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Coldplay, the popular British band led by Chris Martin, confirmed that they will offer a concert in Lima in 2022 as part of their gira mundial denominada “Music Of The Spheres”.
“Latin America Stage 2, Music Of The Spheres World Tour // Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina // Many more dates around the world yet to be added ”They pointed out in the post with which they made the announcement.
In the publication they revealed that they will visit countries such as Mexico, Belgium, France, Germany, the United States, and the United States. and more, and you can display an image showing that tickets for some of their shows are already sold out.
Coldplay’s concert in Peru is part of the second phase of the “Music Of The Spheres” tour, in which They will have Camila Cabello as a guest and that It will begin in March 2022 in Costa Rica.
The show in Lima will take place on September 20 next year at the National Stadium, and tickets will be on sale through Teleticket.com.pe as of this December 15.
This will be the second time that the famous quartet will come to our country to offer a show following his visit in April 2016 as part of his “A Head Full of Dreams” tour.


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The UK War Cabinet account has been created by the government's National Archives, and provides by-the-second updates on what's happening on the ground.
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Feed the Bay to stock food pantries on Sunday
This year, the throngs of people piling out of church to help “Feed the Bay” will get a boost from some local businesses.
Advanced Auto Parts, Progressive Insurance and Walgreens are participating in the one-day effort to restock local food pantry shelves.
Walgreens is graduating from being a drop-off only location to stocking shelves with the entire Feed the Bay grocery list. Advanced has initiated a competition to see which store can collect the most food by Sunday and Progressive challenged its employees to host their own week-long food drive.
About 40 area churches will clear out their pews on Sunday as their members take up the challenge of shopping for the hungry. This is the eighth year for the event, started by Bay Life Church in Brandon.
To date, Feed the Bay has collected more than 1 million pounds of food and toiletries for the less fortunate, which is distributed to numerous food banks throughout eastern Hillsborough County.
Food collection trucks will be located at participating Sweet Bay and Publix supermarkets from Plant City to Apollo Beach between 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The food will go directly from the stores to the food pantry locations, which include Brandon's Emergency Care Help Organization.
“We've expanded a whole lot into Plant City and Dover this year and some of the new churches are from the other side of Tampa,” said Debbie Weismann of Bell Shoals Baptist and one of the primary organizers of the food drive. “The word is spreading about how wonderful this is.”
To learn more and see the grocery list, visit www.feedthebay.org.


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- Google is expanding its Material You dynamic color to more Android phones.
- This will allow the dynamic color to work across different Android devices, making it easier for developers to target one API.
- OEMs receiving Material You dynamic color include Samsung, OnePlus, OPPO, Vivo, and more.
One of the highlight features of Android 12 has been its dynamic color system, which allows a phone to extract color from any wallpaper and apply it across the system. While this was primarily available on Pixel smartphones, Google is making it available on more Android devices soon.
By expanding Material You's dynamic color system to best Android phones, Google is ensuring a consistent experience across the platform and various devices. Not only will this be a benefit to consumers, but Google highlights how it will help developers as they prepare to bring Material You design to their apps.
The writing has been on the wall for some time that Google would expand its dynamic color system, dubbed internally as "Monet." While there are plenty of devices running Android 12 now, phones like Samsung's Galaxy smartphones use their own theming systems to adjust color across the device.
The first official confirmation that things were changing was Samsung's Galaxy S22 launch when Google announced that the new flagships would feature Material You's theming. In October, Google also opened up its Material You design language to third-party developers so they could get their apps on board with the system.
Essentially, Google is on its way to making Android a much more cohesive experience by bringing its new design language to more than just its own Pixel phones and first-party apps.
Google didn't provide details on when we can expect this change to occur for other Android phones, but recent rumors point to a mid-March debut, possibly coinciding with a stable Android 12L release.
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Newport Stationers is on the way out after 55 years
An inability to absorb a rent increase means Newport Stationers will stop selling office and party supplies, greeting cards, fountain pen cartridges and customized wedding announcements at the end of this month after a 55-year run, according to its owner.
The family-owned shop has served Newport Beach from the same Corona del Mar storefront since 1971 and from a spot in Lido Village before that. But threatened by big-box stores and e-commerce and the idea that a stationers is old-fashioned in the current market, longtime owner Colin West finds himself unable to keep up with the overhead.
West, 78, declined to reveal the current or proposed lease terms with the store’s landlord, the Irvine Co., but said “they and we have a different idea of what will work in a retail environment.”
West’s mother, Sylvia, started the store in 1964. Its previous owners called it Stationers Store, with a seahorse bent into an aesthetically pleasing if not anatomically correct “S.” Sylvia changed the name but kept the seahorse. Over the years it was a full-service office outfitter, with desk and school supplies, furniture, machine sales and repair, and popular custom-made party invitations that can be turned around within 24 hours.
At its peak, Newport Stationers had four retail locations, 165 workers, warehouse space and a print shop.
It now has 10 employees, but their experience runs deep.
“This is our first and only job,” co-manager Peggy Tackman said, referring to herself and her husband, John, both 66.
Peggy started working part time at the store when she was 18, selling tickets to the Los Angeles Philharmonic and shows at the Ahmanson Theatre. Not long after, she learned that the shop needed a delivery driver, so she suggested John, her sweetheart at Newport Harbor High School.
The Tackmans now split management duties. She handles front-of-house retail and buying and John works the back office. Their two children also worked in the store.
“I have a 16-year-old granddaughter that I was hoping would work here,” Peggy said.
In a letter to customers taped up in several places around the store, West said he would liquidate inventory and fixtures this month.
He said the end is eased by the help of workers over the years. He listed 26 by name, including the Tackmans. He said the memory of his mother and his late brother and business partner Barry also guided the shop.
“There is sadness in thinking about time and tide not waiting,” West wrote in the letter. “After 55 years of kindness from a community who supported us with their friendship and business, the time has come, sadly, to say farewell. With age and infirmity taking its inevitable toll on longtime principals, and no successors in sight, I have decided to close Newport Stationers.”
The Irvine Co. released a statement from Phil Vise, senior director of property management for neighborhood and community centers, saying the company “thanks Newport Stationers for its many years at Harbor View Shopping Center and values our relationship with Colin West and his team. Irvine Co. has worked closely with Newport Stationers’ owner to support his business, including providing concessions over the years. We wish Mr. West all the best in his future endeavors and celebrate his decades of business in Harbor View Shopping Center.”
Peggy Tackman said the store — the only original tenant in the shopping center — cut its square footage by about a third three years ago to get a corresponding drop in rent. The space it left is now occupied by a medical spa.
West said he has had a good relationship with the Irvine Co. over the years but doesn’t want to lose money.
Management told the store’s staff about the impending closure the day after New Year’s, and the day after that, signs were posted in the windows announcing a 50% off sale. Customers visited in tears.
Sally Griffith is one of those loyal shoppers. She ordered her wedding invitations from the store, along with the invitations to a daughter’s nuptials. Another daughter is getting married in August.
“Where I am going to get my invitations now?” she said.
Newport Stationers has been in this position before. A 20% rent increase in 2012 had West running a similar fire sale.
Supporters rallied. John Tackman said a well-connected customer made a phone call that gave it a lifeline. This time there’s an online petition with 560 signatures as of Friday night.
Griffith stopped by the store Friday to pick up pen refills and printed cocktail napkins, neither of which she needs right now, but she wanted to support the neighborhood shop she’s visited for 45 years.
She said she didn’t want the space to become another nail salon or the like.
“This is what we need,” she said.
Behind her was a rack of greeting cards, most with encouraging quotes like this one in artful bold type:
“Everything will be OK in the end. If it’s not OK, it’s not the end.”
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For all the speculation over how Sarah Palin will fare in the vice-presidential debate Thursday night, her Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, faces a challenge of his own: taking on the Alaska governor without coming across as sexist or a bully.
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Nestle Group's first modern coffee center project has been established in China's Yunnan province.
In 2012, China's nationwide home appliances rural project subsidy scheme, excluding provinces and cities like Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, and Qingdao, achieved sales of 79.913
Alipay.com, the Internet payment subsidiary of Alibaba Group, confirmed that the company has formally established a new rural business unit, aiming to reach non-e-commerce
The world's retail giant Wal-Mart has announced that it will invest CNY500 million to build new stores in Guizhou's Anshun, Kaili, and Duyun in
According to China's Ministry of Commerce, sales of home appliances in the country's rural areas in January 2011 passed 10 million units in a
PC maker Dell has announced plans to build a new China operating center in Changsha, capital of Hunan province.
China's B2B e-commerce group Alibaba and Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank have reached a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement to jointly provide services to small- and
U.S.-based Starbucks Coffee Company signed memorandum of understanding deals in China to assist local farmers to develop better sustainability practices.
Herbalife Ltd. held a ground-breaking ceremony in Changsha, Hunan, for its state-of-the-art extraction facility for botanical extracts, powders and pure compounds to be used
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It’s been my belief that if the Corvette team is working on adaptive aerodynamics or active aero, that it’s most likely a feature destined for the mid-engine Corvette which is expected sometime in 2019. But these new engineering drawings from a GM patent application in May 2016 suggest that we may be seeing Adaptive Aerodynamics on the C7 2018 Corvette ZR1.
The best racing in North America can be found in the GTLM class in IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series. Last week, five manufacturers (Chevrolet, Ford, Porsche, Ferrari and BMW) slugged it out for 12 hours on the brutal concrete track that once upon a time served as an air base for B-17 Flying Fortresses during WWII.
Against all odds, Corvette Racing never gave up and the No.3 Corvette C7.R won the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in dramatic fashion for the 3rd consecutive year.
If you happen to have three-quarters of a million dollars lying around and want to spend it on a Genovation electric Corvette, listen up for new details about the wheels that will be coming on your shiny new set of wheels.
Genovation, which hopes to start producing its GXE based on the C7 Corvette in 2019, announced Monday that it will use carbon fiber wheels from Carbon Revolution.
In 2015 Chevy offered the Atlantic Design Package for the Corvette, a “check-the-box” feature which set up the Stingray as a luxurious gran touring convertible. Due to a number of factors, the car never got a real chance and the order date came and went with little notice from customers who were going crazy over the just launched 2015 Corvette Z06.
After being brutally beaten Sunday afternoon, a 72-year-old Vietnam veteran in Miami is nursing several injuries while mourning the loss of his C5 Corvette.
With injuries that look as if he might have still been in combat, Omar Sixto told a WSVN-TV reporter that he was repairing the windshield wiper on his red convertible when suddenly he was hit on the back of the head.
Corvette Racing’s Doug Fehan gave his annual pre-race talk at the Corvette Corral last Friday on the eve of the 65th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. It’s always interesting watching these talks after the actual race has taken place because you just don’t know what can happen during a 12 hour race. That is especially the case at Sebring, which can be quite unforgiving with changing weather conditions, a bumpy track and the fact that the competitors race in the dark.
Jay Leno says he can’t wait to see the comments he gets from his latest edition of “Jay Leno’s Garage.”
This month’s show focuses on the new Callaway Corvette AeroWagen that just made its debut with the shooting brake design.
It’s Monday so we’ll celebrate one of our favorite Corvette models, the second generation Corvette!
Today’s Midyear Monday photo gallery features 46 Corvettes that were built between 1963-1967.
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NEW DELHI: Vizion Lighting, a lighting products manufacturer, expects to grow 20-25 per cent in the financial year 2020-21. The company has seen a growth of about 25% year-on-year in the last two years.
"We closed at $3 million revenue in December 2019 and we currently have orders worth $300,000 in hand till March 2020," said Vishal Singh, founder and managing director of the company.
As of now, about 60 per cent of the company's revenue comes from commercial lighting segment, 25 per cent from retail segment while the rest comes from residential and hospitality segments.
"We will be designing 30 showrooms for Jawa motorcycles in January 2020 and 35 in the next few months. We are also designing about 16 lakh sq ft office of Deloitte in Bengaluru," said Singh.
Singh says they are not focussing on volume for atleast next 2-3 years. The company plans to launch 3-4 new product lines in this calendar year. By 2022, it also plans to expand abroad.
It currently works as an Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for Canada-based TMS Lighting. It is also in the process of tying-up with Germany-based product designers. "We already have presence in North America and Canada which we carry out for revenue generation. But we plan to have presence in Middle-East, Europe and Gulf countries," added Singh.
Vizion Lighting is also looking to have presence in more Indian cities like Coimbatore, Cochin, Chennai and Vijayawada. Currently it has offices in six cities i.e. Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Delhi.


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Wilmington puts out a plea for a Trader Joe's, and asks residents to help
Do you wish there was a Trader Joe's in downtown Wilmington?
Time to make it happen.
The city of Wilmington on Wednesday asked local residents to help it get the "fresh format" grocery chain's attention.
"#ItsTimeWilmDE for a Trader Joe's we can walk to in downtown Wilmington," the city posted, along with a link at which people can formally request that Trader Joe's builds a new location in their neighborhood.
(Go to www.traderjoes.com/contact-us/location-request to make your appeal.)
Typically, Trader Joe's is pretty judicious about where it opens new locations.
But it does let fans make requests online. All you have to do is visit their website and fill out a form with your name, contact information, city and state.
You can also add a few comments to support your case. The Daily Meal, a site for foodies, recommends being as specific as possible and including reasons why a Trader Joe's would do well in your city, such as a lack of supermarkets, a large population, economic growth and more.
"There are no guarantees," Trader Joe's says online. "But being wanted matters to us."
What could Trader Joe's mean for Wilmington?
Right now the closest supermarket to downtown Wilmington is a ShopRite on Walnut Street, across the Christina River.
Further away, there is an Acme in Trolley Square, a Save-A-Lot in Hilltop and a Food Lion on Governor Printz Boulevard, as well as The Fresh Grocer in Adams Four Plaza and the 7 Day Farmers Market just outside the city's western boundary.
John Rago, deputy chief of staff for the mayor's office, said Trader Joe's would be "a good fit for a growing and prospering city" like Wilmington. He said the hope is Trader Joe's sees the social media post and gets enough responses from the online form that it is interested in opening a store.
Allison Karpyn, an associate professor at the University of Delaware who served as the director of research and evaluation at The Food Trust in Philadelphia for 11 years, says Wilmington could definitely use a new grocery store.
Parts of the city are considered "food deserts," which means there aren't enough places for families to buy affordable, nutritious food. More than 65 percent of Wilmington residents live more than a half-mile away from the nearest grocery store, according to Wilmington Green Box. It's a nonprofit that supplies urban city communities with access to cold-pressed juices and healthy goods.
While living next to grocery stores doesn't necessarily mean you'll be healthier — people need to know the food is there before they can start thinking about eating better— research has found that being able to buy fresh food can reduce violence and make people more invested in their community.
Rago said the city has made good progress toward expanding the range of healthy food options in Wilmington. He mentioned, among other things, the downtown farmer's market on Wednesdays during the spring and summer, smaller neighborhood farmers markets, a number of community gardens, Wilmington Green Box and the new Faire Market & Cafe, which is like a mini Trader Joe's where you can get a few items you need for the house, as well as hot foods to take out or eat in.
Something like Trader Joe's could have a big impact on the city, Karpyn said.
For one, new grocery stores usually mean new jobs.
"Not only are they good jobs, but they're important jobs for people who may be coming out of the criminal justice system," she said.
Supermarkets are often "anchor" stores, too, she said, which means they can spur retail development.
“What we wouldn’t want to happen is for a store to come in and close or for a store to come in and really struggle," Karpyn said.
That could be a death knell of sorts, discouraging other grocery stores from picking the area, she said.
In many ways, the Trader Joe's "request a location" form isn't a bad idea, she said. If there really is a strong feeling that it’s the right store at the right time, it could be more successful.
Ways Wilmington could get a boost
Both Trader Joe's and Whole Foods have been tied to an increase in home values, according to a 2016 study by online real estate company Zillow.
Between 1997 and 2014, homes near the two grocery chains were consistently worth more than the median U.S. home. By the end of 2014, homes within a mile of either store were worth more than twice as much as the median home in the rest of the country.
"Like Starbucks, the stores have become an amenity in their own right – a signal to the home-buying public that the neighborhood they're located in is desirable, perhaps up-and-coming, and definitely improving," Zillow Group Chief Economist Stan Humphries said in a press release.
Though Trader Joe's is sometimes associated with gentrification, Karpyn said grocery stores increasingly tailor themselves to the communities they're located in, sometimes with different formats or a slightly different selection of products.
“It would be too quick to know whether or not putting a Trader Joe’s in this particular location is going to be a gentrifying element or not," she said.
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MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes is planning to sell out in its home state by partnering with franchise owners across the state. The ‘better-burger’ brand is especially focusing on growth in the cities of Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Waco. The brand is looking to sell 54 units in Texas.
MOOYAH has firmly established itself in Texas with 23 of the brand’s 90 locations in the state as well as the brand’s headquarters in Plano. Now, the franchise is aiming to close out remaining key markets in its home state with the goal of opening 15 locations in Austin, 15 in Houston and three in Waco over the coming years.
“MOOYAH was born and raised in Texas, so it only makes sense to close out our home state where we have great brand recognition and the best fans in the world,” said Mike Sebazco, MOOYAH’s executive vice president of operations and development.
“Texans already love our product and service at the existing MOOYAH locations, and we’re confident guests in our new Texas markets will feel the same.”
Texas has been on a path of growth for some time; cities like Dallas and Houston have led the country in metropolitan growth for four consecutive years. Large companies are continually shifting their operations to Texas to enjoy the tax benefits and bringing many employees with them.
“Texas has the ninth-largest GDP in the world and is only expected to grow in the future,” said Sebazco.
“It makes perfect sense for MOOYAH to ride this wave and expand its presence to meet the demand. We are thrilled to welcome new franchise owners to the MOOYAH family who are committed to bringing the better-burger to our home state.”
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By Stephanie Capretto: Multi-Channel Merchant
Our first Mobile Benchmarks report on push notification opt-in rates spanned a data set of nearly 3,000 apps and 100 billion messages sent to more than 500 million users through all of 2014. With high, medium and low opt-in rates for 15 industries, the findings have significant implications for marketers and brands striving to connect with mobile consumers.
The core findings:
- Average notification opt-in rates declined slightly year-over-year from 45% to 43%.
- In all 15 industries, high-performing apps have opt-in rates above 50% with a few above 70%.
- Within verticals, opt-in rates for high-performing apps are 45% greater than what medium-performers see.
The difference between good and great notification opt-in rates is massive, and it’s one that really matters—opted-in users are four times more engaged and two times more retained than users who don’t receive them. While there’s no other business-to-consumer communications channel that sees such high opt-in rates, consumers will become more selective as every app adopts notifications. In addition, as notifications extend brand experiences across wearables like Apple Watch and the Internet of Things, maximizing opt-in rates will only become more important.
Among Industries, Retail Sees Biggest Average Decline
Of the six industries previously examined in 2013, retail saw the steepest year-over-year decline with average opt-in rates going from 46% to 37%. The highest performing retail apps (the 90th percentile) have opt-in rates that are 55% higher than the average (the 50th percentile).
A closer look at holiday shopping season data, using the same 150 retail apps in 2013 and 2014, offers compelling perspectives and context for all industries. In 2014, retail apps doubled their notification send volume on key shopping days—Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday—and consumer response rates also doubled, despite the majority of those notifications being general sales promotions sent to all users.
Had retail apps focused more messaging on pre-shopping activities where consumer engagement rates were higher, they could have determined shoppers’ interests to tailor subsequent notifications and achieve four to seven times greater response that highly targeted notifications receive over messages broadcast to everyone (Good Push Index: Targeting, May 2014).
Check out the full report to see where your app lands on the continuum of high and low-performers by industry, and then use these top 8 tips to maximize your opt-in rate.
Make sure your app’s value is clear and encourage opt-in within your app store description
It’s never too early to convey your app’s unique value proposition and why users should not only get it but opt in to push notifications as well. Your app store listing needs to be clear, concise and convincing.
Manage expectations: let them know how you’ll use alerts
iOS requires apps serve up a default dialogue box to request permission to send push notifications. It has become common practice for this rather generic message to be the first thing a users sees the very first time they open the app. A better approach is to guide the user through key app functionality and explain why users should consider opting in, before you make the ask.
The Clymb’s excellent interactive walkthrough, shown on first open, adds customized screens before the iOS default language followed by an incentive to start shopping immediately. Some brands have improved opt-in rates nearly 10% just by adding a customized explanation screen.
Prioritize preference: let users know how they can set preferences as part of your welcome series
Helping users understand upfront that they can customize their notification settings to receive only what they want and not what they don’t, can be a critical nuance to securing the opt-in. Check out ModCloth’s extensive preference center.
Market your app in offline settings to increase your possible opted-in user base
Businesses with physical presences should promote their apps’ unique value proposition with in-store signage and at the point of sale. Help people understand how it will enrich their experiences, as well as any exclusive offers that will be unlocked by getting the app.
Use email to persuade users to download, install and launch your app, and why they should opt in to push
Already have customer emails? Use them to drive customers to engage with your brand on mobile, and usher in new levels of immediacy and contextual understanding.
Prompt mobile web users to download your app
Every digital property you have should support your app recruitment effort. It can be the difference between being where consumers can find you (the mobile web), to being able to effortlessly reach out and engage them (mobile apps).
Leading up to 2014 election day, ABC News replicated app preference buttons displayed on election-related stories to also appear on ABCNEWS.com. When people find a link to ABCNEWS.com in their Facebook feed, or on Google, Yahoo or Drudge, they are taken to its mobile web site. With this new technology, ABC News was able to offer all of these users an onramp to get the ABC News app and sign up for election alerts.
“For us, it was a really unique use case and opened a new way to gain and engage users. It helped draw in and convert new users who may not have downloaded the app previously,” said Peter Roybal, Head of Mobile at ABC News. “New app downloads were triple the volume we normally see.”
Track users that opt out to re-solicit with highly contextual in-app messaging
If opted-out users view specific products, visit the “Deals” page, or perform some other in-app activity that signals strong intent, use the insight to tailor in-app messages offering single tap sign-up to related notifications.


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TAMPA — Men can enjoy yoga, including the most athletic ones. That is the message that the co-founder of Camp Tampa, a fitness studio located in South Tampa, wants to push after a few Tampa …
CLEARWATER –– Pinellas County relies on more than just beaches to attract visitors. County government also spends millions to help sponsor big-name events to draw even more tourists. …
TAMPA — It's time, yet again, for Tampa Bay residents to tell officials what kind of transit options they want for their region.
TAMPA — For the last three years, Nicole Abbett has been using drones as part of her photography business, with clients like the city of Tampa and construction companies.
RIVERVIEW — A new luxury apartment community has opened in the Progress Village area touting itself as a distinct living option just 10 miles from downtown Tampa.
Despite intense public opposition and dubious traffic projections, the Florida Department of Transportation has announced that construction of the toll road known as "Suncoast 2" is expected to start in early 2018.
NEW YORK — Sporting goods retailers can't shake their losing streak.
BRANDON — German grocery chain Aldi is holding a hiring event for its Brandon store Aug. 24. It is looking to fill store associate, shift manager and manager trainee positions.


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In a 14-paragraph letter to readers, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publisher Walter E. Hussman Jr. explains why the paper’s newsstand price is going from 50 cents to $1 on weekdays and $1.25 to $2 on Sundays.
“Our plan is to remain a statewide, seven-day-a-week daily newspaper,” he writes in his paywall-hidden piece. “We also plan to maintain our news staff and provide the type of complete, in-depth reporting that Arkansans have expected from us for decades. But with continued advertising declines, we can see no other way to do this other than fundamentally changing our revenue base. In the future, we will have to rely more heavily on revenue from readers and subscribers.”
(By the way, Ken Doctor addressed this revenue shift in his Thursday Nieman Journalism Lab piece, “The Newsonomics of Majority Reader Revenue.”)
A letter to our readers
June 1, 2012
This week the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is increasing its price for newspapers sold in vending machines and stores to $1.00 daily and $2.00 on Sunday. We want to share with you why we think this new price is necessary.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has, for more than 20 years, kept its prices as low as possible. The last time the daily single copy price was increased was in 1996, 16 years ago. Up until now, the cover price of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has been lower than virtually all other newspapers of its size in the United States. Our home delivery prices are also among the lowest of any newspaper our size.
We have kept our circulation pricing low intentionally. The reason was to maximize our circulation. By doing so, we delivered the maximum audience for our advertisers.
Newspapers have historically offered a unique value proposition. Until recently, a typical newspaper would derive about 80% of its revenues from advertising and 20% from circulation. As a result, much of the cost of producing the newspaper was covered by advertising revenues, allowing circulation prices to remain low. Yet advertisers also benefited by having low circulation pricing, as that maximized the circulation and reach of their advertising.
Since 2006, or in six short years, the advertising business, and likewise the newspaper business, has fundamentally changed. With the exception of some signature and unique events like the Super Bowl and NFL football games, the price of advertising in the United States has declined in recent years. This is due to the laws of supply and demand. At any given time there is a fixed demand for advertising. But in the past decade, there has been an enormous increase in a number of companies selling advertising. From local cable television and niche magazines to satellite radio advertising, from the Internet, including general sites like Yahoo! and Google, and specific sites like AutoTrader.com and CareerBuilder.com, and now Facebook and Groupon, the choices have multiplied./CONTINUES Read More


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Farragut residents have a new place to have their electronics repaired.
An uBreakiFix franchise has opened a store at 11133 Parkside Drive in Turkey Creek. The store, locally owned and operated by Chance Barnett, Kevin O’Beirne, wife Teresa O’Beirne and son Chris O’Beirne, celebrated its opening, which was Aug. 29, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday, Sept. 26.
“We’re excited to share the uBreakiFix experience with the Greater Knoxville area, and we’re confident that we’ll soon become the go-to destination for the community’s tech needs,” Kevin O’Beirne said. “We want our customers to know they are getting an exceptional repair, with quality parts, at a fair price.
“We’re grateful for the opportunity to partner with the industry leader to bring a much-needed service to our friends and neighbors here in Knox [County],” he added.
This is the brand’s first store in Knox County. and the first for the partners. The location is the sixth in Tennessee for the franchise.
The company specializes in small electronics, such as smartphones, game consoles, tablets, computers and everything in between.
“But, we’ll try anything,” O’Beirne said. “At one location, we fixed a Crock Pot for somebody.”
“We fix it all — anything with a power button,” Barnett said. “We’re hoping to bring the highest-quality electronic repairs. That is a much-needed service [in] the area and helps get people’s lives back on track when they have the unfortunate incidence of breaking their phone, tablet or even their laptop screen.”
Founded in 2009 by David Reiff and Justin Wetherill, the technology repair brand provides same-day repair service of all electronics, specializing in cell phone repair and computer repair at its more than 325 locations across North America, Barnett said.
“We have a partnership with Google,” Barnett said. “We are the official repair store for Google Pixel. We also have just partnered with Samsung and working on getting all the locations Samsung certified. So, we are excited about that for sure.
While “doing multiple stores in East Tennessee,” Barnett added he has wanted to move to the Farragut area for “quite some time, so we decided to make this our home base, and we wanted Turkey Creek to be the flagship store.
“This is going to be our main location, where we base everything out of.”
“There’s great traffic through here,” O’Beirne said. “It’s a great business community.”
“We also have family in the area,” Barnett said.
O’Beirne said the franchise has the rights to East Tennessee in areas such as Tri-Cities, Knoxville and Chattanooga.
The plan is to open eight locations across East Tennessee, including four in Knox County, two in Chattanooga and two in the Johnson City/Kingsport area, Barnett said.
Hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from noon to 5 p.m., Sunday.
For more information, uBreakiFix in Turkey Creek can be contacted at 865-288-4091 or by visiting ubreakifix.com.


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A shift toward workplace wellness is underway across the U.S. Studies show businesses that incorporate comprehensive wellness programs are able to improve the health of their employees and save their company money at the same time. (*ENCORE)
Plans to build a complex of apartments, shops and entertainment venues on the riverfront downtown have been temporarily derailed. It’s the latest development in Waco’s decades-long attempt to revitalize the riverfront between I-35 and the train tracks downtown.
James Roberts researches self-control and how our love of material possessions and money has an impact on our happiness. Research shows that compulsive buying has increased by at least 10 percent in just the last few years. (*ENCORE)


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Online pet supplier retailer Chewy came running out of its doggy cage Friday with an initial stock offering of $22 a share — higher than expected — which would give the company a market value of $8.8 billion.
The Dania Beach-based company’s tail was clearly wagging as Chewy’s stock jumped to 64 percent above the IPO pricing to open at $36, and then to a high of $40.36 a share. The stock closed the day at $34.99, up 59 percent, or $12.99 a share.
The company, which competes with Amazon, Petco and many other retailers on selling pet food and products, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “CHWY.”
“We’re an experience-driven company,” CEO Sumit Singh said on CNBC-TV’s “Squawk Box” Friday, about the IPO’s success. He said the company’s 11 million customers keep coming back because of Chewy’s customer attention, which include surprise pet portraits for certain customers.
Majority owner PetSmart.com, which acquired Chewy for about $3 billion in 2017, sold 46.5 million Chewy shares in the initial public offering, up from the anticipated 41.6 million as PetSmart sold more shares than originally planned, according to Reuters.
At $22 per share, PetSmart will receive almost $900 million from the sale of its stock. Chewy operates as an independent subsidiary.
Chewy has thrived under PetSmart’s ownership, increasing sales to $3.5 billion in 2018 from $2.1 billion in 2017. The company is not yet profitable.
The company was founded in 2011 by Ryan Cohen and Michael Day. Chewy, known for sending customers pet portraits and flowers when pets die, has worked hard “to build lifetime relationships with pet owners,” according to Cohen, who has since stepped down as CEO.
Today it has more than 10,000 employees including 1,500 at its customer service center in Hollywood, where it is one of the city’s largest employers.


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Hawaiian Music's Future After Borders
Music Crunch: Borders’ closing means new challenges for Hawaiian music.
Beleaguered retail behemoth Borders, until recently the nation’s second-largest bookstore chain, this year liquidated all of its nearly 400 retail locations nationwide after years of lagging profits. Once host to a dizzying catalog of books, magazines and movies, the retailer was also a large distributor of music—much of it, here in the Islands, from local recording artists.
So how will the chain’s closing—10 Borders locations in Hawaii, alone—affect Hawaiian music?
“Smaller distributors, the ones who really specialize in catalog stuff—and by that I mean things that are more than two or three years old—are going to be hurt,” says John Aeto, a 25-year veteran of local radio and a former member of the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts. “Walmart is probably the top music seller in town, in terms of a physical outlet, but they carry only the Top 10. Borders was the last, true place you could go to buy catalog music. And that’s really what’s now missing in the retail world.”
Of course, music sales are heading online, but it won’t happen fast enough for many musicians. Aeto says, “Some groups sell on iTunes and Amazon.com, but it’s really a small percentage—I’d guess about 25 percent have made the digital transition—and that’s really where the hole is.”
Not everyone is as concerned about Borders’ demise. “It’s not the end of the world,” says Leah Bernstein, president of Mountain Apple Co., a record label, publisher, licensor, producer and distributor of Island music. “We’ve lived through the closing of many big boxes: Tower Records, [most of] Sam Goody, Wherehouse, JR’s. Borders was just the last to go.” She says Hawaiian music sales are already picking up at small boutiques, souvenir shops and large chain stores such as Target.
On a recent visit to Target, however, we took a look at the selection of Hawaiian music, and many of the albums from our own 2004 list of the “50 Greatest Hawaii Albums” were missing, including Olomana’s “Seabird” and Hapa’s self-titled album. It’s also hard to imagine Target providing what Borders did for Hawaiian musicans: an intimate, informal venue in which to share their music, get audience reactions and press the flesh.
“The loss of Borders is exactly what that word implies: a loss,” says musician Robert Cazimero. “Borders always presented an opportunity for people to see our product, for us to perform, and to have people talk with us and ask questions. You always knew you could go to Borders to get that experience.”
For the time being, there are no easy replacements for Cazimero or other Hawaiian musicians like him.


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NEW DELHI: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories recalled over 8,000 bottles of a generic medication used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ from the US market due to a packaging error, according to the US Food & Drug Administration.
The Hyderabad-based drug major is recalling 8,280 bottles of Tacrolimus capsules from the US market for ‘presence of foreign tablets/capsules’ in the affected lot.
One 0.5 mg Tacrolimus capsule was found in a bottle of 1 mg Tacrolimus capsules, the USFDA stated in its latest Enforcement Report.
The affected lot was produced at Dr Reddy’s Bachupally-based plant near Hyderabad.New Jersey-based Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc has initiated the nationwide (US) Class II recall on December 15, 2023.


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The brand is reintroducing the signature Surge with a rigorous digital and social media campaign to announce its nationwide debut
After a 12-year hiatus, Burger King has resurrected due to popular demand, the Frozen Frozen Surge, its citrus-flavoured cold beverage from The Coca-Cola Company. Something of a cult favourite, the returning signature offering which was discontinued in 2002, has since been deemed sacred by die-hard fans and 90s aficionados.
“The popularity of Surge has stood the test of time, and the overwhelming demand from fans drove our decision to bring it back. We’re expanding the signature taste and distinctive colour of Surge to frozen form and making it available to the masses,” said Bobby Oliver, Director Citrus Brands at Coca-Cola North America.
Beginning 16 November 2012, the fast food giant will be the exclusive provider of and destination for the drink, which will be available at participating restaurants across the United States. The product launch is being supported by a digital and social media push starring 1990s icon and campaign brand ambassador, Pauly Shore.
For the spot, the actor and comedian brings back his famous ‘Weasel’ persona to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting crew members and guests of a Burger King outlet with Frozen Frozen Surge in hand. The video has rolled out across a dedicated website as well as YouTube.
“Surge is a classic brand with a passionate, cult-like following so it’s the perfect collaboration for us. We are really excited to re-introduce Surge to our guests and bring it to a new generation with a brain-freezing twist,” said Eric Hirschhorn, Chief Marketing Officer of Burger King in North America.


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Fallout: New Vegas drops fall 2010, first trailer debuts
[UPDATE] Bethesda confirms Obsidian-developed installment in postnuclear RPG series will arrive later this year for PS3, 360, and PC; teaser trailer for game inside.
First Fallout MMORPG art surfaces
To boost arguments in Bethesda lawsuit, Interplay releases concept shots for its Masthead-developed postnuclear role-playing game.
Fallout 3 GOTY edition, PS3 DLC dated
Broken Steel arrives on PSN Sept. 24, other four add-ons in early Oct.; multiplatform, DLC-inclusive edition drops Oct. 13, free 360 theme coming Oct. 1.
Bethesda sues Interplay over Fallout
[UPDATE] Fallout 3 developer accuses original publisher of breach of contract, trademark infringement over stillborn MMORPG and selling Fallout games on Steam, GOG.com, and GameTap.
AU Shippin' Out September 7-11: The Beatles: Rock Band
09-09-09 is set to be a special day for fans of The Fab Four.
Shippin' Out Aug. 23-29: Arkham Asylum, Dissidia
Eidos' comic-book action-adventure game committed to X360, PS3; Square Enix's Final Fantasy 3D fighter hits PSP, with Professor Layton rolling onto DS and Metroid Prime Trilogy for Wii.
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Harley-Davidson laid off 40 employees at the company’s general merchandise division amid falling sales nationwide.
The layoffs are part of a restructuring plan, according to a Reuters report.
Earlier this year, the company reported a decline in motorcycles sales as it continues to adapt to an aging clientele while navigating the costs of higher tariffs on its motorcycles shipped overseas.
Harley continues battling weak demand in the U.S., which accounts for more than half of its sales. Declining sales forced the company to revise down its motorcycle shipment forecast for the year.
U.S. motorcycle sales peaked at more than 1.1 million in 2005 but then plummeted during the recession and haven’t recovered. Analysts say there aren’t enough millennial riders to offset the number of baby boomers who no longer ride.
Harley officials say the layoffs won’t impact any workers in the company’s manufacturing division.


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Front Street was once the center of a busy downtown Cuyahoga Falls. Now, not so much.
It's really a ghost town there, but for about $11 million dollars in taxpayer money, some things are changing.
"As it is right now, the businesses or business owners that are looking at space are probably seeing a zero traffic count," said Brent VanFossen.
VanFossen's popcorn shop is one of a small handful of businesses tucked into an empty, isolated Front Street in Downtown Cuyahoga Falls. Most days on the Front Street pedestrian mall are vacant. An amphitheater attracts concert goers in the summer and an ice skating rink attracts snowbirds in the winter.
But a major, multi-million dollar development is aiming to change that and bring a new face to an old downtown.
"We're working on the early stages to put the road back in," said Cuyahoga Falls' Mayor, Don Walters.
Walters knew Front Street when there was a road there instead of a pedestrian mall. It was a time when businesses filled every store front and people packed the sidewalks.
That's why he's happy, City Council unanimously signed off on an $11 million dollar investment that will put the road back in and will make major upgrades to store fronts.
"We're probably up in the $10-12 million range. It's not been finalized because we're still doing the design work now. There will be absolutely no increase to taxpayers, we'll be able to pay it with our own funds," said Walters.
Every dime will be paid for by the city and it will likely take years to pay off, but it's a debt some in Cuyahoga Falls are hoping is worth it.
"It's going to reinvigorate the downtown area that has a ton of potential," said VanFossen.
Plans for the project are still coming together. The groundbreaking is expected for May 2017 and the entire project likely won't be completed until summer of 2018.


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A medical marijuana bill has passed the New York state Senate’s Health Committee for the first time, giving supporters more confidence they can shepherd the legislation to a full vote.
According to a report by the New York Daily News, the bill passed the committee by a 9 to 8 vote, and now heads to the Senate’s Finance Committee. State Senator Diane Savino, a Democrat from Staten Island, sponsored the bill, and the Daily News said she claims to have 39 Senate votes in favor of it, which would be seven more than necessary for passage.
Newsday reported that the bill’s clearance by the Finance Committee is hardly assured, since that group is full of Republicans who have, historically, been averse to legalizing marijuana. A spokesperson for the chair of the committee, John DeFrancisco, a Republican from Syracuse, told Newsday that no decision has been made about whether the panel will even have a vote on the bill.
Recent polls indicate that a wide majority of New York voters -- 88 percent in one survey-- approve of medical marijuana. In comparison, that same Quinnipiac poll found that 57 percent of voters support legalization of small amounts for personal use.
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Air New Zealand has partnered with Swiss travel platform Winding Tree to explore applications of blockchain technology in the airline's business, Reuters reported.
The New Zealand airline also said it is investing in Winding Tree’s token sale slated for January next year.
According to Avi Golan, chief digital officer for Air New Zealand, the airline is also eyeing blockchain elsewhere, citing use cases such as loyalty programs and distribution.
“While we are still exploring its benefits, blockchain may offer a streamlined way to retail airfares and ancillary products alongside our current channels,” said Golan.
German national carrier Lufthansa has also recently announced partnerships with Winding Tree. Lufthansa was interested in exploring use cases that would put booking, rebooking, and traveler itinerary information on the blockchain.


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Almost two years have passed since Ripple has faced lawsuit filings by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC sued Ripple Labs Inc at the end of 2020 for marketing XRP tokens on its platform. The SEC stated that it comes under unregistered securities.
By the end of October 2018, more than a hundred banks were registered, and most of them started using Ripples X’s current messaging innovation. Due to security issues, they avoided the utilization of XRP cryptocurrency.
From 2013 to 2020, Ripple Labs Inc raised its capital to $1.3 billion (USD) by selling XRP tokens on the platform. In December 2020, the SEC filed a case against Ripple for selling XRP tokens.
As per the law in the US, if the court wins the case against Ripple, XRP will be considered as security rather than currency in the nation. It follows that similar cryptocurrencies will be considered as securities as well. So the hearing will be important to all digital asset shareholders, including blockchain developers and investors.
The SEC thought Larsen and Garlinghouse had started illegal trading with XRP even though the token was not registered under security. It was still offering users to buy XRP. The SEC added that Ripple profited from non-cash transactions and they pushed investors to pay in XRP to increase their token sales.
“As per the complaint registered in the file, it stated that in addition to promoting and structuring the XRP sales used to finance the company’s business, Lardsen and Garlinghouse also affected personal unregistered sales of XRP with a worth of $600 million (USD). The company alleges that defendants failed to register their offers and sales of XRP.”
If the SEC rules in favor of Rappel, it will benefit the US regulators for future new innovations in blockchain technology platforms. It will ease the regulations in the US for the development of blockchains. If the decision goes against Ripple, it will lead investors to show less interest in the development of the crypto ecosystem
Recently, Ian Balina was sued by the SEC for marketing the SPARK coins. Later, CEO Sajad Daya and Sparkster decided to pay back $35 million (USD) to the users who lost their assets by buying SPARK tokens.
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Winners of the "Emerging Tech Company of The Year" South Coast Tech Awards by The Business Magazine
We are proud to announce that we took home the hardware for “Emerging Tech Company of The Year” at the South Coast Tech Awards by The Business Magazine – South East last night.
“The Emerging Tech Company of the Year award recognises a company that has demonstrated exceptional innovation and leadership in a cutting-edge technology field. Nominees should have developed a groundbreaking technology that has the potential to disrupt industries and solve important problems. Judges will consider factors such as the company’s technological advancements, business strategy, market potential, and impact on the industry. The winner of this award should be a company that has shown significant promise and potential for growth and has the ability to make a lasting impact in their field.” – The Business Magazine.
Receiving this award underscores our commitment to pushing the boundaries of technology, and it’s a testament to the remarkable innovation that our company has brought to the forefront of the Fin Tech industry. We are genuinely humbled to be recognised for our groundbreaking technology that holds the potential to revolutionise the private equity market.
Our journey has been marked by relentless pursuit of technological advancements, a well-crafted business strategy, and a steadfast belief in the transformative power of innovation. We are immensely grateful to the judges for recognising not only our achievements but also our vision for the future.
Thanks to the wonderful team at Filament that makes this possible, we are incredibly proud of the journey we have been on to get here and are excited for the path ahead.


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Technology leaders from three major media organisations in live events, business data and daily news describe how digital is reshaping their sector and their role
The media industry has been highly disrupted by the internet and the move by consumers to digital media. This has led to major changes in the business models of media organisations. For the March Horizon CIO Podcast, three leading media business technology leaders came together to debate the impact, but more importantly the opportunity, for technology to change the shape of the media.
CIOs from three unique media types joined CIO Community Editor Mark Chillingworth to describe how their sector is changing in shape. Chris Fosberry represented the subscription critical business data sector as CTO of Argus Media, which is a publisher of commodities market data, prices and analysis. Sean Harley CIO of Ascential is also from business-to-business, but this former magazine publisher is now a leading provider of events. Whilst Richard Walsh us Group Technology Director at The Telegraph Media Group, best known for its broadsheet newspaper.
“The media is always reinventing itself,” CTO Chris Fosberry says of the sector and why it is a fascinating place to be a CIO. But as Walsh says: “The media has been one of the first areas to be disrupted over a sustained period of time,” and challenges to the sector continue, whether from social media, citizen journalists or startups.
Throughout the podcast these senior CIOs describe how being a technology leader in the media shares many of the same challenges as sectors being disrupted. Of major interest is how the sector is having to reshape its operating model and adopt multi-function teams models, something that the sector has never been good at. Throughout its history the media has been led by sales directors who have relied upon a divisive “management style” to ensure sales and editorial do not work together. However the three CIOs describe how, as a result of technology, this is changing to a collaborative ethos.
“The pace that we are moving at and the reliance on the digital economy and the data is becoming more and more important and that leads to innovation in structure, the business, your global reach and in the customer sets,” says Ascential CIO Sean Harley.
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Uni-Select sells US auto parts business to Icahn Enterprises for US$340M
Sale includes 39 distribution centres and 240 corporate stores that employ nearly 3,000 people.
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BOUCHERVILLE, Que. — Uni-Select is selling its US automotive parts distribution business to an affiliate of Icahn Enterprises for US$340 million.
The deal includes Beck/Arnley Worldparts, but excludes the Quebec-based company’s paint distribution business, FinishMaster, and its Canadian automotive parts operations.
The sale includes 39 distribution centres and 240 corporate stores that employ nearly 3,000 people.
Uni-Select said it will use the proceeds to repay debt while it focuses on its US paint and Canadian operations, where it is a market leader.
The deal, which has been approved by Uni-Select’s board of directors, is expected to close in the first half of the year, subject to regulatory approvals.
“After a thorough review of our operations, we have concluded that the sale … will allow us to focus on our current strengths and core businesses,” CEO Richard Roy said.
Uni-Select expects to incur an after-tax loss of US$80 million to US$100 million in the first quarter of 2015, reflecting transaction-related costs, restructuring charges and goodwill writedowns among other balance sheet costs.
Icahn Enterprises is a diversified holding company that controls companies with more than US$20 billion of assets in the investment, automotive, energy, gaming, rail car, food packaging, metals, real estate and home fashion sectors.
“With the advent of the bull market over the last five years, it has become increasingly difficult to find companies that we believe to be undervalued and with growth potential. That is why we were happy when we learned that the United States segment of Uni-Select was available,” said chairman Carl Icahn.
The acquired business will be operated independently from Federal-Mogul Holding, the automotive products subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises.
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Hongkongers are sorely lacking calcium in their diet, according to a recent poll of more than 1,300 people. The average intake of the vital mineral is only 574mg, a far cry from the recommended 1,000mg, found the street survey conducted in May by milk powder brand Anlene.Monday, 1 July, 2013, 11:25am 2 comments
China Mengniu Dairy, the country's largest manufacturer of liquid dairy products, plans to pay HK$3.18 billion to dramatically boost its stake in China Modern Dairy, in an attempt to get a tighter hold of its raw milk supply.9 May 2013 - 5:19am
The Inner Mongolia-based company said in an analysts conference yesterday that its revenue had grown year on year since January this year. Gross profit margin is also expected to improve thanks to the launch of new products, better cost control and a rise in retail prices.28 Mar 2013 - 6:31am
One of the key compounds in green tea is Epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG, a potent antioxidant, which supporters say reduces fat gain and enhances fat-burning.30 Dec 2012 - 7:12am
Chinese companies are flocking to bring overseas-brand baby formula into the mainland, where prices and profit margins are among the highest in the world.
Each month yet another batch of imported baby food is added to supermarket shelves around the nation, all packaged for mainland mothers with labels saying they are "tailor-made for Chinese babies".5 Nov 2012 - 3:25am
The Hunan-based dairy company forced to recall 31 tonnes of infant milk powder in July because of contamination concerns has closed the plant that produced the product.14 Oct 2012 - 11:19am 1 comment
Shop 2075, Podium Level Two, IFC Mall, 8 Finance Street, Central
Tel: 2979 2100
Open: 11.30am-3pm (from 10am Saturday, Sunday and public holidays), 6pm-10pm
Price: about HK$570 without drinks or the service charge.6 Sep 2012 - 9:46am
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Although I haven't drunk a glass of milk since I was forced to by my mother as an adolescent (despite her insistence to the contrary, it didn't make me grow up to be big and strong), I actually consume a fair amount of it. While I do drink milk in coffee, most of my intake comes from savoury dishes and desserts, especially ice cream.1 Sep 2012 - 12:35am
Authorities have ordered a Hunan-based dairy firm to shut down production and recall more than 31 tonnes of an infant milk powder that was found to be tainted with a carcinogenic agent, in the latest safety scare involving the industry.25 Jul 2012 - 12:00am
I was hoping these Hokkaido Royal Milk Tea langue de chat (HK$78 for a box of 10) would be as good as those by the Yoku Moku brand, which are extremely delicate and delicious. Unfortunately, the Hokkaido brand doesn't come close - the biscuit seems thicker and the filling is far too sweet. They're sold at Fresh Mart, Sogo, 555 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay (tel: 2833 8338).8 Jul 2012 - 12:00am
A ParknShop storeroom assistant in the Wong Tai Sin Shopping Centre saw two traders move dozens of boxes of baby formula into their vehicles, Kwun Tong Court heard yesterday.
The 23-year-old assistant is a witness in the trial of five people who deny charges of conspiracy to defraud and bribery in relation to the sale of baby milk formula.6 Jul 2012 - 12:00am
Dairy giant the Yili Group yesterday recalled some baby formula products after 'abnormal' levels of mercury were found.
The firm said it issued the recall after the national food-safety watchdog made the discovery in its All Excellent line of milk powder on Tuesday.15 Jun 2012 - 12:00am
While there are plenty of unknowns involved in being launched into space, at least astronauts can take comfort in knowing the food is among the best their nation has to offer.14 Jun 2012 - 12:00am
China Mengniu Dairy said news of its milk products containing unsafe levels of a cancer-causing substance had affected sales in January, but it was confident it would meet this year's sales target.
The mainland's largest dairy reported net profit last year jumped 28.4 per cent to 1.59 billion yuan (HK$1.96 billion), and revenue grew 23.5 per cent to 37.4 billion yuan.28 Mar 2012 - 12:00am


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Confidence levels among businesses weakened marginally in the second half of 2017, compared to the first half of that year, but improved going forward into 2018. This is according to the Business Expectations Survey (BES) conducted by Bank of Botswana and the survey is carried twice a year. The survey indicates that firms seem to have developed some uneasiness with the business conditions as their confidence level for the period was nine (9) percent points lower than perceptions (55 percent) about the same period last year. The lower confidence level is further reflected in the forecast lower growth of 3.5 percent for the domestic economy by local businesses compared to 2018/19 Business Strategy Paper (BSP) forecast output growth of 4.7 percent. However, in line with previous trends, more firms are said to be expecting better business conditions going forward with an overall confidence level of 52 percent for the first half of 2018 and 64 percent for the whole 2018. The improvement in business confidence is thought to be linked to government’s projections of a pick-up in economic performance this year. The BSP, which was presented last September at a Budget Pitso in Gaborone, projects output growth of 4.7 percent and 5.3 percent for 2017 and 2018 respectively. The growth is to be driven mainly by some improvements in the mining and services sectors.
The mining sector is expected to recover due to improvement in demand for diamonds as a result of favourable global economic prospects while the services sector is expected to benefit from stability in water and electricity supply and the projected expansion in government spending. As it stands, confidence amongst domestic–oriented firms is said to lower at 46 percent from 48 percent in the first half of 2017. The level of optimism for domestic firms improves to 51 percent in the first half of 2018 before picking up to 67 percent in the second half of the year to December 2018. Regarding the export–oriented businesses, the confidence level was at 50 percent in both halves of 2017 and is anticipated to remain the same in the first half of the year before declining to 42 percent in the second half of the year. “Thus, the expected upswing in the overall business confidence for 2018 is due to a more positive outlook by domestic-oriented businesses, perhaps premised on the expected increase in government expenditure in 2018/19,” the survey indicates. The BES, which is conducted twice a year, summarises views of the business community regarding their perceptions about the current and future state of the economy. In the survey, businesses respond to a range of questions relating to, among others, the business and the outlook for economic growth, inflation and business performance over the survey horizon.


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When the Chevrolet Corvette finally arrived in Australian showrooms earlier this year there was very little in the way of choice. For starters, every example was already spoken for but even those customers didn't all get to choose exactly what colour, trim or wheel combination they preferred.
That was because, for General Motors Specialty Vehicles (GMSV), just getting that first shipment of Corvettes was a major challenge, with both the pandemic and the all-new right-hand drive production line meaning supply was severely constrained; so it was a case of ‘you get what you get and you don't get upset'.
That changes for the 2023 model year (MY23) ‘Vette, with GMSV announcing a new range of personalisation options are now available to Australian customers.
These include three new alloy wheel options, black exhaust tips, an ‘Adrenaline Red' interior package and blackout interior trim.
For those who are lucky enough to get an order in, GMSV has confirmed that the next batch of Corvettes are due to ship for local shores in the fourth quarter of this year.
“C8 Corvette is a vehicle which elicits a huge amount of passion and excitement amongst owners and fans,” said Joanne Stogiannis, Director of GMSV.
“It is a very dramatic car, full of character and personality, and now with the possibility of making changes to certain features we are providing new owners with the opportunity to make their Corvette their own, to a greater extent than has been possible before.
“We're proud to be able to deliver this chance to our new C8 owners and am sure they will take pleasure in finessing some of the finer details relating to their new Corvette.”


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Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara said the studio is doubling down on its major franchises in a Tuesday Q&A session at an investor conference, undoubtedly good news for fans of DC Comics, Harry Potter and the Lego movies. And some of that content may be delivered direct to consumer.
In remarks at the Credit Suisse Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tsujihara said given the challenges of today’s film market, marquee intellectual property is more critical than ever.
“What is becoming more and more important is really these big franchises,” Tsujihara said.
The studio chief pointed out that three years ago, the top 10 films made up about 25 percent of the box office. This year, the top 10 will comprise about 30 percent, which makes nailing tentpoles that much more important. Tsujihara also said that the proliferation of prestige TV has favored big spectacle movies.
“If you look at what’s happening with the quality of the television product, the movies that are breaking through are the big franchises,” he said, adding that only Disney has a comparable selection of big franchises as Warner Bros.
Tsujihara also underscored Warner Bros.’ stepped-up direct-to-consumer efforts, mentioning its recent acquisition of gaming-focused Machinima. He said the studio’s been working on that line of business, hinting at a potential dedicated DC Comics product to capitalize on its “rabid” fan base.
“We’ve been working on that quite feverishly over the last 12 months,” he said of Warner Bros.’ direct-to-consumer pipeline.
Like many other studio chiefs — who have been watching, and in some cases, reaping the benefits of Chinese money flowing into Hollywood — Tsujihara said the potential opportunities to tap into the fast-growing movie market of the world’s most populous country is massive.
“The size of that opportunity for a movie studio is bigger than anything we’ve seen internationally in a long time,” Tsujihara said.
Tsujihara downplayed the impact of the proposed AT&T acquisition of studio owner Time Warner, saying that his division would continue to focus on producing hits for Time Warner’s cable channels, such as TNT and HBO.
“The biggest way for Warner Bros. to move the needle was if we created a hit show for Turner or HBO,” he said. “I’m really excited about the opportunity we potentially have with [HBO series] ‘Westworld.’”
Tsujihara pointed out that early viewing for “Westworld” is ahead of the first season of “Game of Thrones,” which has grown into HBO’s biggest current hit.
He also addressed potential changes to viewing windows, which he said have been the subject of productive talks with distributors “for the first time in a long time.”
“We’re working with them to create a new window,” he said. “We have to offer consumers more choices earlier.”
And regardless of when they get to see it, Warner Bros. plans to produce plenty of new content from familiar — and reliable — intellectual property.
“Do we have an opportunity to rejuvenate ‘Looney Tunes?’” he asked.


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Bowser echoes previous sentiment of Reggie Fils-Aime, cites Animal Crossing delay as proof of anti-crunch stance, but what about the actual developers in Japan?
Deal will see both parties "build upon their shared vision of empowering human connection through collective social experiences."
With new corporate backing, Greenlit will not only be able to turbocharge its esports audience but also grow its marketing opportunities for global clients.
Star Control creators Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III have withdrawn their opposition to Stardock's trademark for Star Control, and they are now teaming up with Stardock on a new game called Beekeeping.
In the first Nintendo Direct for Doug Bowser since stepping into Reggie Fils-Aime's shoes, Nintendo unleashed a bevy of software, including a new Animal Crossing for Switch finally.
After an immensely successful Kickstarter in 2016, French developer Novaquark is funding its MMORPG Dual Universe with an additional $11.2 million investment while also planning to "bolster its presence in Canada" through hiring at its Montreal studio.
It's a smart move but it does mean that Microsoft will no longer be adding to the backwards compatibility list for Xbox One.
Google's upcoming cloud gaming platform is evolving before our eyes and it looks like they are taking a page from the cable TV industry.
Former Unity executive claims CEO repeatedly committed sexual harassment, fostered hostile workplace
Just over a month after NetherRealm Studios faced toxic workplace accusations, a lawsuit alleged Unity CEO John Riccitiello repeatedly committed sexual harassment. The claim hints at a larger call for accountability in the games industry, particularly toward powerful men manipulating subordinate women.
The layoffs are just the latest in a series of serious financial setbacks for the Swedish developer, which has been selling its publishing rights and making cuts in an attempt to stay afloat.


text: Drug dealers across Florida must be upset after a massive marijuana seizure in Miami. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized almost two tons of marijuana hidden in a shipping container at the Miami seaport. The bales of pot were discovered during a routine search. The 3,837 pounds of marijuana, which were found packed in a shipping container, would be worth an estimated $7.6 million on the street. Investigators say the vessel carrying the container began its voyage in Australia and had a stop in Kingston, Jamaica, where it’s believed the marijuana was loaded. CBP officials say it’s the largest marijuana seizure they’ve made in Miami in many months. No arrests so far.


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Cyberpunk 2077 creators CD Projekt Red unveiled last month that it’ll be using the new Unreal Engine 5 as its main platform to develop the upcoming Witcher games. And after the State of Unreal event yesterday, things got clearer on why the devs decided on this shift to Epic Games’ game creation platform.
Pawel Zawodny, CD Projekt Red’s chief technology officer, spoke about the company’s strategic partnership with Epic during the stream alongside game director Jason Slama and art director Jakub Knapnik.
“It was the shift towards open-world support that brought Unreal Engine 5 to our attention,” Zawodny said. “This opens a new chapter for us where we really want to see how our experience in building open-world games gets combined with all the engineering power of Epic.”
Slama also gave his take on the move to use Epic’s newest version of the game engine. Despite his attention being caught when he saw a game demo made from the Unreal Engine 5, Slama said there could still be “possibilities of the things that can go wrong,” especially when games need “a really stable environment” to be developed.
Knapnik, on the other hand, praised Unreal Engine 5 for being a “cool technology to prototype and make environments really quickly, really beautiful, and they’re realistic.” He also dubbed Epic’s latest offering as a “toolbox” where “a lot of features, a lot of solutions are already there that allow teams to just try new stuff.”
CD Projekt Red was known for using its own game-creating tool called the RED Engine for its previous titles. Aside from Cyberpunk, games such as The Witcher 2 and The Witcher 3 were created using the company’s in-house platform. But with Unreal Engine 5’s innate characteristics to bring games to a whole new level, such as giving one of the highest forms of 3D intricacy and large-scale world building fit for the open-world genre, CD Projekt Red may just benefit from everything the platform has to offer, especially for its upcoming Witcher game.
Epic also announced during the State of Unreal stream that Unreal Engine 5 is now available for download. It will include “groundbreaking features” such as Lumen, which Epic calls “a fully dynamic global illumination solution” to provide more realistic lighting, as well as Nanite, which can give “the ability to create games and experiences with massive amounts of geometric detail.”
Gameplay sample projects like the Lyra Starter Game and City Sample can also be downloaded for free. You can learn more about Unreal Engine 5 in an Epic blog post.


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Biden’s electric car tax credit hard to collect: ‘Cuts the rug out from under consumers’ feet’
Billions of dollars set aside in President Biden’s new spending and tax law would reward people who buy electric vehicles, but tax credits may never reach drivers’ pockets.
To make their vehicles eligible for tax credits of up to $7,500, automakers would have to make major changes to how they source and assemble their battery-powered cars and trucks. Indeed, China, one of the main competitors of the United States, controls about 80% of the world’s production of rare earth minerals, which are essential for the production of batteries for electric vehicles.
Democratic lawmakers, environmental groups and the auto industry fear that strict requirements for sourcing most battery materials from North America or free trade partners will make credits unnecessary for the next few years. .
According to John Bozzella, president and CEO of lobby group Alliance for Automotive Innovation, of the 72 electric vehicle models currently on the market, 70% are not eligible, but none will be eligible once the additional requirements come in. fully in force in a few years. Potential electric vehicle buyers have been urged to make their purchases before Mr. Biden signs the legislation to take advantage of current credits.
“We said the incentivized purchase legislation was a missed opportunity, especially while the supply chains for raw materials and batteries are still in place,” Bozzella said. “But Congress has also made significant investments on the supply side.”
Automakers large and small have expressed skepticism. EV startup Rivian Automotive said the timing of battery requirements “cuts the rug to consumers.” General Motors warned that “some of the arrangements are difficult and cannot be accomplished overnight.”
Tax credits are also faced with progress with the international community. The European Union and South Korea have warned that Mr Biden’s tax break for electric vehicles could violate World Trade Organization rules because it discriminates against foreign-made vehicles .
The international trade dispute aside, EV advocates say something is better than nothing in promoting climate-friendly cars, even if the industry has to overcome stringent supply chain caveats. The law, dubbed the Cut Inflation Act, extends tax credits for the next decade and provides more than $15 billion to help domestic battery manufacturing.
“It’s huge. Unfortunately, with this policy, I like to think that with the rose comes the thorn,” said Katherine Stainken, vice president of policy at the Electrification Coalition, during a a virtual forum.
Previously, buyers could only qualify for tax credits if an automaker sold fewer than 200,000 electric vehicles. Major manufacturers like Tesla and General Motors passed that threshold years ago, and others were fast approaching the cutoff. The new law now gives automakers the ability to change how they produce their electric vehicles and re-sell cars and trucks that qualify for the tax credits.
Under the new law, electric vehicles must be assembled in North America and batteries must start coming from the United States or free trade partners. By 2029, 100% of battery components must come from North America.
New EVs that are SUVs, vans or trucks and cost less than $80,000 can receive up to $7,500 in credit. All other EVs must be under $55,000. Individual buyers must earn less than $150,000. Used electric vehicles that cost less than $25,000 are eligible for up to $4,000. Individuals must earn less than $75,000.
Based on Congressional Budget Office projections calculated by Beia Spiller of nonpartisan think tank Resources for the Future, the number of eligible new electric vehicles sold through next year would amount to less than 1% of the roughly 1.3 million sold in 2021. By 2031, only 190,000 total vehicles are expected to be eligible, or around 13% of those sold in 2021 alone.
Electric vehicle prices are already on the rise with announced price increases for new electric vehicles roughly equal to the amount of the tax credit.
Ford is raising the sticker price between $6,000 and $8,500 for its electric vehicles — the F-150 Lightning Pro will sell for $46,974, an increase of $7,000 over last year’s model. Last month, GM raised the price of its electric Hummer by $6,250.
Democrats were forced to include supply chain requirements, income thresholds and vehicle price caps in exchange for vital support from Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia to push the bill through. the Senate split 50-50.
Mr Manchin, a conservative Democrat, responded to criticism of the law’s structure by saying it was up to manufacturers to figure out how to end their reliance on China for tax credits.
“Be aggressive and make sure we mine in North America, process in North America and stop depending on China,” he told reporters earlier this month. “I was very, very adamant that I don’t think we should be building transportation on the back of foreign supply chains, and I’m not going to. We’re building our own cars, our own engines at fuel. We’ve done everything. All of a sudden we can’t anymore? No, come on guys. Come on.”
Clean energy advocates have recognized the need to limit the country’s dependence on foreign enemies like China for critical minerals if a conflict ever erupts between Washington and Beijing. But they urged – to no avail – more transition time and expanding the list of countries where components can come from to include NATO members.
Abigail Wolf, who heads the critical minerals division at Securing America’s Future Energy, described the tax credits as a “juicy carrot” for automakers to “create responsible supply chains.”
A potential short-term fix that advocates point to would be for the federal government to offer waivers to smaller manufacturers who would face a greater impediment to expanding their domestic production.
Another is to allow reform to accelerate energy projects of all forms, a contentious policy issue that Democrats have promised Mr. Manchin to undertake in the coming weeks, but which will require the support of Republicans.
“You just can’t get enough of what we need to meet the demand we have now, let alone new demand. It takes about 12 years for a mineral mine to be licensed and set up,” said Frank Maisano, a partner at Washington-based law firm Bracewell, which works with the fossil fuel and clean energy industries. “These are big issues and it’s just part of our national content.”


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SportsCastr blockchain project has partnered with WNBPA to offer basketball fans premium content from the women’s professional basketball league, powered by the SportsCastr FanChain token.
The SportsCastr social live-streaming platform makes it possible for anyone to become a color commentator.
The partnership with WNBPA was made possible by REP Worldwide, the agency responsible for WNBPA’s group licensing and player-marketing.
With this partnership, all players will have the opportunity to use SportsCastr in providing live commentaries and other exciting content.
SportsCastr will also collaborate with WNBPA to provide premium opportunities for players.
The FanChain token from the stables of SportsCastr serves as an incentive for users of the platform. It helps them unlock premium player content, buy sports tickets, merchandise and more.
The SportsCastr team is holding talks with various teams, publishers and others in the sports industry to foster wider adoption of FanChain.
“Women’s basketball fans are global and diverse. By partnering with the WNBA, we aim to build the international reach of WNBA players while delivering unparalleled access to their fans.” Said CFO and Head of Strategy at SportsCastr, Andrew Schupak.
As part of the partnership deal, the WNBPA will own a unique portal in SportsCastr, that would aggregate all exciting player content and favorite player streams.
The NFL Players Association also recently acquired a minority stake in SportsCastr, making the project a licensed NFLPA project.
“From the NFLPA to the WNBPA, it’s our mission to provide a platform for all fans and athletes to have a voice. Through the WNBPA partnership, which offers fans live interactive video and exclusive content directly from players, the talents and personalities of these incredible female athletes will be on display for the next generation of fans,” said Kevin April, SportsCastr CEO.
The WNBA players will begin using the platform in Q3 of this year, and the WNBA portal will go live in Q4.
The platform is a live-streaming system that makes it possible for anyone to become a color commentator.
SportsCastr is funded by elites in the sports world including NBA Commissioner Emeritus David Stern and others.
FanChain is the native crypto of the platform and its designed for the entire sports world.
The WNBPA is the pioneer labor union for professional female athletes. It was launched in 1998 to help players achieve their full potentials and protect their fundamental human rights.
For more, visit https://fanchain.com/
The team: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sportscastr/


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The Galaxy A51 is an impressive smartphone from Samsung. The device was launched towards the close of 2019, along with the Galaxy A71. The A51 has gain increased recognition and love by smartphone shoppers in the mid-range market, and most especially, among lovers of smartphones with unique feel and especially, appealing design, which a major strength of the A51.
However, the above does not mean that the A51 does not have it flaws. One of them is the absent of 5G network modem. It is no doubt that 5G network is yet to gain much grounds even among the first world economies. But when it does, and even extend to the second, third and even fourth-world economy, Samsung want to be sure it has something to battle competitors. Besides, who say there are no mid-range or even low-end smartphone users in the first-world economies?
Anyways, what looks a Samsung Galaxy A51 5G version might be in the works. How did we know that? Well, because a recent GeekBench listing has shown a new variant of the Galaxy A51, but with a different model number and a more powerful 5G enabled CPU.
This model number is “samsung SM-A516N”, whereas that of the current A51 is SM-A515F. The new comer is powered by the Exynos 980 SoC, a dual-mode 5G chipset which was also Vivo X30 series.
As seen in the image above, the listing suggest the presence of a larger 6GB of RAM and what looks like a supper charged testing score that outperformed the current A51 with good margin.


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What’s got four legs, four arms, a bright red tail, a genius-level IQ and a new animated series? Marvel Entertainment’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, which was announced Saturday at the D23 Expo in Anaheim and is headed to Disney Channel in 2020.
Adapted from the 2016 Marvel comic book series of the same name, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur follows the adventures of 13-year-old Lunella Lafayette — one of the smartest people in the world, although not everyone believes her — and Devil, her pet dinosaur, who arrived in the present day thanks to an accidental time vortex. The concept is an updated take on Captain America and X-Men co-creator Jack Kirby’s 1978 Devil Dinosaur comic book series.
The new animated series will come from Disney Television Animation, with Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland’s Cinema Gypsy Productions as executive producers alongside Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment and Kim Possible producer Steve Loter. Jeff Howard and Kate Kondell will serve as co-producers and story editors.
“As an avid comic book fan, I am thrilled to be involved with Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” Fishburne said in a statement. “Disney Channel is the perfect platform to explore this pint-sized female African American superhero and I can’t wait for their audience to enjoy the lighthearted adventures of Lunella and Devil Dinosaur.”
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Lamborghini Sian: Five Things You Must Know About Sant’Agata’s Fastest-Ever Bull
The limited-run hybrid V12 is also the first car to use supercapacitors.
As if Bugatti hitting 304 miles per hour wasn't enough of a win for the Volkswagen Group's hypercar department, Lamborghini has now unveiled its fastest car ever: the Sián. No, it isn't a direct successor to the Aventador but rather a limited-run car made to preview what Sant'Agata's next generation of supercars will look and drive like. Oh, and it's also Lambo's first hybrid ever.
These are the five things you should know about the electrifying Lamborghini Sián.
It's unequivocally the fastest-ever Lambo
With its electric motor and mid-mounted 785-horsepower V12, the Sián produces 819 horsepower, which is the most ever for any Lamborghini. What's more, Lambo says it also boasts the highest power-to-weight ratio of any of its V12 cars. It also gets to 62 mph in just 2.8 seconds—the shortest sprint ever for any Lamborghini—and top out at somewhere around 217 mph.
It's the first car to use supercapacitors
The Sián is Lambo's first hybrid ever, following in the footsteps of the Porsche 918, McLaren P1, and Ferrari's LaFerrari and SF90 in offering an ultra-fast hypercar motivated partially by electricity. Unlike those cars and more pedestrian hybrids, however, the limited-run bull is the first car to use supercapacitors. The company says it's three times more powerful than a lithium-ion battery of the same weight.
"Sián" means "flash" or "lightning" in Bolognese
Because it's Lamborghini's first hybrid ever, its name should probably reflect that, right? "Its Sián moniker, meaning 'flash or lightning' in Bolognese dialect, denotes the first electrification of a Lamborghini production car and confirms our strong connection to the territory in which we operate," said Lamborghini boss Stefano Domenicali.
Only 63 will be built
And, surprise surprise, they're already all sold out!
Making them even more exclusive and special is the fact that every Sián will apparently be unique. Owners will be able to completely customize their car's color scheme thanks to Lambo's Ad Personam program. Everybody who can pay for the Sián has presumably already done so but just to satisfy your curiosity, each one cost its owner $3.6 million.
Its design previews the next Aventador
As we've outlined before, limited-run hyper-Lambos are usually a pretty good indicator of what "regular" V12 Lambos will look like in the not-so-distant future—and the Sián is no exception. The company's chief engineer has also previously stated that hybrids will rule the supercars of the future so it's more than likely Aventador 2.0 will share more than a few things with the Sián's powertrain as well.


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John Thain, along with three other high-profile fathers, is being honored at the 71st annual Father of the Year awards, which are organized by the Father’s Day/Mother’s Day Council.
After years of emphasis on smaller, single-aisle aircraft, Airbus announced a deal for 20 of its A380 superjumbo jets.
The activist hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb has raised his bet on Sony, as he continues his campaign to persuade the embattled Japanese giant into spinning off part of its entertainment arm.
Adrian Barrie Smith, who recruits housekeeping staff for the wealthy, has sued several well-known Wall Street financiers and even the comedian Jerry Seinfeld on charges of breach of contract and discrimination.
Trying to avoid a decline in viewership, MTV plans to present a nationwide study of 1,800 “young millennials” to marketers and programmers.
Eddy Cue, a senior vice president at Apple, denied the government’s charges that the company was working with e-book publishers to raise prices.
A brand of one of the world’s largest olive oil producers has embarked on a social media campaign to increase its name in the American market.
Motorola says it has reached a settlement with digital video recording pioneer TiVo ahead of a patent trial that was to start in a Texas court next week.
Citing heavy losses in its electronics business, analysts say Sony should concentrate its efforts where they pay: selling life, auto and health insurance.
People contacted in connection with the case said that regulators were asking questions about Google’s bundling of advertising services.
A survey of children with food allergies showed that a third of them reported being bullied with threatening behavior.
New research suggests that aggression between siblings, especially chronic abuse, can inflict psychological wounds as damaging as the anguish caused by school bullies.
Biofeedback devices for blood pressure frequently offer a Zen-like approach, using music and visual cues to guide users through breathing exercises. But studies show they may have little long-term impact.
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text: Intergrity of many people today are questioned especially with the untold hardship people are facing now. But a man who has dignity and understands what Intergrity is all about will always stand out.Mr. Chidiebere Ogbonna has been distinguished by Intergrity as he returned #1.8million he found in a carton of Indomie Noddles he bought back to the shop owner in Owerri Imo State.(not verified)According to Facebook report the said man bought a carton of Indomie from a shop and got home only to find huge sums of money of #1000 notes to the tune of #1.8million and he returned it back and the woman seller gave him back a carton of Indomie with a promise to be given him a carton of Indomie anytime he comes to buy till December 2020.Responding to why he chose to return it despite the hardship in town now, he simply said, The Money is not mine and I chose to return it.This has set the internet on fire since the outbreak of the news and thousands of people have condemned his action, saying he has covenant with poverty, others said he is insane, some still say has contacted poverty for life since he rejected the gift of riches from God, only very few could support the kind gesture of this man.Though thousands of Facebook users also condemned the attitude of the woman by not given Mr. Ogbonna part of the instead telling him to come and be collecting in Indomie.Was he rewarded enough? What is your take?