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2021 Audi Q1 Manual and Luxury Car
audi‘s SUV selection is set to keep to grow apace, with a 2021 Audi Q1 Manual SUV anticipated to be given the natural gentle for manufacturing, Auto-Express may reveal.
2021 Audi Q1 Manual – the Smallest member of the audi Q household estimated to obtain the go-ahead, with its birth due in couple of years’time
This new access position into 2021 Audi Q1 Manual control is still a few years from manufacturing, while it must be here before the conclusion of 2020.
When asked in regards to the prospects for a 2021 Audi Q1 Manual, audi sales and marketing manager Bram Schot informed Auto-Express: “You can’t disregard the SUV tendency; the problem is how large and how deep do we make the plan with Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)s?
Unlike upmarket rivals BMW & Mercedes, Audi has reputation as it pertains to making premium cars at a lower price point. The Audi A1 supermini has been around since 2010 and is frequently among audi‘s major vendors in Europe, moving almost 100000 cases every year.
“Depending on the company possibilities, we choose the future item portfolio. But do not be amazed if in 2/3 years you do see the vehicle, even as we attempt to respond fast to areas,” the audi government added.
The Germany company is likely to use the next variation of its popular 2021 Audi Q1 Manual supermini – spied during winter tests – as a base for the forthcoming baby SUV. The second-generation Audi A1 happens at the conclusion of in year and can reveal a large ratio of their DNA with the audi Q1, alongside some of the car’s style, as revealed by our special image.
By enough time the 2021 Audi Q1 Manual arrives, slight hybrid technology will even have started initially to filter their way down through Audi’s product line-up. The flagship audi A8 Saloon introduced the system, which runs on the little starter-generator to aid the engine throughout velocity, enhancing performance and efficiency.
The audi A8’s set-up may be also costly for a car of the 2021 Audi Q1 Manual’s size, but Skoda used Geneva to exhibit off an MQB A0-based system, again featuring a 48V starter-generator, that may be suitable.
The 2021 Audi Q1 Manual will not be the only new SUV from audi within the next couple of years; the German model has already proved a flagship Q8, that’ll fight it out with the Range Rover, and an all-new Q4.
On top of that, high-performance types of the brand’s audi Q5, Audi Q8 and next-generation Audi Q3 may also be in the pipeline.
Equally new designs will be based on the tiniest edition of the VW Group’s MQB platform, which can be already discovered beneath the skin of the latest SEAT Ibiza and VW Polo. Which means the 2021 Audi Q1 Manual will use the newest generation of petrol and diesel motors, that’ll incorporate a 3-cyl 1.0 liter turbo petrol, a stronger 1.5-litre product, and a 1.6 litre diesel.


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SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today we’re announcing three new, significant policy documents to advance the FDA’s approach to the development and proper oversight of innovative digital health tools. We know that consumers and health care providers are increasingly embracing digital health technologies to inform everyday decisions. From fitness trackers to mobile applications tracking insulin administration, these digital tools can provide consumers with a wealth of valuable health information. Further, clinical evidence demonstrates that consumers who are better informed about health make better and more efficient decisions, take steps to improve their lifestyles and their health choices, and often experience better outcomes.
Given these meaningful benefits from empowering consumers, we believe the FDA must, whenever possible, encourage the development of tools that can help people be more informed about their health. And we recognize that our regulations play a crucial role in the efficient development of such technologies. Therefore, our approach to regulating these novel, swiftly evolving products must foster, not inhibit, innovation. Moreover, we must always lean in the direction of enhancing access to more information – not restricting information flow — given the ability of reliable information to positively impact daily life.
Over the last five years, the FDA has made great strides in adapting our policies to better align our regulatory approach to the iterative nature of digital health products. We’re finding that in some parts of our regulatory portfolio, our traditional approach to overseeing certain health care products does not easily fit the types of innovations that are being developed. In these cases, we must adapt and evolve our policies to make sure we continue to provide a gold standard for oversight, while enabling advancement of beneficial innovations and greater consumer access to technologies that can improve their health.
To this aim, this past summer, we issued the Digital Health Innovation Action Plan, which outlines our efforts to reimagine the FDA’s approach to ensuring all Americans have timely access to high-quality, safe and effective digital health products. As part of this plan, we committed to several key goals, including increasing the number and expertise of digital health staff at the FDA, launching the digital health software precertification pilot program (“Pre-Cert”) and issuing guidance to modernize our policies.
As we come to the end of 2017, I’m proud of the significant progress the FDA’s digital health team has made

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Seton Hill wrestler finds ‘overnight success’ in mobile car detailing business
John Meyers has come a long way as an entrepreneur since charging admission to a haunted house he built in a garden shed as a child.
Now, the redshirted sophomore wrestler from Seton Hill University owns and operates a mobile car detailing business, Super Mobile Detail.
“I wanted to do something I love, something fun,” said Meyers, 20, of Greensburg. “How can I provide a service that will make people happy (and) make them smile?”
Meyers said he worked on his mother’s car and his own car before deciding to make the process profitable. And as an entrepreneurship student at Seton Hill, he said the goal was to “become an entrepreneur or have your own business before you graduate”.
Lyzona Marshall, director of the Wukich Center for Entrepreneurial Opportunities at Seton Hill, said one of the center’s “trademarks” is encouraging students to have an entrepreneurial mindset and spirit.
“It’s exciting to hear when someone really turns that dream into a reality,” Marshall said. “He saw a need and he responded to it. It’s just fantastic.
Marshall said the center provides “comprehensive support” to Seton Hill students, giving them access to relevant services and resources.
“He lives what we taught, and that’s the most exciting thing,” Marshall said.
Meyers’ mother, Melissa Stima, said while she was “a little surprised” by the business idea at first, he was “always motivated” to start his own business.
Stima said Meyers had come up with similar haunted house business ideas and ventures since he was around 10 to 12 years old.
“He’s always looking for a new business,” Stima said. “It was always about making your own money.”
Meyers also said he didn’t want to work for someone else, Stima said, so starting his own business was a good choice.
However, Stima said she thinks it might be “a little risky” to put a lot of money into the business to make it work.
Meyers said he worked in a warehouse to earn money to start the business, and it cost between $500 and $1,000 to start.
His first purchases for the company included a vacuum cleaner, buckets and rags, and as it became “more official” he bought a pressure washer, air compressor and his own water tank. ‘water.
“It took a year to really figure out how to make this work and make it work,” Meyers said, as he also had to put designs and logos together.
When he officially launched the business a few months ago, Meyers said “it took off right away.”
“I like to call it an overnight success,” Meyers said. “I’m very lucky – my phone exploded with bookings, the word started spreading – it’s just a chain from there.”
He garnered customers by “posting daily” on social media platforms and a neighborhood app, Nextdoor, but he ran no paid ads.
Gloria Hosford of Greensburg said she found Meyers’ business through Nextdoor and decided to give it a call after reading “wonderful recommendations” about the quality of her work.
“We were very impressed with his work ethic and attention to detail,” Hosford said.
She said she was drawn to the mobile aspect because she’d rather not leave her car for services.
“It’s just super convenient,” Hosford said. “We will recommend it to everyone.”
And this advantage has also been a factor for other customers.
“I don’t really have a place of business. … I drive towards them,” Meyers said. “I detail their car at home.”
He said auto detailing is one of the companies that hasn’t offered a mobile option, even amidst many other services that have gone mobile and virtual recently.
“I think there’s still room for a big name,” Meyers said. “Every client I’ve met is surprised it’s even a thing, and they love it.”
And Meyers had no shortage of customers.
His mother said he was “busy from the time he woke up until late at night”, bouncing from school, retail work and wrestling.
“I can barely see it,” Stima said.
However, she said it seems her customers appreciate the mobile aspect of the business because “it saves them time”.
“I think it’s a unique idea, I hope it takes off for him,” Stima said. “He’s getting really reserved.”
Meyers confirmed that he is “pretty much” booked every day, and likes to keep bookings to two cars a day, and a maximum of three, because he doesn’t want to rush the works.
“I don’t want quality to suffer on the cars,” Meyers said. “Their money is precious to me, and I want them to be happy.”
Although it depends on the condition of the vehicle, he said the super package starts at $200, which is a comprehensive detail that would “make your car look like new.”
It also offers a basic package for cars that “are not very dirty”.
The whole process itself is “more of a family experience,” Meyers said.
“I’m not here to take your money and walk away,” Meyers said. “I’m here to get to know you and… connect with people, meet new people.”
And he met a lot of new people, because all of his customers were strangers besides a friend.
Looking to the future, Meyers said he hopes to get a van to run his business in the next few years, and then eventually he wants to get a 24-hour car wash location where people can get services such as ceramic coatings, polishing and correcting paint and bodywork or tinting.
Meyers said the business could expand in a few years to include an employee to help, but for now he said the details gave him a “good workout”.
“It can be tough, (but) once you’ve struggled, everything else in life is easy,” Meyers said. “The detail is nothing compared to what I did in wrestling.”
Megan Swift is editor of Tribune-Review. You can contact Megan by email at firstname.lastname@example.org or via Twitter .


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T-Mobile USA decided several months ago that the manufacturer of its myTouch device would be Huawei. The Chinese company replaced LG, which was responsible for the last T-Mobile myTouch Android smartphones.
The first two myTouch handsets manufactured by Huawei leaked
a few months ago, along with most of its specs.
Although both are placed in the mid-range category of smartphones when it comes to hardware, Huawei plans to launch these two myTouch handsets with Android 4.0 ICS out of the box.
Unfortunately, we’re not sure how reliable this info is especially due to the fact that the sample units spotted in the wild some months ago were powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.
We do know that both T-Mobile mTouch
smartphones will be equipped with a single-core Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.4 GHz.
In addition, they will pack 1GB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory, which can be further expanded up to 32GB via microSD card.
The main difference between the two Huawei myTouch products is the full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, which is only available for one of the models.
On a side note, the slider has been spotted for the first time in China as Huawei Ascend G312
, so there might be a slight chance that one or both devices will be released in the Mainland as well.
According to previous reports
, each myTouch Android phone manufactured by Huawei should sport a 4-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen display with similar resolution.
On the back, the smartphone will pack a 5-megapixel photo snapper with autofocus and HD (720p) video recording, while in the front there’s a secondary VGA camera for self-portraits and video chats.
Last but not least, the handsets have been confirmed to support Wi-Fi and DLNA connectivity. Given the fact that the non-QWERTY model has just received FCC
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FTSE 100 preview: Shares edge higher
The FTSE 100 is seen inching higher today, with moves across global markets limited in thin trading, but investors awaited domestic and US data for clues on the economic outlook.
Market watchers: Trading is expected to be thin.
The Footsie is seen adding 10 points, or around 0.2%, after it ended down 0.9% on Thursday to close at 5,302.87.
Investors will watch UK retail sales data for July to try and assess the level of consumer demand as the austerity measures from the coalition government begin to bite.
Sales are expected to be up 0.4% on the month, but down from a 0.7% rise the previous month.
Money supply data and public borrowing requirement data will also be watched.
Investors will look to get more clues on the shape of the economy with the release of the Confederation of British Industry industrial trends survey which gauges moves in factory orders.
Across the Atlantic, weekly jobs data will be released at while the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank will release its business activity index.
In a sign that tough times lie ahead, Poundland, Europe's largest single price discount retailer, posted soaring year profit but warned consumers face a painful squeeze on their finances this winter as public sector cuts and tax rises start to bite.
BHP Billiton is focusing on getting regulatory approval for its $39bn hostile bid for Potash Corp before trying in earnest to win over the Canadian company's shareholders, a source said on Thursday.
Indian state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp may seek to operate oil fields in the western state of Rajasthan currently operated by Vedanta Resources target Cairn India, the Financial Express reported, without saying where it got the information.
A US judge approved on Wednesday giant British bank Barclays' $298m settlement of charges that it had violated US trade sanctions, a day after he criticized the agreement as a 'sweetheart deal.'
BP has more testing ahead before it can finally kill its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, the top official overseeing the spill response said on Wednesday.
The Daily Mail's market report notes revived takeover speculation surrounding broadcaster ITV, with talk of a US cash bid worth around £3.7bn, or 95p a share.
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Fox is launching its own NFT company, Blockchain Creative Labs, the company said on Monday as part of its upfront presentation. Blockchain Creative Labs, which will create, sell and manage NFTs, tokens and digital goods, will be launched in conjunction with Dan Harmon’s new series “Krapopolis.”
“Krapopolis” has the distinction of being the first-ever animated series curated entirely on the blockchain. Bento Box’s “Krapopolis” is an animated comedy set in mythical ancient Greece from Harmon (“Rick and Morty,” “Community”). Centered on a flawed family of humans, gods and monsters that tries to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other.
NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are units of data stored on a digital ledger, called a blockchain, that certifies a digital asset to be unique and therefore not interchangeable.
Fox said it will launch a dedicated marketplace for “Krapopolis” that will “curate and sell digital goods, ranging from NFTs of one-of-a-kind character and background art and GIFs, as well as tokens that provide exclusive social experiences to engage and reward super fans.”
In his presentation to advertisers, Collier described it as “art meets brands meets technology,” and promised more information about the company to come at a later date.
During the more traditional part of Fox’s upfront event, Collier walked media buyers through his Fall 2021 schedule. We also got trailers for some of its new series, including the Scott Foley-led “The Big Leap,” the mob drama “The Cleaning Lady,” Paul Feig’s “Welcome to Flatch” and “Pivoting,” starring Eliza Coupe, Maggie Q and Ginnifer Goodwin.


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Top Integrated Payments Trends to Watch in 2016
By Matt Taylor, Group President of Integrated Payments and Emerging Channels at Vantiv
The emergence of integrated payment technology at the point-of-sale has the opportunity to deliver a differentiated merchant experience and make the payments process easier and faster. Coupled with the ever-expanding catalog of security options – such as EMV – merchants have more to consider this year than ever before.
With security standards being critical, the adoption of new products and standards are able to add layers of protection to the process outside of just EMV, including end-to-end-encryption and tokenization. But what channels will merchants have to secure? Is the age of mobile payments upon us? Below are the four biggest integrated payments trends to watch in 2016. From increased security standards and mobile options to accelerated innovation cycles, these trends present challenges and opportunities to be aware of and to start preparing for.
New Technology Will Drive Innovation
With increasing competition, small businesses and partners need to find efficient methods to stay engaged with existing and new customers. For example, The Salvation Army began using DipJar’s credit-card enabled tip jars at many of their donation spots – an innovative alternative to an increasingly cashless payment environment. 2016 will see more businesses improve customer retention and growth through the utilization of new trends and technology in the payments industry.
Payment Security Won’t Stop with EMV Alone
According to a report by BI Intelligence, payment card fraud cost the U.S. $7.9 billion in 2014. That’s almost a 60 percent increase over the previous five years. The EMV liability shift will continue to be a hot topic this year, and while EMV is certainly an important part of the overall security picture, it is just a piece of the puzzle. Other security tactics – like encryption and tokenization – will play a huge role in securing the transaction process. While some merchants may not be ready to migrate to EMV, they still need to be aware of other methods to secure their business.
Mobile Payment Is Growing Quickly
The use of mobile payments isn’t a new concept. In fact, different offerings have been around for years. But in 2016, we will finally see significant adoption. According to a study by Juniper Research, 1.5 billion mobile wallets will be in use globally by 2018, which would account for roughly 1 in 5 phones. Accelerated innovation cycles will create an explosion of payment use cases, with more opportunities to attract customers and keep them coming back.
More Consumers Will Use Merchants’ Mobile Apps
Notice an increase in merchant mobile apps that offer convenient ways to order, or discounted prices on merchandise? One example you might have seen is Starbucks, whose Mobile Order & Pay app drove five million transactions in less than a month. Now, more than 20 percent of Starbuck’s mobile transactions take place through the app. This trend can be seen across other merchants – including Domino’s Pizza, Taco Bell and Walmart – and part of a larger trend that is seeing more and more downloads of merchant apps and an increase in mobile sales.
The overarching trends for integrated payments this year are security, and the evolution of how we pay and interact with merchants. While EMV integration continues past the liability shift, security won’t stop there as tokenization and encryption will be viable ways to ensuring a more secure payment environment.
Merchants will need to explore various payment methods until they find what works best for their customers. Whether that’s accepting mobile payments or releasing easy-to-use apps of their own.
Matt Taylor is Group President of Integrated Payments and Emerging Channels at Vantiv. In this role, Taylor has direct responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the company’s Integrated Payments business as well as Payment Facilitators (PayFacs) and the Gaming and Entertainment line of business.


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Luxury parka maker Canada Goose says it will stop using fur in its products
Canada Goose has faced criticism from some animal rights groups for its use of fur
TORONTO — Canada Goose Holdings Inc. says it will stop making products using fur by the end of next year.
The luxury parka maker will stop buying fur by the end of this year and stop manufacturing with fur no later than the end of 2022.
The company has been using wild coyote fur from Western Canada and the U.S.
Canada Goose CEO Dani Reiss says the decision will transform how the company makes its products.
The change comes after the company said last year that it would start using reclaimed fur and stop purchasing new fur in 2022.
Canada Goose has faced criticism from some animal rights groups for its use of fur.


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Mobile device vendors shipped 301.3 million smartphones worldwide during the second quarter (Q2) of 2014, a new record according to market research firm IDC.
Shipments shot up 25.3 percent, from 240.5 million units a year ago. A major driver: the growing popularity of inexpensive smartphones that run Google’s Android mobile operating system (OS).
“With many of its OEM partners focusing on the sub-$200 segments, Android has been reaping huge gains within emerging markets,” commented IDC research manager Ramon Llamas in a statement. Well over half (58.6 percent) of the Android smartphones shipped in Q2 slid under the $200 mark off contract, he added.
And the imminent arrival of devices based on Google’s new reference platform may push the market further away from premium Android phones. “With the recent introduction of Android One, in which Google offers reference designs below $100 to Android OEMs, the proportion of sub-$200 volumes will climb even higher,” said Llamas.
Android dominated the last quarter with an 84.7 percent share of the market. The mobile OS powered 255.3 million of the units shipped, a 33.3 percent gain over the same period last year.
Second-place Apple shipped 35.2 million iPhones, a 12.7 percent increase, for 11.7 percent of the smartphone market. Nonetheless, the Cupertino, Calif.-based shed a 1.3 percent share of market compared to Q2 2013.
Together, Android and Apple’s iOS commanded a whopping 96.4 percent of the smartphone market in Q2. Other smartphone operating systems face an uphill climb, particularly Windows Phone, according to Melissa Chau, senior research manager with IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.
Describing the market as “an incredible upward slog for other OS players – Windows Phone has been around since 2010 but has yet to break the 5 percent share mark” despite the backing of smartphone behemoth Samsung, she said in a statement.
Third-place Microsoft’s efforts to popularize its Windows Phone OS are clearly encountering resistance from both smartphone vendors and app makers. “The biggest stumbling block is around getting enough partnerships in play – not just phone manufacturers but also developers, many of which are smaller outfits looking to minimize development efforts by sticking to the two big ecosystems,” added Chau.
Windows Phone’s market share slipped to 2.5 percent on 7.4 million units during Q2, down from 3.4 percent and 8.2 million units a year ago. Despite the drop, things are looking up, said IDC.
The firm reported a “slight improvement” over the first quarter of 2014. Additionally, the list Microsoft OEM partners is expected to bulk up “during the second half of 2014 when numerous vendors within key emerging markets come on board, including BLU, Micromax, Prestigio, Yezz, and others,” stated IDC.
Embattled BlackBerry continues to hemorrhage market share. The company shipped 1.5 million smartphones in Q2, compared to 6.7 million last year. It now holds a sliver of the market at 0.5 percent.
Pedro Hernandez is a contributing editor at Datamation. Follow him on Twitter @ecoINSITE.
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Sales are down again at the UK's biggest retailer by 1.5% in the 13 weeks to the end of May. However, Tesco says its performance has been robust as it tries to turn round its fortunes. In the previous quarter the retailer saw sales decline 1.6%.
- Tesco says it managed to gain market share from its rivals
- Recorded its best ever week outside of Christmas during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations
- Those £1 billion worth of sales are not included in today's figures
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Disney announced the Oct. 2 release of new 3-D versions of the classic Pixar animated films Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in theaters as a double feature.
Disney re-rendered Pixar's flagship franchise into three dimensions "from the original digital files, using the latest state-of-the-art technology," the studio said in a news release. The films will be shown in a special limited engagement exclusively in 3-D, and ticket prices will include admission to both films.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group president Mark Zoradi said in a statement that the double feature will not only show the films in an all-new way, but also reintroduce the characters in advance of the June 18, 2010, release of Toy Story 3.
"This fantastic double feature will let moviegoers see two of their all-time favorite films from Pixar Animation Studios in a way that they've never seen them before," Zoradi said. "We're also excited that audiences will soon see a whole new chapter when Toy Story 3 in 3-D, directed by Lee Unkrich (co-director of Toy Story 2) comes to theaters."
Toy Story and Toy Story 2 director John Lasseter, who is now chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, said in his own statement that the re-release combines up-to-date technology with classic exhibition.
"We're so excited to be bringing these first two films back for audiences to enjoy in a whole new way thanks to the latest in 3-D technology," Lasseter said. "To see the movies back to back will be an amazing treat as well. This is certainly nostalgic for me and reminiscent of my youth, when double features were the norm."


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Target and Garth Brooks Team Up to Release “Garth Brooks: The Ultimate Collection,” An Exclusive 10-Disc Boxed Set Featuring New Album
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MOORESVILLE, N.C., Sept. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) today announced that James K. Han has joined Lowe’s as senior vice president of business development. He reports to Chief Development Officer Richard D. Maltsbarger. In this new role, Han is responsible for accelerating the company’s business development strategy focused on identifying and […]
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Kohl’s to Open New E-Commerce Distribution Center to Support Omnichannel Fulfillment Kohl’s to bring approximately 900 new jobs to Indianapolis area
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. September 7, 2016 – Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) has closed on the purchase of a building for a new e-commerce distribution center located at 9998 All Points Parkway in Plainfield, Ind. Expected to open in summer 2017, the 937,000-square-foot facility will enhance the company’s ability to fulfill Kohls.com purchases and serve customers nationwide. […]
Kohl’s Donates $1.4 Million to Zoological Society of Milwaukee Kohl’s Wild Theater program at the Milwaukee County Zoo teaches kids about nature and conservation
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., (August 30, 2016) – Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) announced a donation of $1.4 million over three years to the Zoological Society of Milwaukee to continue the Kohl’s Wild Theater (KWT) program at the Milwaukee County Zoo. The award-winning, interactive theater program uses drama, puppetry and song to bring important conservation messages to children […]
Lowe’s Introduces LoweBot – The Next Generation Robot to Enhance the Home Improvement Shopping Experience in the Bay area
MOORESVILLE, N.C., Aug. 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — This fall, Lowe’s will introduce LoweBot, a NAVii™ autonomous retail service robot by Fellow Robots, in 11 Lowe’s stores throughout the San Francisco Bay area. Following a successful robotics test of OSHbot at one of the company’s Orchard Supply Hardware stores, LoweBot will roll out in phases over […]
TA, Petro and Minit Mart will be the first to accept the newly enhanced Voyager Fleet Card MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 24, 2016– TravelCenters of America, operator of the TA® and Petro Stopping Centers® brands and Minit Mart® convenience stores, is expanding its relationship with U.S. Bank by accepting a new single Voyager Fleet Card solution at […]
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BELLEVUE, Wash. — This year’s Apple Cup is shaping up to be the most delicious in the 106-year history of the rivalry, and the state’s two famous winemaking retired quarterbacks are set to pop corks Nov. 21 for a public dinner at Daniel’s Broiler in Bellevue.
It’s Drew Bledsoe of Washington State University and Doubleback Winery vs. Damon Huard, a product of the University of Washington and a teammate of Dan Marino in Passing Time Winery. Cost is $150 per person, plus tax and service. Kickoff for the Apple Cup Wine Dinner is 6 p.m.
Bledsoe and Huard are scheduled to attend, and both are prepared to tackle questions about the Apple Cup. And the culinary team at Daniel’s Broiler already has a game plan for the evening.
Passed hors d’oeuvres include Lobster Mac & Cougar Gold Fritter and Salmon Lox, Drunken Goat Cheese Roulade with Crab Apple Relish. Mixologists will complete that opening series with the Daniel’s Apple Cup Cocktail — a glass of cinnamon vodka with organic apple cider, lemon and kiss of regional honey. It’s an ideal way for fans of Huskies and Cougars to toast their wins over the now-lowly Oregon Ducks.
The appetizer is a crispy duck breast with purple potato and pomegranate reduction paired with the Passing Time 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon from Discovery Vineyard in the Horse Heaven Hills. The 2012 vintage was Great Northwest Wine’s top-rated wine of 2015.
Seared loin of lamb will be served with Chioggia beets, chanterelle mushrooms, Agrumato lemon oil and Sitka sea salt, accompanied by the Passing Time 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon from Red Mountain, a wine built almost entirely from Klipsun Vineyard.
The entree brings U.S.D.A. prime filet mignon atop mashed sweet potatoes, grilled lobster mushrooms, baby vegetables and demi-glaze, served with the Doubleback 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Walla Walla Valley – Bledsoe’s home field.
Seattle’s iconic chocolatier is showcased at dessert — Theo Organic Chocolate Pot de Creme with dark cherry biscotti and Chantilly cream. It’s paired with Doubleback’s 2013 Loess Vineyard Stolen Horse Syrah – a product of one of the Figgins family’s plantings in Walla Walla.
Game plan for Passing Time began in NFL
Passing Time’s story began more than 15 years ago when Huard backed up Marino while both were Miami Dolphins. They wisely recruited Chris Peterson of Avennia to be their winemaker, starting with the 2012 vintage.
The path for Bledsoe began in 2007 when he planted McQueen Vineyard in the Walla Walla Valley’s young SeVein project. A year later, he signed former school chum Chris Figgins of Leonetti Cellar began making wine. Figgins protégé Josh McDaniels recently was promoted to the role of head winemaker at Doubleback.
This Apple Cup Wine Dinner is a natural fit for Daniel’s Broiler, a longtime favorite for Puget Sound diners who seek surf and turf. Bill Schwartz and his brother, John, launched Schwartz Brothers Restaurants in 1970. They’ve handed it off to the next generation as Bill’s son, Lindsey, serves as president of the Bellevue-based group.
Schwartz Brothers restaurants include Daniel’s Broiler Prime Steaks and Chops at Leschi as well as Daniel’s on South Lake Union, Chandler’s Lake Union Crabhouse and Spazzo at Redmond Town Center. There’s also Schwartz Brothers Bakery in Seattle and Renton.
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Acer Computer has previewed a cloud service it plans to launch next quarter that will offer users "temporary" document storage for up to 30 days.
The free service, called AcerCloud, will initially support the maker's Android devices, such as its Iconia tablets.
"Future support is planned for Windows-based devices," the company said in a statement.
Users wanting longer term storage would ultimately have to save the documents to local hard drives.
The cloud service also included various media sharing and streaming services. It was unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the United States.
The service would be "bundled" with new machines, Acer said.


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M&S profits drop as clothing and houseware sales off 10% Retail giant Marks & Spencer has seen annual profits tumble by nearly two-thirds and revealed sales across its under-pressure clothing arm have plunged back into reverse.
Underlying pre-tax profits were 10.3 per cent lower at £613.8m in the year to 17 April.
This left like-for-like sales in its food halls 2.1 per cent lower in the quarter.
Rowe said: “As we anticipated, the planned restructuring of M&S has come with a cost and has impacted profits.
M&S recently poached Jill McDonald, the chief executive of Halfords, to lead the turnaround in its clothing business.
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M&S clothing and houseware sales drive profits off 10%
The fourth quarter sales figures were hit by a later Easter falling outside the quarter and by the key days of the busy post-Christmas sale coming in the third, rather than the fourth, quarter.
Fourth-quarter clothing and homeware like-for-like sales fell 5.9 per cent, worse than analysts’ average forecast of a 3.3 per cent decline.
Higher costsThat was ahead of analysts’ average forecast of £593 million (€689 million) but down from £690 million (€801.7 million) made in 2015-16.
Like-for-like food sales fell 2.1 per cent.
They had increased 2.3 per cent in the previous quarter.
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“With inflation eating into the profits of the once reliable food offering, and a string of one-off expenses slicing into profits elsewhere, the net result has been to send pre-tax profits tanking by nearly two-thirds,” he said.
M&S puts faith in fashion novice from Halfords and retail veteran Read moreSteve Rowe, the M&S chief executive, said: “I am pleased with our progress and we remain on track.
Marks & Spencer has reported a 64% drop in annual profits to £176.4m as weak clothing sales were compounded by more than £400m of restructuring costs relating to the new chief executive’s turnaround plan.
Sales in the fourth quarter were hit by calendar changes that saw key December sales days and Easter fall outside the quarter.
“M&S remains a dysfunctional dichotomy – premium food with dowdy clothing.”Ibbotson said M&S’s new chairman, Archie Norman, could not arrive soon enough.
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Kansas City, MO — AUG. 13, 2020 – Tappit, the global payment and data ecosystem for sports, events, stadiums and venues, today announced a multi-year partnership with Super Bowl LIV Champions, the Kansas City Chiefs. The partnership will bring safe and seamless contactless mobile payment technology to fans as they return to Arrowhead to watch the Chiefs during the 2020 season.
Tappit will provide its white label mobile payment technology for Kansas City Chiefs fans through the team’s app, which will allow fans to make purchases using only their cell phone. Fans can link any payment method (bank or credit card, Google or Apple Pay, etc.) to the app to enjoy a frictionless experience at concession and merchandise stands throughout the stadium to purchase food, drinks and merchandise quickly and efficiently. It also makes it easier than ever for teams to connect with fans, as those using the app also receive personalized vouchers, incentives and loyalty points. Most importantly, the data and insights delivered by the platform will help the Chiefs maximize the fan experience and ensure operations are as efficient as possible.
“Tappit has an outstanding track record of working in the live event and hospitality industry around the world, including sports teams, international events and festivals,” said Tyler Epp, EVP of Business Operations for the Chiefs. “As we prepare to bring football back to Chiefs Kingdom, we are committed to the health and safety of our players, staff and fans. With cashless payments powered by Tappit, we’re one step closer to having fans back in Arrowhead Stadium safely, while minimizing person-to-person contact.”
The solutions provided by Tappit minimize the amount of contact between fans and staff as the industry aims to reopen to the public, allowing for a much cleaner experience that limits the possibility of passing bacteria between one another. The cashless solution also reduces the risk of fraud and theft, as all payment information is kept securely within the team’s app and fans do not have the added worry of carrying additional cards or cash.
“At Tappit, we’re fans first, and we’ve already seen how the current climate has dramatically changed sports and entertainment industries,” said Tappit’s CEO, Jason Thomas. “As we look ahead to what sports and large-scale events will be like in the near future, we’re already seeing a huge appetite for safer, cashless payments. But not only is Tappit providing that clean and seamless payment experience, we are also equipping teams like the Chiefs with POWERFUL customer insights and data other payment methods can’t provide. This makes it possible for them to really understand their fans and improve the experience when we finally return to sports.”
Tappit will begin integrating its technology into the Chiefs Mobile app immediately, while updates to point-of-sale locations throughout Arrowhead Stadium will be completed in the coming weeks.
For more information on Tappit, visit tappit.com. For more information on the Kansas City Chiefs, visit chiefs.com.
About the Kansas City Chiefs
Founded as the Dallas Texans in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) by sports pioneer Lamar Hunt, the franchise moved to Kansas City in 1963 and became known as the Kansas City Chiefs. The team currently competes in the West Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL) and has won two World Championships – Super Bowls IV and LIV. Under the guidance of the Hunt Family and the leadership of Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt, the mission of the Kansas City Chiefs is to Win with Character, Unite our Community, Inspire our Fan and Honor Tradition. For information about the Kansas City Chiefs, visit www.chiefs.com or follow @Chiefs on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, or search Kansas City Chiefs on Facebook.
Tappit is the leading global payment and data ecosystem for events, attractions, stadia and venues, providing a unique end-to-end solution including cashless payment, white label payment apps, mobile pay, RFID and event analytics. Tappit’s solutions enhance live event experiences, providing technology and data to the organizers, which in turn improves customer experience and increases profitability. Tappit brings event organizers and venues closer to their customers, giving them control over their payment solutions while providing actionable insights to make events even better. To find out more, visit tappit.com.


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If the 2012 Chevrolet Volt didn't convince you that Chevy is looking to clean up its game, maybe this will.
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The Chevrolet Cruze will get a diesel engine as soon as 2013, according to Associated Press sources.
How do midsize SUVs stack up in the latest round of crash tests?
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Audi is planning to launch new special editions of their R8 and Q7 vehicles in Russia and the United Arab Emirates, with prices as extravagant as their customers tastes.
Russia will be the first market to get their own special Audi, with a Q7 V12 TDI being offered with an exclusive two-tone black paint job and a retail price of $285,000 – more than double what a base model Q7 costs in the country. The UAE will get an R8 V10 Pure Sport, of which only 40 will be offered, at a more reasonable retail price of $136,000.
Audi’s special editions are not out of the ordinary for a luxury car maker, as BMW has been making market-specific versions of the M3 for China and the United States for the past year, while Audi itself previously sold a special edition of the TT in China. All three vehicles sold out quickly, leading to a whole new way for both brands to reap profits off of luxury-brand hungry consumers.
[Source: Motor Trend]


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WTO Membership Will Mean Chinese Firms Must Reform
November 18, 1999
As soon as China is admitted into the World Trade Organization and western goods start arriving on shelves there, the heat will be on inefficient operations to shape up -- and to do so immediately. That should be a sobering thought for Chinese officials, experts warn.
To achieve WTO membership, China has agreed to dismantle or reduce the barriers it earlier erected to protect its economic underachievers.
What enterprises are vulnerable?
- Government-owned factories in industries such as steel, chemicals and autos that churn out shoddy goods nobody wants to buy.
- Farmers who work tiny, arid plots of land and can only survive with government protection.
- Middlemen who stand between foreign exporters and Chinese consumers -- skimming profits in return for cozy connections with local officials whose approval is needed to do business.
- Insolvent banks that squander money on loans that are never repaid.
For the first time, foreign firms will be allowed to distribute products in China without going through middlemen. And foreign banks gradually will be allowed to do business in the Chinese currency.
Although foreign-backed plants account for nearly half of China's exports, foreign investment is down sharply this year. Nearly half the country's state-owned enterprises lost money last year. Experts calculate unemployment at more than 10 percent in cities.
China's officials seem to be betting that eventually the benefits of joining the "capitalist roaders" will exceed the economic dislocations of essential reforms.
Source: Paul Wiseman, "U.S., Global Competition to Set Change into Motion," USA Today, November 18, 1999.
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Norden Ups Its Expectations
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Danish shipping company Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S has raised its expectations for the EBIT result for 2015 to USD 50-90 million against previously expected USD -40 to 40 million.
The upward adjustment is a result of a tanker market which continues to be influenced by a broadly based upswing with strong rates in all regions.
On that background, Norden said that its tanker business is expected to generate an EBIT result of USD 75-100 million against previously expected USD 35-65 million.
Furthermore, Norden’s dry cargo department has secured higher earnings than expected at the beginning of the year, even though the first months of 2015 offered a historically poor dry cargo market.
Norden said that its dry cargo arm is now expected to generate an EBIT result of USD -25 to 0 million against previously expected USD -60 to 0 million.
“Fleet values in dry cargo continue to be under pressure as a result of the challenging markets, and the company will perform a routine impairment test in connection with the publication of the interim report for the first half-year,” the company added.
Expectations for profits from the sale of vessels are adjusted from USD 7 million to USD 3 million. CAPEX is expected to amount to USD 0-20 million.
Norden reported a USD 416 million loss in its annual results for 2014 amid severely worsened dry cargo market.
The results were also affected by value adjustments on hedging instruments winding down in USD 61 million loss, Norden said.


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The EU wants to prevent manufacturers from making it difficult for consumers to change their devices’ batteries safely and cheaply.
Imagine being able to replace the battery of your cell phone, computer or tablet yourself without difficulty — this is the goal of the new European regulation on batteries, which aims to facilitate the processing of this waste and make the economy more circular.
By 2027, end users must be able to remove and replace the batteries installed in these devices.
Manufacturers sometimes use tricks to make this more difficult, as Areg Badalian who runs Fix Fox, a Brussels shop that repairs electronic devices, told Euronews.
“Every time we take out a battery, we heat the back a little bit to make it (the electronics) a little bit more flexible so that when we take it out, we don’t tear off other components. For example, the camera comes off when you do that. So you have to be careful, you have to avoid little pitfalls like that.”
The regulations state that changing a battery must not require heat or a solvent to disassemble it. Nor shall the user have to resort to special tools.
“For example, some brands invent screwdrivers and screwdriver shapes so they can’t be repaired, but that’s not very smart because it simply creates a new screwdriver,” Badalian said.
Manufacturers can still use smaller components of the battery to make repairs more difficult, however.
They can also include a programme in their phones that gives a warning message to indicate that it is not an official battery, a message that often confuses consumers.
The goal of this regulation is to make repair, collection and recycling easier.
By 2027, 63% of device batteries must be collected, the Eu regulation stipulates. This should help reduce e-waste, as more than 150 million smartphones are thrown away each year.


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The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday confirmed a lower court's finding that Apple colluded with major publishers to raise the price of e-books following the launch of the iBookstore, putting the case to rest and clearing the way for distribution of a $450 million settlement. Update: "While we want to put this behind us, the case is about principles and values," Apple told Reuters. "We know we did nothing wrong back in 2010 and are assessing next...
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adidas’ Originals division has been working on some interesting new silhouettes for 2020, one of which is finally set to debut next week. Titled the Niteball, the latest lifestyle silhouette takes inspiration from the brand’s history in basketball.
adidas Originals’ new releases have been all over the place for 2020, covering everything from running-inspired silhouettes to the all-new Boost slide. However, their latest project has our undivided attention. Taking inspiration from the classic Streetball performance shoe and mixing it with DNA from the modern Nite Jogger lifestyle silhouette, the Niteball is born. The shoe’s shape is somewhat similar to other signature models pioneered by big-name adidas collaborators, yet different enough to stand entirely on its own through the unique design language. From the ground up, the Niteball begins with a toned-down version of the recently revamped Streetball midsole, before transitioning to a heavily-layered upper that makes use of long, swooping cuts and oversized aggressive Three Stripe motifs. The Niteball will come in two eye-catching colorways at launch, one based in Collegiate Navy and the second in a Pink Tint.
ADIDAS ORIGINALS NITEBALL RELEASE INFORMATION
The all-new adidas Originals Niteball has been scheduled to make its debut next week, on July 1st, 2020. The new silhouette inspired by some fan-favorite adidas shoes will come with a price tag of just $120 and will launch from both adidas and select retailers. Check out the official images below for a better look, and stay tuned to JustFreshKicks for more adidas release news.
adidas Originals Niteball
Release Date: July 1st, 2020
Color: Collegiate Navy & Pink Tint


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“… We pride ourselves on delivering high value legal services. Excellence is our Minimum Standard.”
Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman and CEO of Emirates airline and Group, on Tuesday received Walter Deplazes, the Consul General of Switzerland, and Yves Manghardt, chairman and CEO of Nestle Middle East.
The visit comes after Nestle?s CEO signed a partnership agreement with Dubai World Central (DWC) for a 175,000 square meter plot. An initial investment of over Dh500m has been earmarked by Nestle for the manufacturing facility for nutrition, culinary and coffee products.
Shaikh Ahmad said: ?DWC offers strategic advantages that make it an ideal and attractive destination for leading multinationals. It is an important component in Dubai?s vision to provide a comprehensive platform that caters to the needs of aviation, air transport, commercial and logistics businesses. This partnership with Nestle reaffirms DWC?s role as a catalyst for growth and a new gateway for long-term economic and social development in Dubai and across the region.?
Manghardt said: ?Nestle is committed to strengthening our presence in the Middle East markets. We will continue to invest in projects that enable us to better serve consumers in the region, while leveraging the strategic advantages of DWC and the UAE in general as a distribution and manufacturing base.?


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Twitter Rebuts Musk’s Fraud Claim in Dispute Over Fake Accounts
Twitter has accused Elon Musk, in a lawsuit, of abandoning his deliberate acquisition of the corporate as a result of inventory market turbulence made the deal tougher for him. However firing again in a authorized submitting, Mr. Musk says it was Twitter that torpedoed the $44 billion acquisition.
Mr. Musk argues that Twitter hid the true variety of inauthentic accounts on its platform, accusing the corporate of fraud. Such accounts made up at the very least 10 % of Twitter’s day by day energetic customers who see adverts, Mr. Musk’s authorized workforce asserted, reiterating worries that he expressed shortly after signing the deal in April. Twitter has maintained that the determine is lower than 5 %.
Twitter additionally hid the variety of its customers who see adverts, legal professionals for Mr. Musk mentioned within the submitting, which was made public on Thursday. In the course of the first quarter of the yr, 65 million of the corporate’s 229 million day by day energetic customers didn’t see adverts, in keeping with the submitting.
Twitter mentioned that Mr. Musk was making an attempt “to distort information acquired from Twitter to sponsor wild conclusions” and that its figures have been correct.
Utilizing Botometer, a device designed by Indiana College to measure inauthentic accounts, analysts for Mr. Musk discovered greater numbers of inauthentic accounts than Twitter had disclosed, in keeping with the submitting. Their evaluation was preliminary and might be expanded, the submitting mentioned.
What Occurred to Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal
A blockbuster deal. In April, Elon Musk made an unsolicited bid value greater than $40 billion for the social community, saying he needed to make Twitter a personal firm and permit folks to talk extra freely on the service.
The misrepresentations hid weaknesses in Twitter’s enterprise mannequin and tricked Mr. Musk into agreeing to purchase Twitter at “an inflated value,” legal professionals for the Tesla govt mentioned.
“Twitter was miscounting the variety of false and spam accounts on its platform, as a part of its scheme to mislead traders in regards to the firm’s prospects,” legal professionals for Mr. Musk wrote. “Twitter’s disclosures have slowly unraveled, with Twitter frantically closing the gates on data in a determined bid to stop the Musk events from uncovering its fraud.”
The submitting, made final Friday however stored confidential till Thursday, was Mr. Musk’s first intensive response in what is predicted to be a protracted authorized battle between the social media firm and one of many richest folks on the earth. A trial is about for October.
“His claims are factually inaccurate, legally inadequate and commercially irrelevant,” Bret Taylor, the chairman of Twitter’s board, mentioned in a press release on Thursday. The corporate additionally responded to Mr. Musk’s claims in a authorized submitting.
The Botometer device is unreliable, Twitter mentioned in its submitting. The corporate famous that the device used totally different requirements from Twitter’s inner calculations and had as soon as deemed Mr. Musk’s Twitter account “extremely prone to be a bot.”
Mr. Musk started snapping up shares of Twitter early this yr and by April had change into the corporate’s largest shareholder. He rejected Twitter’s provide to affix its board, as an alternative launching a swift and aggressive takeover try. However as soon as Twitter agreed to the acquisition, Mr. Musk started to precise doubts. In July, he indicated that he now not needed to purchase the corporate.
Twitter sued Mr. Musk in Delaware Chancery Courtroom in an try and pressure the acquisition by. Twitter has claimed he misplaced curiosity within the deal because the market slumped and shares in Twitter and the electrical carmaker Tesla, which is the first supply of Mr. Musk’s wealth, declined.
“Musk refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders as a result of the deal he signed now not serves his private pursuits,” Twitter mentioned in its lawsuit.
Over the previous few days, the corporate peppered Mr. Musk’s banks, monetary companions and associates with subpoenas, demanding communications in regards to the deal that might make clear why Mr. Musk determined to stroll away.
The deal features a “particular efficiency” clause that enables Twitter to sue to pressure the deal by as long as the debt that the billionaire has corralled for the acquisition is in place. However Mr. Musk could pay a $1 billion price to exit the deal if his funding falls by.
Mr. Musk has maintained that Twitter is flooded with pretend accounts and that the corporate has misled him in regards to the true variety of impostors on its platform. Faux accounts are used to unfold spam or manipulate Twitter’s service by falsely amplifying developments, and are sometimes automated somewhat than run by actual folks.
Twitter earns the majority of its income from promoting. However Mr. Musk asserted that advertisers wouldn’t attain the purchasers they supposed if Twitter was flooded with pretend accounts. His legal professionals argued that inaccuracies in Twitter’s consumer metrics amounted to a fabric antagonistic have an effect on on the enterprise, permitting him to desert the acquisition.
Twitter mentioned in a message to staff that was seen by The New York Instances that it had chosen to not redact any of Mr. Musk’s claims as a result of it was assured in its metrics. “We provide our prospects a extremely refined set of instruments and options to run and measure the effectiveness of their campaigns throughout our platform, with a basis of transparency,” mentioned Sean Edgett, Twitter’s normal counsel.
On Thursday, Mr. Musk continued to weigh in on how Twitter may change. “I do perceive the product fairly effectively, so I feel I’ve bought a great sense of the place to level the engineering workforce at Twitter to make it radically higher,” he mentioned throughout a gathering of Tesla shareholders.
Mike Isaac and Jack Ewing contributed reporting.


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Wuhan, the sprawling capital of Central China’s Hubei province which has been the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus, has been in lockdown since January 23, this year. Amidst the Coronavirus outbreak, residents have been instructed to stay at home and the kids in the city are doing their schooling and homework using the Ding Talk app, which is an enterprise communication and collaboration platform developed by Alibaba Group.
The app, which was originally used by professionals for communicating with their colleagues, had to be specifically redesigned by the e-commerce company in a way to establish communication between the teachers and these students and promote online learning. This was done to ensure that the children's education does not get impacted due to Coronavirus.
However, during the lockdown, Chinese kids did not seem quite interested in studying. To avoid studying, the kids decided to do something unthinkable – the students literally rallied together to yank the Ding Talk app from the app store by giving it negative ratings. The kids did this hoping to avoid studies. And while it may sound deviously 'genius', the trick, in fact, worked.
In locked down Wuhan, teachers use an app called DingTalk to set homework. Kids realised if it got enough one-star reviews it would be removed from App Store. Thousands of reviews flooded in, and DingTalk’s rating fell from 4.9 to 1.4 overnight. Legends. https://t.co/HGjZhVfgUa— Mike Bird (@Birdyword) March 7, 2020
The application had garnered well over 800,000 negative app reviews on the app store which brought down its rating from a 4.9 to a miserable 1.4 in over just a couple of days. However, it is not known if the Ding Talk app will ever be taken down from the app store or will there be some kind of easement for the Chinese kids to avoid doing their homework.
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Philip Morris International, maker of Marlboro cigarettes among others, has reported higher than expected quarterly sales and profit, helped by its IQOS tobacco-heating device.
Philip Morris is pinning its hopes for the future on IQOS, which heats tobacco instead of burning it, thereby producing a vapour instead of smoke. It says this is less dangerous than smoking.
The company reported third-quarter earnings per share of $1.44, ahead of $1.27 in the same period last year and analysts' average estimate of $1.28, according to I/B/E/S data from Refinitiv.
Net revenue was $7.5 billion, up 0.4%, held back by currency fluctuations. Analysts had expected $7.17 billion.
Sales were helped by market share gains and pricing increases, the company said.
Philip Morris stood by its 2018 forecast for diluted earnings per share of between $4.97 and $5.02 at prevailing exchange rates. Excluding currency fluctuations, it said its forecast represented growth in adjusted earnings of 8-9%.
The company cut its full-year forecast twice already this year, citing currency fluctuations and slower IQOS sales.
Total volume of cigarette and heated tobacco units was 203.7 billion, down 2.1%. Excluding the impact of estimated distributor inventory movements, volume was up 1.1%, the company said.
The company said distributors in Japan reduced inventories of existing IQOS products ahead of the launch of new models of the device, which heats up small tobacco sticks.
Nonetheless, the company said worldwide sales of its heated tobacco units was set to almost double this year, and it continued to expect shipments of 41 billion to 42 billion units.


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By Mike Andrew
With less than 90 minutes left before grocery workers walked off the job at Safeway, QFC, Fred Meyer, and Albertson’s employers reached a tentative agreement in a contract battle that had dragged on for more than six months.
Had tentative agreement not been reached, 30,000 workers would have walked out of almost 90 stores in Western Washington on October 21, bringing normal operations of the retail giants to a halt.
The agreement must now be ratified by union members, but their negotiating team has recommended unanimously that workers accept the contract.
Details of the settlement will not be released until it has been ratified, but union leaders and rank-and-file negotiators seemed both pleased and relieved when they appeared at an impromptu celebration in Westlake Park.
UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers) Local 21 President Dave Schmitz beamed as he embraced union members and supporters, and the union’s negotiating team danced in the middle of the plaza.
UFCW 21 is the largest of the three unions involved in the negotiations, the others being UFCW 367 and Teamsters 38. The unions had occupied Westlake since Friday evening, October 18, and set up a countdown clock for the strike. News of the agreement froze the clock at two hours to strike time.
Union leaders credited unity among their members and massive support from community organizations and grocery customers for the apparent victory. Schmitz said his union’s success showed that workers could take on even the largest corporations and win.
The giant grocery chains had originally proposed huge cuts in wages and benefits for their employees, including rolling starting pay back to minimum wage, and taking away time-and-a-half holiday pay.
Health insurance would also have been stripped from workers who logged less than 30 hours per week, and paid sick days would have been dropped.
While workers are cautiously waiting to see the details of the tentative agreement, it seems from the reaction of union negotiators that the worst employer proposals have been dropped.


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Commuters not happy over hike in cost of bottled water
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation’s (IRCTC) decision to increase the price of a one-litre Railneer water bottle from Rs. 12 to Rs. 15 has not gone down well with commuters and activists.
IRCTC’s announcement was made a few days ago. According to staff at the IRCTC’s bottling plant in Palur near Chengalpattu, the hike will be effected across the nation and the primary reason for it is the increase in the price of raw material – perform plastic, the price of which is determined by petroleum prices.
Also, with the exception of Chennai, IRCTC’s profits from sales of Railneer in other parts of Tamil Nadu, have been dismal. Costs incurred in despatching Railneer to Madurai and as far as to Tirunelveli and even the Jolarpettai sector are very high, and returns from the sales do not cover them, staff members said.
With the proposed new price, which will come into effect from the first week of December, the corporation will still not make a profit, but will also not suffer the kind of heavy losses they have in the past, they added.
The staff members also said that the last time the price was hiked was four years ago, in July 2008, from Rs. 10 to Rs. 12 per one-litre bottle.
Only a couple of brands in the private sector provided water of a quality on a par with Railneer, and they sold one-litre bottles for between Rs. 15 and Rs. 20, they added.
Many commuters at Tambaram railway station, both at the suburban and main line platforms, were still not aware of the proposed hike, but were uniformly of the opinion that buying Railneer was the only option in kiosks and mobile shops on platforms.
The commuters added that purchasing bottled water should not be their only option for access to clean drinking water, and that every station should have public water fountains.
“On some long distance trains, Railneer is already sold at Rs. 15,” said C. Malar, a commuter.
“Water is a basic right. Even if the price of raw material increases, the government should extend subsidies on water,” said P. Viswanathan, a civic activist. He added that this move would result in private companies too, increasing their prices.
The Palur plant, established in 2010, caters to the Southern, South Western and South Central sections of the railways and produces 10,000 cartons of Railneer everyday with each carton containing 12 one-litre bottles. The plant has a capacity to produce 1.8 lakh litres every day, officials added.
IRCTC produces a total of 3.8 lakh one-litre bottles every day across the country.


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The world is engaging in financial warfare, and China is winning.
China’s digital yuan — also referred to as Digital Currency Electronic Payment, or DCEP — will soon be used around the world.
The People’s Bank of China is one of the most advanced central banks in the world.
For that reason, it has been advancing on the digital currency front, while by all appearances, the United States Federal Reserve has not.
That will assure China the opportunity to increase its lead in the digital currency race.
Back in 2015, as a vice president, Biden once made a toast to China:.
In 1979, Biden traveled to China as a junior senator after President Richard Nixon normalized relations between the U.
“I believed in 1979 and said so and I believe now that a rising China is a positive development, not only for the people of China but for the United States and the world as a whole.
In the meantime, China marches forward, rolling out the world’s first digital currency.
In addition, Biden has long ties with China and has long been a proponent of its industrialization and growth into a world leader.
When asked by a National Public Radio journalist if he as president would keep Trump’s tariffs on China, Biden shot back with a resounding “No.
The Chinese yuan via the DCEP will become the dominant global currency.
DCEP won’t only be successful because of the forward-thinking PBoC but also thanks to the fact that over 12 million Chinese people live outside of China — in fact, 2.
They could adopt the digital currency and spread the yuan globally.
With their help, the Chinese yuan can become an international currency.
If the Chinese yuan is used by such individuals throughout the world, the Chinese currency can surmount U.
Related: Central bank digital currencies are dead in the water.
While the Federal Reserve has experimented with distributed ledger platforms to understand their potential benefits and tradeoffs, it has apparently not made a definitive decision to adopt such a currency.
government is not particularly concerned with speed when it comes to developing a central bank digital currency.
Powell suggested that building a CBDC correctly was more important than winning the digital currency race.
‘They’re talking about, like, maybe we’ll build one in the next couple of years,’ Pompliano said of Powell’s recent comments on CBDCs.
Pompliano said accessibility to a digital fiat currency will determine the winner on this new fintech frontier.
‘If I’m sitting somewhere in the world and I can use the internet connection and I want a global currency, can I get a yuan, or can I get the dollar?’.


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Lemberg & Associates issued the following press release today:
OCTOBER 17, 2013 – STAMFORD, CT – Fair debt attorney Sergei Lemberg (www.StopCollector.com) has turned the tables on a debt collector who allegedly embarrassed consumers by using mailing envelopes that depicted a cartoon hand holding a consumer by the ankles and shaking money out of his pockets. Lemberg said, “Many debt collection agencies routinely violate the law, but this case was especially egregious. Such tactics are nothing more than an attempt to humiliate and mock consumers who are having a difficult time making ends meet.”
With an eye toward empowering consumers and making them aware of their right to sue and recover up to $1,000 from debt collectors who violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Lemberg published his own version of the cartoon. “In our version, we’re holding debt collectors by the ankles and shaking money into the hands of harassed consumers,” he said. “It’s imperative for people to know that they don’t have to put up with abuse. Instead, they can get the harassment to stop and recover money from debt collectors who violate the law.”
The offensive debt collection cartoon came to light when the Federal Trade Commission announced a $1 million settlement with National Attorney Collection Services, Inc. and National Attorney Services LLC for alleged violations of the FDCPA and the FTC Act. Lemberg applauded the FTC, saying, “The debt collection industry needs to know that it will be held accountable for bad behavior.”
A number of debt collection tactics are prohibited by the FDCPA, including calling repeatedly, talking to third parties about a debt, making threats, and making misleading or deceptive statements. Lemberg, who was named the “most active” consumer attorney of 2012 by debt collection industry insider WebRecon LLC, said, “I’ve seen too many clients who have suffered at the hands of unscrupulous debt collectors. Folks need to learn about their rights under the FDCPA and fight back when their rights have been violated.”
Saying that the Federal Trade Commission does an outstanding job prosecuting the worst offenders, Lemberg concluded, “Unfortunately, obtaining redress for individual consumers is beyond the scope of the agency’s mission. That’s why it’s important for consumer attorneys to bridge the gap and represent everyday people whose rights are being violated.”
The CBS affiliate in San Francisco aired the following story regarding the new FCC rules pertaining to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The story includes an interview with Sergei Lemberg from Lemberg & Associates:
Lemberg & Associates issued the following press release today:
TCPA Attorney Sergei Lemberg Calls New FCC Telephone Consumer Protection Act Rules a Victory for Consumers
OCTOBER 16, 2013 – STAMFORD, CT – Consumer attorney Sergei Lemberg (www.SueSpamTexters.com, www.do-not-call-complaints.com) welcomes today’s implementation of the Federal Communication Commission’s new commercial text messaging and telemarketing rules, calling the more stringent requirements “a victory for consumers.” According to Lemberg, “Folks are being peppered with annoying text messages and robocalls, and need a more effective way to fight back.”
The FCC’s new rules pertain to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. Starting today, companies are prohibited from calling or texting cell phones using an “automated telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice” without first obtaining the “prior express written consent of the called party.” According to Lemberg, “These new rules represent a seismic shift in consumer privacy protections, and are certain to change the way many companies do business.”
Under the new FCC rules, businesses that engage in robocalling or texting cell phones bear the burden of proving that the consumer gave his or her consent – in writing – to receive such communication. “Starting today, companies must clearly disclose that, by checking a box online or signing on the dotted line, a consumer is agreeing to receive calls and texts on his or her cell phone,” said Lemberg. “To stay in compliance with the TCPA, businesses can no longer simply mine their contact or customer lists; they must go back and ask consumers for permission to robocall or text them.”
The consequences to companies who violate the new provisions remain the same. “Under the TCPA, consumers are entitled to sue companies and recover $500 per call or text, or triple that if a company ‘knowingly and willfully’ violated the law,” said Lemberg. He noted that a crucial element of consumer statutes is what’s known as a fee-shifting provision. “When Congress enacted the TCPA, it understood that people don’t have the financial resources to hire lawyers. That’s why consumers who sue and prevail in TCPA cases are entitled to have their court costs and legal fees paid by the losing side,” concluded Lemberg. “This levels the playing field for consumers who go up against big businesses.”
Are heart-healthy soups as good for you as they claim to be? That’s the question being decided in a class action lawsuit against Campbell Soup Company and the American Heart Association. According to a report on Good Morning America, the suit alleges that the AHA’s heart check label on Healthy Request soups doesn’t align with the AHA’s own standards. The suit alleges violations of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, unjust enrichment, and breach of express warranty. Here is a video of the GMA report:
Lemberg & Associates issued the following press release in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s steps in protecting consumers from debt collection abuse:
Fair debt attorney Sergei Lemberg (www.stopcollector.com) applauded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for putting debt collection agencies on notice, providing consumers with debt collection action letters, and expanding its scope of consumer complaints to include grievances related to debt collection. “This is a victory for consumers who don’t know where to turn when they are victimized by abusive debt collectors,” said Lemberg. “It should also be a wake-up call to debt collection agencies that there is a new sheriff in town.”
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which was created under the Dodd-Frank Act, issued two bulletins on July 10 that outlined the responsibilities of third-party debt collectors to not only abide by the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), but for both first- and third-party collectors to follow the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that prohibit unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices (UDAAPs). According to Lemberg, who was named the “most active” consumer attorney of 2012 by debt collection industry insider WebRecon LLC, “The CFPB broke new ground by making it clear that Dodd-Frank’s prohibition against UDAAPs extends to original creditors, and not simply the third-party debt collectors covered by the FDCPA.”
Lemberg, who has been educating consumers about their rights under the FDCPA via his firm’s website, StopCollector.com, and his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/StopCollector), was equally enthusiastic about the CFPB’s new “Action Letter” templates that consumers can use when dealing with debt collectors. “Our firm receives a tremendous number of inquiries from consumers who don’t understand how to dispute a debt, how to get a debt collector to stop calling them, or even how to get more information about a debt they’re not sure they owe,” Lemberg said. “These templates help consumers communicate with debt collection agencies, and also provide a paper trail should a consumer decide to sue a debt collection agency for violations of the FDCPA.”
Against the backdrop of the Federal Trade Commission’s July 9 announcement that it had garnered the largest civil penalty ever ($3.2 million) against a third-party debt collector, Lemberg reserved his most emphatic praise for the CFPB’s acceptance of consumers’ debt collection complaints. Beginning July 10, the CFPB expanded the types of consumer complaints it accepted to include those about debt collection agencies. According to Lemberg, “The Federal Trade Commission has always accepted debt collection complaints, but only for the purpose of undertaking enforcement actions and reporting the complaints to Congress. The CFPB goes several steps further, in that it asks the companies to respond to the complaints and expects the complaints to be closed within 60 days.”
Lemberg concluded, “This is a red-letter day for consumers. The CFPB is sure to become a dogged regulator of the debt collection industry, and will curb some of the most egregious abuses.”
On behalf of our client, in January Lemberg & Associates filed a complaint in U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, against Verizon Wireless. Our client alleged that he had an existing business relationship with Verizon Wireless, but that Verizon Wireless used robocalls to call his cell phone. During his initial conversation with Verizon Wireless, our client told them he didn’t want to be contacted via robocalls and instructed Verizon Wireless to only communicate with him through the U.S. mail. Nevertheless, Verizon Wireless continued calling four or five times per day, and made a total of 393 robocalls to our client’s cell phone. During one call, Verizon Wireless told our client that they could not remove his number and were unable to stop calling him.
The lawsuit charged Verizon Wireless with violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by using an automatic telephone dialing system and/or using a prerecorded or artificial message on a cell phone; by calling despite our client having revoked his consent to be contacted on his cell phone; and by calling for reasons other than emergency purposes.
Verizon Wireless filed a motion to dismiss the case on the grounds that our client had failed to state a claim under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Verizon’s argument was twofold: either once consumers give their consent to be robocalled, they can never revoke that consent; or if consumers can revoke their consent, they must do so in writing.
The District Court judge denied Verizon’s motion to dismiss the case, writing, “Consumers can revoke their consent to receive autodialer calls under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and may do so orally.”
This is a resounding victory for consumers who are hounded by robocalls, and we are pleased that the case will move forward.
On behalf of Jason Zimmerman and other consumers, Lemberg & Associates (www.stopcollector.com) has won a $350,000 class action award against debt collection agency Portfolio Recovery Associates for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). This is the largest reported judgment in a Fair Debt Collection class action case. According to Sergei Lemberg, who was labeled the “most active consumer attorney” of 2012 by debt collection industry insider WebRecon LLC, “We are gratified that the judge saw it fit to impose a significant, meaningful penalty for PRA’s intentional violations of the FDCPA.”
The court ruled that Portfolio Recovery Associates violated the FDCPA by sending 990 consumers debt collection correspondence that simulated legal process. The package consisted of a letter plus a set of legal-looking documents, such as a draft Summons and Complaints. According to Lemberg, “The FDCPA prohibits dissemination of fake legal papers on its face. The court rightfully labeled Portfolio Recovery Associates’ behavior ‘unscrupulous.’”
Portfolio Recovery’s unscrupulous behavior was just one of the factors the court used in determining the $350,000 award. According to Lemberg, “We were pleased that the judge noted that Portfolio Recovery’s FDCPA violations were ‘intentional’ and ‘egregious,’ and that a sizeable award was appropriate.” Indeed, the judge wrote, “The sanction imposed must be sufficient to deter PRA from engaging in abusive practices in the future.”
The court determined that each class member who returned the appropriate claim form would receive $500, that the lead plaintiff, Mr. Zimmerman, would receive $1,500, and that any remaining monies would be awarded “to a non-profit organization working to curb abusive debt collection practices or to increase consumer awareness of such practices.”
Lemberg concluded, “It’s fitting that a portion of the award will go to consumer advocacy organizations. The court’s decision should a clear message to debt collectors that they will be held accountable when they engage in shady practices.”
This release references Zimmerman v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC (U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 09 Civ. 4602 (PGG)).
As reported in the Patriot-Ledger, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that cashiers can’t ask consumers for their ZIP codes when customers make credit card purchases. The class action lawsuit against Michaels craft store chain charged that Michaels violated the Commonwealth’s consumer protection laws, and that asking for personal information led to the retailer sending unsolicited phone calls and mailings. While Michaels argued that the law was designed to prevent identity theft, the court ruled that the legislative intent was to prevent sellers from sending consumers unwanted solicitations. Although the law doesn’t specifically mention ZIP codes, the court ruled that ZIP codes are personal information.
The New York Post published an article about a class action lawsuit Lemberg & Associates filed on behalf of a client in a spam texting case. Alex Shiyan received several text messages from the Lucille Roberts health club – a women-only club. The suit alleges the Lucille Roberts violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using an automated telephone dialing system to text him without his consent.
A report and recommendation from a magistrate judge means that Butto and Houser v. Collecto, Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, Case No. 2:10-cv-02906(ADS)(AKT)) is one step closer to receiving class certification. Lemberg & Associates is representing Victoria Butto, who are suing Collecto, Inc. (doing business as EOS/CCA) for unlawful and predatory debt collection practices. The suit alleges that Verizon Wireless turned over Ms. Butto’s debt to Collecto for collection. Collecto sent her a debt collection letter that added collection fees to the amount owed. Collecto had made arrangements with Verizon that they would receive their payments when Collecto had successfully collected on the debts. If Collecto didn’t collect on the debt, they weren’t entitled to any fees. Because no monies had been recovered at the time Collecto sent the letter, it was not entitled to its collection fees. The suit alleges that Collecto therefore misled Ms. Butto by creating a false impression that they incurred collection fees and owed that money, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
The Report and Recommendation filed by the court recommended that the presiding judge grand class certification to the following: New York consumers who were sent a collection letter by Collecto, Inc. DBA EOS/CCA for a Verizon Wireless account, which included a collection fee for Verizon Wireless service that hadn’t yet been incurred when the letter was sent.


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Apple has added nine more financial institutions in Russia which support Apple Pay, AppleInsider reports. The new backers are Tinkoff Bank, Bank Saint Petersburg, Raiffeisenbank, Yandex.Money, Alfa-Bank, MTS Bank, VTB 24, Rocketbank and MDM Bank. Apple Pay went live in Russia last month, initially supported by Mastercard and Sberbank.
- Report highlights discrepancies between what technology users want and what they adopt
- Erste Bank adds NFC to its QR mobile payments app
- Alipay and WeChat Pay to support common QR code standard for Japan
- Mexico pilots national NFC and QR mobile payments system
- Kenyan charity issues contactless wristbands to students for discounted meal payments


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Slightly more than 9 percent of those who purchased from an independent used-car dealer felt the vehicle was misrepresented while about 5 percent of those who bought a used car from a franchised new-car dealership believed they were hoodwinked. Of those who said they were misled, the cost of bringing the vehicle "up to snuff" cost an average of $316 for vehicles from franchised dealers, $611 from independent dealers and a whopping $738 for vehicles from private parties. Complaints ranged from inoperable switches and gauges to major body repairs that were not revealed in the classified ad or online auction. In a previous study, less than half of the respondents (46.8 percent) said they would recommend buying a vehicle online to a friend, relative or business associate.
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In Dying Light Everyone is a Murderer Under The Right Circumstances
As it is, 2014 is the year of delays with many prominent titles being pushed back to 2015. Dying Light is also one of the causalities, but developer Techland hopes to keep the game’s presence about with regular trailers and media blowouts.
The latest trailer makes it pretty clear that in the ravaged world of Dying Light, everyone is a murderer under the right circumstances. The video also demonstrates the game’s Natural Movement System which allows the player to run about the environment easily and intuitively. Finally there’s a good dose of mass-Zombie killings where the player takes them all down with sheer pleasure.
Dying Light is going to be showcased next week at E3 2014. In fact today’s video is the same E3 trailer that Techland is planning to show next week, released ahead of its time. The developer has promised to reveal more news next week, including details on the game’s engine and the night cycle.
Unless there are no more delays, Dying Light is going to release in February next year for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC. The game was first announced at E3 last year.


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The COVID-19 pandemic changed plenty of companies whilst the lockdown and social distancing measures have actually forced both organizations and folks to consider. The land based casino industry has experienced somewhat over the last year and are usually searching for ways to innovate and continue doing company in these times that are challenging.
Land based casino operators are looking to implement cashless transactions to limit interaction that is human organizations like Sightline repayments are upgrading to simply help video gaming operators.
Omer Sattar, co-founder and EVP of strategic initiatives for Sightline repayments envisions that three away from four gambling enterprises into the U.S will likely be making use of payment that is cashless with a few years. The land that is top casino operators will appear to consider cashless repayment technology during the earliest.
Sightline had been using many of the gaming that is top to see how cashless payments can be made possible. These include Wynn Resorts and MGM Resorts International. The focus has mainly been on making cashless payments possible for sports betting, which is an market that is emerging gambling in the united kingdom.
Sightline’s Enjoy+ Program has already been dealing with Bank of George to ensure William Hill and BetMGM mobile account users can quickly load their records. They don’t also need to visit a casino or location that is physical load up. They simply use their card that is prepaid to cash with their account.
Users just need to spend a $4 charge for each and every $100 packed with their account that is mobile(). Their card that is prepaid is active in the Discover bank card community, has already been a debit card and certainly will be utilized for any other acquisitions and not only for loading up the account.Cashless Loyalty Program
Sightline Payments is considering using the concept to your level that is next working with one of the big operators on the Las Vegas Strip to introduce a cashless system for loyalty program payments. This means that customers can pay for their entire casino experience without even touching a dollar that is physical.
Sightline hopes to build up the idea sufficient that future casinos would just need clients to exhibit their smart phones to begin gambling. This eliminates the necessity for any money that is physical hands, reducing the chance of infection. A lot of customers are now more comfortable with contactless payments and the land that is top casino operators understand that they have to follow this technology particularly in light of COVID-19.


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Ex- DoubleClick CFO Stephen Collins Joins Bazaarvoice
Bazaarvoice, a hosted social commerce applications provider, has hired Stephen Collins, former chief financial officer (CFO) and chief information officer (CIO) of DoubleClick, as CFO. Collins, who helped lead DoubleClick through a highly successful initial public offering (IPO) in 1998, brings over 22 years of financial experience and 13 years of technology industry experience to the Bazaarvoice leadership team. In his new role at Bazaarvoice, Collins will lead all aspects of the company’s global financial and legal operations.
Previously, Collins served as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Juris, an enterprise software company providing business systems to mid-sized law firms. During Collins’ tenure, the company doubled revenues and more than doubled cash flow. Collins also invested in product development initiatives to bring new software and service offerings to their 2,000 law firm customers leading to a successful 2007 acquisition of Juris by LexisNexis.
Prior to Juris, Collins served as CFO and CIO of DoubleClick, where his responsibilities included leading the finance, accounting, investor relations, and legal teams. He joined DoubleClick in January 1997 as controller and helped grow the company from US$6m in revenue to a publicly traded multinational company with more than 2,300 employees in 23 countries and over US$500m in annual revenue. Google acquired DoubleClick in 2007 for US$3.1bn.
Before DoubleClick, Collins held several financial roles at the consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive. He began his career at the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). He is a certified public accountant (CPA) in the state of New York.


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Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, has welcomed Kraken, a US-based cryptocurrency exchange and bank, to its fast-growing virtual asset community and financial ecosystem.
Kraken is the first global cryptocurrency exchange to receive a Financial Services Permission (FSP) license to operate a regulated virtual asset exchange platform in the ADGM to serve the needs of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
The exchange has met all approval conditions from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM to operate as a Virtual Asset Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) and Custodian in Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE.
Kraken has established its Middle East headquarters in ADGM to drive its UAE business and plans, confirming its commitment to country. Kraken will be the first global virtual asset exchange group in the UAE to allow investors to invest, trade, withdraw and deposit virtual assets such as Bitcoin and Ether directly in UAE currency.
“The UAE is one of the most financially innovative jurisdictions in the world, with region-leading crypto participation rates by both consumer and professional investors. We are delighted to have received full approval and to soon launch regulated AED markets that will sit adjacent to Kraken’s industry-leading ecosystem of crypto products, including staking, spot markets across 120+ crypto assets, regulated futures, and our forthcoming NFT marketplace. We are excited to expand our products and services in the MENA region in the months and years ahead.”
Mr. Dhaher bin Dhaher, CEO of the Registration Authority, ADGM, said that “We congratulate Kraken in securing its financial license from the FSRA and warmly welcome them to ADGM’s fast-growing international virtual assets community. As an International Financial Centre and business enabler, ADGM has been doubling down its efforts in accelerating new growth and investment opportunities, like the virtual assets sector, while supporting the financial sustainability and the economic diversification of Abu Dhabi. ”