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Gold price remains delicate amid higher US Dollar, bond yields
- Gold price demonstrates a weak performance amid strength in the US Dollar.
- United States inflation grew at a 0.2% steady pace in July amid higher rentals.
- The Fed is expected to keep interest rates unchanged in September.
Gold price (XAU/USD) continues its bleak performance amid headwinds of a strong US Dollar and higher US Treasury bond yields. The precious metal remains under pressure as consumer and producer inflation grew modestly in July but failed to uplift chances of further policy tightening by the Federal Reserve (Fed).
The 0.2% monthly increase in the United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) in July is in line with the Fed’s required annual inflation rate of 2%, which keeps policymakers comfortable. The rise in consumer inflation, mainly driven by higher rentals, could allow the Fed to go light on interest rates and contribute to easing recession fears. This week, Gold price action will likely be guided by the US Retail Sales data for July, which will be published on Tuesday at 12:30 GMT.
Daily Digest Market Movers: Gold price seems fragile amid solid US yields
- Gold price seems to be declining toward the crucial support of $1,900 amid sheer strength in the US Dollar despite the fact that the Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged in September.
- The US Dollar Index (DXY) refreshes its five-week high around 103.00 as the market mood remains cautious after US equities turned expensive.
- Gold price also remains under pressure due to higher US bond yields, with 10-year US Treasury yields hovering around 4.16%.
- In July, both US consumer and producer inflation rebounded despite restrictive monetary policy and tight credit conditions by US commercial banks.
- Despite the rebound, US consumer inflation grew at a slower-than-expected pace as higher rentals were offset by a decline in the cost of second-hand automobiles.
- Around 90% of the contribution to inflation was driven by higher shelter prices. This indicates that the Fed doesn’t need to raise interest rates further as prices of durables and non-durables are still declining.
- No more interest rate hikes clearly recedes fears of a recession in the United States.
- US Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.3% in July on month, higher than expectations of 0.2%, as the cost of services rebounded at the fastest pace in nearly a year. The Department of Labor reported that goods prices excluding oil and food prices remained unchanged.
- In spite of a rebound in US CPI and PPI, keeping interest rates on hold is likely to be considered by Fed policymakers as July’s monthly inflation pace aligns with the Fed’s desired rate of 2%.
- Consumer inflation expectations for the next five years softened to 2.9% in August, less than expectations and the former forecast of 3.0% as the central bank is expected to keep interest rates elevated for a longer period, according to data from the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment survey.
- Meanwhile, the preliminary Michigan Consumer Sentiment index slipped to 71.2 from 71.6 in July but remained above the forecast of 71.0.
- “In general, consumers perceived few material differences in the economic environment from last month, but they saw substantial improvements relative to just three months ago,” said Joanne Hsu, director of the University of Michigan’s surveys.
- After the Fed’s inflation data, investors shift their focus towards the US Retail Sales data for July. Retail sales are seen expanding by 0.4% in July, accelerating from the 0.2% increase recorded for June. A similar performance is expected for retail sales excluding autos.
Technical Analysis: Gold price sets for a breakdown toward $1,900
Gold price declines consistently and is expected to test the round-level support of $1,900.00. The precious metal falls sharply as the 20- and 50-day Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) delivered a bearish crossover. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) slips below 40.00. The absence of divergence and oversold signals in the RSI (14) suggest more weakness ahead. Gold price forms consecutive Inverted Hammer candlesticks. A breakdown below the $1,910.00 support might trigger a fresh sell-off.


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Tesla has given UK Model S owners an early Christmas gift – by adding Spotify Premium to every car in Britain completely FREE of charge.
The automatic upgrade is underway now and will happen ‘over the air’ as part of Tesla’s routine software updates: owners thus won’t have to do anything to get the upgrade.
- We ‘drive’ Tesla’s driverless car on UK roads
- 15 expert tips and tricks for Spotify
- Head to head: Apple Music vs Spotify
Tesla owners won’t need to already have a Spotify account – the full library will be accessible without signing in, via Tesla’s trademark massive touchscreen.
Those who do have Spotify accounts already will be able to port across their playlists, favourites and other Spotify data into the car.
Tesla won’t even charge any data fees for streaming near-limitless music into the Model S.
Tesla’s made the move because its previous digital music streaming service, Rdio, has gone bust. Spotify is a much more well-known and popular alternative and its inclusion in all Teslas in Europe, Hong Kong and Australia is worth £9.99 a month in the UK.
Spotify is among the leading digital archive services, featuring millions of songs from thousands of artists. It claims to have more than 75 million active users, including 20 million paid users.

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Shoplifting hurts us all
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The 2009 shoplifting statistics are staggering. Nationwide, shoplifting is fast becoming one of the most common criminal charges among juveniles and adults alike. The U.S. National Association for Shoplifting Prevention reports that 1 in 11 Americans shoplift, 75 percent adults, 25 percent under the age of 18. Jack L. Hayes International Inc., a private retail loss-prevention and security firm estimates 615,000 shoplifting incidences occur every day in the United States. A recent CBS News story reports shoplifting costs stores $35 million every day. The regional lead investigator for King Soopers’ security and loss prevention estimates between 400 and 500 thefts at the City Markets in the Roaring Fork Valley last year alone.
When the economy is as bad as it has been, experts report that law-abiding citizens justify stealing as a viable alternative to going without. CNN reports store thefts increased in 2009 for the first time in six years with over $36 billion lost. Shoplifters neglect to consider the impact they have on retailers’ bottom line and subsequent increased costs for everyone at the register. To help pay for losses, enhanced security with surveillance and loss prevention personnel, shoppers can expect to watch prices soar as theft rates continue to rise. National statistics show shoplifting rates escalating during the holiday season and into the New Year, a critical time when retailers normally expect to account for up to 50 percent of their total annual sales. With shoplifting rates counter-balancing those profits, many retailers find themselves deeper “in the red” moving into 2010.
With so many offenders wreaking so much havoc on our local economy, what can we do?
1. We can hold ourselves accountable for our actions, choosing honesty and integrity over the selfishness, deceit and degradation of stealing.
2. We can set an example for our youth through the virtues of self-respect, dignity, and the common good; helping young people to understand right from wrong.
3. We can give generously throughout the year to organizations and agencies who work tirelessly to support indigent members of our community.
4. We can commit to working through hard times with less, empowering ourselves with creative alternatives to that which we cannot afford; finding joy and meaning in the quality time we spend with each other, rather than the superficial value of material possessions.
In 2009, YouthZone’s restorative justice program helped juvenile shoplifters understand the impact of their actions: On the stores, on their communities, on their families, and on themselves. Restorative justice gives young people an opportunity to safely look another person in the eye and say, “I did this. I’m sorry and I want to make it right.” Working to repair the harm through community service and a variety of nationally acclaimed YouthZone-facilitated programs and services, over 1000 young offenders each year have the opportunity to learn from their mistakes and move forward with pride, self-worth and a newfound respect for what it means to make a positive contribution to community. More importantly, these lessons last a lifetime. For more information, visit us online at http://www.youthzone.com or call 970.945.9300.
– Evan Z., is a YouthZone Division Manager (Aspen-Carbondale). He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org; 970.948.7283
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Do or Die Fitness introduces new fitness tools
LOS ANGELES — Do or Die Fitness has introduced a new line of fitness tools designed to help people with knee, wrist and neck problems modify workout moves.
New Wrist Wedges, Knee Donuts and Neck Circles are designed to provide support, stability and comfort for those that are unable to put weight on these sometimes sensitive areas.
Do or Die Fitness Wrist Wedges and Knee Donuts retail for $19.99 per pair, while the Neck Circle retails for $9.99.
Walmart to pick up Canadian leases from Target
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Walmart Canada has agreed to assume leasehold interests from Target Canada in up to 39 sites that currently are operated by Zellers.
Specific locations will be identified later this fall. Terms of this transaction were not disclosed.
The sites are among up to 220 possible sites whose leasehold interests Target is acquiring as part of a real-estate transaction announced in January. In May, Target selected its initial group of 105 sites, the vast majority of which will become Target stores.
Target plans to announce the selection of a second group of sites this fall and expects to open 100 to 150 Target stores throughout Canada beginning in 2013.
Walmart Canada currently operates 325 stores.
iGPS customer savings exceed $100 million
ORLANDO, Fla. — Intelligent Global Pooling Systems said it has helped customers save more than $100 million since the company entered the market in 2006.
iGPS — an operator of the world’s first pallet rental service to provide lightweight, 100% recyclable plastic pallets with embedded radio frequency identification tags — said its savings counter, located on the company’s website, clicked over to nine digits last Saturday morning.
Studies conducted by iGPS customers have documented that use of iGPS pallets results in savings of as much as $2 per unitized load versus wood, iGPS said.
“Taking this level of cost out of the supply chain is a milestone to celebrate for us and, most of all, our customers,” iGPS chief marketing officer Lewis Taffer said. “Our pallet and associated logistics provide supply chain efficiencies that go straight to our customers’ bottom lines. This is a true win for everyone.”


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Hello traders everywhere. The FAANG stocks, Facebook, Alphabet, Amazon, Netflix, and Apple, are up between 0.2% and 3.4% on the day once again pushing the NASDAQ to a new all-time high over $7,800.00. In fact, not only is the NASDAQ posting record highs, so are Facebook, Netflix, and Amazon.
The move higher comes after the stock market was slammed on Monday and Tuesday, with the DOW erasing its year-to-date gains and presently trading lower for the year, after President Donald Trump's latest tariff threats against Chinese goods.
In other news, The 30-stock DOW is set to lose its last remaining original member, General Electric Co. (GE) The 126-year-old industrial conglomerate will be replaced by drug store retailer Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) on June 26. Walgreens stock rose 5.3% on the news while GE stock has lost 1.5% after trading higher to start the day.


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In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: SEA mobile video programmatic climbs 20%; Outbrain & OMD ink partnership in Australia; India’s Komli spins out mobile ad tech firm; and Xaxis pledges 100% viewability for APAC markets.
SEA mobile video programmatic climbs 20%
Mobile video programmatic inventory increased 20% across four Southeast Asian markets in the second quarter this year, amid efforts by advertisers to reach consumers [...]
Tags Ad ViewabilityAdvertiserAgencyAnalyticsAPACAudience BuyingAustraliaBehavioural TargetingBrandDigital MarketingIndiaMarketerMarketing TechnologyMobileMobileMobile RTBProgrammaticProgrammatic VideoPublisherSingaporeSoutheast AsiaVideoViewability
An insufficient ad budget for a vast region, inadequate support from industry players, and a media buying system that has yet to resolve key issues its predecessor also had failed to address.
These are the main challenges facing Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ Asia-Pacific senior director for digital marketing, Janice Chan, who spoke candidly in a phone interview with ExchangeWire, during which she discussed her experience with programmatic and as a marketer in this [...]
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In today’s guest post, Time Inc. UK’s Dom Perkins, digital commercial development director, speaks exclusively to ExchangeWire about how the digital advertising market has served technology entrepreneurs well in the past 10 years.
The emergence of networks, offerings of reach and scale, along with the ability to provide audience platforms that enable greater targeting, efficiencies and attribution has given these entrepreneurs the opportunity to change the fabric of the digital landscape.
Advertisers and publishers have watched as new advertising and marketing technology [...]
In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: Self-serve Instagram campaigns roll out in AU; China online ad spend climbs 42%; Malaysia’s Axiata buys out India’s Komli; and IAB CEO urges AU to fix ad fraud.
Self-serve Instagram campaigns roll out in AU
Omnicom Media Group (OMG) said it launched two Instagram self-serve ad campaigns in Australia for two clients, McDonald’s and Qantas.
The agency said it [...]
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Private marketplaces are fuelling programmatic media buying and this preference for dedicated, defined inventory trading is increasingly apparent in the Asia-Pacific region.
According to SpotXchange, more than 40% of impressions sold through its programmatic platform were traded through private marketplaces; adoption of which grew 112% in the first half of 2015, compared to the previous year. ExchangeWire posed some questions to SpotXchange Founder, CEO, and President Mike Shehan who elaborated on the appeal of private marketplaces and why they might [...]
By 2019, almost 15% of UK internet users will access online content exclusively through mobile devices (tablets, smartphones, and wearables).
This was one of the statistics presented by Nick Reid, managing director, TubeMogul at the company’s ‘Summer of Mobile’ brand event yesterday (August 11) in the build up to a lively panel session debating the current state of mobile video advertising and the developments required for mobile as a platform, and video as a format [...]
No one can deny that ad tech has transformed the way brands conduct media buying. Gone are the days of sales calls and signed IOs. Today’s automated world sees media transactions happening in milliseconds across a variety of devices and channels. Today, we’re on the brink of yet another huge technological development, the Internet of Things (IoT), which will bring increased device/publisher fragmentation and more advertising opportunities. Nick Graham, global digital director at Huawei Technologies speaks exclusively to ExchangeWire about [...]
Rocket Fuel, yesterday (August 5), reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015. Rocket Fuel posted 30% growth in revenue. In comparison, two days ago, Criteo reported a 64% increase in revenue. Is there really more money to be made in retargeting than prospecting?
“Rocket Fuel had a strong second quarter as results beat our prior guidance and our focus on efficiency and costs led to a faster than expected return to adjusted EBITDA profitability,” said Monte Zweben, interim CEO. [...]
Lack of User Growth Sends Twitter Stock Down 11% Whilst Rubicon Stock Soars with Strong Revenue Growth
Twitter stock fell by 11% yesterday following disappointing Q2 2015 earnings. Although revenue was up, the lack of user growth has shaken market confidence.
– Q2 revenue of $502m, up 61% year-over-year (at constant currencies, revenue would have increased 68%)
– Advertising revenue totalled $452m, an increase of 63% year-over-year (71% at constant currencies)
– Mobile advertising revenue was 88% of total advertising revenue
– Data licensing and other revenue totalled $50m, an increase of 44% year-over-year
– US revenue totalled $321m, an increase of [...]
Programmatic display ad spend (desktop and mobile) is a $9 billion market that is expanding at almost 30% a year. Spend is expected to exceed $30 billion in 2019, according to the latest report from The Boston Consulting Group, with similar figures reported this month by the IAB. Raj Dhanda, business development director at VisualDNA talks exclusively to ExchangeWire about the creative and targeting issues [...]
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Our Redeemer’s Church is gearing up for a big renovation, so they’re planning a Buy Nothing Yard Sale to help clear out the church.
The event will be held in the front yard of the church (2400 NW 85th St) on Sat. Aug. 8 from 10am to 2pm. They’ll have furniture including sofas, bookshelves, desks, and office furniture, plus books, craft supplies, office supplies, mini-fridges, coffee makers, and more. Everything will be given away for free.
Our Redeemer’s will be closing temporarily while they conduct renovations; they expect to be out of the building by Aug. 15.
Masks are mandatory to attend, and social distancing is required. Parking will be available in the lot just west of the church.
To learn more, visit Our Redeemer’s event website.


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The Sony Xperia 1 III will be up for pre-order in the US from July 1 for $1,300
by Chandrakant Isi
Sony's mobile division might be down but is certainly not out, as the company has announced pre-order details for its latest smartphone the Xperia 1 III. If you put aside a weird numbering scheme, the Xperia 1 III has some impressive features to offer.
For starters, the smartphone is powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 888 chipset which supports 5G NR (mmWave). Based on the 5 nm fabrication process, it packs in eight Kryo cores paired with the Adreno 660 GPU. It comes with 12 GB of RAM with the option to choose from 256 GB and 512 GB internal storage.
The Xperia 1 III sports a 6.5-inch 4K OLED display. It has a refresh rate of 120 Hz and supports HDR. Sony claims that the display is 10-bit equivalent, which is a fancy way of saying that it is an 8-bit panel with dithering.
According to Sony, the Xperia 1 III's triple camera setup was developed with the help of its Alpha 9 series camera team. It uses optics from the German company ZEISS. The setup comprises of 12 MP standard, 12 MP wide, and 12 MP telephoto lenses. Plus, there's a 0.3 MP TOF 3D depth sensor. The phone supports 4K HDR video recording with up to 120 fps. For selfies, you get an 8 MP snapper.
The handset is rated IP65/IP68 for dust and water resistance. Head over to this link to find out more about these IP ratings. The Xperia 1 III has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. The phone houses a 4,500 mAh battery with 30 W fast-charging support.
The Sony Xperia 1 III comes in Frosted Black and Frosted Purple. With a starting price of $1,299.99, you can view the entire specs and sign up to be notified of pre-order in the US, starting from July 1, here. However, the company is tight-lipped about its shipping dates.
Cyberpunk 2077 is back on the PlayStation Store, but with a warning for PS4 players
by Pulasthi Ariyasinghe
Over six months after being ejected from the PlayStation Store, Cyberpunk 2077 has now returned, finally giving back PlayStation players the choice of purchasing it digitally. Sony pulled out the CD Projekt RED-developed game from its store only a week after the launch as major gameplay and performance issues became apparent, especially on old-gen base consoles.
The developer has so far released a multitude of updates to the game across all platforms aimed at improving stability, performance, and fixing scores of bugs. The latest major update, Patch 1.23, landed only last week with another serving of fixes.
While Sony has deemed the game ready to be let back into the PlayStation Store, there is still a warning attached for prospective buyers. Both CD Projekt RED and Sony have stated the base PlayStation 4 will experience performance issues with Cyberpunk 2077, and the PlayStation 4 Pro and PlayStation 5 are the recommended systems for playing. Updates will continue to drop with more optimizations.
CD Projekt RED is also developing a dedicated next-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077, alongside a Witcher 3 upgrade, and that is still slated to land sometime in the second half of 2021. All current owners of the game on Xbox and PlayStation consoles will receive the upgrade for free.
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Now that we're getting Windows 11 and things are starting to change up more than the past few years with Windows 10, I un-pinned the old Windows 10 thread and started this one.
With the leaked build and the event coming on the 24th things are getting interesting once more.
Cyberpunk 2077 is coming back to Sony's PlayStation Store on June 21
by Subir Kathuria
CD Projekt S.A., the parent company of Cyberpunk 2077 developer has announced in a regulatory filing that the game would be re-listed on Sony’s PlayStation Store on June 21. Sony has agreed to reinstate the game more than six months after it was removed on December 17, 2020, due to crippling issues with gameplay, primarily on the old-gen consoles.
In a statement to Polygon, Sony said the following regarding the game's return:
Cyberpunk 2077 went to sell over 13.7 million copies before the end of 2020 despite its controversial launch. While Sony removed the game from its store and gave refunds to players, Microsoft instead kept the listing and offered refunds without any questions, and also added a warning label for Xbox One players. Due to the issues, an investor even sued CD Projekt for making false claims and releasing it in an unfinished state
Some of the launch issues ranged from the game not utilizing all cores of AMD's Ryzen CPUs to 8MB save file limits which corrupted save games files. Later, CD Projekt Red delayed promised DLC's and vowed to fix the issues with the game first, and has since released multiple major bug fixing updates.
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Xbox & Bethesda E3 2021 Games Showcase on June 13 at 10:00am PT , 6:00pm BST.
Xbox Twitch Link.
Windows Central Gaming is going to have a co-stream going on here.
With this quickly approaching I figured it was time to make an official thread for the show. Feel free to post what you expect to see, hope to see, rumors, and thoughts on what they actually show come Sunday.


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Rihanna has revealed that she is stepping down as chief executive officer of her lingerie brand Savage X Fenty.
The music star is passing on the position she’s held since co-founding the brand in 2018, the new position will soon be headed by Hillary Super, former CEO at Anthropologie Group, according to Vogue Business effective June 26.
“It’s been beautiful to see our vision for Savage X Fenty impact the industry at such an incredible magnitude over the last five years,” the award-winning singer and business mogul shared in a statement to Vogue Business. Rihanna, who co-owns the company with investors including LVMH, has been CEO since she founded it in 2018.
She added, “This is just the beginning for us, and we’re going to continue to expand in ways that always connect with the consumer.”
Rihanna said Hillary Super, former CEO of Anthropologie Group, will be taking over the position as head of the brand, effective June 26. “I’m so grateful and excited to welcome Hillary Super as our new CEO,” she said.
“She is a strong leader and is focused on taking the business to an even higher level.”
Before Savage X Fenty, Super was the global CEO at Anthropologie Group for four years. She has also previously held leadership roles at Guess, American Eagle, Gap, and Old Navy.
“I’m thrilled to join the Savage X Fenty family,” Super added. “The brand is a major powerhouse in the lingerie and apparel industry, and its unwavering commitment to celebrating inclusivity and fearlessness is inspiring.”
The business executive joins as the lingerie brand continues to climb in success and popularity. More recently, the company has been working to expand beyond e-commerce and into wholesale and brick-and-mortar. It has already opened seven stores in Los Angeles, Houston, Las Vegas, and Atlanta.
According to Vogue Business, Rihanna will continue to serve in a leadership role as executive chair of the brand.


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Cooper acquires City Rentals
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Nov. 19, 2013 - G. Cooper Equipment Rentals has announced it has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of City Rentals . The transaction is scheduled to close Nov. 30.
Nov. 19, 2013 – G. Cooper Equipment Rentals has announced it has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of
City Rentals . The transaction is scheduled to
close Nov. 30.
Established in 2004, City Rentals is a full service
construction equipment rental company, serving contractors in the
Greater Toronto Area. From it's location on Brimley Road in
Scarborough, City Rentals has built it's business through
uncompromising dedication to customer service; offering a broad range
of quality equipment and supplies, supported by a highly experienced
team of over 15 people. The senior management team, including president, Larry McCourt, and vice-president, Scott MacKinnon, will
continue in leadership roles with Cooper, and have made a significant
investment in the combined business.
"We are excited about the opportunity to strengthen our business
in the GTA with the addition of City's impressive team of rental
professionals, and top-notch equipment fleet and facilities," said Doug
Dougherty, president of Cooper. Darryl Cooper, CEO, said, "This
acquisition allows us to continue to pursue our goal of continually
improving Cooper's rental services to the GTA contractor base."
"We had been looking for a way to meet the demands of our ever
increasing and loyal customer base at City, and by joining the Cooper
team, we believe we have found the ideal way to do that" said McCourt. MacKinnon adds, "My customer service philosophy aligns perfectly with Cooper's,
and I am stoked about contributing to the further growth of the fastest
growing equipment rental company in the GTA market."
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Defender to appear at special event.
Sunderland fans will be able to meet John O’Shea at the club store at the Galleries Shopping Centre, Washington from 4pm-5.30pm today.
The Black Cats star is set to meet supporters as part of the club’s latest round of retail store signings.
Defender O’Shea is the latest star to meet the fans after Stephane Sessegnon turned out at the club’s official store in Debenhams yesterday.
Fans are advised to arrive early to avoid disappointment. They will also be able to take advantage of a special offer in store as free shirt printing will be available with any 2012-13 replica kit purchase on the day of each signing.
Browse the range of club merchandise available at www.safcstore.com.


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Amazon started as online book store and has grown to be the worlds largest online retailer.
Two Thirds of Prime subscribers would use an Amazon Bank
Two thirds of subscribers to Amazon Prime would use an Amazon Bank, according to a survey of American consumers undertaken by Bain. The question asked in the survey of 6,000 people in the USA was: If Amazon launched a free online bank account that came with 2 percent cash back on all Amazon.com purchases, would you sign up to try it?
43% of Prime non-subscribers would use an Amazon bank account while only 37% of people who don’t shop on Amazon said the same.
In part, one of the attractions for Prime subscribers is the high level of trust and service expectations they have come to expect from the company and that has been engendered by the Prime experience.
The big banks have absolutely woken up to this threat. They’re very focused on Amazon-proofing their business because they recognize that it’s big tech, not the other banks or fin-tech startups, that’s the real competition. Tech firms are the ones setting expectations for what a great customer experience looks like.
– Gerard du Toit, Bain
Of particular note is the fact that those who would be willing to bank with Amazon, the most positive were younger and more affluent than the average. Just shy of 70% of those aged 18-to-34 would use an Amazon account. Only 50% aged 35 to 54 years old and less than 40% older than 55 said the same.
Trust in the Amazon brand is high and, as we reported last week, in the USA 84% of people with Amazon Prime would welcome healthcare services from Amazon.
There doesn’t seem to be anywhere that Amazon isn’t willing to go if it thinks that it can improve the experience and make money. Would you use an Amazon Bank?
Shopping, healthcare, banking, transport/logistics, TV/video games … what next? Amazon dating? Possibly I could have an Amazon robot wife? Getting a bit much though.
To be honest it seems a bit much… like we are about to become a part of a Black Mirrors episode. Blind trust in big brand was never very safe and now it’s becoming scary.


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The FDA announced Wednesday that it cleared Mylan's Wixela, making it the first generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Advair Diskus (fluticasone/salmeterol) inhaler approved in the US. Mylan's product is indicated for the twice-daily treatment of asthma in patients aged four years and older, as well as maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction and reducing exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Shares in Mylan gained as much as nearly 7 percent on the news.
Analysts at Leerink said they expect Mylan to launch Wixela in February and generate 2019 sales of about $170 million from the therapy. Meanwhile, Citi analyst Liav Abraham underscored the importance of the FDA approval for Mylan, even though the potential revenue opportunity from a generic version of Advair has fallen over the past several years.
GlaxoSmithKline, which amassed about $4.1 billion in sales for Advair in 2017, has been preparing for the potential approval of a generic Advair inhaler for several quarters. In the third quarter of 2018, the company reported that respiratory product sales had grown 3 percent despite a 17-percent decline in revenue from Advair.
The FDA initially accepted Mylan's filing for generic Advair in 2016, and later issued a complete response letter, although the company did not specify the reason for the rejection. Last year, Mylan said it expected to receive a complete response letter at the end of June for its resubmission after the FDA told the company it had identified "minor deficiencies." In October, following "multiple inquires" over the status of its Wixela application, Mylan issued a statement saying it had "not received any new information request or complete response letter from the FDA," and believed that approval was "imminent."
In 2017, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb unveiled several initiatives seeking to speed the approval of complex generics. Following Wednesday's approval, Anna Abram, deputy commissioner for policy, planning, legislation and analysis at the agency, commented "we are committed to advancing new guidance for sponsors to make the development of generic versions of complex products more efficient, and we're prioritising review of many applications covering proposed generic complex products for which a generic has not yet been approved."
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Kazakhstan has invested more than US$300 million into the economy of Uzbekistan
Trade between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is planned to reach US$4 billion by the end of the year.
The event is scheduled for October 10 to 12.
Medina Orazgaliyeva devoted more than 60 years to creating the furniture for yurts.
Kazakhstan is one of the most significant players in the global wheat market.
More than 30,000 tonnes of cargo is planned to be transported using the highway by 2020.


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Deutsche Telecom to Partially Acquire, Merge MetroPCS w/ T-Mobile USA
October 3, 2012 11:45 AM
(Source: T-Mobile USA)
Merger will create a strong fourth player in the U.S. market
When AT&T’s (
of Deutsche Telekom AG (
) subsidiary T-Mobile USA was
shot down by U.S. regulators on antitrust grounds
, many feared regulators may have wasted their effort as T-Mobile USA was on the verge of financial failure. Indeed,
seemed to confirm the worst.
I. Merger Strengthens T-Mobile USA
But in a surprising, MetroPCS Communications Inc. (
) and T-Mobile USA
today that they would be merging into a single value carrier. The deal is slightly complicated financially, but the big picture is that T-Mobile USA will remain independent, although MetroPCS and T-Mobile may be able to enjoy some joint marketing pitches.
The move can be viewed as a partial acquisition of MetroPCS by Deutsche Telecom, which will then be merged it into its struggling U.S. unit T-Mobile.
The financial side of the deal involves MetroPCS splitting its stock (doubling the number of shares), then paying $1.5B USD in direct cash to Deutsche Telecom shareholders, and handing over 74 percent of its stock to Deutsche Telecom shareholders. The combined company (T-Mobile USA + MetroPCS) will have $15B USD in combined unsecured debt notes, and Deutsche Telecom will "provide a $5.5 billion backstop commitment for certain MetroPCS third-party financing transactions."
The deal creates a new carrier with a projected 42.5m subscribers, $24.8B in revenue, $6.3B of adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP earnings), $4.2B in capital expenditures, and $2.1B of free cash flow (defined as EBITDA less capital expenditures) in 2012.
II. A Different Deal
It is a substantially different route compared to the AT&T deal, which involved a $39B USD cash/stock payment to Deutsche Telecom. That deal would have merged T-Mobile's roughly 30 million customers with AT&T's roughly 100 million customers to produce a mega carrier with 130+ million customers.
MetroPCS was long eyeing a tie-up with T-Mobile USA, and had looked to potentially
purchase certain assets/subscriber contracts from the carrier
had the AT&T deal been approved.
The new merger makes T-Mobile USA bear a closer resemblance to Sprint Nextel Corp. (
) which has roughly 52 million subscribers (as of Q2) and also has contract-free offerings under the Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile brands.
The merger also puts pressure on AT&T and Verizon Wireless (a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (
) and Vodafone Group Plc. (
)). It also brings the promise of revived financials to T-Mobile USA. Versus T-Mobile who has long bled money, MetroPCS has a culture of success, posting an impressive $148M USD profit last quarter.
T-Mobile has been
stepping up its HSPA+ efforts
, but this "3.5G" tech has struggled to compete against the bleeding edge at AT&T and Verizon Wireless -- both of whom have deployed "4G" LTE. That said, it offers some of the best
value plans in the industry
Some details of the deal -- for example how the executive leadership will shake down -- remain unknown, and of course the purchase has to pass regulatory scrutiny. T-Mobile USA
recently named John Legere,
a three-decade telecom industry veteran, as its new CEO, replacing
CEO-of-two-years Phillip Humm
who left to become
CEO of Verizon Wireless parent Vodafone Europe
Assuming it gets approved, though, the net result of this merger is simple -- more competition in the mobile market.
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The monthly Tire Demand Index by industry analyst Nick Mitchell shows replacement passenger and light truck tires grew on a year-over-year basis in December 2016. Analysis also shows Tier 1 tires lagged behind Tier 2 and Tier 3 products during the final month of the year.
Tire dealers told Mitchell performance benefitted from several things: a stronger consumer due to low energy costs and a solid labor market; favorable miles driven trends over the past 18 months; and an expanding car parc, especially the number of cars entering the first replacement cycle.
Dealers in the Northeast, Great Lakes and Upper Mid-Atlantic regions mentioned the return of normal winter weather in late November and December as a big boost to business compared to the prior year. Dealers in those states also something of a Trump-effect, Mitchell says.
Customers seemed “more willing to make investments in their vehicles, including tires, following the election, as opposed to putting off major, albeit not essential, work, which was the prevalent action as the election season heated up.”
Mitchell says that all adds up to dealers and wholesalers making significant progress during the second half of 2016 in destocking the “slight buildup” of inventory that occurred in the late first quarter and early second quarter.
“Equally important, contacts at the manufacturing level indicate that disciplined production schedules and inventory management upstream are aiding the efforts downstream. As such, we believe that inventory remains in good shape across the entire industry,” Mitchell says.
Tier 2 Tires Are on Top
In his survey, Mitchell asks dealers to indicate which groups of tire brands are performing the best, and worst. Brands are placed in three tiers, and in December dealers once again indicated consumers have moved away from the lower cost Tier 3 brands, and that they’re “having an easier time upselling customers.”
In December, Tier 2 brands were consumers’ top picks, with Tier 2 brands in second place, and Tier 1 tires the least popular.
The return of winter weather reminded consumers of the importance of quality tires, Mitchell says, but they also want to score a good deal.
“This month’s commentary highlighted an increased focus on consumers wanting to find good values — some of the technology available on the premium brand names but at a lower cost,” Mitchell says. “The dealers cited other demands on consumer budgets (holiday spending) as a reason for the increased frugality in the period. This theme fit well with the value propositions of the Tier 2 brands.”


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We asked bridal retailers from all across the UK what they are looking for at London Bridal Fashion Week in March
In March, bridal retailers from across the UK and beyond will travel to the capital for world-leading fashion event, London Bridal Fashion Week. Under the new slogan, ‘In unity there is strength’ the event will unite the global bridal community all under one roof for a celebration of fashion, creativity and diversity.
With an impressive exhibitor list of renowned global brands and designers such as Maggie Sottero, Justin Alexander, Alan Hannah and Savannah Miller, this year’s bridal trade show is set to be one of the best yet. Prior to the show, we caught up with bridal retailers from across the UK to hear their plans and what they are looking forward too.
Victoria Walton from Victoria Elaine Bridal in Maidstone attended London Bridal Fashion Week last year, and after a successful trip has decided to return again. “The plan is that I attend on the Sunday alone to scope out what our designers are showing and then on the Monday I will bring the rest of the team for a more focused buying day. We took on two new designers last year, so our primary focus is to build on these collections,” she says.
“However, we will still be keeping an eye out for any trends that arise during the show. We will also be on the lookout for veils as we like to match these to our new dresses on the day while they are still fresh in our minds.”
When asked if there was any particular part of the event they were looking forward to Victoria said, “The team and I can’t wait for the preview shows! We only stock one of the designers showing this year, but this gives us a really good idea of what other brands are offering. Another thing we are excited about is our VIP passes from Jennifer Wren Bridal. We know we are going to receive fantastic hospitality during our visit and this just makes the entire trip extra special for us.”
Helen from Willow Bridal in Middlewich is another retailer returning to the show again this year. We asked her why the show was so important for her business and she responded, “London Bridal Fashion Week is a big one for us! We go to meet with our suppliers, network with others in the industry and to see the latest bridal fashion trends. The seminars and talks are another great pull for us as we find them beneficial for the business. They always give me food for thought and there are fantastic tips for improving your boutique. These seminars have helped me integrate processes that have enhanced our customer experience and eradicated things that may have been costing us new business.”
“Our plan for the Sunday is to browse collections, watch the catwalk shows and attend some seminars. We usually go out for dinner in the evening before returning to our accommodation to discuss the gowns we viewed earlier that day.”
“On the Monday we tend to go back and revisit things we think we need to see again. We will also take a second look at any new collections we had seen the previous day and make our final buying decisions. We don’t rush this process as we need to ensure we are buying correctly for our clients and not just what we like. We want to find gowns and accessories that are unique, different to our local competitors and offer something totally new on the commercial market. Due to our store’s location, we have to work hard on having stock that attracts brides to us,” she adds.
Based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, a Northern bridal boutique making the trip to London is Y.A.P Bridal. The owner Danni shares why her team will be returning to the show again this year. “Every year we return to the North feeling really inspired after London Bridal Fashion Week. We hope that this year will be no different.”
“Our entire team of five will be travelling down for this year’s event. We are really excited to catch up with our designers and see their latest collections. The bonds we have with them are so strong and we love to hear their creative outlook on the new season ahead as this really helps us when it comes to selling,” she adds.
“We will also be on the search for an exciting new label to join our studio rails this year. We are looking for a collection that will expand our current ranges and reflect the market. London Bridal Fashion Weeks has a vast range of labels and gowns along with an excellent fashion show programme. All of that combined really keeps your mind focused on being fashion-forward for your business.”
Are you registered for London Bridal Fashion Week yet? If not, follow the link to register now.


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Apple introduced its latest flagship iPhone models, the iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max, at its iPhone event on Tuesday. Among other things, the devices sport a new LiDAR Scanner designed to allow for more immersive augmented reality (AR) experiences. Snapchat today confirms it will be among the first to put the new technology to use in its iOS app for a LiDAR-powered Lens.
As Apple explained during the event, the LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) Scanner measures how long it takes for light to reach an object and reflect back.
Along with iPhone’s machine learning capabilities and dev frameworks, LiDAR helps the iPhone understand the world around you.
Apple adapted this technology for its iPhone 12 Pro models, where it’s helping to improve low-light photography, thanks to its ability to “see in the dark.”
The technology can also be used by app developers to build a precise depth map of the scene, and help speed up AR so it feels more instantaneous, while enabling new app experiences that use AR.
In practice, what this means for app developers is the ability to use LiDAR to enable things like object and room scanning — think, better AR shopping apps, home design tools, or AR games, for example.
It can also enable photo and video effects and a more exact placement of AR objects, as the iPhone is actually able to “see” a depth map of the room.
That can lead to new AR experiences like what Snapchat is prepared to introduce. Already known for some best-in-class AR photo filters, the company says it will soon launch a LiDAR-powered Lens specifically for the iPhone 12 Pro models.
Apple gave a brief peek at Snapchat’s LiDAR-powered feature during the LiDAR portion of the iPhone event today.
Here, you can see an AR Lens in the Snapchat app where flowers and grasses cover the table and floor, and birds fly towards the user’s face. The grasses towards the back of the room looked as if they were further away than those closer to the user, and vegetation was even climbing up and around the kitchen cabinets — an indication that it saw where those objects were in the physical space.
The birds in the Snapchat Lens disappear as they move behind the person, out of view, and even land precisely in the person’s hand.
We understand this is the exact Lens Snapchat has in the works, but the company is holding further details for the time being. However, it shows what an LiDAR-enabled Snapchat experience would feel like.
You can see the Snapchat filter in action at 59:41 in the Apple iPhone Event video.
Updated, 10/13/20, 4:47 PM ET with confirmation that the Lens shown during the event is the one that will launch.


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The fifth generation or 5G cellular network in South Korea (South Korea) is starting to grow rapidly. Even South Korea for its 5G service is said to already have millions of commercial users.
Quoted from Techweb via Gizmochina, Wednesday (8/14), South Korea was one of the first countries in the world to start offering commercial 5G services. Thanks to strong demand for the latest gadgets and aggressive promotional strategies, the number of 5G customers is growing in the country.
Last June, South Korea was reported to have more than one million 5G cellular subscribers. Now, 5G users there exceed industry expectations, reaching more than two million 5G customers last week.
Reports show that South Korea now has around 2.01 million 5G users from three major telecommunications operators. Among them, SK Telecom has 840 thousand 5G customers, accounting for more than 40 percent of the market share. KT and LG Uplus each have 630 thousand and 540 thousand subscribers.
Although South Korea now has more than 2 million 5G customers, it still accounts for less than 5 percent of cellular communication users in the country. However, with infrastructure improvements such as 5G and BTS networks, as well as other 5G smartphones, the market is predicted to continue to increase substantially.
The state of Gingseng is estimated to have 4 to 5 million 5G users by the end of this year. 5G technology itself aims to provide super-fast connection speeds, low latency, and the ability to connect more devices without traffic. However, there are still some problems in the scope and speed of this next generation wireless communication system.
The minimum cost or initial price of the 5G tariff in South Korea is KRW 55 thousand or around Rp. 649 thousand for three network operators such as SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus. To note, South Korea itself is the first country in the world to launch a full 5G commercial service on April 5. It was launched even before China.
For Indonesia itself, it is predicted that 5G services will be able to be felt most quickly in 2022. That’s just a prediction. At present Indonesia is still preparing for 5G services while 4G services are still not evenly available throughout Indonesia. Commercialization schemes, network infrastructure and frequency, and regulations are still being discussed by both the government and cellular operators.


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Posted on Friday 10 January 2014 by Ulster Business
Lord Mayor Mairtin O Muilleoir launched the new product with James Hunter and Heidi Nicholls from JAR Technologies
As digital trade continues to grow, slow, dysfunctional websites are simply unacceptable for a consumer who enjoys a crowded marketplace. Website functionality is the customer service of the digital store; as such businesses must be prepared for increased traffic peaks to ensure maximum revenue generation.
That's where Belfast company JAR Technologies comes in. It has launched a new testing solution called JAR:Load, which uncovers problems that could cause failures in web applications.
JAR:Load throws thousands of virtual users at an organisation's online web services until they reach a breaking point, with the aim of uncovering weaknesses and bottlenecks in the web infrastructure.
James Hunter, CEO of JAR Technologies, explains: "Organisations place so much importance on making their websites accessible for e-commerce, but there isn't the same awareness or importance placed on performance related testing and this is a vital component for ensuring success and growth."
To help Belfast companies involved in web-based products or sales understand how customers interact with their websites, JAR is offering them the chance to use their new tool free until the end of January for up to 100 virtual users.
JAR:Load allows businesses to cut the risk of losing customers because of slow response times and site crashes. It ensures that their software and infrastructure can cope under the stress of hundreds or thousands of customers.
The load testing market is predicted to become one of the fastest growing sectors of IT, and is attracting investment. US cloud testing firm SOASTA, for example recently raising a funding round of $30m.
With most of its competitors focused on the US market James sees big opportunities for the company in Europe and Asia, particularly markets such as India, where it partnered with IT giant Wipro on the beta testing of JAR:Load.
JAR has already closed two investment rounds and with the launch of JAR:Load, its CEO expects to double the size of the business in 2014.
"We have very ambitious targets. Our strategy is to have £15m revenue in year five – 2019 - and that's what we are focused on achieving. I think it is a realistic target for a company in this field. The load testing market will be worth an estimated $2.2bn in 2016 according to Garner. If we could even get 1% of that we would be huge."
JAR Technologies has been in the market for some time and has enjoyed success with its JAR:Emulate range of WAN Emulators - network products for application performance testing. While that product currently brings in revenues from customers in countries as diverse as Japan, Russia and India, James expects the cloud product to be the driving force behind the company's growth.
"Other people in the market are using legacy systems that are harder to configure and offer a poor user experience. We are the only company doing what we do. We have zero installation cost, it is all automatic and can be accessed anywhere in the world, from any web enabled device. That is one of the major things that sets our performance testing tool apart," he adds.
James spent 10 years with audio software specialists APT before founding JAR Technologies. He sees JAR:Load mirroring the export success of the JAR:Emulate product, with over 95% of sales outside the UK and Ireland. In addition James plans to reinvest revenues back into R&D and sales.
"The tool has lots of potential customers," he explains. "People who are developing their own websites and want to know at what point it will fall over in terms of high usage; people releasing new web based products who maybe want to know how many people can shop at one time; and companies who test on behalf of other companies who may want to replace old tools, which allows us to position ourselves as a middleware provider. The market is potentially massive."


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Well, this is odd. Microsoft quietly discontinued its Surface wireless adapter for keyboard covers recently, and now it's decided to start promoting the accessory, something it didn't do before.
Early Wednesday, ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley reported that Microsoft was no longer making the accessory, which a Microsoft representative later confirmed, saying the move was a result of “a number of factors,” though exact reasons weren't provided. Despite the news, however, Microsoft's social media team tweeted out a message promoting the wireless adapter mere hours later. The above image is attached to the tweet, which is still posted, likely meaning it wasn't made in error.
Amusingly, this appears to be a rare instance of the accessory actually being promoted. Of the Twitter account's other 296 images, only one featured the accessory, and it was tweeted Oct. 2, shortly after the wireless adapter was announced alongside the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2. That tweet wasn't actually promoting the wireless adapter, however, just all the new accessories that were announced at the time.
Either Microsoft forgot to tell its social media team that the accessory was canceled, or it's decided to finally start promoting the adapter in an effort to get rid of its inventory. Either way, rest in peace, Surface Wireless Keyboard Adapter. Clearly Microsoft didn't love having you around, but it sure does love killing you.
Update: Microsoft's social media team has deleted the tweet.
Source: @Surface (Twitter) | Image via Microsoft


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Conditions Are Perfect For Used Car Buyers in 2016
Unless you’ve been living under some sort of rock for the past decade, you won’t find it at all surprising that the economy hasn’t been in a great place for a while now. Even despite the upturn we’ve seen in the past five years, wages have stayed relatively stagnant while prices have risen all around – and in some markets, like the auto industry, this pinch is felt pretty hard. But while economic issues may play a part in deterring consumers from buying new vehicles at the same rate they would normally, these same factors also play a key role in the evolution of an entirely different market in used cars – and for some buyers, this can be a huge bonus.
That’s because of one interesting trend that’s changed the face of the used car market in America and created the ideal conditions for used car buyers in 2016, and that trend is the rising popularity of leasing. For many drivers, a lease is a great way to get a high-quality, near-new or brand new vehicle for a lower down payment and low monthly payments – like a used Chevy Silverado, which can be quite a deal compared to a new model. Consumers who are used to trading out their old model every few years may actually save money through leasing by avoiding depreciation in favor of the knowledge that the lease will eventually run out – and when it does, it re-enters the lot as a used car, often at a reduced price.
Leasing Is More Popular Than Ever
According to Edmunds.com, more than a quarter of all car consumers have opted to lease their vehicles rather than buy outright in the U.S. since 2014 – a figure reflected fairly evenly across all price ranges and styles, and representing about 4 million vehicles on the road in that year alone. This rate has remained fairly steady since then, meaning there are literally millions of one- and two-year leases about to expire for 2016. Since high supply tends to push prices down to meet demand, this could spell lower price tags on used vehicles throughout the country in the coming months, meaning those young drivers coming off a lease can start to consider buying a used vehicle outright at a more manageable price.
A Wider Variety Of Models
With such a glut in the used car market, buyers can expect to find a wide variety of relatively new, well-outfitted vehicles at great prices in the near future. With higher rates of leasing encouraging more regular turnover of vehicles after only a few years, used car buyers can expect to find a greater number of newer vehicles with better amenities among the older used vehicles. This means that you’re more likely to find that recent model or specific tech feature you could never afford before, nestled under a much more manageable price tag. This kind of upward mobility within the used car market engenders more committed buyers in the long run, and for those looking to get in the car ownership game, there might not be a better time to do so.
If you’ve been considering trading up your old vehicle or simply need to get some wheels but can’t afford something brand new, there’s probably never been a better time to find an affordable used vehicle than the present. With a little luck and a discerning eye, you can get yourself a great used car in 2016 – and when the time comes, there’s no one better than DePaula to guide you in the right direction.


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The Silent Partner: Changes in law give more power to cities Landing a big retail store in Alabama sometimes takes serious bait.
Since 1994, Oxford's Commercial Development Authority has been the city's fishing pole. The city baited the CDA's hook by providing grading and infrastructure work for retail property.
Oxford promised to pay CDA bonds OXFORD — The development of two large commercial projects in Oxford happened because the City Council made a promise to pay back debts of its Commercial Development Authority.
CDA contracts not at Oxford City Hall People looking for contracts signed by Oxford's Commercial Development Authority won't find them at City Hall where the board meets. They're up the road on East 13th Street in Anniston in the office of city attorney John Phillips. Their location may put the city on the wrong side of state law which says records must be kept in the principal office of the CDA. And the principal office, the law says, must be in Oxford's city limits.
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The growth of subscriptions announced last week by Netflix has also become apparent in application stores, where the popular video streaming service has seen increased number of downloads.
According to a recent report by Sensor Tower , in the second quarter of 2017, Netflix posted a 233% increase in sales compared to the same period last year ($ 153 million vs. $ 46 million in 2016).
In Q2 2017, Netflix saw a rise in its audience of 5.2 million new subscribers, more than 3 million more than expected. As a natural consequence of this success, second-quarter revenue was also higher than the streaming service team, with a 32% increase ($ 2.79 billion).
On App Store Netflix has become the app that can generate more profits (excluding games) while the Play Store is ranked seventh in this special ranking:
In essence, the team of this popular streaming service has to be pleased.


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MINNEAPOLIS - Chances are the explosive growth of boutique fitness is within reach in your neighborhood as Minnesotans move beyond traditional fitness, transformed by the core of this personalized craze.
Visit any boutique gym in the Twin Cities, and you will likely hear the phenomenon isn’t just about a workout, but the community and friendships cultivated through fitness.
Today, nearly one in five Americans belongs to a gym.
The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association is an industry organization tracking the growth of boutique studio membership and in a 2015 Health Club Consumer Report, IHRSA says 35 percent of the 55.3 million members belonged to a studio.
An estimated 2,300 fitness studios opened around the country in 2015, IHRSA reports.
Andrea Jones co-owns Alchemy - a fusion of yoga, conditioning and strength - with a group fitness following so popular Alchemy just opened its third studio in Edina, with a fourth studio soon opening in Highland Park.
Jones, her husband and business partners formerly owned the Twin Cities largest CrossFit business before developing their own fitness experience, first opening in 2015 in the North Loop.
Alchemy charges $20 for a single class, and $155 for a monthly membership in addition to other class packages. Jones finds millennials are willing to put a value on this social phenomenon.
“They care about their wealth, they care about their health and they want to spend it and experience things that will make them feel healthier, more alive, more fit,” said Jones.
“We’ve heard a lot of feedback on that it can be life-changing that someone can remember your name or notices when you are gone, a high five, whatever it is, just knowing somebody cares that you are there, it is a different experience,” Jones added.
Alchemy also recently took the social factor to another level, launching fitness based retreats for members to travel to places like Iceland and Mt. Kilimanjaro.
“I value more friends and being part of that community that forces me to come in, as opposed to going to a bigger gym and having to do it all on my own,” said Jordan Hagel, an Alchemy member.
The concept also takes flight at The Aviary, an aerial fitness studio in Northeast Minneapolis, now newly expanded to a second location in Minnetonka, where at any given time of day, strength and flexibility take flight.
Owner Christine Longe opened the doors to suspend stereotypes of what a workout can be. The following recently became so popular, she opened the doors to a new clientele in the western suburbs.
“Being involved in the boutique movement has been very exhilarating. We see the women who walk in the doors frustrated by the big box experience,” said Longe. “I think that it's beautiful, they feel empowered, and they get stronger doing it, and it's the combination of those three things that gives people confidence.”
The Aviary charges $20 for a single class and a monthly unlimited membership is $199.
“Creating the community is half of what we are doing – in additional to making people fit. We come down to the fact we will provide you so much value, you will be able to get over the pricing,” said Longe.
At the rapidly expanding CycleBar in Uptown Minneapolis, spinning is a luxury experience.
People check in on iPads, enjoy free amenities, parking and then exercise become entertainment in the Cycle Theater.
CycleBar charges $23 for one ride, or $159 for monthly unlimited, in addition to many packages.
“We’ve been open seven months, it's catching on like wildlife, classes are filling up,” said Zach Pettus, owner of CycleBar Uptown Minneapolis.
Pettus opened the doors last fall and designed the concept to appeal spinning novice or elite athlete. He said many of CycleBar's devotees belong to other gyms in addition to CycleBar. Regulars can burn up to 1,000 calories a ride.
“We want a place where people know they can be sweating and smiling at the same time,” said Pettus. "We have built a sense of community that is not intimidating but in fact super welcoming."
Tish Watson owns weRow in northeast Minneapolis, where inclusive fitness is at the heart of a rowing revival. Cost wise weRow charges $18 a class, and $129 for monthly unlimited classes.
“I wanted to have a place where everybody felt like they belonged no matter their weight, size, age, fit level, so weRow,” said Watson.
She is among the wave of boutique owners finding strength in numbers, creating a crew of believers.
The idea came to her when a friend mentioned the East Coast was home to rowing gyms, but none could be found in Minnesota, so Watson, already a fitness devotee, set out to open the first rowing gym in the state.
“It’s typically a community of people where we just join together – a common bond – whatever that common bond or exercise is and that’s why it’s resonating so big. I haven’t heard one concern on the money part of it and honestly, I don’t think you can put a value on your health,” said Watson.
LIFE TIME FITNESS REACTS
One of the nation's biggest health club chains, Chanhassen-based Life Time Fitness, is reacting to this micro-movement.
Lighting and technology now amp up spin Life Time classes to boost the entertainment factor. At lunch hour, a spin instructor kicked off class with a vibe.
“I feel like bustin’ loose,” he shouted, while dancing on top of a stationary bike, red mood lighting overhead.
Inside the Chanhassen club’s free weight area, new signage alerts members to the new Life Time Alpha program.
“It is the same kind of a workout you would get in a CrossFit, small groups work out together,” said Bahram Akradi, Life Time Fitness CEO.
Life Time is moving forward with a philosophical programming revolution, focused on branding classes for a boutique feel by creating smaller, specialized communities under one roof.
As Life Time reaches its 25th anniversary in July, it’s finding new ways to engage its 1.4 million members soon spanning 130 locations in 26 states.
“In order for us to serve the customer in the right away, we need to have that small boutique mentality always,” said Akradi. “But we believe you can find all those boutique experiences as good as any place under one roof, and then when you get tired of one modality of exercise, which is inevitably going to happen, you can seamlessly, jump into another.
“When I started Life Time I wanted to design the clubs big enough and flexible enough so we can continually change, so when the customer wants this newer style of workout, they get it,” Akradi added.
Akradi calls competition from smaller gyms necessary because it reinforces value. On average, Life Time charges $85 for a single membership, and average dues range between $85 to $210 for singles, couples and families.
“People are willing to pay $25, $30, sometimes in New York people pay $60 to $75 bucks a class, to go to the class, so basically the customer has spoken and said if you give me the type of exercise I want, with the type of quality I want, convenient to me, I am willing to pay for it,” said Akradi.
Akradi said the other players in the fitness industry are important to the success of Life Time’s overall mission.
“To us, all other competition is fantastic. It helps promote the healthy living, healthy aging, gets more people interested in staying physically active, which is really our mission. We want to make America healthier, and we can’t do it alone,” said Akradi.
What will you pay for fitness in the Twin Cities? KARE 11 searched prices for dozens of studios.
On average, one boutique class is $20. Monthly boutique memberships run from $150 to $200 dollars or even more. Compare that to a big fitness membership between $40 to $90 per person per month. At the bottom, budget gyms charge about $10 a month.
The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) tracks these stats nationwide, saying last year, people paid an average of $87-$131 dollars a month for small studio memberships.
Amanda Kujawa is a former CrossFit member, but now works out at Anytime Fitness, which she says is more budget-friendly and open 24 hours a day, convenient to her shift work at a hospital.
“Being a recent college graduate and finishing grad school, this fits my budget a lot more with student loans, but if you have the money to pay for boutique fitness it’s definitely a great experience but for me it was not sustainable,” said Kujawa.


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Princess Cruises first began cruising to Alaska on June 3, 1969 with Princess Italia carrying 525 guests to this breathtaking bucket-list destination. This year, the #1 cruise line in Alaska is celebrating its 50 years of sailing to the Great Land by introducing new entertainment, shore excursions and culinary offerings to mark this significant milestone.
Alaska with its glaciers, wildlife, national parks and beautiful port cities is a truly stunning destination and there’s no better way to explore it than via a cruise.
During the last 50 years Princess Cruises has taken more people than any other cruise line to Alaska. Over the past 5 decades the cruise line has sailed more than 5 million guests to America’s last frontier.
From May through September seven Princess Cruises ships will be sailing in Alaska, marking the cruise line’s largest deployment ever and featuring the debut of Royal Princess, the first time a Princess MedallionClas ship is sailing in America’s last frontier.
Considered a breakthrough in the vacation industry, the OceanMedallion wearable device features leading-edge technology that offers the fastest way to a hassle-free, personalised cruise, giving guests more opportunity to enjoy their time onboard. Ocean Medallion is available on Caribbean Princess, Regal Princess and Royal Princess. It will be introduced on Crown Princess at the end of July 24 and on Sky Princess when it enters service on October 20. Next year the OceanMedallion will be activated six more ships (Ruby Princess, Grand Princess, Enchanted Princess, Emerald Princess, Coral Princess and Island Princess).
“We’ve spent half a century developing our legacy in Alaska and host more guests there than any other cruise line – more than 5 million over the last 50 years,” said Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises president. “We invite guests to celebrate this 50-year milestone with us, to try new and authentic experiences, combined with the awe-inspiring beauty of the Great Land and embark on an unforgettable journey.”
Princess offers a variety of cruise and cruisetour options highlighting the state’s must-see attractions, including Glacier Bay National Park and Denali National Park.
Princess also owns and operates five wilderness lodges nestled in scenic riverside locations near National Parks offering more than 20 unique cruisetour options for guests. Princess cruisetours highlight the best of Alaska by combining a seven-day cruise with a multi-night land tour and exclusive “Direct to the Wilderness” rail service – giving travelers a seamless Princess vacation experience in the Great Land.
An exclusive treehouse experience at the Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge built by Pete Nelson of Animal Planet’s Treehouse Masters offers guests the ultimate Denali view in an unforgettable setting.
New for 2019, as part of the Alaska cruisetour offerings, is the grand opening of Fannie Q’s Saloon at the Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge. This new restaurant and bar named after famed Alaskan pioneer, Fannie Quigley, will showcase her story and locally inspired dishes in a modern saloon setting, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Just outside of Fannie Q’s Saloon, the new Fireside Patio also debuts with three firepits offering a new gathering place for guests to roast marshmallows, talk about their adventures and have a drink in the midnight sun. Light refreshments will be available for purchase at this new cozy spot.
Last, newly named Grizzly Burger offers a fast-casual restaurant serving up the cruise line’s award-winning “Ernesto” burger, named “Best Burger at Sea” by Cruise Critic. This uniquely crafted ribeye burger was created exclusively for Princess by burger expert Chef Ernesto Uchimura.
Several new initiatives have been introduced to mark the 50th anniversary. They will be offered alongside Princess Cruises’ ‘North to Alaska’ onboard programme, which includes ‘puppies in the piazza’ – when some of Alaska’s newest sled dogs and their handlers come aboard – and the ‘cook my catch’ fishing shore excursion.
Alaska cruises range in length from seven to 12 days and depart from Vancouver, Anchorage (Whittier), Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
For more information visit Princess Cruises.


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The new bill seeks to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India. (Photo credit: AFP)
The Centre on Tuesday listed a new bill for the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament that seeks to ban all private cryptocurrencies in the country while allowing an official digital currency to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India.
According to the Lok Sabha’s agenda, the government will be introducing and deliberating on 26 new Bills during the session. The Bill pertaining to the cryptocurrency seeks to create a facilitative framework for the creation of the official digital currency, which will be issued by the Reserve Bank of India.
The cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021 “seeks to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India, however, it allows for certain exceptions to promote the underlying technology and its uses”.
After the announcement, all major digital currencies saw a drop of around 15 per cent, with Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, fell by around 18.53 per cent, NDTV reported.
According to Mint, Bitcoin was trading at lower prices, below $57,000, whereas Ether gain over 3 per cent. Shiba Inu plunged more than 7%. Other digital currencies, like Litecoin, XRP, Polkadot, Uniswap, Stellar, Cardano, Solana were giving mixed results.
The bill aims to create a facilitative framework for creation of the official digital currency to be issued by the RBI.
The decision comes amid concerns over such currencies being allegedly used for luring investors with misleading claims and for funding terror activities. Meanwhile, industry executives at a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, which met on November 15, noted that there are a total of around 15 million active subscribers on their exchanges in India, with the outstanding value across the exchanges pegged around $6 billion.
This bill on cryptocurrencies is among 26 bills listed for the session. These also include a bill to repeal the three farm laws, a proposal for which is to be discussed by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday.
This comes a week after the first-ever Parliamentary panel discussion on the broad contours of crypto finance, where a consensus was reached that cryptocurrency can’t be stopped but must be regulated.
Delivering the keynote address at The Sydney Dialogue on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged all democratic nations to work together to ensure that technological innovations like cryptocurrencies do not “end up in wrong hands that can spoil our youth”.
The winter session of the Parliament is scheduled to start from November 29 and conclude on December 23.
(With inputs from PTI)


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A UK company spin-off that helps small and medium businesses use social media to market themselves has relocated to Cambridge after securing $1.1 million from a Boston venture capitalist.
MarketMeSuite, an affiliate of London-based Pie Dog Media Ltd., moved to the Cambridge Innovation Center after realizing the commercial advantages for local tech startups.
The Boston area "proved itself to be the ideal new location for our headquarters," said CEO Tammy Kahn Fennell. "Its vibrant, creative and technically charged atmosphere is the right environment for us to continue growing our product, company and community of users."
MarketMeSuite has more than 30,000 users, 70 percent of whom log in daily to access their Inbox for Social, a dashboard that helps them manage their existing social connections, Twitter feeds and Facebook and LinkedIn posts and turn them into sales leads, Kahn Fennell said.
Inbox for Social also enables users to uncover opportunities outside their current network by searching social channels, identifying people who are talking about topics related to their business and then opening a dialogue with those people, she said.
David Gerzof Richard, professor of social media marketing at Emerson College, said there are many Web companies, including HootSuite and Newton's SocialMadeSimple, that offer similar services to MarketMe.
"There may be some features that they're offering that are different, but similar companies have been around for a while," he said. "The tools they offer are definitely helpful -- to see a discussion happening about your brand and be able to jump in on it."
Jeff McCormick of Saturn Partners, the venture capitalist funding MarketMeSuite, acknowledged that social media marketing is a growing area, and it's difficult to predict who the winners will be.
"But we clearly think MarketMeSuite has a vision for differentiating itself from other players in the market," McCormick said. "Its execution and performance will ultimately decide."
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According to numbers from Counterpoint Research, Huawei sold more handsets than Apple in 2019. Only Samsung sold more smartphones than the Chinese manufacturer for the same period.
The latest numbers from Counterpoint Research show that Apple did rally during the last quarter of 2019. In fact, for the fourth quarter of 2019, Apple actually sold more smartphones than any other manufacturer.
Apple benefitted from the September release of the iPhone 11 and its various variants. The strong sales of the iPhone 11 were influenced by many users finding better value from the latest line-up of Apple smartphones.
Apple users are typically taking longer to upgrade their handsets. The smaller annual improvements in technology are making the standard two-year replacement cycle less compelling for consumers.
It would be interesting to find out what percentage of iPhone 11 buyers upgraded from the iPhone 8 or even older handsets. Huawei have very impressively survived possibly the most challenging year in its history.
The Chinese manufacture managed to increase its market share from 14% to 16% during the last year; with Apple’s market share declining from 14% to 13%.
Huawei managed all this despite having to cancel the launch of its newest phones outside China. In addition, the lack of Google apps and services further impacted the public confidence in the brand.
Huawei’s success was due in large part due to its positive performance in China. The company benefited from the fact that Google apps and services are not allowed on Chinese handsets.
Many Chinese consumers probably also would have been happy to show support to Huawei with the Trump government throwing its weight around in its trade dealings with the country.
If not for the trade ban, which means Google can no longer do business with Huawei, 2019 could well have been the year Huawei started to challenge Samsung as the top smartphone manufacturer.
Huawei managed to survive in 2019; but it will be critical to see if they can find a workable solution to their lack of Google apps and services that allows them to ship their new handsets.
The quality of their smartphones that were released before the trade ban has carried them as far as it can and they will need to get their next generation of hardware into the market soon if they are to continue to grow.


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British Airways will make history this week when it reports a first-quarter loss for the first time since privatisation in 1987.
Crash: BA will reveal a loss of about £100m.
Ravaged by recession and the slump in business travel across the Atlantic - BA's main source of profit - it will reveal a loss of about £100m, compared with a £37m profit in the first quarter of the previous financial year, and a 12% fall in revenue.
Although BA posted a record £401m loss in the year to March, the three months to the end of June are usually a good time for the airline.
The parlous state of the carrier underlines the importance to BA of sorting out its high costs with redundancies and low-cost deals.
EasyJet and Ryanair will this week demonstrate the strength of the no-frills sector. Helped by astute fuel-hedging policies and an ability to keep fares low, both airlines will report increases in revenue and profits.
EasyJet enjoyed an 11% rise in sales to £710m in the three months to the end of June. Ryanair will unveil a 5% rise in revenue to £700m in the first quarter and a near ninefold rise in profits to £191m.
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Residents and visitors are invited to the City of Milford tree lighting event on November 26, 2016 from 5 to 5:30 p.m. The Milford Central Academy Chorus will lead a community holiday sing-a-long as residents and visitors gather in front of City Hall (201 S. Walnut Street) as we prepare to turn on the holiday lights in downtown Milford, starting with the two Holly trees in front of City Hall at 5:30 p.m.
“We encourage residents and visitors to join with friends and neighbors for the tree lighting after enjoying a day of shopping local in downtown,” stated Mayor Bryan Shupe.
Saturday, November 26 is also Small Business Saturday and the first Saturday of the Downtown Milford Santa House. Downtown businesses will be open all day Saturday, so shoppers can begin their holiday shopping by Shopping Small in the unique stores and galleries of downtown Milford. Santa and Mrs. Claus will open the Santa House from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day as well.
Mayor Bryan Shupe notes this is a season to be thankful and to think about others. So, he encourages those who attend the tree lighting event to bring a non-perishable food item to benefit the Food Bank of Delaware. “We know there are Milfordians who are challenged to make ends meet during colder months. I hope everyone will help those who might otherwise be hungry this holiday season, by bringing a can or box of food to the tree lighting event,” urged Mayor Shupe.
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