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In a stunning turn of events, the Texas Senate unanimously approved the expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program to include more qualifying conditions and make the process easier for patients.
Will decriminalization and medical marijuana come to the Lone Star state, or will Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick block its passage?
If Texas manages to pass the law, it would become the 25th state to decriminalize cannabis.
Although it could be some years before we start seeing major retail chains selling marijuana in the U.S., this concept will likely become part of the central vein of big business.
Of the estimated 150,000 people the medicine could help, only 574 patients have been issued prescriptions.
Cannabis legalization is one of the few remaining bipartisan issues in this country. So why is FOX News ignoring their audience's more nuanced opinions?
The city of Arlington, Texas plans on becoming one of the first cities that tests out self-driving cars, encouraging everyone to take a trip aboard their brightly colored smart vehicles.
If you want to know why Texan cannabis advocates are confident you have to look across the aisle at state Republicans.
We are learning that Sessions is the great saboteur when it comes to making progress with pot in the lower chamber of Congress.


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360° video is one of the new and fancy pieces of technology that everyone seems to want and no one knows why. But that does not mean that 360° videos and still images cannot be used in a marketing campaign successfully. Why Should I Buy One? According to Cella Lao Rousseau on AndroidCentral.com, the biggest reasons… Continue reading 360 Degree Video-What About It?
YouTube has become more than just a site to find videos on. It has become THE website to search for videos on. 300 hours of video are uploaded every minute, and almost 5 billion videos are watched every day. That comes out to 3.25 billion hours of video viewed each month. YouTube also reports that… Continue reading Marketing on YouTube

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Storage analytics firm Trendfocus reports that OEMs have been instructed by Microsoft to phase out HDDs as the primary device for installing Windows 11 in pre-built PCs and use SSDs instead, with the current transition timeline set for 2023. of the year.
Interestingly, these moves by Microsoft are coming without any of the hard drive requirements listed for Windows 11 PCs, and OEMs are pushing back the deadline. Microsoft stated that “it has nothing to share on this topic at the moment.”
The list of hardware requirements for Windows 11 says “64 GB storage device or more” , so a solid state drive is not the minimum requirement for a standard installation. However, Microsoft says that two features, DirectStorage and the Windows Subsystem for Android , require an SSD, but you don’t have to use those features. It’s not clear if Microsoft plans to change the minimum specifications for Windows 11 PCs after the 2023 transition to SSDs for ready systems.
The move to get OEMs to use SSDs instead of HDDs as boot devices makes a lot of sense from a performance standpoint – SSDs are many times faster to operating systems than HDDs, resulting in a faster user experience. Many laptops and desktops already come with an SSD as a boot drive, and some use an additional hard drive to store large files like images and videos. However, some low-end models, especially in emerging markets, still use the hard drive as a boot device.
As always, the issue of moving all systems to SSDs comes down to cost: Trendfocus VP John Chen says that replacing a 1TB hard drive requires moving to a low-cost 256GB SSD, which OEMs don’t consider sufficient capacity for most users. Conversely, switching to a 512GB SSD will break the budget for low-end machines with a strict price cap.
The original date, based on our discussions with OEMs, was supposed to be this year, but it has been pushed back to sometime next year (the second half, I believe, but the exact date is not clear), Chen said in an interview with tomshardware. OEMs are trying to negotiate some level of crowding out (moving to emerging markets in 2024 or moving to desktops in 2024), but things are still changing.
Most PCs in mature markets have already switched to SSDs as boot drives, but there are exceptions. Chen notes that perhaps Microsoft could make some exceptions, but the firm predicts that dual-drive desktops and gaming laptops with an SSD as a boot drive and a hard drive for storage will be the only mainstream PCs with hard drives.
As you can see from the table above, even though SSD prices have been declining rapidly for the first few years, you will still be paying much less per gigabyte of hard drive storage than you would with SSDs.
Keep in mind that storage prices can fluctuate wildly and OEMs are no doubt paying less, but the high-end 1TB SK hynix Platinum P41 NVMe that tops the best SSD list sells for around $0.14 per gigabyte. . Moving on to the cheapest SATA SSDs, you can find the low-cost 1TB Crucial BX500 at $0.08 per gigabyte. By comparison, a 1TB Seagate Barracuda hard drive costs just $0.05 per GB.
It’s unclear what action Microsoft will take against OEMs if they don’t comply with its wishes, and the company has decided not to comment on the matter. Trendfocus says the transition will impact demand for hard drives next year.
It looks like solid state drives will soon completely replace hard drives in consumer PCs. Let’s hope the historic downward price trend for SSDs continues as their biggest cost competitor, HDDs, moves entirely into mass storage devices.


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The Rochester Public Market, part of the City of Rochester’s Department of Recreation and Youth Services, has served the local community since 1905.
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 52 weeks a year, local vendors share fresh produce, prepared dishes, handcrafted items and their own stories, too.
Kirby’s Cider Mill continues tradition
The Kirby family has a strong history with the Rochester Public Market, attending for at least 60 years, according to owner Robert Kirby.
The Albion, N.Y. mill began in 1878 when Kirby’s Irish great grandfather purchased land after he developed miner’s lung from working in a coal mine. Kirby and his brothers share four farms totaling between 2,000 and 3,000 acres surrounding the Rochester area.
The Kirby family grows every vegetable and fruit you can in New York according to Kirby, including apples, cabbage, sour cherries and onions.
“The way we survive is being diversified,” Kirby said.
Juan and Maria’s Empanada Stop offers unique street food
Juan and Maria’s Empanada Stop is another business with deep roots at the Rochester Public Market, approaching 13 years of food service.
The business began when Maria Contrera gave empanadas to her husband Juan to eat at work. Juan’s coworkers soon began asking for them, too, according to manager and main cook Bart Robello.
“It smelled different, it looked different, they didn’t know what it was,” he said.
In 2000, the Contreras rented a small building within the Rochester Public Market grounds and established Juan and Maria’s Empanada Stop. In 2003, the Contreras expanded and bought its current location, two doors down from the original building.
Ten empanada varieties populate the menu, with beef and onions and breakfast as the top two favorites among customers. Other dishes include rice and beans, sandwiches and homemade Spanish fruit juices.
“There’s nothing in Rochester quite like what we do,” Robello said. “This is … different and unusual and I like that we can present such a wide variety of flavors and ingredients.”
Go Veggies, Inc. dedicates itself to nutritious options
In his 15th year at the Rochester Public Market, Go Veggies Inc. owner Genga Ponnampalam continues to share his gluten-free and vegan food.
“We’re 100 percent vegetarian because in this world right now [there are] a lot of problems going on in health,” Ponnampalam said. “The meat is the biggest problem.”
Ponnampalam creates burgers, salads, curries and smoothies from local ingredients. His food is also available at Go Veggies Café in Buffalo.
Ponnampalam said he hopes to reach more college students. He said many students already purchase his products due to what he said was poor mass-produced food served on college campuses.
In Ponnampalam’s products, he said you can see each ingredient.
“Seeing is believing,” he said.
Small World Food combines tradition with fresh ingredients
Rochester Institute of Technology graduate Luke Stodola said he and his and friends wanted to put their food out there and established Small World Food in 2007.
Located in downtown Rochester, the business is owned and operated by the workers, keeping the efforts and revenue local.
Small World Food participates in other local markets, according to Stodola, but the Rochester Public Market has benefits for worker-owners.
“There’s a lot of different kind of people that come here,” Stodola said. “It’s great to see the same people every single week … just to have that community connection.”
Small World Food is a bakery, fermentery and ice creamery. With local organic ingredients and traditional techniques, Small World Food creates bread, kimchi, ice cream sandwiches and more.
The market is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturdays from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Market is open additional days and hours during the holidays and for special events.


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As the digital video ecosystem has exploded over the past five years, it's given rise to a new kind of celebrity: Those who are able to amass large swaths of fans without having to be on a traditional media platform.
Now that the industry, along with advertisers, has accepted the importance of digitally-born stars, Time Inc. saw the perfect opportunity to extend its coverage of the traditional celebrity space into YouTube, Vine and Instagram. Announced during its NewFronts presentation, Time Inc. formally took the wraps off Instant, its new mobile-first video-only brand, during last week's VidCon. Instant launched with Degree Deodorant as the exclusive sponsor for the first six months; all the advertising will be either sponsored or branded content.
Instant, which is built exclusively for mobile consumption, though it can be viewed on desktops—caters to a growing fanbase that sees YouTubers like Lilly Singh in the same vein as a Jennifer Lawrence. But it's also for those older generations who may not be up to speed on the fast-growing ecosystem.
"The goal with Instant is for my grandmother to be able to go onto the site and enjoy herself and get caught up," said Instant editorial director Kirstin Benson. "These digital artists ebb and flow; some of them back out of the industry and there's new ones every day."
Instant will be run by Time's two celebrity and pop culture brands People and Entertainment Weekly and will also work with YouNow and Musical.ly.
Launching a new media brand in today's oversaturated world is akin to asking viewers to find a needle in a very large haystack. But Benson, who has experience launching new digital platforms after heading up WhoSay, says that using the clout of People and EW gives Instant a massive leg up. "The space is so crowded," she said. "Those two outlets help give us the street cred that we would need."
One way Instant will look to gain relevancy is to become the place that will unearth the next big digital star, which has become a key goal across the entire industry.
Two of Instant's series, You Should Follow and The Instant Mix, are dedicated to finding untapped talent. "We are literally crawling the internet," said Benson, who adds they're focusing on international talent as well. "Gen Z is really invested in feeling less isolated from the rest of the world." Benson's goal is have those people then credit Instant for giving them the exposure.
Instant wants to make itself sort of a morning newspaper for the digital ecosystem; its videos are no more than 60 seconds in length (though longer videos could show up on YouTube and Facebook). "It's meant to be digested as you're walking from the parking lot to the school," said Benson. "You might want to know what's just going on in the general world of digital stars and you don't necessarily have time to go through every single person's channel."
People and EW are also launching their own over-the-top streaming channel later this year, and Benson is already looking at ways Instant can be a part of that, perhaps even an Instant-branded series. "It seems like a natural fit," she said.


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Rare Earth Minerals: China’s Tool to Win Trade Wars
The trade war between the U.S. and China has been taking place for almost a year and both economies have been battered as a result. Throughout 2018, China’s economic growth was recorded at 6.6%. In the first quarter of 2019, China was only able to record an economic growth rate of 6.4%. These are the lowest numbers in decades.
Concerning the U.S., although in the fourth quarter of last year, its economy grew at an anemic 2.6%, which is much slower than the previous quarter at 3.4%, in the first quarter of 2019, the U.S. managed to reverse the situation and the economy actually grew at a stronger rate than expected, at 3.2%.
In the wake of the import duty tariff war, the confrontation developed into a national security issue. The Trump administration accused the Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei of carrying out espionage for the Chinese government by way of the technology and software it sells to the U.S.
The U.S. is also seeking support from its allies in confronting Huawei. This attempt has proved successful, seeing as a number of European countries have finally reviewed their projects with Huawei. As a result, China is preparing to launch a counterattack using rare earth minerals as a potential weapon.
A recent report indicates that China would retaliate against the U.S. by limiting the exports of rare earth minerals, which would be detrimental to the U.S. This commodity is important for the U.S. as raw materials are used for the production of technological devices and military equipment.
Rare earth elements are a group of 17 chemical elements used in various consumer products, ranging from iPhones, and electric vehicles to flat-screen televisions. The use of rare earth minerals as a tool by China to retaliate against Washington is a genuine possibility. With China controlling 95% of the world’s rare earth supplies, this will likely be a powerful weapon in the trade war.
The U.S. is very dependent on China when it comes to rare earth minerals. Because of this, rare earth minerals have not been subject to an increase in import duties by the Trump administration.
The Chinese state media’s suggestions to lower rare earth exports to the U.S. in retaliation for U.S. actions to increase import duties have triggered fears among American manufacturers.
Despite dominating supply, China is not the only country with large reserves of rare earth minerals. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that last year there were 120 million tons of metal reserves worldwide including 44 million in China as well as 22 million in Brazil and Vietnam. These latter countries, however, do not exploit these reserves for economic purposes in an attempt to avoid environmental damage, as mining metals produce large amounts of toxic waste. In 2003, the Mountain Pass Mine (which is the only rare earth mine in the U.S.) stopped production following an environmental disaster several years earlier.
To fill the gap, China has applied lower costs and loose regulatory assistance. Owing to this, the country has grown rapidly to become the world’s leading rare earth exporter.
Beijing has so far only issued a faint warning that suggests that it will use rare earth minerals as its weapon. If Beijing decides to do so, its impact on U.S. factories could be disastrous.
At the same time, however, to use rare earth minerals as a weapon against the U.S., China needs to be careful. This is because China has been reported to the World Trade Organisation by a number of countries for limiting rare earth metal exports.
At that time, the U.S., the European Union, and Japan accused China of limiting exports to give domestic technology companies an edge over foreign competition. In 2014, the WTO ruled that China had violated the rules of global trade by limiting rare earth metal exports.
Will rare earth minerals be the next weapon of choice for China against the U.S. in this trade war? Beijing is fully aware that it has a degree of leverage over the United States.


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India has witnessed a flurry of budget smartphone launches in the last three months. Companies including Samsung, Xiaomi and Realme seem to be more attentive towards this category in India
BBK owned smartphone brand Oppo has launched A5 smartphone with 64 GB storage at an asking price of Rs 12,990 in India. It is to be noted here that Samsung had recently added A20 smartphone in India at almost similar prices.
First launched in a 32 GB variant, Oppo has slashed the prices of this smartphone almost twice in last six months. The phone that debuted for an asking price of Rs 14,990 in now retailing for a price of Rs 11,990 on the online sales channel.
Increasing competition in the budget smartphone category
India has witnessed a flurry of budget smartphone launches in the last three months. The likes of Samsung M10, Samsung M20, Redmi Note 7, Redmi Note 7 Pro and Realme 3 are competing in the budget smartphone category to help make their companies grab the number spot.
This flurry of smartphone launches started after a report by IDC said that Xiaomi had lead the Indian smartphone market for six consecutive quarters. Smartphone companies, since then have been trying to woo consumers with devices with latest specification and prices set in the affordable category.
Though Xiaomi was successfully able to capture the biggest smartphone market share in India, Samsung, was also able to maintain its tag of number one smartphone brand of the world. One of IDC’s reports read, “Samsung once again remained the leader in the worldwide smartphone market despite a 13.4% decline in shipments from last year. The flagship S9/S9+ and Galaxy J series helped drive the shipments during the quarter. However, the company continued to take hits from growing competition, particularly Chinese players.”
Oppo, as per the same IDC report, continued to face a slowdown in key markets like India and most of Southeast Asia as it eased back on its aggressive marketing and sales activities in the region. Overall, the company witnessed decline of 1.9 per cent over last year. Its low-end models remained popular throughout the quarter.
Oppo A5 features
Oppo A5 smartphone comes equipped with a 6.2-inch HD+ display that offers screen resolution of 1520 x 720 pixels in 19:9 aspect ratio. The phone comes powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 octa-core processor mated with Adreno 506 GPU and 3GB RAM.
It sports a dual rear cameras setup which features a combination of 13-megapixel, f/2.2 aperture sensor with a 2-megapixel, f/2.4 aperture. Oppo has equipped the smartphone with an 8-megapixel, f/2.2 aperture camera sensor. It is powered by a 4230 mAh battery that the company claims offers up to 14 hours video playback and 11 hours gaming time. Oppo A5 runs Android 8.1 with company’s ColorOS 5.1 out of the box.


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While some data suggests the economy is improving, there is a great deal of evidence that suggests otherwise, according to Forbes.
Consumer prices went up 0.4 percent in the month of February, according to Forbes. Gains from year to year on gas and food prices are up 12 percent and 5 percent, respectively. Over the last 12 months, money supply growth has gone up 10 percent and banks are rapidly buying U.S. treasuries.
The U.S. trade deficit reached $52.6 billion in January, according to the article. That's the highest it's been since October 2008 and is evidence that the nation has fallen back to its bad habits of not producing or saving enough, yet consuming too much. The national debt has surpassed 100 percent of its GDP, after 13 consecutive quarters of paying down debt; households have started re-leveraging their balance sheets. The U.S. economy clearly still has huge problems with debt, as total non-financial debt is at a record high of 250 percent of GDP.
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Triller Aims to Drastically Boost Indian Audience With New JioSaavn Deal
Triller and leading Indian music streaming service JioSaavn have struck a new partnership that will put the viral music platform in front of JioSaavn’s users.
Triller and leading Indian music streaming service JioSaavn have struck a new partnership designed to drive growth and subscribers for both services in the country.
Under the agreement, which was announced Monday, JioSaavn will provide its users with regularly updated exclusive Triller video content from top artists and songs while including artist callouts and branding for Triller in modules and artist pages on the platform. Additionally, JioSaavn users will be invited to record their own Triller videos for a chance to have them appear on the streaming service.
Once the integration is complete — a process expected to take several months — JioSaavn will begin featuring single Triller videos for the top 100 artists and tracks on the platform. Over time, the integration will expand to include modules of Triller videos for as many top streamed artists as possible, updating weekly.
The new partnership comes on the heels of India’s ban of Triller competitor TikTok in late June over national security concerns. Following the ban, Triller surged to No. 1 on Apple’s App Store in the country. Within days of its release there, popular Indian artists including Badshah, Diljit Dosanjh, Armaan Malik and Bhuvan Bam made their way onto the app.
“We couldn’t be more pleased to have partnered with not only the biggest company in India but one of the biggest and most important companies in the world,” said Bobby Sarnevesht, executive chairman of Triller and co-owner of Triller’s parent company Proxima Media. “Becoming the backbone music video streamer of JioSaavn as well as such a prominent position within its app, is an unparalleled honor. We will make sure to provide its 300M users with unparalleled and best of class service.”
Added JioSaavn co-founder and CEO Rishi Malhotra, “We have built a user-centric and data driven platform with a focus on consumer experience and groundbreaking original content. As we grow, we are committed to advancing our world class product; always at the intersection of music and entertainment. Connecting creators to millions of fans is at the core of everything we do. Our cross-platform collaboration with TRILLER enables artists to create and express our culture in the most innovate ways. We are confident that this partnership will exponentially grow both companies.”
Late last year, JioSaavn reported 104 million monthly active users. This year alone, the streamer has received investments from Facebook and Google totaling over $10 billion.
Triller claims 70 million monthly active users and 250 million downloads worldwide. It has licensing partnerships with the three major labels and has received investment from artists including Snoop Dogg, The Weeknd and Marshmello.
UPDATE: On August 26 at 5:23 p.m. ET this story was updated to include accurate monthly active user numbers for both JioSaavn and Triller. JioSaavn has monthly active users of 104 million, not 300 million. Triller’s monthly active user numbers are 70 million, not 65 million. It has also been updated to include more specific details on the partnership between the two companies.


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First UK system builders release 1.1GHz Athlon prices
Get 'em while they're hot
AMD's monster 1.1GHz chip will be available from 28 August and the first British system builders have released their pricing.
Evesham.com plans to launch six versions of its Origin 1100 1.1GHz PC models. They will range from £1249 ex VAT - with 128MB SDRAM, 15GB hard drive and 17in monitor, to £1999 ex VAT - 256Mb, 40GB, 19in monitor and CD-RW drive.
London-based Mesh Computers also said it would have a model on offer from the start of next month. The Matrix 1.1GHz GT Pro will cost £1999 ex VAT. It will come with 256MB SDRAM, 60GB hard drive, CD-RW, 19in monitor and 16x speed DVD ROM.
Both companies said take-up of 1GHz Athlon systems had been better than expected, despite a slow start to sales. Each had flogged around 200 machines since AMD launched the chip in March.
Time Computers will also launch a 1.1GHz machine, but said today it was too early to give details of spec or price.
The target market for these systems will be high-speed gamers, graphic designers or multimedia users, or simply customers with more money than sense. ®


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SHANGHAI -- TikTok operator ByteDance has pledged to abide by new Chinese regulations on technology exports, even as the restrictions threaten to delay the sale of the video-sharing app in the U.S.
ByteDance is negotiating to sell TikTok's operations covering the U.S., Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The suitors include Oracle and a joint effort by Microsoft and Walmart. The Chinese parent faces a deadline from Washington to divest TikTok's American operations.
ByteDance could announce its pick as early as Tuesday, CNBC reports, though any deal could face major delays in light of the new Chinese regulations.
China on Friday added several artificial intelligence technologies, including "personalized content recommendations based on data analysis," to its export control list, implying they also could be used for military purposes and that their sale overseas will be restricted. TikTok uses such technologies to recommend new videos to its users.
The change is intended to delay the sale of TikTok, and is not an outright ban, Bloomberg reported a source as saying. But the necessary screening by Chinese authorities could take time, and the deal might be delayed until after the U.S. presidential election Nov. 3.
President Donald Trump has accused TikTok of funneling personal data from its users to the Chinese government, and ordered ByteDance to sell the app's U.S. operations by Nov. 12 or be shut down in the country.
China's recent move could be an attempt to protect its technology companies from growing pushback, like that suffered by telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies. The change also could exacerbate diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Washington.


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2016 is poised to be a big year for virtual reality, with the Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, and HTC Vive all scheduled to launch in the coming months. Now, a new report from the Game Developers Conference has indicated that Rift is the most popular among the three with developers who responded to the survey.
19 percent of respondents in the “State of the Industry” survey said they are currently working on a game for Oculus Rift. The next closest was Samsung’s Gear VR, which 7 percent of those surveyed said they were working on. Google Cardboard, PlayStation VR, and HoloLens all came in below that (see graphs below).
When looking at what VR/AR platforms their next game would come to, Rift was still the king, chosen by 20 percent of surveyed developers. It was followed by “Undecided” at 12 percent, while 9 percent of people said their next VR/AR game would come to PlayStation VR. HTC Vive was chosen by 8 percent.
Just because a developer is making a game for a certain platform doesn’t necessarily mean that’s the system they’re most interested in. Another question asked which VR/AR platforms interest them the most currently. Oculus Rift (40 percent) came out on top yet again, followed by PlayStation VR and HTC Vive with 26 percent each. HoloLens ranked highly as well, at 25 percent.
The State of the Industry survey also showed that 75 percent of respondents said they felt the VR/AR market represents a long-term sustainable business. However, predictions about sales rates compared to traditional gaming consoles were more contested.
Asked when they believe VR/AR devices would exceed the sales numbers of game consoles in 2015, 27 percent of respondents said they think that will never happen.
“Just 1 percent of those surveyed said they expected it to happen by 2018, the earliest time period available for selection,” GDC said. “44 percent of respondents expected it to happen by 2026, and a total of 54 percent believed it would happen by 2030.”
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The widely criticized live-service title will no longer be available on digital storefronts after today on consoles and PC.
Marvel’s Avengers, the ill-fated live-service action-adventure title from Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal, is getting delisted today. Players can pick it up on digital storefronts before it’s gone, with the Definitive Edition currently discounted by 90 percent on Steam.
Released in September 2020 for PS4, Xbox One and PC before coming to Xbox Series X/S and PS5 in March 2021, Marvel’s Avengers faced scrutiny for its combat, numerous bugs, poor design choices, monetization and much more. It would receive free updates, including new heroes like Hawkeye and Black Panther, but failed to make an impact.
Such was its poor performance that it and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy reportedly resulted in $200 million in losses for Square Enix in two years. The latter would sell Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal to the Embracer Group, with the end of support announced shortly after.


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Electrolux Professional has restructured its sales and marketing functions as part of a wider plan to bring its foodservice and laundry businesses closer together.
Electrolux said it has implemented the changes with the view of enabling more “streamlined operations” and an improved service to customers, particularly for those which span different divisions of Electrolux Professional.
Darren Lockley, who was previously national sales manager for the company’s laundry division, will now head up the existing laundry and foodservice sales teams as country manager for Electrolux Professional.
Julie Fell, meanwhile, has been appointed marketing manager for the UK & Ireland, taking responsibility for marketing activities for the foodservice division alongside her previous role for the laundry business.
The personnel changes follow the recent news that Electrolux is closing its foodservice office in Birmingham and moving staff to Luton, where the business will be under the same roof as its laundry operations.
Further appointments will be made within the marketing departments to ensure the continued level of activity across both divisions, according to the company.
Doug Walker, head of region for Electrolux Professional in UK & Ireland, said: “These changes will further help to strengthen the two divisions and improve the customer experience for our existing laundry and foodservice partners. I am certain that there will be positive impact for both divisions in the UK and Ireland region.”


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T-shirt shop owner shot multiple times in northwest Houston
HOUSTON – A T-shirt shop owner was shot several times Wednesday in northwest Houston.
Police were called around 10 p.m. to a shopping center on Antoine at Sheraton Oaks. According to police, the owner of the T-shirt shop was shot multiple times after an altercation broke out in front of the store.
Another person drove the victim to a hospital. He was listed in serious condition, police said.
Investigators said they found about 13 shell casings in the parking lot.
The shooter got away before police arrived.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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Walmart Shifts its Focus From Store to Distribution Growth
BENTONVILLE, AR - Could the secret to taking on the Amazon retail beast be in a massive expansion of distribution power? It seems like this is the strategy Walmart, one of the powerhouse e-commerce provider’s biggest rivals, is employing to win the retail war.
In an announcement made this morning to USA Today, Walmart revealed it would be scaling back the number of stores it plans to open in the U.S. over the next three years to 230 openings in 2016, 130 in 2017, and just 55 in 2018. Instead, the company’s Vice President of E-Commerce Supply Chain, Justen Traweek, told Reuters it will double the number of its online sales warehouses, reaching 10 before 2016 is through. Prior estimates pinned the number at just 8 by the end of 2017.
These warehouses may be the best way for the retail giant to grow its e-commerce revenue, suggests source The Consumerist. With large distribution centers come large product stocks, reduced shipping times, and cut shipping prices—all recipes to providing more value to consumers at lower prices.
“We have doubled our capacity in the last 12 months and that allows us to ship to a majority of the U.S. population in one day,” Traweek adds in his interview with Reuters.
This shift in strategy comes just after Walmart announced an over $3 billion acquisition of e-commerce company Jet.com. According to a report by USA Today which cites Moody’s Investor Service, Walmart gets about $14 to $16 billion of its sales through online business. While this maybe isn’t a substantial chunk of Walmart’s overal sales as of yet, CEO Doug McMillon told the news source that he expects that to start to change in the near future.
“We are encouraged by the progress we’re seeing across our business and we’re moving with speed to position the company to win the future of retail,” McMillon said. “Our customers want us to run great stores, provide a great e-commerce experience, and find ways to save them money and time seamlessly—so that’s what we’re doing.”
With these investment scheduled to be complete before the year is through, we may see results as soon as next year. Watch for more coverage from AndNowUKnow as the retail power grab continues.


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CAIT signs a MoU with Tally Solutions to train and educate non corporate sector on GST compliance and adoption
In its bid to train & educate the trading community on GST compliance and its seamless adoption, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), in association with Tally Solutions Pvt Ltd (TSPL), a premier Indian software product company, will launch a nationwide campaign to help traders across the country, understand the impact of GST on their business. This collaboration is with the aim to raise awareness of the procedural compliance under the new taxation system and how traders can embrace technology for easy compliance of GST. GST is a technology led taxation system with an inbuilt e-compliance fundamental in its design. However, majority of the country’s trading community are yet to adopt computerisation for maintaining books and filing tax. In this light, the joint initiative of CAIT & Tally Solutions to spread GST awareness, with proper adoption of technology is a significant step in the successful adoption of GST in India in trading community and non corporate sector of the Country.
At a press conference in New Delhi, CAIT National President Mr. B.C.Bhartia & Secretary General Mr. Praveen Khandelwal, while announcing CAIT's partnership with Tally Solutions said that the GST taxation system is entirely different from current taxation system. It will lead to the merger of Excise, Service Tax, VAT and other taxes under GST, coupled with its e-compliance in totality, it is all the more necessary to equip the traders and other verticals of non-corporate sector with adequate knowledge about the procedures and compliance formalities under GST. They further said that future mode of business will largely be conducted through electronic payments and with introduction of GST, the tax will be deposited through either credit card/debit card, NEFT or RTGS only. There will be no cash or cheque and tax returns, claiming of input credit, communication between traders and tax department and other incidental activities, all activities will be conducted digitally. Therefore, it is imperative that the traders and other sectors adopt technology and understand procedures of compliance. At a time when the Government is moving towards e-governance, the businesses cannot remain aloof from technology.
In their joint campaign, CAIT and Tally Solutions, would be reaching out to over thousands of trade associations, Federations & Chambers across the country and will also involve national organisations of different verticals from the non-corporate sector. The idea is to train Master Trainers countrywide who in turn will train traders in their respective states. CAIT and Tally Solutions plan to conduct their first GST Conferences across tier 1 and tier 2 cities in India, gradually spanning to cover even the smallest hubs. The partnership will aim to educate and train the trading community of India on implications of the new law on their respective businesses and help members understand the importance of technology adoption in this new era.


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Keep price cap on RON95, petrol dealers urged
But Petrol Dealers Association of Malaysia president Khairul Annuar Abdul Aziz said if the government decides to remove the cap and float the prices of RON95 and diesel, the association would prefer a monthly float rather than a weekly one.
He was commenting on reports that the government may remove the RM2.08 ceiling price for RON95 once it introduces targeted fuel subsidies.
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has said that the Cabinet has yet to make a final decision on the matter.
Khairul said the weekly float system could lead to “tense” situations between oil corporations and dealers, given that normal replenishment of RON95 is on a daily basis, while RON97 is replenished on a weekly basis, depending on sales and price.
“When global oil prices go up, dealers will stock up on their supplies prior to the price hikes. This also puts a strain on logistics companies as the demand will be high.
“When the oil prices go down, the petrol companies will want to push their supplies before the price reduction,” he told FMT.
Khairul said if prices are adjusted on a monthly basis, there would be enough time for oil corporations and petrol dealers to recover from the impact of the previous price change.
On the implementation of the targeted subsidies, he said the association hopes the mechanism will see cash aid given directly to the recipients as this would make their operations easier and reduce administrative costs.
He said mechanisms that involve many layers, such as where individuals who qualify for the subsidy pay a subsidised amount at petrol stations following which dealers claim the subsidised amount from the government, would be costly.
However, economist Firdaos Rosli from the Institute of Strategic and International Studies said the government should remove the cap on RON95 as this would allow inflation to happen naturally.
“Right now, there is no real push for an increase in wages, and with the petrol prices capped, the prices of goods are artificially kept lower,” he told FMT.
“The government should just allow for inflation because the real prices of goods will be reflected and it will underline that our salaries are no longer enough and push employers to increase salaries,” he said, adding that employers tend to look at inflation numbers in determining costs, including salaries. - FMT reports
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USA: GMA: Added sugar labeling would mislead consumers, falsely imply health concerns
Additional food labeling requirements proposed by an activist group would mislead consumers into believing there is a difference between naturally occurring sugars and sugar added to food products, according to the Grocery Manufacturers of America.In comments filed with the Food and Drug Administration, GMA urged the agency to deny a petition by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) calling for the phrase "added sugars" to be listed on product labels."Added sugars and naturally-occurring sugars are indistinguishable to the body. Special labeling requirements for added sugars would lead consumers to falsely believe that added sugars are different from and worse than naturally occurring sugars in foods and beverages," said Lisa Katic, R.D., GMA Director, Scientific and Nutrition Policy. She rejected CSPI's assertion that added sugars are detrimental to one's health."Decades of scientific research have shown that there is no underlying link between sugars or added sugars and disease," she said. "Therefore, there is no public health need for added sugars labeling."Nutrition labeling should provide information that is material and useful to consumers when making food choices. Added sugars labeling would be inconsistent with that objective."Katic noted that added sugars labeling would impose an unnecessary record- keeping burden on food manufacturers and potentially increase the cost of food products."In the absence of any public health rationale, this added regulatory and enforcement burden is unnecessary."GMA's comments are available at
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After rolling out a redesign to the Play Store that ditched the hamburger menu, Google is testing out yet another major revamp. The Play Store is currently testing a redesigned “My Apps” section that adds an overview page with more information.
A Reddit user spotted this new Play Store design, which alters the “My Apps” page we’ve known for years, replacing it with an “Overview” page. This new page shows Google Play Protect front and center followed by an “All apps up to date” section, which, presumably, shows a list of apps that have not been updated. Clicking through to that section shows a “Pending downloads” list and a “Check for updates” button.
Further down the page, there’s a storage section and “Send” and “Receive” buttons that integrate with Nearby Share. Finally, there’s a “Ratings and reviews” section.
We spotted this interface ourselves a few months ago, but this Reddit post is the first evidence that Google is actually rolling this interface out to users. As we pointed out at the time, the “Manage” tap shows the typical library of installed apps that we’re used to seeing in the Play Store. There’s also a toggle to show apps installed on the device and apps not installed on the device, the latter showing your history of app downloads.
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- Google cracking down on misleading Android app names, graphics in the Play Store
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Morrisons, the UK’s fourth largest retailer, has chosen the S1 Retail Payments solution for all card payment processing originating in its stores and fuel filling stations, which are located at more than 380 sites. The S1 solution will acquire, process, and consolidate card payment transactions originating from over 12,000 points-of-sale (POS). The selection of S1 is part of Morrisons’ major IT investment programme, which involves upgrading its systems to a modern, open architecture.
When considering options for the new payments solution, Morrisons looked for a system that could process millions of transactions a month reliably and securely, as well as integrate seamlessly with other best-of-breed components and comply with the necessary EMV and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) mandates. After an extensive evaluation process, Morrisons chose the S1 Retail Payments solution because it demonstrated that it could meet all these demands.
S1’s multi-channel payments architecture will enable Morrisons to migrate existing disparate payments channels – for in-store tills, self check-out, cafés and dry cleaning, as well as fuel filling stations and unattended fuel payments – into a single, consolidated environment. The solution is currently being rolled out nationally, with the first store already live in Guisborough, Yorkshire.
“When selecting new suppliers for our IT transformation programme, we looked for financially healthy and stable market leaders with a track record of comparable and established installations globally,” said Gary Barr, IT director, Morrisons. “We thoroughly evaluated S1 alongside other organisations, and found that they not only offered proven software solutions, but also met all our requirements for a long-term relationship.”
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Microsoft has developed a new security chip Pluton that should take over the functions of a TPM. While Lenovo plans to add the chip to some of its laptops, Pluton would remain disabled by default. Users can manually activate the chip. The security chip is integrated into AMD’s Ryzen Mobile 6000 series. As part of CES, Lenovo announced a few weeks ago that the processors can be found in future laptops. It should be the Thinkpad models Z13, Z16, T14, T16, P16s and X13. According to The register Microsoft Pluton is supported by the built-in processors, but is not activated in the devices from the factory.
Anyone who wants to use Microsoft Pluton has of course the option to activate the security chip via the BIOS. With Pluton, the Redmond-based Windows computers want to be better protected against attacks and thus improve the security of the systems. Compared to a conventional Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Pluton has the advantage that the functions are integrated directly into the CPU. Critics fear that Microsoft only offers many features in combination with Windows 11 and thus blocks other operating systems.
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Lenovo is probably not the only manufacturer to leave the decision to use the security chip to the customer. According to AMD, Microsoft’s Pluton is an optional feature, so manufacturers can choose whether to enable the chip by default. It can be assumed that other OEMs will also follow Lenovo’s approach and have Pluton deactivated in the first instance.
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Spending by foreign visitors to Japan rose sharply in 2014. According to the 2015 white paper on tourism, spending by visitors to Japan last year such as on shopping and accommodation expenses is up 43.1 percent from 2013 to ¥2.03 trillion due to rising incomes in many other Asian countries, the high quality of Japanese products, the yen’s weakness against other major currencies and improvements to Japan’s duty-free system.
Spending by Chinese visitors accounted for 27.5 percent of the total consumption by foreign visitors as more Chinese tourists visited Japan for shopping purposes.
At the fifth meeting of the Ministerial Council on the Promotion of Japan as a Tourism-Oriented Country Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that the government will issue 20,000 tax free licenses to shops across the country by 2020, effectively doubling an earlier promise in October 2014 to cabinet to authorise 10,000 throughout the country.
“Additionally, we will promote the creation of tax-free shops in shopping areas and elsewhere, expanding the current number of over 6,000 tax-free shops in the regions to around 20,000 shops by 2020.
“Furthermore, we will enhance the revenue-generating ability of tourism, doubling the 2 trillion yen ($15.8bn) spent by foreign tourists last year, such that in the year when 20 million tourists visit Japan, they will spend 4 trillion yen ($31.6bn).”


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Shares in corporations catering to on a regular basis Chinese language wants have fared higher than these serving high-end consumption.
Slumping inventory markets, the U.S.-China commerce battle, a weaker foreign money and slowing progress have raised issues concerning the well being of Chinese language client spending. Earlier this month, Apple made a uncommon lower to its quarterly gross sales forecast, blaming lower-than-anticipated iPhone gross sales in China. On Monday, nationwide commerce information confirmed an surprising contraction in imports, including to issues about slackening demand on this planet’s second-largest financial system.
Hong Kong-listed Chow Tai Fook Jewelry Group, the second-largest jeweler by market worth after Tiffany & Co., stated Monday that same-store gross sales in mainland China dropped 7% within the three months by means of December from a yr earlier. The inventory has fallen 4% in three months as of Wednesday. Shares in smaller rivals Luk Fook Holdings and Chow Sang Sang, which rely closely on mainland Chinese language vacationers, have retreated 4.4% and 25%, respectively, in the identical interval.
Different corporations whose shares have dropped prior to now three months embrace Hong Kong-listed style model Prada and cosmetics vendor Sa Sa Worldwide, in addition to Shanghai-traded Kweichow Moutai, a liquor maker that has been well-liked with overseas buyers.
But over the identical interval within the Hong Kong market, sportswear makers Li Ning and Xtep have jumped 44% and 10%, respectively. Rice-cracker maker Need Need China, milk producer Mengniu Dairy and beer maker Tsingtao Brewery have gained 6% to 12% every. Inventory in down-jacket maker Bosideng Worldwide, a neighborhood rival to premium parka specialist Canada Goose, has risen 26%.
Traders say Chinese language customers are persevering with to spend, simply in a extra discerning method and with much less emphasis on luxurious and big-ticket objects. Alibaba’s Singles Day gross sales report in November exhibits Chinese language patrons are nonetheless eager on bargains, stated Stefan Hofer, chief funding strategist at LGT Financial institution Asia.
“Chinese language customers stay in very nice form,” and this is a crucial indicator to the financial institution that the financial system will keep away from a significant slowdown, stated Mr. Hofer. He stated he expects progress to remain above 6% this yr and subsequent, aided by tax cuts and simpler financial coverage.
J.P. Morgan Securities’ China fairness strategists, led by Haibin Zhu, say there is no such thing as a broad-based slowdown in consumption. Automobile gross sales have fallen, partly attributable to decreased subsidies, however in any other case retail-sales progress remained regular at 11.3% within the first 11 months of 2018.
Another economists have a much less constructive interpretation. Jacqueline Rong, senior China economist at BNP Paribas, stated progress and client sentiment had been hit final yr by a slowing property market and the collapse of many peer-to-peer lenders. Nonetheless, she stated Chinese language households would save 2 trillion yuan ($296 billion) in 2019 from measures equivalent to cuts to taxes, tariffs, and pension contributions, serving to bolster demand.
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Transvision selects Irdeto security for DTH Android TV offering
Jun 27, 2018 – Indonesia's Transvision has selected Irdeto to securely deliver DTH content via its Android TV platform. Irdeto Armor for Android TV helps Transvision formulate and execute the right strategy to protect its ecosystem while ensuring the best customer experience.
News categories: Irdeto, Transvision, Jay Ganesan, Hengkie Liwanto, Android TV, ConnecTechAsia, Content Protection, Digital TV, Indonesia, Satellite, Set Top Box
Indonesia's Transvision selects ADB TV client software
May 24, 2016 – ADB has announced that its pay-TV middleware and user experience software, GraphyneTV, has been selected by Transvision, one of the leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) service providers in Indonesia.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Transvision, Peter Balchin, Hengkie Liwanto, Digital TV, Indonesia, Middleware, Mobile, Satellite, Set Top Box, UX
Irdeto and SMiT launch CAM for Transvision in Indonesia
Jul 21, 2015 – Irdeto has announced, with Samsung and SMiT, the launch of the first broadcast Direct-2-TV (D2TV) system for the Indonesian market that does not require a set-top box. Irdeto’s security is integrated with SMiT’s USB CAM and a range of Samsung TVs that do not require IP connectivity.
News categories: Irdeto, Transvision, SMiT, Samsung, Bengt Jonsson, Hengkie Liwanto, CAM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Indonesia, Satellite, Smart TV
First Media Launches First PVR in Indonesia
Jul 3, 2012 – PT LinkNet (First Media) has announced the launch of the First Media Digital Media Recorder, the first Personal Video Recorder (PVR) in Indonesia.
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Allegations of kickbacks have rocked the advertising world.
Top advertisers say in a new report the biggest agencies are getting undisclosed payoffs from media companies — something those agencies refute.
Media buyers connected to ad agencies get rebates when they buy large blocks of ad space, which may or may not be disclosed to their clients, says the Association of National Advertisers in the report. “There was evidence of non-transparent practices across a wide range of media, including digital, print, out-of-home, and television,” according to the ANA. (Radio was not included.)
The K2 Intelligence study doesn’t name ad agencies or their clients or reveal specific amounts. In general, the report says the rebates range from 1.67% to 20% of aggregate media spending.
The 4A’s reacted quickly, stating: “A healthy and constructive debate about media buying can only happen with a bipartisan, engaged, industry-wide approach – and that is precisely the opposite of what the ANA has pursued. The immense shortcomings of the K2 report released today — anonymous, inconclusive, and one-sided — undercut the integrity of its findings.
The 4As called on the ANA to make available to specific agencies on a confidential basis all of the materials related to them. It referred to a joint task force that the 4As and the ANA took part in to establish clear standards for transparency in media buying. “The entire industry is harmed and at risk of further damage as a result of the path the ANA has chosen.”
The report found evidence of rebates in the form of free media inventory credits and dual rate cards in which agencies and holding companies negotiated separate rates with media suppliers when acting as principals and as agents. There was evidence of markups on media sold ranging from about 30% to 90%, with media buyers sometimes “pressured or incentivized by their agency holding companies to direct client spend to this media, regardless of whether such purchases were in the clients’ best interests.”
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According to a news report released by Starbucks, starting today, Oct. 12, U.S. based customers who are enrolled in both Delta SkyMiles and Starbucks Rewards loyalty programs can now buy coffee and get Delta Reward miles at the same time.
Once the accounts are linked, members will earn one mile per $1 spent on eligible purchases at Starbucks. You an easily link the accounts by visiting deltastarbucks.com.
This new benefit is open to currently enrolled members as well as new members of both Starbucks and Delta loyalty programs. If you are not a member of either one yet, you can join Starbucks Rewards at starbucks.com/rewards and Delta SkyMiles at delta.com/join-skymiles.
In addition to earning one mile per $1 spent on qualifying purchases at Starbucks, on days when you have a scheduled flight with Delta (to destinations like Costa Rica for example), you will earn double stars on purchases made at participating Starbucks stores.
Note that the fine print on what purchases count for points are defined as food, beverages or merchandise at participating Starbucks stores.
More information about this can be found using the Starbuck’s store locator. Alcoholic beverages and the purchase of Starbucks gift cards do not earn bonus miles or Stars as part of the partnership.
Lastly, in addition to the reciprocal earning perks, Delta SkyMiles also announced the addition of Starbucks Stars as an exciting new Choice Benefit for its most loyal—and coffee-fanatic—members.
Along with the newest slate of Choice Benefits, Diamond and Platinum SkyMiles Members will be able to select 4,000 Stars as one of their annual Choice Benefits in 2024.


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|December 3, 2012 09:00 PM EST||
BEIJING, Dec. 03, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- China's tourism industry has now entered a new era featuring industrial development and popularisation. Furthermore, tourist brands are becoming increasingly important in China. The quality and quantity of star-level hotels are linked directly to the development of China's tourism, its cities and commercial real estate. Moreover, the high demands from business travellers for business trips, enterprise meetings, out-house training and incentive travel are all factors driving the development of the hotel industry in China.
The second edition of Hotel Plus – the Mockup Hotel Room Show (www.hdeexpo.com) will be launched in Hall W3 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from April 1st to 3rd 2013, and will be co-organised by the China Tourist Hotels Association and Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo International Exhibition Co., Ltd. The total exhibition area will be over 1000 sqm and serve as the annual assembly of the leading domestic and international hotel management groups, commercial property developers, hotel engineering & equipment suppliers, interior decorative material manufacturers, and hotel designers and architects. The Hotel Plus show is devoted to demonstrating the most cutting-edge decorative art and material technologies in hotel space design by setting up six demonstration suites in hotel guest rooms on-site.
In the preshow preparation meeting for Hotel Plus, Mr. Xu Jingsheng, the general secretary of the China Tourist Hotel Association, reported on a successful experience and positive feedback from the participants of the last event. He also announced that the Greenland International Hotels Group, Wanda Hotels & Resorts, BTG-Jianguo Hotels & Resort Group, the New Century Hotels & Resort Group, and the Intercontinental Hotels Group will be involved with Hotel Plus 2013, as well as the Well Tech Studio from Italy. Mr. Zhao Xiaochuan, the general secretary of the Alliance of China Hotel Owners, and the senior delegates from the abovementioned five hotel groups attended this preparation meeting. They expressed strong confidence in their capacity to hold a successful display of the fabulous and conceptual hotel prototypes next year.
In addition, a host of other events will be held alongside the Hotel Plus Show such as HDD Expo (Hotelex + Design & Deco) which is composed of the Asia's No. hospitality event - Hotelex Shanghai (www.hotelex.cn), the Shanghai Hospitality Design & Engineering Expo (www.hdeexpo.com), the Expo Build China (www.expobuild.com), and the Shanghai International Interior Design Festival (www.design-festival.net), which will integrate design, fashion, green technology, future concepts and will provide visitors with an unparalleled opportunity for insight and communication at the forefront of global hotel design.
About UBM Sinoexpo (www.ubmsinoexpo.com)
UBM Sinoexpo is the arm of UBM Asia that is responsible for the group's mainland China business. Our products and services cover eight industries: furniture, pharmaceuticals, hotel, building, boat, cleaning, food ingredients and lighting, and includes 34 business exhibitions, two publications and three B2B websites. The total exhibiting area exceeds 480,000 sqm. Among them, Furniture China, CPHI, Hotelex Shanghai and the China International Boat Show have grown to be Asia's leading trade events in their respective areas, attracting mass attendance from exhibitors, buyers and trade visitors worldwide.
About Shanghai Hospitality Design & Engineering Expo (www.hdeexpo.com)
The Shanghai Hospitality Design & Engineering Expo (abbreviated as HDE) is a dynamic hotel refurbishment and design event in China associated with Asia's No.1 hospitality event – Hotelex Shanghai, which will be held from 1st to 3rd April 2013 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) with the participation of more than 2,800 exhibitors, and 100,000 professional buyers. HDE is devoted to providing total design and engineering solutions on construction and reconstruction projects for commercial properties.
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Ms. Naomi Lee (Marketing Dept.)
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +86 21 6437 1178 ext. 212
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