EV stocks are worth holding for the next five-years for multi-fold returns.
Over the years, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has been an innovator and market leader in the electric vehicle segment. Even with intensified competition, I expect Tesla to maintain a leadership position. Near-term headwinds present a good opportunity to accumulate TSLA stock.
Even with supply-chain concerns, Tesla produced 258,000 vehicles in Q2 2022. Once production accelerates in the Europe Gigafactory, there is further scope for growth. Tesla might be targeting 10 to 12 new Gigafactories by 2030. The best part of growth is still due for the company.
I also like the fact that Tesla has been generating robust cash flows. For the first half of 2022, the company reported operating cash flow of $6.3 billion. Expansion in the coming years is likely to be funded through internal cash flows.
Besides new Gigafactories boosting production growth, Tesla also has an attractive line-up of new vehicles. This includes the Cybertruck and Roadster. With these factors in consideration, TSLA stock remains an attractive long-term investment.
After a big plunge from all-time highs of $180, Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) stock seems to be in a recovery mode. In the last six months, the stock has trended higher by 8%. With positive business developments, current levels are attractive for long-term exposure.
Recently, Rivian announced a strategic partnership with Mercedes-Benz AG (OTCMKTS:MBGAF). The partnership will be setting up a factory in Europe for large electric van production. It’s worth noting that Rivian already has a planned capacity of 600,000 vehicles between its Normal and Georgia plants.
Rivian has reported pre-orders for 98,000 R1 as of Q2 2022. Additionally, the company has a backlog of 100,000 electric delivery vans from Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). These orders provide revenue visibility, which is likely to swell further.
From a financial perspective, Rivian reported cash and equivalents of $15 billion as of Q2 2022. While cash burn is likely to sustain, the company seems fully financed for the next 12-18 months.
Lucid (NASDAQ:LCID) stock has also disappointed investors with a correction of almost 60% year to date. With the company failing to deliver on the guidance, LCID stock has been punished.
However, supply-chain issues have been a key reason for lower-than-expected growth. Once this headwind wanes, Lucid is positioned to create value.
It’s worth noting that Lucid recently filed to sell up to $8.0 billion of securities. However, there was no big sell-off on this potential dilution news. It’s an indicator of the point that the stock has bottomed out.
In terms of positives, the company already has 37,000 reservations for Lucid Air. This represents a potential revenue backlog of $3.5 billion. Last month, the company also introduced Lucid Air Sapphire. The company claims that the luxury super-sports car will be the world’s most powerful sedan.
In terms of global expansion, Lucid has already opened its first studio in Germany. Additionally, the construction of the Saudi Arabia plant has commenced. Over the next few years, Lucid is positioned to deliver strong growth through new models and global expansion.
Among Chinese EV stocks, XPeng (NYSE:XPEV) looks attractively valued and positioned to create long-term value. XPEV stock has corrected by 57% in the last 12 months. However, with few catalysts on the horizon, it seems that the stock is poised for a reversal.
It’s worth noting that XPeng has continued to report robust vehicle deliveries. For the first eight months of 2022, deliveries growth was 96% on a year-on-year basis. I expect healthy growth to sustain.
One reason for this view is the launch of new models on a sustained basis. In the near term, the commencement of deliveries of G9 in Q4 2022 is a stock upside catalyst.
Even for 2023, the company has two new models in the pipeline. This is likely to ensure robust growth in 2023 and in 2024. With visibility for strong deliveries growth, XPeng is also positioned for margin expansion in the next few years.
XPeng is also well positioned from a financial perspective. As of Q2 2022, the company reported cash and equivalents of $6.2 billion.
Another Chinese electric vehicle stock that’s worth holding for the long-term is Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI).
The company launched Li ONE in November 2019 and deliveries growth has sustained with this model. Further, Li Auto has also been reporting positive operating and free cash flows.
Li announced recently that the company has commenced deliveries of its SUV, Li L9. The second model is likely to help in accelerating deliveries growth through 2023. It’s worth noting that with aggressive retail expansion, Li Auto already has 265 retail stores in 118 cities.
Li reported free cash flow of $67.4 million in Q2 2022. This already implies an annualized FCF potential of $270 million. With the launch of the new model, FCF is likely to swell. This is important as Li Auto can fund expansion in the coming years with internal funds. Additionally, the company has a robust cash buffer of $8.0 billion.
Similar to other Chinese electric vehicle companies, international expansion is likely for Li Auto. This will provide another growth catalyst in the next few years.
An integral part of the electric vehicle industry is the charging infrastructure. Blink Charging (NASDAQ:BLNK) is among the top stocks to consider in the EV charging segment.
The stock seems to have bottomed out and has been sideways in the last six months. With robust growth, a break-out on the upside seems impending.
For Q2 2022, Blink reported 164% revenue growth on a year-on-year basis to $11.5%. With a strong presence in North America and expansion in Europe, I expect the growth trajectory to sustain.
As services revenue increases, it’s likely that its EBITDA margin will expand. The company reported $85.1 million in cash and equivalents as of Q2 2022. Equity dilution seems likely considering the company’s aggressive growth strategy. Blink has been expanding in Europe through acquisitions. However, any dilution factor is likely to be offset by robust top-line growth.
Overall, BLNK stock looks attractive after an extended period of price and time correction. The best part of growth is still due for the company and the stock is a likely value creator.
Among innovators in the electric vehicle battery segment, I am bullish on Solid Power (NASDAQ:SLDP). The company is in the development stage for solid-state batteries. While SLDP stock has trended lower in the last 12 months, I believe that a reversal is around the corner.
One reason to be bullish on Solid Power is strong financial backing from Ford (NYSE:F) and BMW (OTCMKTS:BMWYY). With the company still in the product development stage, there are unlikely to be any financial constraints.
Another reason to be bullish on Solid Power is the fact that the company is already initiating pilot production of batteries. The initial production will be delivered to BMW and Ford for qualification testing.
Positive results on this front can send the stock surging in 2023. I would therefore include the stock among EV stocks to buy for 2023 and also for the next few years.
On the date of publication, Faisal Humayun did not hold (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the InvestorPlace.com Publishing Guidelines.


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A lawyer for Volkswagen said in court that the automaker would buy back cars that it can’t fix in time, the first admission from the company that some of its cars may not be fixable, according to the New York Times.
Volkswagen lawyer Robert Giuffra told a court last week during hearings related to the class-action lawsuits facing the automaker that the company hadn’t determined how many cars would be affected.
“We might have to do a buyback or some sort of a solution like that for some subset of the vehicles, but that hasn’t been determined yet,” Giuffra said according to the report.
A Dutch journalist said Opel dealers are secretly updating emissions control software to bring into compliance cars equipped with the 1.6-liter diesel engine, disguising the fix as an unrelated software update.
Opel issued a statement strongly denying that it was changing emissions of its cars.
Dutch news site VRT News said it tested two cars with and without the updates and said emissions of nitrogen oxides were significantly reduced — more than half in one car and by three-quarters in another car.
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- Namesakeone If you want a Thunderbird like your neighbor's 1990s model, this is not the car. This is a Fox-body car, which was produced as a Thunderbird from MY 1980 through 1988 (with styling revisions). The 1989-1997 car, like your neighbor's, was based on the much heavier (but with independent rear suspension) MN-15 chassis.
- Inside Looking Out I watched only his Youtube channel. Had no idea that there is TV show too. But it is 8 years or more that I cut the cable and do not watch TV except of local Fox News. There is too much politics and brainwashing including ads on TV. But I am subscribed to CNBC Youtube channel.
- Jeff S Just to think we are now down to basically 3 minivans the Chrysler Pacifica, Honda Odyssey, Toyota Sienna. I wonder how much longer those will last. Today's minivan has grown in size over the original minivans and isn't so mini anymore considering it is bigger than a lot of short wheel based full size vans from the 70s and 80s. Back in the 70s and 80s everything smaller was mini--mini skirt, mini fridge, mini car, and mini truck. Mini cars were actually subcompact cars and mini trucks were compact trucks. Funny how some words are so prevalent in a specific era and how they go away and are unheard of in the following decades.
- Jeff S Isn't this the same van Mercury used for the Villager? I believe it was the 1s and 2nd generations of this Quest.
- VoGhost I don't understand the author's point. Two of the top five selling vehicles globally are Teslas. We have great data on the Model 3 for the past 5 years. What specifically is mysterious about used car values?


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According to The Verge’s report, Apple will be launching its music streaming service dubbed “iRadio” this year, and will be rolling out the new system by Summer time. Apple has made a lot of progress when it comes to securing streaming rights with Universal and Warner, two of the major labels that represent popular artists. Here are 5 fast facts you need to know about Apple’s iRadio music streaming service.
1. Apple Could Be a Huge Threat to Pandora and Spotify
According to The Verge, recording industry sources are saying Apple is planning to launch a new music streaming service called “iRadio” by this Summer. Over the last few years both Pandora and Spotify have built a pretty steady following with the music industry, giving music fans from all over the world access to libraries filled with hundreds and thousands of songs. Since Spotify launched in the US, they gained over 23 million users, while Pandora has 54.9 active customers. In comparison, if Apple launched its own music streaming service it could easily be built in with iTunes and other iOS systems, making the service available to over 400 million people.
2. Apple May Not Pay That Much for Music Rights
According to the New York Post, Apple initially offered 6 cents per 100 songs streamed which is half of what Pandora pays. Pandora pays 12 cents per 100 songs streamed, iHeartRadio pays around 22 cents per 100 songs streamed, and Spotify pays 35 cents per 100 tracks played. According to the Post, Spotify pays the highest amount.
3. Apple Had Hopes to Launch iRadio By Now
More evidence has been found that Apple had hoped to launch iRadio by now: tech site 9to5Mac found a code that suggested a new “Radio” feature that will be activated at some point on iTunes for iPads and iPhones. You may already be familiar with Radio if you’re already using iTunes on a computer or iPod. The code also includes a “buy” button, so Apple may have some extra features for its music-streaming service hidden in iOS 6.1.
4. Google Is Looking To Get Into the Music Streaming Business, Too
Apple isn’t the only one planning to launch a music streaming service, a report in January claimed that Google is also working on launching its own music streaming service. If Apple and Google bundle their streaming services with their devices it could give their hardware sales a boost.
5. Apple is Making Progress With Some Big Music Labels
When rumors began surfacing about Apple launching its own music-streaming service, the company was having difficulties negotiating with record labels. Various reports are now stating that Apple has made plenty of progress with Universal and Warner, two of the top leading labels in the music industry.
“Much has been written about Apple’s plan to launch a Pandora-esque service this year. Now multiple music industry insiders have told The Verge that significant progress has been made in the talks with two of the top labels: Universal and Warner. One of the sources said “iRadio is coming. There’s no doubt about it anymore.” Apple is pushing hard for a summertime launch.”


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Spring sales start on Thursday in Attica and across most of the country amid low expectations of a recovery in the shrinking retail market.
Coming just days after the Easter holidays, and running through May 15, the spring sales are also being faced with trepidation by traders who are worried about the timing. Even during Easter, which is a major holiday for Greeks, results were below expectations, as turnover suffered a fresh decline, according to market estimates.
Vassilis Korkidis, the head of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that throughout the capital retail turnover posted an annual drop between 4 and 6 percent, which translates into losses of 100-150 million euros.
Retail commerce has been in decline since the start of the year: According to figures from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), turnover dropped in January and February by 2.3 percent from a year earlier. In sales volume terms the decline was even greater, amounting to 2.9 percent in January and 3.3 percent in February. Korkidis estimates that the drop eased to an annual rate of 2.5 percent in March, with the official figures expected by ELSTAT in end-May.
Consumers wanting to make the most of the mid-season sales will also have the opportunity to shop this Sunday, when stores have the option of staying open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. This weekend also marks the first during which stores can be open every Sunday through October 27 (except for August 11) in specific parts of the country: These include the Municipality of Athens, the commercial park of Athens airport, central Thessaloniki, and parts of Piraeus and the southern Athens suburbs of Kallithea, Palaio Faliro, Alimos, Elliniko and Glyfada. The same will apply to areas with a lot of tourist activity.
However, traders are growing increasingly concerned that the mid-season sales (in May and November) do not have the impact originally expected, even after they were expanded from 10 to 15 days, and see little benefit from opening on the first Sunday of the sales windows.


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Fiat dealers in Italy protest after getting vehicles they did not orderFri, 21, Apr 2017
Marchionne says FCA not in a position to hold merger talksFri, 14, Apr 2017
Sergio's nonstop hard sellMon, 03, Apr 2017
Marchionne is 'waiting with anticipation' to meet VW chiefTue, 21, Mar 2017
FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne said he was looking forward to meeting Volkswagen boss Matthias Mueller to discuss a possible tie-up between the two carmakers but added he hadn't seen his counterpart in six to seven months.
Marchionne has 'zero interest' in pursuing VW mergerWed, 15, Mar 2017
President gives automakers year to push for reset of mileage rulesWed, 15, Mar 2017
Automakers will get another year to dispute fuel economy standards the Trump administration will scrutinize, overruling an Obama-era ruling that the industry is capable of meeting tougher mileage and emissions rules.
Could Opel deal set off a chain reaction?Mon, 13, Mar 2017
VW rejects Marchionne's merger suggestion: 'We have other problems'Wed, 08, Mar 2017
VW Group is not open to merger talks with Fiat Chrysler, VW CEO Matthias Mueller said. FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne had said that VW could be an attractive partner and may be interested in talks following PSA's announcement that it will buy GM's European unit.
FCA working to resolve U.S. diesel emissions issueTue, 07, Mar 2017
Marchionne sees VW bid for Fiat Chrysler as Opel sale seen spurring car dealsTue, 07, Mar 2017
Marchionne says rationale for GM-FCA merger stands, even after PSA buys OpelTue, 07, Mar 2017
FCA Sergio Marchionne said he could approach GM again regarding a potential merger, adding a rationale for a tie-up still existed even after the U.S. rival decided to sell its European operations to PSA.


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The Menu Label Cops Win
The Trump Administration is knocking down stupid or destructive regulations at a fast clip, though one of the more ridiculous Obama -era directives survives: Last week the Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance on a long-delayed rule for calorie boards at chain restaurants, and Congress ought to intervene.
FDA released guidance for posting calorie disclosures at restaurants with more than 20 locations, and the ostensible point is to help folks choose healthier foods. The regulations, which are an outgrowth of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, are set to hit in May 2018 after years of delays. Most recently, the Trump Administration hit pause on the rules to solicit more feedback, but it appears the agency is pressing on with small clarifications.
The reason some restaurants have spent years fighting these rules is not because executives lay awake at night plotting how to make Americans obese. It’s because the rules are loco. For instance: There was confusion over whether marketing material counted as a menu board and thus required calorie disclosures.
FDA’s guidance says a flyer generally isn’t a menu—what a relief—but there are other problems. Take pizza companies, which have to display per slice ranges or the number for the entire pie. Calories vary based on what you order—the barbarians who put pineapple on pizza are consuming fewer calories than someone who chooses pepperoni and extra cheese. But the number of pepperonis on a pizza depends on the pie’s size and whether someone also adds onions and sausage.
FDA’s guidance suggests listing calorie ranges for every topping. For instance: 45-60 calories for bacon, depending on the pizza’s size. The pictured examples then feature an asterisk that denotes the estimate is based on how many calories are added to a one-topping pizza. This is hardly clear for customers.
The guidance allows some flexibility on kiosks and computer tablets, provided stores don’t have other “menu boards,” with a long delineation on what constitutes a menu board. This is a waste of time. Dominos already runs an online Cal-O-Meter that allows customers to tally up the damage of the Superbowl feast, and most customers order pizza online and not in stores.
Congress for years has sat on a bill that would allow more flexibility on displaying information online, with more legal clarity. The rules are so vague that companies could face a crush of lawsuits, which will be abetted by this “nonbinding” FDA guidance.
FDA has more pressing priorities than micromanaging pizza companies, and perhaps Commissioner Scott Gottlieb wants to wrap up this fight and move on. But these rules carry real costs, and sanity from Congress could move millions of compliance dollars back into more productive uses.


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Game Boy Advance classic Metroid Fusion will become available on Nintendo Switch next week, on Thursday 9th March.
As with all GBA games, you'll need to be a subscriber of the Nintendo Switch Online service's pricier Expansion Pack tier to be able to play it.
Developed internally by Nintendo, Metroid Fusion is beloved for its classic side-scrolling Metroid gameplay. Upon its launch back in 2007, Eurogamer's editor at the time Tom Bramwell described it as his "favourite 2D Metroid yet".
Fusion's story takes place after most other Metroid games, and well after the Metroid Prime trilogy, leaving it for years as a sort-of conclusion to the franchise.
That changed in 2021 with the release of Metroid Dread, which picked up Samus' story from the end of Fusion onwards.
With the recent release of Metroid Prime 1 Remastered, things are looking up for Metroid fans after a long period in the dark. How's about some news on Metroid Prime 4 next?


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Self-driving cars can save you lots of money, and here’s how
Vox’s Editor-In-Chief Ezra Klein put it best in a tweet Monday afternoon.
“Begun,” he wrote, “the self-driving wars have.”
The tweet came with a link to a story from Vox about how General Motors recently partnered with Lyft, a peer-to-peer ridesharing service like Uber, to start a self-driving car service of their own. Lyft raised $500 million from GM and another $500 million from investors, including two Chinese companies, in order to compete with Uber, which also recently announced its self-driving car service.
Not too long ago, Ford and Google similarly announced they were going to work together to create self-driving cars.
These announcements show self-driving cars are becoming a hot topic for motor vehicle manufacturers and mark the beginning of a shift in the way people use transportation, especially since self-driving cars will save people money.
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International found that self-driving cars would not only save about 42 lives every day (that’s how many people die from distracted drivers or drivers under the influence of alcohol), but would also reduce the $576 million daily cost from crashes and the $14 million daily revenue lost from speeding tickets.
The United States would also save $6,575 per day with the lack of traffic signals (assuming they’re no longer needed with self-driving cars), since people wouldn’t get tickets from speeding past them and they wouldn’t need repairs, the report said.
Similarly, the Boston Consulting Group found that self-driving cars will save people money since they will increase fuel efficiency and lessen the likelihood of a driver getting a speeding ticket, Forbes reported.
Families will also be less inclined to buy a second car, saving them the added expense of another car. As Forbes reported, a study from researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute found that the average car per household would drop from 2.1 to 1.2 with self-driving cars.
“The majority of families own multiple cars, but they don’t use them at the same time,” Forbes reported. “A driverless car with a ‘return to home’ mode would eliminate much of the need for the second car, since the first car could simply drive itself home to take the next family member where he or she needs to go.”
Self-driving cars will also likely be rented, saving people from having to buy vehicles, Vox reported. People can leave their homes and immediately enter a self-driving car, like they already do with Uber and Lyft. This is why these companies have invested in the self-driving car idea, Vox reported.
But there’s still a long way to go, at least technology-wise. For example, neither company in the Lyft-GM partnership has the technology that other organizations, like Google, have to create these sort of cars, which could stifle innovation.
“The odds of this new alliance triumphing seem slim, as it doesn't have either the resources or the artificial intelligence expertise of Google, Tesla, Uber and some of the other companies working in this space,” Vox reported.
Technology seems to be the big roadblock for these companies trying to make self-driving cars, Vox reported. Google, a near $600 billion industry, has only just begun using prototypes — which has “logged more than a million miles of real-world driving experience,” Vox explained — and yet they still aren’t available for the everyday American.
And Apple, seen as a leader in smart technology, still hasn’t come forth with its specific plans.
But, as Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, which has already begun testing self-driving cars, said these vehicles and the savings, may not be that far away, Re/Code reported.
“We're going to put a lot of effort into autonomous driving because it's going to be the default thing,” he said.
Herb Scribner, FamilyShare
Herb Scribner is a writer for Deseret Digital Media.


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May 26, 2014Welcome to the May 18. 2014 Workshop participants:from left: Ari Himber [two weeks], Lissa Desbarats [seminar week], Lance Cope [scholarship], Monica Shrager, Melissa Carone, Roxanna Shrager, Zebulon Hornberger [scholarship], and Abeed Lalany from Canada [two weeks].
Viacom has continued the rapid expansion of its Pluto TV OTT platform with the launch of availability on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 set top boxes. Pluto TV was already available to Comcast’s internet-only customers subscribed to the Xfinity Flex service. This launch will see Pluto TV accessible to millions more customers.“The launch of Pluto TV on Xfinity X1 is a pivotal moment for Pluto TV, expanding our reach to a whole new audience in search of free streaming entertainment,” said Tom Ryan, CEO and co-founder of Pluto TV. “Pluto TV is the perfect complement to the X1 platform, delivering a rich lineup of original live channels and on-demand movies and TV shows to Comcast’s customers right where they enjoy the rest of their entertainment experience.”Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex customers can easily launch the Pluto TV app by saying “Pluto TV” into their voice remote, or by finding it within each platform’s apps section.The news comes close to other expansion announcements for Pluto, such as the launch of the service on Cox Contour and Contour Stream Player. Viacom is also looking to expand Pluto TV more aggressively internationally, including adding Pluto TV content to UK on-demand platform My5.


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iOS 13 may come with built-in support for Hong Kong’s Octopus contactless payment system, if a few lines of code discovered on Apple’s servers are any indication.
Tech blog Ata Distance spotted the code snippet in Apple’s online JSON-based Apple Pay pass identifier (link now removed), which shows references to Octopus in iOS 13.
The discovery also tallies with specific references to Octopus on Apple Pay in the iOS 13 beta, according to the Japan-focused site.
Octopus is based on the same FeliCa NFC standard used for the Japanese Suica card, and is used by the vast majority of Hong Kong residents for making transit payments and retail transactions.
Originally launched in 1997 as a physical contactless card, the FeliCa-based version made the transition to electronic payment solution when the company unveiled Smart Octopus for Samsung Pay in December 2017.
The exclusive deal with Samsung left Apple Pay users without a way to take advantage Smart Octopus, despite it being technically compatible with iPhone 7 and later models, so today’s find should make for good news for those hoping to digitize the popular transit and retail payment card, which should also support Apple’s Express Transit mode.
iOS 13 for iPhone is expected to be released in the fall.
Related Roundups: Apple Pay, iOS 13, iPadOSTag: Hong Kong
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Working in partnership with Disney for a number of years, Gala is the only symbol group to stage regional premiers in towns and cities in Ireland for its shoppers prior to the latest movie releases going on general release.
One of the highlights of this partnership took place in late 2015 to mark the opening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Disney, in conjunction with Gala, turned Dublin’s iconic Spire into a giant lightsaber ahead of the film’s much anticipated opening!
A crazy and impactful idea – #inSPIREd by Gala – that made the headlines nationwide!
Gala’s partnership with Disney is continuing in 2018.


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Meeting the healthy eating demand
JaVaughn Dill shakes his head when people complain about the high price of fresh vegetables.
“I see it on Facebook,” the 40-year-old said. “The average person doesn't understand the logistics and the background of farming.”
Since starting his own fresh fruit and vegetable business, Dill Pickle Farming, four years ago, he knows all too well.
During peak season he works eight to ten hours a day not just weeding and digging, but also delivering his goods.
He provides bananas for several local grocery stores and restaurants including The Marketplace, Lindos, Anchor Restaurant, Bar and Lounge and Marcus', among other places.
Like other business owners, he has rising fuel prices, equipment breakdowns, payroll tax and insurance increases to deal with, but unlike people in other fields, he also has mother nature to contend with.
When he's not dealing with storms, drought and insects, he's fighting off feral chickens.
“They can easily clean out a field,” he said. “I am fighting chickens in one of my gardens and might end up losing 90 per cent of what's in there. I think the Government could control the chicken population. That would help.
“That is such a rapid increase with the chickens. You have people out there who are feeding the wild chickens. If they only knew what local farmers go through with these chickens.”
Sometimes the hardships of farming make him want to give up, but just for a moment. “It's my passion,” he said. “It's in my blood.”
He grew up helping his father, Wesley Dill, tend a small home plot.
“I enjoyed helping him,” Mr Dill said.
Today his own sons JaVaughn Jr, 11, and Azariah, 18 months, help him in the garden.
“It started out as a hobby,” he said. “Then I saw a need for local vegetables and organic farming.”
He asked some friends with land if they wouldn't mind him using it to farm.
“It just moved from there,” he said. “It grew from one garden to two to three. I am up to ten-plus at the moment.”
He has found that a lot of people are interested in eating more fruits and vegetables. His own interest in healthy eating stems from involvement in body building.
“I was always on a good eating regime,” he said.
One of his challenges is storage and refrigeration.
“You need a lot of storage for when you harvest,” he said.
He is now looking to partner with another larger business to help him with that.
Mr Dill sells his produce at The Rubber Tree in Warwick on the weekends. His greens such as kale, callilou and collard greens are popular. In addition, he also imports exotic fruits such as teardrop grapes, lychee, mangosteen and salak.
“To make a profit can be hard sometimes, especially with import items,” he said. “A lot have to be flown in, so the mark-up on that can be quite hard at times. But people are still willing to pay that price to taste something different.”
With the long, hot summer only just drawing to a close, he only has low-maintenance pumpkin vines and watermelon growing currently. He is looking to reopen his farmer's market at the end of October or early November.
“I am also trying to set one up in St George's, if possible,” he said. “I open every Saturday and every other Sunday, Saturdays from 9am to 6pm in the summer, and 9am to 5pm during the winter months. Sundays it is 1pm to 5pm.”
He is also a certified electrician with a business called Let There Be Light Electrical. “I wear many hats,” he said.
• For more information see Mr Dill's Facebook page, Dill Pickle Farming, or call 536-6161


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Samsung's 8-inch tablet will be used in place of traditional conference materials as the event organizers have decided to ditch all paper programs and brochures in favor of the Galaxy Tab 3 that retails for $299.
“This is the 25th anniversary of the conference and we wanted to push the envelope and really go digital in a big way, in all elements of what we do,” Johnnie White, Executive Director of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation Center for Education, told TabTimes.
“We’ve offered a meeting app the past four years, but now we’re going a step further with the tablet pre-loaded with the conference app, interactive tools and everyone on the same platform.”
All makes of tablets have been showing up with increasing frequency at trade shows as their portability and long battery life can make them more efficient to carry and use at all day events than laptops. White says he hopes to simplify how users access conference materials by having everyone use the same tablet.
Size was also an issue.
“Portability was a key consideration, says White. “We didn’t want to give physicians anything too large that they’d have an issue carrying it around.”
Unlike the standard iPad, the 8-inch Galaxy Tab 3 as well as the iPad mini and smaller 7-inch tablets, fit in a standard lab coat pocket and can be gripped with one hand.
The attendees will be able to keep the tablet for use in their practice and TCT plans to continue feeding them content via the app related to cardiovascular issues after the conference ends.
Asus, Google, iPad, Microsoft, and Samsung
White says once the decision was made to offer a tablet, TCT reached out to major vendors including Apple, Asus, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung.
They all offered TCT a volume discount on its enormous order and White said there was not much of a price difference in what any of them offered. (At list price, 10,000 Galaxy Tab 3s would cost almost $3 million).
What sealed the deal in Samsung’s favor he says, was Samsung’s commitment to partner with them on the event (including training TCT staff and providing onsite support staff) and plans to develop devices for the medical community.
Although Samsung works with channel partners to market tablets to many types of organizations the deal with TCT was “in terms of the comprehensiveness of the partnership, the furthest we’ve gone with any other group,” said Jennifer Langan, a marketing director with Samsung’s Enterprise Business Division.
While the Galaxy Tab 3 is a standard offering, Samsung “reflashed” all the devices for the TCT conference so that the speciality application and conference material are front and center.
“This is going to be a new device for a lot of the attendees so we wanted to make it as easy as possible and not clutter up the screen,” said Linda Hofflander, Director for Vertical Marketing at Samsung's Enterprise Business Division. “There are three apps they can see big and bold.” Samsung is also including the printed how-to guide and how-to video.
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A complicated challenge
Tablets have been given away as prizes and to conference attendees for years now. But the number of tablets being given away at the TCT conference and the virtual requirement they be used onsite is unprecedented.
Physicians pay $1,745 to attend the conference that runs from October 27 to November 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. But White makes clear the cost of the tablet isn’t “hidden” inside the registration fee.
“It’s definitely costing us money, but we think it’s worth it,” he says. “It’s an investment in the future of digital education." White admits iPads are more popular in general as well in the medical community. “We did a needs assessment and for the majority of the attendees this will probably be their first Android device,” he says.
On top of that, White says about 70% of the expected 12,000 attendees will be coming from outside the United States and not focused primarily on having to learn how to use a new device.
But there are a couple of ways TCT hopes to keep the learning issues to a minimum.
For one, TCT is sending all registered attendees video tutorials ahead of time and encouraging them to register with Gmail (if they aren’t already) and the Google Play store so they don’t have to do it onsite.
And in addition to the onsite support staff, TCT will have video monitors playing the tutorials so attendees can get a refresher on how to use the tablet and app.
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One giant beta test
TCT also does other conferences, but White says no decision has been made yet on whether there will be further giveaways at other events or at next year's TCT conference.
"We haven’t thought about what’s next,” he says. “At the end of this we'll do an assessment of how it went and figure out how we want to move forward with the other conferences we do.”
Meanwhile Samsung expects to do more deals with other healthcare-related conferences. Hofflander says her group has already lined up three other very promising opportunities to work with healthcare-related trade events. On top of that, Samsung's looking at other opportunities in three other key vertical industries: corporate finance, retail and education.
And like the TCT deal, Langan says Samsung is looking to engage customers.
"We look for opportunities where there is a plan for us to add value," she says. "Just giving them a tablet in the conference bag doesn't do anything for us."
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Zacks Investment Research Upgrades Tailored Brands Inc. (TLRD) to Buy
Tailored Brands Inc. (NYSE:TLRD) was upgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday. The firm presently has a $18.00 price target on the stock. Zacks Investment Research’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 8.76% from the stock’s previous close.
According to Zacks, “Tailored Brands, Inc. is a specialty retailer of men’s suits and provider of tuxedo rental product primarily in the U.S. and Canada. The Company provide suit separates, port coats, slacks, sportswear, outerwear, dress shirts, shoes and accessories. Tailored Brands, Inc., formerly known as The Mens Wearhouse, Inc is based in Houston, Texas. “
A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on TLRD. Wunderlich started coverage on shares of Tailored Brands in a research note on Tuesday, August 2nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $20.00 price target for the company. Johnson Rice upgraded shares of Tailored Brands from a “hold” rating to an “accumulate” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 1st. Stifel Nicolaus restated a “hold” rating and set a $18.00 price objective (up previously from $14.00) on shares of Tailored Brands in a research report on Thursday, September 8th. Mizuho upped their price objective on shares of Tailored Brands from $14.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 8th. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG cut their price objective on shares of Tailored Brands from $23.00 to $22.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, August 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. The company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $18.00.
Tailored Brands (NYSE:TLRD) opened at 16.55 on Tuesday. Tailored Brands has a one year low of $9.95 and a one year high of $42.64. The company’s 50 day moving average is $15.41 and its 200 day moving average is $14.81. The stock’s market cap is $805.89 million.
Tailored Brands (NYSE:TLRD) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, September 7th. The company reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.06. Tailored Brands had a negative net margin of 30.86% and a positive return on equity of 40.50%. The business earned $909 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $890.14 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.07 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts expect that Tailored Brands will post $1.70 EPS for the current year.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 13th will be issued a $0.18 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 9th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.35%. Tailored Brands’s dividend payout ratio is presently -3.29%.
Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Texas Permanent School Fund acquired a new stake in shares of Tailored Brands during the first quarter worth approximately $693,000. Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Tailored Brands during the first quarter worth approximately $2,192,000. Ngam Advisors L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Tailored Brands during the first quarter worth approximately $1,178,000. TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Tailored Brands during the first quarter worth approximately $3,290,000. Finally, Teachers Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Tailored Brands during the first quarter worth approximately $1,375,000.
About Tailored Brands
Tailored Brands, Inc is a holding company of The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc The Company is a specialty apparel retailer offering suits, suit separates, sport coats, slacks, business casual, sportswear, outerwear, dress shirts, shoes and accessories for men and tuxedo and suit rental product. It operates through two segments: Retail and Corporate Apparel.
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Sky Interactive has accredited the chello mistral system for the latest release of interactive television advertising templates.
The templates, based on the WTVML standard, provide a range of options for advertisers on the BSkyB satellite television platform in the UK, including the ability to select different call tariffs for campaigns and improved support for conducting transactions.
“The enhancements to Sky’s interactive advertising templates provide even greater flexibility for advertisers to deploy the solution that best supports their commercial objectives,” said Will Harding, of Sky Interactive. “Accreditation of chello mistral for this latest release is a significant step forward in bringing the benefits of these new features to the industry.”
Chellomedia says the use of their mistral solution will enable advertisers and agencies to have greater control when building their own advertisements in-house.
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Louisville-area hotels get ready for the crush of visitors for the Ryder Cup
Louisville-area hotels are preparing for the huge number of visitors coming to town for next week's Ryder Cup -- those rooms are going for premium prices.
Just about all the rooms are booked at the Galt House downtown, Kentucky largest hotel, with more than 1200 rooms.
Lisa Haller of the Galt House says, "Some guests are arriving today, and we will build up to the main arrivals that are split between Wednesday and Thursday of next week."
Louisville hotels have been planning for a year to welcome the 80-100,000 guests expected for the Ryder Cup and surrounding festivities. At the Galt House there are new retail shops, restaurants will stay open late, and room service will extend its hours, all to make sure customers are treated to a high time.
Guests have purchased five-night packages with rooms costing $595 a night. That's two nights more than the Derby three-night package. So the Ryder cup should really help the bottom line for Louisville hotels this year, since it comes at a time of year when business can be slow.
Haller says, "Through the year we can count on Derby every May, and Thunder every April, and we generally have a strong summer. September here in our market can vary by the year, so we're thrilled we got the hallmark signature sporting event, the Ryder Cup, coming to Louisville."
At the other end of 4th Street at the Brown, someone has booked the Muhammad Ali suite for five days at a cost of $1,000 a night.
The Metro Louisville area has 17,000 hotel rooms. There are a few rooms left, but just a few. Jim Woods of the Convention and Visitors Bureau explains, "You have some companies that were blocked for 50 rooms, then they consume 45 so you have five here, three here, and ten there, spread out around the city."
And as for who is staying in that $1,000 a night suite at the Brown: Brad Walker of the hotel says, "We will have it occupied, I"d love to be able to tell you, call me in a week and maybe we can tell you who."
Jim Woods of the Convention Bureau says as of Friday afternoon only about 3% of the hotel rooms in Louisville remain.
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It’s the talk of the NBA off-season: if the 1992 U.S. Men’s Olympic team, aka the Dream Team, faced off against the 2012 U.S. men’s basketball squad which would come out on top? We may never know who would win on the court, but Nielsen, whose job it is to study these things, has looked at which team wins the marketing battle off the court.
“What’ll you have?” becomes a complicated question when you're the leader of the free world, where every action and every decision is analyzed. Yes, when you’re the President of the United States even your choice in beer is scrutinized.
Some might pick a wine bottle for its imagery, but its label can tell consumers so much more about what’s inside.
Joining rivals, McDonald's plans to start selling its packaged coffee at supermarkets nationally by early next year.
A global hazelnut shortage could cause prices of Ferrero's Nutella to jump, Weather.com reported.
Four officials at a California slaughterhouse allegedly slaughtered diseased cows while inspectors were on lunch breaks and distributed the beef.
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Customer advocates say the proposition seems made to shield loan companies from legal actions as opposed to assist consumers
Christopher Fultz peered at their phone during some slack at his work as being a paramedic and saw a text that is unusual their title in every caps.
Fultz, 36, initially ignored the text but ultimately used the hyperlink ultimately causing an online site seeking their Social Security quantity. Fultz said then noticed a financial obligation collector who over repeatedly called and kept exactly just exactly what Fultz considered threatening vocals mails had discovered a fresh method into their life.
вЂњI happened to be appalled. They canвЂ™t deliver texting if it is a debt collector,вЂќ said Fultz, of Ohio. вЂњIt ended up being just shocking that they would do this. It felt like a fraud.вЂќ Fultz filed suit additionally the business collection agencies business paid him $3,500 as an element of a settlement.
For many years, loan companies have actually relied on a set that is limited of tools: landlines as well as the U.S. mail. Now these are typically finding ways that are increasingly personal achieve the an incredible number of People in america regulators state are contacted by loan companies. Some loan companies stress why these associates belong to an appropriate area that is gray the Fair commercial collection agency techniques Act ended up being written 40 years back and does not directly deal with digital communications.
The buyer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday proposed guidelines that will supply the industry the go-ahead to send customers limitless quantities of texts and e-mails, accelerating a trend the watchdog bureau states could possibly be very theraputic for everyone else.
The proposition is a success for loan companies such as for example San Francisco-based TrueAccord. In the place of building a barrage of calls, TrueAccord delivers out an incredible number of e-mails and texts each month. Upcoming, it hopes to get hold of consumers that are delinquent talk programs such as for example WhatsApp.
вЂњonce you have actually a good online digital presence, you donвЂ™t need certainly to make those telephone phone telephone calls,вЂќ said Ohad Samet, the companyвЂ™s co-founder and executive that is chief. вЂњThe only concern let me reveal why hasnвЂ™t everyone relocated to digital-first models yet.вЂќ
But this digital-first approach has alarmed customer advocates whom stress that the CFPB could offer an industry recognized for questionable techniques an alternative way to break consumersвЂ™ privacy. Even though many People in america discover how to cope with a pesky creditor calling their landline, their texts, e-mails and social networking are brand new and much more territory that is personal.
вЂњPeople can afford to disregard telephone calls, and that’s the fact loan companies donвЂ™t like,вЂќ said David Phillips, an Illinois lawyer that has filed a large number of legal actions against loan companies. вЂњItвЂ™s as if a financial obligation collector has the capacity to arrive at your home and lb from the home. This is the effectation of a text.вЂќ
As well as handling the usage of e-mail and text communications, the bureau additionally proposed restricting the amount times a financial obligation collector could phone you to definitely seven times in per week. The debt collector wouldnвЂ™t be allowed to call again for a week after reaching the consumer. It could additionally upgrade the disclosures the businesses must definitely provide in written communications.
Customers can nevertheless inform loan companies to cease calling them in virtually any real means, beneath the legislation.
Your debt collection industry stated it appreciates the CFPB proposition, but called the cap from the true wide range of telephone calls they could make вЂњarbitrary.вЂќ It can вЂњunnecessarily impede communications with consumers,вЂќ said a declaration from Leah Dempsey, senior counsel for ACA Overseas, an industry lobbying group that is large.


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More than 840,000 Cisco networking devices from around the world are affected by a recently discovered vulnerability that's similar to one exploited by a hacking group believed to be linked to the U.S. National Security Agency.
A U.K. judge has ruled in favor of extraditing a British man to the U.S. for hacking government computers, despite fears he may commit suicide.
The FBI’s refusal to reveal how it accessed an iPhone 5c from the San Bernardino shooter will face scrutiny in court. USA Today’s parent company and two other news group have filed a lawsuit against the agency, demanding it turn over the details.
U.S. lawmakers are trying to stifle any hope that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden will receive a pardon. On Thursday, the House intelligence committee sent a letter to President Obama urging him to treat Snowden as a criminal.
The FBI may have paid a small fortune to unlock an iPhone 5c used by the San Bernardino shooter. But a security researcher has demonstrated a way to do it for less than $100.
Technology and social media companies have been tapped to help the American public engage with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during the three debates.
Tech luminaries Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, and Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, have joined a new campaign pushing for a pardon of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
Service NSW is the first government agency in Australia to adopt Google’s cashless Android Pay service.
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Michelle Rowland has been appointed shadow minister for communications, with Labor leader Bill Shorten today unveiling a new-look shadow ministry.
Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has reshuffled the Turnbull frontbench, naming Greg Hunt as minister for industry, innovation and science. In addition, all members of his previous cabinet are reappointed, with some of them shifting into new roles.
An investigation into the use of a personal email system for official communications by Hillary Clinton, while she was secretary of state, has been closed with no charges filed, U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Wednesday.
Technology platform and rollout debate will not solve traffic congestion or improve the user experience.
Professional association for Australia’s ICT sector, the ACS, has released its Federal Election Manifesto, identifying five key policy areas that must be addressed if Australia is to secure its economic future in the information age.
Russian government hackers managed to breach the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and stole opposition research on presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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NHJ USA has launched a wearable TV ‘watch’. Sporting a TFT LCD display screen (280×220 pixels) and built in Sony TV tuner, it weighs just 55g.
The TV, which uses its accompanying stereo earphones as the TV’s antenna, allows the wearer to view channels VHF 1-12 and UHF 13-62.
The ‘VTV-101’, as the product is called, features a Li-Ion rechargeable battery and comes with a docking bay charger that can be used without removing the batteries from the case. This allows the TV watch to have 2.5-3 hours playing time.
The TV watch will be available first from the catalogue house Hammacher Schlemmer from the middle of this month.
It is expected to retail for around $199.99.