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Top 5: CardioKinetix' $48M round topped last week's fundings
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CardioKinetix Inc. announced a $48 million funding on Thursday, the biggest round of last week in Silicon Valley.
The Menlo Park company is developing a a catheter-based device for heart failure patients.
The Business Journal updates new fundraising activity daily in The Funded, our searchable database, which can be found by clicking here.
Here are the top five Silicon Valley fundings for the week of Feb. 25:
CardioKinetix raises $48M
CardioKinetix said its new Series E financing round brought in in Panorama Capital as a new investor. Existing investors include U.S. Venture Partners, JPMorgan Partners, New Leaf Venture Partners, SV Life Sciences, H&Q Healthcare Investors and H&Q Life Sciences Investors.
Intersect ENT raises $30M
Intersect ENT Inc., another Menlo Park medical startup that has developed sinus implants and treatments, said on Feb. 25 it had raised $30 million in Series D funds.
The round was led by new investor Norwest Venture Partners and included funds from all of the company's existing significant investors, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, U.S. Venture Partners, PTV Sciences and Medtronic.
CEO Lisa Earnhardt said the funds will be used for commercial expansion of the company's Propel mini-sinus transplants and to fund clinical studies of its latest product, an office-based treatment for chronic sinusitis sufferers.
Intersect ENT is also working on another product called Resolve which releases an advanced steroid directly into the sinus lining to resolve inflammation.
Cromwell Schubarth is the Senior Technology Reporter at the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
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After 14 months of terse wrangling, the brinkmanship over NAFTA has finally reached a resolution, one that is expected to boost cross-border e-commerce.
Canadian and US negotiators thrashed out a compromise at the eleventh hour that ushers in a new framework – goodbye NAFTA, hello USMCA (US-Mexico-Canada Agreement).
The breakthrough paves the way for a new accord to replace the 24-year-old NAFTA regime before December 1, when Mexico’s outgoing president leaves office.
After the US reached agreement with Mexico last month, there was massive pressure on Canada. The Trump administration had signalled it was prepared to move ahead with a bilateral regime with Mexico, leaving Canada out of the picture, but US interest groups and members of Congress (which has to ratify any deal) voiced strong opposition.
The final round of talks produced movement on the critical elements: notably, auto production, access to Canada’s dairy market and the prospect of a ‘sunset clause’, which Ottawa had fiercely contested, although some observers see little change of substance.
Arguably a bigger change lies in Canada’s concession to raise the duty threshold for imports under the de minimis regime.
USMCA establishes tighter rules of origin for auto production. New cars sold in the US market must have 75% North American content, up from 62.5% under NAFTA, and 40% of a car has to be produced by workers whose pay averages more than US$16 per hour. This is in line with the US-Mexico agreement announced last month.
The agreement does not entirely eliminate the threat of 25% tariffs on cars made in Canada, but these will not kick in below a volume of 2.6 million cars a year, way above the number shipped from Canada to the US. According to one observer, even a 30% boost of Canadian car exports to the US would leave room to spare.
In lieu of a ‘sunset clause’, which would end the agreement after five years unless the partners agreed to renew it, negotiators settled on a 16-year term with the chance for a review and renewal after six years.
Industries with cross-border supply chains breathed a collective sigh of relief at the end of the stand-off.
“Manufacturers are extremely encouraged that our call for a trilateral agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico has been answered,” the US National Association of Manufacturers said. “We welcome the administration’s efforts to modernise this agreement and to create more opportunities for American manufacturing workers.”
The NAFTA region has a trade volume of over $1 trillion a year. Despite the terse negotiations, trade within the region climbed 6.3% in June to $106bn.
Some observers regard the USMCA deal as a positive sign for the US administration’s stance in trade discussions with other parties, especially Japan and China. They argue that the changes from the NAFTA framework are cosmetic rather than structural, which would suggest that the US administration might be happy to settle for minor changes in the terms of trade with these countries while claiming victory.
One group that can claim victory from USMCA is the US e-commerce sector, which sees much improved opportunities to sell to Canadian consumers. Under the new regime, Canada is going to raise the de minimis level for cross-border duties from C$20 (US$15.62) a day to $150. Mexico agreed to raise its threshold from US$50 to $100.
“A jump to C$150 is huge,” said Mo Datoo, director of strategy and planning at Canadian logistics provider eShipper. “I think we will see a spike in shipments from the US.”
Imtiaz Kermali, the firm’s vice-president of sales and business development, regards US e-commerce providers and Canadian consumers as winners from this deal. Canadian online merchants stand to benefit if they work with US-based suppliers, but they will face stronger competition from their rivals south of the border, he said.
The rise in e-commerce traffic from the US into Canada will give rise to opportunities for his company to assist US merchants looking for competitive ways to ship to Canadian consumers, he believes.
UPS welcomed the agreement but is still chewing on the details.
“We believe the new USMCA better reflects today’s digital economy and presents significant opportunities for our business and our customers,” a Canada-based spokesman said.
“The US-Mexico-Canada agreement will take time, cost and complexity out of trade, accelerate the release of goods through customs and support the participation of more small businesses in regional and global supply chains. We are reviewing the agreement to better understand the potential impact, including the proposed changes to de minimis.”

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Recently in an advertisement Honda (Pakistan) re-calls its vehicles due to possible Air bag malfunctioning. Honda told in advertisement that during deployment, air bag inflator body may explode due to intense and excessive internal air pressure, may results as injuries to vehicle occupants.
They called following vehicles models to their nearest service station for Air bag replacements.
- Honda Civic Oriel (Model 2006-2012).
- Honda CRV (Model 2008-2011).
- Honda accord (Model 2004-2014).
Earlier in 2014, Honda and Toyota both have recalled more than 4 million vehicles world wide to re test their Air bags and replace them free of cost, if any malfunctioning is found in those vehicles.
The airbags were manufactured by Takata Corporation (TYO:7312), a Tokoyo-based designer and maker of seat belts, child seats and other car-safety components. It’s one of numerous Japanese auto parts manufacturers targeted in recent years by the U.S. Justice Department for conspiring to fix prices.


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|Apple could launch a number of new exterior shows powered by Apple Silicon|
Apple’s upcoming model of Pro Display XDR (rumoured)
As per the report, a number of new Apple exterior displays are presently in improvement. The up to date model of the Pro Display XDR can be paired with the brand new Apple processor-powered Mac Pro. However, the brand new Pro Display XDR is predicted to be launched after the brand new Mac Pro.
Earlier, rumours advised that Apple is growing a brand new exterior show with a 7K decision. The 32-inch Pro Display XDR mannequin which is presently accessible gives 6K (6016 x 3384) decision with 218 pixels per inch. Apple’s speculated 7K exterior show will both supply the next pixel density of 245 PPI whereas sustaining the 32-inch display measurement. Or, the corporate could properly improve the show measurement to 36 inches whereas retaining the identical 218 PPI pixel density.
New Apple exterior show (rumoured): Importance
The report additionally means that these new exterior shows will probably be much less depending on sources from the linked system as they’ll function Apple chips. The newest Studio Display already boasts an A13 bionic chip and in addition gives 64GB of inner storage.
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Bobby Kotick earned $154 million in 2021, more than CD Projekt, Ubisoft, Roblox, and EA CEOs combined. But still less than Playtika CEO
Consulting firm Games One has shared a list of the highest-paid gaming CEOs. Activision Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick made it to the top-3, earning more than CD Projekt, Ubisoft, and EA leaders combined.
Anonymous spreadsheet shows salaries in game development industry, with top earner making over $1 million a year
A huge anonymous spreadsheet has been compiled that shows gamedev salaries. The list includes data shared by devs from the US, Canada, and other countries. And it should help people “get paid what they deserve.”


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Facebook has announced it is introducing a new way to shop across each of its platforms.
Facebook Shops will be available on both Facebook and Instagram with businesses being able to answer questions directly through WhatsApp also.
In a statement, Facebook said: “Facebook has always been about connecting you to what you love. That means friends and family, but also products, brands and businesses.
“For years, people have used our apps to buy and sell things from the early days of posting a photo of a bicycle with the caption “for sale,” to selling your coffee table on Marketplace and now shopping styles from your favorite brands and influencers on Instagram.
“It was the people who use our apps who envisioned social commerce. We’re helping them make it a reality.
Facebook Shops make it easy for businesses to set up a single online store for customers to access on both Facebook and Instagram. Creating a Facebook Shop is free and simple.
“Businesses can choose the products they want to feature from their catalog and then customise the look and feel of their shop with a cover image and accent colors that showcase their brand.
“This means any seller, no matter their size or budget, can bring their business online and connect with customers wherever and whenever it’s convenient for them. “


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- Sandwich chain Subway is trying to combat a historic slump by investing in new technology. It plans on launching (or has recently implemented) a mobile app, a pickup area for mobile orders, wifi, digital menu boards, and touch-screen kiosks. The upgrades require buy-in from franchisees, who own all of Subway’s locations. The company will foot the bill for some, but not most, of the costs.
- Alice Waters has a message for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos:
A message for @JeffBezos! pic.twitter.com/8gOEeW011F— Alice Waters (@AliceWaters) June 16, 2017
- Sixpoint Brewery’s Shane Welch joined Dogfish Head’s Sam Calagione to demand popular beer review website RateBeer remove reviews of their breweries’ offerings. They are upset at what they perceive to be a conflict of interest in the site, now that giant beer conglomerate Anheuser-Busch InBev’s incubator ZX Ventures owns a minority stake.
- Ina Garten and Michelle Obama are lunch buds, which is an amazing thing.
- Speaking of the Barefoot Contessa, here’s a good tweet:
Jeffrey? pic.twitter.com/smIlSveJ06— Lizzie O'Leary (@lizzieohreally) June 18, 2017
- One of Houston’s most well-known restaurants, Underbelly, is shifting away from sourcing whole steers and will focus more on fish and vegetables. It was known as one of the few restaurants in the nation to purchase whole steers and use the entirety of the cow.


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October 22nd, 2021 – 11:30 AM
The City of Rome –
The Office of Downtown Development is excited to announce two free events for Halloween this year!
The Downtown Rome Candy Crawl will return this year during the week of Halloween, Wednesday, October 27 through Saturday, October 30. Children 12 and under are invited to “Trick or Treat” with their parents at participating businesses when dressed up in costume. Businesses will display a candy corn sign in their window during the week to show they are participating. Parents are encouraged to join the children when popping into each business.
The Office of Downtown Development and the Business Improvement District will present a free movie night on Friday, October 29 at the Town Green. Families will enjoy a screening of Hocus Pocus beginning at dusk. Admission is free. Bring blankets and lawn chairs for seating and be sure to stop by the downtown restaurants to grab food-to-go for the movie.


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Virtual Reality Oculus Rift Development
Announcing a new direction for in2orbit.net interactive. After consolidating several projects and technologies under one brand (this one in2orbit.net!!) It’s time to step up the VR development aspect.
Positioned as a leading resource for creativity, content and technology to bring this new and exciting media to life.
Since 2007, we have been providing high quality 3d digital media experiences and content for social and online gaming industry, and are very excited about the future this next wave media form holds for art and creative digital media campaigns.


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Hog farms being quarantined because of contaminated feed?
Our question this week was:
Is there any update on this hog farm thing? I know this isn't exactly a dog question but though you might know.
Mike H. Cleveland, Ohio.
Hi – thanks for your email. I've heard a few things so I thought I'd look up some information so I could give you all the facts. I found this press release. It says hog farms in five states have been restricted so far. Here's more from a press release by the American Veterinary Medical Association:
Hog Farms in at Least Five States Restricted Amid Melamine Contamination Fear
Press release from AVMASCHAUMBURG, Ill.Hog farms in at least five states have been quarantined or similarly restricted amid concerns that hog feed at those farms has been contaminated with melamine, the FDA announced today. One poultry farm may also be affected.Salvage pet food, specifically from manufacturers that have since issued pet food recalls because of potential melamine contamination, has been traced to hog farms in California, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, Utah, and possibly Ohio. Samples of hog urine from farms in three of those states-California, North Carolina and South Carolina-have tested positive for melamine thus far. Test results from identified hog farms in other states have not yet been received by the FDA.All of the identified hog farms, with the possible exception of farms in Utah, have been quarantined or similarly restricted, according to the FDA. The poultry farm in question is located in Missouri.So far, the melamine-contaminated food in the United States has been linked to two contaminated ingredients imported from China, wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate, but in South Africa, melamine-contaminated corn gluten was discovered as an ingredient in pet foods, resulting in a pet food recall there.All the contaminated wheat gluten located so far by the FDA is from one source in China, and all the contaminated rice protein concentrate was from another source in China, but imported through two distributors.The FDA has said that 100 percent of wheat gluten, rice protein concentrate, and corn gluten being imported from China are now being tested. The FDA is expanding its testing of imported products to include corn meal, rice bran, and soy protein in addition to wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate. These imported ingredients may be used for human consumption in products such as bread, pasta, baby formula, and pizza dough. The FDA stressed that while there is no evidence of any melamine-contaminated products being directly shipped into a human food producing facility, an expanded investigation is a prudent public health move.
David Acheson, MD, chief medical officer of the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said that the FDA will be taking samples from as many food manufacturers as possible and testing them for melamine contamination. The FDA will also be conducting an outreach effort to communicate the need for manufacturers to know their suppliers well.
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According to public health lawyer and activist Michele Simon, who recently attended a meeting in Brussels “to address the problem of cross-border marketing of unhealthy food to children,” the same types of issues confronting public health advocates in the United States confront their counterparts in Europe. Regulatory standards are apparently under development, but Simon did not share the details because they are still in draft and the meeting was closed to the public.
She did, however, discuss a presentation by an industry representative who apparently outlined voluntary efforts that food and beverage companies have undertaken in Europe to decrease the number of TV ads children are exposed to. Simon questioned the effectiveness of these efforts and industry’s transparency, noting that the messages companies are delivering to children in other ways, such as the Internet, are not apparently being tracked.
Simon also provided a summary of the Federal Trade Commission’s update on “the stalled federal voluntary guidelines in process here.” According to an agency representative, proposed voluntary guidelines should be issued in the next two to three months and will be followed by a 45-day comment period. The proposal will not apparently differ to a great extent from a draft published in December 2009, but is intended “to be feasible, something industry will adopt on a voluntary basis, and [will not] be dead on arrival.”
Simon concludes, “I left Brussels with the impression that the food industry is engaging in the same charade all over the world: setting weak, self-serving, voluntary guidelines designed to ensure companies can keep right on marketing their unhealthy brands to children while mollifying regulators and distracting researchers with evaluating their useless pledges, commitments, and initiatives.” See Corporations and Health Watch, March 23, 2011.
Meanwhile, the same online publication has made available reports prepared by the Berkeley Media Studies Group on marketing issues. They are “The Soda and Fast-Food Industries Target their Marketing Towards Mothers of Color,” and “Target Marketing Soda & Fast Food: Problems with Business as Usual.” The group contends that the industries “exploit cultural ties and values to create a demand for some of the unhealthiest foods and beverages that contribute to the obesity epidemic” and foster “structural racism” by perpetuating misleading stereotypes and “promoting high fat, sugary, salty foods to communities where the rates of childhood obesity are highest and growing the fastest.” See Corporations and Health Watch, April 6, 2011.


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Heinz Tomato Ketchup unveils fully recyclable squeeze bottle
Heinz have taken a courageous step toward the future of packaging, they have launched a brand new 100% recyclable “first-of-its-kind cap”, Heinz are planning to make all its packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025.
Heinz asserts the cap plays a part in its goal to reduce the company’s use of virgin plastic by 20% by 2030. This change from Heinz has attracted the support of charity organisation WRAP (A charity dedicated to ending climate change).
“While prevention or elimination of packaging is the first instance would be the ideal scenario, packaging plays an important, practical and convenient role. Therefore, the next stop is to ensure as much of it is recyclable, reusable or compostable as possible,” says Adam Herriott, senior sector specialist at WRAP.
Same bottle, new cap
In the past Heinz caps have been manufactured using multiple materials, therefore making it challenging to recycle. Heinz have tackled this problem through using a single, rigid material therefore allowing the cap to be 100% recyclable, while providing the same servings of ketchup meaning it will not change the practical use of the bottle. Other studies by Heinz suggest the new cap should actually make it easier to squeeze out the sauce when the bottle is nearly empty.
Focus on the future.
The modern-day world is all about sustainability and reducing climate change, this is why the president of Heinz Northern Europe has explained that the new cap is in line with UK Plastic Pact regulations.
“Through the UK Plastic Pact, our members have made some groundbreaking changes and introduced innovations to ensure we are reusing, recycling, refilling and composting as much as possible. A lot of work is still to be done to ensure we reach our targets and have circularity regarding this material,” explains de Noronha.


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Twenty startups have been selected from nine African countries to pitch in front of investors that include Dave McClure, Tim Draper and Chris Kirubi.
Keynote speakers McClure, Draper and Kirubi have already been confirmed, and 20 startups have now been selected to pitch in front of them and a wider investor audience.
The selected entrepreneurs include Rita Kimani of Kenya’s Farm Drive, Kenya; Tito Munhequete of Mozambique’s Izy Shop, Ugwem Eneyo of Nigeria’s Solstice, Josephat Mandara of Tanzania’s TIME Tickets, and Joanna Bichsel of Rwanda’s Kasha.
The 20 entrepreneurs will pitch their businesses in a storytelling format in a way that can connect directly with investors. The first day will feature pre-revenue startups, with the second day reserved for those that are post-revenue and raising their second or third round of capital.
Angel Fair Africa will also feature a panel of entrepreneurs sharing their experiences on building companies, putting together a founding team, and key successes and challenges. The panel of entrepreneurs will include Caitlin Dolkart of Flare, Andrew Airelobhegbe of OgaVenue, Eva Muraya of BDS Group, Erik Hersman of BRCK and Selorm Brantie of mPedigree.
“Africa is in urgent need of real mentoring from experienced “fathers” and “mothers”, and it is time we rose up to that role. Many opportunities are presenting themselves across Africa and if we do not guide the young people then we will have failed as a continent. This is why I am at the forefront when it comes to mentoring and investing in the young people of Africa,” said Chris Kirubi, who will open the event in a keynote fireside chat.
Tim Draper, founding partner of Draper Associates, will be keynoting the second day of the event.
“Africa shows promise to be the economic growth jewel of the next 20 years. As people become more mobile and connected, leaders will have to compete for the businesses and capital of the world, and Africans will benefit,” he said.
“As African countries become more free market and democratic, the people will become more entrepreneurial and the continent can take advantage of the breakthroughs in bitcoin, blockchain, drone delivery, stem cells, drug design, digital signatures, digital voting, digital identity and new efficient (virtual) forms of government that have not been available until recently. Entrepreneurship in Africa is here to stay.”


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An animal welfare charity has created a toy farm set to highlight the “cruel and unsustainable” implications of factory farming.
Your Farm: The Honest Farm Toy, designed by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), presents chickens, pigs and cows in cramped indoor environments.
It also features industrial farming “accessories”, such as cages, antibiotics, fertilisers and soy-based feed.
Users can then “free” the animals from their pens, by unfolding the toy to reveal a pasture instead.
The charity says: “This action is a powerful metaphor for a simple solution to fix our broken food system – getting animals out of factories and back on land.”
The toy was created by model-makers and is the size of a lunch box.
Your Farm has an accompanying website, which looks at issues associated with industrial farming.


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Samsung has already started the latest Android 11 based One UI 3.0 public beta program for the Galaxy S20 and Note 20 series smartphones in several eligible countries including the U.S., South Korea, India, Germany, Poland, and UK.
Yesterday, Samsung started to rollout One UI 3.0 Beta 7 for the Galaxy S20 series users in Germany. Now the company pushing a new One UI 3.0 beta build for Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra smartphones in the country.
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The new software update for Galaxy S20 series phones fixes the bugs of the previous beta build and enhances the security with the December 2020 security patches.
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According to the previous reports, Samsung will release the stable One UI 3.0 for the eligible Samsung Galaxy smartphones from November 2020, and the Galaxy S20 series phones will be the first to receive the latest One UI 3.0 which is based on Android 11.
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A key issue in the case is the billions of dollars in subsidies that the Chinese government has provided its manufacturers. The Chinese government heavily subsidizes export-oriented solar production through low-cost capital, free utilities, energy and land. Chinese state-owned banks make large loans with flexible, if any, repayment dates, to increase companies’ production capacities and scale economies. Our data show Chinese solar companies carry substantially more debt than U.S. companies. For 2011-2020, China’s National Development and Reform Commission allocated about $792.6 billion in direct investments into solar production. China’s Five-Year plan has acknowledged that this capital-intensive industry requires large upfront investments.
Domestically, the Chinese government favored Chinese companies. In 2010, China’s Ministry of Finance chose Yingli to supply 70% of the modules for one project’s first phase over foreign companies’ bids. Yingli received $114 million in prepayments, or 35% of the total purchase price in advance as an instant rebate. To meet capital shortfalls, Yingli also obtained additional low-cost loans from at least seven other state-owned banks.
U.S. subsidies, on the other hand, focus on trade-neutral consumption. That is, U.S. consumers receive subsidies regardless of whether the solar panels they purchase are made in the United States or China. U.S. consumption subsidies give no preference to U.S. manufacturers, offering more consistent benefits to assemblers and installers. Finally, these subsidies are significantly smaller than Chinese subsidies.
Chinese subsidies have allowed Chinese manufacturers to sell below cost and begin a drive to push competitors out of business. Aggressive cost-cutting Chinese manufacturers have used substantial production subsidies to employ price competition against U.S companies. As a result, many U.S. solar companies have moved production to Asia or outsourced. The trend began with contracting out value-chain parts (e.g., conversion of polysilicon to wafers), expanded to outsourced module manufacturing for branded-cell manufacturers, and evolved to joint ventures that moved all upstream production offshore. Essentially, higher- value manufacturing is moving to China, while lower-value assembly and installation is staying in the U.S.
Unfortunately, the United States’ commitment to solar energy may result in the loss of domestic higher-value productions’ benefits. Technological innovations, which occur not just in labs but also on factory floors, constitute major reasons why solar-panel prices have fallen. By offshoring production, companies offshore innovations as well. Additionally, higher-value-adding manufacturing employees receive higher pay, and have substantially higher job-multiplier effects than lower-value-adding assemblers and installers. In short, if we allow the Chinese to drive the remaining U.S. manufacturers out of the market, we are offshoring the type of advanced, next generation manufacturing we should want to have here in the United States. Without U.S.-based competitors, Chinese solar companies would have no need to maintain low prices. Indeed, our research has shown that without generous government subsidies, many Chinese manufacturers would face bankruptcies, incentive enough to raise prices and to recapture lost profits after destroying the competition.
President Obama continued, “So we have a huge opportunity, at this moment, to bring manufacturing back. But we have to seize it.” Carpe diem, Mr. President.
Haley is professor and director of the Center for International Industry Competitiveness, University of New Haven, Connecticut and Haley is professor of International Business, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand and research associate, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC. The authors have researched Chinese manufacturing subsidies and the solar industry for over five years.


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NEW DELHI: Chinese mobile phone companies with their Indian counterparts will hold three-day joint summit starting October 22 here with around 20 firms having interest in setting up their manufacturing units in the country.
"We have seen huge interest of Chinese for making their products in India. In the upcoming summit, we are expecting large participation. Around 20 mobile phone firms, mostly component suppliers and contract manufacturers, have already expressed interest in manufacturing their products in India," ICA
National President Pankaj Mohindroo said.
Government's policy and new tax rules have encouraged electronic product manufacturing in the country, mainly mobile phones.
Mobile handset manufacturing activity witnessed a staggering approximately 200 per cent growth in value terms during 2015-16 compared to 2014-15.
Manufacturing rose to around $9 billion during 2015-16 from $3 billion in 2014-15.
In volume terms manufacturing grew by around 90 per cent in from 60 mn units in 2014-15 to 110 mn units in 2015-16, according to Indian Cellular Association
Some of the big names that started manufacturing in India include Foxconn
, Pegatron, Delta, Flextronics, Xiaomi, Huawei, LeEco, Vivo
"We expect new companies like Techno and firms involved in mobile screens, camera, antenna, battery to set-up their plants as we enter in to next phase of mobile manufacturing," Mohindroo, who chairs Fast Track Task Force (FTTF) on mobile manufacturing, said.
The FTTF , set -up under the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MEITY
), has set a production target of 500 million mobile handsets with establishment of a sizable components industry worth $8 billion and generate 1.5 million jobs.
"The event is expected to drive forward the vision to establish India as the Global manufacturing hub for mobile handsets and components. The government is fully committed to establish a robust mobile handset manufacturing ecosystem, as this remains at the heart of the Digital India vision," MEITY Additional Secretary Ajay Kumar said.
The summit is being organised by ICA in association with Chinese media platform company Shoujibao.
"We are wholeheartedly responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to Chinese companies to be part of 'Make in India' mission and would contribute in making India a global manufacturing hub for mobile handsets and components," Wu, Mobile World (Shoujibao) Founder & CEO Wu said.


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It’s easy to be sniffy about the Kardashians and Jenners, who are often reviled as representing everything that’s wrong with contemporary society.
What’s not so easy to dismiss is their capacity for generating significant amounts of money, with news this week that youngest member of the reality TV clan, Kylie Jenner, has sold a 51pc stake of her beauty business to fragrance and cosmetics conglomerate Coty for $600m.
At the tender age of 22, she is officially the richest member of the family — including mother Kris, sisters Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Kendall, and parent Caitlyn Jenner — whose bank accounts were all healthy to begin with.
When Forbes declared Kylie to be the world’s youngest self-made millionaire back in March, it triggered a debate on social media as to the meaning of the word “self-made”, with objections being made to fact that she already hails from rich family.
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While acknowledging that her relatives and Keeping Up With the Kardashians (KUWTK), the TV show that brought them fame, had given her a platform and support, Jenner insisted that she started her company in 2015 with $250,000 of her own money — over the years, her bank balance has built up thanks to TV show fees; brand endorsements, clothing ranges and an official Kylie Jenner app, now closed, that reportedly brought in $105,170 on its first day.
But these successes pale in comparison to the success of Kylie Cosmetics. An enduring part of the Kardashian/Jenner narrative has been a widespread fascination with their changing faces and bodies. Augmented bosoms and bottoms, nips, tweaks and hair extensions have been standard for most of the family — not so much, perhaps, for model Kendall, whose aspirations for a catwalk career means she favours a more natural look.
Their particular aesthetic, by their own admission, is one that requires a lot of work, whether that’s contouring their nose to make it slimmer or wearing waist-cinching corsets that don’t allow for sitting down. The implication for women is that if you too put in the work — and buy their products — this look is achievable for you, while the obvious surgical interventions are glossed over.
Kylie started Kylie Cosmetics because she was insecure about her lip size. After much speculation about her suddenly enhanced mouth, the then 17-year-old admitted to using fillers in her lips on an episode of KUWTK in 2015. Releasing her first lipstick line later that year and describing it as “the most authentic thing I’ve ever done”, it sold out online in a matter of seconds. That her own pumped pout was the result of injectables, as opposed to the $29 lip kits she peddles, did not affect sales in any way.
The dramatic change in Kylie’s appearance now, in comparison to her early teens, has also led to claims she’s had variety of other procedures, from breast implants to rhinoplasty, which she denies — and always on brand, she told Paper magazine earlier this year that people “don’t understand what good hair and makeup and, like, fillers, can really do”.
One wonders how her sisters feel about her staggering business success. Estimates put Kim’s wealth at $350m, followed by Khloe ($50m), Kourtney ($45m) and Kendall ($40m), so they are not struggling financially.
However, it is telling that on the day of the Coty announcement, none of her other sisters congratulated her, and used their social media accounts to plug personal projects instead. This was surprising as, generally, they have always been publicly supportive of each other’s commercial ventures — when Kourtney launched her lifestyle website ‘Poosh’ this year, Khloe posed naked, except for a carefully positioned sheet to promote the site.
But although KUWTK catapulted them to stardom and allowed them to build Brand Kardashian over the last 12 years, the ratings for Season 17 this year have dwindled, and it has been suggested that the show’s future is uncertain, meaning that the family will certainly need to find other revenue streams. This may be why Kim Kardashian-West started an apprenticeship with a California law firm last year, but it’s still not going to make her a billionaire like her sister.
At the time of press, mother Kris was the only family member to acknowledge Jenner’s achievement. Maternal pride aside, she has good reason to be pleased with the deal as Kris receives 10pc of her children’s earnings. Her business acumen has been key to the family’s success, giving rise to the phrase, “The devil works hard, but Kris Jenner works harder.”
Speaking about the partnership, Coty chairman Peter Harf said: “Kylie is a modern-day icon, with an incredible sense of the beauty consumer, and we believe in the high potential of building a global beauty brand together.”
With Jenner on board, Coty hopes to target Gen Z shoppers and her social media reach of 270 million followers will provide the company with access to this consumer base, something that Coty’s chief financial officer Pierre-Andre Terisse admits is lacking from Coty’s portfolio.
Jenner will continue to develop both Kylie Cosmetics and Kylie Skincare creatively and the good news for fans is that the Coty deal means that the products will become more accessible.
Currently available to Irish consumers via her website (and with an international delivery charge of approximately €13.50, as well as import duties and charges), the new partnership is likely to see Kylie products in places where Coty’s other brands, such as Max Factor, Rimmel and Sally Hansen, are stocked.
The range is not exactly inexpensive — a lip kit with a lipstick and lip pencil is about €26, while a face primer is €25 — so removing the delivery charges aspect by selling them in a bricks and mortar location may attract new shoppers and not just superfans.
And the deal may have come at just the right time for Jenner, with declining sales reported due to a lack of customer loyalty.
Data from Rakuten Intelligence indicated that sales had dropped 14pc this year, and more than half of Kylie Cosmetics’ customers shopped just once with the brand from June 2016 to May 2019. Now, with $600m under her belt, she can afford to either sit back and enjoy her spoils, or to continue to expand her empire and possibly take it in new directions.
She may even take a leaf out of mother Kris’s route. Jenner’s one-year-old daughter Stormi Webster is at present winning the internet with all of her finest toddler moments captured by her mother on Instagram.
Should Kylie choose to go down the ‘momager’ route and shape her daughter’s future career as Kris did hers, we may be keeping up with the Kardashians (or Jenners or Websters) and their glossy, somewhat empty, world for decades to come, while they continue to keep their eyes on the money.
Kylie Cosmetics’ Best-Sellers:
- Autumn Matte Lip Kit: Considering she based her brand around them, any foray into Kylie Cosmetics should start with one of her lip kits. Autumn, one of Jenner’s favourites, is a terracotta rose shade that will flatter all ages, and the kit contains a matte lipstick and matching lip liner. $29 (€26.21)
- Koko K Gloss: Described as the secret ingredient you need to create the perfect ‘Kylie lip’, this is a highly pigmented gloss that contains vitamin E. The nude pink colour (pictured right) mightn’t be for everyone, but it comes in a variety of other shades. Jenner suggests wearing it alone, with lip liner or with on top of a matte lipstick. $15 (€13.56)
- Setting spray: Being Insta-ready means no makeup slippage and this weightless spray is said to keep your face looking fresh. Fans laud its smell, how quickly it dries and how hydrating it feels, as well as how it helps your makeup stay intact all day. $24 (€21.69)
- Vitamin C Serum: Earlier this year, Jenner launched her own skincare brand, Kylie Skin, which includes scrubs, moisturisers and makeup removing wipes. Its minimal packaging give it a more sophisticated appears than her makeup and daily application of this serum claims to brighten and plump skin. $28 (€26.21)
- Kyshadow: The Bronze Palette: Another one of Jenner’s professed favourite products, the Kyshadow pressed powder palette comes with nine eyeshadows to be used together create a ‘Kylie eye’. With colours including creamy beige and bright chestnut, shadows are talc and paraben-free and have a smooth texture. $42 (€37.95)
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Bengaluru-based digital media video startup, Clip App has raised close to $1 million in a seed round led by India Quotient and Shunwei Capital, a China-based investment firm.
The company plans to utilize freshly infused funds to enhance it’s product features for the video only app. The startup which claims have an organic growth of over 100,000 users within three months, largely from tier-II and tier-III markets plans to focus on acquiring users over the next two to three years.
Commenting on the development, Anand Lunia, partner at India Quotient told ET, “Lot of social media companies have started and shut down in India, it’s not a space where companies see a high success ratio. Besides this, investors are also interested in seeing innovative social media companies come out of India for Indians, so there is potential in terms of funding for this space. However, since the space is competitive, staying relevant is a challenge.”
Lunia believes that this space remains competitive and challenging and soon Indian entrepreneurs will learn a way to build social networks specifically for non English speaking audience in India.
Founded in March 2017 by Nav Agarwal, Clip App is presently growing organically, as the company is focusing on enhancing the product and building upon its features before aggressively marketing Clip App.
According to the Agarwal, the app specifically caters to tier-II and III user’s focuses on Hindi speaking users.
Nav Agarwal, Founder, Clip App said, “They spend over 20 minutes a day on the app. And a lot of videos that are currently on the app are the kind of videos one would find shared on WhatsApp or videos individuals take randomly, could be dance, drama, stunts.Basically, one time watch videos. These users technically represent 95% of India.”
Agarwal further said that they saw the future in video when the team noticed that over 80% of Facebook’s newsfeeds consisted of videos, Instagram made a shift to taking video more seriously and Snapchat as a video medium.


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Cloud computing is defined by an ecosystem, not a service, Amazon Vice President and CTO Werner Vogels told a packed room Tuesday at the Cloud Connect conference in Santa Clara, Calif.
And while Amazon Web Services has made great gains as a cloud computing pioneer, it is Amazon and its cadre of partners that inject value and capability into the cloud. Vogels said success in the cloud goes well beyond just the building blocks of a cloud infrastructure.
"The ecosystem is more important than the services themselves…it's all about the ecosystem," he said.
Vogels urged the dismantling of traditional cloud computing models, which create a metaphorical pyramid out of infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and software-as-a-service, and instead enterprises and cloud users should focus their attention on an everything-as-a-cloud-service ecosystem that draws from various contributors.
"We divide the world up into infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and software-as-a-service…," he said. "We actually start to think the real world is like this, but it's just a model. All of this really restricts the way we think about it."
To further illustrate the point, Vogels said "the map is not the territory," meaning that a map is static and territory can change and shift.
"If you have a Google Map; that is out of date today. It's just a map, not a reality," he said.
To take hold and provide value, the cloud needs to be a collection of various services from various providers, and the traditional model needs to be forgotten. A cloud ecosystem must require little or no capital investment, reduce expenses and offer unlimited capacity, all while service providers manage, update and patch the environment with little enterprise intervention needed.
Whether it's software, applications, Web services, disaster recovery, analytics or other components available in the cloud, a successful cloud play requires an ecosystem of partners and collaboration to tie services together and make an environment work, whether targeting enterprise or startups with cloud offerings, Vogels said.
Vogels added that cloud computing is eliminating the division between enterprises and startups, where cloud-based offerings can scale to accommodate either type business.
"All of these components can be pulled together in a flat world where everything is a service," he said, adding that enterprises will rely heavily on systems integrators, service providers and ISVs to get up and running in the cloud.
And the cloud industry is only in its infancy, Vogels said, which will create significant opportunity.
"It is still day one in cloud," he said. "[There is] a lot of innovation to come."


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Neato Appoints New CEO Matt Petersen
NEWARK, Calif., Dec. 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Neato Robotics, leader in smart robots for the home, today announced the appointment of new CEO Matt Petersen, effective January 1st, 2018. Petersen has sat on the Neato board since 2014. Petersen currently is the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of JAFRA Cosmetics International, a Vorwerk owned subsidiary.
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6271e9c8-ac52-402c-9245-9e05fcb4ca36
Current CEO, Giacomo Marini, will step down after five years. Under his tenure, Neato has grown substantially and has launched innovative products with cutting edge technology, including the full Botvac Connected product line of robot vacuums. The tremendous amount of success during this period led to the acquisition by Vorwerk. Marini has been a Director at Neato since 2006, Chairman since 2007, Executive Chairman 2011-2013, and Chairman and CEO since February 2013.
Marini comments on the appointment, "I'm pleased to hand over this position to Matt to lead the company into its next chapter. I have been thrilled to see the company grow over the last 11 years, and to have recently launched our most powerful, intuitive and connected robot vacuum yet at IFA 2017."
Petersen adds, "Giacomo has been an outstanding CEO and deserves a wealth of credit for his accomplishments. I'm honored to have been asked to lead this fantastic team at Neato. We will continue to innovate products, and push boundaries in the smart home space."
In Petersen's current position and as a member of JAFRA's Management Board, he leads the Worldwide Marketing and R&D teams in strengthening the JAFRA brand and optimizing business results. After receiving his B.A. degree from Boston College and beginning his career with the Walt Disney Company, Petersen gained extensive leadership experience through diverse marketing roles at Mattel and PepsiCo. Prior to joining JAFRA, Petersen held numerous high-level positions at Mattel and was most recently Vice President of U.S. Marketing, a role in which he was responsible for strategy and marketing programs. Previous roles proved his creativity and passion for marketing while demonstrating his strengths in global branding, consumer-focused creative, portfolio development and product packaging design. Petersen will step down from his roles at JAFRA as part of the transition to CEO at Neato.
This appointment follows the acquisition of Neato Robotics by Vorwerk in September 2017. The goal of the acquisition is to continue the company's focus on growth, innovation and market expansion. Neato will be attending CES 2018 in Las Vegas, hosting a Neato Smartlife Open House, to showcase the Neato Connected product line.
Neato Robotics designs robots for the home to improve people's lives, allowing them to spend less time doing household chores and more time on the things they love. Neato drives innovation with intelligent laser navigation, smart home connectivity, and superior cleaning technologies. Neato was recently recognized for its leadership, culture and dedication to its employees by being named to the Bay Area News Group's 2017 list of the "Top 100 Workplaces" in the San Francisco area that is based on employee feedback. Most recently, at IFA Showstoppers 2017, Neato won the Innovation Award for Smart Home & Appliances for new flagship model - Neato Botvac D7(TM) Connected.
For more information, visit: www.neatorobotics.com.
Director of Global Communications
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: Neato Robotics via Globenewswire
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In Ghana, farmers’ use of imported hybrid seeds has grown over the last decade. This type of seed produces higher crop yields and tends to be more profitable, despite being more expensive than its domestically bred counterparts. The increase in its use is possible because of agricultural inputs purchased on credit, as facilitated by the Feed the Future Ghana Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement II (ADVANCE II) Project, which is funded by USAID and implemented by ACDI/VOCA in Northern Ghana.
However, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted supply lines for imported hybrid seeds, creating a shortage in the market. Outgrower business owners, who provide the input credit to outgrower farmers, had to adapt and rely on locally produced hybrid and open-pollinated seed varieties, which tend to result in lower yields. Under normal circumstances, sponsors and financial institutions that support these outgrower schemes would provide the financing needed for seeds and other inputs before the season began. They would then collect repayment from farmers after the harvest.
Pandemic disrupts access to hybrid seed
With the wave of uncertainty caused by COVID-19, most sponsors suspended this credit, partly because of the seed shortage and partly out of concern that farmers would not be able to repay their loans. Without this credit, many farmers lacked the inputs they needed to plant their crops and secure their incomes for the year. Despite the pullout of some sponsors, others saw it as an opportunity to expand their business.
Sintaro Mahama, an outgrower business owner and secretary of the Northern Outgrower Business Network, decided to take the risk and increase his credit to his smallholder outgrowers. He did so under the guidance of the Feed the Future Ghana ADVANCE II Project.
“COVID-19 has been a real challenge. Farming is a continuous process, and, with the limitations the virus comes with, we have been faced with delays and lack of certain items but are trying to make the best of it.”–Sintaro Mahama, outgrower business owner
To make this possible, first, Sintaro had to sell his produce from last year’s 125-ton harvest at a lower price due to COVID-19 disruptions. The price of maize had dropped from about US$320 to US$240 per ton since January 2020. Sintaro invested what he earned from the sale in equipment for his farm. He also entered into an agreement with Agricare, a feed processing company, to procure 40 hectares-worth of production inputs, of which he gave 30 hectares-worth to 30 outgrowers and used the remaining inputs on his own farm.
“COVID-19 has exposed the need to boost the capacity of our local seed production to avoid the shocks of over-reliance on imported seed.”–Sintaro Mahama, outgrower business owner
As soon as restrictions began to ease, Sintaro coordinated tractor plowing services on credit for his 91 outgrowers, including 33 women and 58 men, with priority given to female farmers. In the end, he successfully plowed and planted his own fields for the 2020 planting season.
Like Sintaro, 141 outgrower business owners are collaborating with the Feed the Future Ghana ADVANCE II Project to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on food production in Northern Ghana. They remain hopeful of a good harvest to avoid food shortages in the coming months.
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You can now earn Delta SkyMiles when you buy Starbucks coffee
Your next cup of joe can now get you closer to a vacation.
On Wednesday, Delta Air Lines announced a new partnership with Starbucks in which members of both companies' loyalty programs can now double dip on earning points and enjoy other perks.
Starting on Oct. 12, members based in the U.S. can link their Delta SkyMiles and Starbucks Rewards accounts. Once your accounts are linked, you'll earn 1 SkyMile per dollar spent on eligible purchases at Starbucks. And on days when you have a scheduled flight with Delta, you will earn double Stars on purchases at Starbucks stores.
Looking for a convenient way to see all of your points and miles in one place? Download the free TPG App!
Note that eligible purchases are defined as purchases of food, beverages or merchandise at participating Starbucks stores, which can be found using the chain's store locator. Alcoholic beverages and the purchase of Starbucks gift cards do not earn bonus miles or Stars as part of the partnership.
In addition to the reciprocal earning perks, Delta is adding a new Choice Benefit for Diamond and Platinum Medallions: 4,000 Starbucks Stars. This joins the recently revamped award picks that were unveiled last week, including a Medallion Qualification Dollars boost and cobranded American Express statement credit. No Choice Benefits are being removed or changed as part of this move.
While TPG publishes monthly points valuations for most of the top airline, hotel and credit card loyalty currencies, we do not have an official valuation for Starbucks Stars.
That said, the redemption rates for Stars vary based on the item you are looking to purchase. It takes 50 stars to get a free brewed hot coffee, bakery item or hot tea, while customized drinks, hot breakfast items and parfaits cost 150 Stars apiece.
Depending on your daily coffee consumption and redemption patterns, you'll likely value Stars differently. So, be sure to crunch the numbers before you redeem a Choice Benefit for Starbucks Stars.
To begin the account linking process, visit either deltastarbucks.com or starbucksdelta.com. To generate buzz and drive engagement, the companies are also offering some limited-time promotions.
If you link your accounts from Oct. 12 to Dec. 31, you’ll earn 500 SkyMiles, and once you make a qualifying purchase at Starbucks, you’ll earn 150 Stars. Plus, all Delta passengers departing Seattle on Oct. 12 will receive a “Star Card” valid for 150 Stars that can be redeemed toward a free beverage on your next Starbucks visit.
For Delta SkyMiles members, this is the latest loyalty partnership that allows members to double dip on everyday, non-flight purchases. Earlier this year, the Atlanta-based carrier teamed up with Instacart — the popular online grocery delivery service — to allow members to earn SkyMiles for groceries.
Additionally, the carrier’s long-standing partnership with Lyft continues to award members at least 1 SkyMile per dollar spent on rides. Other potentially lucrative SkyMiles partnerships include Airbnb and Turo.
While earning 1 SkyMile for many of these everyday activities may not immediately turn into a long-haul Delta One ticket (especially at the carrier’s sky-high mileage redemption rates), it’s certainly better than nothing.
Plus, in addition to earning SkyMiles and Starbucks Stars on coffee purchases, you’ll also continue to earn bonus points on dining spending if you’re using one of our recommended credit cards for dining and restaurants.
This, along with the new Delta partnership, effectively turns your Starbucks purchases into a triple dipping opportunity, which will help get closer to your next vacation.


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Samsung launched the Galaxy A15 5G (SM-A156E) in December 2023. Now, the company has started rolling out the first software update for the device, which brings the February 2024 security patch as well as performance improvements.
The latest firmware comes with Build Number A156EDXU1AXB8. Apart from the February 2024 security patch, which fixes a total of 72 security issues, the changelog says that with the update, the “Device behavior has been improved.” The update size is 252.98MB, and going by user reports on social media, Samsung is currently rolling out the update in India. The company should make the update available in other regions soon.
If your Galaxy A15 5G hasn’t notified you about the update, you can check for it manually by going to Settings » Software update and clicking on the Download and install button. The update isn’t available on our firmware database yet but that should happen soon. As we had reported at the time of launch, Samsung will offer one security update to the device every quarter. So, expect the next security update to arrive before May 2024.


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Danish auto market in 2020 falls by 12.2% as the pandemic and lockdowns affect sales. Full-Year sales have been 198.165. Ford registers the best performance by gaining 8.3% and jumping 2 spots while Skoda plummets 21.9%.
The Danish car market has been hit in 2020 by the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic, which has impacted sales significantly.
The market experienced five years of consecutive records since 2012 with the sales peak reached in 2016 when car passenger’s sales have been 223.154 and light commercial vehicles 36.882.
Then in 2017 and 2018 the market marginally lost terrain, while, under the expectations of car park renewal for the introduction of new hybrid and electric vehicle models, in 2019 hit a new all-time record with 225.738 sales (+2.6%).
After starting the year with a negative trend (-12.4%), the market quickly collapsed in March as the virus struck and immediately registered the sharpest drop of the entire year, losing 42.3%. The entire first half of the year was characterized by double-digit losses, while recovery started in July (+13.4%). The second half of the year had a mixed trend, with a double-digit drop again in October (-17.9%) and an impressive increase in sales of 46.8% in December.
Indeed, Full-Year sales for 2020 have been 198.165, reporting a decline of 12.2% compared to 2019.
Brand-wise, this year the leader Volkswagen (-20.4%) lost 1.3% market share, followed by Peugeot (-8.6%), which gained 0.3% share. Toyota gained 0.1% share, falling 11.4%. Ford reached 4th place and registered the best performance in the leaderboard by growing 8.3%, followed by Citroen which lost 14%.
Skoda -down 1 spot- registered the worst performance in the leaderboard by losing 21.9%, followed by Mercedes (-3%) and Renault which lost 15.4%. Closing the leaderboard we have Hyundai -up 1 spot- gaining 1.8% this year and BMW entering the leaderboard by jumping 1 spot, losing 3.7%.
The most sold vehicle this year has been the Peugeot 208 (-4.4%) with 6.553 units sold and jumped 2 spots, overtaking the Citroen C3, which lost 11.2% registering 6.141 new sales this year. The Ford Kuga (+618%) impressively closes the podium by jumping 91 spots and reports 5.134 new units sold.
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- Costco, which currently operates 15 stores in the UK, reportedly has four more on the drawing board, plus as ambitions for Ireland, if it can get the government to put aside regulations that limit the size of big box stores.
- UK retailer William Morrison Supermarkets announced that it is cutting gasoline prices by four percent, a move that is expected to be matched by Sainsbury and Wal-Mart’s Asda Group.
- The Financial Times reports that Toys R Us is getting some interest in its toy retailing operation, which it said it would consider selling earlier this year. FT says that there are at least two different groups interested in making acquiring the division, which could cost as much as $3.5 billion.
The interested parties include Permira, the European buy-out group, which is teaming with US buy-out company Apollo; Kohlberg Kravis Roberts; Cerebrus; and Bain Capital.
Toys R Us has more than 1200 stores throughout the globe. Its babies R Us division reportedly is not on the block.
- General Mills reportedly is selling its stake in Snack Ventures Europe to PepsiCo for $750 million, a move that will give Pepsi complete control of the company.
- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts reportedly missed the deadline for filing its third quarter financial report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), an infraction that could earn it disciplinary action. The company already is being investigated by the SEC for other issues, including its repurchase of franchises and a profit warning it issued earlier this year.


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Fake goods in SA 'harder to spot'
Durban - Counterfeit products were contributing to job losses in South Africa, Cosatu said on Wednesday.
"Clearly dumping counterfeit product in this country is one of the direct contributory factors to job losses," said KwaZulu-Natal Cosatu provincial secretary Zet Luzipho in a statement.
Last week Friday police seized counterfeit goods worth R120m at the Durban harbour.
Luzipho thanked the KwaZulu-Natal police for seizing the goods.
"This excellent job by the SAPS intelligence unit must be applauded by all concerned - in particular stakeholders in the clothing, leather and textile sector."
Luzipho said Cosatu was worried that no one had been linked to this scam.
"What worries more is that these products are said to have improved to almost the same identity with the original brand."
Luzipho said Cosatu intended meeting representatives of the departments of labour, economic development and tourism to ensure enforcement and compliance.


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Looks like Sony's 'Made for Bond' Xperia Z5 may not reach the U.S. at all
_The Xperia Z5 is certainly a humdinger of a smartphone, featuring the quintessential Sony design along with a slew of top-spec hardware and a jaw-dropping shooter. With the dust having settled on its announcement, many fans will be wondering just when they can get their hands on the Japanese firm's new flagship. If you happen to reside in the United States, you could be set for a lengthy wait. The U.K. has already seen the Z5 launch, with a special promotional page outlining the device's coveted 'Made for Bond' status. On the corresponding page Stateside, though, James Bond's handset is the Xperia Z3+, which appears to suggest that the Z5 won't be making the trip across the pond.
with Miss Moneypenny. It could well be that Sony does plan to roll the smartphone out to the U.S., just not yet. However, Sony tends to operate a system of different smartphones for different regions, and if there is a plan to release the Z5 in the U.S., the company is doing a stellar job of hiding it.Of course, we could be reading a little too much into this. But if Sony did intend to drop the Z5 in the United States anytime soon, surely the campaign trail of promotion would already have begun
(top) versus the U.K. (bottom):Here's the key difference on the Made for Bond pages for the U.S.
Notably, the Xperia Z5 takes pride of place atop the U.K. page, while the Xperia Z3+ is almost tossed in near the bottom as something of an afterthought.
Would-be purchasers, particularly those with an affinity to the Xperia range, will surely see this as a kick in the teeth -- perhaps justifiably so. The Xperia Z3+ / Z4 -- while not a certified disaster -- has been a bit of a disappointment, thanks largely to the Snapdragon 810 processor's thermal woes. A big U.S. launch of the Xperia Z5 could offer an opportunity for some redemption on Sony's part. Now, though, many prospective buyers might have to take their business elsewhere.
More than half of our dedicated readers believe that the Z3+ / Z4's issues could spell trouble for Sony looking ahead, and based on this latest revelation, the future paints a decidedly uncertain picture. There's still a chance that the Z5 could make its way to the States at some point, though, and after the year that Sony's mobile team has had, here's hoping.


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Wear OS by Google, previously called Android Wear, is its custom-made Android operating system for smartwatches and other wearables. It’s also compatible with Apple’s iOS and supports a slew of connectivity options and applications. Till now, Wear OS platform was being used by several leading wearable manufacturers. However, a new job listing from Google hints that the company could be taking matters in its own hands and could launch a Pixel Watch very soon.
The job listing for a Vice President of Hardware Engineering for Wearables was posted two days ago on the Google Careers site. As VP, the person would be working along the Senior Leadership team for Google Hardware.
The job description covers a portfolio of responsibilities including design, development, and shipment of all Google’s Wearable products. The new leader’s location would be primarily a large engineering organization in Mountain View, California. It goes further highlighting the role in developing multiple next-gen wearable products.
It’s plausible that the position would be up for leading the work on Pixel Buds. However, this is not the first time news on Google’s wearable products have entered the rumor mill. Since last year, the rumors of a Pixel-branded Wear OS watch had been looming from trusted sources on Twitter.
Besides the Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, and second-gen Pixel Buds, a reliable source tells me — with high confidence — that Google's fall hardware event will also introduce a Pixel-branded watch. Have a great summer!
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) May 10, 2018
There were even updates on the codenames viz. “Ling,” “Triton,” and “Sardine.” Winfuture, who was the source of this news had hinted at Qualcomm’s rumored Snapdragon Wear 3100 as the processor. The leak further added a new power management solution dubbed PMW3100 and a feature to activate Google Assistant even with the display off.
However, things saw a different turn when Google’s director of engineering for Wear OS, Miles Barr, explicitly negated plans to release a smartwatch that year. Instead, they were to “focus on improving Wear OS” while working together with other hardware manufacturers who are masters in their craft.
Google Fossil Deal
The Silicon Valley top shot could be working behind the scene and specializing the tech all this time. And if history repeats, we could expect something similar to what it did with the Pixel smartphone lineup. Back then it had struck a deal with HTC for the smartphone tech. This time, it is Fossil for the smartwatch and wearables. Google has plans to buy Fossil’s smartwatch IP for a whopping $40 million.
On this new partnership, Wear OS VP Stacey Burr said in a statement, “The addition of Fossil Group’s technology and team to Google demonstrates our commitment to the wearables industry by enabling a diverse portfolio of smartwatches and supporting the ever-evolving needs of the vitality-seeking, on-the-go consumer.”
Fossil confirmed the deal by releasing a statement, “Fossil Group has experienced significant success in its wearables business by focusing on product design and development informed by our strong understanding of consumers’ needs and style preferences. We’ve built an advanced technology that has the potential to improve upon our existing platform of smartwatches. Together with Google, our innovation partner, we’ll continue to unlock growth in wearables.”
To sum up, Google could be planning to take on the existing honchos like Apple and Samsung with this new venture.


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The French farmer was not excited about competiting with U.S. agriculture:
"I'm worried about open business because [I'm] sure we will not win because it's too different," he says. "If it's open, I think in 10 years, we all disappear in France and Europe. The cost in the U.S. is less than in Europe."The story explains that "Most American beef is banned in Europe. Only a small percentage of what is known as non-hormone treated cattle is allowed in."
Conspicuously missing from the story was any mention of the health concerns around meat animals raised with hormones to make them grow faster, to say nothing of the heavy use of antibiotics in cattle, both to promote growth and as a prophylactic measure to more or less control the diseases that would otherwise run rampant through groups of cows living in their own dried shit and eating a grain-based diet for which the cow is not evolved. By which I mean, the story said nothing about any of that.
What you often hear from advocates of trade agreements is that these are just "covert barriers to trade." The idea is that the policy-makers say they're implementing a ban on beef raised with hormones and lots of antibiotics out of genuine concern for the environment or consumer health, but all they're really doing is trying to sneak around rules that are supposed to allow goods to move freely between countries.
And the concept of covert trade barriers isn't an inherently crazy idea. There are benefits that come with trade, and sometimes people oppose trade to protect a relatively small group within their country at the expense of the public at large.
But the thing is, protection of human and environmental health isn't a crazy idea either, and it would be nice to see the relevant argument included in a news story about trade agreements.
Back on the other side of the pond, the farmer in Delaware is a convinced supporter of GMO crops and he's not happy about the EU's decision to label food packages based on whether they contain GMOs.
"It gives a signal to the less informed purchaser ... the less educated consumer would interpret that as, 'Well, I don't want to eat that it contains genetically modified organisms,'" he says.So out of concern for less informed purchasers, we're going to take measures that keep customers from being ... informed.
I'm not categorically opposed to genetic engineering. Even the term "GMO" is poorly chosen, since it stands for "genetically modified organism," and pretty much everything we eat has been genetically modified by humans through selective breeding. From that perspective, genetic engineering is a point along a spectrum, not a radical break, and then one way of framing the GMO question is whether any particular crop is good: good for increasing yields, good for reducing agricultural pollution, good for health, good for different groups of farmers, ...
But other people see it differently. They object to the technology itself. They are concerned that the technology may be inherently unsafe.
I'm OK with mandatory labeling. I can understand the case against it: if you think the technology is fundamentally inoccuous, you'd rather not have the added expense of having to specify that your food has GMOs. But there's already so much on labels, how much more nuisance would it be to put "Contains GMOs"?
Oh, and that business about the uninformed consumers? At least as insincere as anyone claiming to be concerned about the environment, just as a way to hide a trade barrier. If we're really concerned about labeling that might bewilder the poor little "less informed" purchaser, we might start with the word "natural" and continue on through the raft of dubious claims implying health benefits from buying various kinds of heavily processed, overpriced food.
But the real acid test is whether someone supports bans on labeling. That's a rule where, not only do products not have to say if they do have GMOs; other products aren't allowed to say if they don't have GMOs. The argument here is an extension of the Delaware farmer's stated concern: if people see some products labeled "Doesn't contain GMOs," they'll assume that GMOs must be bad, and so they'll shy away from buying things that don't say they don't have them.
Well, that's certainly a risk. But is it really a big enough risk, or a serious enough one, to justify forbidding producers from convying true information to the consumer? It seems like that would be hard to square with any kind of claim to being a supporter of free markets and the liberties of producers and consumers, but somehow the Titans of Industry manage to do it.
I'm sure Rand Paul will make it a centerpiece of his 2016 presidential bid.


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Now Facebook is taking a step forward to make social commerce more accessible further by expanding Shops and experimenting with AR and AI tools on Instagram and WhatsApp. As per the company, the social platform’s Shops feature has more than 1.2 million monthly active users and more than 300 million monthly Shops visitors. From June 2022, the company is waiving fees for business sellers to support economic recovery. The company has announced that WhatsApp merchants in the U.S will be integrating their shop products into the marketplace. As per the 2020 report from Poshmark, it is revealed that 58% of buyers prefer to purchase items through social media platforms instead of a company’s website.
eMarketers predict that US upfront TV ad spending for 2021–2022 would rise by 7.6% YOY to $19.90 billion. For the first time, the portion of upfront digital video ad spending goes to the connected TV (CTV), which would pull up by almost 50% this year to $4.51 billion. In the U.S it is forecasted that the linear addressable TV ad spending in 2021 is raised to 33.1% of $2.85 billion. It is estimated that in 2021, US adults would spend 2 hours and 29 minutes per day viewing a digital video — that’s 9 minutes high from the prior year. US upfront CTV video ad spending would rose by 49.5% this year to $4.51 billion.
Shopify, the eCommerce platform has announced that they are reducing the share of revenue it collects from developers who publish apps on its app store. From Aug. 1 the developers can hold 100% of their revenue from the first $1 million they make on Shopify’s app store. Shopify President Harley Finkelstein said that they also cutting its commission rates for developers who make more than $1 million annually to 15% from 20% and as well as 0% revenue sharing model would be applied to the developers on Shopify’s Theme Store.
As per the inaugural user forecast, in 2021 about 45 million U.S people aged 14 and older use buy now, pay later (BNPL) services. That is high 81.2% over 2020, and the age range of BNPL users will be widened over the coming years. 80% of BNPL users are millennials or Gen Zers 14 and over, this figure will drop to 73.2% this year, though younger consumers are still more willing than most try for alternative payment options. By 2025 it is predicted that millennials would continue to make the largest share of the user’s base. By the end of 2022, 44.1% of Gen Z digital buyers ages 14 and older will be using BNPL services at least once, compared with only 37.2% of millennial digital buyers.
Doritos has taken an initiative to boost the voices and provide support for black creators. So as a part of this support Dorito will invest more than $5 million to strengthen black innovators and creators. Each creator will be receiving $50,000 to support their work, which will be showcased across Doritos’ website with a dedicated landing page, social League (NUL), media, packaging and TV advertising. Doritos is also committed to providing $100,000 to the National Urban League (NUL).


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Today, Chevrolet released the first photos of its 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series entry rendered in the Camaro’s likeness. The new Camaro race car is not to be confused with the yet-to-be-revealed SS sedan, which will be entered into service in next year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup series. The arrival of the Camaro and the SS marks the end of the Impala’s run as the bow-tie brand’s entrant for both series.
If you’re not familiar with NASCAR’s two racing series, there are two major differences: One, Sprint Cup cars produce around 850 hp, while the Nationwide cars make 650. And two, the series use different sets of cars. For example, Sprint Cup cars include sedans like the Dodge Charger, Ford Fusion, the aforementioned Chevy SS, and the Toyota Camry. Nationwide’s lineup includes sportier two-doors like the Dodge Challenger, Ford Mustang, and now this new Camaro. (The Camry also is part of the Nationwide mix, but that likely has more to do with lack of a production Toyota coupe.)
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We say based on looks alone, this new Camaro has what it takes to run with the series-spec Challengers and Mustangs. The race car’s body gets a fairly realistic take on the real Camaro’s scalloped-out grille opening, hood power bulge, and headlight design. You can first see the Camaro in a NASCAR race next year at Daytona International Speedway.