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DAME Deborah James has inspired a major change to packs of loo roll as she continues to make a legacy in her final days.
The Sun writer, who has incurable bowel cancer, has been calling for packaging to list symptoms of the disease.
Andrex has committed to raising awareness of symptoms over its products from July, following Marks & Spencer.
M&S kicked things off when one of its employees, Cara Hoofe, came up with the idea, having been diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in 2016 at 32-years-old.
She was inspired to put forward the idea by Dame Debs after seeing all the work she has done to raise awareness.
Deb said she would be going after each supermarket in a mission to get their own-brand bog roll revamped.
And she said she was “bored of puppies” on loo roll - the key feature of Andrex’s marketing.
So, from September, an initial 29 million packs of one of the UK’s best-selling toilet roll, Andrex Classic Clean, will feature a QR code.
Upon scanning it on their phone, consumers will be redirected to Bowel Cancer UK’s symptoms information.
- Bleeding from your bottom and/or blood in your bowel movements
- A persistent and unexplained change in bowel habit
- Unexplained weight loss
- Extreme tiredness for no obvious reason
- A pain or lump in your tummy
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The ambition is to update all packaging on the full Andrex toilet roll range within the next year, over 90 million packs, reaching one in three homes.
Dan Howell, VP & Managing Director UK&I at Kimberly-Clark, which owns Andrex, said: “We’re incredibly honoured to partner with Bowel Cancer UK in helping to raise awareness of the disease through our Andrex brand.
“Our announcement today is just the start of our work with the charity, and we’re committed to making it an ongoing partnership.”
Genevieve Edwards, CEO of Bowel Cancer UK, said the charity were “thrilled” about the move which will “undoubtedly save lives”.
“[Bowel cancer is] the UK's fourth most common cancer, with someone diagnosed with the disease every 15 minutes in the UK.
"Bowel cancer is treatable and curable especially if diagnosed early, but 60 per cent of people are diagnosed at later stages when it is much more difficult to treat.”
The charity’s #GetOnARoll campaign is urging all supermarkets to follow suit.
Deb’s has been on a mission to get people to check their poo since she was told she had bowel cancer at the age of 35, in 2016.
Now 40-years-old, the campaigner has been told her disease is no longer treatable, and she is receiving palliative care at her parent’s home.
She launched the Bowelbabe Fund on the day she revealed she didn’t have much longer left, asking followers to “buy me a drink to see me out this world, by donating”.
Debs, a mum-of-two, told Lorraine in June: "We need actual information signposted on those loo rolls so I'm hoping lots of other big brands will now go ‘yeah, hang on, this makes massive sense. This is what we need to be doing’.
"It's the start of things to come, I think we should now do a big shout out to other companies now, saying come on where's your signs and symptoms.”
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Thailand: Inflation drops to lowest level in over three years
August 1, 2013
In July, consumer prices added 0.10% over the previous month, which was down from the 0.15% rise recorded in June. The monthly increase was driven by higher prices for transport and communication, which offset lower prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages.
Annual headline inflation fell from 2.3% in June to 2.0% in July, which was slightly below the 2.1% expected by the market and represents the lowest level seen since November 2009.
The core inflation index, which excludes energy and fresh food prices, was flat over the previous month, (June: +0.09% month-on-month). Annual core inflation remained steady at June's 0.9% rate. At the current level, core inflation remains at the lower end of the Central Bank's 0.5%-3.0% target range.
The Bank of Thailand projects inflation to average 2.3% this year and 2.6% in 2014. FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast panellists anticipate inflation to average 2.8% in 2013, which is down 0.1 percentage points from last month's Consensus. For 2014, panellists see average inflation at 3.1%.

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Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the once-dominant BlackBerry, is set to introduce a new line of smartphones and a new operating system on Wednesday, both called BlackBerry 10.
The New York Times calls the launch "the most important event in the company's history since 1996."
RIM (NASDAQ: RIM) now claims only 4.6 percent of the global market, according to the report.
The launch has been delayed for about a year as the company started over with its operating system and rebuilt itself through acquisitions, according to the report.
Analysts and app developers are mixed in their views of BlackBerry's future, the Time reports.
Initially, RIM will release two versions of the phone, one with a touch screen and the other a hybrid with a keyboard and a small touch screen, according to the report.
BlackBerry 10 is aimed at recapturing the corporate market, according to the report, and its biggest change might be in software that allows corporate and government information technology managers to segregate business-related apps and data from a user's personal material.


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Diane Keaton is shopping a memoir, but in keeping with the self-effacing character of the 63-year-old actress, the book will not be just about her.
Ms. Keaton wants to write a memoir of herself and her mother, Dorothy Hall, who succumbed to Alzheimer's disease in September after a 15-year battle. Ms. Hall was 86.
We are in the process of selling Diane's memoir of her life, [which is told] through the lens of her life with her mother, says an associate of Bill Clegg, the book's agent. The associate, who declines to be named, adds that Ms. Keaton will be writing the book herself.
Mr. Clegg, of the William Morris Agency, has already received an offer of $2 million, according to two publishing industry executives familiar with the project.
Hard times for the publishing industry, which saw book sales drop precipitously at the end of last year, have not slowed acquisitions of big-ticket titles.
Celebrity books are in particular demand as publishers compete for attention for their wares in an increasingly crowded media universe.
An agent for Patrick Swayze has been shopping a memoir about the actor's fight with pancreatic cancer, and publishers have recently made multimillion-dollar deals for books by Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman and Tina Fey.
Blockbuster titles have the additional advantage of being able to reach broad audiences through giant retail outlets as well as through traditional bookstores.


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One potential Malibu developer is learning the value of patience and realizing just how fragile Malibu is. A Chicago-based company, Malibu La Paz Ranch, LLC, submitted a proposal for the development of a shopping area in Malibu and has been waiting nearly nine years for an answer.
The proposed development would be similar to the Cross Creek shopping plaza, with retail shops, restaurants, office buildings and an area designated for city use. As simple as it sounds, though, the construction of this shopping center is burdened with numerous concerns.
The main issues with the project, discussed during the Sept. 22 Malibu City Council meeting, are concerns about ground water and water treatment.
The ground water below the civic center area is more than 40 percent septic, and the Malibu City Council is concerned that development could worsen the contamination and spread it to other areas, such as Malibu Lagoon.
Plans for the project have allowed for an area that would include a Malibu City Hall, but the council believes a water treatment plant would better serve Malibu. Some members at the meeting suggested that proposed acreage should be used for this treatment facility.
One version of the proposal would be 99,000 square feet, while another would be 132,000 square feet. The development would be on Civic Center Way near Cross Creek, between the Malibu Library and Papa Jack’s State Park.
The larger project would include the donation of 2.3 acres and $500,000 to Malibu for municipal use. It also is large enough to require special approval from the California Coastal Commission, as well as a city amendment to the Local Coastal Program.
The city is being sued for water quality problems and may be paying legal fees until something can be done about the water, according to the mayor.
Also, does Malibu really need another area of overpriced shopping and dining, with Cross Creek and Malibu Colony so close?
Southern Malibu is running out of room to develop. The Civic Center area is about all that is left when it comes to flat, useable ground. The park across from the library, where the Chili Cook-off has been hosted for the past 27 years, is not yet in jeopardy.
It is comforting to see Malibu carefully study all aspects of construction in the city, particularly issues affecting the fragile local environment.
Many might want a new shopping center because water problems are not immediately visible, but problems will multiply if future growth is not environmentally friendly.
Water contaminants are mostly produced from restaurants, which already crowd the city. Malibu Colony and Cross Creek Road contain at least ten restaurants, but no adequate treatment facility.
It is no mystery why the proposed development is taking so long to be determined. The issues that are proposed by the project can be hazardous to the community, and something will have to be done in the future. The city council must step up to the plate and prove to the community it is seriously concerned with the Malibu environment.


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Sony slips Skype on PlayStation Vita
Microsoft on call?
Sony is planning to bring Skype to PlayStation Vita, according to photos leaked online.
Shots of a Sony presentation in Sao Paulo, Brazil, were upped by GameGeneration and appear to show the Skype logo alongside various expected Vita features, including PSN, Wi-Fi and DLNA.
A Skype application launched for the original PSP back in 2008, however after Microsoft's recent acquisition of the internet telephone tool, it seemed an inclusion this time for the PlayStation Vita was unlikely.
At the time of acquisition, Microsoft stated that it "will continue to invest in and support Skype clients on non-Microsoft platforms".
If these pics are accurate, presumably the company will keep its word, even at the possible detrimental cost of improving its competitors products.
In more official PlayStation Vita news, Sony has put out a fresh trailer, showing off some of the forthcoming handheld's features. These include voice and text chat, online play and connecting socially with those in the vicinity. Check it out below.®


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Google has announced a philanthropic initiative aimed at reducing carbon emissions by popularising electric-powered cars.
It is also looking to make investments in technologies and companies featuring plug-in hybrids, fully electric vehicles, vehicle-to-grid capabilities and batteries.
By means of demonstration, Google is having four of its Toyota Priuses and two Ford Escapes re-fitted to run as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and will publish telemetry data from the vehicles to the web to indicate the cars’ efficiency.
The company last year announced plans to ensure a third of its giant Mountain View, California, campus becomes powered by solar energy. It is this 1.6-megawatt, 9,212-panel solar effort that powers its existing plug-in vehicle fleet. A hundred such cars will become part of its car-sharing scheme.
Conventional hybrid vehicles like the Prius run on batteries but also depend in part on regular combustion engines, while plug-in vehicles can recharge off a wall socket overnight.
Google.org said if all US cars on the road by 2025 were hybrids, half of them plug-in hybrids, America could reduce its oil consumption, currently 10m barrels per day, by 8m barrels per day.


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While Samsung usually released two variants of its flagship phones, this time around, it has released three: the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+. So between the three, which one should you purchase and is right for you? Confused? Read our guide to find out.
With the Galaxy S10 out, most Galaxy S9 owners are wondering if they should upgrade to it or not. At first glance, the Galaxy S10 does seem to be a compelling upgrade over the Galaxy S9 with its new design, triple-camera setup, and other improvements. But the Galaxy S9 is still a fine handset by all means today. So, should existing Galaxy S9 owners upgrade to it? Let’s find out.
This time around, Samsung has launched not one but three different variants of the Galaxy S10: the S10e, S10, and S10+. Wondering what the differences are between the three variants? Read our comparison to find out.
Popular YouTuber MKBHD did a massive blind smartphone over the last few days comprising of 16 different smartphones. The blind camera comparison received millions of votes on Twitter and Instagram Stories and included heavyweights like the Pixel 3, Huawei Mate 20 Pro, OnePlus 6T, iPhone XS, iPhone X, HTC U12+, and Galaxy Note 9.
Last week, Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi Note 6 Pro in India. The device is the successor to the massively popular Redmi Note 5 Pro and comes with an improved dual-camera setup. If you are wondering what the differences are between the Redmi Note 6 Pro and the Redmi Note 5 Pro, check out the spec comparison below.
Just like last year and the year before it, Google has unveiled two new Pixel handsets at its October event: the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. So, what separates the two devices? Is it just their size and battery capacity? Or just like Apple has Google also kept some features reserved for the bigger Pixel 3 XL? Find out in our comparison.
Yesterday, Xiaomi’s new sub-brand, Poco, unveiled its first smartphone in India: the Poco F1. The handset has managed to create quite a stir in the Indian smartphone market with its Rs 20,999 ($300) price tag and the specs it offers which includes a Snapdragon 845 chipset, 6GB RAM, and a massive 4,000mAh battery.
Earlier this year, Nokia launched the notched Nokia X6 in China which met with massive success in the country. Now, HMD Global has brought the same handset to India as the Nokia 6.1 Plus. The handset might share the same set of internals as Xiaomi’s massively popular Redmi Note 5 Pro, perhaps the best budget smartphone in India, but there’s a lot that differs between the two devices.
The Nokia 7 Plus was first unveiled by HMD Global-owned at MWC 2018 this year. The mid-range smartphone launches in India later this month and has already got a lot of people interested in it. However, there’s another phone in India which has a lot of people interested — the Redmi Note 5 Pro.


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Options traders will finally have a chance to get their hands on real Palm Inc. stock after 3Com distributes 532 million of Palm shares after the market closes on Thursday. See full story.
This has been a sticky issue. Because the Palm (PALM) shares have been hard-to-borrow, options traders have been unable to hedge their short put or long call positions by selling stock. This causes the puts to be more expensive than the calls, which is unusual, but will no longer be the case after the shares are distributed.
All of this, of course, is not stopping traders from doing what they want to do, and since they can’t short Palm for real they are shorting it synthetically by buying puts and selling the corresponding calls. This is called a combo (sometimes referred to as a conversion reversal).
Recently traders have been getting out of their combo positions and taking profits--selling out puts and buying in their calls in Palm.
Welcoming this feeding frenzy is the fact that Palm has been worth more than the company that owns most of its shares, 3Com (COMS). This price discrepancy has come into line recently as 3Com announced its final distribution ratio of about 1.48 last month and the market has gone ahead and related the two prices.
After the Palm initial public offering was announced last March, however, that gap was pretty wide and at one point the market was pricing 3Com verses Palmless-3Com at a $20 discount. See related story.
Yet as profit-taking may now be the drill, let’s not move too fast. Even after Palm shares are distributed it may be hard to borrow for an additional three days, since stocks take three days to clear.
Because of this, market makers that are short Palm stock are particularly concerned whether or not they can be bought in. This is because if they are short and their clearing firms can’t borrow the stock that night, their positions will be bought in--so they are no longer short.


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Online local business network MerchantCircle has launched publicly today. The MerchantCircle local business network helps businesses connect to their local community and reach local internet users through marketing channels like blogs, email, advertising, coupons, and SEO. It’s hit the 5,000 merchant mark, a tally that’s been steadily doubling every 4-6 weeks, and contains more than 14 million listings and aggregates more than 10 million RSS feeds full of local business and marketing information.
“During the past few months, more than 5,000 local businesses joined the network and began actively using the site, taking advantage of the tools and advertising opportunities available there,” said MerchantCircle co-founder Ben Smith in a statement. “This phenomenal initial response is proof that local businesses want, need and are ready to successfully use the Local Internet to promote their businesses and drive revenue.”
The Circle has a free service for small businesses that includes an ad on their local merchant network, coupon creation, business blogging, and email newsletters. Their premium services include SEO, Google and Yahoo ads, targeted ad campaigns, and one-on-one time with an ad campaign advisor.


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As every year, we will meet in an exceptional place. The International Congress Centre in Katowice.
Dozens of online debates about an economy transformed by a pandemic - opportunities for a new opening. Current and important topics for the future of business and the market. Dozens of invited entrepreneurs and investors, government representatives and experts.
EEC Online - the event, for the first time organised remotely and 100% accessible on the Internet, will take place on the originally planned 18-20 May. The online version of the Congress will be filled with live broadcasts, presentations, interviews, webinars and online debates on the economy, which, having found itself in a completely new situation, is looking for answers to basic questions.
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Polish property versus the pandemic. Who won and who lost? How long will it take for the market of shopping centres, offices and hotels to regain its former shape? Is this the best time to invest in property? Private halls of residence, co-living, senior homes or the PRS: Who will turn out to be the dark horse of the alternative market? Which trends are we saying goodbye to forever, and which ones will set the future directions of development of the market?
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Apple's announcement on a holiday Monday that CEO Steve Jobs is going out on medical leave makes a little more sense at the end of a business day Tuesday that included a quarter-end call that blew the doors off of analyst estimates.
The company announced its quarterly earnings Tuesday and knocked all numbers out of the park when it comes to sales and just might have knocked the story of Jobs health from both the headlines and stockholders worries.
Here are the numbers: New income jumped to $6 billion, or $6.43 per share, up from $3.4 billion, or $3.67 per share. Revenue jumped 71 percent to $26.7 billion.
It looks like they might be high enough to overshadow this week's leave of absence announcement. Apple's stock jumped in after-hour trading.
The results mean even more iPads were under Christmas trees than analysts predicted. Apple said it sold more than 7 million iPads, and that is a million more than expected. It sold 16 million iPhones and that is an 86 percent increase from a year ago and before Apple announced its deal with Verizon.
During the call, the man who is taking over the day to day operations from Jobs, COO Tim Cook, admitted one product is in the "too much of a good thing" category. He said there is still a "significant backlog" when it comes to the iPhone4, which means Apple can't make them as fast as they can sell them.
And although he wasn't on the call, Steve Jobs also made his mark Tuesday.
Jobs issued a statement that said in part, "We had a phenomenal holiday quarter with record Mac, iPhone and iPad sales. We are firing on all cylinders and we’ve got some exciting things in the pipeline for this year including iPhone 4 on Verizon which customers can’t wait to get their hands on."
Also Tuesday, the Associated Press put out a time line of Jobs health issues that date back to August 2004.
- August 2004: Apple CEO Steve Jobs discloses that he had been diagnosed with, and cured of, through surgery a rare form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor. Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook takes over Jobs' duties while he recuperates.
- Oct. 14, 2004: In his first public appearance since undergoing surgery, Jobs, then 49, attends a news conference to unveil a new Apple store at a shopping mall near Palo Alto, Calif.
- June 12, 2005: Jobs tells Stanford University graduates that his bout with cancer underscored the need to live each day to the fullest.
- July 21, 2008: Speculation mounts that Jobs is ill, given recent weight loss. During Apple's earnings conference call, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer says Jobs has no plans to leave the company and his ``health is a private matter.''
- Sept. 9, 2008: Jobs kicks off an Apple event with a projected slide that says, ``The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.'' He's making a play off a famous Mark Twain quote after Bloomberg accidentally publishes, then retracts, an obituary it has prepared in advance for Jobs.
- Dec. 16, 2008: Apple says Jobs won't be giving the keynote presentation that's usually the highlight of the annual Macworld trade show in January.
- Jan. 5, 2009: Jobs explains what is now severe weight loss by saying he has a treatable hormone imbalance. He says he will continue to run the company.
- Jan. 14, 2009: Jobs backtracks and announces he will be on medical leave until June, saying his health problems were "more complex'' than he had thought. COO Tim Cook takes over daily duties.June 23, 2009: A doctor at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis says Jobs received a liver transplant and has an ``excellent prognosis.'' Apple does not issue a statement about the transplant.
- June 2009: Jobs returns to work.
- Sept. 9, 2009: Jobs presides over an Apple event for the first time since the nearly six-month-long medical leave. He gets a standing ovation. Looking thin and speaking quietly, he tells the audience he had received the liver of a young adult who died in a car accident, and urges everyone to become organ donors.
- January through October 2010: Jobs serves as master of ceremonies at several Apple gadget launches, including the unveiling of the much-anticipated iPad. He is still very thin, but public speculation is overshadowed by buzz around the new product.
- March 12, 2010: Apple gives Cook $5 million bonus plus stock for ``outstanding performance'' running the company while Jobs was on leave.
- Jan. 17, 2011: In a memo to Apple employees, Jobs announces a second medical leave with no set duration. Cook will fill in again to run day-to-day operations. Jobs said he will continue as CEO and will be involved in major decisions.


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Artificial intelligence is taking over the world these days and many firms are rushing to become the leaders of different market niches by bringing this technology to existing solutions and products.
This time it appears to be Apple’s turn as the Cupertino-based company has rolled out a new product called “Madison” that offers audiobooks narrated by AI-generated human-like voices.
Journalists from Ars Technica gave the software a try and reported that the voice could be passed by that of an actual human if listened to for a relatively short period. However, it lacked the emotions that a human being would typically convey when reading certain phrases.
Why is Apple Focusing on Audiobooks?
Apple (AAPL) has shown its strong interest in the AI-powered audiobook market as it reached out to small publishers to buy the rights to incorporate their masterpieces into the Apple Books’ library while taking care of all associated costs.
The company headed by Tim Cook is aiming to reduce the cost of producing audiobooks for publishers so they can be more enticed to make their literature available on the company’s app.
At the moment, audiobooks are narrated by actual humans who charge a fee for creating these recordings. The best voices in the industry can charge as much as $500 an hour for their work.
“Many authors — especially independent authors and those associated with small publishers — aren’t able to create audiobooks due to the cost and complexity of production”, the company stated in a blog post.
“Digitally narrated titles are a valuable complement to professionally narrated audiobooks, and will help bring audio to as many books and as many people as possible”, the post added.
Currently, authors can choose from four different voices including Madison or Jackson for fictional and romantic literature and Helena or Mitchell for non-fictional books. The company suggests the use of two applications – Draft2Digital and Ingram CoreSource – to produce these “digitally narrated” audiobooks.
For now, the software is only available to books written in English and only a few genres will be supported for now as the company continues to fine-tune these digital voices so they can better convey the book’s contents.
More Details About the Audiobook Industry
The global audiobooks market reportedly generated revenues of $4.22 billion in 2022 and it is projected to grow at a rate of 26.4% annually from 2022 to 2030 according to a report from Grand View Research. The leading players in the industry include Audible, Hachette Audio, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster.
Data from Ibis World indicates that Audible has a market share of over 60% in the United States while Spotify recently entered the market to offer audiobooks within its popular audio streaming platform.
Audible offers a subscription package that starts at $7.95 per month while Apple Books works under a pay-per-book model. The Apple Books app is accessible on any iOS-powered device including iPhones and iPads.
Apple’s efforts are echoing an industrywide trend that consists of the incorporation of artificial intelligence to virtually any existing software-as-a-service (SaaS). One example is Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI to enhance its flagship products – i.e. Bing and MS Office.
Recently, the company headed by Satya Nadella has been working on an AI-powered version of Bing that aims to make the search engine more conversational and less keyword-focused to compete with Alphabet’s leading product – Google.
It appears that large tech companies have already identified some tectonic shifts occurring in the space such as video taking over images, the incorporation of AI technology into almost everything, and an increased interest in privacy protection.
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Plans have been submitted for a new supermarket on a busy road in Nottingham city centre.
The plans, if approved, would see a new store on Upper Parliament Street.
An application for signs for a new Zaap Thai Market has been submitted to Nottingham City Council by applicant Mr Gerrard Marks.
It would be built at 95 Upper Parliament Street, according to the plans.
The application will now be considered by Nottingham City Council's planning committee.
Shoppers in Nottingham welcomed the news and said that a new Thai supermarket could be a 'good idea'.
Paul Reed, 64, university lecturer, Radcliffe told Nottinghamshire Live: “It’s a great idea.
“It stops the shops looking scruffy - I think it’s a good idea.
“Put something new in there - Nottingham needs a bit of a lift.”
Michelle Morgan, 45, mum of six, Clifton said: “It adds more culture.
“Having a variety is always better.
“It should be [popular] - town is generally quite busy.”
Shashi Manickan, 34, engineer, Lenton said he thinks it could be a good idea.
Mr Manickan said: “It would be appropriate to be on the other side of town rather than here.
“Most residents are on the other side.
“I’ve not seen a Thai supermarket before - I do see a lot of Turkish supermarkets.
“I think a Thai supermarket could be a good idea.”
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Wal-Mart Stores and consumer products maker Procter & Gamble will jointly create a television movie in an effort to promote "family-friendly" programming, the companies said Thursday.
The companies have teamed up on the two-hour "Secrets of the Mountain," to be broadcast in April on the NBC television network. NBC, parent of CNBC, is owned by General Electric .
The movie focuses on a single mother who brings her family to a mountainside cabin, and highlights values such as generosity, honesty and togetherness that Wal-Mart and P&G executives say are in short supply on television.
Ads for both companies will run during commercial breaks, and the film will include product placements for both.
Wal-Mart said the effort with P&G is "in direct response to research which reveals that parents across America are seeking more family-oriented entertainment for the whole family to enjoy together."
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Netflix is going Down Under.
The streaming platform announced Tuesday, via a cryptic tweet, that it will be available in Australia and New Zealand for the first time in March 2015.
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Pricing for a subscription to Netflix in the countries will be announced “at a later date.”
In a press release, Netflix said the Australia and New Zealand collection will include upcoming original series “Marco Polo,” animated “BoJack Horseman” and kids titles including DreamWorks Animation’s “All Hail King Julien.” Movies and TV shows will be available in high definition and in 4k where possible.
Other titles promised to Netflix Australia and New Zealand in 2015 as it expands include upcoming original series “Bloodline” (starring, fittingly, Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn), Marvel’s “Daredevil” series, “Sense8” and Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda’s “Grace and Frankie.”
At launch, content will be available via smart TVs, tablets, smartphones, computers and a range of Internet-capable game consoles and set-top boxes.
The deal isn’t too surprising, given that Netflix has been signaling it for months. In September, the company nabbed exclusive subscription-streaming rights for Australia to Batman origin series “Gotham” under its deal with Warner Bros.
In an effort to access Netflix, Aussies have taken to unconventional means. Reportedly about 200,000 Australians are already subscribed to Netflix and access content using private networks to bypass geoblocking restrictions — a complaint of Quickflix, currently the biggest SVOD played operating in the country.
“If you want Netflix to compete in Australia come through the front door,” Quickflix CEO Stephen Langsford wrote in an open letter to Netflix chief Reed Hastings. “Instead you’re currently enjoying a free ride in Australia ignoring unauthorised ‘back door’ access to your US service and thereby taking revenue away from local services which are investing to service the local market and endeavouring to provide choice and competition to consumers.”
The news comes as the U.S.-based company continues to expand around the world. In September, Netflix launched in six European countries: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland.
Netflix is currently offering early sign-up for alerts on the Australia-New Zealand launch on its website.


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Ayah Bdeir is the founder and chief executive officer of littleBits, whose mission is to get kids building their own electronic gizmos and gadgets with the company's kits. littleBits
In the startup offices of littleBits, the staffers stand around and play with blocks. But unlike at other startups—where board games and pool tables abound— play time is actually part of the business. The company makes electronic building block kits and local kids are invited in to join staffers in making the electronic “bits” that snap together with magnets to create gadgets and gizmos that light up, move, and make noise.
The idea: to get kids making their own electronics rather than just playing with the kind you get at the store.
“We’re a mission-driven company,” Ayah Bdeir, who is founder and chief executive officer of New York City-based littleBits, told Upstart Business Journal. “There’s so much money spent around gifting products for the holidays, and we want the product to be the start of the gift.”
Today, the educational toy company (which has won awards from Popular Science and Dr. Toy among others) is throwing a launch party at its Union Square area offices for its long-awaited Holiday Kit, which is priced at $49, and consists of seven little "bits" that let children make their own holiday ornaments and decorations that can beep, buzz, twinkle, and more. Designed for children ages 8 and up, the kits let children build simple circuits using a power source, a connector and an output. For example the bits can let them pulse the output devices and add light and motion controls.
Bdeir didn’t start out in retail or toys. An engineer by training, she is also an MIT Media Lab graduate and a TED senior fellow, who initially worked in finance and software and then taught at New York University and Parsons, the design school. After planning for littleBits on the side while working her other jobs, she launched the company in September 2011, has grown it from zero to 12 employees and accumulated $4.5 million in funding, including $850,000 in seed funding and a $3.65 million Series A in July, led by True Ventures. The company aims to be part of a burgeoning make-it-yourself movement, similar to MakerBot, the 3-D consumer printer startup based in Brooklyn, New York, which littleBits considers a friendly ally in that mission.
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This year, Vietnam’s textile and apparel industry stands ready to sell more than the previous year. The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) forecasts that the industry will reach about $37-38 billion, up from $35.3 billion in 2020, but will continue to face difficulties due to the impacts of COVID-19.
Restructuring had been the major goal in the transition of Duc Giang Garment Corporation in 2020 in the midst of disrupted global supply chains and stagnating orders for the textile and garment industry during the first two quarters of the year. However, the company has put its faith into plans to develop four research and development centres, two online sales centres, and several sales and showrooms.
The company earlier this year emphasised the scale of its ambitions and announced it would step up trade promotion, focus on key customers, seek new ones, and strongly develop the domestic market, aiming to increase by 11 per cent to reach a revenue of VND2.3 trillion ($100 million) and pre-tax profit of VND35 billion ($1.5 million), up 40 per cent compared to 2020.
General director Vu Duc Giang said the corporation had “acceptable business results in 2020” as revenues reached VND2.1 trillion ($91 million), with exports making up $72 million of this and a profit of around VND25 billion ($1.08 million). However, Giang also noted that the complicated development of the pandemic “will remain a great challenge.”
Last year, Vietnam’s textile and garment industry’s gross output decreased by 22 per cent over the previous year. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the export value of the industry has shown signs of recovery since June thanks to the increased demand from major export markets such as the United States and Europe.
In a report published in early March, VNDIRECT Securities Company found that only a few companies changed production lines in a timely manner, while most of them were heavily affected by the pandemic. VNDIRECT estimates that the total revenues of 2020 of listed textile and garment companies decreased by 15.1 per cent while net profits plummeted by 20.9 per cent over the previous year.
Nguyen Duc Hao, an analyst at VNDIRECT, said that some textile enterprises have converted a part of their production lines to medical masks and personal protective equipment, thereby partly compensating for the decline in sales.
Vietnam’s mask production capacity for exports is already very large, and Hao believed that after satisfying the domestic demand, products can be exported, with Vietnam having the potential to become the world’s new hub for the export of facemasks.
Positive forecasts are now covering the worldwide market. According to the Global Textile and Garment Market report, the total global demand is expected to increase from $594 billion in 2020 to $654 billion by the end of 2021, up 10.1 per cent. This growth comes mainly from rearranged production lines and a gradual recovery from the pandemic.
VNDIRECT expects the export turnover of Vietnam’s textile and garment industry in 2021 to recover according to the prospects of economic recovery in major export markets such as the US, the EU, Japan, and South Korea.
The securities company estimated that textile export value will increase 6.2 per cent on-year to $6.8 billion in the first quarter of 2021 due to strong pent-up demand in countries such as China, the US, and South Korea.
Many free trade agreements (FTAs) that Vietnam participates in is the driving force for its textile and apparel industry in the long term. However, fabric production is still a bottleneck for the industry as it must comply with the requirements of the FTAs on product origin.
For instance, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership requires the application of the three-stage principle of spinning, weaving, and sewing to be implemented in CPTPP member countries.
Meanwhile, the EU-Vietnam FTA (EVFTA) imposes a technical requirement called “fabric onwards” and prohibits the use of fabrics originating from certain locations in China. Since Vietnam has to import most of the fabric from China, which accounts for 58 per cent of the total value of Vietnam’s fabric imports, it will cause certain difficulties.
VNDIRECT’s Hao realised that producers will need time to develop the proper production chain to meet the initial rules, but the EVFTA will have a positive impact on the textile industry in the long run.
The dependence on raw materials from China, Hao said, could be resolved by cooperating with other countries in the region. For example, an online trade conference between the Vietnam Trade Office in India and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Indian Importers was held in December.
According to the Apparel Export Promotion Council of India, the country’s businesses are considering investment into textile and garment with Vietnam to promote the development of the domestic industry.
Meanwhile, Vietnam has negotiated with EU countries on a provision allowing domestic businesses to add the origin of textile and garment materials imported from South Korea and other countries that have signed an FTA with the EU to their textile products.
“In addition, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) could become a double-edged sword for fabric and yarn manufacturing,” Hao commented.
The RCEP, signed in November between six ASEAN member countries and five non-ASEAN countries, creates a market of 2.2 billion consumers. With it, Vietnam will enter a wider market with less stringent commitments than within the EVFTA and the CPTPP.
VNDIRECT thus still expects the RCEP to support textile businesses to reduce input costs as fabric export taxes from China are reduced from 10 to 2 per cent. It projected that the cost of goods sold in the garment segment will decrease by 5-5.5 per cent.


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Nikola Motor founder Trevor Milton indicted for fraud
Nikola Motor founder Trevor Milton – the billionaire who once promised to build fuel-cell-electric trucks — now faces three counts of fraud for misleading investors about the company’s technologies and sales prospects. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York alleges that he spread the falsehoods about “nearly all aspects of the business” through social media and other platforms, causing particular harm to retail investors.
Trevor Milton. (File photo: Nikola)
Among the claims, Milton said a prototype Nikola One truck could be driven, U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York Audrey Strauss said at a press conference.
“The closest it ever came to driving was when a group of Nikola engineers took it to the top of a hill and rolled it down so it could be filmed for a commercial,” she said, noting that it had no motors or control systems. Even the infotainment system was a tablet with prototype mockups, she added. And while Milton said the company was developing the technology for a Badger pickup truck, it was nothing more than a Ford F-150 pickup with Nikola branding, Strauss said.
She also referred to other alleged falsehoods claiming that Nikola was developing technology and parts when they were actually sourced through outside suppliers, and that the company was producing hydrogen fuel when this was not the case. Promised “billions of dollars” in orders for Nikola trucks were also reservations that could be canceled at any time. “Today’s charges against Milton are where the rubber meets the road,” Strauss said. “Now Milton will have to answer in a court of law for his false and misleading statements.”
Milton was taken into custody on Thursday morning.
The Nikola One never actually worked, says U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York Audrey Strauss. (File photo)
Trevor Milton’s claims
Prosecutors say Milton exploited Nikola’s structure as a special purpose acquisition company to make statements that would not otherwise be allowed by executives involved in a traditional initial public offering (IPO). He openly boasted how this gave him the opportunity to speak directly to the market. Milton resigned as Nikola’s chairman in September 2020, just weeks after a report authored by Hindenburg. Nikola: How to parlay an ocean of lies into a partnership with the largest auto OEM in America accused the company founder of false statements to secure a deal with General Motors.
General Motors took an 11% ownership stake in Nikola in September 2020, and signed a strategic partnership to engineer and build the Nikola Badger pickup truck. Shortly after signing a related MOU, GM and Nikola announced that GM Hydrotec fuel cell systems would be used in Nikola Class 7 and 8 trucks, even though Nikola had previously said it was developing its fuel systems in house. A partnership to build battery electric waste truck with Republic Services came to an end only weeks earlier, with both companies announcing that the new technologies and design concepts would take longer to develop than expected and result in “unexpected costs”.
A vehicle order for 2,500 units was canceled. Ryder System and Nikola also terminated a deal that would have seen Ryder offer exclusive support for Nikola’s hydrogen-electric semis.
The Nikola Tre. Photo: Nikola
Nikola continues with Nikola Tre
In the months since Milton’s departure, Nikola executives have said they remain on pace to meet certain milestones, including trial production of the Nikola Tre battery-electric truck in Ulm, Germany and Coolidge, Ariz.
The company has also announced plans to break ground on a hydrogen fueling station. The new OEM has reportedly built five battery-electric Tre cabover prototypes, with two undergoing testing at proving grounds in the northern U.S., two on a test track in Arizona, and one in Germany. Milton’s personal Nikola stock was once valued at high as US £8.5 billion, when the company’s value surpassed £31 billion and even bettered the value of Ford Motor Co.
When he resigned in September 2020, the value of that Nikola stock plunged. “The company lost approximately 40% of its value and individual investors were cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars,” says Philip Bartlett, inspector in charge of the New York division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
He cautioned investors to verify claims, and be wary of “once-in-a-lifetime” investment officers.
“If it doesn’t feel right, it’s probably a scam,” he said. This case demonstrates that corporate officers can’t say whatever they want, said SEC enforcement director Gurbir Grewal, adding that Milton reaped tens of millions of dollars in personal benefits through his claims. When a reporter asked whether Tesla founder Elon Musk would also be held accountable for claims proven to be false, Grewal said, “We will hold them accountable for material false statements that they make.”
Tesla unveiled a prototype of its battery-electric Tesla Semi in 2017, and originally promised to begin production in 2019.
Production plans have most recently been pushed out to 2022.
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Tesla has recently introduced several battery innovations, including the new tabless 4680 cell, which it is believed to be producing in small quantities on a pilot line at its Fremont plant. However, the California carmaker has no intention of trying to produce all the cells it needs on its own.
“The reason Tesla is doing its own cell production is in order to accelerate the growth. It is not to make less use of our cell suppliers,” said Elon Musk at last September’s unveiling of the 4680 cell. “In fact, I want to be really clear Tesla wants to increase purchases from cell suppliers. And we’ve been very clear with our cell suppliers, whether it be CATL or Panasonic or LG, that we will take as many batteries as they can produce, and we urge them to increase their production and we will buy as much as they can send to us.”
Last year, Panasonic announced plans to produce the Tesla 4680 cell. Now Electrek reports that LG Energy Solutions is building a new pilot production line for the 4680 cell at its factory in Ochang, South Korea.
“[LG] is currently transforming some production lines in its Ochang plant, and the assembly and electroplating equipment have been installed,” EqualOcean reports. “LG is likely to invest millions of dollars in the line, a figure comparable to rival Panasonic, which is also preparing pilot production for Tesla’s Suminoe plant in Osaka, according to people familiar with the matter. LG aims to complete the pilot line before Panasonic starts mass production of batteries.”
Tesla is also gearing up to produce the new cells at scale at the new Gigafactories in Berlin and Austin.


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The Indian auto industry will be very adversely impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
The shutting down of plants temporarily by all auto OEMs and component
manufacturers across the country will trigger a loss of more than Rs 2300 crore
in turnover for each day of closure.
a terse note by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), its
president Rajan Wadhera noted that the Indian automotive industry will be majorly
impacted by covid-19 and that “As per quick estimates by SIAM, it is expected
that plant closure of Auto OEMs & Components will lead to loss of more than
Rs 2,300 crore in turnover for each day of closure.”
March 21, 2020 just when the Indian auto industry had decided to down their
shutters to safeguard their employees against the coronavirus disease or
covid-19 till March 31, came the announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
that the entire country will be in a state of lockdown for 21 days beginning March 25, 2020. That
would mean that if and only if things go fine, business may get back to usual.
though many auto OEMs started their plant shut downs from March 22 onward, we
shall just take into account the losses for 21 days of closure. By SIAM’s
estimate that would mean a whopping Rs 48,300 crore of turnover. This is just an estimate for auto OEMs and
auto components business. The losses will mount further if one were to take into
account other support industries like logistics, etc.
initial list of Indian companies that temporarily shut down their production included
Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Honda Cars India, Honda Motorcycle
& Scooter India, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), Hero MotorCorp, Tata
Motors, Sonalika, Okinawa and Toyota Kirloskar. But with the PM’s fresh announcement,
the entire country is in a lockdown that would include every auto OEM as well
as component manufacturers in the country.
closure of plants will add to the woes of the Indian auto industry which is
already reeling under problems like sliding sales, transition related problems
from BS IV to BS VI, a muddled auto policy that wants to promote electric
vehicles at the cost of growth of IC engine vehicles, etc.
government has not said anything about the issue related to transition of
vehicles from BS IV to BS VI. In fact the Federation of Automobile Dealers
Associations (FADA) President Ashish Harsharaj Kale had earlier mentioned that
there are huge unsold BS-IV inventory and with the coronavirus (Covid-19), sales
had come to a standstill.
before the nation went into a lockdown, there was a drastic drop in sales and
customer walk-ins were reduced to a trickle. Counter sales fell by 60-70%
across auto dealerships much before the lockdown.
noted that many FADA members may face dealership closures if left over with
unsold BS-IV stocks. He said that FADA had approached the Supreme Court with a
request for permission of sale and registration of BS-IV vehicles till 31st
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The richest car blogger turned out to be a blonde from Supercar BlondieAugust 2, 2020
British website GoCompare has ranked the richest car bloggers. In the first place on the list was a girl who conquered a multimillion-dollar audience in just a couple of years.
So, the most successful autoblogger at the moment is Alexandra Mary Hirshi, who is known online as Supercar Blondie. Based on the number of followers on Instagram (6.5 million) and on YouTube (4 million), as well as the average number of video views, the journalists calculated that the blonde makes about $ 1.5 million a year from content. By comparison, some Formula 1 drivers earn about $ 1.3 million.
Supercar Blondie pleases its audience mainly with an overview of exotic cars, rare cars and pre-production prototypes.
The second place in the ranking is occupied by a British plumber, stuntman and inventor named Colin Furz, writes auto.cz. On his Internet activity, he earns about 670 thousand dollars a year. Furz is known for his unrealistic experiments with cars – for example, he previously built a copy of a hovercraft from Star Wars on the basis of an ordinary car.
Finally, the blogger who specializes in car travel, Dave Sparks, closes the top three. He makes about $ 620,000 on social media.
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Want to delete pre-installed apps without rooting your smartphone? Move to South Korea15
Come April, South Korean mobile users who buy new devices will be the first in the world to be able to delete apps pre-installed by carriers whenever they want. According to Yonhap News, South Korea’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning is enforcing new guidelines for carriers, these allowing users to conveniently remove bloatware from their smartphones. Only “four necessary apps” will remain non-deletable starting April - these are related to the app store, client center, Wi-Fi connections, and NFC.
Reportedly, SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest carrier, is a bloatware champ, pre-installing no less than 25 apps on smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S4.
A Korean ministry official was quoted as saying that the new move will “normalize an abnormal practice that causes inconvenience to smartphone users and causes unfair competition among industry players." Abnormal it is - we all know it. So here’s hoping that authorities in North America and Europe will follow soon with similar regulations.
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Digital Reality has announced the release date for their downloadable top down arcade racing game. Bang Bang Racing will be hitting Xbox Live on June 6th, the second day of E3. Bang Bang Racing will also be released on the PlayStation Network in America June 5, PC Steam June 8 and PlayStation Network EMEA June 13, 2012!
Bang Bang Racing is being touted as a racing game for the entire family to have fun with and it also includes exploding barrels which is always a plus. Check out the trailer for Bang Bang Racing below:


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Today, National Traders Association announced new research reports highlighting Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL), Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE), Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M), Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) and The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA). Today's readers may access these reports free of charge - including full price targets, industry analysis and analyst ratings - via the links below.
Oracle Corporation Research Report
Oracle has explained its plans to allocate $72 billion for the cloud computing market. One way that the company plans to make use of this budget is to add a new edge to their infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud computing offerings. The company will install high-end hardware called "engineering systems" loaded with Oracle software in a customer's data center. The customer will pay a monthly fee to rent them, and they will be stored in a "private cloud" that involves both hardware and software. The inclusion of hardware in their IaaS offerings was made to boost the use of the company's hardware as well as to increase the number cloud subscribers. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said that he expects hardware sales to turn positive in the fourth quarter, with products like the company's Exa-series and Sparc engineered systems being offered in the new IaaS system. The Full Research Report on Oracle Corporation - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.nationaltradersassociation.org/r/entire_report/1d34_ORCL]
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Adobe is also incorporating new features to its Creative Cloud service. Incorporating Behance into the Creative Cloud service will lead to an increase in subscribers by 1 million. This will allow the company to earn $685 every year from subscriptions. To boost its sales higher, the company is also producing tablet and smartphone catalog apps to engage mobile-based shoppers. Adobe had a strong fourth quarter due to cloud subscriptions, and the company is planning to continue this momentum. The software producer is planning to transition to a complete cloud delivery model within four years. By 2015, the company expects to have approximately 4 million Creative Cloud subscribers. The Full Research Report on Adobe Systems Incorporated - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.nationaltradersassociation.org/r/entire_report/74cf_ADBE]
Macy's, Inc. Research Report
Despite slow retail sales growth, analysts are still bullish towards Macy's. The company is one of the most solid department stores with a track record of strong execution. Over the next 5 years, analysts forecast a 10.8 percent annual growth rate, backed by a 2.2 percent dividend yield. The company has been successful in monetizing its online business, with online sales growing by 40 percent in Q3 2012. Looking forward, a greater percentage of sales may come from online mediums and Macy's is able to secure its position in the mobile front. The Full Research Report on Macy's, Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.nationaltradersassociation.org/r/entire_report/719b_M]
Sears Holdings Corporation Research Report
The company is among the retailers that may have to close down stores in 2013 to improve margins. The company has been struggling for years now; but after billionaire and new Sears CEO Eddie Lampert purchased more than 332,000 shares at an average price of $40.89 per share, analysts see this move as bullish, making the Sears a decent purchase. Another investor who remains confident with Sears is Bruce Berkowitz, accumulating almost 17 million shares. He noted that the investment in the company is more of a real estate play, not a retail play. By buying the company, investors would get the real estate and the brands for free. The Full Research Report on Sears Holdings Corporation - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.nationaltradersassociation.org/r/entire_report/a84e_SHLD]
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Due to the crisis surrounding its 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's stock fell down two percent in January when investors fled the aerospace company's shares at the first sign of trouble. However, it's recently reported quarterly earnings beat analysts' expectations. Revenue climbed to $22.38 billion with a $1.28 EPS. Analysts expected only $22.36 billion in revenue and EPS of $1.19. For 2013, the company expects EPS of $6.10 to $6.30 and revenue of $82 billion to $85 billion. Offsetting the issues regarding the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing announced the increased production rate for its next-generation 737 jetliner, aiming to turn out 38 planes per month. This ramp-up in 737 production shows that the company is continuing to produce its other planes on schedule despite the delay with the 787 Dreamliner due to problems with the batteries. Overlooking the 787 Dreamliner issue, Boeing is in good shape financially, with strong revenue in military and commercial sectors. The company is focusing on expanding its international defense and space markets, recently securing a $4 billion deal with Saudi Arabia to overhaul its air force fighter jet fleet. This expansion is important, given the US defense budget cuts. The Full Research Report on The Boeing Company - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.nationaltradersassociation.org/r/entire_report/c1ff_BA]
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Grape Up will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct. 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Grape Up is a software company specializing in cloud native application development and professional services related to Cloud Foundry PaaS. With five expert teams that operate in various sectors of the market across the U.S. and Europe, Grape Up works with a variety of customers from emergi...
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@ThingsExpo has been named the Most Influential ‘Smart Cities - IIoT' Account and @BigDataExpo has been named fourteenth by Right Relevance (RR), which provides curated information and intelligence on approximately 50,000 topics. In addition, Right Relevance provides an Insights offering that combines the above Topics and Influencers information with real time conversations to provide actionable intelligence with visualizations to enable decision making. The Insights service is applicable to eve...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Interoute, owner-operator of one of Europe's largest networks and a global cloud services platform, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 20th Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017 at the Javits Center in New York, New York. Interoute is the owner-operator of one of Europe's largest networks and a global cloud services platform which encompasses 12 data centers, 14 virtual data centers and 31 colocation centers, with connections to 195 add...
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DevOps is often described as a combination of technology and culture. Without both, DevOps isn't complete. However, applying the culture to outdated technology is a recipe for disaster; as response times grow and connections between teams are delayed by technology, the culture will die. A Nutanix Enterprise Cloud has many benefits that provide the needed base for a true DevOps paradigm.
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20th Cloud Expo, taking place June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. Cloud computing is now being embraced by a majority of enterprises of all sizes. Yesterday's debate about public vs. private has transformed into the reality of hybrid cloud: a recent survey shows that 74% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy.
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With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing IoT strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @ThingsExpo 2016 in New York. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is as "IoT-Ready" as it can be! Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, is co-located with 20th Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry p...
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Today we can collect lots and lots of performance data. We build beautiful dashboards and even have fancy query languages to access and transform the data. Still performance data is a secret language only a couple of people understand. The more business becomes digital the more stakeholders are interested in this data including how it relates to business. Some of these people have never used a monitoring tool before. They have a question on their mind like “How is my application doing” but no id...
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With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing Cloud strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @CloudExpo | @ThingsExpo, June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY and October 31 - November 2, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is on the right path to Digital Transformation.
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@GonzalezCarmen has been ranked the Number One Influencer and @ThingsExpo has been named the Number One Brand in the “M2M 2016: Top 100 Influencers and Brands” by Analytic. Onalytica analyzed tweets over the last 6 months mentioning the keywords M2M OR “Machine to Machine.” They then identified the top 100 most influential brands and individuals leading the discussion on Twitter.
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Five years ago development was seen as a dead-end career, now it’s anything but – with an explosion in mobile and IoT initiatives increasing the demand for skilled engineers. But apart from having a ready supply of great coders, what constitutes true ‘DevOps Royalty’? It’ll be the ability to craft resilient architectures, supportability, security everywhere across the software lifecycle. In his keynote at @DevOpsSummit at 20th Cloud Expo, Jeffrey Scheaffer, GM and SVP, Continuous Delivery Busine...
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Most technology leaders, contemporary and from the hardware era, are reshaping their businesses to do software in the hope of capturing value in IoT. Although IoT is relatively new in the market, it has already gone through many promotional terms such as IoE, IoX, SDX, Edge/Fog, Mist Compute, etc. Ultimately, irrespective of the name, it is about deriving value from independent software assets participating in an ecosystem as one comprehensive solution.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that T-Mobile will exhibit at SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. As America's Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc., is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services through leading product and service innovation. The Company's advanced nationwide 4G LTE network delivers outstanding wireless experiences to 67.4 million customers who are unwilling to compromise on ...
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The 20th International Cloud Expo has announced that its Call for Papers is open. Cloud Expo, to be held June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, brings together Cloud Computing, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps, Containers, Microservices and WebRTC to one location. With cloud computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to plant your flag in this fast-expanding business opportunity. Submit your speaking proposal ...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that CollabNet, a global leader in enterprise software development, release automation and DevOps solutions, will be a Bronze Sponsor of SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, taking place from June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. CollabNet offers a broad range of solutions with the mission of helping modern organizations deliver quality software at speed. The company’s latest innovation, the DevOps Lifecycle Manager (DLM), supports Value S...
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Cybersecurity is a critical component of software development in many industries including medical devices. However, code is not always written to be robust or secure from the unknown or the unexpected. This gap can make medical devices susceptible to cybersecurity attacks ranging from compromised personal health information to life-sustaining treatment. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Clark Fortney, Software Engineer at Battelle, will discuss how programming oversight using key methods can incre...
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For Kentucky’s beverage companies, our generosity runs deep. We are so proud to help sponsor so many community activities and non-profits in our communities. Kentucky’s beverage companies donate thousands of man-hours in addition to provide products and resources for these groups.
A report by a firm out of New York states that Kentucky’s beverage industry donated over $4.12 million in 2011 (You can read more about our philanthropic efforts in our Community Impact section of this website).
Add that to the $301 million beverage companies pay out in wages in Kentucky and you can see the immense impact that we have on our communities (and don’t forget what we provide nearly a half billion dollars in tax revenue for the state and federal governments).
Without a doubt, Kentucky beverage companies are delivering for our communities. As the economy strengthens, we are hopeful that this impact will only continue to increase.
So when you see a Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Dr Pepper/Snapple, RC Cola, or Ale-8-One truck delivering your favorite local product, just remember that those guys and gals are delivering American made products, and their companies are reinvesting right in your hometown!
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Two years ago Buzzfeed’s head of global operations visited Sydney and laid out the company’s vision of being the New York Times.
As Scott Lamb explained, an important part of the Buzzfeed model was generating traffic through social media shares — at that time a tactic which Iwas working well.
Since then the gloss has gone off Buzzfeed as the company misses financial targets and traffic plateaus.
Now Facebook has announced further changes to its newsfeed which sees more emphasis on users’ family and friends’ posts than news and brands.
Sites like Buzzfeed are left in a bind as one of their key sources for traffic dries up and, once again, Facebook’s cahnges show how risky it is for publishers and marketers to rely on individual online platforms.
In truth all of the major online services are predators with Facebook, along with Google and Amazon, being at the top of the food chain, just like tigers.
For those riding the internet tigers, the risk of being mauled is real. As Buzzfeed and others are finding.


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Nintendo has unveiled three new characters for Super Smash Bros on 3DS and Wii U. In celebration of the brawler’s western release today, the publisher has taken the liberty of revealing secret characters, which can be unlocked within the game. Fans hoping for the reveal of favourites will not be disappointed as Earthbound’s beloved Ness, Falco from Star Fox, and – of course – the gold digging Wario are all back to fight in the battle arenas.
All three characters will also be unlockable in the Wii U version, rumoured for release this November. You can take a peek at all of the official 3DS and Wii U screenshots on Nintendo’s “secret” site, here. Let us know if you’ve been fighting in style today on Super Smash Bros for 3DS in the comments below.


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Study Suggests Low Vitamin D Causes Damage to Brain
A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers suggests that a diet low in vitamin D causes damage to the brain.
Published in Free Radical Biology & Medicine, the study showed that middle-aged rats that were fed a diet low in vitamin D for several months developed free radical damage to the brain, and many different brain proteins were damaged as identified by redox proteomics. These rats also showed a significant decrease in cognitive performance on tests of learning and memory.
“Given that vitamin D deficiency is especially widespread among the elderly, we investigated how during aging from middle age to old age how low vitamin D affected the oxidative status of the brain,” says lead author Allan Butterfield, PhD, a professor in the chemistry department, the director of the Center of Membrane Sciences, a faculty member of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and the director of the Free Radical Biology in Cancer Core of the Markey Cancer Center. “Adequate vitamin D serum levels are necessary to prevent free radical damage in the brain and [other] subsequent deleterious consequences.”
Previously, low levels of vitamin D have been associated with Alzheimer’s disease and linked to the development of certain cancers and heart disease. In both the developed world and areas of economic hardship where food intake isn’t always the most nutritious, vitamin D levels in humans often are low, particularly in elder populations. Butterfield recommends that people consult their physicians to have their vitamin D levels determined and, if low, that they eat foods rich in vitamin D, take vitamin D supplements, and/or get at least 10 to 15 minutes of sun exposure each day to ensure that vitamin D levels are normalized and remain so as to help protect the brain.
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Specialty yarn manufacturer Burke Mills will lay off "all but a skeleton administrative staff" on Nov. 1, the company said.
Burke Mills was founded in 1948 as a yarn dyehouse here. Last year it reported a net loss of $1.9 million on sales of $19.6 million, the latest in a series of annual losses. Through the first six months of 2008 the company reported a net loss of $630,429 on sales of $8.3 million.
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Kingston’s first pot shop is open for business.
Approximately 40 people were lined up outside Spiritleaf at 9 a.m. on Monday morning, with more arriving soon after, when staff cut the ribbon on its brand new downtown store on the first day of legal bricks-and-mortar retail cannabis sales in Ontario.
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IoT Malware Attacks Globally Increased by 66% in 2020
In a world where Internet of Things (IoT) devices are slowly taking over our lives both in personal and business settings, from wearables and baby monitors to defibrillators and industrial robots, cyber threats related to these devices are dramatically rising. In this regard, the Atlas VPN team, based on the Global Cyberattack Trends report by SonicWall, reports that cyberattacks worldwide significantly increased in 2020 in comparison to 2019.
FACTS AND FIGURES OF THE GLOBAL CYBERATTACK TRENDS
According to the data presented by the Atlas VPN team, in 2020, malware attacks on IoT devices spiked by 66% compared to 2019. In a year, they grew from 34.3 million cases to nearly 56.9 million.
The attacks reached their peak in October when they hit 10.8 million cases, more than in the entire year of 2017. Out of all the industries, the education sector was hit the hardest. It experienced an average of 71 IoT malware attempts a month.
THE MOST COMMON CYBERATTACK TYPES
The majority of other cyberattack types also experienced an increase last year. Ransomware jumped by 62%, from 187.9 million cases in 2019 to 304.6 million in 2020.
Meanwhile, cryptojacking attacks grew 28% year-over-year, from 64.1 million cases in 2019 to 81.9 million last year. Cryptojacking occurs when criminals hack into personal or business computers to install software for mining cryptocurrency.
The number of intrusion attempts rose by a fifth (20%) from 3,990,000 million (3.99 trillion) to 4,800,000 million (4.8 trillion) in 2020. Intrusion attempts are events when cybercriminals try to gain unauthorized access to a system or a certain resource.
At the same time, encrypted threats climbed by 4% to 3.8 million last year. Encrypted threats refer to cases when criminals take advantage of encryption protocols to hide their attacks. Encryption protocols, such as TLS or SSL, are typically used to create an encrypted tunnel for securing data over the internet connection.
While other forms of cybercrime were booming, general malware experienced a significant drop of 43%. It went down from 9,900 million (9.9 billion) attacks in 2019 to 5,600 million (5.6 billion) in 2020.
THE CURRENT SITUATION WORLDWIDE
An increase in IoT malware attacks was seen across all global regions last year. However, some regions were more affected than others.
Out of all the regions, North America saw the biggest soar in IoT malware cases in 2020. In a year, IoT malware attacks leaped by an alarming 152%.
Europe occupies the second spot in the list. In 2020, malware attacks on IoT devices there rose by 48% compared to the year before.
Next up is Asia. Last year the region recorded an 18% increase in IoT malware cases year-over-year. Finally, Africa, Australia, and South America saw the smallest increase in IoT malware cases, as they went up by 17%.
The increase in IoT malware attacks is not entirely unforeseen. By 2020, IoT technology was estimated to be in 95% of electronics for new product designs. Naturally, as the number of devices with IoT technology is growing, so are the cyber threats.
Shift to remote work was another factor behind the surge in IoT malware attacks last year. As workers started accessing their company systems via home networks that are often connected to multiple unsecured home devices, the latter became an attractive target to cybercriminals. All of a sudden, they could use vulnerable IoT devices to access company networks.
HOW TO SECURE IOT DEVICES
“While some legislations – underlines the Atlas VPN team – concerning IoT security regulation, such as the California Internet of Things Security Law, have already been enforced, at the moment, there is no global security standard for IoT devices. It means that it is up to each company to decide how secure their devices should be.
In fact, according to the Unit 42 research, 98% of all IoT traffic is unencrypted, while 57% of IoT devices are vulnerable to medium or high-severity attacks.
However, we as consumers can take matters into our own hands to make our IoT and smart home devices safer. Here are five tips to help you protect your IoT devices from outside threats:
1. Secure your WiFi. There are many things you can do to make your WiFi network safer. For starters, change the password and the default name of your WiFi. The latter is oftentimes named after its manufacturer or the network you are using, which makes it possible for criminals to find or guess the default login credentials for your router. Also, make sure you are using the strongest level of encryption possible.
2. Set up a guest network for IoT devices. Many routers support the possibility of creating a secondary WiFi network alongside your main one. Thus even if criminals manage to hack into one of your IoT devices, they cannot get to your family computers and smartphones, as they are connected to a separate network than your IoT ones.
3. Disable features you do not need. Bluetooth, voice control, location tracking, remote access are just some of the many features your smart devices may have. Make sure to disable any features that you do not use, as it will help lessen the potential entry points for hackers.
4. Use strong and unique passwords. If some of your IoT devices require credentials to sign in, make sure to create strong and unique passwords containing both lower and upper case letters, numbers, and symbols for each of them. This way, even if one of your IoT devices gets hacked into, criminals will not be able to access your other devices with the same login details.
5. Keep your software up to date. Always update software to its latest version as soon as it is available. The latest software may contain security patches, which will make it harder for hackers to exploit system vulnerabilities”, they end.
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Now in downtown Dalton, Milly’s offers clothing, food and more | Local News
Milly’s, a boutique that also sells home decor and food, has a new location but the same unique style, owners Kayla Flores and Emma Kinsey said.
Milly’s opened about a year ago in Bry-Man’s Plaza and recently moved to 265 N. Hamilton St. in downtown Dalton.
“We sell women’s clothing, children’s clothing, home decor, food,” Kinsey said. “Anything we like that we can get our hands on, we try to sell. We sell things that we would like to buy.”
“We try to make sure our prices are affordable,” Flores said. “We keep them as low as possible.”
Kinsey said their customers are “mostly the younger generation.”
“But we think people of any generation can come here and find something they’d like,” Kinsey said.
The two said two items that are selling really well are the Bella & Bear Hawaiian Sea Salt Shampoo and Conditioner.
“It comes in a jar, so it’s unique,” Flores said. “And it’s like salt. It gets your hair really, really clean. And when you use the conditioner, it’s really pretty.”
“If you use it, you can tell the difference between this and a normal shampoo,” Kinsey said. “Your hair is lighter and softer.”
The duo say they are proud of the artists and vendors they work with. They said they were trying to find things people couldn’t find at other stores in Dalton.
“If you’re looking for furniture, if you’re looking for embroidery, come in and we might have something you like or might be able to get it,” Flores said. “We look for things we love and we try to support businesses that give back and help good causes.”
“You can’t sell something you don’t like and support yourself,” Kinsey said. “When I show someone something, it helps to be able to say ‘I like it’ or ‘I use it personally’.”
How did they find the name of the store?
“We pulled a name out of a hat,” Kinsey said. “We just selected it.”
“But the longer we stay in business, the more Milly looks like a real person,” Flores said. “I feel like she’s inclusive. She’s like a family member and someone who’s a part of everything we do.”
The store is open Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


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Spotify has announced new paid subscription options to help creators monetize their podcasts.
As more and more podcasters create content on its platform, Spotify has been working on helping them monetize their creations. Earlier this year, the streaming platform announced that it would be launching more podcast monetization options.
The options are now rolling out, and include Paid Subscriptions, Spotify’s Open Access Platform, and further access to the Spotify Audience Network.
The program is starting to roll out in the U.S. but will expand internationally within the next few months. The new monetization options will be made available to creators through Anchor, letting podcasters mark subscriber-only episodes and publish them to Spotify or other podcast streaming platforms.
Creators will get 100% of the revenues from subscriptions (minus the transaction fees) for the next two years. In 2023, Spotify will implement a “competitive 5% fee.”
Subscriber-only content on Spotify will be fully searchable and discoverable just like any other podcast, and this will certainly help with discovery.
The first podcasters to take part is a group of “12 independent podcasters who are each uniquely well-positioned to succeed in gaining meaningful revenue from their audiences,” but Spotify is also accepting submissions from its waitlist, expanding the program to many more creators.
As part of the initial test, creators will publish subscriber-only bonus content within their podcast feeds.
In addition to the above, Spotify is also collaborating with NPR to publish some sponsor-free shows for paid subscribers. NPR shows are marked as “Plus” (i.e., Planet Money Plus) and users can subscribe to sponsor-free content from NPR. Five of these shows will be available on May 4:
- How I Built This with Guy Raz
- Short Wave
- It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders
- Code Switch
- Planet Money
More shows will be available within the next few weeks.
Spotify is also working on helping creators or publishers who have subscribers to reach listeners on its platform. Through the Spotify Open Access Platform (OAP), any creators with existing subscribers can deliver paid content to their existing paid audiences on Spotify as well.
The company says that the technology is experimental right now, but we should get more information about it soon.
Last but not least, Spotify is opening up Spotify Audience Network – its audio ads marketplace – to a small group of independent creators who are using Anchor. This will help advertisers of all sizes to connect with listeners of their content.
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News of the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs reached Japan on Thursday, as manufacturers hawked their latest iPad and MacBook clones at a giant trade show outside of Tokyo.
Sony said Wednesday it had acquired a small medical researcher in the U.S. and plans to enter the market for portable medical testing.
Sony said Tuesday it will sell a screen attachment for its Vaio laptops that allows users to view 3D movies and images without glasses.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Phoenix student, claiming that he is one of the LulzSec hackers responsible for a database attack on Sony Pictures computers that claimed more than 1 million victims.
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Sony PlayStation users are being warned by the FBI about scams targeting them and other online consumers.
Product launches at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin are giving consumers an unprecedented choice of screen sizes. But analysts are questioning whether consumers can learn to love them all.
Sony announced Monday it will sell a large power pack to run home appliances when the electricity goes out.
Sony's Personal 3D Viewer, introduced at the IFA consumer electronics show, will offer consumers an alternative to 3D televisions and will be available by the end of this year, according to the company.
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Sony's Android Honeycomb-based single and dual-screen tablets will be called Tablet S and Tablet P, and cost from €479 (US$690) and €599, the company said on Wednesday at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
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Google TV isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet. It will launch in Europe early next year despite a shaky start in the United States.
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