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A bubblevision cheerleader hit the nail on the head this morning with respect to the Donald’s Trade War and the surely disconcerting news to Trump that notwithstanding his beloved tariffs, the US had posted a record $891 billion goods deficit with the world in 2018; and that $419 billion of that great big “losers” score was with the Red Ponzi alone.
Well, averred pom-pom girl Sara Eisen, why should that be ruining the fun on Wall Street? After all, she continued:
“We didn’t care about the trade deficit. He did”.
Alas, the bolded “we” was not in the royal mode. What it referred to was the groupthink of all of Wall Street and most of Washington.
The underlying predicate is that the stock averages must rise everywhere and always, and that it’s the job of state policy—good, bad or indifferent—to make it happen.
Accordingly, three decades of the Fed’s pro-inflation, pro-debt, pro-financialization policies were accompanied by cheers on both ends of the Acela Corridor—even as they caused the off-shoring of a huge chunk of America’s industrial economy.
Needless to say, after 44 straight years of consecutive and rising trade deficits, they were not cheering in Flyover America. At length, and in desperation, former democrats and union members in the rust belt precincts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa put Donald Trump in the White House.
And they did so mainly on the strength of Trump’s virulent protectionist rhetoric—a patter that had been well-honed over a lifetime of observing the unmistakable pattern in the chart below.
To be sure, the Donald was no student of anything under the economic file. Nor did he ever have occasion to make acquaintance with the principles of sound money, free markets and fiscal rectitude.
So he had no clue that America’s trade disaster was the fetid fruit of Washington’s embrace of bad money after August 1971, and most especially after the ascension of lapsed gold bug, Alan Greenspan, to the helm of the Fed in August 1987.
But he did have the common sense to know that $15 trillion of cumulative trade deficits over four decades was not a case of “winning”; and he was also possessed of an ego so brimming with self-confidence as to believe that he could right the score via his own unsurpassed capacity for smart deal-making.
Stated differently, the Donald has always seen the US trade disaster through the eyes of a real estate deal-maker—not from the perspective of trade economics or the perversions of global central banking.
So without a shred of evidence—-and in the absence of any known study even addressing the topic—the Donald has simply asserted that the evident bad outcomes memorialized in the chart below were the result of bad trade deals and the stupidity of officials and presidents who had come before.
That gets us to why the Donald launched his Trade War with China and why he egregiously abused his statutory authority to impose monster tariffs under section 232 (national security) and 301 (unfair trade practices).
In slapping $30 billion of tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese imports last year, of course, the Donald took no mind of the economic effects.
That is that these tariffs would be paid by retail consumers and parts-importing businesses in Flyover America; or they would result in the resourcing of cheap Chinese imports to almost as cheap substitutes from Vietnam or Mexico, thereby merely shuffling the bi-lateral distribution of America’s massive trade deficit, not its aggregate size.
To the contrary, in his blissful ignorance, the Great Negotiator simply believed he was amassing bargaining chips for the big showdown with Xi Jinping.
Except, except there is no way for Xi to deliver anything remotely close to what the Donald wants. Namely, a drastically improved entry on the scoreboard of bi-lateral US/China trade, and in the very near future.
That’s because as we showed in Part 1, the problem is essentially $5 per hour labor in China versus $30 per hour fully loaded labor here. That yawning economic gap, in turn, is the product of 30 years of bad money and phony debt-fueled consumption on this side of the Pacific pond and even more egregious credit-fueled malinvestment in the Red Ponzi.
It goes without saying that Emperor-for-life Xi is not about to dismantle the massive subsidies inherent in the Red Ponzi–lest he and the politburo would soon find themselves hanging from the rafters in the Great Hall of the People.
Likewise, the only way America’s $526 billion of imports from China (2017) will decline materially is if US households are forced to pay down their staggering $15.6 trillion of debts by the economic pain of high interest rates, and thereby put themselves on a consumption diet to reverse decades of debt-fueled high living.
Needless to say, the one thing that Jay-the-Pivot and the Donald-the-MAGA agree upon is that nobody in America should have to face the honest, free market price of money—at least not on this side of the eventual crisis which will force exactly that.
In the immediate term, therefore, the Donald has essentially taken himself hostage by slamming a giant square tariff peg into a tiny round hole of negotiable improvements in the bi-lateral trade score between the US and China.
Specifically, he can’t give up his $30 billion tariff hammer without something that can be ballyhooed as a big win, but it is exactly that something being crafted by his warring advisors that will prove to be manna for the swamp creatures of K-Street, but of little value to the hard-pressed denizens of Flyover America who elected him.
Worse still, Wall Street’s silly assumption that the China Trade War will be put to rest once and for all at Mar-A-Logo in late March will soon by eviscerated by what actually materializes. To wit, a Rube Goldberg contraption of milestones, timetables and enforcement mechanisms and procedures that will be do little more than kick-the-can from one due date and enforcement showdown to the next and the next.
Moreover, the advancing calendar with respect to the 2020 elections is playing right into the hands of the swamp creatures and trade nannies who are circling in for the kill.
That is to say, not only did the Donald embrace the big, fat ugly stock market bubble that he so properly harpooned during the campaign, but he’s now succumbed to obsessing on the daily ticks of the S&P 500 as a report card on his performance and re-election prospects; and has even gone so far as to attempt to day-trade the futures market via well-timed bursts of trade talk optimism on his Twitter account.
As Bloomberg noted today, the Donald is now gunning for 3,000 on the S&P 500 to carry him into the election season:
President Donald Trump is pushing for U.S. negotiators to close a trade deal with China soon, concerned that he needs a big win on the international stage — and the stock market bump that would come with it — in advance of his re-election campaign. As trade talks with China advance, Trump has noticed the market gains that followed each sign of progress and expressed concern that the lack an agreement could drag down stocks, according to people familiar with the matter. He watched U.S. and Asian equities rise on his decision to delay an increase in tariffs on Chinese goods scheduled for March 1, one of the people said.Trump’s fixation on stock-market performance has shaped his assessments of his economic policies. Top White House staff know to be aware of how markets are performing White House staff know to be aware of how markets are performing when summoned to the Oval Office to speak with Trump because the president often asks: ‘‘What’s happening with markets”
So here’s how we believe the Donald’s trade hawks (Lighthizer and Navarro) and
free traders stock market cheerleaders (Mnuchin and Kudlow) will attempt to square the circle in order to get a “deal” that the Donald believes will lift the flagging animal spirits on Wall Street one more time.
The free traders will get a commitment from China to increase its purchases of US goods by some giant number, say $1.2 trillion over 6-8 years. This massive purchase commitment is likely to be back-loaded, with initials targets of $40-$50 billion per annum rising to beyond $200 billion in the outyears—along with compliance tests and sanctions for shortfalls.
On the other side of the equation, the hawks will get an extensive laundry list of “unfair” Chinese state subsidies, laws, regulations and practices which are to be eliminated or substantially ameliorated according to a heavily detailed set of timetables, conditions and understandings—-also along with compliance tests and sanctions for failure or tardy performance.
What President Xi will get from the Donald in return is relief from the $30 billion tariff hammer, but in the form of phase-ins, incentives for accelerated delivery of the Chinese commitments and snap-back tariff penalties in the event milestones are not meet.
On the surface this might even sound like a reasonable and constructive compromise and a “deal to keep dealing” to casual observers, and most certainly to the denizens of the beltway puzzle palaces.
But as we will detail in Part 3, it will actually turn out to be a horrible trap—-a managed trade tar baby that will only pull Washington ever deeper into a quasi permanent Managed Trade War with China, while paving the way for neocons and military hawks to escalate that conflict into something far more ominous.
Our confidence in that baleful prospect is based on the fact that in order to relieve the deep harm from too much state intervention in the functioning of American capitalism via Keynesian central banking, the Donald is now fixing to supplant free markets almost entirely via a whole new regime of Washington-run managed trade.
But that will lead to cronyism like never before. For example, the proffered deal to import $20 billion of LNG from Cheniere Energy Inc over the next six years enabled by China-subsidized increases in the capacity of the company’s liquefaction and export infrastructure would undoubtedly make a happy pay day for the company’s shareholders.
Managed Trade in the form of purchase targets by product category will also lead to a massive re-shuffling of trade flows internationally, causing, in turn, ricocheting conflicts with US competitors and US customers all over the world.
For instance, the single largest US export to China at the two-digit level is aircraft and related parts, which totaled $16.2 billion in 2017. But China’s total imports of aircraft that year amounted to only $25.4 billion, meaning that to move the needle meaningfully would essentially require displacing all of China’s current purchases from Airbus—a prospect that would ignite a ferocious political blowback from the company’s state owners in Europe.
Likewise, on the other end of the spectrum, the current $130 billion of total US exports to China consists heavily of agricultural, energy, raw and processed materials and even recycled wood, paper, plastics and other industrial waste. As we will also show, in almost all of these cases, more exports to China will simply mean less exports to current customers in other nations—with no improvement in the overall US trade balance.
In short, approximately 100 years ago Hayek brilliantly diagnosed what he termed the “impossibility of socialist calculation”.
The Donald’s new Managed Trade War is about to prove him right in spades, as we will essay further in Part 3.


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With a surge of new gamers and an increase in time spent playing games in the last year, it’s more important than ever for game developers to delight and engage players. To help developers with this opportunity, the games teams at Google are back to announce the return of the Google for Games Developer Summit 2021 on July 12th-13th.
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NEW DELHI: Reliance Jio
Infocomm's new Rs 49 monthly tariff plan exclusive for JioPhone users will fasten its subscriber base growth, especially in tier II cities and rural areas, India Ratings
said on Thursday. It added that industry ARPU recovery could become more challenging. as tariff wars spread to this segment to capture a significant market share.
Since the competition is far above the pricing level, Ind-Ra believes Reliance Jio will increasingly add its subscriber share through its feature phone. However, the additions will likely be more in semi-urban and rural areas where the existing smartphone penetration level is lower along with data usage than in urban areas which are highly saturated.
The agency said that feature phones are an attractive proposition for rural users, being economical and with limited and useful features. On an average, a feature phone user is likely to spend and continue its tariff plan since it is used primarily for calling and hence the ARPU is typically higher. Though the market share of smartphones is increasing gradually, feature phones still dominate in tier II, tier III cities and rural areas.
"We believe with low tariffs and effectively zero cost handset, Jio Phone
will gain the market share in feature phone segment, especially in rural and tier II city onward regions. Furthermore, ARPU of the incumbents shall shrink since users may migrate to the low tariff Jio Phone," the agency said.
Jio's new plan comes with unlimited voice calls and per day 1GB data validity of 28 days exclusively available with Jio Phone. This plan comes as a stark contrast with existing plans for incumbents who provide validity of just a day for 1GB data with zero talk time or only 300MB of data for validity of 28 days.Bharti Airtel
, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular may also look at countering Jio's Rs 49 per month offer by unveiling attractively priced tariff plans with some data bundled in to keep the new telecom operator from cornering millions of their 2G feature phone users.
India Ratings said that there is a potential to improve average revenue per user (ARPU) at the lower strata by data adoption in the unpenetrated segment, even as ARPU at the upper strata are capped around Rs300-Rs400. 65% mobile subscribers were voice-only subscribers in September 2017 according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.


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Press days at the final major North American auto show of the season have finally come to a close, leaving us with a bevy of new cars almost ready to hit the streets of the real world.
The New York International Auto Show was undoubtedly one of this season's most important venues for global debuts ranging from a pair of full-size sedans from Toyota and Chevrolet to reinvented sedans from Acura and Nissan. But the biggest take away was undoubtedly the return of the Viper, which was brought back to life by dedicated car nut Ralph Gilles even though his boss - Sergio Marchionne - wasn't originally sold on the idea. The story in New York was that Signore Marchionne immediately signed off on the Viper's rebirth after he saw a full-size mock-up that Gilles built in secret.
Be sure to also check out yesterday's video highlights, in which Leftlane's controversial Jack Baruth gives his unfiltered opinion on the day's most important introductions.
The SRT (nee Dodge) Viper is officially back and looking to shake up the sports car world. While a more potent V10 and a lower curb weight should satisfy purists, the new Viper also boasts a more refined and luxurious interior that should help it appeal to a wider range of enthusiasts.
While the plug-in hybrid Karma is the range-topping halo vehicle intended to make startup automaker Fisker's reputation, it's the upcoming Atlantic that will likely bring home the bulk of the company's bacon as the more obtainable, higher volume model. It's certainly a looker, and a BMW-designed turbocharged four-cylinder range-extending engine adds an interesting twist to this handsome four-door.
Chevrolet's full-size sedan has finally gotten a much-needed redesign, complete with a much more upscale interior and a trio of efficient engine options. But will it be enough to transform the Impala from a rental fleet darling to an object of desire for retail buyers?
Lincoln desperately needs to develop its own identity in order to return to relevance as a luxury brand. With expressive styling and a truly unique retractable glass roof, the new MKZ is arguably the most appealing Lincoln since the rear-wheel-drive LS, but will that be enough?
The outgoing Altima has been a strong seller even at the very end of its lifespan, meaning the new version of Nissan's bread and butter midsize sedan with big shoes to fill. A larger, better-furnished interior should be a strong selling point for the car, but not as strong as the eye-popping 38 mpg highway rating achieved by its entry-level four-cylinder motor.
Toyota's Avalon succeeded for years as an uninspired land yacht for the Carnival cruise set, but demand for the full-size sedan has dropped substantially over the last few years. But Toyota heir and CEO Akio Toyoda is intent on injecting enthusiasm back into his family's automaker, and it certainly shows with the far more visually stimulating 2013 Avalon.
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Data Breach Law Takes Effect in Massachusetts: Are You Ready?
The most stringent data security law in the country took effect in Massachusetts on March 1, requiring all entities to create a written data security plan and mandating the encryption of consumers’ personal information.
The regulations apply to any entity engaged in commerce in the state of Massachusetts, specifically, those who collect and retain personal information in connection with the provision of goods and services, or for the purpose of employment.
The law requires that all entities that store or transmit personal information – defined as a Massachusetts resident’s name in combination with a social security number, driver’s license number, bank account, or credit card number – must encrypt data that is stored on portable devices or transmitted online.
In addition, companies must create a written data security plan that identifies their sensitive information, possible security risks, how they plan to control those risks, and disciplinary measures for violations.
At least one employee must be designated as the responsible party for the company’s data security and other employees must be trained on the security procedures.
Companies are also responsible for third parties that have access to their personal information and must conduct an annual audit to ensure that they are in compliance with the law.
Massachusetts had a preexisting data breach law that established requirements to notify state regulators and consumers of a data loss, which remains in effect.
Under the new law, companies that fail to comply and suffer a data breach can be fined up to $5,000 for each violation.
The law was originally slated to go into effect January 1, 2009, but was pushed back three times over the last year, as the state recognized that companies were struggling to come into compliance by its effective date.
Why it matters: Almost every state now has some form of data breach notification law, but the Massachusetts regulations are the wave of the future, taking the laws from reactive notice after a breach to proactive requirements that businesses must meet in order to prevent a data breach. It is unclear how the state will actually enforce the new law, but companies that deal with any Massachusetts consumer information should be well-versed in the new requirements. While the cost of compliance could be high, the cost of even a small data breach could be even more expensive.
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Dannon Settles Activia False Advertising Suit for $45 Million
A U.S. District Court judge gave final approval to a $45 million settlement in a class action alleging that Dannon falsely advertised the health benefits of its Activia and DanActive yogurt products.
While Dannon will initially pay $35 million into the settlement fund – which will be split among class members, the plaintiffs’ lawyers, and various fees and costs – if the total amount of eligible claims exceeds the fund, Dannon will add an additional $10 million (if the eligible claims exceed $45 million, they will be reduced on a proportional basis).
The lawsuit was filed two years ago claiming that advertisements for Activia and DanActive were false and misleading.
In addition to the monetary payment, Dannon agreed to modify the advertising for its products.
Under the terms of the settlement, Dannon will remove the words “clinically proven” and/or “scientifically proven” from ads and labeling for Activia that claim the yogurt helps to regulate the digestive system. Instead, the advertising and packaging will use language like “clinical studies show” or a similar phrase.
The claim that Activia “helps regulate the digestive system” must also be modified with an explanation that the product “helps with slow intestinal transit when eaten daily for two weeks, as part of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle” or a similar statement. That qualification must be “prominently displayed” in advertising and marketing materials.
On DanActive labels and ads, Dannon will remove the word “immunity” and add qualifying language to its claim that the product “helps strengthen your body’s defenses” and “helps support the immune system.” Those statements will now note that the claims are true only “when eaten regularly as part of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.” The DanActive packaging and ads will also replace the phrases “clinically proven” and/or “scientifically proven” with language like “clinical studies show” or a similar phrase.
Dannon also agreed to update the “frequently asked questions” portion of the Web site for both products, as well as the inside product packaging to note that Activia and DanActive yogurts are food products “and not a cure or treatment for any medical disorder or disease. If you have concerns about your digestive system, you should consult a healthcare professional.”
Consumers have until October 1 to seek a refund ranging from $15 to $100.
The settlement agreement notes that Dannon continues to deny “any and all allegations of wrongdoing” but concluded that continuing the litigation would be protracted and expensive.
Why it matters: The settlement – which the plaintiffs’ lawyers claim is the largest settlement in a food product false advertising suit – demonstrates that companies should be prepared to substantiate all health-related claims or face litigation. In addition, Dannon’s changes to its labels and advertising under the settlement serve as an important reminder that companies shouldn’t truncate their claims but must provide all material information necessary to substantiate all claims.
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Lawsuit Claims Buying Ads Would Lead to Better Reviews on Yelp
A California veterinarian filed suit against the online review site Yelp claiming that its advertising salespeople offered to remove or bury his bad reviews on the site if he purchased an advertising subscription.
Gregory Perrault, the owner of Cats and Dogs Animal Hospital in Long Beach, California, received what he described as two “defamatory” reviews on the Yelp site. One of the posts said he was “the rudest vet I’ve ever been to” and that “my poor dog was terrified of him.”
In his lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in California as a putative class action, Perrault claims he was contacted by Yelp advertising salespeople not long after the bad reviews were posted.
Perrault alleges that an advertising representative told him that if he purchased a one-year subscription, Yelp would remove the negative reviews or move them to the bottom of his listing page, where fewer searchers would find them.
In addition, the lawsuit states that the advertising representative promised to ensure that the negative reviews would not appear in Google search results and that Perrault could control the order in which his reviews appeared on the page.
Perrault says he received “frequent, high-pressure calls” from Yelp ad reps making similar claims.
“Yelp frequently exercises its control over the Yelp.com listing application to modify business listing pages to the advantage of businesses that purchase Yelp advertising subscriptions, and the disadvantage of those that decline,” the complaint alleges.
The complaint also lists several other examples of business owners who claim to have had similar experiences.
In response to the lawsuit, Yelp released a statement that the company plans to fight the lawsuit. “The allegations are demonstrably false, since many businesses that advertise on Yelp have both negative and positive reviews.”
Why it matters: The lawsuit claims that Yelp’s practices constitute “extortion” in violation of California’s Business Practices Act. To avoid allegations of unfair business practices, companies with online review Web sites should ensure that “public” or “reader” reviews are presented in an accurate and non-misleading manner.
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Smartphone manufacturers are increasing the resolution of built-in cameras year after year. Three, five, eight, and already 12-megapixel sensors can be seen in smartphones. The quality of the picture obtained from such sensors has already become equal and, in some cases, surpassed the quality of photographs from "soap boxes".
But in addition to smartphones with large sensors, camera phone hybrids such as the Samsung GALAXY S4 Zoom and Nokia Lumia 1020, which are more like a camera than a smartphone, also threaten the position of photo makers in the market. Such devices completely replace the camera, and as a bonus, provide advanced editing and work with images.
Analysts predict a 28% drop in digital camera sales in 2013 - to 71 million devices. The biggest hit will be camera or video-only manufacturers such as Nikon, Canon and Pentax.
Hi-Tech. Mail. Ru expert on photographic equipment Alexander Babulin is not surprised by this trend - users simply need not so much the quality of photos (modern smartphones are completely satisfied with them), but the ability to integrate with social networks. Although most smartphones do not match even the most budgetary soapboxes in terms of photo quality, they have ample opportunity to share photos - be it social networks, photo hosting sites or Instagram. Camera manufacturers, in order not to lose a piece of bread, even began to produce models with Wi-Fi and NFC. The expert also noted that against the background of falling sales of budget cameras, there is an increase in the more expensive segment - semi-professional mirrorless cameras with interchangeable lenses. Many have now become seriously involved in photography and are ready to spend substantial sums of money on their hobby. Perhaps that's whythe demand for inexpensive SLR cameras is not falling either.
Regina Rodnyanskaya, PR manager of the M. Video said that in the first half of 2013, digital camera sales were down from a year ago. Only the sales of DSLRs are growing - by as much as 24%, but due to a decrease in prices, in monetary terms, sales growth is quite insignificant - 4%.
Canon and Nikon dominate the DSLR segment. Sony is the third most popular. In the segment of compact digital cameras, the same brands are leading, but there is no clear leader. The M. Video”for the first half of 2013 as a percentage (money equivalent) of all compact cameras sold, 27.5% were produced by Nikon, 26% - Sony and 18.5% were released under the Canon brand.
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- The quality of iPhone photos will be improved thanks to the new dual sensor.
- "Slow-motion" camera - a new super-accessory for the future iPhone?
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- Compare cameras Lumia 925 with iPhone 5, Galaxy S4, Xperia Z and HTC One.
Much to the delight of the owners of numerous Chinese "manufactories" that produce and sell replacement parts for smartphones around the world, Apple decided to pack the iPhone 8/8 Plus in a case with two glass panels that are quite easily broken when dropped from a height of human height
Recently, the release of the iPhone SE smartphone took place and, as expected, the well-known video blogger TechRax undertook to test the novelty. Several experiments were devoted to the new "apple" communicator.To begin with, the enthusiast decided to test the 4-inch smartphone for resistance to mechanical damage
For iPhone owners, the fall of their favorite gadget is compared to a global catastrophe. Surely every user of the "apple" smartphone has dreamed more than once about some clever device that could save the falling device. Probably, the YouTube user under the pseudonym Sonitdac knows firsthand what it feels like when an expensive smartphone hits the ground (especially the screen down), so he embodied the dream of many in a small video
Yesterday in the south-east of Moscow there was a tragic incident, the culprit of which was the iPhone 4 . 24-year-old Muscovite Evgenia Sviridenko died of an electric shock from a smartphone that fell into the bathroom, which was connected to a charger
Tablets iPad from Apple buying less because of rising demand for All Android-devices. This is the conclusion reached by analysts from IDC, who published reporting data on sales of "tablets" in the third quarter of 2013.Thus, according to experts' calculations, in the third quarter, the supply of "apple" tablets took 29


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Video: Nissan LEAF Goes Well Beyond “Empty”
July 29th, 2014 by Christopher DeMorro
Robert Llewellyn is an English actor, comedian, and unabashedd EV fan, going so far as to star in his own electric car show, Fully Charged. His latest episode focuses on his Nissan LEAF, which he finally decided to deliberately run totally out of battery. What happened though surprised even him.
Here in the U.S., the Nissan LEAF is officially rated at 73 miles of combined city and highway driving. Sounds like not a lot of range, but Llewellyn claims that in 41,000 miles of driving, he’s never come close to a fully depleted battery. After going beyond the official range though, Llewellyn got what he claimed was the opposite of range anxiety, wanting the car to run out of charge. In fact, he would end up going about 91 miles on a single charge at a respectable speed, with the LEAF slowly losing power until the actor happily proclaiming “I’ve got nothing left!”
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Satoru Iwata said the industry had become obsessed with faster processors and better graphics instead of ensuring the games were exciting and easy to play.
He feared for the future of the industry and warned it must innovate or die.
'Looking at the past 20 years, as long as we could beef up the processing power, as long as we could make computer graphics approach realism, then people were excited about the result. Some in the industry still believe we can simply beef up the current technology in order to provide a constant supply of games to people.
'We don't agree with that,' he said. Mr Iwata spoke after the launch of a new handheld console, the Nintendo DS, which features two screens and simplified controls, including touch screen and voice activated gaming.
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The former editor-in-chief of Lucky magazine has revealed she has an impressive new job: head of fashion partnerships at Instagram.
The move isn't a completely surprising one, especially considering Chen's popularity - and savviness - on the photo-sharing app. She has become particularly well known for her daily back-of-the-car style posts, which detail her vast array of shoes and hadbags and has become a 'street style star' in the process.
She announced the news on Instagram (where else?!), saying: "Beyond excited to announce that I'll be joining the brilliant team at Instagram as head of fashion partnerships!" alongside a picture of her at Instagram HQ.
The new job comes just three months after she announced her departure from ailing Lucky, citing her desire to spend more time with her six-month old daughter, Ren.
The US magazine had undergone numerous dramatic changes during Chen's 18 months there. First off it was taken over by e-commerce platform BeachMint in a joint venture with Condé Nast to create The Lucky Group, the first e-commerce destination with a print counterpart. It was then announced that the formerly monthly magazine would become quarterly, followed a few months later by the announcement that it would fold altogether.


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Tony Naylor: The big breweries are keen to muscle in on the craft beer market and their often ineffectual “craft” ales are now commonplace in high street stores. But it is worth remembering that our supermarkets do stock some truly world class beers. Here are 10 of the best.
We all know that a glass of something exotic sipped while overlooking the Med on a balmy evening tastes different when you get home. But here are three that survive the journey better than others, says David Williams


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When you’re waffling over when to buy that hot new tech toy, it might be helpful to have a way to know whether you should buy it now or wait a few months. Thankfully, Decide.com is about to launch.
For the past two years, Decide has been tight-lipped about its business plans, yet managed to raise $8.5 million from Maveron, Madrona Venture Group, Google founding board member Ram Shriram, former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford, and other investors – all in the name of “building a revolutionary new shopping service that will bring unprecedented levels of transparency to electronics shopping.”
What does that mean? The goal of Decide is to offer a comparison shopping tool that will eradicate that feeling of buyer’s remorse – what if it goes on sale next week??
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Only days left in search for Daily Echo's Child of the Year
7:00am Thursday 21st June 2012 in News
THERE are only days left before this year’s search for the Daily Echo’s Child of the Year closes to entries.
The last of the specially held sittings will be staged on Sunday, so anyone wanting their bundle of joy to be in with a chance of winning this year’s crown will need to make tracks to The Marlands.
The shopping centre is once again hosting the sittings as the sponsor of the competition for the 15th consecutive year. Parents need to bring their children along with the coupon printed on page 16 of today’s Daily Echo along to the sittings where a photographer will capture that winning smile.
After the sittings close on Sunday the photographs will be organised into age categories, up to nine months, ten to 18 months, 19 to 35 months and those youngsters aged three to five, and printed in a supplement.
The voting lines will then be opened for the public to cast their vote either by phone, text or post before the children with the most votes will go through to the final.
The specially arranged judging panel then have the difficult task of picking a winner, second and third place child in each age category before an overall winner is crowned the Daily Echo Child of the Year.
And with the title also comes with a package of prizes. Today we can reveal that the winning child will also walk away with £200 worth of vouchers to spend at The Marlands shopping centre an engraved crystal bowl, framed print and certificate.
Each age category winner will receive £100 worth of Marlands vouchers, with the runners up all receiving £50 worth of vouchers, while third placed youngsters will receive £25 of vouchers for the centre. All prize winners will receive a framed print and certificate. The vouchers can be spent in a selection of stores in the family-friendly shopping centre stores To be in with a chance of winning this year’s competition make sure you make one of the remaining sittings that run every day from 9.30am to 4.30pm except Sunday, when the time will be 11am to 4.30pm


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“The East Asia and Pacific region contributed around 40 percent of global growth in 2012, and the global economy continues to rely on the region’s growth, with investor confidence surging and financial markets remaining solid” said World Bank East Asia and Pacific Vice President Axel van Trotsenburg. “Now is the time for countries to focus on helping the remaining poor, with more and better quality investments to accelerate inclusive growth.”
Fiscal and monetary policies to boost consumption and investment helped sustain growth in 2012 across the region, with middle-income countries performing particularly well. Developing economies excluding China grew 6.2 percent in 2012, up from 4.5 percent in 2011.
In China, growth slowed to 7.8 percent in 2012 due to rebalancing efforts, while real disposable income of urban households rose by more than 9 percent, supporting household consumption, which contributed 4.4 percentage points to GDP growth. China is projected to grow 8.3 percent in 2013 and 8.0 percent in 2014.
Risks emanating from the Eurozone and the U.S. have declined since the middle of last year. The World Bank’s baseline projections for global growth are for a modest expansion of 2.4 percent in 2013 and a gradual strengthening to 3.0 percent in 2014. While still fragile, there are signs of a turnaround in real activity in high income economies, thus external demand for the East Asia and Pacific region’s exports will stabilize this year. The most recent numbers on industrial production and producer’s expectations confirm continued solid growth.
Movements in high-income country currencies, such as the yen, are likely to affect trade and investment flows in the region in the short term. Some countries, notably suppliers of parts to Japanese industry and countries with considerable Japanese investment could gain, whereas countries that compete directly with Japan in third markets may face some headwind in the short run. The report said, though, that a return to sustained growth in Japan would benefit the region as a whole.
As the global economy recovers, an emerging issue is the risk of overheating in some of the larger economies. The latest numbers suggest that, if global demand continues to revive, some major economies may reach the limits of their current production capacity, as the output gap has closed in those countries.
“Most countries in developing East Asia are well prepared to absorb external shocks, but continued demand-boosting measures may now be counterproductive, as it could add to inflationary pressures,” said World Bank East Asia and Pacific Chief Economist Bert Hofman. “A strong rebound in capital inflows to the region induced by protracted rounds of quantitative easing in the U.S., EU and Japan, may amplify credit and asset price risks.”
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