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Money 8 years after the European Start: Tesla has now over 6,000 superchargers to 600 locations
VW's Tesla plans bring strongest increase since short squeeze
(Bloomberg) - Volkswagen AG shares recorded the highest price increase since the historic short squeeze 12 years ago on Tuesday. On Monday, the Wolfsburg-based company announced that it wanted to replace Tesla Inc. as the global market leader for electric vehicles, and further strategic details on the timetable followed on Tuesday. VW's common stock rose up to 29% Tuesday.
Tesla has developed vigorously his European supercharger network in recent months. Currently there are over 6,000 the fast load columns at 600 locations in Europe.
With the arrival of Model S in Europe 2013, Tesla has installed the first of its SuperCharger in Norway. Three years later, with the start of Model X in 2016, it was already nearly 1,300 supercharger across Europe. In 2019, whenTesla has 6,039 SuperCharger on the net , Tesla had launched 3,700 supercharger in Europe. Now it should be over 6,000.
a total of 6,039 SuperCharger at 601 locations - Tesla has now reached this milestone with his supercharger network according to own information. Over the past two years alone, electric cars should have loaded around 2.4 billion kilometers of electric reach of Tesla superchargers. This corresponds to about 22 round trip to Mars since the market launch of the Model 3.
Last day of Dutch Covid-dominated election
Dutch voters are to cast their ballots at bike-through polling stations and museums Wednesday on the final day of a coronavirus-dominated election that could return Prime Minister Mark Rutte to power. Europe's first Covid election of 2021 has taken place over three days, with the elderly and at-risk voting at selected locations on Monday and Tuesday before the polls open for everyone else on Wednesday. People have also been allowed out past a 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) nationwide curfew to ensure they can vote -- the controversial health restriction in January sparked the Netherlands' worst riots for decades.
TheSupercharger: Efficiency and charging time improves has now been extended to 27 countries in Europe. Lastly, the Greek capital Athens came. In Germany alone, Elon Musk over 850 superchargers at 84 locations. Incidentally, the largest location in Europe in Norwegian Nebben includes 44 Supercharger, at the first location there were still seven. In Oberhonnefeld, near the region Cologne-Bonn, Tesla customers are available 40 fast charging columns. The has been opened in November in California.
in the efficiency and the Lhas also given improvements in recent years. In Europe, the V2 supercharger is the most widespread. Its top performance has risen to 150 kilowatts. Loading times can reduce Tesla by around 25 percent by ideally pre-climatic the battery and system of the Teslas over a corresponding function on the long-distance.
to the V3 superchargers (up to 250 kilowatts) the loading speed has been increased to up to 1,600 kilometers per hour according to the E car manufacturer. Compute example: A model 3 with the large battery (long range, performance) loads in the optimal case with the equivalent of 120 kilometers range in just 5 minutes. V3-Supercharger is currently available at some points of view in Europe, including in German City. Many other appropriate locations, including in Germany, are under construction how to seepage.
Hybrid and E cars keep entry into the fleet of medium-sized countries .
Germany-wide are currently slightly more than 300,000 electric cars approved. Hybrid cars are also popular with the Germans, their number rose by 530,000 cars last year. But not in private use, even as a company cars, more hybrid and electric cars are getting more frequent. The company Vimcar offers medium-sized companies software solutions for their own fleets and has now evaluated their own data of 100,000 service cars. It turns out that 6.6 percent of vehicles are electric cars in the fleet.


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Oregon's Plasti-Fab adds Florida facility
TUALATIN, ORE. Plasti-Fab Inc. has expanded east, opening a new plant to make its fiberglass-reinforced plastic products in Lakeland, Fla., the Tualatin-based company announced this month.
Plasti-Fab manufactures corrosion-resistant items for the water and wastewater markets, and other industrial applications. Its products include manholes, shelters, flumes and gates, among others.
The Lakeland operation is starting with six employees.
Most importantly, it allows us to provide our composite solutions in a more efficient manner to the East Coast and surrounding areas, Plasti-Fab President Randy Thom said in a news release.
Company officials did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Officials at the Lakeland Economic Development Council were unfamiliar with the firm.
Plasti-Fab has operated for more than 40 years, according to the news release.
General Plastics Inc. targeting fiberglass
MILWAUKEE General Plastics Inc. plans to capture market share in fiberglass replacement with the addition of two thermoforming machines at a cost of about $500,000.
The Milwaukee-based firm recently added a used, three-station rotary machine capable of making 6-foot-by-11-foot parts. General Plastics also added a new, 5-foot-by-4-foot pressure former earlier this year. The projects should boost employment in the fourth quarter, officials said.
The new machines will increase the number of parts we produce per hour as well as [allow] us to manufacture larger parts, President Bob Porsche said in a news release.
He said the three-station rotary alone has state-of-the-art processors, direct drives, and top and bottom ovens each equipped with 210 zones. It's difficult to pass up the opportunity to improve the technical capabilities of your manufacturing line when the market is like this, Porsche said.
Porsche expects the new machinery to help General Plastics take over fiberglass applications.
It's part of our strategic plan to expand into other markets, and the new equipment positions us to hit the ground running when the new contracts are signed, he said.
Clean room expands Diversified offerings
MINNEAPOLIS Injection molder Diversified Plastics Inc. has added a clean room for its assembly, sonic welding and packaging operations.
The company, headquartered in Minneapolis, molds parts for the medical-device, filtration and aerospace markets. The firm started clean room operations in May.
This gives us a big competitive advantage by offering these value-added services, said quality director Joe Bourgeault.
PolyMedix to develop compounds as drugs
RADNOR, PA. Biotechnology company PolyMedix Inc. and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have been awarded a $6.6 million grant to develop new compounds designed to treat illnesses caused by food-borne pathogens.
Richard Scott, vice president of research and co-founder of the 7-year-old Radnor firm, said the grant will help PolyMedix develop compounds that work as active agents against Gram-negative bacteria.
The funds also will cover the cost of developing a drug-delivery product up to the point of clinical trials.
It will move us into bacterial infections, he said in a recent telephone interview. Currently, PolyMedix is developing compounds undergoing clinical trials that would treat pan-Staphylococcal, or Gram-positive, infections.
Roughly $3.5 million of the grant, which was announced July 27, will go to PolyMedix.
PolyMedix develops synthetic small-molecule compounds, cal- led biomimetics, that mimic the activity of large natural proteins. According to the company, the compounds are designed for use as therapeutic drugs that treat infectious diseases and acute cardiovascular bleeding disorders in a way that makes bacterial resistance unlikely to develop.
The company said its strategy is to continue the development of polymeric formulations, such as antimicrobrial biomaterials, that can be used as additives to paints, plastics and textiles to create self-sterilizing products and surfaces.
Step2 earns award from Ohio governor
STREETSBORO, OHIO Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland recently presented Step2 Co. LLC, a Streetsboro-based maker of rotational molded toys, with the Governor's Excellence in Exporting Award.
Step2 claims to be the largest U.S. manufacturer of toys, a market dominated by imported toys. Step2 competes in more than 70 countries.
Officials said international sales for Step2 increased by 30 percent from 2007 to 2008. The award also recognizes how those exports translated into jobs at Step2 and its local suppliers.
Step2 was one of 27 Ohio companies to win the export award this year.
This marks the third time Step2 has received the Ohio exporting award. The company also won in 1998 and 2002.
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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Demand Media Inc., Soda Stream International and BBVA were among the biggest movers in the U.S. trading session on Wednesday:
China Nuokang Bio-Pharmaceutical Inc.’s
U.S.-listed shares climbed 26% after the company’s chairman and chief executive combined on a bid to take the company private for $5.80 a share.
Cost Plus Inc.
shares were up 22% after Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
signed a deal to purchase the discount retailer for about $494 million.
Dean Foods Co.
shares were up roughly 12%, propelled by a 50% jump in first-quarter profit. The results, reported before the opening bell, showed the company managed to achieve significant cost cuts and price hikes in its core dairy business. The company also raised its earnings outlook for the second quarter to 28 cents to 33 cents a share, well above the 22 cents a share analysts were looking for.
Demand Media Inc.
shares rose 19%. Analysts at Citigroup upgraded the shares to buy from neutral. Demand Media on Tuesday said its first-quarter loss narrowed from a year ago and raised its outlook for the year.
First California Financial Group Inc.
rose 19% after the company said it will be acquired by PacWest Bancorp
for $212.2 million in stock.
Hilltop Holdings Inc.
stock was up 23% after the Dallas-based holding company for insurance providers set plans to buy PlainsCapital for $318 million in cash plus 27.5 million shares of its common stock worth $219 million based on Tuesday’s closing price of $7.96 a share.
Leading Brands Inc.
shares were up 18% on news the beverage maker plans to buy back up to $800,000 of its common shares in a modified Dutch-auction tender offer.
Ormat Technologies Inc.
rose 12.5% after the company said the provider of geothermal energy moved to a first-quarter profit from a loss in the same period last year, surpassing most forecasts.
Shares of Spanish bank BBVA
fell 5%. The broader market in Spain dropped as political upheaval in France and Greece rattled investors.
Chiquita Brands International Inc.
was down 29% after the fruit and vegetable provider reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter results.
Consolidated Graphics Inc.
shares were down 13% after the commercial printer said it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter loss on various charges as same-store sales declined roughly 5%.
shares fell 5.8% after the company reported disappointing first-quarter results.
Dynavax Technologies Corp.
was down 21% after the biopharmaceutical company said it was planning a 17.5 million-share public offering at $4.25 a share, representing a 17% discount to its closing price on Tuesday.
shares were down 5% after the foreign-exchange brokerage said retail trading volume was down 27% last month compared to March, and fell 15% from April 2011.


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Yesterday AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson gave an interview to CNBC with new deals on AT&T Watch TV. During that interview, Stephenson announced that more details about AT&T Watch TV will be released next week.
AT&T also confirmed that AT&T Unlimited Wireless customers will get the service for free. All others will have to pay $15 a month for the service including non-AT&T customers.
AT&T Watch TV will include Turner content and will be sports free. According to AT&T, Watch TV will be “entertainment focused” but did not mention anything about news.
There are still many questions about AT&T Watch. What devices will it support? Will it use the DIRECTV NOW app? Will there be any news channels? How many channels will be included?
What we do know is that AT&T Watch TV looks like the first shot in what will likely turn into a price war for cord cutters. For a long time, Sling TV was the least expensive option. Recently Philo launched a $16 streaming service and now AT&T Watch TV is just $15 a month.
AT&T Watch TV also seems to continue AT&T’s push to sell wireless plans. Because Watch TV is free with a AT&T Unlimited plan, AT&T clearly is pushing AT&T Wireless.
So far almost everything AT&T has done with DIRECTV NOW and AT&T Watch TV is focused on pushing wireless subscriptions. Look for that trend to continue.
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Hulu, the popular online site for watching television shows, plans to begin testing a subscription service as soon as May 24, according to people with knowledge of the plans.
Under the proposal, Hulu would continue to provide for free the five most recent episodes of shows like Fox's "Glee," "ABC's "Lost" or NBC's "Saturday Night Live." But viewers who want to see additional episodes would pay $9.95 a month to access a more comprehensive selection, called Hulu Plus, these people said.
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Cargill is delighted to have been recognised by the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUoFST) and to have been named a recipient of the 2010 prestigious President’s Award.
The President’s Award is a new category at the IUFoST Global Food Industry Awards that recognises efforts to advance food science and technology for the benefit of all.
“We recognise the application of modern science and technology to sustain and develop traditional foods, to bring them to a wider number of consumers, while maintaining the character and benefits of the original traditional food product,” stated Geoffrey Campbell-Platt, IUFoST President. “Cargill has been recognised for its food safety leadership, its collaboration and commitment to improving access to food and to ensuring food safety through education.”
The President’s Awards recognise and honour the support given to young scientists and students in allowing them to travel, to exchange ideas and to gain knowledge through meeting and interacting with leading international scientists and technologists. The President’s Awards also recognise those that support international conferences on food safety in order to facilitate sharing best practice and improving food safety worldwide.
“We are extremely proud that our commitment to achieving transparent, harmonised and science-based global food systems has been recognised by the IUFoST,” stated Luis Fernandez, head of Cargill’s food technology applications in Europe, Middle East and Africa. “As a global leader in food and agriculture, we are working alongside governments, industry and NGOs in order to promote food security — enabling all people, at all times to have access to a sufficient amount of safe, nutritious and affordable food. We have also led the development and regulatory approval of safe, new ingredients such as Truvia and Barliv to meet our customers’ innovation requirements for healthy foods.”
“We’re also committed to raising standards around the world through partnerships with our customers and suppliers,” continued Fernandez. “We provide support and training to farmers across Asia and Africa to improve their yields and sustainable productivity and we support delegations of food scientists from around the world, leading discussion and debate around these important topics.”
The award will be presented to Cargill at the IUFoST Global Food Industry Awards ceremony on 23 August in Cape Town, South Africa.
Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, the privately held company employs 131,000 people in 66 countries.
Cargill helps customers succeed through collaboration and innovation, and is committed to sharing its global knowledge and experience to help meet economic, environmental and social challenges wherever it does business.
For more information, visit http://www.cargill.com/.
International Union of Food Science and Technology
The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) is the global scientific organisation representing over 200,000 food scientists and technologists from more than 65 countries. It is a voluntary, nonprofit association of national food science organisations linking the world’s food scientists and technologists.
IUFoST has four regional groupings, ALACCTA representing Central and South America, EFFoST representing Europe, FIFSTA representing the ASEAN countries and WAAFoST representing West Africa. IUFoST is a full scientific member of ICSU (International Council for Science) and it represents food science and technology to other international organizations such as WHO, FAO, UNDP and others.
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Google could be getting ready to launch an NFC-equipped Android tablet at its I/O developer event this week, according to Gizmodo, which reports that the Nexus 7 is built by Asus and includes a 1.3Ghz quad-core Tegra 3 processor and a GeForce 12-core GPU. 8GB and 16GB versions of the 7-inch Android Jelly Bean device will be available, retailing at US$199 and $249 respectively, according to a leaked document seen by the publication.
- Discover joins effort to speed up EMV checkout
- Amex bot notifies purchases through Facebook Messenger
- Walmart Pay arrives in 15 more states
- ABN Amro takes payments to WhatsApp
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A Cisco Systems sign is seen outside a Cisco health clinic at Cisco Systems in San Jose, California, U.S., March 22, 2018. Picture taken March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
REUTERS: Networking gear maker Cisco Systems Inc said on Thursday it is teaming with Amazon.com Inc's Amazon Web Services to offer software tools that would make it easier for Cisco's customers to use Amazon's data centers to run their business applications.
The move is part of a push at Cisco, one of the biggest suppliers of the routers and switches that send data across computer networks, to derive more revenue from software and stay current with longtime business customers that are seeking to do more work with cloud computing companies like Amazon, Alphabet Inc's Google Cloud unit or Microsoft Corp's Azure. Read more


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Giant Food Stores is piloting an augmented reality (AR) experience in 15 of its Harrisburg, Pennsylvania stores. The program, called Snowflake Search, is an interactive game that was initially designed for children to be entertained while the adults shop. But Kim Mack, manager of digital strategy and media at Giant and project lead, told Grocery Dive the game has proven to be engaging for adults as well.
"We developed this program to bring technology and innovation to our customers and really bring some excitement and fun to their shopping experience," said Mack.
In order to play the game, shoppers scan a QR code that is located at each entrance of the store and on signs throughout the store so customers can join the experience at any point. The QR code then takes them to a website where they can access the game. Players look for snowflakes around the store, then scan the QR code on each snowflake to reveal a virtual "buddy." Buddies include a penguin ice fishing in the seafood department, gingerbread men making flour snow angels in the baking aisle, an abominable snowman in the frozen section and a polar bear juggling fruit in the produce department.
For each experience they find, shoppers earn 50 points through the chain's recently revamped Giant Choice Reward program, for up to a total of 300 points. Customers can earn those points up to five times during the duration of the game.
The program began Dec. 10 and will end Jan. 30. Giant Choice Reward points can be used for gas, grocery dollars or to redeem specific store items for free.
The company hired Schiefer Chopshop, an Irvine, California-based media and creative agency, to create the technology. Mack said Giant didn’t run into any major hiccups along the way but did face technical issues that any company experiences when developing a new program like this.
"We were really thoughtful in the process and in the execution and put the customer first," said Mack. "We really thought through what they would be experiencing. So as we developed the program and did a lot of our testing, we wanted to make sure it was as seamless as possible for the shoppers.”
This is Giant’s first time utilizing AR in its stores, but there's a good chance it won't be the last. Mack said Giant plans to learn from this pilot program and potentially role out programs at stores across its 180-store footprint.
"If this is successful you’ll definitely see more experiences rolling out [next] year, certainly around major initiatives we have and around major seasons that are exciting," she added.
AR across the retail industry
Augmented reality is slowly creeping into grocery. A few years ago, Kroger launched a program that let users scan a logo or icon in a printed circulator and browse price and product information. In 2018, Walmart added an AR function to its app that showed prices, details and reviews of products when customers held their phones up to store shelves.
Technology vendors are also growing in the space. ScandIt integrates into retailers’ apps and lets shoppers view ingredient and dietary information when they hold their phone in front of a particular product.
Across the retail industry, companies are using AR to help shoppers try out products and engage more deeply with their brands. Eyewear company Warby Parker lets customers try on glasses through its app, while home goods companies like Wayfair and Ikea help customers virtually place chairs, tables and other furniture in their homes before they buy.
Giant' pilot, meanwhile, is less about functionality and more about helping shoppers have fun. Pokemon Go, the massively popular game that debuted in the U.S. two years ago, revealed the demand for AR experiences, particularly among young consumers.
"We’re using AR as a fun experience for our shoppers rather than a tactical approach like many other retailers," said Mack. "It’s purely about entertainment and rewarding them so they can save at the end of the day."


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At Mr Lee’s we’ve worked hard to roll with the punches during these tricky times for everyone.
We’re fortunate to have a great team who have adapted quickly to working from home, and a nutritious ambient product which many people are now turning to as their new cupboard staple.
We know we’re lucky in this sense, and have been busy bee’s making it all happen.
So what has been happening in the last 2 months?
For starters we are now officially producing our award winning noodles on 3 continents (Australia, Europe and the USA). Our production facilities in the US went live last month and we are excited to announce we have launched in Whole Foods Market nationally, with our Coconut Chicken Curry, Tai Chi Chicken, Hong Kong Street-Style Beef and Zen Garden Vegetable Miso. For those of you in the US unable to get to a Whole Foods store right now, we’re also selling on our online store and offering a special launch offer of free delivery and up to 30% off until the end of May! Check it out!
We have also become a member of the Specialty Food Association - trade association representing specialty food artisans, purveyors, importers and entrepreneurs, as well as distributors, retailers, and others involved in the specialty food trade. More information can be found here.
To support our global expansion into the USA and new categories in 2020, we are excited to announce we are partnering with Seedrs to crowdfund. We set out to disrupt low-quality and junk-filled food convenient food categories by using the finest ingredients, authentic recipes and absolutely No Nasties! Just focussing on making Real Food - Real Taste - Real Quick.
We are raising to invest further behind our global commercial & innovation team, local-market manufacturing, sourcing & stock-build (USA, UK/Europe, Australia) as well as our U.S.A nationwide launch, e-com capability and hot noodle kiosk (vending) scale-up. We have reached our target of £1.75m in just 5 days proving how popular the healthy food options are for investors, but the round is still open to invest. If you’re interested to find out more please visit Seedrs page. When investing, your capital is at risk.
Help on the frontline
At the beginning of April we launched “When you Buy, We Give” campaign - for every case of noodles bought on our website in April and May, we are donating a cup of noodles to NHS and foodbanks in the UK and foodbanks in Australia.
We’ve given away over 10,000 cups between the UK and Australia already, with more to come! Damien Lee, the Founder and CEO of Mr Lee’s has also personally donated some noodles to support the specific hospitals he’s been treated in recently.
He said: ”The NHS frontline workers have been the heroes of the nation here in the UK during the lock-down due to covid-19. I have seen how exhausted these doctors and nurses are - working 16-hour shifts with no food because the hospital dining areas are closed and they are sleeping at the hospital so they have no access to food or can't get to a supermarket. These are the guys fighting the big battle at the moment and, to me, they are heroes”
We have also donated thousands of noodles to good causes - read more here
“Back to Work” Restart Scheme
Getting a hot, quick, nutritious meal to those who need has always been our mission. We’re now offering lots of different ways in which people can support their staff with noodles - one of which is our amazing pallet deal offer, where for each purchase of 1500 cups, we top it up with 30% free noodles! The noodles have a long shelf life, so it is great for those who have lots of staff or want to stock up!
Soon more and more companies will open their doors, yet getting your lunch as quickly and easily as before may be a challenge.
We at Mr Lee’s, on the top of the “pallet deal” mentioned above, which is great for bigger companies, are also happy to support smaller establishments with our FSDUs and lower quantity deals by accepting commercial orders and offering trade prices, from only 180 cups! So every business can provide quick, hot food options for their employees without leaving the building! For more information, email [email protected]
We’re proud to promote Mighty Small, a brand new online supermarket which sells other small challenger brands like Mr Lee’s Noodles who are all part of Young Foodies.
“Mighty Small is the result of hundreds of small food brands coming together to share their products with the people that believe in them. They dedicate their lives to producing delicious, exciting products with purpose.” Check it out now!
On the Big Screen
Damien and his family have also recently taken part in Rich House, Poor House which aired on Channel 5 in the UK. One thing the family took away from their experience was just how expensive it can be to eat healthy. When Damien was first diagnosed with cancer he realised how important eating healthily was, which led to the development of Mr Lee’s Noodles. This experience has shown him the importance of making healthy nutritious food available to all, which has spurred new product development ideas here at HQ! You can watch it here
We changed our fulfilment centre from our previous provider, to a local company with a great track-record. Going forwards all orders will be on 3-day Royal Mail tracked service, and improved processes are now in-place here at Mr Lee’s to confirm delivery has taken place. They’re also a local business to us, with fantastic people that we can get on the phone if we need to. We believe this will improve our service ongoing and support local jobs.
We really hope you’re all safe and well whether you’re staying home or out doing important work during this really uncertain time for us all. We want you to know that we’ve taken steps to keep our staff safe and we are all home working, our noodles are in great supply and we’re working hard to improve our online sales resources to get them to you as quickly as possible.


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Originally published on www.thehindubusinessline.com on July 19, 2018
According to a Google and KPMG report “Indian Brands Going Global: A $39 Billion Opportunity”, digitalization will open substantial international opportunities for Indian goods and services by 2022 in travel, media, and entertainment, and consumer brands, as well as in SaaS, and real estate.
“Rising global connectivity is opening up new opportunities for businesses to expand internationally. […] There is a huge international growth opportunity for select verticals, and we wanted to capture that through this report. We have also introduced a revamped GoogleMarket Finder tool, which can help businesses overcome the barriers when they want to expand internationally,” – said Shalini Girish, Director-Marketing Solutions, Google India
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Xiaomi has added one more Television to its kitty with the launch of the Mi TV 4C. The highlight of the Xiaomi Mi TV 4C is that it features a 9mm slim bezel with support for 4K HDR. Touted as an upgrade to the Mi TV 4A, the Xiaomi Mi TV 4C is available in both 43-inch and 55-inch display sizes.
While the 43-inch model features FHD display, 1GB RAM, and 8GB internal storage, the 55-inch variant of the Xiaomi Mi TV 4C offers 4K HDR display, 2GB RAM coupled with 8GB internal storage.
On the internals, the Xiaomi Mi TV 4C is powered by an Amlogic T962 64-bit processor with support for HDR 10, HLG, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, DTS Audio and Dolby Digital. The advantage of the new model is that it includes a special mode called blue light reduction, which is exclusively oriented to reduce eye strain.
Xiaomi also offers the Mi Bluetooth Remote Control available at CNY 99 with speech recognition and Infrared capabilities including Mi Touch and Bluetooth. The 43-inch model is priced at CNY 1849, while the 55-inch model will be available at CNY 2649.
The Xiaomi Mi TV 4C will be available in China within the next few days. We don’t have any confirmation about the availability of the smartphone outside China. That said, the Lei Jun-owned company is aggressively marketing the Television due to slim bezels, which is not available with competing TVs.
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They were put through their paces by 102 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, an Army Reserve unit. The 17 to 25-year-olds hope to put the skills they have learnt on the Armed Forces Employability Pathways into practice either in the military or on Civvy Street. The group of 43, who volunteered through their colleges or employment schemes, travelled to windswept Warcop Training Area in Cumbria. Many of them were from the military skills course with the Learning Curve Group in Sheffield and the Diploma for Entry to the Uniformed Services at Rotherham Colleges Dinnington campus. They completed a 1000m obstacle course, where they were taught to never leave a man behind. Instructors also showed them the basics of camouflage and concealment as well as testing their wits on a series of command tasks. They then had a go at the one and half mile run which potential recruits have to do as part of their fitness assessment. Troops from 1 CS REME helped them to build beach buggies, lay bridges and recover vehicles trapped in the mud using a Tirfor winch. They were also taught the basics of metalsmith work and taken to the armoury where they were shown how to strip a SA80 A2 assault weapon. Some course attendees have gone on to do five weeks of training and work placements while others have returned to college to finish their education.
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The birth of the Digital Self
Perhaps no single statistic sums up the enormous change wrought upon global society more than this: In October 2020, the market capitalization of Zoom Video Communications reached $151 billion – equaling the combined market capitalization of the top 15 airlines in the world, as ranked by the number of passengers carried in 2019. Yes, that’s right. A humble video conferencing company, whose HQ is on the sixth floor of an office building in downtown San Jose, California, now has a valuation that dwarfs the market cap of Southwest Airlines, Ryan Air, Air China, ANA, Lufthansa, and ten other household names from the world of air travel, combined.
Digital lessons learned: Accessibility and adaptability
There’s a lot to unpack here. On the surface, the rise of Zoom and the fall of air travel is, of course, one of the most significant changes we’ve all met with during 2020, as we’ve protected ourselves and our families by staying home and learning how to meet and transact through a screen instead of in person. It’s also a story of a 20th-century industry being supplanted by one from the 21st century. Given ecological sustainability and continuing health concerns, it’s a fair question to ask if travel will ever return to its pre-Covid peak, or if this year has signaled a sea change similar to that of trucking overtaking the dominance of the railroads, as occurred when the 19th century became the 20th.
An even more profound significance of this shift is that it shows how easily we’ve all adopted a digital reality as an acceptable replacement for a physical reality. In the realm of work, there are actual advantages to meeting in the digital world – you can conduct substantive discussions with customers in Buenos Aires in the morning, and customers in Zagreb in the afternoon, with near-zero setup cost in both time or money. Conferences have also become far more accessible. With no physical limits on the number of attendees, entry fees have plummeted, increasing direct access for many of us to thinkers and speakers we’ve only read about second-hand before.
Out of necessity, our children now attend schools online, led by heroic teachers who have figured out how to engage and educate the next generation entirely via the screen. There are still some bumps in the road, and not everything’s perfect (especially considering those who still lack adequate connectivity). Still, on the whole, we’re moved quite smoothly into a world where what happens in the digital realm is understood to be just as meaningful as the same activity in the physical world.
The drive for us to find ways to connect when we’ve been physically kept apart has even led us to move what would have been significant events in the physical world into digital platforms that, unlike Zoom for work or Google Meet for education, were not originally designed for these kinds of activities. We’ve seen graduations in Minecraft, weddings in Animal Crossing, and work meetings in Red Dead Redemption. We’ve seen a virtual Tour de France conducted on Zwift and NASCAR matchups happen in iRacing.com. And, as we move what would have been physical world activities into digital spaces, we’ve started to realize that we’re no longer bound by reality in those new worlds.
When the original Kentucky Derby was postponed, broadcaster NBC filled the time slot that they’d already paid for with a digitized matchup of all thirteen Triple Crown winners from history, so that for the first time, we could see Sir Barton, the 1919 winner, racing Secretariat from 1973 and American Pharoah from 2015. Not possible in the physical world, but gloriously, thrillingly possible in the digital one.
New digital spaces
As we become increasingly comfortable in these new digital spaces that we all inhabit, creativity and production are flourishing in addition to consumption. To get credit in their online gym classes, my sons need to make videos of themselves doing the week’s assigned workouts, speed it up so the whole 30-minute session takes only a few seconds to view, then submit it to their teacher. This regular activity is turning my kids into fluid video producers, with my 13-year old telling me, “I spend much more time figuring out how to add cool effects to my videos than I spend doing the actual exercises.”
The market for digital goods such as skins and fashion accessories has continued to explode on platforms like Roblox and Fortnite, designed both by known brands (Gucci, Nike), who are simply meeting their customers where they spend the most time, and by amateurs who amass millions of followers with their skills. As observed by noted tech futurist Cathy Hackl, "The world’s next Coco Chanel is probably a 10-year old girl that’s currently designing avatar skins in Roblox.”
For those of us in the telecommunications industry, this moment offers us both a rebuke and opportunity. The rebuke is in connecting everyone. Why isn’t every schoolchild in every country in the world already connected? Well, it’s time to connect them now, and operators, governments, and new entrants like SpaceX’s Starlink are rolling up their sleeves and filling the void.
It’s the year that our physical selves stayed at home, while we discovered the freedom and power that our digital selves possess.
Realizing new opportunities in 5G
The opportunity is in realizing that digital presence is just as significant as a physical presence, and there just might be new revenues to be found there. Taiwan’s Chunghwa and Deutsche Telekom are both bringing the 5G Manova Virtual Reality headset to their markets, which does not run apps but rather allows users to enter its digital universe where their avatars can interact, play, transact, and create. KDDI’s five-day Halloween event in its Virtual Shibuya, a digitized version of a popular neighborhood in Tokyo, was visited by 400,000 people, who chose to show off their costumes in an online version of the city rather than risk their health by going to the physical location.
A vaccine is finally just around the corner, which should eventually return us to some level of pre-pandemic activity. But the genie is out of the bottle. Will any company return to its previous level of travel or real estate spend, now that it has found that working and meeting from home works so well? Will the avatars who sported gloriously outlandish costumes in Virtual Shibuya stop attending concerts online? Is the Tour de France likely to drop its online presence, or more likely to evolve towards “ride along with the pros” offerings in the future, where fan avatars can attempt to keep up on digital versions of those tough mountain stages?
The real legacy of 2020 is not that it’s the year we all stayed at home. It’s the year that our physical selves stayed at home while discovering the freedom and power that our digital selves possess. The successful companies of 2021 will be the ones who see this shift and lean into it, providing access, goods, and services that have meaning for both their customers’ physical and digital realities.
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India is only at the start of the agriculture technology revolution, says Pablo Erat
Pablo Erat interacting with a group of students at a village school in Gujarat.
Indo-Swiss agriculture platform Pioneering Ventures plans to integrate various parts of the agriculture value chain including harvesting, collection, processing and logistics. Agriculture and dairy focussed companies MilkLane, FarmLink, Desai Fruits and Vegetables, Citrus Processing India and Samaaru are already part of the platform.
NEW DELHI: In an e-mail interaction Zurich based Dr Pablo Erat, co-founder, Pioneering Ventures says the platform will provide a 360 degrees support solution to farmers and other supply chain partners. Edited excerpts:
How has technology raised farming standards in India?
The adaptation of digital technologies, affordable data intelligence and increasing awareness among farmers and other stakeholders has created a unique opportunity for India,


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By Darren Waters
BBC News website
The mobile gaming industry is set to explode in 2005 with a number of high-profile devices offering a range of gaming and other features such as movie and music playback. Market leader Nintendo, however, is releasing a handheld console that it says will revolutionise the way games are played.
The first striking thing about the DS is how retro it looks. Far from looking like a mould-breaking handheld, it looks more like Nintendo dug out a mould from a 1980s handheld prototype.
The lightweight clam shell device opens up to reveal two screens, and when switched on it instantly reveals its pedigree.
Both screens are crisp and clear while the bottom of the two is touch sensitive.
Nintendo has given developers free rein to utilise the dual screens and ability to control the action by simply touching the screen.
The Japanese gaming giant hopes the DS will maintain the firm's pre-eminence in an increasingly-competitive mobile gaming market.
Nintendo first launched its GameBoy console in 1989 and has dominated the market ever since.
Top screen is for action. The bottom one shows a map and is touch sensitive
But its lead can no longer be taken for granted. Sony will enter the market later this year with its PlayStation Portable, while start-up companies Gizmondo and Tapwave Zodiac are also offering hybrid devices.
"We believe the DS will appeal to all ages, both genders and gamers of any skill," said David Yarnton, Nintendo Europe's general manager said at the recent press launch for the handheld.
With its two screens, wireless connectivity and backwards compatibility with the GameBoy Advance, the DS certainly has a number of unique selling points.
It went on sale in the US in mid-November priced $150 and Nintendo says sales have exceeded expectations, without giving detailed figures. Japan and Europe will have to wait until the first quarter of 2005 to get the device.
With more than two million pre-orders for the device in Japan, Nintendo is confident it will keep its number one spot.
But will the device prove to be as revolutionary as claimed?
The game ships with a demo of Metroid Hunters - a 3D action title which can be played alone or with a group of friends using the machine's wireless capabilities.
It certainly looks impressive on the small machine and plays smoothly even with a group of people.
The game can be controlled by using the supplied stylus to aim. The top screen is used to navigate the action while the bottom screen offers a top-down map and the ability to switch weapons.
It is certainly a unique control method and while it makes aiming more controlled it can be a little disorientating.
Super Mario 64 DS is a faithful re-creation of the Nintendo 64 classic with a host of new mini-games and new levels.
The game looks stunning on the portable machine and the sound too is impressive for such a small machine.
One thing is for certain. Hardened gamers will have to learn to adapt to a new way of playing while it could prove to be an accessible way in to gaming for novices,
Ultimately the success or failure of the device lies in the hands of developers.
If they manage to create titles which use the Nintendo DS's key features then a whole new market of gamers could open up.
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MASERU – The National Assembly on Monday adopted the Customs and Excise Bill 2021 following a motion by the Minister of Finance, Thabo Sofonea.
In his motion to the House, the minister said once enacted, the Customs and Excise Amendment Bill will enable the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) to formulate regulations which will entice traders who comply with set regulations to get some sort of compensation.
Sofonea said the Bill will also pave way for the introduction of electronic facilities at some of the borders, which he said will reduce long queues of traders for clearing their goods.
“The electronic system will enable the traders to clear their goods at the comfort of their homes and not to physically be at the borders,” he explained.
The minister further showed that the electronic system will improve quality services at the borders as well as increase revenue collection that will boost economic growth in the country.
The system, he said will enable immigration officers to see the origin of the goods, adding that it will be applicable to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
For his part, the Chairperson of the Economic Cluster, Mahooana Khati, said the Customs and Excise Act was ancient as it was first enacted in 1982, adding it needed to be amended in order to pave way for the introduction of the electronic system.
He believes while the use of electronic system will accelerate revenue collection, it will also enable the LRA to issue traders licenses cards timeously while on the other hand improving information dissemination between the authority and the traders.
Khati warned the traders who normally smuggle their goods into the country that they will be heavily penalised if found, but expressed concern that the law enforcement agencies seem to delay such cases, which he said affect revenue collection in the process.
Although the other parliamentarians supported the amendment bill, they however, expressed concern that it might not be fully implemented by the immigration officers.
They were also worried that the traders might not get well trained on how to use the electronic system, adding that they also needed to know what the bill itself entails.
They were also skeptical that it might cause job losses to many Basotho and therefore unnecessarily increase the unemployment rate in the country.
The Customs and Excise amendment bill will eventually be used at the borders across the country to enable traders to carry out their services with ease.


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US auto major Ford has started accepting the booking for its much acclaimed EcoSport SUV in India again.
The company had suspended the bookings for EcoSport due to the heavy demand in the sub-continent market and the waiting period of the SUV had even gone upto one year in the country. Now the company has officially confirmed the resume of bookings in India with the reduced waiting period.
"With 50,000 EcoSports delivered, we have significantly reduced the waiting period and are pleased to extend the opportunity to book the Ford EcoSport to more customers," PTI quoted Vinay Piparsania, Executive Director of Marketing Sales and Service at Ford India, reported Business Standard.
EcoSport, the game changer of the Ford in India has been riding high in the country since its launch last year. The vehicle which entered the market back in June clocked more than 30,000 bookings within 17 days and surpassed the sales of all other SUVS in the country.
EcoSport comes with 1.5L petrol, 1.5L diesel and the 1.0L EcoBoost engine under the hood. The 1.5L petrol engine gives 112 PS power and 140 Nm torque. The revolutionary EcoBoost EcoSport engine churns out a power of 125 PS and 170 Nm torque, along with a mileage of 18.9 kmpl. The diesel variant of EcoSport is the most fuel efficient among all the models, delivering a mileage of 22.7 kmpl.
Recently, the company has started offering EcoSport with the LED Daytime Running Lights. There are also reports that the Ford is considering sunroof for EcoSport in India.
Earlier in February, Ford has cut the prices of EcoSport in India, following the excise reduction announced by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his latest interim budget.
Ford EcoSport Petrol price (All prices ex-showroom, Delhi)
Ford EcoSport Ambiente - ₹5.94 lakh
Ford EcoSport Trend - ₹6.89 lakh
Ford EcoSport Titanium - ₹7.85 lakh
Ford EcoSport Titanium 1.0 EcoBoost M/T - ₹8.25 lakh
Ford EcoSport Titanium 1.0 EcoBoost (Option) M/T - ₹8.78 lakh
Ford EcoSport Titanium 1.5 Ti-VCT A/T - ₹8.79 lakh
Ford EcoSport Diesel price
Ford EcoSport Ambiente - ₹7.13 lakh
Ford EcoSport Trend - ₹8.00 lakh
Ford EcoSport Titanium 1.5 TDCi M/T - ₹8.96 lakh
Ford EcoSport Titanium 1.5 TDCi (Option) - ₹9.49 lakh


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While residents of San Francisco's Valencia corridor are stepping forward to raise money for businesses damaged during protests Monday evening, the city has reportedly threatened to fine one of the boarded up businesses.
A group of demonstrators allegedly broke the windows of several shops, cars and even the local police station Monday evening during the Occupy protests.
The Weston Wear Store at 569 Valencia St. said it received a letter from the Department of Public Works Wednesday saying graffiti on the boarded up broken windows of the store had to be cleaned within 30 days or the store would be fined.
The letter was later rescinded by the city.
The store said it was trying to replace it smashed out windows Thursday but the weather was not cooperating.
Store managers said they would try again on Friday, which would make the department's complaint mute.
On Tuesday, residents launched a campaign to help businesses like the Weston Wear Store and the police station repair the damage.
They hope to raise $10,000 in 10 days to help at least 16 businesses repair the damage done.
So far, more than $6,100 have been raised since the page was launched. A list of which businesses will receive the money has been added to the campaign page.


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Ont. government pushing to become EV leader, but more incentives needed according to some
Ontario has secured investments from big automakers such as Ford and GM to build new electric vehicles at their facilities in the province in the coming years.
Doug Ford is pitching Ontario as the next electric vehicle manufacturing powerhouse, seemingly a far cry from the premier who three years ago cancelled incentives for people to buy them.
Where some see contradiction, others see calculated election strategy.
Shortly after coming to power in 2018, Ford’s government scrapped Ontario’s cap-and-trade system, and with it the electric vehicle rebates funded by that program.
He also stopped building charging stations — the provincial transit agency even removed some — and dropped a requirement for new homes to include the wiring for potential EV chargers.
Ford at the time decried the rebates of up to $14,000 as subsidizing purchases for wealthy buyers — and he still does, mostly.
“Before the election I didn’t believe in giving millionaires rebates on over $100,000 Tesla cars,” he said last month. “I just didn’t believe in it. Let’s see how the market dictates.”
In the year after the rebate cancellations, the market for electric vehicles tanked in Ontario. At its highest point, electric-vehicles made up around three per cent of the province’s total passenger vehicle sales. That dropped to below one per cent after the rebate was scrapped.
The introduction of a federal rebate saw Ontario’s electric-vehicle sales begin to climb again. The most recent data from Statistics Canada puts the numbers back to nearly where they were before the provincial cancellation.
But that is still well below levels seen in provinces with their own rebates, such as British Columbia and Quebec, which are seeing electric-vehicle sales of about 13 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively.
Electric-vehicle advocates say Ontario can’t be a leader in manufacturing while being a laggard in sales.
Joanna Kyriazis, senior policy adviser at Clean Energy Canada, said a recently announced Ontario auto strategy was more friendly to electric vehicles than she would have expected, but it’s missing the second half of the equation.
“I do think that there’s been a recent shift in the Ford government’s view of electric vehicles, at least on the manufacturing side,” she said.
Ontario’s “Driving Prosperity” plan focuses on repositioning the province’s auto sector to build electric vehicles, as well as establishing battery production here, taking advantage of critical minerals found in the Ring of Fire. It aims to build at least 400,000 electric vehicles and hybrids by 2030.
Ontario has secured investments from big automakers such as Ford and GM to build new electric vehicles at their facilities in the province in the coming years, and the premier is looking to attract more.
“Our government knows it and the auto industry knows it: Ontario is the No. 1 place in the world to build the cars and trucks of the future,” Ford said when he announced the strategy last month.
Acting on the manufacturing side but not the consumer side is contradictory, said Daniel Breton, president and CEO of Electric Mobility Canada.
“If Ontario wants to be a leader, it’s not a buffet where you pick and choose what you decide to do,” he said.
“Rebates do make a difference. They don’t have to be $14,000, but if people see a decent rebate or even tax credit I think it does make a difference, not only in a financial point of view. There’s a social point of view that says the government is really promoting the transition to electric vehicles.”
But the political aim of this government, strategists say, is the focus on jobs.
Ford is trying to secure manufacturing in regions like Oakville and Windsor, whereas Liberals look at the issue through a consumer and environmental lens, said Andrew Steele, a vice-president at consulting firm StrategyCorp.


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A would-be robber in Atlanta’s Little Five-Points area was gunned down by a patron waiting outside of a store to purchase the newly released Lebron James‘ sneakers, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
The LeBron X Denim shoes retail for $180 and have been eagerly anticipated — especially in light of the Miami Heat pulling out a nail-biting victory over the San Antonio Spurs last Thursday.
The unidentified robber was fatally shot outside of the Wish clothing and shoe store after trying to rob a group of people. His shooter is reportedly licensed to carry a concealed weapon and returned to his place in line after the shooting.
“He really stood up for all of us,” Taylor White told Channel 2. He said he was in line when the shooting happened. “I salute the homie that did that.”
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Police responded to the shooting at 5:30 a.m. — six and half hours before Wish opened.By 11:30 a.m., a line 45 people long stretched from Wish’s door down to the sidewalk and almost halfway up the next block.
Some brought chairs to make their wait more comfortable, but police tossed them aside and made the sneaker-hungry customers stand in a single-file line instead of clustering around the store’s entrance. A few, concerned that they would lose their place and miss their chance to get the sneakers, briefly attempted to resist the police’s entreaties that they form a single-file line.
“It ain’t that serious,” one woman said as she looked at fellow customers trying to stay as close to the store’s entrance as possible. But that woman wasn’t giving up her spot in line, either.
Many in line were aware of the shooting that took place a few hours earlier, but they were still answering the sneakers’ siren call.
“Sounds like he brought it on himself,” a man who would not give his name said of the shooting victim.
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Jovago yesterday announced winners of its first ever Jovago Hotel Awards during a cocktail event held in celebration of its 2nd Anniversary in Kenya. The awards are held in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in the hospitality industry as well as companies which have been instrumental in supporting the company’s goal to bolster eTourism in Kenya and Africa at large.
This year marked the debut of what Estelle Verdier, the Managing Director for East and Southern Africa termed as a “celebration of an exciting journey together and a call to embrace eCommerce as a game changer in the global Travel and Tourism sector” She went on to explain that, “despite challenges in the recent past including Ebola outbreaks in West Africa, travel advisories to different regions in Kenya, rampant terrorist attacks and a turbulent currency market, the industry can look ahead to a bright future judging on the recent events that have taken place in the country” She pointed out President Obama’s visit and the lifting of the travel advisory by the United Kingdom as a great endorsement to Kenya’s security. “Kenya has also proved to be a hub for meetings and conferences owing to the huge success of the recently held Global Entrepreneurial Summit, we can confidently look forward to a surge in arrivals for the WTO Ministerial Conference, Pope Francis’s visit and the African Travel Association all scheduled within the next couple of months”
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Resale costs for general public housing soaked 0.One per cent within the second quarter, moderating from a 0.5-per-cent decline in the initial quarter of the year.
Analysts always see a controlling trend in the resale housing sector, with increased transactions as well as a regular supply of build-to-order (BTO) apartments moderating price motions. They also assume a flattish value trend for that full year.
The particular Housing and Development Panel (HDB) released the particular flash quotations for its reselling price directory on Mon. Resale price is now 3.7 % lower than the identical period recently.
HDB resale prices have been varying over the last 7 quarters but with decreases primarily, which demonstrates prices are even now on a gentle downtrend.
The continual supply of fresh build-to-order flats available will continue to maintain resale price ranges in check while they provide less costly options, particularly for first time customers.
ERA essential executive officer Eugene Lim added that this latest numbers reinforce his or her view the HDB resale marketplace has already stabilised which the previous quarter’s larger-than-expected cost decrease was obviously a one-off occurrence.
“As prices have been flattish considering that Q4 2015, increasingly more buyers tend to be entering the resale market. With the elevated demand, virtually any price drop is expected to be very marginal.Inch
He needs resale deals to further grab in Q2 2017 via Q1 2017 – whenever there were Four,530 resale level applications.
Data for the full second fraction, including to the number of reselling transactions, will be released on July Twenty eight.
Mr Lim known that with regards to 3,815 resell flats happen to be transacted in April and May.
“Resale houses have always been a favorite choice amid home buyers as a result of variety of areas available and also the generous grants or loans. In addition, as opposed to new apartments where there can be a waiting time of three years, resell flats are prepared for immediate profession and will match those that have more urgent housing needs.
“The maximum grant sum available to starter’s is now up to maximum of S$110,000,” he or she added, speaking about a family give of up to S$50,Thousand plus an additional housing give up to S$40,500 and proximity housing give of S$20,Thousand.
For the whole associated with 2017, he expects the price plunge to be involving negative 0.5 per cent and 0.5 per cent, with transactions of 21,000 for you to 22,Thousand units.Inches
For comparison, within 2016, the number of resale transactions had been 20,813, upwards 7.Eight per cent via 19,306 circumstances in 2015.
HDB extra that within August this coming year, it will offer you about Three,850 BTO rentals in Bukit Batok as well as Sengkang for software.


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Overall MLS® sales last month for detached, attached and apartment properties were recorded at 1,707 units. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that this is a decline of 8 per cent from 1,864 units sold in September 1999.
"Population growth and the rate of inflation are important indicators of future real estate trends," said REBGV President Bill Phillips. "With four quarters of steady growth in BC's population and inflation lower than expected, there is good evidence that the real estate market has room to grow."
"Stable interest rates and housing prices have encouraged buyers in several Greater Vancouver communities to act now when making home purchases," Phillips added.
According to the Board's Housing Price Index (HPI), the benchmark price of a detached home in Greater Vancouver is $341,900, up one per cent from one year ago. Detached home sales in September were recorded at 932 units, down 8 per cent last year.
In the attached category, the benchmark price is currently $219,050, with no change compared with the same time last year. Year-over-year attached property sales were down 7.5 per cent as 248 units changed hands last month compared with 268 in 1999.
Prices of apartments dipped slightly in September. The benchmark price of $157,450 is 2.3 per cent lower than one year ago. The number of apartments sold in September was 527 units, revealing a 9.3 per cent decrease from last year's sales of 581 units.
Several bright spots were noted in Greater Vancouver communities in September 2000 compared with September 1999.
North Vancouver up 13% (84 units sold from 74)
Richmond up 5% (115 units sold from 109)
Squamish up 35% (23 units sold from 17)
Vancouver West up 16% (128 units sold from 110)
Richmond up 16% (65 units sold from 56)
Vancouver West up 26% (43 units sold from 34)
Burnaby (North) up 33% (20 units sold from 15)
Maple Ridge up 160% (13 units sold from 5)
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Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Ahluwalia Defends Manmohan Singh’s Role in 2G Case… Learn extra. Apple has issued a press release relating to last evening’s removal of ‘most major’ VPN apps from the App Store in China. The AP govt is using data extensively to micro-goal insurance policies. Military spending additionally tends to come back in larger increments, as a single US Predator drone prices roughly $4 million, and complete spending for this system is estimated at a complete of virtually $2.4 billion.
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Self-driving automobiles and how they’d function in New Mexico could also be a problem before state lawmaker next year. Jefferson Graham demonstrates that Apple’s Siri really does have a sense of humor. The Cool Route project is led by Dr. Breda Kenny, Head of the Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence at CIT.


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Microsoft has taken another step towards providing a one stop shop for entertainment and media across Windows devices. A tip via Twitter from Super User points out that a ‘Music’ tab has been added to the beta version of the Store in Windows 10 build 10074. That version of the store also has tabs for apps, games, and Movies & TV.
— Super User (@Superb_User) May 12, 2015
The tab is there but if clicked it doesn’t go anywhere yet as the page isn’t available. The Microsoft Store is gaining serious momentum with the push to have Win32 apps be put in the store as well as the hopeful uptick we’ll see from iOS and Android apps being able to be ported.
It’s a logical step for Microsoft as they already added Movies & TV bringing the worlds of media and apps and games together. Hopefully in an upcoming build we’ll get a look at the page up and running.


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Facebook’s latest announcement, a free platform for paid-for events is huge news. Facebook’s e-commerce capabilities (or lack of) have always been a stumbling block for the platform, which undoubtedly drives huge amounts of top of funnel intent, but intent that is all too difficult to track. Even within Facebook’s portfolio, although Instagram is so visual and aspiration-driven, it’s been surprisingly slow to make a successful link between in-platform product and cash transaction. Many brands “know” that social drives sales, but they struggle to attribute that impact to anything specific, which means it’s difficult to learn and optimise.
Charities often see really engaged audiences on both of these platforms, sharing news and success stories, but it’s often tricky activating that audience to donate and fundraise off the back of it. The role of social is a tricky one – people generally don’t like to click off-platform. But if social is where you can communicate most effectively with your most loyal and dedicated audience, it has to be a platform for activation, not just information. This is where in-platform events bookings could be really helpful for that fundraising revenue stream: for virtual 10ks, quizzes, and coffee mornings… or whatever else our imaginative fundraising teams can think of.
But what does this mean for the wider landscape? The pandemic has already seen the loss of Hoop, an app where parents and families can find events and things to do in their area. Hoop was a lifeline for lonely new mums on maternity leave and it will be sorely missed. But with the widespread cancellation of classes and events, it lost its only revenue source and had no choice but to close its doors. You can only wonder how other platforms like Skiddle and MeetUp are coping with no events and revenue coming through. And now along comes Facebook, undercutting these platforms, offering brands and organisations the chance to sell their ticketed events for free (albeit virtual events only – for now). It’s not clear whether it will have the same functionality (or level of trust) of specialist platforms, but it could potentially work out cheaper than other event platforms. On Android devices using Facebook Pay, fees are being waived, although Apple have not agreed to waive their 30% cut.
On the plus side for brands and non-profits, your audience are staying in-platform, likely with half their personal information pre-filled, This presents an effortlessly simple click to buy or book. With such a short, frictionless funnel, we could see much higher conversion rates, particularly benefiting charities who look to social media to fill their fundraising spots. This is incredibly exciting for charities relying on virtual fundraising at the moment.
But what happens in twelve months, if Facebook introduces fees for the service? The pandemic has only increased Facebook’s share of attention, with a 12% increase in daily usage year on year – if brands get into a habit of promoting, booking and hosting all in one platform, it will be a difficult habit to break. This is an incredibly fast-moving space with both technology and ethics constantly evolving. The new Events platform presents a great opportunity, but with an eye on the future for what happens next.


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BERLIN, Oct 4- The head of the European Parliament told a group of German regional newspapers that the emissions scandal at Volkswagen would hit the German economy hard but Europe's biggest carmaker was likely to survive the crisis. Germany's finance and economy ministers have played down the risk of a broader economic danger for Germany from the scandal.» Read More
European car sales zoomed ahead in July and August after slow sales most of the year in major car-buying nations, netting strong results for BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Fiat and General Motors.
Shares of General Motors jumped in early trading Thursday, after a Citi Investment Research analyst lifted his rating on the automaker, citing possible outcomes from labor negotiations.
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In a bid to add more prestige to what it already has, the Italian maker of super luxury sports car unveiled the Reventon at Frankfurt's international autoshow, a very limited editioncar that looks more like an arrow than anything on four wheels.
How's this for exclusive? Lamborghini unveils its newest model today in Frankfurt, Germany with a pricetag of $1.38 million. And here's the best part: Lamborghini has already sold out ALL 20 of its new million dollar ride.
CNBC Europe's Dan Scott reports from the Frankfurt Motor Show and VW's plans to become the world's biggest carmaker.
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The Frankfurt Auto Show kicked off today and as expected, the automakers are all talking about cars that are more fuel efficient, more environmentally friendly, and more viable than the first attempts at building electric or low emission cars.
I attended a meeting of about twenty-five hedge fund traders last night. These informal gatherings are fairly common on the Street; they're often sponsored by sell-side trading houses. Usually, it's a discussion on long and short positions of the various traders.
The top executive at General Motors said on Tuesday that the automaker was watching the downturn in the U.S. housing market closely and blamed the softness there for weakness in vehicle sales.
The U.S. subprime crisis had little impact on the top line of luxury automaker BMW, the company's CEO said Tuesday, but expectations of stricter emission standards are pushing the company to produce more environmentally-friendly cars.
CNBC Europe's Dan Scott reports from the Frankfurt Motor Show and marvels at Porsche's decision to make a hybrid SUV.
General Motors in its contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers union has proposed one option that excludes establishing a union-run healthcare trust but calls for deeper cuts in several areas, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition.
The world's automakers will make new efforts to win customers over with more environmentally friendly cars at the Frankfurt Auto Show this week as they tout new vehicles with hybrid propulsion and more advanced, cleaner engines.
Like George Steinbrenner stocking his New York Yankees with All-stars, Cerberus Capital is loading Chrysler with big-time execs. The latest addition is Phil Murtaugh, who will run Chrysler's operation and expansion in China and India. In the last ten years, Murtaugh has carved out a reputation as the American who knows China and how to grow auto sales in that country.
Motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson said Friday that 2007 earnings would come in 4 percent to 6 percent lower than last year because of tough times for U.S. consumers, sending its shares down 7 percent.
I'm always amazed at the number of times someone will send me an e-mail or stop me when I'm out on a story and tell me something that they swear is the absolute truth. My favorite response: The Big 3 have no fresh ideas. Anyone who thinks that should check out the new Ford's with Sync coming out later this year.
Luxury automakers BMW, Audi and Mercedes reported healthy sales increases for August on Friday, with demand from Asia and the U.S. driving gains but with mixed results in their home markets.
Toyota's top North American executive is defecting to Chrysler, a move that stunned the auto industry and gives a highly regarded leader and consummate salesman the chance to turn things around at the struggling U.S. automaker.
In the auto world, it's hard to say one executive can turn around a company. But there are certain people who are "game-changers". The type of executive with a great track record who could steer a company in the right direction. Jim Press, the former president of Toyota North America is one of those executives.


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In April 2021, Resident Evil Re:Verse conducted an open beta test, but it was cut short due to matchmaking issues. And these issues eventually prompted the company to shut down and repair the servers several times.
But After multiple delays that pushed the title’s release date further back each time, Resident Evil Re: Verse was finally planned for release with the Resident Evil Village, and its new release date of October 28, 2022, was announced at last night’s Capcom Showcase.
And as the team continues to work on delivering a smooth gameplay experience that has taken much longer than expected, we can expect it to finally deliver on its promise by the end of this year.
As mentioned by sources, the game is scheduled for October 28 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC.
In addition to Resident Evil Re:Verse’s release date and the Resident Evil Village DLC, Capcom showcases a new look at Resident Evil 4 Remake, new details on Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, and a new look at co-op dinosaur murder action game Exoprimal.


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TikTok just removed more than 6 million videos in India over violations
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- Over 6 million videos disappeared from TikTok over rule violations in India.
- The Bytedance-owned short video sharing platform is facing heat from the Indian government over its handling of data from Indian users.
- But Bytedance seems to have no plans of backing down with plans to invest $1 billion in India over the next three years and setting up a data centre locally to allay government concerns.
This isn’t the first time that the Bytedance-owned enterprise has been called into question over content hosted on its platform. Earlier this year, TikTok was pulled off Google Play Store and the iOS App Store after a local Indian court implemented a ban on its video for ‘encouraging pornography’.
The app is under threat of facing another ban with the Indian government sending TikTok and its sister mobile app, Helo, a notice over their data collection, storage and sharing practices of Indian users last week.
But Bytedance has no plans to giving into the pressure. Over the weekend, the Chinese mobile app publisher announced that it has plans to invest $1 billion in India over the next three years with the first $100 million going towards setting up a local data center in the country.
TikTok or TikTok users to blame
TikTok has regulations in place to keep a check on the content that’s being uploaded to the platform. But its burgeoning popularity in the country with over 200 million downloads has led users to be more daring on the platform.
However, just because regulations are in place doesn’t mean that everyone is making the time to read through the material.
Sachin Sharma, the director of sales at Tiktok, said that the company is currently working on strengthening its monitoring to try and ensure that content violating the platform's community standards, is not released on the platform to begin with.
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Qualcomm Inc reported a 4.2 percent rise in quarterly revenue on 25 July, helped by demand for its latest Snapdragon chipset from smartphone customers including Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Xiaomi Corp.
Revenue rose to $5.60 billion in the quarter ended 24 June from $5.37 billion a year earlier. Net income attributable to Qualcomm rose to $1.22 billion or 82 cents per share, from $866 million, or 58 cents per share a year earlier.
Samsung recently took the crown for having the maximum market share of 29 percent in Q2 of 2018, while the Apple had a mere one percent market share. Xiaomi on the other hand which reportedly contributed to Qualcomm's revenue growth had a close 28 percent market share.
According to a CNET report, the San Diego-based chipset maker recently announced during its earnings calls with analysts that it would sever ties with Apple and will not supply modems to upcoming iPhones. It is speculated that Intel will be the supplier to Apple's upcoming iPhone models.
With inputs from Reuters
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text: Amazon.com Expands Redshift Data Warehouse Service DOUG TSURUOKA 2/15/2013 11:42 AM EST Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Reprints Amazon.com's [ticker symb=AMZN] Amazon Web Services unit said Friday that it's making Amazon Redshift, a cloud-based data warehouse service, available to a range of customers. The broad rollout follows limited use of Redshift by some startups and global companies, after the service was unveiled at the AWS re: Invent conference in November. Amazon says customers can now launch an Amazon Redshift cluster, starting with a few hundred gigabytes and scaling to a petabyte or more, with a few clicks in the AWS management console tool. The cost is less than $1,000 per terabyte per year. AWS says its Redshift data warehouse service can be used by companies in social media, gaming, mobile, advertising, manufacturing, health care, e-commerce and financial services. "When we set out to build Amazon Redshift, we wanted to leverage the massive scale of AWS to deliver 10 times the performance at a 10th the cost of on-premise data warehouses in use today," Raju Gulabani, vice president of database services for Amazon Web Services, said in the company's press release. "With order of magnitude improvements in price/performance, Amazon Redshift makes big data analytics accessible to more people, allowing large organizations to analyze more of their data and smaller ones to afford fast, scalable data warehousing technology." Technology and consulting software partners of Amazon, including SAP[ticker symb=SAP], Informatica[ticker symb=INFA] and Cognizant Technology Solutions[ticker symb=CTSH] are said to be backing the expanded Redshift service. Amazon says companies interested in using Redshift should visit http://aws.amazon.com/redshift. The company's shares were down 1% in early trading Friday. RELATED: Amazon Seen Spinning Off Cloud Computing Unit AWS Amazon Web Services Launches New Transcoder Service.


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In tough times or better days, Americans have always found much for which to be grateful. Lately, this has been no easy task with the return of Jimmy Carter-levels of inflation walloping family paychecks and savings over the past three years. Meanwhile, this year’s Thanksgiving Day meal’s cost remains historically high.
Our nation would be far more thankful if the Fed were not fervently attempting to control inflation through endless interest rate hikes to slow the economy, the equivalent of attempting to get a cat out of a tree by throwing a dog at it. There are far better (and more humane) solutions, but it would require politicians and banking regulators to comprehend the problem.
The two primary causes of high inflation include unanticipated events, such as a drought or global pandemic that create supply shortages, and calculated fiscal policies, such as the 40 percent increase in the U.S. money supply courtesy of Joe Biden’s spending sprees of several trillion dollars that predictably devalued our currency.
In rare instances, there is a third inflationary culprit, protectionist trade policies, where the government sets an artificial market price for common goods or commodities, such as steel. Presidents from FDR to Donald Trump have enacted steel tariffs on foreign imports, typically for political reasons. The results invariably produce more harm than good, succeeding only to raise costs for consumers and businesses, slow economic growth, suppress wages, and slash jobs.
Potential new steel tariffs are back on the table, but not through Washington’s doing. Ohio steel goliath Cleveland-Cliffs petitioned the Commerce Department this year for an increase in imported tin-plate steel tariffs by as much as 294 percent on eight of our trading partners: Canada, the U.K., Germany, South Korea, The Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, and China.
Tin-plate is used throughout our economy in everything from auto parts to cookware to jewelry. Primarily, it supplies the material for cans used to package countless food and drink products in the family pantry. If Cleveland-Cliffs were to prevail in its petition, 130 million American households would see a noticeable spike in their grocery bills and the price of hundreds of everyday products.
A study by The Juday Group found the Cleveland-Cliffs’ can tax could raise the price of each canned item by up to 58 cents, an extraordinarily punitive increase for lower-income Americans who rely on canned food’s affordability. It would further devastate our nation’s food banks, which feed over 50 million Americans annually and heavily depend upon canned food donations.
Domestic steel makers are able to produce roughly half of the tin plate needed by U.S. manufacturers; a big price jump in the supply of imported steel will necessarily lead to reductions in production and substantially increase the chance for more supply-chain shortages. In manufacturing and farming, our economy would be hit by higher prices and job losses. Roughly 40,000 jobs are at risk from increased tin-plate tariffs, according to a study by Trade Partnership Worldwide, while a mere 66 steelworker jobs stand to benefit.
In an August preliminary ruling, the Commerce Department voiced skepticism toward Cleveland-Cliffs’ claims of unfair trade practices by their foreign competitors, suggesting five countries should receive no tariff increase. This is welcome news. However, the final ruling will come early next year, giving the steelmaker ample time to ramp up its lobbying efforts.
Cleveland-Cliffs’ attempt to rig the market solely for its own gain while everyone else pays the price is a corruption not just of our finances but our values. As inflation creeps upward and people are robbed of their spending power, they wonder why they should play by the rules when the wealthy and well-connected do not.
The Carter years saw the invention of the “misery index,” driving home the point that the costs of inflation cannot be measured in dollar amounts alone. As we pay the literal price of Washington’s bad policies, we can hope that they at least get one decision right and reject Cleveland-Cliff’s costly protectionist ploy, an outcome for which we will all be thankful.


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Distributor React Technologies hopes to drive up sales of Aruba wireless technologies by encouraging more channel players to join its partnership programme.
React is the sole distributor for Aruba in the UK, with about 10 partners, consisting of resellers and system integrators. Its new drive will see up to 40 partners taken on to fuel channel sales of Aruba-branded technology.
Aruba manufactures Wi-Fi switches, access points, air monitors and a range of wireless applications. React claimed that sales are very strong, and that its recruitment drive is likely to increase sales further.
"The market is maturing and provides some significant opportunities for resellers," said Jess Thompson-Hughes, managing director of React.
"We will recruit based on individual skills and geographic locations, with reseller agreements to commit to an annual turnover of £100,000."
He claimed reseller margins average at about 30 per cent, and said that VARs attracted by the Aruba wireless range should contact React directly.
Chris Jones, a senior analyst at Canalys, told CRN that wireless technologies are becoming more popular, partly because market leaders are incorporating the technology into laptops.
"Plenty of businesses are looking at making sections of their premises Wi-Fi-enabled. Return on investment and company specifics are the main drivers, but IT directors and chief executives must first see the businesses benefits. Cost is always the major factor," he said.
Resellers and distributors should be considering adding wireless technologies to their product portfolios to broaden their skills and capitalise on rising interest in the technology, Jones added.
However, he warned that the popularity of wireless technologies will bring more vendors into the market, which could drive down hardware margins.
"Profits are often being based on value-added services, and hardware margins are shrinking quite quickly as more players come into the market. Some companies don't have internal IT support to implement wireless technologies. Therefore they need the value-added skills of resellers," he said.
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