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Government says negotiations on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement between India and the ASEAN is likely to be completed soon.business Updated: Jun 17, 2007 02:40 IST
With India aiming to establish an Asian economic grouping in line with the European Union, Government on Friday said negotiations on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the ASEAN is likely to be completed soon.
"Following the agreement reached at the Cebu (ASEAN-India) summit, we hope to soon conclude negotiations on a bilateral FTA with ASEAN", External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said at an Asian Security Conference in New Delhi.
He said India's vision was that of "an 'Asian Economic Community' which would be the driver of growth and economic integration in the entire region".
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What's the best way to persuade people that electric cars are a viable alternative to gasoline cars? Get "butts in seats."
And what's one of the largest car-rental markets in the United States?
That woud be Orlando, Florida.
Now a new initiative, Drive Electric Orlando (DEO), is coordinating rental agencies, charging stations, hotels, theme parks, and other stakeholders in hopes of creating a "seamlessly positive experience for visitors who rent this innovative technology."
Electric cars at charging stations at Disney Family Museum, San Francisco [photo: Wendy Bartlett]
It plans to make electric cars available for rental at major agencies (Enterprise is the named partner) and ensure that charging stations are conveniently located at hotels, theme parks, the Orlando Convention Center, and other locations.
DEO says the short distances that most visitors drive--from the airport to a hotel, and then among hotels, theme parks, and other attractions--are a good match for the range of a battery electric vehicle.
The EPA rates the electric range of the 2013 Nissan Leaf at 75 miles.
The initiative plans to offer not only competitive rental-car pricing--as low as $30 a day for a Nissan Leaf with GPS navigation standard--but such added services as free valet parking and overnight charging at hotels.
Another innovative benefit for electric-car renters: free use of the Clear security lanes when leaving the local airport.
We suspect, however, that Nissan Leafs will not appear at the GM Test Track attraction at Disney World's Epcot Center. Perhaps a Chevrolet Spark EV or two?
The Orlando region is home to many, many family entertainment destinations that have grown up since Walt Disney World opened in 1971--soon joined by Universal Studios and several other theme parks, plus tens of thousands of hotel rooms and rental cars.
Renderings for the new Test Track at Walt Disney World
The city hosts more visitors--56 million a year, 10 million of whom are business travelers--than any other single destination in the U.S.
It was an early advocate of installing public charging stations for electric cars; there are now more than 300 in the region.
The partners in the DEO initiative include Enterprise Rent-A-Car, which already has an existing electric-car rental program--and Nissan, whose Leaf is the best-selling battery-electric car in the world.
Theme park companies taking part include Disney, Sea World, and Universal Studios; other partners include Duke Energy (the local electric utility), tourism group Visit Orlando, the Peabody Hotel, and the University of Central Florida.
Advocacy group the Electrification Coalition is also a partner in the effort.

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“This is one of the worst moments that the hotel industry is going through. Before with the help of the ATP it was sustained a little more, but now it is dramatic ”said Ariel Amoroso, president of that entity. "80% of the hotels are still closed and it is not known which ones will reopen and which ones will not," he said. "In fact, there are many hotels for sale, but with this scenario there are no buyers," he remarked.
In this regard, it is enough to enter the real estate sale sites to show that new offers are added to the portals daily. Most are small hotels or boutiques that can no longer sustain themselves without demand.
The truth is that the hotel industry in general faces an unprecedented crisis. On the one hand, there is no tourism, there are fewer flights, there are no fairs or congresses. In short, there are no guests to alleviate the situation that the establishments are going through both in Buenos Aires and in the rest of the country.
"There is no demand to open for now, it is more expensive to open with little occupancy than to remain closed," assured Roberto Amengual, president of the Association of Tourism Hotels (AHT) and of the Amerian hotel chain, who it continues with the gates closed in the city.
"Opening without demand implies losing more money in a situation where no more can be lost," he concluded.
While waiting for a possible support from the Ministry of Tourism of the Nation, the hoteliers assure that it is already too difficult for them to hold out. Conversions are not easy either. Although some chose to transform themselves into apartments or offer their gyms, it all implies an investment that is not so profitable either.
According to a recent survey carried out by the AHT, the forecasts for this month do not feed the hopes of reaching sustainable occupancy levels in the establishments. In fact, according to a survey carried out among members of the sector, during February the hotels of the City of Buenos Aires will not only not recover, but will lose occupancy since it is estimated to reach only a dramatic 10%. This number reflects and deepens the crisis that hotels have been going through for almost a year when the quarantine was decreed in Argentina.
Although the Federal Capital is one of the most affected, the situation is also replicated in other parts of the country where tourists are scarce.


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New Delhi: With state after state banning Maggi over the presence of lead and ‘MSG’, Nestle today said it is withdrawing the product from Indian market due to “unfounded confusions” that has affected the consumer trust, but maintained that its noodles are safe for consumption.
Nestle global CEO Paul Bulcke flew in from Switzerland to take stock of the situation following Maggi was banned in states such as Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, among others.
“We felt unfounded reasons resulted in confusion and the trust of consumers was shaken,” Bulcke said in a press conference here.
The press conference coincided with the central food safety regulator FSSAI ordering recall of all nine approved variants of Maggi instant noodles from the market, terming them “unsafe and hazardous” for human consumption.
Reiterating that the company’s instant noodles are safe, Bulcke said: “We apply the same quality standards and methods in the world here in India too. Our tests have found that Maggi is absolutely safe.”
He said the company is cooperating with authorities in India by sharing tests methodologies to find how lead was found beyond permissible limits in tests done by authorities in its efforts to “bring Maggi on the shelves as soon as possible”.
The company declined to share details of how many batches and packets it is withdrawing from the market and how much it would affect its sales in India.
“Our main focus is to win the trust of customer,” Bulcke said.
Late last evening Nestle India decided to take Maggi off the shelves after a controversy erupted over its contents, prompting several states to ban the ‘Two-Minute’ noodles.
Asserting that the product was “completely safe”, the company had said: “Unfortunately, recent developments and unfounded concerns about the product have led to an environment of confusion for the consumer to such an extent that we have decided to withdraw the product off the shelves.”
After Delhi, four more states — Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand — banned the sale of Maggi noodles, after concerns were raised over presence of monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lead beyond permissible levels in the product.
The Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand governments banned the sale of Nestle’s instant noodles for three months while in Gujarat the ban will be effective for one month after some samples of the food failed the lab tests.
In Jammu and Kashmir, the state government banned the sale for one month till the receipt of reports regarding the fitness of the fast food for human consumption.
Apart from Maggi, the Gujarat government also tested one sample each of instant noodles of Sunfeast and S K Foods and has banned the latter for a month as high lead content of four PPM was found in it.
Maggi samples sent for analysis
People asked not to consume Maggi
SRINAGAR: As per the information communicated by the Controller, Drug and Food Control Organization, J&K, the field functionaries of the department have lifted 103 samples of Maggi Noodles from different districts of Jammu and Kashmir and these have been sent for analytical laboratories. The organization informed that near about 3292 boxes and 30867 packets of Maggi and other kinds of noodles have been seized.
The Controller has further warned the food business operators that anybody found selling Maggi will be strictly dealt with as per the provisions of Food Safety and Standard Act, (FSSA) 2006. The Food Business Operators dealing with Maggi have been directed to adopt food recall procedure as envisaged in the FSSA 2006.
Meanwhile, Controller has advised general public not to panic and not to consume Maggi till the analytical reports of the samples lifted are received.
The process of lifting samples of Maggi and other kinds of noodles will continue till the safe and wholesome products of above said food is available in the market, he said.
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When the wait for the sixth Harry Potter book ends on July 16, it’ll be six more weeks until the next big splash in children’s publishing.
“Eldest” – Christopher Paolini’s sequel to his debut best seller, “Eragon” – is due in stores Aug. 23.
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House, said it plans to print a million copies. That’s a huge order for a book aimed at kids and not written by “Potter” creator J.K. Rowling.
“Eragon” – a fantasy about a boy of that name, a magical stone and a mystical mountain world – started out with 125,000 copies in 2003 and went on to sell more than 1.5 million in the United States and Canada.
This week, the novel was reissued in an oversize paperback edition. Knopf said it shipped 500,000 copies.
The paperback ends with an eight-page preview of “Eldest.”
“The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living,” the preview begins. “So thought Eragon as he stepped over a twisted and hacked Urgal. The monster’s ruined face leered up at him as he listened to the keening of women removing loved ones from the blood-muddied ground of Farthen Dur.”
Paolini, now 21, was just 15 when he wrote “Eragon.”
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AUSTIN -- For the week ending May 5, feeder cattle prices at the Texas Panhandle auctions covered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Market News were steady to $8 higher per hundredweight (cwt), while San Angelo was steady to $2 lower. The Texas direct feeder cattle trade was mostly steady to $3 lower early in the week, but steady to $2 higher later as markets recovered from the limited effects of the California BSE case. The Oklahoma City auction on Monday was $2 to $8 lower on feeder cattle and steady to $4 lower on calves. Fed cattle cash prices were $1 higher per cwt as markets recovered from the previous week’s BSE announcement. Beef prices were near unchanged for the week. Cotton cash prices were lower due to large world stocks, a weak global economy, beneficial rains in parts of Texas, and renewed exports by India. Grain prices were lower for the week on global economic weakness and a stronger dollar. In addition, participants in the Kansas hard red winter wheat tour came up with a higher yield estimate, which offset a “decent” export sales report. Corn and grain sorghum were lower as the rapid planting progress of this year’s crop increased the chances for a larger U.S. crop, but the decline was limited by stronger export sales and tight current supplies. . . .
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Valley Sam's Clubs included in stores with recalled Airborne Gummies
Two Sam's Club stores in the Valley are among the retailers who sold recalled bottles of Airborne Gummies due to injury risk.
According to the chain, stores on Route 46 in Warren and South Avenue in Boardman sold the immune support supplement which the Consumer Product Safety Commission said could cause an injury when the bottles are opened.
About 3.74 million bottles of the popular health product sold at various stores throughout the country have been recalled.
Anyone with unopened bottles of Airborne Gummies should not attempt to open them, says Reckitt, the company that distributes the supplement. They say that air pressure builds up, causing the cap and underlying seal to pop with force when containers are opened for the first time.
Consumers who purchased the product should contact Reckitt to return their unopened bottles and receive a full refund. Reckitt will pay for a postage label. The company can be called at (888) 266-8003.
An official statement says that opened bottles are not subject to this recall. Reckitt and the Consumer Product Safety Commission agree that ajar containers would have already released pressure.
The recall did not say when purchased products first began to show signs of an injury risk.
For more information, visit http://www.schiffvitamins.com/pages/airborne-recall.


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The July 16 hearing will be the first face-off between the biggest tech companies and Congress
The companies are set to appear before the House antitrust subcommittee, led by Democratic Representative David Cicilline, who is conducting a wide-ranging inquiry into competition in the tech industry.
The witness list includes Google’s Director of Economic Policy Adam Cohen, Amazon lawyer Nate Sutton, Facebook’s Head of Global Policy Development Matt Perault and Apple’s Chief Compliance Officer Kyle Andeer, according to the person. Former Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Maureen Ohlhausen is also scheduled to testify.
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Flexible packaging solutions provider Comexi is exhibiting its latest lamination, coating and slitting solutions at this year’s Interpack event in Germany.
The event is being held from 4 to 10 May in Düsseldorf.
Comexi L20000 is a new water-based laminator, which has been developed to meet the new demands of the flexible packaging field.
The new machine, which was developed in partnership with HP Indigo, will enable to carry out just in time laminations. It allows to complete job deliveries within one day due to machine’s fast and intuitive start up.
Comexi is also exhibiting its technical solutions, including heat seal, coatings, barrier varnishes and cold seal, for brand owners to meet their packaging requirements.
The company will exhibit its Comexi Dual, Comexi ML1 and Comexi Futura solutions, which will allow to complete job works effectively.
Featuring cast and cure technology, Comexi Futura enables to provide enhanced holographic finishing and it can be used in cold-foil applications or UV and solventless lamination applications.
The company is presenting a range of slitting machines, including new slitter machine Comexi S1 MS and S2 line that integrates Comexi S2 DT and Comexi S2 DS.
Comexi S1 MS features new single-shaft system, which allows workers to effectively deal with large reels of paper, cardboard, self-adhesive tapes, aluminium, BOPP and other laminated structures.
According to the company, Comexi slitters provide flexibility to work with a double turret or a double shaft, including both S1 and S2 lines.
Comexi S-Turret slitter, which is a machine with an advanced single-turret system, includes enhanced control systems to work at high speeds for better productivity.
In addition, the firm is exhibiting Cingular laser technology that can be incorporated in-line in its slitting machines, allowing it for use in different application such as easy open, perforation, pre-cut, numbering, slitting and alphanumeric codes.
Image: Comexi is showcasing latest lamination, coating and slitting solutions at the Interpack event in Germany. Photo: courtesy of Comexi.


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Microsoft announced that it has finalized a $ 7.5 billion deal to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks. The confirmation comes a day after the European Union approved the deal. Xbox CEO Phil Spencer announced the news on Twitter and wrote about it in a blog post.
“This is the next step in building an industry-leading studio team of our own, a commitment we have to our Xbox community,” says Microsoft Gaming Chief Phil Spencer. “With the addition of Bethesda’s creative teams, gamers should know that Xbox, PC and Game Pass consoles will be the best place to experience new Bethesda games, including some new titles in the future that will be exclusive to Xbox players. and PC. “
Today we officially welcome Bethesda to Team Xbox. Our goal is to empower Bethesda teams to create their best work and learn from them as we bring more games to more players around the world. Our work together begins now. https://t.co/Ul0jJ41Dr0
– Phil Spencer (@ XboxP3) March 9, 2021
Spencer confirmed that Xbox and PC gamers will get exclusivity to some of the new titles created by the studio in the future. These new titles may include the next edition of Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and other games.
Along with Bethesda, the list of studios acquired by Microsoft includes id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios. The company now has 23 studios of its own.
Bethesda Softworks VP of Public Relations and Marketing Pete Hines revealed in a blog post that there will be no major changes for now.
“First, let me tell you that we are not making any announcements or historical changes at this time,” Hines said. “As we have all shared, the expectation is that Bethesda Softworks and our studios will continue as we have in the past, only with more support and resources than ever before. Obviously, Game Pass has been a major initiative for Xbox, and we will work to put even more of our games on Game Pass than ever before. Beyond that? Stay tuned, we’re just getting started together. “
To recall, the acquisition plans were first announced in September 2020, prior to the launch of Xbox Series X. As of yet, there is no confirmation regarding the number of titles that will be included in Xbox Game Pass. The console maker will reveal more in the video presentation about the recent series of events on Thursday.


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Droom is one of the India's online used automobile marketplace has announced the launch of Orange Book Value (OBV). Orange Book Value is India's first algorithmic benchmark pricing engine to check the fair value of any used vehicles in the market.
OBV is a complete pricing search engine, which is not limited to cars alone, but also covers a wide spectrum of vehicles in the market, covering 24,000 plus products.
Orange Book Value users can calculate the true market value of a second-hand vehicle in less than 10 seconds for free. They can also download or share pricing report in no time. OBV is designed to keep users convenience as a top priority. The US patent-certified OBV pricing engine is built on the Droom website and the real-time data science which analyses the final price value of any used vehicle.
Sandeep Aggarwal, Founder, and CEO, Droom stated that "Today is a historical day for the entire auto industry in India that we are launching Orange Book Value (OBV), India's first algorithmic pricing engine to measure the true market value for any used vehicles. For the last two years, we are developing the new search engine. We have already managed to create almost 72 million queries in the last seven months. spending millions of dollars on this innovation, the app is so convenient for the users to check the price of any used vehicle within ten seconds and can avail the pricing report free of cost."


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The manager of one of Scotland’s largest investment trusts has highlighted the “gigantic malinvestment” taking place in companies involved in takeaway delivery, taxi hailing and music streaming businesses.
Alasdair McKinnon, who manages the £610m Edinburgh-based Scottish Investment Trust, said such 'disruptive' companies are “strongly favoured by investors despite their continued propensity to burn cash”.
He said it was no surprise that services sold below the cost of production were proving a hit with customers, but pointed out investors were subsidising unprofitable user growth.
“The challenge is converting a subsidised, or free service, to a sustainably profitable business model. The lack of scepticism about the difficulty of achieving this is a symptom of ten years of cheap money,” he said.
McKinnon’s comments came as the trust announced its results for the year to 31 October during which it achieved a 1.9% total share price return compared to the UK All Cap Index total return of ‑1.3%.
Shareholders will see dividends rise by 6% to 21.2p, the 35th consecutive year of increases, together with a special dividend of 4p.
McKinnon is known as a contrarian investor, buying unloved companies he believes are undervalued by the market.
During the year the trust’s holdings in retailers produced some of its largest gains.
“We thought pessimism surrounding long‑established retailers had reached a crescendo, creating 'ugly duckling' opportunities,” he explained.
Successes included US department store operator Macy's which achieved a £12.1m gain. Its holding in Tesco was up £4.8m after the trust said it had made good progress towards rebuilding the profitability of its domestic business after well documented problems.
Although the trust’s investment in Marks & Spencer fell, McKinnon said he continued to “believe that the company, which remains very profitable, has a great brand which can be revived”.
McKinnon also highlighted stocks the trust sold during the year after delivering stellar returns.
They included Australian based global wine producer Treasury Wine Estates which was for a long time its largest holding, which delivered a total return of £39m over the three years it held the shares.
“Generally speaking, the spread of valuations across the market is wide and we continue to identify opportunities that we believe will generate good long‑term returns for shareholders,” added McKinnon.


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Less is still more for US restaurant chains
McDonald's, Taco Bell, Chipotle are hesitant to raise menu prices despite the expected increase in commodity costs.
To take on McDonald's, Taco Bell is currently testing a new $1 Cravings menu, which includes items such as spicy chicken mini quesadilla, spicy cheese roll-up and a smaller version of its beefy cheesy burrito. The restaurant chain will soon start marketing its Happier Hour menu as well.
Meanwhile, the restaurant chains that aren't rolling out cheaper menus are reluctant to increase prices. Take the case of Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG). Its same-store sales dwindled in the last couple of quarters partly because of increased competition from the lower priced Cantina menu (offered by Taco Bell). The company admitted earlier that it might face commodity cost pressures in the fourth quarter of 2012 and early 2013 but will be hesitant -- and certainly not the first one in the industry -- to raise prices. It would rather play a waiting game and if its competitors were to raise prices, then it may follow suit.
I don't condone it,,,,,But Europeans, and some Canadians have eaten horse meat for generations.
And other Countries disdain it...We are one of them.
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A Intel opened, on the morning of this Tuesday (19) (13 pm Brasília time), the Intel Innovation 2023, where he was able to tell a little more about the architecture of his next generation, Meteor Lake. The company's focus during the presentation was the power of Artificial Intelligence, seen by the manufacturer as a pillar of the future of computing. Among the highlights revealed by Intel are the concept of an AI PC equipped with the intel core ultra. She also announced the arrival of OpenVINO 2023.1, a “toolkit” that will facilitate and optimize the use of AI. Check out all the event details below.
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PC with artificial intelligence
One of the main announcements of the first day of Intel Innovation 2023 it was the AIPC, a concept of a computer with artificial intelligence. Based on the new Intel Core Ultra processor, the chip brings a NPU (neural processing unit, in free translation) and Intel 4 technology to deliver greater energy efficiency in artificial intelligence processing. In addition, there is an integrated GPU from the Intel Arc line, but, unlike expected, the focus here is not on graphics processing, but on performance and efficiency capabilities.
Despite not giving further details of what this device will actually be like, Intel demonstrated some AI applications in practice. In one of them, for example, the machine managed to generate excerpts from a song in the style of Taylor Swift, with entirely local processing. At another time, the PC also generated an image based on a description, similar to what we can already do with other software available on the market.
The PC with AI also promises to help users' productivity. In another demonstration, the computer was able to warn Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, who was in front of the computer, that someone was calling for him. He then left the computer and when he returned, the device had summarized everything he had missed while he was away, including a translation of all content from French.
During the event, Pat also argued that the technology developed by the company will be fundamental to the expansion of artificial intelligence. He even highlighted the advances his company is making in production technology and software development tools for AI. The opportunity will only increase as more artificial intelligence capabilities are powered by personal computers, he said.
AI represents a generational shift, ushering in a new era of global expansion in which computing is even more fundamental to a better future for all […] For developers, this creates enormous social and business opportunities to push the boundaries of that is possible and create solutions to the world's biggest challenges.Pat Gelsinger – CEO of Intel
Who also participated during Intel Innovation 2023 was the director of operations at Acer, Jerry Kao, who took an Acer Swift with the Intel Core Ultra to California. According to him, the two companies are working to develop a set of software that takes advantage of the potential of Core Ultra chips. On stage, both also announced a feature capable of accessing any information that the user may have seen on the PC screen.
The company guarantees that there is no reason to worry about security and privacy with the new feature. According to it, all images and texts are encrypted and stored locally, without any internet access.
Another novelty announced by Intel that deals with Artificial Intelligence is the arrival of OpenVINO 2023.1, an open source software toolkit used to facilitate the optimization and application of AI processing at the Edge and in the Client segment — the name given to the area that encompasses end-consumer desktops and notebooks. According to Intel, the version brings improvements that will make access and use of algorithms more simplified on a greater number of devices.
Now, programmers and researchers will have the ability to automatically import and convert models originating in PyTorch and TensorFlow. Additionally, you will be able to choose the most appropriate API based on your specific workload requirements.
Version 2023.1 of OpenVINO becomes even more favorable to generating artificial intelligence, expanding the variety of models available for chatbots, code generation and other applications. At the same time, it improves support for GPUs and memory usage efficiency. More advanced compression techniques were also incorporated to optimize the use of Large Language Models (LLMs).
Lastly, it is important to highlight that these tools now enjoy full support by the Neural Processing Unit (NPU) of the new Intel Meteor Lake processors, which is new to Innovation 2023. When combined with OpenVINO's inherent ability to automatically distribute the Artificial Intelligence processing among available computing resources, these changes represent a crucial milestone in Intel's mission to make AI accessible to everyone by making it available “anywhere, on any device.”
Edge-Native Software Platform
Recently, large companies have realized the benefits of bringing data centers consumers and sensitive areas, such as distribution centers and factories. This is called Edge Computing. Sectors such as telecommunications, logistics, monitoring, product inspection and interactive media are users of this technology.
According to Intel, by 2025, more than half of the data generated by companies will be outside the data centers or the cloud, and by 2026, half of Edge Computing platforms will be integrated with Machine Learning solutions, a tenfold increase from 2022. In response to this trend, the blue team is developing a complete AI platform called Temporarily of “Edge-Native Software Platform”, which includes software and hardware resources.
The objective of this solution is to boost the development and adoption of Edge Computing, with several modular layers adapted for different business sectors, following the flexibility offered in the brand's other services. Details about how the platform works and the launch date have not yet been released, but we can expect news in the coming months.
As expected, Intel also revealed the new processor families, which will be launched in the coming months. The highlight given by the company was the 4th generation Xeon Scalable Sapphire Rapids, which according to Intel data would be “the best family of CPUs for Artificial Intelligence on the market".
Some of the AI-focused improvements implemented in the 5th generation Emerald Rapids were also detailed, as well as in the Granite Rapids (composed of high-performance P-Cores) and Sierra Forest (based on high-efficiency E-Cores) lines, the latter two scheduled to be launched only next year.
The Xeon Sapphire Rapids processors, launched in January, stood out for being Intel's first data center chips to use a chiplet architecture and integrate several accelerators, including AI-focused solutions. This strategy boosted performance per watt, reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and, according to the company, secured leadership in Artificial Intelligence processing on CPUs.
With the 5th generation Emerald Rapids, the company seeks to maintain its prominent position in the Xeon line, promising additional optimizations and a leap in energy and operational efficiency. However, the main changes are in the Granite Rapids and Sierra Forest families, which expand the use of chiplets to offer greater flexibility to servers.
The Granite Rapids family is aimed at high-performance processing in general and intensive tasks, including AI, while Sierra Forest is better suited for workloads with higher core count and density. Both share the same platform, allowing adjustments according to customer needs.
The Intel Core Ultra family, also known as Meteor Lake, will be the first line of consumer processors to include a Neural Processing Unit (NPU). This solution will offer low latency AI inference, even without an internet connection, and will work in conjunction with the CPU enhanced by the Intel 4 manufacturing process, as well as a more powerful GPU based on the same architecture as Intel Arc gaming graphics cards.
Cooperation between accelerators is exemplified by different types of Artificial Intelligence models: the GPU is ideal for algorithms that use 3D media or applications, while the NPU is optimized for low-power tasks and long-use features, and the CPU is indicated for lighter AI models with fast response and low latency. The tech giant announced a collaboration with Acer to develop AI features optimized for Intel Core Ultra chips, including “Acer Parallax,” which uses the NPU to create a 3D effect in user-selected images.
Attempt to gain market share
By focusing on Artificial Intelligence, Intel is trying to return to a time when its conferences and news offered a roadmap for the computing industry. Previous mistakes have resulted in the loss of manufacturing capacity, allowing TSMC and Samsung to excel in this regard. Additionally, Nvidia has become a leading provider of AI accelerators, which help process artificial intelligence workloads.
The Intel leader reaffirmed the company's commitment to updating its production technology at an unprecedented pace. As part of this effort, the Intel 3 chip manufacturing technique will be released later this year. In addition to trying to catch up with rivals, Gelsinger is opening its manufacturing network to external customers – even if they compete with internal products.
Finally, software developers will have the opportunity to test their projects early using Intel's Developer Cloud, allowing them to try out their workloads on company-hosted computers over the internet. This will help customers speed up their work when Intel chips are generally available.
- Intel Core Ultra is announced as “processor for AI”;
- 5th generation Intel Xeon arrives with improvements in AI work;
- Intel Developer Cloud promises to democratize AI reach in the cloud.
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TASMANIAN HONEY INDUSTRY’S REPUTATION THREATENED BY LACK OF ACTION BY SCOTT MORRISON
The national and international reputation of Tasmania’s honey industry is potentially threatened by the failure of the Morrison Government to act on the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission’s (ACCC) call for Australia to develop an agreed approach to honey testing.
Federal Member for Braddon Justine Keay said, “In September last year there was a public outcry following revelations of imported honey being adulterated.
“As a result the ACCC launched a high priority investigation.
“Following their investigations into Capilano Honey, the ACCC found “there is low confidence in the current test method (the C4 test) used to detect adulterated honey.”
“The ACCC also recommended the Morrison Government “develop an agreed approach to testing, and implement more robust programs.”
“But to date the Tasmanian honey industry has heard nothing.
“The reputational damage to our local honey is difficult to quantify, but substitution of imported honey with vegetable products damages the product as a whole.
“The uncertainty around the quality of honey in Australia is equally frustrating for consumers who should have confidence in the food they are buying.
“Consumers are worried they are not getting what they paid for when they go to the shops to buy honey.
“Even worse, in cases of adulterated honey, consumers do not know what these non-honey substances are.
“If consumers do not have confidence in honey, the local honey industry will inevitably suffer through no fault of their own.
“The Morrison Government has known about this issue for months, but has failed to establish a reliable test method to detect adulterated honey.
“The Coalition continues to let honey launderers taint our industry, the integrity and reputation of the Tasmania’s honey industry – regarded as one of the best in the world – could face irreparable damage.
“With the government failing to act, the best thing consumers can do is buy quality Tasmanian honey products; confident in the knowledge what they are paying for is 100 per cent high quality Tasmanian honey.”
MEDIA CONTACT: JOHN DOWLING 0417 575 148
THURSDAY, 3 JANUARY 2019
Authorised by Noah Carroll, ALP, Canberra.


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Manufacturers have a responsibility to create products that are safe to use and do not incur the potential for injury under normal use. Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys has represented many clients against product manufacturers when their products have malfunctioned, exploded, or otherwise have created a dangerous situation, injuring the user. We provide information here about defective products that have been recalled so that our readers can be kept safe and can be aware of dangerous products that they may use on a daily basis.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered more than 5 million e-cigarette products off the market in an announcement timed to a court-ordered deadline that could determine the future of the vaping industry.
According to a report on Politico.com, the agency delayed its decision on some of the industry’s largest players – Juul, Reynolds American’s Vuse, and NJOY.
But millions of products have now been banned in a major move that has drastically narrowed the e-cigarette market in the United States. …Read the rest »
Shower benches sold at Costco are being recalled after a number of consumers reported suffering injuries when the products collapsed during use.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), about 70,000 of the Ivena 20-inch teak shower benches, which were exclusively sold at the wholesale club, can potentially collapse during use.
A shower bench collapse accident could pose a fall and injury hazard to the user, creating a serious injury danger. …Read the rest »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told all healthcare facilities to stop using ultrasound gels and lotions from the now-defunct Eco-Med Pharmaceuticals over concerns that it may be contaminated with bacteria.
According to a news report, Eco-Med initiated the recall for its Eco-Gel 200 products after 15 people reported that they had been sickened with a bacterial infection.
The gels have been also been linked to dozens of additional infections and may cause serious side effects in some cases. …Read the rest »
The National Council of Negro Women has filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson alleging that the company marketed its talc-based baby powder to Black women amid concerns over the product’s link to ovarian cancer.
According to a USA Today news report, the lawsuit accuses the company of targeting its marketing of talc-based baby powder to Black women despite knowing its link to ovarian cancer.
The lawsuit alleges that an aggressive marketing campaign was carried out, even though several studies had shown that talc-based powders posed a cancer risk when used for feminine hygiene. …Read the rest »
Northern California-based Specialized Bicycle Components is recalling about 2,500 electric mountain bike battery packs because they could pose a fire hazard.
According to Consumer Affairs, water could penetrate the seal around the LED control pad on the bicycle’s lithium-ion battery pack and cause the battery to short circuit, posing fire and burn injury hazards. So far, no incidents or injuries have been reported.
The recall includes Specialized 1st Generation Turbo Levo and Kenevo battery packs. …Read the rest »
Seven recent child deaths have been linked to infant loungers and nursing pillows made by Boppy, which is a popular manufacturer of nursery products.
This shocking information, from Consumer Reports analysis based on government data, comes nearly one year after a watchdog warning over the safety of lounging pads for infants.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the federal agency that oversees the safety of thousands of home goods, warned parents and caregivers never to let infants sleep on lounging pads, which are intended for babies to sit or lie on while they are awake, or on nursing pillows which are meant to make breastfeeding easier. …Read the rest »
Razor USA is recalling about 237,000 Hovertrax 2.0 self-balancing scooters and hoverboards with GLW battery packs because of a fire hazard.
According to a news report, the lithium-ion GLW battery packs in the self-balancing scooters or hoverboards can overheat, posing a risk of the products smoking, catching fire, and/or exploding.
This recall involves the removable GLW battery packs installed in UL-Listed Hovertrax 2.0 brand self-balancing scooters/hoverboards manufactured between September 2016 and August 2017. …Read the rest »
The Dorel Juvenile Group has recalled about 83,000 Maxi-Cosi Pria 85 convertible child car seats because they may not offer sufficient protection to larger children in the event of a crash.
According to Consumer Reports, documents posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) website show that the design of the seats could prove dangerous in the event of an accident.
The documents state that children who weigh 65 pounds or more could suffer a head injury in a crash if the seat is in the forward-facing position and secured using a lap belt without also using the top-tether strap. …Read the rest »
A new product liability lawsuit filed against Future Motion Inc. is alleging that the company failed to address potential defects in its Onewheel device that caused a deadly accident.
According to a news release, the lawsuit was filed in Santa Cruz County Superior Court in Northern California says Future Motion should be held liable for the alleged defects that make the product inherently dangerous.
The plaintiffs say the OneWheel gadget was responsible for the death of a Long Island man and poses a risk to other users. This is just one of a number of lawsuits filed after OneWheel accidents. …Read the rest »


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One of the main features of LG’s G4 is that it comes with a leather-covered back in different colors that is designed to create pleasant sensations when holding this phone. The leather in the back is also very colorful and designed to attract... Read more
The popular GFXBench software program has been created to test smartphones but this software also has a secondary role – it often becomes a source of various leaks. This time the victim is the upcoming LG G4 Pro smartphone – an improved... Read more
LG’s G4 flagship smartphone did not surprise fans with tons of new features but there’s one thing that makes the G4 different – the leather-covered back of the device. You can not only have it in leather (although we think that after some time... Read more
LG’s G4 smartphone appeared just four months ago but LG may be planning a successor to this flagship handset already. According to the latest reports LG is working on a new flagship device that will succeed the G4. The rumored handset still... Read more
LG had a big day yesterday – the Korean company released the G4 flagship to market and presented two new smartphones that will complement the G4 range – please meet the G4 Stylus and the smaller G4c handset.
We’ll start with the flagship... Read more
The Hungarian branch of Vodafone has leaked information on an upcoming smaller and cheaper version of LG’s G4 flagship. The news is not a huge surprise since many smartphone makers release a flagship handset first, which is then followed by a... Read more
LG has officially presented its new G4 flagship smartphone at a special LG event. The new smartphone comes packed with new features including a rather interesting processor so read on to find out more!
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The LG Innotek branch of LG, which produces components for LG smartphones, has confirmed some of the tech specs of the upcoming LG G4 high-end smartphone. The new handset will include an f/1.8 camera and a 16 MP image sensor that goes with it... Read more


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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — West Lafayette police carted more than 4,000 cans of powder infant formula from Simply Self Storage on Dec. 6.
Boone County Sheriff’s Office tipped police off about the storage, West Lafayette police Lt. Jon Eager said.
West Lafayette detectives now are trying to find out where the formula was purchased and by whom, Eager said.
Detectives are working with retailers trying match the formula to a specific retailer in hopes of then tracking the purchase to specific individuals, Eager said.
The baby formula is the legitimate product and has not been tampered with, Eager said, but detectives suspect the baby formula was acquired by fraud from legitimate retailers. They also suspect the formula was destined for illegal resale.
The case remains under investigation, Eager said.
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Microsoft's plan to impress new users with a cut-down version of Windows has come in for strong criticism.
Microsoft software is widely pirated in Asia
The software giant has created Windows XP Starter Edition for countries where the PC-owning population is still low.
But analysts from consultancy Gartner said the cut-down version would be "frustrating" to use and warned firms and consumers to stay away from it.
Microsoft has defended its decision to produce a cheap version of XP, saying it was suitable for first time users.
"Windows XP Starter Edition reflects a simplification to the operating system corresponding to the lowered price and increased value," said Paul Randle,
Windows Client product manager.
The Starter Edition of Windows XP is intended for low-cost PCs on sale in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia and two other countries in Asia. The cheap version is due to go on sale in October.
The cut-down edition features a support centre to answer queries, mouse tutorials and guides for widely used Windows programs.
XP has also been changed to only allow users to run three programs at once and forces all the users of a single PC to use the same desktop but log in separately to the software they use.
The Starter Edition also has many of the common settings in Windows pre-configured to help users get started.
The move is seen as a response to Linux, a free-to-use system with a strong following in poor countries.
Analysts say Linux poses a growing threat to Microsoft's dominant Windows operating system, used on more than 90% of the world's computers.
An open source system which PC users can install on their machines and modify without paying a licence fee, Linux has made significant inroads into the software market in Latin America and Asia.
In its research note, Gartner said Microsoft's tactics were not well thought out and "fail to meet the most basic needs."
Gartner analysts Dion Wiggins and Martin Gilliland said Microsoft should have done more to make Starter Edition more secure by including anti-virus software and putting in tutorials about the dangers of viruses and other common security problems.
The analysts said many people in the target countries were familiar with Microsoft Windows from net cafes and would be "frustrated" by the changes made to the cut-down edition.
The fact that the only upgrade available from the Starter Edition was the full cost version of XP was likely to encourage piracy, warned the analysts.
"Enterprises shouldn't consider this offering," said the research note. "Consumers should steer away from XPSE until it is retooled to grow with the user."
Microsoft told BBC News Online that its decision to launch a cut-down edition of XP was based on considerable research, much of it in Thailand and Malaysia.
"First time computer users tend to use a small number of programs and windows at the same time, which helps them stay organised and reduces confusion," said Microsoft's Paul Randle.
"Based on this research, we have designed an operating system that enables first time users to perform their most popular tasks, such as e-mail, accessing the web, writing documents and entertainment, and that provides a lot of assistance and guidance in getting started with using their PC."


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Montreal, Canada.- Investigations by the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, Ecology Action Centre and the Quebec network Vigilance OGM reveal that the world’s first sale of genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) salmon could have gone exclusively into the Quebec market.
“Quebeckers could have unknowingly eaten the GM salmon anywhere in restaurants, or through food service at hospitals or universities, or in processed food products sold in stores,” said Thibault Rehn of Vigilance OGM.
Government statistics on Canadian imports show a shipment of salmon from Panama to Quebec that closely matches the amount of GM Atlantic salmon that the company AquaBounty says it sold in Canada, in the timeframe the company says it made the sale.(1) The company is currently only producing GM salmon in Panama. Canada imported more salmon from Panama this year than in previous years.
In the company’s August 4th financial report, GM fish company AquaBounty revealed it had sold approximately 4.5 metric tonnes of GM salmon into Canada sometime between April and June 30 2017. This was the world’s first sale of a genetically modified food animal and Canada is currently the only market where this GM product can be sold.
AquaBounty did not disclose where it sold the GM salmon or into what type of food market. However, most major retailers say that they are not selling the GM fish as fresh fillets at their seafood counters: Quebec stores Metro, IGA (owned by Sobeys) and Provigo (owned by Loblaw) say they do not sell GM salmon, and major retail chains across Canada – Costco, Federated Co-operatives Limited, Loblaw, Longo’s, Overwaitea Food Groups, and Walmart – say they are not selling it and have no plans to sell it.
“We need transparency and clear GM food labelling so Canadians can make an informed choice,” said Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network. There is no mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods in Canada.
Environmental groups are concerned that GM Atlantic salmon production could result in escapes that would threaten wild Atlantic salmon.
CBAN’s summary of the import data and links to data sets are posted at https://cban.ca/wp-content/uploads/GM-Fish-Imports-from-Panama_media-background-and-summary_Oct-2017.pdf


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Steve Job’s was always the face of Apple’s product launches while he was alive, but it wasn’t a one-man show. Phil Schiller, the company’s senior vice president of product marketing, was usually around as the humorous counteract to Apple’s cool, polished chief executive officer.
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Suppliers are said to be less concerned about Apple reducing production of the iPhone 4S ahead of a new iPhone model, as sales of the 2011 model smartphone are remaining strong.
Apple has reached an A$2.25 million penalty settlement with an Australian consumer right watchdog, after being accused of falsely advertising its new iPad as “4G” capable in the country.
Apple’s decision to keep the iPad 2 available for a lower price is turning out to be a good business move. The iPad 2 is definitely attracting the attention of the budget-conscious consumer, suggesting it’s taking sales away from lower priced competitors like the Kindle Fire.
Information Technology managers, you may have been able to keep Apple’s Mac out of your Windows PC dominated enterprise in the past, but the era of “no Macs allowed” in the working world is swiftly coming to an end.
A new survey of U.S. phone buyers shows that 73 percent choose the iPhone 4S, and 38 percent of new iPhone buyers are switching from Android or Blackberry smartphones.
Are you an advertiser looking for more bang for your buck from mobile advertising, or a developer considering an ad-supported mobile app? A new study says you’re likely to get a better return on your money and effort from iOS devices than Android phones or tablets.
Apple has had huge success in getting the iPad into the hands of senior executives and board members since the launch of the device two years ago. But, Joe Kremer, Dell Australia’s managing director, will not give up on the tablet computing race. He says “shiny” devices like the iPad are too difficult for business to support.
According to a new analysis, the latest lineup of Windows-based Ultrabook PCs will not undercut Apple’s MacBook Air enough on price to woo away most consumers.
Michael White, chair of DirecTV, says he isn’t concerned that Apple will introduce a television device that will obsolete DirecTV technology. He says he doubts that “Apple’s interface will be so much better than DirectTV’s that people will be willing to pay for an extra box.” Mr. White was speaking at an investors conference in New York last Friday.
According to a report today, Sprint’s Virgin Mobile USA will become the second American carrier to off the Apple iPhone without a service contract. MarketWatch says the addition to Virgin’s product lineup will be announced later this week. The phone could debut on the network as early as July 1.
Apple is facing roadblock on two fronts in its legal battles against Samsung in the United States, and Motorola in Germany. Apple is facing delays in renewing a request in a U.S. court to ban the sale of Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablets, while on the German front, a court in Dusseldorf, Germany, has said Apple would likely lose its bid for an injunction against Motorola’s Xoom tablet in the country.
There have been plenty of iPad cases with built in keyboards that try to give the user the real keyboard experience that many find lacking from using the iPad’s virtual keyboard. So far none of these have met to my satisfaction. There is usually a rubbery feel to the keyboards that just isn’t comfortable to me. Now there is an intriguing Kickstarter project for “Touchtype”, the iPad / Apple Wireless Keyboard case.
Sources familiar with the Facebook integration into iOS 6 say the integration will be very similar to Twitter’s current iOS integration. Sending photos to Facebook from the Photos app, single sign-on for Facebook connected apps, and the ability to “like” apps from the App Store will all be included.
Gains in its subscription based online video-on-demand service has raised Netflix to the number one position for revenue among online movie services for 2011. Netflix took a deep cut into Apple’s share of the market.
Budget airline Scoot Pte’s switch to using Apple’s iPad for its in-flight entertainment helped the company cut two tons of televisions and related equipment from its airplanes. Business class fliers will borrow the iPads for free, while economy passengers will rent them for $22 USD.


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Walmart Stores Inc. and Toys R Us have both announced holiday hiring plans that should add nearly 100,000 Americans to the work force, at least temporarily.
Toys R Us (NYSE: TOY) is gearing up for what the company hopes will be a strong holiday shopping season and will hire 45,000 seasonal workers nationwide – about 5,000 more workers than last year, CNN reports.
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced Monday it plans to give current workers the chance to work more hours and will hire more than 50,000 seasonal employees as it gets ready for the winter holiday season. The number of holiday workers the world's largest retailer hired in 2011 was not available.
Toys R Us and Walmart join a growing list of companies ready to beef up hiring for the holidays.
Target (NYSE: TGT) said last week it plans to hire 80,000 to 90,000 workers during the season while Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) said last week it would hire 52,700 employees.


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Iran Khodro, the biggest automobile producer in the Middle East, has reactivated its assembly line for production of Samand sedans in Senegal, its deputy director for exports and international affairs says.
The company began assembling cars in Thies, Senegal's second largest city 70 km from Dakar, in 2008 through a local joint venture named Seniran Auto, but the West African country severed diplomatic relations with Iran in February 2011 which disrupted the partnership.
Kianoush Pourmojib, quoted by Fars news agency on Tuesday, said that the Senegalese government had agreed to extend a duty free scheme, following which "necessary measures were taken" to reactivate Iran Khodro's production site in the country and resume production and supply of Seniran products.
For now, the plant has started producing Samand LX cars for use in the taxi fleet, but other products are being introduced to the Senegal market to gauge the needs and tastes of the country's customers, he said.
"Despite international restrictions, Iran Khodro's efforts to revive the site have borne fruit and the cargo ordered by the Senegalese has been shipped and the assembly and supply of Samand taxis has begun," Pourmojib said.
"We are planning to export other products of the Iran Khodro Industrial Group to Senegal, including heavy and semi-heavy commercial vehicles and motorbikes," Pourmojib said.
According to the official, this is the second shipment of CKD (completely knocked down) kits for assembly by Seniran Auto which has targeted re-exports to Guinea and Nigeria in the past.
"By activating the Senegal site, we will be able to pursue export targets in the African region more easily," he added.
Iran Khodro owns 60% of the shares in the $100 million joint venture with an annual production capacity of 5,000 cars which are equipped with ABS brake system, air bags, air-conditioners, and central locking.
Tehran’s quest for trade partners is not limited to Africa. It also has factories in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Syria and Venezuela.
Iran Khodro says its current models, including its main brand the Samand, meet pollution and safety standards and are prized by consumers in 30 markets in the Middle East, Africa and the former Soviet republics where it exports.
The Samand is based on France's Peugeot, but Iran Khodro has introduced a new sedan called Dena that offers higher specifications and continues the drive for a purely Iranian car.
The automaker produced Peugeot branded cars and a version of a Renault model under agreements with the French manufacturers which stopped business with Iran after the US imposed unilateral sanctions on the Islamic Republic in 2018.
Western sanctions, however, have had a silver lining for domestic manufacturers in the Iranian market of 82 million people, in a country with a land mass the size of Western Europe.
Iran has developed its domestic car industry for five decades and produced 1.6 million vehicles in 2010, about half of them made by Iran Khodro. Officials say more than 90 percent of parts are now domestically produced.
In 2000, Iran Khodro was making its own car bodies, by 2005 its own motors and by 2015 it had its own car platform, no longer relying on foreign-designed basics.
Even with sanctions, sales have risen in a market where foreign-made vehicles are kept out by a 90 percent import tariff. Officials say the sanctions have actually made the automotive industry more robust by forcing manufacturers to rely more on domestic production rather than imports.
According to the former minister of industry, the total value of imported contents used in car manufacturing has been cut by $2.5 billion – a figure that is enormous at a time of severe foreign exchange crunch due to the draconian sanctions.
The smart family cars rolling off Iranian automakers' production lines are a far cry from the rickety model it produced for years -- the famously polluting Paykan, based on Britain’s Hillman Hunter, a design from the 1960s.
Iran Khodro, Saipa and Pars Khodro share the Iranian market. They are expected to produce 1.2 million cars in the current fiscal of 1400 which ends on March 20, 2022. They are about to make 1.6 million units in 1401, Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Fatemi Amin said last month.
Last week, Iran Khodro signed a contract to produce 45,000 bi-fuel cars, including 40,000 taxis and 5,000 pickup trucks that will be powered by either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG).
The country boasts the largest number of CNG vehicles where more than 4 million compressed natural gas cars operate against more than 16 million globally.
Last month, Iran Khodro and private Iranian company Mammut Industries signed contracts to produce 6,000 trucks with the help of Chinese manufacturers.
Iran Khodro CEO Farshad Moqimi also announced the company's readiness to export dual-fuel and gasoline vehicles to Turkmenistan.
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Tim Conneally writes:
"Sony's PlayStation Network, while considerably less mature than Microsoft's Xbox Live, especially in terms of software support, will soon grow with the release of banner online titles for the Christmas season.
For annual subscribers to Qore, the PlayStation online magazine, and North American customers who pre-ordered Resistance 2 from retailer GameStop, a beta of the online FPS has begun. The title is the sequel to the popular PS3 first person shooter Resistance: Fall of Man.
While technically not a public beta yet, the PlayStation blog reports that "premier access" can be gained at any time by subscribing to Qore or pre-ordering the title. In October, however, the widespread (read: free) public beta will begin.
Sony is pressing forward with its online play catalog, and highlighted what it hopes to be its future superiority in the field at E3 this year with early demos of MAG (Massive Action Game) which promises an unprecedented 256 maximum simultaneous players."


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Thousands more steel industry jobs could go if the government fails to address the threats facing Britain’s vulnerable steel supply chain, a trade group warned.
Scores of medium-sized, independent businesses could be at risk if the crisis escalates, according to the International Steel Trade Association.
The threat to jobs will come if suppliers can no longer purchase steel competitively from their chosen supplier.
This would create an ‘artificial market’, said ISTA Chairman Jeffrey Kabel, creating distortions in a sector already hit by wild swings in global prices for steel products.
The government needs to address the issue of plant closures, Chinese imports, energy costs, business rates and product quality as part of wider, coordinated strategy, he added.
“As a result of devastating news at Redcar, Scunthorpe, Rotherham and elsewhere there is now a real risk to sectors including major infrastructure projects, hi-tech manufacturers such as aviation and defence and automotive and traditional markets such as construction,” he said.
“There is an escalating threat which is moving rapidly along the supply chain. We are not talking here solely about giant manufacturing facilities in close-knit communities, or the steel belt in Scotland and the Midlands, but small and medium-sized firms scattered across industrial estates, town-centre office buildings and ports nationwide.
“These are the steel products traders, shippers and distributors who feed their customers with high quality steel and bespoke products, which are the lifeblood of so many manufacturing and infrastructure projects.”
Big construction firms have already begun to shun products sourced from China and other markets. “This hits confidence in the supply chain, once you question the integrity of materials, distortions start to kick in. We are concerned that an artificial market is taking shape, the next step is protectionism and we will see the beginning of the end of a free market in steel products.”


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As if there was any doubt, the world of sports is no longer a niche market merely catering to hardcore participants.
The growth in premium fees being paid for televising rights to the most anticipated events has only surged with the Internet effectively lighting a fire in media coverage.
The boom in the opportunity by consumers to follow sports via television, radio, the Internet and assorted social media channels has led to a surge in popularity of sports among the masses – not only for spectators, but also for participants.
Market research firm Global Industry Analysts estimates that the worldwide market for sporting goods will reach $303 billion by 2015.1
It’s this widespread increase in sporting interest that inspired us with regard to our newest World of Sports motif, a portfolio of stocks of companies that manufacture and sell sporting goods equipment and related merchandise.
Of course, it’s not just getting to see more sports that is spurring people to play more sports – a revamped health consciousness seems to be at hand. Just two months ago, a comprehensive federal survey found that the rate of obesity in preschool-age children dropped about 40% in the past decade.2
The precise reasons for the drop aren’t known, but the Centers for Disease Control pointed out that many child-care centers are offering more healthful food and opportunities for exercise.
And with young consumers marking the most important consumer cluster for the sporting goods industry, let’s not forget fashion. Global Industry Analysts pointed out that this demographic is increasingly adopting sports apparel and footwear as casual wear, thereby boosting market prospects for sporting goods even in the casual wear segment.
Most of the youngsters try to imitate their sporting idols and purchase same brand and design of apparel or footwear that their favorite sport celebrities use or endorse, for their off-field use, the research firm said thereby driving demand in the market.
Although Europe and the US have been the traditional revenue contributors in the global sporting goods industry, Global Industry Analysts said that developing regions such as Asia-Pacific and Latin America will drive future gains, thanks to growing awareness about international brands, coupled with rising standards of living to complement inspirational purchases.
With demand reaching saturation in developed markets, much of the industry focus is now shifting to Asia-Pacific, Central & Eastern Europe, and Middle East countries. Asia-Pacific especially is fast emerging as a major sporting hub in the world with growing participation in sports in the region. The region is already the fastest growing market for sporting goods worldwide, thanks to growing consumption in emerging markets such as China and India.
Investors expecting steady demand growth in the global sporting goods market may want to consider this motif as an alternative opportunity.
1Press release, Global Industry Analysts, Feb. 2, 2012, http://www.prweb.com/releases/sporting_goods/sports_apparel_footwear/prweb9148721.htm, (accessed April 2, 2014).
2Betsy McKay, “US Childhood Obesity Rates Fall 40% in Decade,” WSJ.com, Feb. 25, 2014.


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Finding the perfect influencer for your brand or company is a notoriously tricky business. You want someone who connects with your audience, but also who is a safe bet and free of any potential scandals that could impact your brand. That’s exactly why Hollyfy, a native advertising platform, was created.
The company is designed to leverage its data-driven software and act as a matchmaker between brand marketers and what Hollyfy refers to as entertainment providers. Those “providers” can be anyone from musicians, social media influencers, movie productions or any type of major celebrity. Now, Hollyfy is taking its next big step by launching a platform that brand marketers and entertainment providers can use to find their perfect pairs—basically, like Tinder for brands and influencers.
A group of former agency executives created the platform to help make the process of finding talent to work with on branded content or entertainment projects that much easier.
“This is a groundbreaking platform that can really disrupt and change the way talent, celebrities and influencers can connect with brands for advertising opportunities,” Jason Newman, head of Untitled’s “tradigital” division, said. “In our business, in traditional Hollywood, we deal with casting directors, studio heads, anybody who has anything to do with film and television. This gives us direct access to all the agencies that deal with representing brands and marketing to consumers. We finally have broken down that barrier and are able to be on a platform where we can share information and get to meet each other and be able to get our clients more work.”
To date, Hollyfy has signed on CAA and Untitled Entertainment as interested parties, among others that are still in the works. Both are in early stages of working with the platform.
“We are constantly searching for new technologies that enable innovative opportunities. Hollyfy stands out among these as it allows us to effectively connect digital content and entertainment with organically fitting partnerships,” Kendra Bracken-Ferguson, Chief Digital Officer at BrainTrust CAA-GBG, told Adweek in an email.


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On May 15th, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring US firms from using telecom gear from sources the administration deems national security threats.
“I further find that the unrestricted acquisition or use in the United States of information and communications technology or services designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign adversaries augments the ability of foreign adversaries to create and exploit vulnerabilities in information and communications technology or services, with potentially catastrophic effects, and thereby constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. This threat exists both in the case of individual acquisitions or uses of such technology or services, and when acquisitions or uses of such technologies are considered as a class.”
He continued saying that open investment opportunities are important, but they should be balanced with security.
Later on the same day, the reason behind the move became apparent: the US Department of Commerce added Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and 70 affiliates to its “Entity List.”
Department of Commerce Announces the Addition of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to the Entity List https://t.co/m89LRXAata
— U.S. Commerce Dept. (@CommerceGov) May 16, 2019
Essentially, Huawei was blacklisted just so that under Trump’s executive order it would be unable to buy parts and components from US components from US companies without US government approval.
The Chinese telecom giant also can’t implement its 5G system in the US.
“This action by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, with the support of the President of the United States, places Huawei, a Chinese owned company that is the largest telecommunications equipment producer in the world, on the Entity List. This will prevent American technology from being used by foreign owned entities in ways that potentially undermine U.S. national security or foreign policy interests,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “President Trump has directed the Commerce Department to be vigilant in its protection of national security activities. Since the beginning of the Administration, the Department has added 190 persons or organizations to the Entity List, as well as instituted five investigations of the effect of imports on national security under Section 232 of the Trade Act of 1962.”
Also, on May 15th, Donald Trump declared a national emergency to “Secure the Information and Communications Technology Critical Infrastructure Supply Chain.”
“President Trump is acting once again to protect U.S. national security. This Executive Order addresses the threat posed by foreign adversaries to the nation’s information and communications technology and services supply chain,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “Under President Trump’s leadership, Americans will be able to trust that our data and infrastructure are secure.”
The move is certain to exacerbate relations between China and US, especially since the trade war doesn’t show any signs of de-escalating. Huawei is the largest telecommunications equipment provider on the planet and it is being accused of posing a spying risk to Western infrastructure networks.
On May 16th, Chinese Ministry of Commerce Spokesperson Gao Feng held a press conference.
In it he said that the US unilaterally and continuously has been escalating trade disputes and has caused serious setbacks in China-US negotiations.
He further spoke regarding security. China has always required its enterprises to implement domestic laws and rules on national export control, fulfill their international obligations in export control and observe the laws and regulations of host countries, Gao said.
“We are firmly against any unilateral sanction against Chinese entities by any country based on its own domestic laws, and to the generalization of the ‘national security’ concept as well as abuse of export control measures,” Gao said.
“China will take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard Chinese enterprises’ legitimate rights,” Gao said.
The US is abusing the power of its government and deliberately discrediting and suppressing specific companies, which proves neither of glory nor justice, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on May 15th.
“We urge the US side to stop cracking down on Chinese companies by using security excuses and to provide a fair and unprejudiced business environment,” Geng Shuang, spokesperson of the ministry, told a press briefing.
On May 16th, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang further commented on the issue. China will take necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate interests of Chinese companies he said.
“The Chinese side firmly opposes unilateral sanctions imposed by any country on Chinese entities in accordance with its own domestic law. We also oppose national security excuses and abuse of export control measures,” Lu Kang said. “We urge the US government to stop making mistakes and to create a normal business environment, avoiding causing further impact on China-US relations,” he noted.
Huawei is against the decision made by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the US Department of Commerce, which is in no one’s interest and will do significant harm to American companies that do business with Huawei, a Huawei spokesperson said in a statement.
“Huawei will seek remedies immediately and find a resolution to this matter. And it will also proactively endeavor to mitigate the impacts of this incident,” the spokesperson said.
“If the US restricts Huawei, it will not make the US safer, nor will it make the US stronger. It will only force the US to use inferior and expensive alternative equipment, lagging behind other countries … and ultimately harming US companies and consumers,” the spokesperson said.
Huawei’s David Wang, executive director and chairman of the company’s investment review board, told an event in Beijing that some countries have confused technical issues with ideological issues.
Network security is not a political issue, it is in fact a technical issue that should be addressed by cooperating on a broader scale, he noted. “Labeling a country or a company in relation to national security will not help tackle global network security challenges,” Wang said.
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Trump is a braggart coward. After the Iranians publicly stated that they will turn the Zionist entity into cinders, Trump ate crow and said “we do not want a war with Iran”. Bolton the idiot coward will gone soon. Most of Europe and the world does business with Huawei and US deadbeat economy is going into recession due to a losing economic war with China and indiscriminate sanctions on even the Chechen Military Police in Syria. How pathetic is that?
i really hope US empire ends very soon, so sick of this insanity and zionism
it will…..but u wont like what Comes after……
a one world Government with Jerusalem as its capital under satanic jewish Leadership!
“God is the Greatest, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse on the Jews, Victory to Islam”
Yea right!!! Not if izrahell goes down with it!
Half of Americans are just one paycheck away from financial disaster
Missing more than one paycheck is a one-way ticket to financial hardship for nearly half of the country’s workforce.
A new study from NORC at the University of Chicago, an independent social research institution, found that 51% of working adults in the United States would need to access savings to cover necessities if they missed more than one paycheck. and the idiots want to start another war…….
but trump is aiming to reduce the funding for food stamps with 36 billion bucks and return another 36 billion bucks to the banking system. he sure as a klucking bell knows who will be his benefactor in the future.
And the tariffs are a sneaky consumption tax.
china should ban some big american companies in response, HOW U LIKE THAT TRUMPENSTEIN???
Chinese are low key and cool rational people. If you read Confucian wisdom you will understand that they will kill the US loudmouth upstart thugs with a “death of thousand cuts”. US losers can’t even take on Iran, let alone China, the world’s largest nation. China will not back down as its trade with US has been declining since it improved relations with EU. Italy, Spain, Serbia, now want to join the ONE BELT initiative. China has growing markets in Latin America, Asia and Africa. What do the US warmongers produce besides inflated junk weapons at extortion prices that they sell to occupied Euro puppet regimes or Arab pimpdoms like UAE, Egypt and Emirates? Nothing, American cars are junk and they have no electronics industry. Ever seen a US made TV or smart phone since 2 decades? US is full of hot air and is being deflated fast.
I bought a Huawei smart phone, very good camera Leica lens.
I think that is part of the problem:
The best smartphone of 2019: 15 top mobile phones tested and ranked Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: the best smartphone. Huawei P30 Pro. Samsung Galaxy S10. Huawei Mate 20 Pro. Samsung Galaxy Note 9. iPhone XS. ( But I assume made in China) Huawei P30. Google Pixel 3 XL.
Haha yea, US is on its way out
r u sure?
Good learning process for blind Putin and China.Trump uses this unbalance leaders to make sanctions against their allies and turn against them and punishing them with severe sanctions.
Pompeo and Bolton have closed Russian neighbors airspace.USA is the boss in planet earth and are untouchable. Russians and Chinese worship great Babilon USA.Russia and Chinese are always happy to see their bosses thinking their will be granted amnesty.
Anti-competition based executive order – ‘globalism’ never meant serious international competition from peer companies in a global market – it meant expanding US market dominance, through accessing of far cheaper foreign labor.
desperation all over the place – do the morons even have an inkling of an idea what they are doing. not likely! laughing stock.
The media is saying this ban will cost American companies $11 billion. China has been sourcing some of its parts from the US like many other Chinese companies, to placate American concerns over the balance of trade. Huawei only sells 5 billion into the US, but buys 11 billion from the US
It’s hard to believe that the most powerful nation on earth is also the most stupid.


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The guests were dressed like Boy Scouts and lumberjacks, leather fetishists and Chick-fil-A cows, even The Shining twins (though there was more than two of them). Most of them were men. They played in a flip cup tournament, posed for photos in a giant beer can photobooth, and, of course, pounded pints of beer. The event also helped raise $2,500 for The Shack, a local LGBTQ welcome center. Held in late October at Provincetown Town Hall, this was the launch party for Provincetown Brewing Co., the gay hot spot’s first brewery.
“When I first came up here eight years ago, I was like, ‘Let’s go to a brewery.’ And my friends told me there isn’t one,” explains Chris Hartley, the brewery’s founder. “There’s no brewery? But this is such a vacation spot. I know gays don’t typically drink [craft] beers, but some bears and lesbians do,” he jokes. “Now I don’t see myself being either of those, but I still do love beer.”
Hartley is right that the craft beer world has largely ignored the LGBTQ community and almost completely left them out of the cultural conversation. That’s depressing for an industry rooted in gay-friendly urban metropolises like New York, San Francisco, and Boston. And, while it’s easy to offer the flippant stereotype that “gay people don’t like beer,” maybe the problem is not that simple.
“The craft beer industry, although growing, is still a bit of a niche market and as the gay community represents a small subset of the general population, that means it represents a small subset of a niche market, so there is not a critical mass of gay beer makers,” explains Bill Thomas, founder of the New York City Gay Craft Beer Lovers. “When I look back at thirty years of going to gay bars, beer was never viewed as a specialty or a focus. Rather, it was a commodity. Gay bars had beer because it was profitable to have something relatively cheap and easy to pour.”
Thomas believes this is what led to “big beer” products almost completely dominating the gay bar scene—due to their scale they could offer incentives and price breaks that no craft brewery could match. Likewise, these large corporations could afford to budget marketing dollars toward, say it with me, “corporate social responsibility.” A cynical ploy or not, it’s why Budweiser floats so often end up in Pride parades.
“Craft brewers don’t enjoy that same access,” adds Thomas, “When they have to make hard decisions about where to distribute or market, it makes sense that they would target known, reliable markets. It might seem to make sense to them to cede the [gay] market to the macro brewers.”
Hartley didn’t like that. Seeing the lack of craft beer at the bars he frequented, he set his mind to change things. When he had his epiphany in Provincetown, he was involved in residential construction in the New York area. Work was good, but wasn’t satisfying. So he dropped everything and moved to Boston where he began interning at Turtle Swamp Brewing under the mentorship of brewmaster and co-owner Nik Walther. There he started developing recipes—he favors juicy IPAs and easy-drinking pub-type beers like red ales. Hartley now splits his time between Boston and Provincetown as he prepares to open the doors on his taproom later this year.
“Our ethos is that this is an activist brand,” Hartley says. Once it’s fully up and running, thirteen percent of every beer sale will go to a different, progressive charity. Another two percent will go back to Provincetown causes like Family Week—Provincetown’s annual gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer-identified families in the world—or Girl Splash—Provincetown’s “summer week for women.”
“Anything that benefits the town or queer community, those pillars are what matters most to us,” Hartley explains. “Those causes will be what we’re focusing on promoting.”
Early buzz around the opening has caused a few local publications to call Provincetown Brewery “America’s first gay brewery,” but that’s not quite the case. Hillcrest Brewing Co. opened in 2012 in the heart of San Diego’s gay community. Since then the “queers who love beer” have become one of the city’s most visited craft breweries. There’s also Gay Beer, Loyal Brands’ contract-brewed canned offering (in partnership with Butternuts Beer and Ale) that was recently launched in the New York City area. There have likewise been hyper-local initiatives surrounding single beers, like in the case of Brooklyn Brewery’s The Stonewall Inn IPA and Coney Island Brewing’s Pride 365. The latter was a collaboration with Thomas’s group, which currently counts an astonishing 2,300 members who attend near-weekly events in the five boroughs.
“It’s my opinion that craft beer can be very successful when it’s focused on serving a local market that it knows and can be engaged,” explains Thomas, who also visits Provincetown every summer. He recognizes that craft beer is not the primary focus of the town’s bar scene, though thinks it could be poised to break out as he’s noticed more and more local craft beers appearing at bars and restaurants like The Squealing Pig and The Canteen. Thomas thinks Hartley’s brewery can succeed in P-Town, if it focuses on engaging the community at events like the Boatslip Resort’s famed “tea dance” happy hour while also making visitors aware of what supporting Provincetown Brewing (instead of, say, Bud Light) actually means.
“I really want my beer to be a conversation starter, to shine light on values that P-Town stands for,” Hartley explains, noting that this is a truly personal mission for him. “The P-Town queer community welcomed me with open arms, and I want to give back to them.”
It almost had this dreamlike quality, like what I dreamed being gay would be like when I was younger. When I came to P-Town it was an immediate sensation of feeling very at home.”
Hartley had started visiting Provincetown in the summer of 2012. He explains that, as a gay kid growing up in Reno, Nevada, he hadn’t really been exposed to a ton of gay culture until that trip.
“It almost had this dreamlike quality, like what I dreamed being gay would be like when I was younger,” he notes. “When I came to P-Town it was an immediate sensation of feeling very at home. There was this immediate sense of familiarity, like when you go home to visit.”
He hopes his space will seamlessly fit within the community he now calls home, which is increasingly important during an era that has begun to see the rapid decline of predominantly gay spaces due to the advent of hookup apps and the general rise of LGBTQ visibility. As INTO’s Zach Stafford told the Eater Upsell podcast last year, “People can make any space through the apps a gay bar, a gay club, and you kind of now understand that gay people are everywhere.” Having said that, Provincetown at large still does offer a place where gay people can fully be themselves without negotiating their identity.
“Unlike other places, P-Town still has this authenticity, there’s this authentic quality to the gay experience," explains Hartley. "Everything feels more thought out, and there’s a real flavor to everything, the aesthetics of it all.”
Provincetown Brewery is set to do the same for gay beer drinkers. The brewery’s taproom is built in an old mechanic’s shop. Unfortunately, the late-2018 to early-2019 government shutdown slowed some necessary permit approvals, meaning Hartley won’t be able to legally open his doors until late spring or early summer. Only five to ten percent of Hartley’s beer will be brewed in Provincetown—the small town simply has space, water, and sewage limitations—with the rest being contracted out of Turtle Swamp. The fact that Provincetown is busiest in the summer makes Hartley think he can use the quieter off-season to experiment with more limited, higher-gravity beers.
Hartley jokes that, because he’s gay, the space will be a little more “finished” than most breweries you’ve been to. He studied graphic design in college and was once an interior designer for Ralph Lauren stores. Thus, despite its previous industrial usage, he’s managed make it feel warm and comfortable, really emphasizing the natural light of the space. Throughout the taproom, art, photographs, and other elements will highlight both the history of Provincetown and activism throughout queer history.
But, it will still be a brewery, a laid-back spot with a pool table, shuffleboard, and board games. With an outdoor area so people can soak up the summer sun and enjoy the fresh salt air. A place that people—and Hartley emphasizes “everyone,” gay or straight—can use as a community hangout, where local organizations can hold meetings, or just a spot for people to drink beer and socialize. It will also perhaps be the only brewery in America not afraid to promote itself by encouraging you to come check out its male employees’ great butts.
“I really want to have fun with this,” explains Hartley. “I don’t want activism to be a downer!”
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New Jersey residents receiving Social Security Disability benefits should monitor their payments closely as the Social Security Administration moves away from sending checks.
Advocates for the disabled in New England report an increase in missed payments and payments being converted to electronic forms without notice to beneficiaries.
The SSA automatically issues electronic payments to people who applied for benefits on May 1, 2011, or after. The agency encourages beneficiaries who applied before May 1, 2011, to sign up for electronic payments. March 1, 2013, is the SSA’s deadline for all beneficiaries to switch to electronic payments.
The SSA estimates that converting its system to electronic payments will save taxpayers around $44 million.
Even beneficiaries already enrolled in direct deposit express concern. One story involved an individual who previously received direct deposits of SSDI benefits into his checking account. Recently, he failed to receive a payment and called the SSA. At first, the SSA was unable to locate his payment. Later, the agency found that they sent the payment to the man on a Direct Express Card — a card preloaded with the payment similar to a debit card.
The SSA did not notify the man that he would receive a card instead of a direct deposit and the man may have disposed of the letter with the card, mistaking it for junk mail.
SSA officials insist that beneficiaries enrolled in direct deposit should not be switched to the card. Unlike direct deposit, the Direct Express Card is not free. Users of the debit card incur fees to withdraw money from an ATM, obtain a paper statement, transfer funds or replace a lost card.
A contractor, CO-America, issues and administers the Direct Express Cards for the SSA.
All beneficiaries of SSDI should be vigilant in making note of any changes to their benefits and advise the SSA immediately of any issues.
Source: wcax.com, “Changes to Social Security stir controversy,” Gina Bullard, April 6, 2012


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Below Are One Of The Most Expensive NFTs Bought By Celebs– And Also What They’re Worth Today – CoinDesk
Cameron Thompson is an information press reporter at CoinDesk.
In April 2021, Paris Hilton launched her initial non-fungible token (NFT), informing CoinDesk as NFTs had actually “essentially taken control of my whole mind as well as heart.” While Hilton states she really started buying cryptocurrency as very early 2016, she truly made a dash by being among numerous celebs that openly “affected in” throughout the buzz of 2021.
But times are various currently. Considering that the begin of 2022, ether’s rate has actually dived 60%, and also NFT trading quantity has actually lowered 88% given that the 3rd quarter of 2021, according to a record from Alchemy. As the bearish market barks on and also buzz around NFTs has waned, CoinDesk asked yourself, what are the NFTs that celebs got worth currently?
We had a look at what celebs spent for NFTs at the time, according to positions from crypto information collector CoinGecko, and also what they would certainly deserve currently if they cost the specific very same quantity of ether (ETH) today.
In December 2021, rap artist as well as songs manufacturer Snoop Dogg acquired electronic musician XCOPY’s job, Right Click as well as Save As individual.
Snoop bought the initial NFT for 1,600 ETH, or $7,088,229 at the time. With Ethereum’s decrease in worth, that very same quantity of ETH would certainly deserve $2,083,456– much less than two-thirds its initial worth.
Snoop’s expanding passion in NFTs as well as Web3 has actually been significant over the previous pair years. In February 2022, Snoop Dogg shared his strategies to transform Death Row Records right into an NFT songs tag, launching a collection of NFT tracks on OpenSea weeks later on.
Entrepreneur as well as NFT influencer Gary Vaynerchuk (typically called Gary Vee) bought CryptoPunk #2140 for 1,600 ETH– which was $3,953,216 in July 2021.
Snoop as well as Vaynerchuck paid the very same quantity of ETH for their symbols; nonetheless, Vaynerchuck obtained a far better bargain than Snoop by acquiring his token 5 months previously. The cost today for their NFTs would certainly coincide for both males: $2,083,456
Vaynerchuck, the business owner that established dining establishment appointment system Resy, has over 7,000 NFTs according to a news release. He’s not just a collection agency however additionally a building contractor in the Web3 room. In May 2021, he introduced an NFT collection called VeeFriends on OpenSea, as well as this previous May he submitted a hallmark for Vayner3, his very own NFT consulting company.
Pop vocalist Justin Bieber is successive with his acquisition of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) #3001, which he acquired in January 2022 for $1,301,550, or 500 ETH. Justin created supposition on Instagram after he uploaded the picture of the ape without verifying he got it.
Had Bieber bought this NFT today, it would certainly have set you back $651,080
Steve Aoki, DJ and also songs manufacturer, acquired Doodle #2238 for 269.69 ETH, or $862,056, in January 2022.
If Aoki acquired his Doodle today, it would certainly have cost him $351,179– much less than half the initial quantity of his acquisition.
Aoki has actually been a supporter for the expanding Web3 room. Last April, he launched Sci-Fi NFTs on NFT system Nifty Gateway, as well as safeguarded financing to develop an NFT television program in August 2022.
Infamous YouTuber-turned-WWE-fighter Logan Paul acquired K4M-1 #03 from the 0N1 Force Collection. Paul bought this NFT for 188 ETH in February 2021 for $624,669, which would certainly be $244,806 today.
However, this “Bumblebee NFT” has actually remained in the information as a tweet asserting it deserved simply $10 today went viral. When decentralized application information website DappRadar went into the information, it approximated the token to be worth 8.12 ETH, or regarding $10,516, in truth.
Paul’s very early enter the NFT room permitted him to affect right into collections at the beginning of the days of the buzz. He presently holds a number of CryptoPunks, World of Women NFTs, along with a Bored Ape in 2 accounts on OpenSea.
Neymar Jr., the Brazilian football gamer for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), purchased BAYC #5269 in January 2022 for 186.69 ETH, which was $569,531