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"While there will not be any significant upward movement from the current level, it (Rupee) will also not decelerate like August 2013," the industry body said.
The Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has signed an agreement with South Korea's Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry today urged the Centre to take steps to connect the Southern Grid with the rest of the country to tide over the power crisis.
Sheikh was addressing reporters at a joint press conference of various trade and tourism bodies, as well as representatives of the civil society.
J&K Deputy CM today said he had never said that Rs 3,600 crore was the final rehabilitation package for the victims of last year's floods in Kashmir.
The government of Ontario, Canada organised a seminar in collaboration with the Goa Chamber of Commerce & Industry to empower Indian firms.
PHD Chamber said it has asked the govt to allow real estate developers to avail benefits of an external commercial borrowings window.
Addressing the managing committee of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sisodia reiterated the government's resolve to do away with 'licence raj' and implement a new policy.


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TOKYO -- Chinese material manufacturers plan to dramatically increase their output of biodegradable plastics made from plants in response to China's ban against disposal plastic bags.
A single company, China BBCA Group, aims to build up its capacity to produce the plastic to a level that far outstrips global demand.
The scale of these plans attests to the size of China's plastic waste problem. But it also raises concerns among competitors of a Chinese-driven supply glut the likes of which was seen in solar cells and and wind turbines.
"We want to show our answer to white pollution," said BBCA President Li Rongjie, using the term coined for waste plastics.
A supplier of lactic acids used in food additives, BBCA in August started up a plant capable of producing 50,000 tons of polylactic acid (PLA) polymers a year, later breaking ground on another plant in December. The group plans to reach the capacity to produce 700,000 tons of PLA annually by 2023.
That same year, the global PLA market will grow to 370,000 tons, according to the Fuji Chimera Research Institute in Tokyo, up from less than 200,000 tons in 2019.
PLA, a biodegradable compound derived from corn and other plants, has a wide range of uses including as nonwoven fabric masks, apparel and drinking straws. Nearly 10 other Chinese companies besides BBCA have plans to raise their PLA capacity, a July survey by China's Huaan Securities shows.
Similar activity can be seen in other biodegradable plastics. Huaan says about 15 companies plan to boost production of polybutylene adipate terephthalate, a petroleum-based compound also known as PBAT.
Major Chinese producers plan to increase annual output of PBAT and polybutylene succinate (PBS) by a combined 1.24 million tons, according to interviews conducted by BBCA's Tokyo-based partner HighChem. This is 4.8 times their capacity in June 2020.
This trend traces back to January of last year, when the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planning body, announced a policy to limit the use of non-biodegradable plastic.
In China, 40% of used plastics end up in landfills or as litter. The country is estimated to account for a quarter of the worldwide plastic waste that pollutes oceans.
The Chinese public has complained strongly about the inadequate plastic waste management, to the point where both the state and the Communist Party were forced to respond. The draft five-year plan unveiled by the party in November, which lays out key economic and political goals through 2025, included a provision to "strengthen governance of white pollution."
The build-up of biodegradable plastic production also aligns with the goals of local governments. The city of Bengbu, where BBCA is headquartered, and the surrounding Anhui Province are providing financial subsidies and tax incentives to the company, and also assisting with PLA business meetings.
HighChem, a materials trading company, sees a large potential for PBAT and recently signed a contract with a separate Chinese manufacturer to import and sell film for agricultural use.
If biodegradable plastic production continues to grow in China, "the cost of use in environmental products will drop," said HighChem President Ushio Taka.
China's current demand for non-biodegradable plastic for such uses as bags is estimated in the millions of tons. The government's policy change could spur a shift toward plastics that break down naturally, which would further expand the market. In that scenario, a supply glut would not immediately occur.
But when Beijing hands down such decrees, local governments typically dangle incentives to increase production, and companies answer the call in anticipation of subsidies and profits. This was the pattern seen previously with solar cells, wind-power equipment and LCD. The scaleup in production disregards profitability, resulting in excess supplies and global price slumps.
In Japan, the government and chemical makers are not as active in biodegradable plastics as Chinese peers, instead focusing on biomass plastics. These are made from non-biodegradable plant material that can be incinerated for energy. The goal is to produce 2 million tons of all bioplastics a year by 2030.
But Japanese suppliers' ability to meet this target remains limited. Mitsubishi Chemical has the capacity for only 20,000 tons of biodegradable plastics a year through its joint venture with Thai petroleum major PTT. Another supplier, Kaneka, has just 5,000 tons in annual capacity.
There are plans to raise capacity, but "the concern is that we would lose if we competed head-on with the Chinese in investing," said a Mitsubishi Chemical representative.
Despite the mounting scale among Chinese competitors, Germany's BASF sees China as a promising market where demand will grow. The company is teaming with a local maker to position itself for a larger market, granting Red Avenue New Materials the license to manufacture and sell PBAT. Red Avenue is building a new plant that will launch in 2022 at a yearly capacity of 60,000 tons.

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Alabama's ranking has improved. One year ago, gas cost $3.30 a gallon in the state, compared to an average of $3.42 nationwide and that put Alabama behind 12 cheaper states.
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If you’re moving from an iPhone to a Samsung Android device, you can transfer your account information, profile photos, personal chats, group chats, chat history, media, and settings.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has added a feature for users to transfer their chat history when switching from iOS to Samsung Android devices. According to The Verge, Samsung announced that the feature is coming as a part of its August Unpacked event. If users previously selected WhatsApp’s cloud backup feature, iOS chat history was stored in iCloud, while Android’s history backed up to Google Drive, making it nearly impossible to transfer chats between phones. were not running the same operating system.
The company said in a blog post, “If you are moving from an iPhone to a Samsung Android device, you can transfer your account information, profile photos, personal chats, group chats, chat history, media and settings.” Furthermore, users can only migrate during the initial setup of a new Samsung device, as the instructions for WhatsApp say that your new Android device must be factory new or reset to factory settings to allow migration, so that users You have the option to perform a full factory reset of your Samsung device, if it is already powered on.
Old iPhone should have WhatsApp iOS version 126.96.36.199 or newer and new Samsung phones should have WhatsApp Android version 188.8.131.52 or newer. The new device must have Samsung SmartSwitch app version 184.108.40.206 or newer installed. Transfers happen via USBC-C to Lightning cables, so users will need one of those.
WhatsApp recently introduced payments background feature
To strengthen its payment service offering in India, instant messaging platform WhatsApp has introduced payments background feature on the platform. This new feature made for India is relatable, thriller and memorable as it helps people to send money as well as express emotions easily, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Created in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Unified Payment Interface (UPI), the payment feature on WhatsApp is an India first, real-time payment system that enables transactions with over 227 banks.
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Beer lovers rejoice: West Sixth Brewing announces $2 million NuLu brewery and taproom
Story and charm are part of the West Sixth Brewing experience in Lexington. It's well-known that the craft brewery and taphouse is housed in a 100-year-old bread box building that was historically used for the Rainbo Bread Factory.
As the business has continued to expand since it opened in 2012, the West Sixth Brewing owners always knew they wanted to open something in Louisville, but they were waiting for the right opportunity — and the right story.
They found it in the form of a 120-year-old carriage house in NuLu at 821 E. Market St.
The founders announced on Thursday that the old 9,000-square-foot house will become a new West Sixth brewery, barrel-aging warehouse and taproom opening by early 2020. The $2 million expansion marks the brand's largest investment into Louisville.
"We were looking for a building that has an interesting story to tell," said co-founder Ben Self. "We are so well-known for this bread box building in Lexington, anyone that's from here remembers going on field trips there. In Louisville, we wanted something we could also share that story with."
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It took four years and looking at close to 30 locations before the team found a spot "unique and interesting enough" for the Louisville post of the brewery.
Self said West Sixth Brewing has been distributing in NuLu since the brewery opened and has always had strong connections to the area. West Sixth has sponsored the annual NuLu Festival since 2014.
The brewery will be part of developer Mo Deljoo's NuLu Marketplace project in the block bound by East Main, East Market, South Shelby and South Campbell streets. The 40,000-square-foot mixed-use development will eventually house other restaurants, offices and apartments surrounding a 5,000-square-foot open-air courtyard.
The West Sixth space will be split over two floors with a second-story lounge and patio, large beer garden and 1,600-square-foot private event space. The taproom will have at least 20 beers on tap.
"These days, it's really unusual for a brewery to continue to grow in a city seven years after launching," co-founder and head brewer Brady Barlow wrote in a news release announcing the expansion. "We've been able to do that because of great partnerships with our local distributor, River City Distributing, as well as the incredible bars, restaurants and stores that have supported us since the West Sixth IPA first hit the shelves."
A good portion of the brewery's bourbon barrel aging process will also move to the Louisville location, which will allow for Louisville-specific small batches and local collaborations.
The goal is to replicate the things West Sixth Brewing is known for in Lexington, Self said: a family-friendly, casual atmosphere where runners, yoga clubs, parent groups and more could meet.
"While we talk a lot about Bourbonism in Louisville, we aren't just a great bourbon city; we also have a wealth of great breweries," Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer wrote in the release. "We are excited to add West Sixth Brewing to that growing list and to add another excellent brand to the NuLu neighborhood."
Louisville is home to numerous craft breweries including Against the Grain, 401 E. Main St., Goodwood Brewing, 636 E. Main St.; Gravely Brewing, 514 Baxter Ave.; Great Flood Brewing Company, 2120 Bardstown Road; Mile Wide Beer Co., 636 Barrett Ave.; and Monnik Beer Co., 1036 E. Burnett Ave.
West Sixth Brewing was the first brewery in Kentucky to can its own beers, Self said, and has become known for its IPAs, including the Pennyrile Pale Ale, which won the World Beer Cup's bronze medal earlier this year.
The main West Sixth Brewery is at 501 W. 6th St. in Lexington, with additional taprooms at the West Sixth Greenroom (109 W. Main St., also in Lexington) and the West Sixth Farm, which opened just under two years ago at 4495 Shadrick Ferry Road in Frankfort.
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CamCom Technologies Private Limited (CamCom), is pleased to announce that tech industry virtuoso, Geetha, has been onboarded as the new Director of Engineering for CamCom. Geetha’s responsibilities will encompass engineering and delivery, to accelerate CamCom’s platform development and customer onboarding activities.
Geetha, Director of Engineering, CamCom
Geetha brings over 20+ years of engineering and leadership experience to CamCom with leading IT products and services companies. Prior to joining CamCom, Geetha gained expertise growing and leading high-performance teams across the world in companies like Cybage, Mindtree, Wipro, Oracle etc. She holds an engineering degree in electronics and communications from Bangalore University.
“I am honoured to join the CamCom team and help build on the solid foundation developed over the last 3 years. CamCom is perfectly positioned to help its clients transform their quality assurance processes across the product lifecycle in the post-pandemic world. I am privileged to lead a young and dynamic team with the zest to take on the world,” stated Geetha, Director of Engineering, CamCom.
“We welcome Geetha onboard as our Head of Engineering. We look forward to leveraging her vast experience in scaling our business both from an Engineering and Geographical standpoint,” said Umesh, Co-founder & COO, CamCom. “As CamCom continues its rapid growth and focuses across the world, Geetha’s leadership and strong background in building top-performing teams will accelerate CamCom’s growth. We are thrilled to have her on this journey,” stated Umesh.
About CamCom Technologies
CamCom is an award-winning AI platform for defect/damage assessment built on a computer vision stack. Already in production with leading companies across the world, the platform helps enterprises future proof their quality assurance processes across the life cycle of the products. Headquartered in Bangalore, India, the company is founded by veterans from the IT products and services sector. CamCom aims to be the quality assurance partner of enterprises across the world.
Further information about CamCom Technologies can be found at www.CamCom.ai.


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Plant Renovations Bring ‘All-Electric’ Goal Even Closer
DETROIT – General Motors is investing almost $154 Million in Western New York for renovations to its Western New York Lockport Components plant.
Lockport components was initially founded in 1910 as the Harrison Radiator Company for the purpose of designing, manufacturing and selling automotive radiators and other components. The renovation was announced Jan. 21, and new machinery and equipment will soon be installed for production of a key component in electric motors – the “stator module.”
GM says the electric motor stator module will be part of their journey to an “all-electric” future and will help power future Ultium Platform-based electric SUV and truck products such as radiators, condensers and heat cores.
An additional 230 positions are predicted to be created between 2023 and 2026, following the renovation. As construction preparation is on its way, the facility is said to be continuing production of truck and SUV components.
GM executive vice president of Global Manufacturing and Sustainability, Gerald Johnson, said the renovations “reaffirm” their commitment to manufacturing at the plant and their faith in their team.
“They will build a crucial module in our electric motor assembly for our future electric trucks and SUVs,” he said. “This is an excellent example of how we are brining our workforce along on the journey to an all-electric future while we scale our EV production capacity and maintain a flow of parts for our current vehicles.”
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Facebook.Com, the popular social-networking Web site for students, is suddenly getting the cold shoulder on campus.
On Tuesday, in an effort to make it easier for users to keep track of their friends, the fast-growing site rolled out two new features, dubbed News Feed and Mini-Feed. They track users' actions on the site and then keep all of their friends apprised of those developments.
If members acquire a new friend, drop an old one or post an embarrassing photo, all the people in their social network - including, in many cases, some whom they've never met - can find out about it almost instantly from a News Feed posting they receive on their home page.
But Facebook's move sparked a backlash almost immediately. Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users have e-mailed the company and formed protest groups to express their outrage. Their key complaint: Personal information they had posted selectively had in a matter of hours become uncomfortably public.
A student at Northwestern University teamed up with a student at the University of Iowa to start a group called Students Against Facebook News Feed, which had amassed more than 330,000 members by Wednesday afternoon. They were hashing over more than 1,550 discussion topics related to the changes. Meanwhile, a student at the University of Florida launched "A Day Without Facebook" campaign to get members there to organize a boycott of the site next Tuesday.
Other members circulated an online petition - which quickly gathered tens of thousands of virtual signatures - to send to Facebook demanding that users be given an option to disable the new features. And Facebook's own blog was flooded with comments, forcing founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to post a response titled, "Calm Down. Breathe. We Hear You."
"We didn't expect so much negative feedback," Facebook spokeswoman Melanie Deitch said. "It's a busy day over here."
The new features do allow users to hide specific actions from specific users by changing certain privacy options. "I don't believe there's a privacy issue here," Deitch said.
But the flap marks a rare misstep for the 2-year-old Facebook, which has more than 9 million members. And it follows a string of good fortune for the site. Two weeks ago, the Palo Alto, Calif., company signed a deal with Microsoft Corp. that calls for the software giant to be the exclusive provider of banner advertising and sponsored links on the site. In April, it raised $25 million in financing from three major venture-capital firms, including Greylock Partners.
One of the reasons that Facebook has taken off is that it has gone further than other social-networking sites to preserve members' privacy. From its inception, it limited the people who can create personal pages on the site to those affiliated with a college or university. (It has since allowed high school students, political candidates and people in business to join as well.) It has also given members three options to regulate who can view their personal information. These features have been popular with members, with many people choosing to allow their information to be seen only by close friends.
But the angry response of many of Facebook Inc.'s users illustrates the conundrum faced by sites that rely heavily on their own users to create content.
Cliff Lampe, a professor at Michigan State University who has researched how people use Facebook, said users of such sites feel that they should have a say in how the sites operate. "One of the questions this raises is, 'What's the relationship between the designers of a site like this and its users?'" he said. "According to its terms and conditions, Facebook can do whatever it wants to the site, but students, because they've created the content, have a sense of ownership."
Some of the sites have tried to sidestep this problem by giving more control to users. Wikipedia, for instance, allows users to vote on significant changes before they are made. Friendster Inc., which created a similar backlash last year when it added a feature that let users find out when someone was snooping on their home page, now holds focus groups and tests new features before making significant changes. Blizzard Entertainment Inc., the maker of a popular online game called World of Warcraft, has a special area where players can test planned changes and post comments on them.


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GTA 5, the open world action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games, created a worldwide sensation when it released in September 2013, breaking all industry sales records and becoming the fastest-selling entertainment product in history. The development for GTA 5 began soon after GTA 4’s release. And now, Rockstar Games is rumored to be working on a project, which the fans hope is either “Grand Theft Auto 6” or “Red Dead Redemption 2”.
As reported by mobilenapps, the developer has been working on a certain unnamed project and fans are keeping their fingers crossed, hoping it would definitely be one of the two much-awaited sequels. Rockstar is known for keeping project details confidential and tightly under the wraps. If history is anything to go by, it’s highly unlikely that the project details will be leaked before the game is ready to come out.
Owing to the massive success and popularity of GTA 5, some fans are hoping that the next big title release will be GTA 6, while others are speculating that the next title release from the stable of Rockstar Games will be “Red Dead Redemption 2”. RDR is also an open world western action-adventure, released in May 2010. It was the second title in the Read Dead franchise series.
Both games are being enjoyed by fans worldwide and continue to have a thriving online community. It remains to be seen whether the sequel to Red Dead Redemption will be named “Red Dead Redemption 2” or “Red Dead 3.” With so many requests coming for both these sequels, it’s highly possible that Rockstar Games will release one of these soon. GTA 5 fans are more likely to expect the sequel for GTA 5 while Red Dead Redemption enthusiasts are hoping for a sequel for the Red Dead franchise series.
Will GTA 6 hit the stands first? Or will Red Dead Redemption make it to the stands first? Let us know your thoughts!


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As the ag economy continues to struggle under the weight of low commodity prices and decreasing land values, farmers are looking to find ways to cut expenses and to weather the current downturn. One concern for ag retailers is that farmers will cut costs by choosing cheaper seed and by reducing how much fertilizer and crop protection products they purchase this growing season.
As ag retailers look to plan for their financial future, new research conducted by Millennium Research and commissioned J.L. Farmakis, Inc., could help them prepare for the extent to which growers are reacting to low commodity prices.
In the study conducted in February, farmers shared what strategies they plan to employ to survive the downturn in 2016.
Among the findings of the Farmer Speaks Study are:
- Half of the farmers surveyed are seeking off-farm employment
- 74 percent will switch to generics or change brands of crop protection products
- No new equipment purchases will be made by 37 percent of the farmers
- Reduced traits in seeds and changes in fertilizer practices were significant.
- Increased attention to marketing aims to raise revenue through better prices
The findings represent a significant change in how farmers have been doing business. Bill Farmakis, president of J.L. Farmakis, Inc. said that shifts of this magnitude have not been seen since the 1980s.
"There are a few of us who are around who recall those difficult times. We invested this year in the study to discover what farmers are doing today to adapt to the present reality," Farmakis said. "Our goal was to help better understand what farmers are thinking, so that our media partners, their advertisers and growers can work together to address the changes as they happen."
The initial study was conducted with 160 growers primarily in the Midwest, but also with farmers from other agriculture areas around the county. A follow-up Farmer Speaks study is being planned with Millennium Research with an expanded farmer panel later this year.


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As Mucormycosis cases surge in Gujarat, the demand for Amphotericin-B injection that is used to treat the disease is on the rise too. This has led to many taking to black marketing of the injections taking advantage of the desperation of patients and their relatives who are in need.
The Ahmedabad Crime Branch arrested four men for black marketing of the injections for mucormycosis. The four used to get the injections and sell them at exorbitant rates. The cops recovered eight injections of Amphotericin-B from them. They used to sell each of them for Rs10,000.
Cops are still investigating as to how the four managed to get the injections and who sold it to them for how much.
The Crime Branch had got a tip-off that one Pragnesh Patel and Smit Raval were through their contacts selling Amphotericin-B injections to relatives of mucormycosis patients. They were selling it at a higher price.
The Crime Branch officials posed as potential customers and nabbed the two and also arrested Vishisht Patel and Nirav Panchal. The eight injections recovered from them cost Rs314 but were sold for Rs10,000 each.
Mucormycosis cases in Gujarat
Eight major government hospitals in Gujarat have over 1100 Mucormycosis cases even as shortage of the life-saving drug Amphotericin-B (in liposomal form) continues. Also known as black fungus, the number of surgeries related to the disease has also gone up.
Earlier, the state had told the high court that it has placed orders for 1.24 lakh vilas of Amphotericin B in both liposomal and lyophilised form at a cost of Rs15 crore. The lyophilised form of the medicine is known to cause renal toxicity and hence is not suitable for those with co-morbid conditions.
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Forrester released a Wave last week examining the emergent location intelligence platform space and here’s your main takeaway: Companies want to apply location data to make decisions across all of their digital touchpoints – but the technology to do that is still in its early stages.
Although location data vendors are a dime a dozen – you can’t swing a cat around the mobile ad tech ecosystem without hitting a location data provider – full-stack technology solutions to embed spatial insights from the physical world into company-wide decision-making is just getting off the ground.
“We’re not looking at the data or even the insights here, but what you’re able to do with the data to drive optimized decisions, actions and experiences,” said James McCormick, a principal analyst at Forrester and lead author on the report.
Forrester defines location intelligence as a subcategory of digital intelligence. As businesses go through the ongoing process of digital transformation, they’ve got to share and orchestrate data – particularly contextual location data – across the organization. That means killing off silos and helping the enterprise use location-related insights to drive better business outcomes.
“With location intelligence, we’re actually able to understand how a customer interacts with the world,” McCormick said. “Where am I, what am I doing, what’s the temperature, who am I with? – these are not necessarily what people think about when they think about location, but leading firms are starting to do this well, and now everyone else is saying, ‘How can we do it, too?’”
Forrester analyzed platforms based on four criteria: their data capabilities, analytics, data management and execution. To be included in the Wave, location intelligence tech providers were required to have APIs and software development kits to enable activation, offer some form of a full stack platform solution, have market visibility in the location intelligence space and maintain a significant software business focus. Pure play location data providers were not considered.
In the leader category, Forrester gives top marks to two seriously old-school players, direct mail specialist Pitney Bowes and geographic info software provider Esri, because they offer full stack, fairly broad solutions that can help democratize location-based insights across the enterprise.
Pitney Bowes cut its teeth on legacy services, like asset management and mail tracking. Now Pitney is trying to use location intelligence for more digitally-minded use cases.
“This is a high-growth area and these companies are scrambling a bit at the moment to try and figure it out,” McCormick said. “We’re expecting the location intelligence space to become a lot more mature in the next couple of years and for it to focus on something the big vendors have not traditionally focused on, and that’s the marketing and advertising space.”
The strong performers, Oracle and location intelligence software company CARTO, got dinged for being close-but-no-cigar on at least one of Forrester’s main criteria. CARTO fell down on its data products and Oracle missed the mark on data visualization and analytics. Oracle, however, still got top marks for its data management capabilities, which isn’t surprising.
Trailing right behind in the contenders category are location-based ad company Ubimo, location consumer insights vendor Near (formerly AdNear) and mapping software provider MapLarge.
Ubimo and Near, both panel-based solutions, are the only two companies in the Wave explicitly focused on marketing and programmatic advertising, which can be a plus and a minus.
They’re very good at their niche offering, but they “lack platform appeal,” McCormick said.
“If we’d done a Wave on location intelligence for ad targeting and delivery specifically, Ubimo would probably be the leader, but the focus here is on differentiating as a location intelligence platform,” he said. “To do that, you’ve got to be able to deliver a platform of capabilities to the enterprise – and that’s still the exception rather than the rule.”
Even the established incumbents falter when it comes to moving beyond analytics toward something more holistic.
“The real opportunity here is around the entire customer lifecycle, which means there’s the need for a platform to do this across the organization,” McCormick said. “But to do this well and at scale with sustained difference – for that you need an overarching approach and to demand an underarching platform to help deliver it.”


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COVID-19 Lockdown: Prices Of Vegetables Soar In Odisha
Bhubaneswar: A steep hike in the prices of essential commodities during the lockdown period has triggered resentment among the people across the state.
In Bhubaneswar, the price of potato, which was sold at Rs 15 a kg before the announcement of the lockdown order, has soared to Rs 25-Rs 30 per kg at most places while the price of the onion has gone up from Rs 25 to Rs 30 a kg.
Asked about the steep rise in the price of potato, Manas Sahu, a vegetable vendor of VSS Nagar market said that he used to bring about 8 packets (30 kg per packet) of potato from the wholesaler. But after the lockdown order, he is now able to procure only a maximum of five packets. “If the wholesalers sell potato at Rs 20 a kg, we have to sell at Rs 25,” he added.
Sahu said that the price of potato will go up further as wholesalers have said that they are running out of stock due to non-arrival of stock from the neighbouring states due to the lockdown. “But how far this is true we do not know. It is up to the state government to ensure that there is no artificial scarcity of potato as we suspect that some wholesalers are deliberately hoarding the vegetable,” he pointed out.
He also said that the price of onion has also gone up in the city.
The price of other vegetables has gone up too. While the price of parbal (potala in Odia) is Rs 170-Rs 200 a kg at some places in Bhubaneswar, the average selling price of other vegetables is Rs 50-60 per kg .
Talking to Odisha Bytes, Priya Ranjan Padhi, a senior citizen, attributed the skyrocketing prices of the vegetables to panic buying.
“I fail to understand the mindset of the people. When the state government has announced that there will be no shortage of essential commodities during the lockdown period, why are they stockpiling in their houses?” Padhi wondered.


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The Runway of Dreams Foundation is a non-profit organisation that works for the future of inclusion for people with disabilities in the fashion industry. The organisation will host a drive-in fashion show on March 9th in Miami, at the Carpool Cinema Wynwood.
Showcasing adaptive apparel from Khol's, Zappos Adaptive, Stride Rite and Tommy Hilfiger Adaptive. The show will be streamed globally on YouTube.
The pieces will be worn by models from Gaumt Management - a talent management company exclusive for people with disabilities. MC-ing the show will be Joey Fatone, with Fatone's daughter modelling in the show also.
Runway of Dreams Foundation founder, Mindy Scheier, explained that she had been approaching the fashion industry about designing adaptive clothing for less than a decade ago, and she is proud to see how far the movement has come over the years.
"We are excited that our Fashion Revolution will continue in Miami under strict guidelines. This new, creative and safe way shows our resilience as a population. Nothing will stop us," expressed Scheier.


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Google on Tuesday announced a new initiative aimed at securing the open source software supply chain by curating and distributing a collection of security-verified open source packages to Google Cloud customers.
The new service, branded as Assured Open Source Software, was introduced in a company blog post. In the post, Andy Chang, group product manager for security and privacy at Google Cloud, pointed out some of the challenges of securing open source software and emphasized Google’s commitment to open source.
“There has been increased awareness in the developer community, businesses, and governments about software supply chain risks,” Chang wrote, citing last year’s major log4j vulnerability as an example. “Google continues to be one of the largest maintainers, contributors and users of open source and is deeply involved in helping make the open source software ecosystem more secure.”
According to Google’s announcement, the Assured open source software service will extend the benefits of Google’s extensive software auditing expertise to cloud customers. All open source packages available through the service are also used internally by Google, the company said, and are regularly scanned and analyzed for vulnerabilities.
Currently, a list of the top 550 open source libraries that Google continually reviews is available on GitHub. While all of these libraries can be downloaded independently of Google, the Assured OSS program will see audited versions distributed through Google Cloud, which will mitigate incidents where developers intentionally or unintentionally corrupt widely used open source libraries. This service is currently in early access mode and is expected to be available for broader client testing in Q3 2022.
Google’s announcement comes as part of an industry-wide push to improve open source software supply chain security that has also been backed by the Biden administration.
In January, a group of some of the nation’s largest technology companies met with representatives from federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to discuss the security of open source software through root of the log4j error. Since then, a recent meeting of the companies involved resulted in a pledge of more than $30 million in funding to boost the security of open source software.
In addition to providing funds, Google also spends engineering hours keeping the supply chain secure. The company recently announced the formation of an “Open Source Maintenance Team” that would work with maintainers of popular libraries to improve security.


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OAKLAND, Calif. -- A state jury in Oakland decided that the use of Roundup by a California couple for residential landscaping over a 30 year period was a “substantial factor” that led to them developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
This decision marks the third straight time a jury has found Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer a cause for cancer. In this instance, the court awarded the largest amount in one of these cases to date -- $18 million in compensatory and $1 billion in punitive damages to Alva Pilliod and $37 million in compensatory and $1 billion in punitive damages to wife, Alberta Pilliod.
In response, U.S. PIRG Education Fund’s Toxics Program Director Kara Cook-Schultz released this statement:
“Hearing the details in each of these cancer trials is heartbreaking. But it is gratifying that juries are taking the risks of glyphosate seriously and are acting accordingly. We’ve known for some time that glyphosate is a probable carcinogen, according to the World Health Organization. To that end, we’ve been warning consumers that Roundup is a possible health risk and our hope now is verdicts like the one today reinforces the need for action.”
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Boomerang, Turner’s all-animation streaming service targeted at kids and families, is ramping up its original content offerings with two new series featuring some familiar characters.
The service said Wednesday that it has greenlighted Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, featuring the Mystery Inc. gang teaming up with celebrities, and Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!, focusing on the kids from the Flintstones series, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm.
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? finds Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby joining forces with celebrities and pop culture icons including NBA star Chris Paul, recording artists Halsey and Sia, Ricky Gervais, Kenan Thompson, Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mark Hamill, Steve Urkel (with Jaleel White reprising his Family Matters role), Batman, Sherlock Holmes, The Flash and Wonder Woman to solve some of their toughest mysteries yet.
Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! follows Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble, along with Dino, as they leave their quiet home of Bedrock to explore The Crags, a vast land that is as dangerous and wild as the dinosaurs that inhabit it. There in the wildnerness, they help new friends, fight new enemies and learn about life through their endless crazy adventures.
Both series hail from Warner Bros. Animation and will premiere next year. For Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Chris Bailey (Kim Possible) serves as producer and Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!) as executive producer. For Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!, Mark Marek (MAD) and Marly Halpern-Graser (Right Now Kapow) serve as producer and Register (Teen Titans Go!) as executive producer.
In addition, Boomerang has renewed several original series, including Be Cool Scooby-Doo!, Bunnicula, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, New Looney Tunes, The Tom and Jerry Show and Wacky Races.
The service also said it is launching a “full Spanish-language experience” over Memorial Day weekend, along with new product features like the ability to create avatars and playlists and Universal Search on Roku, Amazon and Apple platforms.
Boomerang was originally launched in the U.S. in 2000 as a TV network; last year, Turner and Warner Bros. partnered to also launch Boomerang as a stand-alone domestic premium video subscription service offering a library of more than 5,000 Hanna-Barbera, Looney Tunes and MGM animation library titles, along with original series, on a streaming platform.
Boomerang said its users now have access to more than 2,000 titles for streaming or download-to-go instantly. It also will be available via Android TV starting Memorial Day weekend, with additional platforms to come by year’s end.
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Better days lie ahead for start-ups and early-stage small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria as the Federal Government plans to mobilise N2.5 billion annually as equity investments for them under the YouWin Connect Series 1 programme.
The YouWin Connect Series is a programme conceived to stimulate the growth of SMEs as government recognises them as the engine room for economic development.
Speaking yesterday, Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, said the money would be disbursed through qualified fund managers under a co-investment model.
“The Federal Government has a renewed focus on key economic sectors in line with the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), with emphasis on SME-led growth in agriculture, energy, technology, manufacturing, industry and key services.
“The revival of these sectors, coupled with increased investment in other sectors, less reliance on foreign exchange for intermediate goods, raw materials and greater export orientation, will improve macroeconomic conditions, restore growth in the short term, help to create jobs and bring about structural change.
“This demonstrates government’s commitment to empower start-ups and early stage SMEs, providing innovative solutions to local challenges in Nigeria.
“This is a key component of the recently relaunched YouWin Connect programme.
YouWin Connect is an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) which aims to support young entrepreneurs as they plan, start and grow their businesses”, she explained.


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The Largest Luxury Resort in Africa Will Open in 2020
A new vacation playground is coming to Africa.
Spanning some 3,756 acres across Zanzibar, the Zanzibar Amber Resort is a “luxury tropical community” that will host East Africa’s first Signature golf course and deep water marina, its own airport, an aqua park, luxury villas for sale, and five international hotels and over water lodges for guests.
Thanks to its immense size, Zanzibar Amber will be the largest luxury property in Africa, and will be the very first to offer non-residents the opportunity to buy vacation homes.
In the video below, the managing director for the new space explains the future goals for the property:
While the full design elements and pricing are still being planned for the property, the space will also include an underwater restaurant and nightclub, a souk where guests can spend their time shopping, a fully equipped equestrian center and international polo club, and a facility for super yachts.
When it comes to residential opportunities, there will be some 1,914 luxury villas that range from three to five bedrooms, and some 3,440 luxury and penthouse apartments that range from one to four bedrooms to choose from.
It will also have medical facilities for residents and visitors and a private international school.
Visitors can look forward to the Ritz Carlton, Zanzibar, which will be an all-suite and villa resort with 90 rooms and over water villas that each have their own private pool.
"With the commissioning of this luxury tropical resort by Pennyroyal Gibraltar the premium hospitality offerings and world-class facilities will benchmark luxury in Africa," representatives from Pennyroyal Gibraltar, the firm building the property, told The National in an interview regarding the endeavor.
Though the first residential property is planned to open this year, the golf course and several of the hotels are slated for completion in 2019, with the full completion of the first phase expected by 2020.


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2009 might be, in the Chinese calendar, the Year of the Ox, but January feels like the Month of PowerPoint. I’ve been doing a lot of speaking lately, including last week’s great session about Lean and Agile in San Diego. (And thanks again to Rober Pryor of the San Diego Software Industry Council for the invitation.)
- A Forrester teleconference, "Agile Adoption Changes Tech Company Operations," which includes some preliminary results from the "Agile company" research.
- A small presentation to some Forrester clients about the state of the technology market, including where the opportunities lie, from a geographic, vertical, and solution perspective. Plus a few tips on how to emerge from the downturn a stronger company.
I don’t know about you, but January has been a busy, busy month for me. Companies are definitely not sitting on their hands, waiting to see what happens to the economy in general, and the tech industry specifically. According to the latest PriceWaterhouseCoopers report, total venture capital for software was down sharply, but was larger than the VC money going to any other single vertical. And the news from technology vendors continues apace, such as the latest progress report on Windows 7 beta.
Busy, busy, busy. The economic news of late 2008 may have been a shock, but people seem eager to continue working. The biggest problem, of course, seems to be figuring out where to put your time, effort, and money during these challenging times.


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A new plan to help businesses capitalise on their early growth and become established firms has been launched.
The brainchild of the Beacon Initiative, which is a partnership between Cork Institute of Technology, Cork County Council and the Enterprise Boards, the Grow Programme is designed to provide external management expertise to help small and medium enterprises increase their turnover, profitability and staff numbers.
The Beacon Initiative is headed by entrepreneur Padraig O’Sullivan, who said that after talking to a number of SMEs he found there was a shortage of supports in place for mid-sized companies.
“We discovered that for many SMEs we visited there was a definite skillset gap. In many cases SMEs may have some core management strengths in-house, but could be lacking in some essential management skills that could take them to the next level and enhance their business,” he said. The programme will set SMEs up with a team of lead-in management consultants who can advise business owners.
Head of the Economic Development Fund at Cork County Council, Paul Sutton, said that the companies will be given a virtual management team to oversee decisions.
“We developed this programme whereby we will be offering qualifying SMEs a virtual management team made up of leading consultants who have vast industry experience in diverse areas both nationally and internationally.
“Our carefully chosen virtual team can bring this vital expertise to businesses across the county and help them reach the next level by fulfilling their full potential,” he said.
One business that has benefited is Digital Documents, a Youghal-based document processing business. The company chief executive Ger Morgan said that they had made international contacts through the programme.
“Through the Beacon Initiative we were able to work with a marketing consultant with international experience and contacts who was able to open us up to new international markets.
“It would have taken us years to build up these contacts ourselves, and having the Beacon Initiative working with us, gave us the additional confidence and expertise to look outside our own borders for new business,” he said. Source: Irish Examiner.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Dec. 20, 2011 – In honor of the city’s oldest, largest and best auction, Scottsdale Mayor, W. J. Lane, has officially declared January 16 – 22, 2012, “Barrett-Jackson Week” in honor of the company’s 41st Annual Collector Car Auction taking place the same days.
The event has become a fixture in the state over the past four decades, attracting more than 250,000 visitors annually from all 50 states and numerous foreign countries, resulting in a more than a $96 million impact on the local economy (not including automobile sales), and raising millions of dollars for local charities.
“Having the support of Mayor Lane is not only an honor, but it compels us to continue to provide residents and visitors an enjoyable annual event that simply cannot be duplicated,” said Craig Jackson, chairman/CEO of Barrett-Jackson. “We are proud of our beautiful city and the diverse amenities it offers, and showcase these through our supportive sponsors and strategic partnerships.”
To kick off the week, Barrett-Jackson has planned a seven mile Road Rally on Saturday, Jan. 14, through the streets of downtown Scottsdale, followed that evening by “Barrett-Jackson Night” at the Scottsdale Pavilions with a car show, ticket sales and giveaways. In addition, the annual “Drive the Dream” charity gala, with invite-only tickets available through ChildHelp will take place Saturday, Jan. 14; Family Value Day benefiting COX Charities on Sunday, Jan, 15; and the invitation-only Opening Night Gala with a special performance by Bret Michaels will take place on Monday, Jan. 16. The week continues beyond the auction block with a variety of car and lifestyle activities including the Tilted Kilt Garage, Lifestyle Pavilion, live demonstrations, Ride ‘N Drives and other thrilling entertainment.
For more information and a complete list of scheduled events, please visit www.barrett-jackson.com.
About The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company
Established in 1971 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Barrett-Jackson specializes in providing products and services to classic and collector car owners, astute collectors and automotive enthusiasts around the world. The company produces the “World’s Greatest Collector Car Events™” in Scottsdale, Palm Beach, Fla. and Las Vegas. For more information about Barrett-Jackson, visit www.barrett-jackson.com or call (480) 421-6694.
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Japan's Panasonic is introducing a double-A household battery that will keep gadgets running 20 percent longer than rivals do, so long that Guinness World Records has dubbed it the world's longest-lasting alkaline battery.
The new Evolta — whose name is derived from "evolution" and "voltage" — has proved its mettle against products from Duracell and Energizer, as well as its own upscale Oxyride batteries, according to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand products.
Evolta's longer life results from more material being packed inside it, the new materials it's made with and its sturdier seal than predecessors had.
Guinness certified it in Tokyo Tuesday as "the longest-lasting AA alkaline battery cell," based on testing under guidelines set by the industry's International Electrotechnical Commission.
Evolta's 10-year shelf life — up to 60 percent longer than rivals' — also makes it more attractive to store in disaster preparedness kits. Other batteries last five to seven years on the shelf, Panasonic officials said.
Evolta goes on sale in April in Japan, and is planned for overseas markets later this year, Matsushita said. A pack of four will cost about $5.40 in Japan, about 15 percent more than regular batteries and 3 percent more than Oxyride. Prices outside Japan aren't set.


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BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- China saw rapid growth in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market in 2017 as growing middle-class consumers spent more on premium and healthier products, according to a report.
The total value for China's FMCG market grew by 4.3 percent in 2017, up 0.7 percent from 2016, said the report released on Wednesday by the consultancy Bain & Company and the consumer market research company Kantar Worldpanel.
Part of the fast growth is due to the rising disposable household income in China. According to the report, the compound annual growth rate for disposable household income per capita reached 8.2 percent over the past six years.
"As disposable income rises, China's ever-growing middle class consumers are spending more on premium and healthier products," said Jason Yu, general manager of Kantar Worldpanel and co-author of the report.
The report also highlighted key trends impacting China's FMCG market.
In 2017, China's FMCG e-commerce sales grew by more than 28 percent, accounting for about 10 percent of the total market turnover, while consumers in China's first-tier cities still have the highest online shopping penetration rate at 73 percent.
The sales of local FMCG brands grew by 7.7 percent in 2017, contributing to 98 percent of China's FMCG market growth, according to the report.
"Local brands have been outperforming foreign brands since 2012 in the FMCG market," said Bruno Lannes, China partner in Bains Greater China Consumer Products practice and co-author of the report.


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Established food delivery service Deliveroo and recently launched UberEats might be competitors in the UK, but their drivers have found a common enemy in the businesses they work for. UberEats couriers have planned a protest outside Uber's London HQ today, over changes to their pay structure they say could lead to them earning less than the minimum wage, The Guardian reports.
Drivers now get paid £3.30 per delivery plus £1 per mile travelled, with Uber taking a 25 percent cut of that total. A bonus of £3 or £4 is then added depending on the day of the week and whether the delivery is during peak or off-peak hours. Before last weekend, though, that bonus reward was a flat £5. Uber says this was a "very generous" incentive offered to drivers while the customer base was growing. Now business has picked up, these incentives have been lowered.
Uber also claims that since the change to bonus pay was made, couriers are still making, on average, over 10 percent more per hour than they were -- because the number of orders, and therefore the total they can make in a shift, is still rising. UberEats drivers speaking to The Guardian tell a different story, though, and are urging Uber to ensure they receive at least the London living wage of £9.40 per hour (set by the Living Wage Foundation).
Discontent among UberEats couriers follows a similar situation playing out in the Deliveroo driver community. Earlier this month, Deliveroo announced it was going to begin trialling a new payment structure among a small group of its drivers, moving them from a flat rate of £7 per hour plus £1 per delivery to no hourly pay and £3.75 per delivery. Fearing the trial preempted a company-wide change, drivers were quick to strike, claiming the new structure would leave them dangerously out of pocket.
Though Deliveroo asserts drivers can theoretically make more money under the new scheme, it apologised for poor communication and gave assurances that the trial was opt-in, not compulsory. The damage was already done, however, and the protests continued. They generated enough attention that the government even chimed in. A spokesperson for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy commented: "An individual's employment status is determined by the reality of the working relationship and not the type of contract they have signed."
"Employers cannot simply opt out of the national living wage by defining their staff as self-employed," they added. Just to be clear, this commentary doesn't reflect any formal involvement in the Deliveroo situation on the government's part. That would a matter for HMRC and would likely occur off the back of court rulings, if the dispute were to go that far.
Uber is no stranger to unrest that seems characteristic of the gig economy, of course. The kind of companies that offer these flexible working relationships believe they are empowering people by letting them set their own hours. However, they typically don't offer any standard employee benefits -- though Uber seems to be moving in that direction (sort of), if only for show -- and common worker criticisms include a lack of income security and unpaid downtime while they wait on jobs to come through.
Whether or not these workers classify as employees (thus being entitled to certain benefits) is a grey area Uber is all too familiar with. Several lawsuits brought against the company in the US have unsuccessfully attempted to redefine Uber contractors as employees en masse, and a couple of similar legal challenges have been launched in the UK. Even if Uber drivers wanting to be classed as employees were to eventually get their way, though, many could find themselves obsolete in the not-too-distant future.
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Del Monte to expand
WISBECH based Del Monte is to expand and take on more staff following a massive 43 per cent year on year increase in its cut-fruit production. Already one of the town s biggest employers- with 400 staff- the Weasenham Lane based firm is going forward sa
WISBECH based Del Monte is to expand and take on more staff following a massive 43 per cent year on year increase in its cut-fruit production.
Already one of the town's biggest employers- with 400 staff- the Weasenham Lane based firm "is going forward" says managing director Peter Miller.
The news for Wisbech in stark comparison to the company's West Lynn factory which has announced it is halting production on February 29 after a period of consultation with employees.
Bosses say the move has been made due to market pressures and that it is more able to remain competitive if it outsources fruit-juice packing to more efficient competitors.
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The firm says the carton-drinks market has become extremely competitive and that own-brand supermarket fruit juices had made it impossible to compete at the Lynn factory, which was old and would require a lot of investment.
Mr Miller, managing director of Del Monte in the UK, said the firm was not cutting back, just doing things in a different way.
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"The market place in which we operate is extremely competitive and the business has not got the critical mass to make us competitive and enable us to hold our own against some of the other major manufacturers, primarily supermarket own-brand products," he said.
"We are not cutting back - we are doing it in a different way, outsourcing our packing. "You will still see the juice on the shelves and our factory at Wisbech is going forward.
"It produces fresh cut fruit for a market which has grown 43pc year on year, and the rest of the business is going forward.


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Shurtape is returning to TV with its largest campaign yet for Duck Tape and FrogTape.
Again targeting the mainstream consumer DIYer, during autumn both Duck Tape and Frog Tape will have slots throughout morning TV shows, giving the brands mass reach at a key time of day.
Says Shurtape UK head of marketing Alan Murray: "This demonstrates our commitment to our trade customers, who will benefit from a heavy TV push around the key autumn period.
"We are targeting a wide range of consumer demographics with these two brands and mainstream TV remains a key channel for us.
"We'll be amplifying the campaign with home interest media advertorials, in-store activity and social media programmes, which will help the end users understand the reasons for purchase at a key time of year for DIY."


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Many internet businesses never meet their customers and so the bonds of trust that oil the wheels of commerce must be built up in other ways.
Neteller, an online payments company, faces this problem, with customers scattered around the globe that its officers cannot meet to verify their identities.
The company receives around $3.4m per day on behalf of its 2.5m business and consumer customers. It also recruits more than 3,000 new customers every day. Ensuring that the transactions and the new customers are genuine is vital and this is where technology helps.
When identifying a new client, Neteller draws data from up to 16,000 sources. It then runs a set of rules over the data to give a probability as to that client’s identity. The rules are also used on the thousands of daily transactions.
But the set of rules that Neteller was using to interrogate data had been written into various parts of the firm’s software by technical staff, which made it difficult to create a paper-trail. “For us as a regulated business, it was difficult to export and document the rules,” says Andy Scott, Neteller’s chief security officer.
It also had to be possible for the rules to be changed by business experts who understand the ever-shifting risks from criminals.
Neteller considered the options for months before deciding on business rules software from Corticon. “It best met our needs for allowing non-technical business users to manage our business rules in a technical environment,” says Mr Scott.
The software also enables the rules themselves and the reasons for each decision to be documented. This paperwork can then be supplied to auditors and regulators.
Corticon’s technology also allows more sophisticated and accurate decisions to be taken about customers. For example, in the US there is a high instance of identity theft, whereas in eastern Europe credit card fraud is prevalent, and the software allows such factors to be weighed. The new rules can also look at the frequency and size of transactions for each customer, for example, and detect unusual patterns that may indicate fraud.
Neteller is now able to manage its business risks better. “We are a risk-based organisation,” says Mr Scott. “We our achieve our profit on the back of good risk decisions.”
And Neteller can serve its customers better. One way it has done this is by reducing the high number of genuine customers wrongly barred by the rules.
Now armed with new software that enables the company to make more complex and sophisticated decisions, Neteller is looking to expand: “We can do business where we’ve not been able to do it before,” says Mr Scott.
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Market report - Wednesday close
A slide in telecoms and technology shares sent the FTSE-100 Index tumbling during the morning's session on the stock market. The blue chip index later recovered thanks to some strong gains by leading utility and retail shares, but the tech and telcos were still floundering at the end of the day.
Telecoms colossus Vodafone AirTouch showed its power as Britain's biggest stock market putting heavy downward pressure on the index FTSE-100 Index. Down 10 1/4 p to 367 3/4 p, Vodafone only shed 3%, but its heavy weighting exerted a major drag on the Footsie.
Other telecom fallers were Colt Telecom down 112p to £30.93 and newcomer Kingston Communications, down 106p to £10.18. And Kingston's fellow arrival to the Footsie Celltech also tumbled reversing an early gain.
The biotech group's takeovers of Chiroscience and Medeva last year were a shot in the arm, but profit takers quickly turned early gains into sharp falls and the group closed down 122p to £10.93
And two other technology arrivals in the top 100 also fell with Baltimore down 705p to £83.18 and Freeserve, down 20 1/2 p to 459 1/2 p. The tech falls sent the Footsie into a spin falling as much as 66 points in the morning.
But strong gains by BG and retail group Kingfisher helped the trend reverse in the afternoon to see the index close down 8.3 points at 6609.6. Former British Gas group BG soared 10% on news of plans to list its Transco pipelines business as a separate stock market-quoted company. Some investors will view the operation as a lucrative future telecoms play following BG's tentative talks with regulators about running phone lines along the network. This should bode well for the share offer and bring appetising revenues for shareholders in BG, many of whom are the original 'Sids' from the British Gas flotation. BG powered up 31 3/4 p to 337p.
Shares in retail giant Kingfisher soared as it unveiled bold plans for the Internet and record profits. The Woolworths-to-B&Q group also jumped 10%, putting on 48 1/4 p to 534p, as analysts warmed to chief executive Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy's plans to create five separate online businesses. Each will eventually be capable of a flotation. Kingfisher's continental LibertySurf venture offshoot was floated last week valuing the retailer's stake at £1 billion-plus. Investors hoped for more of the same.
Lastminute.com had another miserable session, losing 11% and plumbing new depths below its 380p flotation offer price last week. The group was down 32 1/2 p at 287p as sentiment grew ever-worse about its long term prospects.
Bargain hunters scooped up British Airways stocks, taking the group up 19 1/2 p to 346 1/4 p. Another popular stock was Marks & Spencer, up 16 3/4 p to 265p after unveiling its new brand image and making a major investment property sale.
The biggest risers in the FTSE-100 were BG up 31 1/4 p to 337p, Kingfisher up 48 1/4 p to 534p, Railtrack up 62p to 690p and Great Universal Stores up 38 1/4 p to 428p.
The big fallers were Celltech Group down 122p to £10.93, Kingston Communications down 106p to £10.18, Baltimore down 705p to £83.18 and Psion down 296p to £45.91.
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Elon Musk thinks Satoshi Nakamoto is Nick Szabo, a computer scientist who has been involved in cryptography for years.
“You can watch the ideas evolve prior to the bitcoin launch and see who wrote about those ideas,” Elon Musk told artificial intelligence researcher Lex Fridman in a podcast posted Tuesday, when asked what he thought about the real identity of Nakamoto.
The Tesla billionaire said that while he “obviously” doesn’t know exactly who created bitcoin, Szabo’s theories seem central to creating the world’s leading cryptocurrency.
“It seems that Nick Szabo is probably, more than anyone, responsible for the evolution of these ideas,” he said. “He claims not to be Nakamoto, but I’m not sure that’s neither here nor there. But he seems to be more responsible for the ideas behind bitcoin than anyone else.”
Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin
Bitcoin was first proposed in October 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonym for what people believed could be one person, or perhaps several. In 2014, a team of linguistic researchers studied Nakamoto’s bitcoin whitepaper alongside the writings of Szabo and 10 other potential creators. They found the results to be indisputable.
“The amount of linguistic similarities between Szabo’s writing and the bitcoin whitepaper is staggering,” the researchers said, adding that “none of the other possible authors was anywhere near that good.”
A 2015 New York Times report also attributes the invention of bitcoin to Szabo. He has spoken publicly about the history of bitcoin and blockchain technology, but has repeatedly denied claims that he is the anonymous inventor behind the digital asset. Another reason it is linked to bitcoin is its creation of the cryptocurrency “bit gold” in 1998.
Elon Musk indicated that he does not believe there is much meaning behind the identity of the creator of bitcoin. “What’s a name anyway? It’s a name, attached to an idea. What does it really mean?” Backing up his thought, he quoted William Shakespeare to say, “A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.”
What is the fortune of Satoshi Nakamoto
From Bitcoin.com they made a series of calculations in April of this year to estimate the fortune of Satoshi Nakamoto. The calculation is based on the current market value and the Forbes list of the richest people on the planet.
Of course, this last list does not include Satoshi Nakamoto because it is not clear who he is or being able to confirm his fortune.However, if we take into account the previous variables, he would be among the top positions.
The calculation Estimating around 1,000,000 bitcoins in Satoshi Nakamoto’s wallet and taking into account the around $ 47,000 that Bitcoin is worth at the moment, Satoshi Nakamoto would be ranking among the 30 largest fortunes in the world.


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The growth trajectory of the metaverse sector suggests that it could become mainstream in the years ahead.
A new report by crypto investment firm Grayscale has revealed that the growing metaverse sector could be worth $1 trillion in a few years.
The bullish report tagged “The Metaverse Web 3.0 Virtual Cloud Economies” was written by Head of Research at Grayscale, David Grider, and research analyst, Matt Maximo. Its core consideration was the interplay of gaming trends and lifestyle with the infrastructural potential of blockchains for digital worlds.
From private Web 2.0 metaverses, open Web 3.0 metaverse networks have taken over the space. According to the report, these metaverse platforms were creating a unique online experience. Consequently, many more new users were jumping on board.
Also, the influx of new users has caused the price of native tokens of the metaverse platforms to spike. At the time of writing, for example, the price of Decentraland (MANA) and The Sandbox (SAND) were $5.31 and $7.51 respectively.
Likewise, the report also found out that the number of global all-time active metaverse wallets had increased 10x. From just about 5000 at the beginning of 2021, the user base grew to 50,000 by June 2021.
Metaverse Sector to Become Mainstream Soon
The metaverse sector is still on the fringes of adoption. However, its growth trajectory suggests that it could become mainstream in the years ahead. With the report suggesting that fundraising for blockchain gaming in just Q3 was $1 billion – the highest in the crypto sector – many venture capitalists seem to be seeing the potential too.
Beyond this, the researchers identified major forces that could continue to drive the sector’s growth. From increased leisure time to increased funds on digital hobbies, and a shift from traditional games to free-to-play games and play-to-earn games, the sector’s growth seems inevitable.
Already, revenue from virtual gaming was at $180 billion in 2020. With in-game spending now at $40 billion, projections suggest the sector can earn over $400 billion in revenue by 2025. Most of these are expected to come from in-game spending.
“Crypto virtual worlds have created a multi-million dollar primary and secondary market for creators and asset owners,” the report reads. Indeed, by opening up the platforms to free-market capitalism, and removing entry limits, metaverse platforms have created a major market for all.


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Program Launched in 2021; Two Students Almost Finished
Because of many disruptions of consumer products – or the parts needed to produce goods – the term “supply chain” is more and more part of everyday conversation. Given the ongoing challenges, it’s apparent that skilled professionals are needed in a variety of industries to manage supply chain issues.
A dose of help is on the way, thanks to Schoolcraft College.
Schoolcraft College launched its Supply Chain Management (SCM) program in January 2021, and two students are about to be the first to complete the program. Another is making his mark in supply chain right now while still attending class.
The two students with the finish line in sight illustrate how Supply Chain Management can be a good fit no matter your level of expertise or familiarity with the subject.
One student, John Garcia, is on the front lines of Supply Chain Management – he’s a helicopter pilot who delivers materials both locally and nationally. He’s even delivered microchips to automotive plants.
“When I was exploring degree options last winter, I was made aware of the SCM program, which was beginning when I would start school, and was immediately sold,” Garcia said. “I felt this was a good choice because it aligned with my career and am very interested in the transportation industry and movement of goods.”
The other student, Zachary Miles, graduated from high school in 2020. He got his start at Schoolcraft in high school as a Dual Enrollment student, then became a full-time student in the Spring 2020 term.
“I started attending Schoolcraft College in January 2020 as a Dual Enrollment student,” Miles said. “I have mostly taken business and general education courses, but also Psychology, Political Science, and German.
“After discovering the Supply Chain Management program in Winter 2021, my main priority is to finish with a Skills Certificate and transfer to Eastern Michigan to get a bachelor’s degree and possibly an MBA.”
To help students achieve their goals, the Supply Chain Management credentials are “stackable.” That means the Skills Certificate flows to the Certificate, which flows to the Associate in Applied Science Degree. Courses also can transfer to a four-year school to pursue a bachelor’s degree. (See your Academic Advisor for details.)
“Both of these students have mentioned to me several times how proud they are to be the first students to complete this program,” said Steve Donovan, Instructor and Supply Chain Management Program Consultant. “It gives me great satisfaction to see how proud they are to complete a program we just launched a year ago.”
Miles appreciates the real-world perspective that Donovan, who began as a Consultant on the Supply Chain Management program in 2018 after a distinguished career in the automotive industry, brings to the classroom.
“He has done an outstanding job of explaining the course material and connecting it to real life,” Miles said. “I felt like trying to take every opportunity and really trying to connect each thing I learn in real life is the best and most helpful way of mastering the course content, and he’s done that with simulations, guest speakers and field trips.”
Another student, Shain Scherer, was able to make a connection and is working in the industry. Now he’s “earning while he’s learning” as he pursues the Associate Degree.
“During the Spring 2021 term, I brought in a guest speaker from Expeditors, a third-party logistics company in Romulus,” Donovan said. “I connected Shain with a representative I had been working with. He got an interview and has been working for them since September.”
Scherer started in SCM in May of 2021 and had been serving tables and bartending before his new opportunity.
“I’ve been working as an Air Export agent,” he said. “I figured if I was going to be in school for this, it would be wise to get a jump start on my career as soon as possible.
“I learned about the program while looking through the course catalog at Schoolcraft. I have a few friends who work in the industry and they seem happy with their jobs. Also around that time with the pandemic still going, supply chain has become an everyday issue. The more I learned about it, the more interested I became.”
That interest has been stoked further in class.
“Themost helpful thing I’ve learned in my classes would be the current event examinations we’ve done in the Supply Chain classes,” he said. “I work in air exports so now things like supply chain disruption really affect my day to day. Whether it was an airport being shut down in Ukraine or weather issues, all of these things affect my current job, so it’s interesting to take a look at it.
“The Supply Chain Management program and its focus on actually applying the work to a job and getting a job have been incredibly helpful the last few months, and I’m excited to keep getting after it.”
Learn more about Schoolcraft College’s Supply Chain Management program.
Registration for Fall 2022 is now open.


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According to the National Development and Reform Commission, between now(May’20) and the end of the year 2020, China will spend almost $1.5 billion to install 200,000 EV chargers throughout the country, 20,000 of which will be public chargers. It’s all part of a plan to revive China’s economy after the coronavirus shutdown with more infrastructure investment in EV charging, intercity transit systems, ultra high voltage electrical grids, and 5G technology.
Ouyang Minggao, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, says, “Building more charging piles will increase convenience for charging cars and greatly alleviate customers’ range anxiety. It will also help better popularize new energy vehicles.”
A state-owned electric utility, State Grid Corp of China, will play a key role in the EV charging expansion. It says it will invest $383 million to install up to 78,000 chargers in 24 provinces and municipalities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangsu province as well as Qinghai province in northwestern China. 18,000 will be for public use while 53,000 chargers will be located in residential areas.
“The move is expected to boost the revenue from sales of new energy vehicles by over 20 billion yuan and foster the production of power products and components, as well as upstream and downstream industries of NEVs,” said Wang Yanfang, a State Grid spokesperson.


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The town's 125th Birthday will be celebrated by three days packed full of entertainment, displays, a Flea & Craft Show, street dances, All-School Reunion, Golf Tournament, Antique Tractor Show, Quilt Shows, Beer Garden, Car Show, Parades, free watermelon, Midway, Bingo, and countless other fun and games for the entire family throughout all three days.
Also included are live music and a Magic Show in the Main Tent, a Cake Walk, nightly Bingo, and arm wrestling.
In addition, the "125 Store" featuring all kinds of souvenirs and historic items will be open to the public from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 28; 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, June 29, and Saturday, June 30; and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 1.
Among the many items offered in the 125 Store are Centennial belt buckles and plates, picture postcard sets, history books, and cook books.
The 125 Store is currently open from 10 a.m. to noon each Saturday, and by appointment by calling Carol Fizer at 445-2306, Patty Nelson at 445-2025, or Andrea Urban at 445-2295.
There are also raffle tickets for sale now for a queen-size quilt, utility vehicle, and LG 42-inch TV.
On Friday, June 29, Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for 10 a.m. by the downtown flag pole, Little Miss Quimby Crowning will be 4:30 p.m. in the main tent, the Kids Parade will be at 6 p.m., and the popular local rock/country band "Riata" will play from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Saturday's full venue will include the Golf Tournament beginning at 7:30 a.m., Opening Ceremonies again at 10 a.m., Car Show at 1-5 p.m., Parade at 2 p.m., All-School Reunion at 5 p.m. free watermelon at 8 p.m., and the Firemen's Dance featuring "Wicked Fun" at 9 p.m.
Sunday's slate includes Church Stand Breakfast Brunch at 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Community Church Service at 11 a.m.; and Closing Ceremonies at 1 p.m. The 125 Store opens at 8 a.m.
Before, during, and after, there will be various and tasty food, beverage, and snack vendors
All-inclusive Quimby 125 brochures will be available soon at many area locations to help you schedule your weekend July 29-July 1 amidst the sacred grounds of the legendary Quimby Peacocks and Willow Thunderbirds.


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The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it found 14 additional Chinese companies supplied contaminated raw material to make heparin, a widely used blood thinner.
The companies supplied the materials in 2008, when the FDA found a link between contaminated heparin marketed by Baxter International Inc. to some Chinese suppliers of the active ingredient used in heparin. The contamination was linked to 80 deaths in U.S. patients and hundreds of allergic reactions. The same contamination was found in heparin sold by other pharmaceutical companies in other countries.
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Tekla cracks down on piracy
Construction software company is implementing a zero-tolerance policy against piracy
Construction software vendor Tekla Middle East has reported that by cracking down on piracy of its products, the company recouped 10 % of its annual sales in 2011.
The company has said that it has been pursuing companies caught using pirate versions of its software, mainly its Tekla Structures building information modelling application, and encouraging companies to legalise their software.
Tekla Corporation is also currently taking legal action globally against those using pirated versions of its software, and working with organisations such as the Business Software Alliance (BSA), and the IT Compliance Association (ITCA), to detect enfringement.
The company has said it is taking a global ‘zero tolerance' stance on piracy, which saw it team up with ITCA in India to launch legal proceedings against VM Informatics for wide-scale software licensing fraud, following a raid in New Delhi.
According to Tekla, a common misconception among businesses is that purchasing a software product is the same as gaining a licence for multiple installations.
"While we are delighted to have helped bring VM Informatics to justice, the problem of software piracy remains widespread and serious. Our message to those knowingly using or selling illegal software is simple: - we will be relentless in bringing the full force of the law to bear upon any transgressors," said Chris Luijten, CEO of the IT Compliance Association.
A robust legal team also is actively working with the BSA in the region, to tackle piracy by both companies and individuals in the Middle East. Tekla says that typically it is SME companies that are pirating its software, and that the company is working with several law firms to enforce its IPR.
"The region's construction industry has come to realise the advanced benefits of using Tekla, especially given our proven track record in helping to deliver global icons such as the Burj Khalifa. Organisations using pirated software are starving the industry of the crucial support needed to complete projects, not to mention exposing everyone associated with a fraudulent company to legal proceedings," commented Reza Mashayekhi, Technical Manager, Tekla Middle East.


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NEWARK, Del. — Boat sales in Delaware are down, but usage and service is steady and even up, according to an article in The News Journal of Wilmington.
In the article, local dealers talk about how they’ve managed to stay in business during the sales downturn. Ted Link of Link’s Marine in Newark has quit selling new boats, but has been able to stay in business with service work.
Long Neck, Del.-based Short’s Marine has seen a trend toward the purchase of smaller boats and pontoon boats, according to owner Don Short. Other dealers noted stable sales in fishing boats and equipment.
To read the full report, go to: Boat sales are down, but participation in recreational boating keeps industry thriving in Del


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Ted Lasso He definitely won Apple TV + subscribers. With the second season debuting last Friday (23), the sports series made the streaming service a new audience record.
Although no figures were provided, Apple TV + announced the launch of Ted Lasso Delivering “the biggest live opening day and biggest opening weekend”, the series reached the top of the ratings among all titles in the catalog. Among other highlights, the company revealed that the platform increased the volume of new subscribers by 50% in the weekly comparison.
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Flow reveals that the return Ted Lasso Make other original titles get more attention from viewers, such as New Comics ShmigadonAnd physical NS Legendary Quest. Additionally, last weekend’s ratings (July 24 and 25) were six times the ratings for last year’s debut show on August 14.
Like other broadcasts, Apple TV + has a weekly release format of Ted Lasso. Unlike the first season, this wave will contain a total of 12 episodes, with Conclusion It will be shown in October.
Although this first model was heavily criticized in the second season of boys On Amazon Prime Video, other platforms adopt a weekly schedule for their original productions. This is the case for Disney+, which releases new episodes on Wednesdays and Reboot From iCarly In the United States, its episodes are broadcast weekly on Paramount+. HBO Max has also entered this circle with an extension Reboot From gossip Girl And with the new original series white lotus.
The launch of weekly episodes maintains the noise From the series in the sky, as we can see with the original Marvel titles on Disney+, such as WandaVision NS loki. With Ted Lasso Scheduled for 12 episodes, fans will be able to talk weekly about new events through October.
Ted Lasso Stars Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Wadingham, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Phil Dunster, Nick Muhammad and Sarah Niles. Season 1 is available at + Apple TV It received 20 nominations for the 2021 Emmy Award.
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US model Kylie Jenner doesn’t hesitate to show off her big boobs
Famous model Kylie Jenner, who was awarded the title of “The World’s Youngest Billionaire” for two consecutive years, shared her chest decollete poses from her social media account. The sharing of the American model soon became popular.
The famous 23-year-old US model Kylie Jenner, who managed to make a name for herself with her luxurious life as well as her posts on her social media account, managed to attract attention with her latest post.
US model Kylie Jenner got the likes of many followers with the photos she shared on her Instagram account. Especially with her big breasts and big hips, the young model’s beauty captures the minds of male followers.
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Kylie Jenner, who has 195 million followers on her Instagram account, presented her cleavage poses in the garden of her home to her followers. Nearly 12 million likes and hundreds of thousands of comments came to my share with the note “Call for you” by the famous model displaying her jewelery and breasts.
SELLING HALF OF THE COSMETICS COMPANY, BECAME AMONG THE RICHEST
Kylie Jenner had become one of the richest by selling half her cosmetics company. The 23-year-old magazine star, who earned $ 590 million, is followed by his brother-in-law Kanye West with $ 170 million. In third place is Swiss tennis player Roger Federer with $ 106.3 million.
Kylie Jenner Still with her boyfriend Travis Scott?
US model Kylie Jenner boyfriend Jenner and 24-year-old rapper Travis Scott were first spotted holding hands at Coachella, where Scott performed.Jenner stated that she is very happy especially with Travis Scott and that her babies bring happiness to their nest.
Fast forward to Tuesday, April 25 in Houston, Texas and it seems Jenner is taking this blossoming relationship on the road, appearing courtside with Scott at a Rockets versus Thunder game with her new man.
Kylie Jenner Net Worth 2020
Kylie Jenner is an American model, reality television star, and cosmetics entrepreneur. Kylie earns around $ 40-100 million from her various efforts in a given year. The vast majority of her net worth comes from a cosmetics company called Kylie Cosmetics. In November 2019, Kylie sold 51% of her company to Coty Inc. for $ 600 million. The entire company is worth $ 1.2 billion. As of May 2020, this value has dropped significantly. Kylie certainly made $ 340 million after sales taxes, but the value of her remaining 45% stake in the brand dropped significantly.


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Sunamp Ltd. of Scotland has signed a memo of understanding with a Chinese manufacturer to develop a heat pump water heater for the residential market.
The new technology will combine heat pumps made by Jiangsu Gomon Renewable Energy Development Co. and Sunamp's UniQ heat batteries, which use a salt-based phase change material to store excess energy generated by solar PV systems. The stored energy is released on demand to provide heat and hot water.
The two companies signed the agreement last week at the ISH trade fair in Frankfurt. The agreement sets the terms for manufacturing and marketing the product in China and worldwide. Sunamp says product testing is already underway.
“Sunamp aims to displace as many water tanks as possible with UniQ heat batteries," said Maurizio Zaglio, Sunamp's international business development manager. "The fact that one of the largest manufacturers of water tanks in the world has decided to develop a new product with us is an important milestone for Sunamp."
In a presentation at ISH, Zaglio put it more plainly: "We are not here to complement hot water tanks - we are here to replace them!"
The deal is Sunamp's second with a major Chinese manufacturer in the past four months. In November, the company signed an agreement with Trina Solar to develop an integrated solution combining Sunamp heat batteries now made in Scotland with heat pumps manufactured at Trina's new factory in Changzhou, China.


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Kingdom Under Fire II steps forward at gamescom 2015 with a brand new gameplay trailer.
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