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Gambling News - December 2006 Edition
Las Vegas Sands to Open Online Gaming Site in the UK
Not to be deterred by the U.S. Congress’ passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement (UIGE) Act, the Las Vegas Sands has entered into an agreement with Cantor Gaming to create an online casino and poker site in the United Kingdom. The agreement will allow the Las Vegas Sands to tap into the lucrative online gambling market in Europe. While the UK and European markets are not as large as the online gambling market in the U.S. the UIGE Act effectively outlaws online gambling in America, making the U.S. market inaccessible. The UK Las Vegas Sands online casino and poker site plans to bar U.S. customers.
The site is expected to be up and running by the second quarter of 2007 and will feature the most popular casino games including baccarat, blackjack, poker and roulette. The Las Vegas Sands’ company brands Palazzo, Piazza, Sands, and The Venetian will also be featured. So far the company refuses to comment as to whether it plans to open up additional online casinos in other European countries. Bill Weidner, Las Vegas Sands’ chief executive, did comment that the deal between Cantor Gaming and Sands creates an excellent opportunity to generate greater awareness of the Las Vegas Sands global brands. “As the Internet gaming landscape continues to evolve, this effort will put us in a strong position to evaluate and react to other potential opportunities”, he said.
The Las Vegas Sands also owns The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas as well as the Sands Macao.
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CFTC Commissioner Calls for Reduced Cryptocurrency Anonymity
CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero has proposed reducing the anonymity of cryptocurrencies as a means of managing associated risks. Romero spoke at City Week 2023 in London, stating that market integrity, national security, and financial stability cannot be compromised.
Christy Goldsmith Romero, a commissioner of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has called for reduced anonymity for cryptocurrencies. Speaking at the City Week 2023 conference in London on April 25, Romero emphasized the need to manage the risks associated with digital assets. She believes that anonymity is the primary feature that makes cryptocurrencies appealing to illicit finance and that this issue must be addressed by both governments and the industry.
In her keynote speech on Illicit Finance and Other Key Risks of Digital Finance, Romero stated that the risks associated with digital assets must be managed. She stressed that market integrity, national security, and financial stability are crucial and cannot be compromised. Romero's proposal for reducing anonymity in cryptocurrencies could help to address these risks.
Cryptocurrencies are often used by criminals to evade detection and launder money. With the anonymous nature of transactions, it is difficult to trace the movement of funds and identify the parties involved. By reducing anonymity, it would become easier for law enforcement agencies to track down criminals who use cryptocurrencies for illegal activities.
Romero's proposal may also help to address concerns around the regulation of cryptocurrencies. With greater transparency and traceability, governments and regulatory bodies would have greater visibility into cryptocurrency transactions, which could help them to identify potential risks and take appropriate action.
The issue of anonymity in cryptocurrencies has been a topic of debate for several years. Some argue that anonymity is an essential feature of cryptocurrencies and that reducing it would compromise privacy and security. However, others argue that anonymity enables criminal activities and that reducing it would make cryptocurrencies more legitimate in the eyes of the public and regulators.
Despite the debate, there have been several initiatives to reduce anonymity in cryptocurrencies. For example, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has introduced guidelines for virtual asset service providers (VASPs) that require them to implement measures to identify and verify their customers. Similarly, several countries have introduced Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations for cryptocurrency exchanges and other service providers.
In conclusion, Romero's proposal for reduced anonymity in cryptocurrencies could help to address the risks associated with digital assets. However, it remains to be seen whether the industry will adopt such measures and whether they will be effective in managing the risks of cryptocurrencies. The debate around anonymity in cryptocurrencies is likely to continue, as governments and industry stakeholders grapple with the challenges posed by digital assets.

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HTC has end up the first primary telephone maker to announce Android 7.0 Nougat updates for some of its handsets. The company confirmed the HTC 10, One M9 and One A9 will all receive the software upgrade.
At Google I/O in also can, the company introduced that it’d permit customers to put up names for its subsequent model of Android, which turn out to be known as Android N on the time. At the equal time as maximum reviews claimed Google ought to name Android 7.0 Nutella, it seems extra people preferred the candy flavor and sound of nougat, it’s now the first rate name. In case you’re wondering what nougat is, Dictionary.Com defines it as, “a chewy or brittle sweet containing almonds or exceptional nuts and every so often fruit.”
rapidly after Google I/O, HTC changed into the first cellphone maker to announce it might launch Android N for the HTC 10, One M9 and One A9.
If you very personal a current Android cellular phone, you are probable thinking if or whilst your handset producer will release an replace to Android 7.Zero Nougat, specifically considering the truth that many businesses have best these days released software program updates for Android 6.0 Marshmallow. In past due June, AT&T simplest had been given round to liberating Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Samsung’s current flagship phablets, the Galaxy be aware five and Galaxy S6 aspect+.
Google has been rumored to be setting strain on smartphone producers and is considering liberating a file revealing how lengthy it takes handset makers to release main versions of Android.
Now that Google has formally announced that Android N has been formally named Android 7.0 Nougat, HTC has all over again become the primary important mobile phone maker to announce which of its smartphones may be getting a loose replace to Nougat.
HTC took to its Twitter internet account to announce its Android 7.0 Nougat update plans.
So sweet. Android Nougat—the next version of Google’s Android—will be coming to the HTC 10, HTC One A9 & HTC One M9. pic.twitter.com/cB5S2zv0PW
— HTC (@htc) June 30, 2016
Android 7.0 Nougat has some cool new abilties with a purpose to deliver Apple and its iOS 10 a run for its coins. Android 7.0 Nougat has a modern split-display display screen multi-window mode that permits clients to run two apps at the equal time aspect-through-aspect with the aid of splitting them in half. The famous battery saving Doze characteristic, brought in Android 6.Zero Marshmallow, has been progressed upon with Doze at the move, this is able to enjoy while the display is off and a client is on foot, and routinely saves strength. There also are new overall performance upgrades and visual tweaks baked in.
HTC hasn’t stated an ETA on at the same time as HTC 10, One M9 and One A9 owners can expect to collect its promised Android 7.0 Nougat replace, but we can permit you to realize as soon as we pay attention any statistics on an expected launch date.


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Specialist in cyber security research, analysis and consulting, Goode Intelligence has issued a new report, examining the biometrics market for the connected car. The company predicts that biometrics market for the connected car will be worth just under $1 billion by 2023.
In the report, ‘Biometrics for the Connected Car; Automotive Biometrics Market Analysis & Forecasts 2018-2023’, the company indicates that the market for this area has significant value especially from 2021 onwards, forecasting that by 2023 the market will be valued at just under one billion dollars at $969 million, with a CAGR of 96% over the six-year period from 2018.
While the adoption of biometrics for automotive is currently low, the report bases its prediction on the fact that significant activity is underway with automotive manufacturers to un-scale their offering.
Goode Intelligence predicts it will take the market around three to five years to start deploying biometrics in greater volumes for in-car and supporting biometrics on smart mobile and wearable devices.
Alan Goode, CEO & chief analyst, Goode Intelligence, says, “This emerging area is set to awake the wider market with many leading car OEMs planning to launch top-of-the-range vehicles supporting biometrics from 2018. This in turn represents significant opportunity for those supplying biometric hardware and software to the auto industry – for many different applications, not just security.
“As cars evolve into smartphones on wheels, the automotive industry is facing stiff competition from new entrants such as Tesla and the possibility that technology giants Apple and Google will again disrupt another market. Identity becomes a key battleground for this market and, as with the mobile industry, biometrics is fast becoming the easiest way for people to prove their identity across a wide-range of end-points including the connected car.”
Alan adds, “The report shows that there are exciting opportunities for personalisation, in-car payments, insurance, health and well-being, vehicle to home automation and integrating smart cars into smart cities. All of this starts by identifying who is in the vehicle, making biometrics a ‘need to have’.
“The ability for a connected car to accurately identify who you are has become a crucial function in the development of next-generation personal transportation systems. Biometrics not only provides a convenient way to identity a person, but also enables automotive OEMs to accurately detect the health and wellbeing of both drivers and passengers alike.”
The report identifies the seven key applications and use cases for biometrics for the connected car:
- Vehicle entry using:
- Key fob
- External cameras
2. Engine start using:
- Starter button
- Button-less using biometric sensors embedded in the steering wheel
- Linked to engine ignition
- Facial or ocular recognition using camera in dashboard or close to rear-view mirror
- Voice through command centre
- Smart Mobile or Wearable Device interoperability
4. In-car payments:
- Car detects the driver during set-up and may re-authenticate using biometric method; Ocular, Face, Voice or ECG
- Supports drive-through restaurants, petrol stations, electricity recharge points and road tolls
- Car detects the driver and can feed this to ‘black-box’ insurance systems or data created and passed on to insurance companies in the event of an accident
- Could also be used by law enforcement in the event of a traffic accident or other incident/felony
6. Health, wellness and well-being (HWW):
- Support for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems [ADAS]
- Continuous monitoring for tiredness, illness and intoxication through face, ocular, ECG and EEG biometrics
7. Car to Home Automation:
- Control of home automation systems and link to the wider IoT world


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Harley-Davidson has partnered with Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum to commission artists with experience in tattoo design, automotive design, street art and mural paintings to paint and decorate several new 2017 Harley-Davidson bikes.
Twenty-two painted Harley-Davidsons, comprising of the Iron 883, Forty-Eight and the Harley Davidson Roadster will be showcased at bars and restaurants and dealerships across America as part of a promotional tour for the companies. At the end of the tour, 22 lucky people will be awarded these bikes, although Harley Davidson has not said anything about the sale of these limited edition decorated motorcycles.
Tattoo artists Jonathan Valena, Oliver Peck, and Magen Woznicki each created designs for multiple bikes. Miami-based street muralist Alexander Mijares and automotive designer Michael ‘BuckWild’ Ramirez along with artist L’Amour Supreme are also on-board with this project. Members of the Harley-Davidson Styling Team have also created designs for three of these motorcycles. According to reports, 9 of these 22 bikes have already been painted.
Michael 'Buckwild' Ramirez
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SkinCeuticals Hong Kong Flagship Store Opening
“Perfection is precision” was the theme for the launch of the city’s first SkinCeuticals store. The high-tech shop, a monument to eternal youth, was decked out with a “6D selfie area,” where guests could examine their faces from six different angles, and a “private VIP room” with an LED facial camera and skin consultants in white lab coats.
Among the style influencers in attendance were Yen Kuok, Esther Sham and Antonia Li, who were captivated by the American beauty brand’s products. “I’m psyched that [SkinCeuticals] opened,” Yen wrote on Instagram. “Time to camp outside like a skincare madwoman.”


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Delhi HC Dismisses Sharechat Suit Against Bytedance, Amazon Suspends Sales of e-book ‘BAPU’, Bala Sends Legal Notice to Vikram over ‘Arjun Reddy’ Remake, Google Restricts Android Licence to Huawei Amid US-China Trade War, Flobots Sues Logan Paul for Copyright Infringement, Copyright Suit between “Pepe the Frog” Creator and InfoWars Goes to Trial, Soul Singer Sues Jay-Z & Timbaland for Copyright Infringement, Bytedance to Launch Music Streaming Service, Netflix and Youku Sign Content Licensing Deal, Sony Signs Content Deal with Gismart and Diversifies into Film and TV Through Playstation, Indian Terrain Signs Dhoni as Brand Ambassador, and more.
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Delhi HC Dismisses Sharechat Suit Against Bytedance
Indic-language social network ShareChat, recently filed a lawsuit against Bytedance, which was dismissed by the Delhi HC. Sharechat filed this lawsuit against the Chinese social media platform for copying ShareChat’s design and infringing copyright, thereby creating unfair competition. Bytedance had changed the name of its platform Helo, to ‘Share, Follow & Chat’ on the Google Play store, which continued only for a brief period, following which Bytedance was compelled to change its design and user interface due to the lawsuit filed by ShareChat.
ShareChat has alleged that since Helo launched in India, it has been touted as a copycat of ShareChat as both the apps used to have identical categories like Ladies’ Corner, Lifestyle, Jokes, WhatsApp Status, Love Bytes, Wishes, Quotes, and others. Helo has gained immense popularity among Indians. The app claims to have 40 million monthly active users while further targeting a 300% growth in 2019.
Another Bytedance owned app Tik-Tok, which is also one of the most valuable start-ups in the world, was recently banned in India for violating community guidelines, but was eventually allowed by the Indian government to continue operations in the country.
Amazon Suspends Sales of e-book ‘BAPU’
Online retailer Amazon recently informed Ahmedabad’s Navajivan Trust of its decision to suspend the sale of the book ‘BAPU’ on kindle e-books, after receiving a copyright infringement notice from Penguin Random House. The sale of the e-books has been suspended since 16th May and will continue until further investigation.
The Trust claims it held the sole rights to the autobiography until 2008 before it came into the public domain, and has sent several mails to Amazon asking Amazon to rectify its error and make the book available. However, Amazon is yet to respond, despite Penguin confirming that the infringement mail was most likely sent to Amazon due to a systems error and also withdrawing the infringement complaint.
Bala Sends Legal Notice to Vikram Over ‘Arjun Reddy’ Remake
Tamil film director Bala is reported to have sent a legal notice to actor Vikram, demanding that the team behind ‘Adithya Varma’, the Tamil remake of the Telugu film ‘Arjun Reddy’, not use any scenes from the version that he has shot. The remake was scrapped earlier because the filmmakers were unhappy with the first copy provided by Bala. They later decided to go ahead with the remake under a different director, and retained Vikram’s son Dhruv Vikram in the lead role. ‘Arjun Reddy’ was a breakout success in 2017, raking in Rs. 65 crore at the box office despite having a small budget of Rs. 5 crores. Its success led to filmmakers swiftly acquiring remake rights for multiple other languages, with the Hindi remake titled ‘Kabir Singh’ scheduled to release next month.
Google Restricts Android Licence to Huawei Amid US-China Trade War
Chinese phonemaker Huawei’s future now seems bleak, after Google revoked Huawei’s long-term Android license, following the extradition of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei, on fraud charges. The Trump-led US government believes that Huawei is acting on behalf of the Chinese government, undermining US national security and posing cyber security and privacy risks for American and UK customers. As an Android partner, Huawei phones are dependent on licenses from Google for the Android operating system and Google’s proprietary suite of apps. Apart from Google apps, all other apps that use Google’s APIs for actions like signing in to accounts, will also be blocked on smartphones by Huawei and sub-brand Honor. Google has also removed Huawei’s phones from Android.com, which may affect the brand’s sales. However, Google has assured existing users of Huawei devices that all Google services will continue running on their devices and has granted Huawei a temporary license till August 2019. Other companies, like Qualcomm, Broadcom and Intel, whose license are essential for Huawei’s phone and network businesses, have also withdrawn their licenses.
The executive order and subsequent withdrawal by US businesses is likely to create uncertainty about the future of Chinese businesses and further escalate US-China trade issues.
Flobots Sues Logan Paul for Copyright Infringement
Rap-rock group Flobots has filed a lawsuit against YouTube star Logan Paul for copyright infringement by his 2017 single “No Handlebars”. Current and former members of Flobots have claimed that Paul’s song “copies prominent, qualitatively and quantitatively, original parts” of their 2008 single “Handlebars”.
Flobots is seeking damages and profits earned by Paul from Flobots’ copyrighted material and any other benefits earned by Paul and Maverick Media from “No Handlebars”. Flobots is also seeking an injunction barring Paul and Maverick Media from further infringing the copyright and the establishment of a “running royalty” for Flobots “on all future exploitations” of the song.
Netflix and Youku Sign Content Licensing Deal
Streaming platform Netflix has signed a content licensing deal with Chinese media giant Alibaba’s to boost its Chinese language content. Netflix bought the distribution rights from Alibaba’s Youku service for the romantic comedy series ‘I Hear You’ with plans to stream it outside China. The series will be available to more than 148 million subscribers in 190 countries and regions worldwide via Netflix. Prior to this, Netflix and Youku had signed a licensing deal in 2017 for Youku’s detective thriller ‘Day and Night’.
Sony Signs Content Deal with Gismart, Diversifies into Film and TV Through Playstation
Sony/ATV music publishing has signed a licensing deal with music app maker Gismart. This deal will provide Gismart access to Sony/ATV’s catalog, which boasts of musicians including Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Queen and The Rolling Stones, among others. Gismart had its first international artist collaboration with The Chainsmokers on its Beat Maker Go app. The company is currently working towards expanding local music catalogs in Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
Sony’s PlayStation division is also venturing to bring its video game properties to film and television with a new enterprise called PlayStation Productions. The new production company will develop and produce projects internally, as opposed to licensing PlayStation properties out to external Hollywood studios. Sony had previously pursued a small number of projects based on PlayStation properties, which did not see much success. Sony Pictures Studios will handle distribution of PlayStation Productions’ film and TV projects.
Indian Terrain Signs Dhoni as Brand Ambassador
Menswear brand Indian Terrain has signed cricketer MS Dhoni as its brand ambassador for a 2-year term. Indian Terrain is pursuing online sales through multi-brand e-tailer platforms and on its own website which was launched recently. The company has stated that the brand is represented by the ‘Spirit of Man’ logo, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni truly exemplifies all the attributes that the brand stands for. Indian Terrain has also associated itself with another Chennai-based company, Bharat Matrimony, which opens up opportunities for more TV and digital commercials with the veteran sportsperson.
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Expert toasts 'a wine which isn't going to knock them flat'
Low-alcohol wines are moving away from the flavourless, thin drops of the past to a new hi-tech era of varieties that hold their body and weight, a leading wine judge says.
Jim Harre, a former air steward and veteran wine expert, is the chairman of judges at the Westpac Stadium-hosted New World Wine Awards, and said he noticed low-alcohol wines really coming of age at last year's awards.
Sophisticated new high-speed spinning and vacuum pressure techniques allow winemakers to produce low-alcohol wines in the 6 per cent to 8 per cent alcohol by volume (ABV) range that retain their flavour, weight and body.
The trend to quality low and reduced alcohol wines was largely consumer-led. "People want to have a glass of wine in the afternoon which isn't going to knock them flat on their face afterwards," Harre said.
The awards are the only ones to feature a low-alcohol category and there have been nearly double the number of entries in this division compared to last year.
However, Harre said it was not yet clear whether the low-alcohol trend would become established in the sauvignon blanc and pinot noir-dominated New Zealand wine industry.
Low-ABV wine also faced stiff competition from natural and organic wines, which were beginning to gain a good chunk of the market, he said.
Wines entered in the awards must sell for $25 or less, and there must be at least 6000 bottles available for sale.
It was an exciting time for pinot noir, Harre said. "Five years ago a good quality pinot noir under $30 was as rare as hen's teeth - now we're seeing really good quality pinot noir coming in under the $25 mark."
Dropping prices while retaining quality was a sign the industry was maturing and becoming more efficient.
This year the awards attracted a record 186 new vintage 2014 wines, compared to 128 last year. Judging ends today and winners will be announced in late September.
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Ford has announced plans to collaborate with ride-hailing platform Lyft to deploy its self-driving vehicles in large numbers by 2021, speeding adoption among consumers by piggy-backing on the existing, popular service.
Ford and Lyft teams will begin working together to design software that will enable Ford vehicles to communicate with Lyft’s smartphone apps, and which will smoothly integrate Ford’s self-driving vehicles into Lyft’s existing fleet of traditional taxis, minicabs and other vehicles.
According to Sherif Marakby, vice president for autonomous vehicles and electrification at Ford, the first step of the plan is connecting Ford’s self-driving test vehicles to Lyft’s network without enabling customers to order them, and a date for when Lyft users can first expect to be able to order a self-driving vehicle has not yet been announced. Ford will also add human-driven vehicles to Lyft’s network.
“We’re not building prototypes for the sake of building prototypes,” said Marakby, adding that Ford ultimately intends to put thousands of self-driving vehicles in use using this method and other platforms.
Ford is also testing self-driving delivery vehicles and a van shuttle service, and has announced plans to invest $1bn over the next five years in Argo AI, the company behind the software which will enable it to connect its self-driving cars with Lyft. The firm is also committing $700m to upgrading a factory in Flat Rock, Michigan to make it capable of building electric and self-driving vehicles.
Ford’s new CEO Jim Hackett is scheduled to meet with investors next week to outline his strategy for boosting the automaker’s profitability over the next few years. Ford shares have dropped 1.65 per cent so far this year, while rivals like General Motors and Fiat Chrysler have seen increases of 15.6 per cent and 71 per cent respectively.


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On any given day, the massive cricket crouches beside the river, sunning its broad back atop its perch on the stone pedestal.
Luckily for any squeamish onlookers, the man-sized bug is just a statue, a loving rendition of a humble insect that plays a special role in the economy of Kampong Thom province in central Cambodia. The chirping insects make up an important harvest here, where they’re often seasonally caught wild or grown as a bumper crop by local farmers. Across Cambodia, these crickets are fried in oil and seasoned with sliced chilis and green onion to make for a tasty snack.
Though maybe unusual to European or North American consumers, there’s nothing novel about eating crickets in Cambodia, or really anywhere else in Southeast Asia. Crickets and other insects have long been eaten through the region as a provincial delicacy. But what is new is seeing insect-based food products appearing on supermarket shelves or under the sterile fluorescent lighting of a neighbourhood convenience store.
“We want to change the way Cambodians eat crickets,” said Chou Lundy, a founder of insect-based food startup Cricket House in Phnom Penh. “Right now, they only eat them deep-fried – very traditional.”
Along with her co-founder, Kun Kimlong, Lundy is betting that tastes can change here. Cricket House works with farmers to produce whole, dried crickets as well as cricket flour, a fine, protein-rich powder made from ground insects that can be used in cooking and baking.
As is, these offerings are really ingredients. But Kimlong says it’s a small step from cricket flour to cricket-based, ready-to-eat goods that can be sold and eaten on the spot.
“We’re thinking cricket snacks, protein bars, other things cricket as well,” he said.
Far from the rice fields of village life or the brimming, chili-spiced pans of a market vendor, the commercialised world of processed foods is the new frontier for insects in Southeast Asia. Dreams of a buggier urban diet have already seeded a global field of startups who swear by insects as the environmentally friendly superfood of tomorrow, a source of ready protein and other nutrients without the costly inputs, environmental impact and guilty feelings given over to cows, chickens and other livestock.
As their boosters are quick to say, insects could have the potential to change almost everything in the world of mass-produced food, offering a super-efficient option at a time when the planet is already teeming with more than 7 billion hungry human mouths. Researchers say one acre of black soldier fly larvae, a maggot commonly grown today to make feed for livestock, can produce more protein in a year than 3,000 acres of cattle or 130 acres of soybeans, all while eating almost any organic matter given to them. For those who work with edible insects, the question of whether they’ll be the next big thing isn’t a matter of if, but when.
Against that backdrop, investment bankers from richer countries have taken a new interest in what the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation says is already a dietary staple for about 2 billion people around the world.
In 2019, British finance house Barclays estimated the global insect market could be worth $8 billion by 2030 with an annual growth rate averaging at 24%. Late last year, the US agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. announced its partnership with a French startup to build the world’s largest insect protein plant in the US to grow black soldier fly larvae for animal feed and other products.
But despite recurring media buzz, the mass acceptance of an insect diet has yet to catch on in the more formal marketplace of supermarkets and restaurants. And though young entrepreneurs at Southeast Asian startups like Cricket House have hopes of capitalising on local interest in insect foods as a kind of first-mover advantage in global markets, they’ll face stiff competition from emerging industry leaders – not to mention trade restrictions in major economies like those of the EU, a major potential market now developing regulations for bug-based products.
For the time being, that means keeping out most importers from their own growing industry.
“This [trade restrictions] is a gigantic barrier for startups in the developing world,” said Massimo Reverberi, founder of Bugsolutely, a Thai producer of cricket-based pasta.
Reverberi, originally from Italy, has been living and working in Thailand for more than 15 years, in which time he’s established a foothold in the edible insect market. Before the onset of Covid-19, he travelled from Bangkok between Asia and Europe in part to flog his brand and attend conferences with other players from the bug world.
Though he’s quick to disavow the technical term for eating bugs, entomophagy, as being overly weird, Reverberi is committed to the practice. Still, despite his enthusiasm, he notes several barriers ahead for the industry as a whole, both in Southeast Asia and beyond.
The first is just a matter of price point. For insects, the biggest market of interest may be in black soldier fly larvae, which are already used as a feeder crop for chicken and fish but aren’t often processed into food for humans. Then there are cockroaches, which are the preferred bug crop in China, where they’re grown by the billion in industrialised settings. Finally, the bug startups in the US and EU favour mealworms, while nutrient-dense crickets are generally the bug of choice in Southeast Asia.
Though raising those last insects is cheap compared to beef cattle or chicken, it’s not yet being done on a scale to bring cricket flour, the most marketable good, down to a price point that a snack producer would jump at. Barclays reports the price per kilo of cricket flour is falling considerably in most national markets, pointing to a 33% decline in Thailand from 2017-19. But even then, with an average price in Thailand of more than $20 per kilo, cricket flour still loses out for now to cheaper, plant-based protein powders.
“People will tell you it’s a nice idea for the future, but come back when it’s cheaper,” Reverberi said.
There are two worlds: One is traditional insect eating and one is processed, packaged food with insects as an ingredient. The two things don’t have much in common
The second issue the Bugsolutely founder has run into is getting major producers and distributors on board with what can still be regarded as an unusual or even gimmicky product. Without the credibility of being carried in a mainstream supermarket, cricket-based goods can find skepticism among shoppers and retailers alike.
For now, the actual producers of insects tend to be startups, which often means lots of potential without funding to match. While some key brands are investing exploratory funds for insect producers – such as in 2019 when the major seafood company Thai Union invested an undisclosed sum from its $30 million corporate fund into the Israeli fruit fly larvae firm Flying SpArk – the industry-wide investments just aren’t coming yet.
Finally, there’s the matter of knowing your customer. Though whole insects are already a common food for people around the globe, Reverberi doesn’t necessarily see much overlap with the emerging bug product market.
“There are two worlds: One is traditional insect eating and one is processed, packaged food with insects as an ingredient,” he explained. “The two things don’t have much in common. In Thailand, some Thai people eat insects as a tradition in the countryside, but these are whole fried insects. They’d never buy an energy bar with cricket flour, they’d never even consider it as they eat insects only for the taste, really. In the West, it’s marketed mostly as a super food, as an environmentally sustainable food.”
The fact remains that in Southeast Asia, rural consumers who want to eat whole insects don’t need to head to the supermarket to stock up.
Cambodia is no exception to this. The ground there for a full-scale insect industry was primed by a combination of traditional cricket farming and, more recently, development efforts from nongovernmental organisations such as Angka Changrit Kampuchea, or the Cambodian Cricket Farming Organisation, and the local office of nongovernmental organisation Danish Christian Association (DCA). Both promote efficient cricket cultivation and processing by smallholder farmers as a means of fighting poverty and rural food insecurity.
Today, the handful of Cambodian startups that reference this work from DCA include Cricket House and Ecologgie, both of which launched in 2019 and work with networks of independent farmers to source the insects for processing in Phnom Penh. On the finished product side, the capital is also home to EatCriche, a cricket-based snack line co-founded by Indranil Roy, a former technical advisor for Cricket House, that retails in Phnom Penh and online. Away from crickets, the local insect market also features Bug Bacon, a project run by longtime insect entrepreneur Josh Galt that bypasses crickets in favour of black soldier fly larvae.
Besides spreading best practices to farmers, Lundy and Kimlong from Cricket House have also been piloting an automated cricket habitat with sensor-controlled heat and humidity features. The founders hope to eventually scale up to a warehouse setting for mass cricket production as part of their long-term strategy of exporting to bigger markets such as the US.
Such a facility would be the first of its kind in Cambodia, where players across the agricultural sector are rushing to mechanise in a bid to keep up with their neighbours. Meanwhile, over the border in Vietnam, insect producer Cricket One is banking on using even more technology to stay ahead.
The company reportedly processes 100 million crickets per month in its heavily automated warehouses north of Ho Chi Minh City, where the basis of its own line of cricket products – including an insect-based burger patty – are grown, dried and ground into heaps of powder. Last year, that level of production caught the attention of Singaporean investment firm Corecam Capital Partners. With three other investors, the firm plugged a seven-figure infusion of capital into Cricket One to fund the company’s expansion.
Some people don’t know what to do with the cricket powder at first. But then we show them how to make different kinds of food and it can really go into anything
Founded in 2017, Cricket One is off to a strong start. But co-founder Bicky Nguyen said the fresh state of the industry in Southeast Asia means the playing field is more or less open.
“We would see ourselves as one of the major suppliers in the market rather than the market leader since it’s still a very young and relatively small market to really set positions,” she said in a message.
For now, the company is focusing on developing new cricket-based products with an eye to meat substitute products – a $20 billion and growing category mostly filled today by soy and other plant foods.
Cricket One’s biggest markets today are in the US and Japan, and though hurdles remain to get access to the EU, Nguyen was optimistic about her company’s chances.
Back in Phnom Penh, Lundy and Kimlong say they’re busier than ever tending their own company, building out their supply chain, and developing their own range of products. Even in a country where crickets are a familiar food, the new goods take some getting used to in the marketplace.
“Some people don’t know what to do with the cricket powder at first,” Kimlong said, describing the domestic market. “But then we show them how to make different kinds of food and it can really go into anything.”


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Facebook is working on ad topic controls
Facebook is developing tools to help advertisers steer their ad placements away from certain topics in its News Feed.
The company said it will begin testing “topic exclusion” controls with a small group of advertisers. He said, for example, that a children’s toy company could avoid content related to “crime and tragedy”, if it so wished. Other topics will include “current affairs and politics” and “social issues”.
The company said developing and testing the tools would take “a large part of the year.”
Facebook, along with players such as YouTube and Google’s Twitter, has worked with marketers and agencies through a group called the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, or GARM, to develop standards in this domain. They’ve worked on actions that contribute to “consumer and advertiser safety,” including defining harmful content definitions, reporting standards, independent oversight, and agreeing to create tools that better manage ad adjacency. .
Facebook’s News Feed tools build on tools running on other areas of the platform, such as streaming video or its Audience Network, allowing mobile software developers to provide in-app advertisements targeted to users based on data from Facebook.
The concept of “brand safety” is important for any advertiser who wants to ensure that their company’s ads are not near certain topics. But there’s also been growing pressure from the ad industry to make platforms like Facebook safer, not just near their ad placements.
The CEO of the World Federation of Advertisers, which created GARM, told CNBC last summer it was an evolution from “brand safety” to focus more on “societal safety.” . The crucial point is that even though ads may not appear in or next to specific videos, many platforms are funded largely by ad dollars. In other words, ad-supported content helps subsidize all ad-free content. And many advertisers say they feel responsible for what happens on the ad-supported web.
This was made abundantly clear last summer, when a slew of advertisers temporarily pulled their advertising dollars from Facebook, asking it to take tougher action to stop the spread of hate speech and misinformation on its platform. -form. Some of these advertisers didn’t just want their ads to stay away from hateful or discriminatory content, they wanted a plan to make sure the content was completely off the platform.
Twitter is working on its own in-feed brand safety tools, it said in December.


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Four times Winner: IMPLY® is recognized with the ADVB/RS Export Award 2017
This year, in the 45th edition of the RS Export Award promoted by ADVB/RS, IMPLY® has been awarded with Export Award in the category of IT Services. Now a four-time champion, IMPLY® has been awarded the Export Award before in its past editions:
39th edition of the RS Export Award: Advance Global Advance
40th edition of the RS Export Award: Market Highlights
44th edition of the Export Award RS: Highlight Sector: Electronics
The award aims to distinguish the companies that obtained the best performance in the last year and developed the best strategies to market their products in the international market, based on data from the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC) in Brazil. The RS Export Award ceremony took place on July 13 in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.


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ConvaTec expansion to create 67 jobs on Deeside Industrial Estate
A medical products firm has announced a £3.7m investment at its Flintshire factory creating 67 jobs.
ConvaTec, which employs 600 people, makes wound dressings at its manufacturing centre on Deeside Industrial Estate.
The move, part-financed by the Welsh government, comes three years after the firm announced it was laying off 100 workers.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart welcomed the promises of new well-paid jobs.
ConvaTec has two sites on Deeside and a manufacturing plant at Rhymney in the south Wales valleys.
It says the investment will create 67 jobs and safeguard 16, by bringing a new line to its Aquacel Foam dressings.
A centre to provide accounting and finance support will also be created on Deeside.
Mrs Hart said the firm's two new ventures would "create a wide range of skilled, well-paid jobs".
She added: "The investment will strengthen ConvaTec's presence in Wales and provide a further boost for our expanding life science priority sector."


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Please take a minute and read this feature article recently published in the Valley News
Here is the Willing Hands truck spotted at the Co-op Market on Lyme Road. Willing Hands collects food from here and the other Co-op stores in the Upper Valley.
This January 2012, Willing Hands is fortunate to be the Co-op Community Partner. This program makes it easy for Co-op shoppers to donate to Willing Hands at the register. Thanks very much to the Co-op Food Stores for this opportunity. Learn more
Please click below to read a front page article written for The Valley News on June 7, 2011 by Katie Beth Ryan about how two Dartmouth College sophomores made a big impact:


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This morning, Xiaomi founder, chairman and CEO Lei Jun said that in the new decade of Xiaomi, he would like to invite some Mi fans to be Xiaomi consultants.
Lei Jun also mentioned that he would like to invite everyone to Xiaomi for a New Year’s Eve dinner. The dinner will take place at 19:00 on February 7th. At the same time, he plans to talk about the Mi 11 and listen to everyone’s suggestions for the future development of the company. They will also broadcast the content of the seminar online.
Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd. was established on March 3, 2010. And it was on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in July 2018. The company became the first listed company to adopt a weighted voting rights structure after the reform of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s listing system enterprise. Today, the company entering 2021 will also usher in its second decade.
Also read: Xiaomi Sued the US Government for Being Blocked by the US
Lei Jun’s conclusion about the company
Last night, Lei Jun said that one of the most core conclusions after reviewing Xiaomi for ten years is: “Mi fans are the most important cornerstone of Xiaomi’s development. To make friends with Mi fans, this sincere and passionate heart, we have never and will never waver at all.
In the past ten years, the company has continued to grow up. And the market structure it faces has become more complicated and the competition situation has become more intense. Compared with ten years ago, now, Xiaomi and I both need the help and support of Mi Fans. We also need more opinions and suggestions from Mi Fans. We need them not only for product design and polishing but also for Xiaomi’s brand building and corporate governance.”


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This is why some supermarkets are refusing to enforce the new face mask rules
"I won't be putting my staff at any risk of confrontation or abuse."
A number of supermarket retail bosses have spoken out to explain why they won’t be enforcing the new face mask rules in stores across the UK.
Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, and Iceland are among the retailers who say they have no plans to challenge customers over the wearing of a face covering in store, after masks once again became compulsory on public transport and shops as of yesterday as part of efforts to curb the spread of the new Omicron variant.
The compulsory wearing of face coverings is one of a handful of new measures that have been introduced in England.
The UK government says that the new measures – which were announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a Downing Street news conference this past Saturday evening, and confirmed by Health Secretary Sajid Javid this week – are being taken as a “precaution to slow down the spread of the variant”
The measures will be in place while the government attempts to “gather more information”.
Budget supermarket chain Iceland was the first retailer to grab headlines yesterday after it confirmed it would not be asking customers to wear masks to stop staff members facing unwarranted abuse, with Managing Director Richard Walker telling BBC’s Radio Four Today programme that while the chain supported the reintroduction of face masks, it would be unfair to ask staff to confront people not wearing masks.
“They are already working under significant pressure, especially as we hit the busiest trading month of the year,” he said.
“I won’t be putting my staff at any risk of confrontation or abuse.”
It’s believed that Tesco – the UK’s largest supermarket chain – will only be putting signs up to remind customers about face mask rules, rather than enforcing them, which looks to be a stance echoed by Aldi and Lidl, which are also understood to have no plans to challenge customers over the next three weeks.
Sainsbury’s said it will have “greeters and security guards at the front of our supermarkets” to remind people to wear masks, while Morrisons is too expected to have staff members checking the wearing of face masks at the front of the shops.
Both Morrisons and Asda said they will be handing out masks at the front of stores to customers who have forgotten to bring them.
Industry body The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has said it is up to police to enforce face mask rules, not retailers, and that incidents of physical violence aimed at retailers have increased by two thirds, with reasons mainly being around COVID-19 rules.
New COVID-19 measures
- All international arrivals must take a Day 2 PCR test and self-isolate until they receive a negative result.
- All contacts of suspected Omicron cases must self-isolate, regardless of their vaccination status, and they will be contacted by NHS Test and Trace.
- Face coverings will be made compulsory in shops and on public transport from next week, and all hospitality settings will be exempt.
People who break the rules could be fined £200.
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Tesla disclosed in February that it invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin. It acknowledged at the time that it expected to initiate up accepting the cryptocurrency as a beget of rate for its vehicles “in the approach future.” This day, Musk made it legit.
Tesla is making a wager wide on Bitcoin. Image offer: Getty Photography.
Significantly, Tesla will retain the Bitcoin it receives from its clients, rather than convert it into fiat currency take care of the U.S. greenback. That can elevate Tesla’s publicity to the cryptocurrency’s wild model swings, which would per chance waste some shareholders uneasy.
Tesla’s preliminary funding bolstered Bitcoin’s legitimacy among investors and company management teams. Blended with Musk’s again of Bitcoin on social media websites take care of Twitter, Tesla’s foray into digital resources helped to force the cryptocurrency’s model up to account highs above $60,000 earlier this month. Now, Tesla’s fling to honest gain Bitcoin funds would possibly lead assorted companies to look at swimsuit.
Peaceable, these strikes arguably waste Tesla’s stock a riskier funding, as shareholders need to now gain the inherent dangers of having a rising fragment of their capital distributed to a extremely unstable digital currency. Patrons would possibly inquire of a decrease model to myth for these dangers, which would per chance need contributed to the stock’s fling decrease currently.
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Strong Rebound In Property Investment Market Expected During Final Quarter
Irish Economic growth forecasts were not the only forecasts being revised upwards last week. With the resumption of overseas investor visits to Irish properties, some agents have revised upwards their expectations for the total value of investments that may be completed this year.
JLL’s managing director John Moran is now forecasting “end of year volumes to be €4.5bn.” That’s about one billion euros more than JLL was forecasting earlier this year.“Investment market conditions remain strong. Currently, there is a significant amount of property for sale which is being met by good investor demand. All sectors of the market remain active and with the recent strong performance of logistics and PRS, we are now starting to see a surge of activity in retail,” he adds.
Michele Jackson of TWM concurs but qualifies her comments. “It could even climb as high as €5 billion but it will very much depend on whether the bigger offerings currently for sale get over the line by Christmas,” she adds.Among the more valuable investments currently for sale is the Serpentine consortium’s 38% stake in four office blocks at the Facebook campus in Ballsbridge for which Cushman & Wakefield is quoting €395 million.
Total deals during the first nine months of this year were estimated to be worth about €3.5 billion, With the final quarter usually the busiest as traders try to complete deals before the year end, this period is expected to see deals top the €1.5 billion figure which would be larger than any of the earlier quarters.
One of the largest deals in the third quarter was the purchase by Eamon Waters of Beauparc Utilities, the owner of Panda waste recycling, of Royal Hibernian Way on Dublin’s Dawson Street. He is reported to have paid in the region of €74 million which was less than the €80 million quoted by joint agents JLL and TWM on behalf of the vendor Aviva.
The RHW investment is underpinned by office occupiers Davy Stockbrokers, while retail and hospitality occupiers include Carol Clarke Jewellers, Leonidas Chocolates, Marco Pierre White steakhouse, Isabelle’s restaurant and the Lemon & Duke bar.
With early indications suggesting that about €1.9 billion of residential investments may have been achieved in the first nine months of the year, Ken MacDonald of Hooke and MacDonald says the full year figure could reach as much as €2.3 billion. “That could account for almost half of the investment market, depending on what office deals are done in the next few months,” he adds.
Among the biggest PRS deals in the third quarter was the forward sale of 211 apartments built by Kimpton Vale at the Windmill project in Clonsilla. Brokered by Hooke and MacDonald, they were forward purchased for approximately €73 million by Urbeo.
Meanwhile in the smaller deal size above half a million, the end of September Bid X1 auction saw a number of commercial investments sell well above the guide price. Among them was 7 and 8 Crag Avenue Business Park, Clondalkin Industrial Estate, Dublin 22, which sold for €810,000 or 54% over its €525,000 guide price. In Limerick a detached office and detached warehouse investment on a 0.7 acre site known as Trinity House, Annacotty Business Park sold for €705,000 or 18 per cent over its €595,000 guide price.
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Commission proposes long-awaited ban on NPE uses
An EU Directive proposing a ban on the marketing and use of nonyl phenol and its ethoxylate (NP/NPE) in a range of industrial and consumer applications was proposed by the European Commission in August.1 The Directive would also limit levels of hexavalent chromium in cement.
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Xiaomi’s first smartphone launched in 2011, and it now enjoys a spot in China’s top four largest smartphone brands. It also has a sizable overseas expansion: Xiaomi phones hold the largest market share in India, one of the fastest-growing smartphone markets in the world. Xiaomi’s financial record is still relatively short—it went public just over a year ago—but diversifying its brand with smart-home devices, an addition to its Internet of things ecosystem, should help growth average 20% in the next two years.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) has made its impact felt in the Drug Manufacturers industry, especially with its life-enhancing treatment options for HIV/AIDS, mental disorders and heart diseases. The company's stock, which is currently trading at $43.69, was recently downgraded from Neutral to Underperform by some analysts. The major reason for this downgrade is related to the company's unimpressive earnings report for second quarter of fiscal 2013. The management's lowering of the company's earnings and revenue guidance for 2013 also contributed to the company's travails.
It has not been the best of times for Bristol-Myers as its earnings and revenues has declined significantly when compared to the same quarter of the previous year. This has been impacted by the genericization of a good number of the company's patented drugs. The drugs affected include Avapro/Avalide, used in the treatment of high blood pressure. It became generic in the U.S. in March 30, 2012, thereby facing stiff competition. Avapro/Avalide declined 52% in the reported quarter. Another drug that has suffered the same fate is Plavix with its travail starting from its going off-patent in May 17, 2012. Plavix declined a whooping 94% in global net sales with the U.S. sales faring worse as it plummeted 97%. Little wonder why the company experienced such a significant loss of revenues.
It is also notable that the company's cold and flu medicine, Fervex, was recalled from France and other international markets where the local over-the-counter drug is being sold. This happened in June and was as a result of contamination concerns. All these negatively impacted the company's sales for the quarter and led to Bristol-Myers cutting its outlook for the year. In comparison to its former guidance of $1.78-$1.88 EPS, it now has a guidance of $1.70-$1.78. The former global net sales guidance of $16.2-$17.0 billion was lowered to $16.0-$16.5 billion.
There is no denying the fact that the generic competition facing most of Bristol-Myers' patented drugs is adversely affecting the company's revenues and earnings. On July 29, 2013, the company announced its strategic business relationship with Samsung Biologics. The business deal, which is binding for 10 years, will see Samsung Biologics manufacturing a commercial antibody cancer treatment for Bristol-Myers. With a new patent on a long range and the royalties it is still getting from Cadence Pharmaceuticals (CADX), the company's revenue will surely see a new turn, and from the look of things, this might not be the only business relationship the company is entering into.
This brings us to Sanofi, currently trading at $52.81, with the company also suffering from loss of revenues like Bristol-Myers. Sanofi operates in three basic segments which are Pharmaceuticals, Human Vaccines and Animal Health. The company maintains a co-promotion agreement with Bristol-Myers for Plavix and Avapro/Avalide, and with the drugs going off-patent in the U.S. in the previous year and facing stiff generic competition, Sanofi's revenue has been negatively impacted right from the second quarter of fiscal 2012. Another drug from Sanofi that is facing stiff generic competition is Eloxatin, which went off-patent in the U.S. in August, 2012.
However, things were better in the second quarter of fiscal 2013 as the company reported 9.8% decrease in net sales on a reported basis as compared to 43.3% decrease reported in the same quarter of 2012. There was a strong performance in the company's growth platform which accounted for 71.4% of total sales for the quarter. Eloxatin sales were down 83.7% due to fierce generic competition, Avapro/Avalide down 27.5%, Lovenox down 9.2% and Plavix down 1.3%. The company also reported earnings per share of 72 cents for the quarter, well below analyst consensus estimate of 89 cents. Sanofi reported 18.5% decline in earnings at constant exchange rates in comparison to the same quarter of the previous year. All these were as a result of the company and its partner, Bristol-Myers, losing exclusive rights to most of the drugs that drive both companies' revenues and net income.
With Sanofi's earnings being threatened by the generic competition facing a good number of its key products, the company is looking towards new business partnerships/deals and acquisitions in order to set it on improved revenue track again. Sanofi is a great company, and since it is making spirited efforts in further developing its pipeline, there are better prospects out there for the company and investors alike. The company is presently channeling more energy towards expanding the Human Vaccines segment of its business. This is anticipated to drive sales in vaccine in the nearest future.
Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD)
It is a different story for Gilead Sciences, currently trading at $59.21. With its focus mainly on treatments for viral, fungal and bacterial infections, the company has made a mark in the healthcare sector. It also develops and markets treatments for cancer.
Gilead's second quarter 2013 earnings report showed that the company's revenue increased 15% YoY. Product sales rose 14% globally and 20% in the U.S. This growth was mostly impacted by the 159% YoY growth of Complera/Eviplera. The company's antiviral sales increased 15% with Viread leading the pack at a growth of 16%, closely followed by Atripla at 4% and Truvada at 3%.
However, the news of huge insider sales of the company's stocks led to a slip in the stock price on June 6, 2013. The report showed that within the first few days of the month of August, 2013, the company's Chairman and CEO, along with two directors and a VP have sold approximately 578 thousand shares.
Although Gilead currently holds a fair share of the HIV franchise market and has maintained sustainable profitability, it is not a company that relies on a single income stream, as it continues to look for other income streams apart from Atripla. With its new combination pill Complera, the company has been able to achieve a high level of growth in revenues. Also, the company faces minimal exposure to its key products going off-patent, unlike Bristol-Myers and Sanofi. For example, the company's key patents for Viread in the U.S. will last until 2018. This means that while its peers are battling with fierce generic competition, it will be growing its profitability.
In comparison to Bristol-Myers and Sanofi, Gilead is presently making the most of the opportunities in the industry as a good number of its key products are yet to face genetic competition like its peers. However, with the moves being initiated by Bristol-Myers and Sanofi, all hope is not lost, especially for Sanofi, that derives sales from three major segments.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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10 Signs OpenStack Has Come Into Its Own, June 25, 2013 OpenStack continues to build momentum in the tech industry. Since its inception in 2010, OpenStack has made considerable strides as an open source IaaS project. Enterprises are seeking ROI with their OpenStack pilot projects, brand-name IT companies such as HP and Juniper are doubling down on OpenStack initiatives, and venture capitalists are throwing cash at OpenStack startups in an attempt to help the market make good on the hype -- and profit in the process. Here are 10 recent OpenStack developments.
HP OpenStack-Based Cloud OS
Earlier this month, the OpenStack buzz reached fever pitch as HP was one of several major vendors to announce substantial OpenStack-based plans for its partners and customers. Drawn to OpenStack's extensibility across various cloud services, HP launched HP Cloud OS, an OpenStack-based platform designed to facilitate management across hybrid clouds.


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Synology, a data management company, has made a significant push for hybrid and cloud-based storage on its C2 platform.
The company has launched four new cloud services across the platform in order to provide hybrid and cloud-only products such as cloud backup, secure file transfers, directory as a service, and password management.
Additionally, the company plans to open a new data centre in order to better serve the Asia Pacific region. The data centre, which will be located in Taiwan, will bring the C2 platform closer to customers in Asia and the Pacific. According to the company, customers can expect reduced latency and an improved end user experience, similar to how on-premise NAS and SAN solutions benefit edge deployments.
According to Philip Wong, CEO and founder of Synology, “masses of unstructured data are constantly being generated at exponential rates.” Traditional centralised storage architectures are no longer capable of meeting ever-increasing bandwidth and performance requirements.”
“Edge cloud products are one of the fastest growing segments of the market today, owing to their ability to address the unique challenges faced by modern businesses.”
Synology is also releasing DiskStation Manager (DSM) 7.0, the operating system that powers the company’s network attached storage (NAS) products. DSM combines storage interoperability, backup and data protection capabilities, as well as robust synchronisation and collaboration solutions, to address the growing distributed nature of workplaces and data sources. Additionally, DSM 7.0 enhances security via the two-factor authentication system Secure SignIn.
New hybrid cloud services, such as Active Insight, a large-scale device monitoring and diagnostics solution, Hybrid Share, which combines C2 storage flexibility and synchronisation capabilities with on-premises solutions, and C2 Identity, a hybrid cloud directory as a service that simplifies cross-site domain management, are being launched in conjunction with DSM 7.0.
Synology Drive, Active Backup, and others are available as DSM add-ons. C2 Password, C2 Transfer, and C2 Backup are additional standalone Synology solutions.
“Four years of deploying and operating our cloud service has enabled us to integrate our data management expertise with new technologies, enabling innovative optimizations that enable us to deliver a reliable but extremely cost-effective solution,” Wong explains.
He adds that the company is now considering a rapid expansion strategy in order to engage more potential customers.
“DSM 7.0 and the newly released C2 expansion demonstrate Synology’s new approach to data management. We will continue to push the boundaries of integration even further, combining the best of on-premises and cloud architectures.”
The new C2 solutions are currently being implemented. DSM 7.0 will be available in the near future.


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London’s fastest growing tech hub will be coming under scrutiny next month.
A summit to be held at Croydon College will discuss the growth of Croydon Tech City since it began nearly 18 months ago.
Croydon is home to more than 1,000 digital, creative and software companies making it the second biggest cluster of tech businesses outside central London.
Confirmed speakers include Deputy Mayor for Business and Enterprise Kit Malthouse who will be opening the event, Rupert Whitehead from Google, TechCity UK’s Juliette Morgan and Julian Blake editor of TechCity Insider.
Jonny Rose, co-founder of Croydon Tech City, said: “In little under 16 months, Croydon Tech City has grown from an idea to an internationally-recognised, 1,000-strong movement of tech founders, venture capitalists, creatives and software developers all of whom are united under the vision of becoming the ‘Silicon Valley of south London’.
“As London’s fastest growing tech cluster, it is wholly appropriate to hold the first borough-wide summit to discuss the local and national implications of Croydon’s burgeoning, digital, creative and technical industries.”
Croydon Tech City Summit, June 6, Croydon College, £114 (early bird price), visit participant.co.uk/croydontechcity to book.
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Tararua District businesses navigate the ‘new normal’
Innovation and adaptability are key to navigating the new normal of COVID-19 restrictions for large businesses in the Tararua District.
The Tararua District Council is helping to support and sustain local businesses in the district through the #LoveLocalTararua campaign and District Mayor Tracey Collis said we are extremely fortunate to have outstanding large firms within the Tararua District that are committed to spending locally wherever they can, employing our people and helping us out when the community needs assistance too.
“I feel an enormous sense of pride when they put our district on the map with their innovation and success,” she said. “Some of these firms have even experienced increased demand and seen their online sales skyrocket to a point they have potential to expand.
“We are a rural district supplying and supporting a wide range of food producers, and this puts us in a positive position moving forward. Our rural suppliers and farmers rely on each other and understand our local climate and conditions best. That’s why our rural communities are grateful to have the level of choice and fantastic service from these companies.”
One local business who pivoted and adapted to COVID-19 restrictions was Dannevirke engineering company Metalform, who converted their production line to pump out face-shields for essential services. Metalform was producing tens of thousands of face-shields a week as part of the PPE required to support our country in the fight against COVID-19.
“We are now producing the face-shields at a lower level than six weeks ago,” Metalform’s sale and marketing manager, Tim Henman, said.
Having retained all their staff, at this stage Tim said there have been no real changes in their production plans.
“We are unsure of what things will look like over the next two to three months, but at this stage everything is positive,” he said.
Henman believes the #LoveLocalTararua campaign is also positive.
“Anything that promotes local businesses and local families is good,” he said.
Metalform’s managing director, Campbell Easton, took part in a free webinar last week as a presented. The webinar, ‘Focus or Pivot gave strategies to navigate through Covid-19 and beyond’, is part of a webinar series being offered by the Central Economic Development Agency (CEDA).
Deputy mayor, Erana Peeti-Webber, said according to the Territory Authorities, Tararua/Wairarapa along with a few others, are on the lowest scale for job losses in the country.
The past week’s retail trading for Tararua was up 8.3 per cent on last year’s figure, while New Zealand is currently -11.2 per cent down on last year.
“Tararua is also recorded as being the sixth best district in New Zealand for economic resilience,” Erana said. “All these figures are very pleasing for Tararua’s economic bounce back and recovery and while drought is still a concern for the farmers going forward, all-in-all Tararua is looking great so far.
“For shops and businesses this #LoveLocalTararua campaign is great. We need to all support this great initiative by supporting each other. We can do this by buying local and supporting local where we can.
“At Activate Gym we have had to change the way we do a few things; we have all become cleaners as well as gym instructors but it’s for the good. But things are looking bright we have had seven new members in the past week.
Kay Brice, owner of Mitre 10 Pahiatua, is also very appreciative of the support her store is receiving.
“We understand these are stressful times, but 88 per cent of our customers are very understanding,” she said.
And while the supply chain is getting better, Kay believes it will be three or four weeks before it’s back to normal.
“But we have tonnes of sanitiser and face masks,” she said.
At Dannevirke company, Goldpine, adapting to a new way of working has been part of the challenge since they opened in Alert Level 3.
“At times it’s been quite demanding,” manager, Gerard McKay said. “At Level 3 we had someone on the gate taking contact details and then we had to work through a pre-ordering system and load out.”
Gerard said with restrictions on how many people could be out of their cars in the yard, at times things were difficult.
“We tried to have time-slots for people to pick up, but that wasn’t always easy.”
However, in Alert Level 2 Gerard said doing business is much easier.
“People use our hand sanitiser and sign themselves in,” he said.
The tricky thing now is being able to have the required stock in supply, with a big demand on trucking services.
For more information on the #LoveLocalTararua campaign, or to view the local business directory, go to: www.tararuadc.govt.nz/lovelocal


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Montreals who want to take advantage of the resumption of unnecessary downtown businesses can park there for free on Friday evenings and weekends.
The city of Montreal announced on Thursday morning that it was expanding its partially free parking activities until at least February 28th. The resumption of these measures is planned for the third time, initially in December.
“It simply came to our notice then. It’s a sign of openness to them, “said Luke Rabouin, who is in charge of economic development. “In the present case, we want to show them that we are there.”
This measure applies to on-street parking in Ville-Marie Borough, from 6pm on Fridays and on weekends.
Mr Rabouin was skeptical after the announcement of the “small deconstruction” of Quebec on Tuesday: the elected representative was happy with the unnecessary business, but worried about the restaurant owners. “We know they are in a really difficult situation in survival mode,” he said.
The city is sending hundreds of thousands of extra dollars into the Festival Montreal En lumier (MEL), which aims to encourage city dwellers and visitors to taste local gastronomy.
“In March, we really want to have a strong event to promote Montreal restaurants,” Mr. Rabouin explained. An event promotes package sales, including the delivery of a night out at a hotel and a delicious meal.


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Regional designation uncorks grape debate
CALISTOGA, Calif. (AP) — Tucked into the crest of the Napa Valley, this historic hot springs resort might be better known for mud baths than merlot. But lately wine’s been at the forefront of a fierce debate here: Who has the right to the Calistoga name?
Some area vintners, such as Bo Barrett, master winemaker and general operations manager of the Chateau Montelena Winery, said wines sold under the name Calistoga should be made with local grapes.
But Roger Louer, founding partner of Calistoga Cellars, which is made from grapes grown all over the Napa Valley, as opposed to just Calistoga, said it’s unfair to demand that he change the company name. “We feel we very easily could be put out of business,” he said.
The issue is pending before federal regulators. How it turns out is sure to be of interest in the wine world, where tiny Calistoga has a big reputation.
Chateau Montelena is one of the California wineries that shocked the French at the 1976 tasting known as the “Judgment of Paris,” producing the winning chardonnay in a bit of wine country drama that was the inspiration for the 2008 movie “Bottle Shock.”
Other notable Calistoga wineries include Schramsberg Vineyards, a leading producer of sparkling wine that has often been served at the White House and was used by former President Richard Nixon to toast peace with Chinese Premier Chou En-lai.
Despite those early successes, it wasn’t until 2003 that Barrett filed a petition with the Alcohol and Tobacco, Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) asking that the region be designated an American Viticulture Area, which would mean wines using the name would have to be 85 percent Calistoga grapes.
Two wineries challenged the petition, including Calistoga Cellars. Regulators responded with a proposal to grandfather in Calistoga Cellars, provided they made a notation on the label that they’re not claiming to comply with the 85 percent rule.
Local vintners, backed by some California congressmen including Rep. Mike Thompson, co-chair of the Congressional Wine Caucus, are protesting that idea as watering down the Calistoga brand.
“Calistoga, more than just about any place in the United States, deserves to have an AVA named for itself,” said Eric Sklar of the Alpha Omega Winery in Rutherford. “Anybody who’s been misusing that name should be stopped from doing so.”
Barrett, Sklar and others recently flew to Washington to make their case against the TTB proposal.
Louer, who also has some support in Congress, said he’s not trying to mislead consumers, pointing out that he labels his wines as sourced from the larger Napa Valley. “We’re all for this new Calistoga AVA,” Louer said, “but it’s just crazy that we would be put out of business because of it.”
Along with the Calistoga issue, the TTB is proposing revising the AVA process in general, bringing more scrutiny on applications and creating a system to grandfather in existing brands.
Rex Stults, industry relations director for the Napa Valley Vintners, calls the revisions a “terrible idea,” that counters the industry trend of giving consumers detailed information about where the grapes in their wine originate, similar to the European system where, for instance, only a sparkling wine from the Champagne region can bear that name.
Back in Calistoga, the issue is closely watched. It’s unclear when federal regulators will make a decision as the Obama administration continues reviewing issues left over from the Bush White House.
“I do think it’s important,” said Michael Dunsford, owner of the Calistoga Inn, a hotel and brewery. “Calistoga has a climate of its own. It’s a special region within the wine country and deserves its own designation.”


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Noble Upper Crust has proposed a new declaration, the ‘Safe Available Funding for Entrepreneurs Act’ or ‘SAFE Act’, aimed at stimulating economic growth and job creation throughout Equestria. The announcement has sparked a fresh debate on the role of the Crown in supporting business development.
According to Upper Crust, the SAFE Act is designed to make it easier for entrepreneurs to start businesses not just in major cities, but in towns and villages across the country. By providing financial incentives and reducing bureaucratic hurdles, the legislation aims to invigorate the economy and create jobs in a wide range of industries.
“The SAFE Act will provide the spark our economy needs to thrive,” said Upper Crust at the proposal announcement. “We want to empower entrepreneurs and enable them to bring their ideas to life, creating jobs and prosperity across all of Equestria.”
Despite the promising intentions, the SAFE Act has drawn criticism from those concerned about the Crown’s fiscal responsibility. Critics argue that with the current economic instability and the struggles of the national currency, additional Crown spending could exacerbate the situation.
“The SAFE Act might sound appealing, but it’s simply not feasible in our current economic climate,” warned Noble Golden Harvest. “What we need is careful budgeting and fiscal responsibility, not more reckless spending.”
The debate over the SAFE Act will undoubtedly continue to unfold, with Equestrian citizens keeping a close eye on the outcome. As always, Only Mare News will bring you the latest developments as they happen.


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Under the deal, 1Password will integrate its “Save in 1Password” application programming interface with Phantom, allowing Phantom users to access their wallets easily.
Instead of navigating cumbersome login procedures that require saving long chains of characters and word strings, Phantom users can instantly save all Phantom wallet credentials and keys to 1Password. That allows Phantom users to protect and trade a range of tokens, collectibles and nonfungible tokens built on the Solana blockchain without the login hassle or threat of losing access forever.
Password access to cryptocurrency wallets can be a serious issue. 1Password claims that lost and stolen cryptocurrency access can cost investors millions of dollars. Unlike credit or bank cards, losing access to a digital wallet can cost users everything they’ve put into it.
It’s claimed that investors have lost access to more than $65 billion worth of bitcoin, often because of lost keys. Cautionary tales abound of individuals going to great lengths — including hiring hackers — to recover access to their cryptocurrency, while many store critical keys on easy-to-lose paper or hard drives.
The new integration is easy to use. With one click of the “Save in 1Password” button, Phantom wallet users can instantly generate and save everything they need to protect and safely trade Solana-based tokens and collectibles. Users can save their Phantom wallet password, wallet address or public key, secret recovery phrase or private key through the integration.
“Crypto innovations are reshaping the world, but for many, it seems too confusing or risky to join this transformation,” Jeff Shiner, chief executive officer of 1Password, said in a statement. “Our partnership with Phantom is another example of 1Password making technology more human-centric. Together, we are simplifying management for existing investors as well as lowering the barrier to entry for those eager to safely buy and trade digital assets through a platform they know and trust.”
Not surprisingly in 2022, there’s a web3 connection too. “1Password shares our commitment to help bring Web3 mainstream by making the user experience safe and easy-to-use,” noted Phantom CEO Brandon Millman.
1Password was last in the news in January when it raised a whopping $620 million on a $6.8 billion valuation. The funding was the largest ever raise by a tech startup in Canadian history. Investors in the company include ICONIQ Growth, Accel, Tiger Global and Lightspeed Venture Partners.


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YouTube don’t want you to share again Short on TikTok; if you’re you, then YouTube wants people to know that it’s them. In a new post on the community help center, a YouTube team member said the company will soon begin adding watermarks to downloaded Shorts.
Many creators often crosspost content across different apps. You may have seen some Shorts and Reels has a “TikTok” watermark with the person’s handle. This way, TikTok let everyone know that the first person uploaded the video to their platform, and YouTube wants it too.
Why YouTube doesn’t want your Shorts to appear on TikTok
“We have added a watermark to Shorts that you download so viewers can see that the content you are sharing across platforms can be found Shorts on YouTube“Read the post.
Google wants credit if you download a video that you first uploaded as a YouTube Short Video. So whenever you download Shorts from Creator Studio, it will have watermark.
Watermarks for shorts will first start appearing on desktop in the next few weeks. YouTube says it will soon be expanding to mobile in the next few months.
Having watermarks on videos that are trending on some other platform will definitely help YouTube promote Shorts without increasing marketing budget. However, in a way, YouTube discourages creators from re-sharing content on TikTok, Reels, and other platforms.
Even Instagram not very happy with people cross-posting Stories to other platforms except Facebook. According to multiple reports, Edited Stories on iPhone do not include audio. To get footage with sound, creators need to first post the video to Stories and then download the video.


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“China has a shortage of land, Africa a shortage of food. So one entrepreneur had the bright idea of persuading Chinese farmers to emigrate.” Clifford Coonan reports for the Independent, from Hebei province:
Liu Jianjun is wearing a brightly coloured African tunic, the tall hat of a tribal leader, a string of red beads round his neck and carrying a stick with a secret knife in the handle. Beside him sits a portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong. It is a slightly incongruous scene but one that mirrors the ever-closer relationship between Asia’s economic giant China and the world’s poorest continent.
“The African people yell, ‘Mao Zedong is all right’ and they are very warm-hearted when I’m there,” says one of China’s most prominent private sector ambassadors. “The minute Chinese people get off the plane, the Africans are friendly. Chinese do not bring rifles and weapons; they bring seeds and technology.”


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Eminent cryptocurrency analyst Mason Versluis known for his “Health, Wealth And SELF” approach amasses record social media following
TORONTO, CANADA, April 3, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Mason Versluis is an eminent cryptocurrency investor, digital creator, entrepreneur, and philosophical philanthropist. He recently announced that the bulk of his crypto analysis will now be announced via social media, given his record breaking following in this niche.
Mason Verluis, also known as “Crypto Mason” is most well known for his unrivalled analysis in relation to the future of the Cryptocurrency Market, as well as for his unique perspective on the subject of a robust Mental Health in an entrepreneurial setting. With a proliferated social media presence in his arsenal, Mason Versluis has recently allowed himself to effectively create a passionate community around the world that is both: a) personally interested in engaging with the significant complexities of the cryptocurrency industry, and b) aware of the importance of maintaining a robust mental health in a critically tense and stressful professional period of their lives.
The Cryptocurrency Market has seen a prolific amount of growth in the last couple of months- with eminent cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum experiencing significant market price spikes. This is rather unsurprising according to Versluis, especially when considering both: the overt nature of the major boost in institutional investment that the market has witnessed, and the proliferated utilization of cryptocurrencies by eminent payment platforms and globally recognised retailers around the world.
Moreover, Mason Versluis has given his analytical take on the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the Cryptocurrency industry. This was in line with a plethora of eminent market analysts, who have repeatedly stated that the unprecedented chaos and consequent expectations of a repeated government monetary stimulus are likely to have inadvertently acted as a ‘safe-haven’ for the industry, and consequently heavily contributed towards the aforementioned spike in demand.
Bitcoin- for example, is currently in the middle of its ‘fourth major price surge of 2021’- reaching a value of almost $ USD 60,000 on Thursday (01/04/2021).
‘When accounting for the long-term nature in which Bitcoin’s prolific amount of large institutional investors tend to purchase their cryptocurrency- as well as the consequent diminished global supply, the cryptocurrency’s exponential price spike is rather unsurprising’, said Mason Versluis. Tesla- who bought over $ USD 1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin in January of 2021, may be the most noticeable. Their recent policy allowing customers to purchase their luxurious electric cars with Bitcoin- as well as the undeniable absence of any company plans to dispose of their Bitcoin any time soon (or convert it to a conventional fiat currency), has undeniably significantly contributed towards the market’s current ‘frenzy’.
A plethora of leading market analysts have additionally highlighted the nature of Bitcoin’s finite supply- with a maximum of 21 million ever being available on the market, as a primary reason for the prominent cryptocurrency’s aforementioned spike in popularity. Its limited and pre-settled supply means Bitcoin (and other similar cryptocurrencies) are not subject to any government-induced market alterations- such as quantitative easing, stimulus packages, or inflationary spikes, and consequently have inadvertently provided a relative ‘’safety net’’ in the disorganised and chaotic post-pandemic economy of 2021.
Mason Versluis has been categorized as an unparalleled combination of crypto analyst BitBoy Crypto and eminent philosophical spiritualist Maren Altman- providing a spiritual perspective in relation to the cryptocurrency market, whilst ensuring his client’s acquire a robust understanding of the finances of the field. ‘’I believe cryptocurrency and spirituality go hand-in-hand’’- Mason Versluis.
About Mason Versluis: Mason Versluis (also known as Crypto Mason) strives to consistently grow his prolific, global community which at the moment has surpassed over 100,000 people. He is currently serving as a financial guide to a prolific number of spiritual individuals around the world who are actively looking to secure a financially steady future for themselves and their loved ones. By taking an unprecedented step and intellectually combining the dynamic yet intersectional worlds of mental health, spirituality and cryptocurrency, Mason Versluis enables individuals to pursue a holistically balanced lifestyle that encourages spiritual freedom, financial security, and positivity.
For more information about Mason Versluis, visit http://cryptomason.hns.to/
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