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Reports have emerged that researchers have found eight new flaws in computer central processing units that resemble the Meltdown and Spectre bugs.
- Attackers place cryptojacking apps in the Microsoft App Store
- Data breaches exposed 5 billion records in 2018.
- Users are still terrible with passwords, but popularity of security apps suggests they want to get better
- Business email compromise attacks surge as ransomware trails off
- Dating site Coffee MeetsBagel warns Aussie users of data breach on Valentines Day


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The Camden site began operations in 1950 and produces nylon polymer and fiber for products such as STAINMASTER carpet, ANTRON carpet fiber
and fiber used in the automotive industry.
Through its sustainable fiber technology, Universal Fiber Systems has pioneered innovation in the development and production of sustainable carpet and apparel yarns that are delivered through its operating companies into commercial carpet fiber
and performance apparel fabrics.
23 April 2009 - Poultry further processor Gold Creek Foods, LLC plans to acquire a former carpet fiber
manufacturing plant in Dahlonega, Georgia, owned by Mohawk Industries to expand its food operations.
Two of its model 9FRE mixers have been sold to compound and pelletize recycled PP carpet fiber
at 4000 to 8000 lb/hr.
Dallas-based Riverstone Residential Group is claiming to be the first apartment property management company to use carpet made exclusively with 100 percent recyclable carpet fiber
The goal of this acquisition is to better serve the needs of mill customers and consumers in Asia Pacific by adding locally produced BCF to our present Antron carpet fiber
and Stainmaster carpet offerings," said Alan Wolk, president of Invista Interiors, noting Invista's belief the business can "create tremendous value.
Polyester is extremely versatile as a carpet fiber
, and is permanently stain resistant and fade resistant.
DuPont, Wilmington, DE, announced it will reduce costs by $900 million, partly through job cuts, and aims to increase revenue by 6% as it deals with high raw material prices and the impending sale of its key clothing and carpet fiber
Automotive Carpet Fiber
Database--Automotive carpet fibers
are frequently found in abduction and homicide cases when victims were transported in vehicles.
An exclusive non-skid rubber backing is combined with tough, premium, nylon carpet fiber
Nylon is the most popular carpet fiber
, representing two-thirds of the pile fibers used in the United States, followed by polypropylene, polyester, wool and other, the latter making up only about three percent of the market.
Still, he notes, medical investigators are beginning to take note of aquatic larvae on corpses, and are less frequently making the mistake one pathologist made in a recent Indiana murder case where a chironomid larva was misidentified as a read carpet fiber

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Welcome to our Runway to Recovery series. These articles will take a look at how the catering and onboard services of airlines and rail operators can start to accelerate their recovery.
As the pandemic started to spread in 2020, airlines had to quickly make health and safety decisions, often on the fly. Now with more knowledge about COVID-19, new guidelines and standards are helping to define a new high watermark of cleanliness onboard.
As with all challenges, it has already led to some new solutions from new packaging to the continued trend of digitalisation. Read on to find out more.
A focus on food health and safety
The pandemic propelled health and safety into the spotlight for airlines and onboard suppliers; it drove the enforced use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the implementation of social distancing as well as decontamination procedures across the entire passenger and product supply chain in a bid to safeguard passengers and staff.
Initially, airlines paused their food and beverage offerings, but with more than three billion meals being produced and served onboard every year, there was no doubt that catering is a key part of the passenger experience.
Consequently, the Airline Catering Association (ACA) published its COVID-19 guidelines, which included a number of recognised measures, on top of an already existing set of rules and regulations, to help airlines provide inflight catering in a safe and efficient way.
Reduction of touchpoints onboard
Food safety has always been a top priority for caterers to prevent contamination and foodborne illnesses, but there is a renewed focus on the best way to hygienically prepare and serve food, posing huge challenges for commercial kitchens.
It is no longer enough to simply clean all surfaces thoroughly, with all areas needing to be fully sterilised from the kitchen to the aircraft. This creates additional problems as disinfecting agents must also be food safe. Air Culinaire Worldwide has helped the aviation industry tackle this through the use of hypochlorous acid (HCLO), a food-safe disinfectant that mitigates the virus and has now become the industry standard in COVID sterilisation, as reported by Aviation Pros.
Leading air services provider dnata was one of the first catering suppliers to successfully embrace the updated health and safety guidelines of the International Flight Services Association (IFSA) and the ACA. Earlier this year, dnata announced that its global catering operations had consistently adhered to the highest standards of hygiene across its team of dedicated employees delivering high-quality catering, inflight retail and food & beverage solutions from 65 facilities in 12 countries.
It is crucial that onboard service providers operate in line with the latest guidelines as this reassures passengers and gives them the confidence to enjoy products and services, safe in the knowledge that they have been delivered by following health & safety precautions with diligence.
Digitalisation continues to accelerate
For the past few years, the use of technology has played a growing role in improving the passenger experience. The adoption of the digital trend has been accelerated by the pandemic as social distancing is key to the ‘new normal’, and by going digital, airlines can help keep physical contact between crew and passengers to a minimum.
Indeed, LSG Group has listed digital inflight sales as one of its “new priorities”, and its subsidiary Retail inMotion has focused efforts on providing airlines with ways to reduce interactions onboard without impacting the passenger experience. Its solutions include digital menus and receipts, contactless technology, and cash-free payment. It has also extended its pre-order option to in-flight ordering through its Order2Seat module, which enables passengers to browse, select, and pay for products using their own personal devices.
Similarly, the Epax inflight digital retail platform launched by gategroup, was trialled this winter in partnership with leading carrier easyJet. The innovative solution enables passengers to access the full onboard retail offering from their mobile, meaning physical contact with equipment and crew onboard is kept to a minimum. The benefits of Epax go beyond health and safety advantages though; through machine learning and data-driven innovation, it also offers a smarter inflight retail experience.
- You can find out more about Epax in our recent in-depth article looking at food waste onboard.
Products and Packaging to ensure safe delivery
Other ways to deliver a Covid-safe service onboard include serving food that is specially designed to be fast, efficient and requires minimal handling or customer contact. A simple but effective way to achieve this is through packaging. The pandemic has spurred onboard suppliers to work with airlines to introduce light-touch, innovative solutions that ensure the food and beverages served to passengers have not been heavily handled.
En Route International recently launched a new range of light-touch snacking and meal solutions made up of food boxes that offer airlines entry-level options consisting of a snack, water and hand sanitisers, as well as boxes featuring more substantial meals. Additionally, it has also introduced two new product ranges; ovenable and individually flow-wrapped bakery items and as well as a ‘flip and peel’ cheese platter, both of which are specifically designed to allay Covid-19 concerns for passengers by minimising handling during preparation, as reported by Aircraft Interiors International Magazine.
New health & safety standards are driving change
The industry’s response to adopting new health and safety practices to provide a Covid-secure passenger experience has undoubtedly been phenomenal. Many carriers have been recognised for their exceptional efforts, including Japan Airlines, one of a number of airlines around the globe to achieve a Skytrax five-star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating. Evidently, COVID-19 has transformed the inflight experience forever and passengers now expect a higher level of cleanliness onboard that airlines will have to meet.


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Fellow MSU Denver scholar Mathew Wyatt agrees with McKenzies's take on finals: "They are tiring because of all the studying I have to do." But Wyatt focuses on a different liquid asset when he's studying: "I don't drink coffee or tea, but I prefer a steamer with caramel and peppermint, which gives me a boost I need."
Nearby coffee spots -- including Einstein's Bros. Bagels, Confluence Café and Starbucks -- are prepared to deliver that boost. Metro freshman Michael J. Tybon favors the Starbucks a few minutes away in Larimer Square. "It's the labeling," he says. "People choose Starbucks over anything else just because of the name Starbucks."
"We will be ready for customers to come into our stores during college finals week, and we look forward to welcoming students into our stores as they study and prepare," says Courtney, an employee at the Starbucks at 1408 Larimer Street.
McKenzie opts for the on-campus Confluence Cafe. "I won't go to Starbucks or Einstein's because it's too expensive," he says. "I will only go if someone buys it for me, but I prefer the café."
Because the Confluence Cafe is located in the Auraria library, "We have had a pretty steady flow all year," says owner Jason Christly. "However, we stay pretty consisted through finals. If I was a student, I would go to the mom-and-pop shops and study."
The Einstein's at 906 Curtis Street is also right on campus. "They have bagels and sandwiches. That's why I go there," says former Metro student Dennis Vallejo. But the spot will be brewing up plenty of coffee over the next few days. "We hope that our sales will increase during finals week," says Einstein's Cassandra Balbosa.
Around the world, tea is actually more popular than coffee -- coming in second to water. Starbucks hopes to cash in on that with Teavana Oprah Chai Tea, "which was personally developed by Oprah Winfrey in close collaboration with Teavana's leading teaologists," Courtney says. The new beverage just launched last week in select Starbucks and Teavana stores, including the Larimer Square Starbucks, which is counting on students to give it a passing grade this week.
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Asian Development Bank | 13 May 2009
East, South Asia Free-Trade Deal Could Generate $260 Billion in Extra Income
Manila, Philippines - A free-trade agreement covering East and South Asia could generate around US$260 billion in additional income and pave the way for further cooperation between the two regions, says a new book from ADB.
The book, Pan Asian Integration: Linking East and South Asia, examines the growing trade ties between the two regions, including bilateral agreements, and estimates the potential gains and losses from widening those linkages. It also looks at the key obstacles to broader trade integration and the policy actions needed to overcome them.
The book, from ADB’s Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI), contains contributions from eminent academics around the globe. It was edited by Joseph Francois, Professor in the Department of Economics at Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria; Pradumna B. Rana, Senior Fellow at the Division of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; and Ganeshan Wignaraja, Principal Economist in ADB’s OREI.
After decades of relative economic isolation from each other, trade between East and South Asia has surged recently, soaring by over $114 billion between 2000 and 2007 alone. However, the benefits have been spread unevenly, with the People’s Republic of China and other East Asian nations gaining substantially, while South Asian economies, with the exception of India, have enjoyed only modest returns.
"A pan-Asian free-trade agreement would not only increase and broaden the benefits of trade for economic giants PRC and India, but would also help enormously the rest of the region, particularly smaller South Asian nations like Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka," says Mr. Wignaraja. "Moreover, it could do that with virtually no impact on large economies outside the region."
Conversely, separate regional trade agreements in South Asia and East Asia would bring far smaller benefits.
Realizing the full potential of closer trade relations between South and East Asia will be a challenge though. Countries need to further lower trade and nontariff barriers, boost investment in trade-linked infrastructure, and improve handling of cross-border goods and other administrative procedures to cut costs.
East and South Asia have been at the forefront of the global drive to establish free-trade agreements in recent years, with around 20 either signed, under negotiation, or proposed by the two regions as of January last year. These have been valuable at a time when global trade talks have faltered and protectionist sentiment is on the rise. However, the book notes such agreements need to be widened beyond goods to include services, investment and technology if they are to be effective "stepping stones" toward broader multilateral trade deals.


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FINDLAY, Ohio—Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has closed the sale of its 65 percent ownership in Cooper Chengshan Tire Co. Ltd. to Chengshan Group Co. Ltd. for about $262 million net of taxes and including dividends in accordance with the previously announced option agreement.
The firm said it will file pro forma financial statements in conjunction with a Form 8-K related to the transaction with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Cooper's third quarter 10-Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission listed the valuation of CCT, determined by an independent firm, at about $437.7 million.
“Resolving the ownership of CCT has been a key goal for us and we are pleased to have it completed as we continue to execute our long-term growth plans for China,” Roy Armes, Cooper chairman, CEO and president, said in a statement.
Armes said with the closing, offtake agreements go into effect. CCT will continue to produce Cooper-branded products—including Roadmaster tires—through mid-2018.
“The purpose of the offtake agreements is to provide a secure source of product while also allowing Cooper the flexibility to continue to identify and develop alternative sources for these tires,” the executive said.
Cooper's options could include an agreement with another supplier, a joint venture, an acquisition, adding capacity to its other facilities, buying a facility and running it, or building a new plant. Armes said the firm has the financial capacity to take any or a combination of those paths.
When the firm released its third quarter financials, Brad Hughes—senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, and president of Cooper's international operations—said that if Cooper sells its interest in CCT, the firm would continue to earn the profits on CCT-produced units that it sells through other Cooper business units, citing Roadmaster tires sold through Cooper U.S. as an example.
However, Cooper would lose the profits that CCT earns on selling tires to other Cooper business units and on any tire sold directly to the customer by CCT, Hughes said.
The firm at that time had not determined what it would do with the proceeds from the CCT sale.
Cooper plans to host a webcast Dec. 4 to discuss the CCT transaction, the recently announced preliminary countervailing duties on certain passenger and light truck tires imported into the U.S. from China, and the potential financial and business implications of these matters.


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Two years after raising minimum wages for store employees to $9 per hour, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is making adjustments to the way it hands out pay increases and trains store employees.
The retailer will abbreviate a training program that new employees must complete to earn $10 per hour. The six-month program introduced last year will now take three months to complete, said company executives.
This year employees hired on or before Oct. 31, 2016 will get a 2% raise on Feb. 18th. Longtime workers who make the most their job title allows get a onetime lump sum of 2% of their annual pay, as they did last year. Wal-Mart says its average salary is $13.69 per hour, or about $25,000 a year for a full-time employee, a pool the company says makes up just over half of its store workers.
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The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is confirmed to have infected over three million people and at least 200,000 people have lost their lives.
Many more will lose their livelihoods. British Airways laid off around a quarter of their workforce yesterday, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is advising British citizens to avoid travel to any overseas destinations “indefinitely" except in exceptional circumstances.
That means that holiday plans that people made, and saved for, last year are now thrown into limbo.
Thousands of people are owed refunds for cancelled holidays – with the total for Britain alone estimated at over £7 billion.
The Competition and Markets Authority says that four out of five complaints it receives are from British consumers being denied travel refunds and the UK watchdog is set to announce new measures to put things right.
Airlines including British Airways, easyJet, Jet2, Virgin Atlantic, Ryanair and TUI have been accused of flouting consumer protection laws by trying to persuade customers to accept vouchers instead of full refunds.
Consumer advice site Which? Travel has reminded people who have booked holidays that they are legally entitled to a refund if their trip is cancelled and they don't have to accept a voucher or credit note.
ABTA, the leading association of travel agents and tour operators, has made it clear that a refund credit note is not the same as a holiday voucher.
Refund credits are guaranteed by ATOL or ABTA and preserve your right to a cash refund, while holiday vouchers do not.
People who paid using credit cards are also struggling to get cash back from banks, despite their rights being protected by Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act .
Gina Clarke, 33, from Lincoln, had booked with Ryanair to fly to Malaga over Easter with her husband and their two children.
When the holiday was cancelled she expected a refund but instead she was offered a voucher for £650.
She told The Times: “They said that the staff remaining cannot process the payments, but I find it hard to believe you can’t process a refund but you can manage a credit note”.
Under EU law, passengers are entitled to a full refund on the cost of cancelled flights within seven days, or 14 days if they have booked it as part of a package.
But carriers are have delayed issuing refunds because they fear that they will go bust if they have to hand out that much money all in one go – so they’re essentially using customers’ holiday deposits as interest-free loans to keep crisis-hit airlines afloat.
Many airlines are trying to avoid their obligations by either delaying refunds – like Ryanair who are placing customers ‘in the cash refund queue until the Covid-19 emergency has passed’, or flying ‘ghost’ flights a few times a week like WizzAir – a move that has been described by Which? as “nothing more than a cynical cash grab”.


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CHICAGO — If you think the glass is half empty and we think it`s half full, then it`s time to discuss differing perceptions. That`s especially true when small business in America is at the heart of the discussion, as it was in a recent Tribune article that purported to tell us about the demise of family-owned businesses.
We`ve been keeping track of small business in America and have found out a number of facts we think Tribune readers ought to know. For example, 63 percent of America`s small businesses consider themselves family-owned. And that`s not all. Some of them employ as many as 500 people.
Small business in America accounts for a whopping 40 percent of the gross national product while claiming 55 percent of the nation`s new technologies. And it is small business again that`s creating half of all the new jobs in this country-mighty good news, we think, especially in the midst of so many corporate layoffs.
We could tell you that a handful of small businesses in America closed down their operations last year, but that would create a perception that was misleading at best. Consider instead that all but a few are up and running and they`re determined to stay that way.
We`re not suggesting that small business is somehow immune to tough economic times. Indeed, the Tribune`s article about the closing of a family-owned business store in St. Charles is valid documentation that not all businesses-small or large-last forever.
Nor are we suggesting that there is only one reason why businesses fail. Making a small business successful is just about the hardest work anyone can do. In some instances, sheer survival can be back-breaking. But everyone we know who`s been through it tells us they wouldn`t do anything else.
As far as we`re concerned, perception is reality, which means that we provide small business with an occasional reality check in helping to understand the financial pressure from over-regulation, the bulk of which comes from the federal government. Then there`s small business` limited access to capital because much of the same government over-regulation extends to the banks that small businesses look to for financing. And let`s not forget the health-care dilemma that appears to be hitting small business the hardest.
Is perception the reality? We believe it is, just as we believe in the reality of problems addressed here. What`s missing, of course, are the solutions. To perceive that solutions aren`t necessary is to be out of complete touch with reality.


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The Ford F-150 has been the best-selling truck in its segment for a very long time, 40 years to be exact. And it seems that the American automaker intends to keep it that way by finally offering a diesel-powered engine under its hood by 2018. With this announcement, it looks like next year will be a very interesting one.
Ford’s New Diesel Engine
According to report from Road and Track, the new diesel engine will be fitted in the light-duty F-150. Details regarding the horsepower, torque, fuel economy and other information have not yet been revealed at this time.
Accordingly, the new 3.0-liter PowerStroke diesel engine will enable the light-duty Ford F-150 to go up against the lineups from Ram and General Motors.
2018 Ford F-150 Also Gets A Facelift And Performance Update
In addition to a new diesel engine, the 2018 Ford F-1150 is also getting an exterior update as reported by Fox News. It was stated that a new grille along with tailgate and headlight designs are on the way.
Accordingly, a new adaptive cruise control system is also underway. It was stated that it will have the capability of detecting pedestrians and traffic in front of it and automatically engages the brakes. Furthermore, drivers needing to step on the pedals will become optional as reported.
2018 Ford F-150 Also Gets Other Engine Upgrades
Aside from the new diesel engine for the Ford F-150, the other engines will also be updated. Reports state that the 3.3-liter naturally-aspirated V6 base engine will be replaced by a 2.7-liter EcoBoost twin turbo V6.
A 5 followed by a 5.0-liter V8 and 3.5-liter EcoBoost twin turbo V6. Accordingly, these engines will all be paired with the latest 10-speed automatic transmission, which is a product of the collaboration between Ford and GM as reported.
Ford’s F-150 Will Appear In 2017 Detroit Auto Show
Reports state that the updated Ford F-150 will make an appearance at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show. The event has already started and will last until Jan. 22, 2017 as reported. Those that are interested to see the Ford F-150 can simply check it out there. Source: Itechpost


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By guest author Sahar Nazir from Retail Gazette
- Laura Ashley is close to calling in administrators as it looks to Hilco Capital to secure a GBP 15 million lifeline
- 700 jobs are currently at risk
- Laura Ashley risks collapse by the end of the month
Laura Ashley is reportedly on the verge of calling in administrators by the end of March if it does not secure a GBP 15 million lifeline from Homebase owner Hilco Capital.
The clothing and home furnishings retailer is in talks with the former owner of HMV in a bid to secure the GBP 15 million, which could save 2700 jobs, Sky News reported.
Hilco Capital, which owns home improvement retailer Homebase, is reportedly in negotiations about the emergency loan.
Laura Ashley, which operates 150 stores in the UK, reportedly risks falling into administration by the end of the month if that loan is not secured.
Administrators are expected to be put on standby in the coming days.
On Friday, March 13, 2020, Laura Ashley said it was in discussions about the GBP15 million loan with an unspecified third-party to fund its immediate working capital requirements.
The retailer said it would need to “consider all appropriate options” if it is not able to secure the funding by the end of March.
It said its business has not been hugely impacted by the coronavirus outbreak, but said it was closely monitoring the situation as it could have a negative influence on trading.
Laura Ashley’s search for the funding comes after a “challenging year”.
In the 26 weeks to December 31, losses before tax ballooned by 166 % to GBP 4 million due to lower home furnishings sales and Brexit uncertainty.
Total group sales fell by 10.8 % to GBP 109.6 million, compared to the same period in 2018.
The retailer said disruption caused by the change in its Japanese franchise partner to Itochu Corporation also had an impact.
The company, which was valued at more than GBP 200 million when it floated during the 1980s, is now valued by the stock market at just GBP 10 million.
Its shares have slumped by more than 60 % during the last 12 months.


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Nordea Bank Completed Euro Adoption Process Successfully
OREANDA-NEWS. January 13, 2011. Nordea’s currency changeover has proceeded according to the plans and the first clearing in EUR has been executed. Nordea card payments have been functioning practically without interruptions over the weekend; all Nordea ATMs dispensed EEKs until 23:30 on the last day of the year and started dispensing euros already from 00:05 on January 1. Payments can be made through branch offices, internet bank and phone bank.
„We have succeeded! Both the state and the banks have done their jobs very well,“ the head of Nordea Estonia Vahur Kraft said, adding that Nordea launched its euro preparations already in 2009. About 300 people have participated in the preparations and 100 people greeted the New Year at their work post.
According to Kraft, the task of providing Estonians with functioning card payments and access to all ATMs over the holidays, in EEK until the last hours of 2010 and in EUR from midnight on, was a demanding one for Nordea.
„I take my hat off to our euro team,“ said Kraft who himself got his first euros at 00:07 from the ATM at the bank’s
Over the weekend, customers could receive up-to-date information from the bank’s euro team through the webpage as well as phone support. Information was also offered at branch offices that stayed open for the weekend across
„The first days of the year at Nordea’s offices were calm. The end-of-year customer support team did not encounter any rush either. Customers were well informed through our advance notifications and felt assured about the process“ Kraft added.
A member of a leading European finance group, Nordea is the only universal bank in the Estonian market with the highest AA credit rating, offering services to both private and corporate customers. Nordea brand covers all major banking products: loans, bank cards, savings and investment products (including leasing and pensions), everyday banking transactions. Nordea is creating new opportunities for its clients, so they can manage their finances with the help of personal counselling, helping both private and corporate customers to make good financial decisions.


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by Jonathan Wright
Harold Wilken and his son Ross are fifth- and sixth-generation farmers in east-central Illinois. On the 2,500+ certified organic acres of Janie’s Farm, they grow many different crops in a biodiverse rotation. Then at Janie’s Mill, just a few miles up the road, they transform those crops into dozens of delicious, nutrient-dense products.
“Our specialty is diversity! We grow many varieties of wheat, rye, oats, buckwheat, corn and other grains—including heirlooms such as Bloody Butcher corn and Turkey Red wheat,” explains Terra Brockman, who handles communications for Janie’s Mill. “We stone-mill these organic grains into over 30 different products, including bread flours, pastry flours, Italian-style pizza flour, cornmeal, grits, cracked wheat, cracked rye and many others.”
A conventional farmer for years, Harold began transitioning to organic in 2003, and quickly realized the benefits of lower input costs and premium prices. Because organic operations are more labor-intensive, he was also able to hire more people—a potential game-changer for rural America. “Organic farming provides the opportunity to bring in a new generation of farmers,” he suggests.
In 2016, Harold and Ross, along with head miller Jill Brockman-Cummings, began to build and operate Janie’s Mill, the first organic stone mill in Illinois. Working closely with artisanal bakers in Chicago to ensure their flours were of the highest quality, the mill quickly became their primary business—attracting national and even international attention as they bridged the gap between commodity production and the local food movement.
When the pandemic hit, the disruption of the global supply chain caused stores around the country to run out of flour. At Janie’s Mill, however, retail sales went through the roof. Though never part of their business plan, they were able to meet this demand practically overnight. And with business booming, they are poised for a banner year in 2021. “We already have many acres of fall-planted wheat in the ground, ready to grow tall and strong with the first warm days of spring,” Brockman explains. “We are also excited about offering some new milled products… but need to keep them a secret for now!” janiesmill.comPM


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This 2018, National University, one of the country’s top universities that provides relevant, innovative and accessible quality education, will work hand in hand with Cellprime Distribution Corporation’s Cloudfone in providing quality and amazing products and services to each other’s community.
Cloudfone, a leading local smartphone brand in the country, shares the same mission as National University.
Creating quality tech products is good; but creating quality tech products that the Filipino can actually afford and use to assist them in doing better in their day to day tasks is something amazing.
Cloudfone continually produces quality smartphones that caters to more and more Filipinos who are choosing Cloudfone over other local and foreign brands just like 20-year old National U student James Ian Reyes who patronizes Cloudfone products.
“Nakukuha ko yung deserve ko, yung quality talaga; yung feeling na hindi ako nadaya maski sobrang affordable nya kumpara sa iba.”
This will also prove beneficial to National U students and brand supporters since Cloudfone has reaped numerous distinctions that proves its quality such as Teknogadyet’s Best Smartphone Brand 2017; Teknogadyet’s Best Smartphones Under 10k; Teknogadyet’s Best Smartphones Under 5k, Gizguide’s Best Smartphone Under 10k and Gizguide’s Best Smartphone Under 5k, etc.
Cloudfone also happens to be one of the official mobile partners of multiple global brands like Spotify, Disney and Marvel and has also partnered with global brands in the field of sports and entertainment. Top NBA player and Cloudfone endorser Kyrie Irving also helped in introducing the brand to the Filipinos one of which is the most affordable 18:9 smartphone with Infinite Vision Display and Quad Camera’s – the Next Infinity Quattro that sells for only P12,999 – a price that according to tech experts goes beyond what it can offer.
Cloudfone patrons can also enjoy the Thrill Boost series, the top selling local brand model in the Philippines. Its specs, quality and affordable price made it one of the most in-demand smartphones in the market.
Through this partnership, Cloudfone is also set to bring in awesome events, activities, and exclusive smartphone discounts and more to National U.


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Ivy City Smokehouse headed to make pitch to Walmart.
By Cindi Marsiglio, Walmart vice president for Merchandising Services and U.S. Manufacturing
Do you have a product made, sourced or grown in the U.S. that belongs on store shelves across the country? Well, Walmart is serving up a chance at the big break you’ve been looking for. Now through April 30, we are accepting applications for our 6th annual Open Call for products that support American jobs and we couldn’t be more thrilled about this year’s event!
While finding products that fulfill the needs of our customers is a year-round focus, Open Call is especially exciting. It’s a two-day event for our buyers to meet face-to-face with entrepreneurs with one goal in mind: buy more American products.
Through hundreds of meetings with our buyers, we make it easy for supplier hopefuls to showcase their products and potentially get them in the hands of millions of Walmart customers. During Open Call, companies large or small and from all corners of the country have a shot at the American Dream.


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World-First Community Project Flip the Fleet Works to Boost EV Adoption in NZ
The truth will set you free. Incidentally, this sentiment is the foundation of New Zealand’s Flip the Fleet program. The world-first community project aims to give Kiwis an incentive to drive electric.
Ultimately, the truth about electric vehicles is muddled in Oceania. Both New Zealand and Australia are slow to adopt plug-in vehicles.
Consequently, co-founders Henrik Moller and Dima Ivanov have developed a strategy to change that.
Using Science to Collect and Spread the Truth
Summarily, they collect data from electric vehicle owners. This early adopter data sheds light on a number of key discussion points. Most importantly, answers to questions that consumers often ask.
Firstly, how much would I save on fuel? Secondly, how long can I travel on a single charge? Thirdly, how difficult is it to find a charging station?
The list doesn’t end there. However, Moller and Ivanov believe making answers available will eliminate anxieties around EVs. As a result, findings are free, available on their site.
Grassroots Movements Supported by Automakers, Governments
Surprisingly, Volkswagen has stated that failing to go green will bring financial ruin to manufacturers. In the wake of dieselgate, the German automaker has repositioned itself. Ultimately, it plans to challenge Tesla for market supremacy.
Additionally, brands like GM, Audi, and Honda all follow suit. These efforts are supported by national governments. Even the United States, which struggles to grasp an environmental foothold, should revive its EV tax credit soon.
Nothing would speed up EV adoption rates like accurate info. Clearly, Flip the Fleet is aware.
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Home and DIY retailer B&Q is set to debut its small-format store on the high street at the beginning of March when it opens on Holloway Road, north London.
With the “home improver” as its target consumer group, the stripped-back version of B&Q will feature tools and hardware, but not building materials, wood-cutting or other services often found in the larger B&Q outlets.
The decision to open a smaller-format B&Q store comes as Australian DIY retail chain Bunnings began its takeover and conversion of Homebase with the opening of its debut warehouse in St Albans.
In November, B&Q‘s parent company Kingfisher PLC has recorded a strong third quarter, with like-for-like sales going up by 5.8 per cent in the three months to October 31, and its overall revenue growing 1.8 per cent to £2.96 billion.
The smaller B&Q stores form part of the parent company‘s One Kingfisher strategy.


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Taiwan’s container shipping companies might post lower losses in the first quarter this year than the fourth quarter last year as they are deepening alliances to better control freight prices and transport capacity during a global slowdown, analysts said.
Wan Hai Lines Ltd (萬海航運), the nation’s third-largest container shipper, yesterday said it would jointly launch a new north China-to-Taiwan service with Sinotrans Container Lines (中外運集裝箱運輸), a major container shipping firm based in China.
The service is scheduled to commence today.
Evergreen Marine Corp (長榮海運), the nation’s largest container shipping firm by fleet size, announced on Dec. 27 that it planned to work with CKYH-the Green Alliance, which is comprised of several major Asian container shipping companies, including Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp (陽明海運), on routes between Asia and Europe from the second quarter this year.
Analysts have viewed these partnerships as moves by Taiwanese shippers to fight back against Maersk Line’s bid to dominate the global container sector.
“These partnerships may help container shippers avoid price destruction and let them control transport capacity more efficiently,” a Capital Securities Corp (群益證券) research team said in a report.
Since major container shippers started cutting the number of cabins and ship services in the fourth quarter last year, and with history showing that the Lunar New Year holiday usually drives up seasonal shipping demand in Asia, these partnerships would help the industry raise freight rates this month, Capital Securities said.
“This may help contract local shippers’ losses in the first quarter from the previous quarter,” the report said.
Evergreen Marine president Anchor Chang (張正鏞) said on Thursday that he was confident about the global container shipping market this year.
Chang said he expected global demand for container shipping this year to be higher than last year, adding that demand would be stronger in the second half than the first as the US economy recovers momentum and emerging market economies maintain their strength.
Share prices of local container shippers have also reflected these positive drivers.
Yang Ming’s share price jumped 6.78 percent, the maximum daily limit, to NT$12.60 yesterday, while shares of Wan Hai and Evergreen Marine rose 4.17 percent and 3.3 percent to NT$15 and NT$15.65 respectively, Taiwan Stock Exchange data showed.


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The Personal Consumption Expenditures index (PCE) advanced 1.8% in May from a year earlier, the Commerce Department reported. PCE measures the prices paid by consumers for goods and services to reveal underlying inflation trends. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, prices rose 1.5% in May. Shelter costs such as higher rents pushed prices higher and medical costs are showing signs of a pick-up. PCE is an important indicator as the Feds policy has been using this as an indicator for its interest rate policy. For now the gauge remains below the Feds 2.0% threshold, but it remains an important data point worth watching.
Personal incomes increased .40% in May over the prior month and over the last 12 months the gauge has increased 3.43%. This is a good sign as growing incomes normally translate to increased consumer confidence as you will see below, and additional consumer spending. This is important for our economy as consumer spending makes up roughly two thirds of US Gross Domestic Product.
In other economic news new home sales increased to 504k in May, marking a big jump from Aprils 425k. Existing home sales rose in May and is now on a two month upward trend. Consumers remain confident as the Conference Board Consumer Confidence index read 85.2 in June, higher than the prior months reading of 82.2.


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Ambu CEO on stream of launches: "Won't be easy, but we're building an ecosystem"
In the next three years, Ambu expects to launch four times as many products as during its prior strategy period, and the CEO sees clear advantages to scaling the firm at this speed. At the same time, the company needs to succeed with the ecosystem of products which the CEO plans to establish at hospitals worldwide.
BY ULRICH QUISTGAARD, TRANSLATED BY NIELSINE NIELSEN
Ambu is pushing the pedal to the metal to establish itself on the single-use endoscope market.
In the last three years, the medtech company has introduced five new scopes, and in the next three years, it plans to launch 20 new products.
During this month’s meeting of the CHMP, the EMA’s expert committee, a total of nine new drugs have been recommended while six drugs have had indication extensions accepted. Two treatments have been rejected.
After a turbulent time for Ambu under Juan Jose Gonzalez’s reign, new chief executive appointee Britt Meelby Jensen aims to rebuild the trust in the medtech firm, which has downgraded its expectations seven times over the past three years.


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Prominent Whitsunday store sells building for millions
A building that houses a prominent Airlie Beach business has sold for millions, however the chief financial officer says operations will continue as usual.
The large property is home to Porters Whitsunday Mitre 10 in Cannonvale and sold for $5.4 million in November.
Porters Group CEO Travis Cunnane said the building went to auction and sold to a Sydney investor but the group remained committed to the region long term.
He stressed the Porters Mitre 10 business would continue as normal for customers and staff.
“We’ve signed a long-term lease,” Mr Cunnane said.
“We plan to be there for a very long time and still have a store in Proserpine.
“We’re not going anywhere.”
Mr Cunnane said the decision to sell the building was made to help with potential acquisitions down the track.
“We’re looking to continually invest,” he said.
“We’ve got a couple of roles that we’re advertising for at the moment and we’re looking to grow.
“It’s an important region for us, we’ve got a long history of supporting our customers in the region.”
Mr Cunnane said the group believed it had good growth potential in commercial and residential sectors in the region.
The sale was done through Cushman and Wakefield, with the company reporting the asset sold significantly above reserve.
Porters Group runs seven stores and has been operating for about 137 years.


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The Walt Disney Company made a $454 million offer to buy out its partners and public shareholders in an Indian media company, the companies said on Tuesday.
Disney offered 1,000 rupees ($22.58) a share to acquire the 49.6 percent stake that it did not already own in UTV Software, which makes movies, operates TV channels and produces video games in India’s fast-growing market. The offer is about 11 percent above UTV’s closing share price on Monday.
In a statement, Disney said it had started a process to delist shares of UTV from Indian stock exchanges, which could take several months. If the company is successful, it will also take over the stakes of the husband-and-wife founders of UTV, Rohinton Screwvala and Zarina Mehta. Mr. Screwvala would then join Disney as the head of its Indian operations, the company said.
In 2006, Disney spent $44.5 million to buy a 15 percent stake in UTV and acquired Hungama, a television channel for children’s programming created by UTV. Since then, it has increased its stake in UTV to 50.4 percent.
UTV’s stock struggled during the global financial crisis, when it became difficult for Indian companies, especially those in the media business, to raise money from investors. But in the last year, shares of UTV have climbed steadily. The company earned $30.6 million in the year ended March 31, up from $12 million in the period a year earlier.
The Indian media market, while growing quickly, is highly competitive and fragmented. Most TV channels struggle to make money because there are a dozen or more players in every segment of the market.
The Hindi film business, known as Bollywood, churns out about 200 movies every year and ticket sales do not cover the cost of production for many of them.
Most large global media companies have some presence in India. The News Corporation and Viacom operate the popular Star and Colors TV networks respectively. Sony has a big presence in the TV market as well, and is reportedly negotiating to buy a regional network from Eenadu TV, which is based in the southern city of Hyderabad.
Disney is a more recent entrant into the Indian market, and much of its business is concentrated in children’s entertainment. The company does not have a general TV channel in India, for instance, but the Disney Channel is available on cable and satellite systems here. It released its first Indian film, “Do Dooni Chaar” or “Two Times Two Is Four,” in October.
UTV and Mr. Screwvala could help it gain access to more movies and other content in India. The company has co-produced several successful films with Aamir Khan, a Bollywood star and heartthrob, including the recent movie “Delhi Belly,” which was popular with young Indians because of its script laced with vulgarities.
Disney and UTV executives declined to comment beyond their written statements.
UTV shares rose 5.4 percent, to 950.45 rupees, after the offer was made public on Tuesday.


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Electric Brand Polestar Opening New ‘Polestar Spaces' in China as it Prepares to Compete with Tesla
【Summary】Electric performance car brand Polestar its expanding its retail presence in China as the company looks to compete with U.S. electric automaker Tesla in the world’s biggest auto market. Polestar plans to open around 20 “Polestar Spaces” where prospective owners can check out the company’s electric vehicles up close and in a zero pressure environment.
Electric performance car brand Polestar its expanding its retail presence in China as the company looks to compete with U.S. electric automaker Tesla in the world's biggest auto market with its Polestar 2 EV.
The Polestar brand is jointly owned by Swedish automaker Volvo and Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding (Geely). The automaker is based in Gothenburg, Sweden and its being positioned as a new standalone performance electric car brand operated by Volvo. Geely is the parent company of Swedish automaker Volvo.
Polestar plans to open around 20 "Polestar Spaces" where prospective owners can check out the company's electric vehicles up close and in a zero pressure environment, Reuters reports.
The Polestar Spaces more closely resemble a trendy retail store rather than a traditional car dealer showroom. Customers can visit the Spaces to learn more about the vehicles, then complete the transition on Polestar's website or from the Polestar app.
Polestar's sales model is similar to Tesla's boutique stores that are often found in upscale shopping areas, rather than using traditional dealer showrooms, and commissioned salespeople. The Spaces will be staffed with knowledgeable Polestar product experts that can answer any questions about the vehicles.
The spaces will also facilitate test drives for Polestar vehicles.
As Chinese EV startups look to compete with Tesla in their home country, building trendy showrooms in upscale shopping districts is becoming an important way to market their new electric vehicles, as well as promote their advanced technology and unique ownership experience.
The first mass market offering from Polestar is the Polestar 2 fastback, which was revealed in 2019. The Polestar 2 is the company's first fully-electric, higher volume premium car that's positioned to rival the Tesla Model 3. The Polestar 2 starts at $59,900.
In the future, the Polestar 3 will join the portfolio as a fully-electric performance SUV.
The company began building the Polestar 2 earlier this year in China. The EV will also be sold in the U.S. and Europe. The first deliveries of the Polestar 2 are set to begin in China next month. However, Polestar currently has just one showroom in Beijing.
Polestar will partner with investors to build and operate the showrooms while still managing sales and delivery of cars, said the people who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity as the plan is not yet public. This indicates that in some locations, third parties will market the vehicles, while Polestar will take care of the logistics, such as shipping it to the customer.
Polestar Spaces allow potential customers learn more about the electric vehicles, such as the high-performance brake setup.
Polestar, along with new Chinese EV startups Nio and Xpeng Motors, is mirroring electric automaker Tesla's sales model. NIO is widely considered to be the "Tesla of China" and like Tesla, operates smaller retail showrooms to market its vehicles.
Without a network of dealerships, Tesla has over 50 showrooms in China, while Nio currently operates around 110 showrooms, with some of the properties belonging to third party partners. Xpeng Motors plans to have over 200 outlets by the end of the year from about 150, many of them will be operated by partners as well.
NIO's sales model includes "NIO Houses." In January, Wei Jian, Vice President of User Operations of NIO, shared the company's plans to market and sell its vehicles in 57 Chinese cities, and plans to expand the total number of retail showrooms from 77 to about 200 by the end of 2020.
The first of the new Polestar Spaces will open in Shanghai. From there, new locations will open in coastal Ningbo, northern Tianjin and southern Guangzhou. The showrooms will mostly be located in shopping malls.
The Polestar brand officially launched in 2017 with the Polestar 1, a limited production electric Performance Hybrid GT supercar with 609 horsepower and an all-electric range of 77 miles, the longest of any hybrid car in the world.
The Polestar Precept was created to showcase three key areas for the Swedish brand, which include sustainability, digital technology and cutting edge design. Like the Polestar 2, the Precept signifies an important milestone for Polestar as a standalone electric brand.
Last week, Polestar announced that the first Polestar Spaces in the U.S. will open in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Polestar said they will open by the end of the year.
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It happened at the McColls store in Spring Gardens earlier in June.
Detectives investigating an altercation in a convenience store in Buxton are appealing for a witness to the incident to come forward.
Police were called to reports of an altercation between two men in the McColls store in Spring Gardens, Buxton at around 7.30pm on Saturday, June 15.
The victim of the assault received minor injuries.
In the store at the time was a man who officers are keen to speak to. He intervened during the altercation and led the perpetrator out of the store.
The man is described as shaven headed and wearing a t-shirt.
Officers are keen to hear from the man as a witness to the incident and ask him, or anyone who may know him, to contact Derbyshire police using the below methods.


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Augmented reality has so far been mostly a sci-fi vision that overlays information from the virtual world atop what we see in the real world. An Israeli startup called Infinity Augmented Reality, though, wants to make a business of it.
In three to six months, Infinity AR plans to launch its app, called the Brain, for Google Glass; devices running Android, iOS, and Windows Phone; Microsoft Sync in cars; and perhaps most notably Meta's 3D augmented-reality glasses. The last example is closest to the science fiction vision of AR, where translucent information is merged with your full field of vision; Google Glass uses only a small screen that's above your regular line of sight.
The app will link back to Infinity AR servers that will handle the computing grunt work to enable various services, said Chief Executive Elon Landenberg. And it'll be free, since Infinity AR plans to make money by supplying ads deemed relevant to a person's changing interests.
"We are trying to develop the platform that uses augmented reality in the front end [devices people carry like phones or glasses] but uses artificial intelligence technology on the back end [the company's servers] to try to anticipate and understand what you need and what you want and then present it when you need it," Landenberg said.
Key to the company's sales pitch is making services that are useful -- and that go beyond existing ones like calendar notifications and the Google Now service for prompting people with information Google anticipates you'll want.
So what are those services exactly? Landenberg has several in mind to start with:
Information about the mood of people you're talking to, based on their tone of voice.
Face recognition of those around you, based on information those people have shared publicly already. Recognition isn't instant -- it takes about 30 seconds for a complete stranger and 5 seconds if only searching through a limited set of people such as a few hundred conference attendees. Depending on your mood, the software can tailor what it shows you.
A navigation assistant that offers to help you drive not to your ultimate destination but instead to the nearest parking lot, with adjustments made in timing if traffic is bad. The software hands off the turn-by-turn directions aspect of the actual trip to a person's preferred navigation system, such as a smartphone app or car sat-nav system.
A calorie counter that can estimate how many calories are in food that you photograph.
Weather advice that tells you what to wear based on factors such as the elements, temperature, and activities on your schedule.
For an idea of what the company has in mind, Landenberg promises that at launch time, Infinity AR will be able to offer 90 percent of the features described in its promotional video (also embedded above). It's a sort of bachelor fantasy in which a man gets AR help from his smart glasses to pick his wardrobe, drive his Ferrari to an upscale pool hall, get advice on his pool shooting, and impress the attractive bartender with the knowledge that she's a Gemini.
The company also plans to let third-party companies add their own services -- though not for free. Infinity AR will charge for use of its software development kit (SDK). "Through SDK licensing fees, Infinity AR can allow developers to target their users by age, gender, preferences, and location," Landenberg said.
But the main revenue will come from money-generating suggestions. Here's how Landenberg explains it for a person who typically gets coffee at about 10:30 a.m. each day:
The Google Glass or other digital devices will present a recommendation from the user's favorite coffee house at 10:30. But the process doesn't end there. Unlike regular advertising formats, the Brain knows its user and provides a coupon to go along with the recommendation, GPS location and directions to the merchant, and various formats for paying from the digital device. The merchant is charged for the recommendation and is happy to pay for the loyalty this technology generates.
Thus, Infinity AR's technology involves a fair amount of probing into people's lives -- the access you grant it combined with what Infinity AR's servers can find publicly about other people.
"There is a big debate now on privacy. I can't do anything about privacy. People update where they are all the time. They update pictures of themselves. The government has pictures of you. If you don't tag yourself, your friends tag you," Landenberg said.
"I can't do anything about the information," he said. "I access it for you when you really need it."
Another common refrain among those anxious about lives increasingly mediated by digital devices is that people will submerge themselves more in their gadgetry and have fewer authentic human interactions. Landenberg is unworried here, too.
"I think today i'm interacting with more people than I interacted with 10 years ago thanks to Facebook and Twitter, though I'm not meeting them face to face," he said.
The company is based in Tel Aviv and has 35 employees, though it's also got a single-employee Silicon Valley presence that technically is its base of operations. It's working on partnerships with hardware makers, Landenberg added.
Absent something like a multibillion acquisition from Google -- "that's how they buy companies right now" -- Landenberg plans to stay independent.
"With us not being a Google company, we can develop our platform to work on other platforms, including Google. This is a big benefit we have they don't," he said. "We have the possibility to be connected to Facebook and much more platforms than they have."


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Samsung, Sony and LG have already announced support for the Disney+ streaming service on their Smart TV homescreens – saving viewers from buying a standalone box, like Apple TV or Chromecast. And now Philips has revealed that it will join the streaming revolution as well.
The tech firm has announced owners of its latest televisions can access the thousands of shows, movies, and documentaries on Disney+ using the app that has now surfaced on their Philips Smart TV homescreen. Anyone with a 2020 Android TV-powered model can now add the Disney+ app to their TVs with owners then able to watch movies from the likes of Star Wars, Pixar, Disney and Marvel for a small monthly fee.
In fact, you’ll find over 500 blockbuster films as part of the subscription.
There’s also a bunch of shows, cartoons and exclusive content including Star Wars: The Mandalorian, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, and The World according to Jeff Goldblum plus there’s access to all of the Simpsons series and content from National Geographic.
Along with offering Disney+, there’s also another bonus for Philips owners as it this service also works with the clever Ambilight technology that’s built into some of these sets.
This immersive light system changes colour depending on what is on the screen giving viewers a feeling that they are part of the action. The Disney+ app is available now on Philips TVs in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France, the UK and Ireland. The service has been already available and very successful in the Netherlands since autumn 2019.
As a quick reminder, Disney+ costs £5.99 per month or £59.99 for the year which makes this option slightly cheaper. There’s also the option to sign up to a 7-day free trial which allows you to check out what’s on without having to pay anything upfront. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR FREE HERE
And it’s worth remembering that you could be eligible for a free subscription to Disney+ too.
Samsung was the first to announce its Disney+ compatibility with LG and Sony following soon after.
“With the launch of Disney+, our consumers can anticipate amazing levels of colour and brightness in 4K HDR with iconic stories of imagination and inspiration,” said Guy Kinnell, Vice President, TV and AV Samsung Electronics UK Ltd.
“Samsung’s Smart TVs will again take another leap in offering the highest quality entertainment experiences to our consumers supported by the easiest and most consumer friendly Smart TV platform whilst being at the forefront of a radical shift in media consumption.”
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By Martin Vedris
TOKYO: Pioneer has suffered its fourth straight financial year loss, as it tries to stem the bleeding from its plasma television and DVD recorder divisions.
The ¥17,992 million (US$179.9 million) net loss comes after a string of bad years for the company, and was due mainly to “a drop in sales of plasma displays and DVD recorders,” the company said. The loss follows a ¥6,761 million shortfall last financial year.
Consolidated operating revenue was also down 2.8 per cent, year-on-year to 774,477 million yen, (US$7,744.8 million), while operating income also fell, down 12.7 per cent, year-on-year to ¥10,907 million (US$109.1 million).
Impairment losses of ¥23,293 million (US$232.9 million), primarily on plasma display production facilities, and higher income taxes following an evaluation of deferred tax assets, despite a gain on land and building sales at the Tokorozawa Plant and some at the Omori Plant also contributed, Pioneer said, as well as a rising yen against US Dollar and Euro.
DVD drives, Blu-ray disc-related devices, car audio products and car navigation systems all saw higher sales, but not enough to offset the home electronics losses.


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By A. Ananthalakshmi
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
SINGAPORE — Top Chinese banks and gold miners, along with the world’s biggest jewellery retailer, will be among 18 members taking part in Beijing’s new yuan-denominated gold benchmark, a source familiar with the matter said.
Two foreign banks will also join the benchmark-setting process when it launches on April 19, marking China’s biggest step to become a price-setter for gold.
As the world’s top producer, importer, and consumer of gold, China has balked at having to depend on a dollar price in international transactions, and believes its market weight should entitle it to set the price of gold.
A yuan gold fix is not expected to pose an immediate threat to the gold pricing dominance of London and New York, but it could ultimately give Asia more power, particularly if the Chinese currency becomes fully convertible. …
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Violence prompts look at security
Published: Wednesday, January 9, 1991 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 9, 1991 at 12:00 a.m.
The killing of two Westgate theater employees, mall merchants believe, is more a sign of the violent times than an indication of inadequate security. Westgate Mall merchants said yesterday improved security would probably not have prevented the killings. But coming on the heels of a violent rape of a mall employee nearly two months ago, many of the store managers have asked the mall management to review its security procedures. The manager of the Litchfield Theater's Westgate Mall Cinema VI said he expects some changes in security measures at the movie house, located just west of the mall property. The mall and the theater have separate security. Theater manager Charles Hopkins said he will meet with his supervisors today to determine what changes will be made. Litchfield is one of the few movie theaters that employs security officers, mostly off-duty sheriff's deputies and Spartanburg police officers. But the extra security is available only on weekends and holidays. "We hire these guards to protect our people, not money. We care about our people," said Hopkins, who added that in his 18 years with Litchfield the company had never had an incident in which an employee was killed. Litchfield employs about 20 people in Spartanburg. John Benvenuto, Westgate Mall manager, said he believes the mall has a good security program, but will review procedures because of the concerns, particularly with night security. "We're taking a look at security, but I don't think there will be any large-scale changes. I think (the murders and the rape) are a couple of random incidents, and they're not indicative of a problem in our security force." Some of the mall's largest employers agree that the incidents don't reflect a trend of increasing crime at the mall, but they support the security review. Sheri Wilson, manager of Upton's department store, said she had already discussed beefing up security with mall management. All her employees are concerned about the recent incidents, she said. Belk Hudson manager David Ellis said he also spoke to mall managers about increasing security in the mall parking lot, where security officers already regularly patrol and are visible. "But we will be getting together to see if anything can be done better. Right now, I think we're in pretty good shape," Ellis said. Ellis and others said the security of the mall is important to maintain an public image as a safe place to visit and shop. Vince Keefauver, manager of J.C. Penney, said, "I don't think there is a problem with security at all." He pointed out that in addition to the mall security, many of the larger stores have their own security teams. "We have to ease public fears. We do have security in stores and we've had no problems in the stores and few problems in the parking lots. What happened is a terrible thing - a tragedy. But it could have happened at a theater anywhere," Keefauver said. "We've been here 15 years," Benvenuto said. "To think that over the years, people have shopped here without a major occurrence. These (the rape and murders) are random instances. We want people to feel safe in shopping here." Meanwhile, Sears manager Les Lindsey said his store is recommending its employees and customers take "common sense" steps to protect themselves. He suggested that people, after dark, go to their cars in groups or with a security escort and lock their cars. "My real concern is for the loss of those two young people. It's a tragedy when something like this happens," but he doesn't believe the incident indicates a trend toward increasing crime at the mall. "People just don't feel safe in the streets anywhere anymore." SECURI.TY1
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So far, the electric vehicle market has been snowballing all over the world. Its growth has been consistent for the last couple of years. However, research shows that the expansion will even be more prominent in the coming years. The number of electric vehicles will increase, and the revenue will also follow suit. According to the Grand View Research, in 2019, the EV demand was about 2373.5 thousand. Between 2020 and 2027, its compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is expected to be approximately 41.5%. It bases its projections on various drivers, one of them being government policies. Obviously, given the many initiatives by governments to promote electric vehicle manufacturing in their countries, there are high chances that the demand will go up.
A good example is the European Union that has set its target of fully transitioning to zero greenhouse gas emissions to 2050. Generally, most governments are doing their best to reduce air pollution, oil consumption, and other emissions. One of the best ways to achieve all the reductions is shifting to electric vehicles. Consequently, their demand is likely to increase during the projected period. Another indicator that the sales will increase is the rate at which companies are investing in the electric vehicles industry. Given that some are economy giants, the likes of Groupe Renault, Ford Motor Company, and Daimler AG, the industry must be quite promising. Why else would such big companies invest heavily, especially in manufacturing electric vehicles?
There is also another report by Allied Market Research projecting an increase in the revenue coming from the global electric vehicle market. According to the report, the income will be standing at $802.81 billion come 2027. At the same time, the CAGR will be 22.6%. In 2019, Asia-Pacific contributed the most to the global electric vehicle market revenue, having contributed up to $84.84 billion. Come 2027, the estimate is an increase to $357.81 at a CAGR of 20.1%. At the same time, the estimated revenue from North America is $194.20, with its CAGR being 27.5%. It is essential to highlight the critical contributors to the electric vehicle market revenue in 2019. They were Europe and Asia-Pacific, and the contribution was 74.8% of the total amount. As mentioned earlier, Asia-Pacific was leading, and its contribution was 52.3%.
Whereas the CAGR of North America will be 27.5%, Europe is expected to register a CAGR of 25.3%. North America and Europe combined contributed up to 40.1% of the revenue in 2019. Come 2027, their contribution is expected to stand at 51.0%. That will be quite a contribution given the total projected revenue by the end of the forecast period.https://industribune.net/


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As a teenager Noé Diakubama made a sketch map of Mbandaka, on the Congo river, so as not to get lost in the forest while picking a vegetable called fumbwa. "I remember never having seen a map of the city," he says.
Thirty years later, maps of the city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are still in short supply. So Diakubama decided to create the first one of his home city. He spent hours at his computer in Brussels, where he now lives, using Google Map Maker software and entering the streets he could recall. He hired an assistant to tour Mbandaka by bike and name the streets on a map scanned in pdf format and printed out.
Diakubama's efforts have been replicated across Africa by scores of amateur mapmakers who have collectively pinpointed hundreds of thousands of roads, cities and buildings in remote areas ignored by colonial cartographers. This is just one example of how the digital revolution has not only caught up in Africa, but is in some respects moving faster and differently from the west.
"New technologies are in the process of transforming the lives of people," Diakubama said. "Mobile telephony has equipped our lives by allowing communication between cities and villages without having to move; to announce a death in the family, for example.
"Mobile telephony is a true revolution in a country where the landline was restricted to a few families."
In Africa, necessity is the mother of invention. Instead of sharing photos on Instagram or hobbies on Pinterest, you are more likely to find a service to send money to a rural relative, or to monitor cows' gestation cycle, or for farmers to find out where they can get the best price for their goods. Technology in Africa is foremost about solving problems rather than sharing social trivia, about survival rather than entertainment – although these are flourishing too.
South Africa hosts the third annual Tech4Africa conference, in Johannesburg on Wednesday, attracting innovators and entrepreneurs from a dozen countries. Among the speakers are Sim Shagaya, a Nigerian-born Harvard graduate planning to create the "Amazon of Africa, selling Lagos's increasingly affluent consumer class everything from refrigerators to perfume to cupcakes". His previous venture, DealDey, which offers Groupon-style deals, is now the top-grossing ecommerce site in Nigeria with 350,000 subscribers.
The forum will also be addressed by Mbwana Alliy, the Tanzanian founder of an Africa-focused technology venture capital fund, and Verone Mankou of Congo-Brazzaville, who designed a tablet computer that sells for a third of the price of the iPad. Mankou, 26, has also launched an African smartphone, the Elikia, which means "hope" in the Lingala language.
Tech4Africa is the brainchild of Gareth Knight, a 35-year-old South African based in London. "If you remember in Britain in 2002-4, you would see the vans for ISPs (internet service providers) installing broadband," he said. "Everyone was getting online even if they still had to use an internet cafe.
"What happened in the UK and US at the turn of the century is now happening in Africa on the mobile platform. It's being driven by social and commercial utility needs – for example, when people want to send money. The market is much bigger than the original one in the UK and US. More and more people are going to get online in the next couple of years and they'll want all the same things."
In the world's poorest continent, only one in three people has access to electricity – but far more than that have a mobile phone. Africa is the fastest growing region for mobiles in the world, and the biggest after Asia, according to the GSM Association. There are now an estimated 700m sim cards in Africa.
Mobiles overcome some of the endemic problems that have stifled progress on the continent: poor infrastructure (both in transport and power transmission), sparsely populated rural areas and widespread poverty.
The basic feature phones that are still the most popular are vital for this environment. With small non-touchscreens, they have long battery life, though people find innovative ways to recharge, for example from car batteries.
Most have an FM radio, still the greatest communications medium in the developing world. And many have a small torch.
In east Africa, mobile money is used as frequently as paper money; the region accounts for four-fifths of the world's transactions. With text messages it is possible to send money to another mobile that can be cashed out of the system using tens of thousands of participating agents. It is estimated that half of Kenya's GDP moves through mobile money, mostly using the pioneering service M-Pesa, which has some 14m users.
Mobiles have fostered communication like no other technology ever before, linking villages in a split second that would previously have taken days to reach on foot or by road. Information services via text message allow farmers to learn more about best practices, market prices and weather conditions. The unemployed can subscribe to text alerts about job vacancies instead of having to travel.
Alan Knott-Craig, a 35-year-old South African tech entrepreneur, said: "It's lighting up the dark continent. People are talking with each other. In the old days, you couldn't talk to your family if you were a migrant worker; now you can. The next level is money. When you light it up with money, you're giving people social freedom as well as economic freedom."
Local entrepreneurs in hubs such as Accra, Cape Town, Lagos and Nairobi have the advantage of knowing Africa's particular needs when competing with the Silicon Valley giants. Numerous social networks specifically for mobiles have sprung up, offering cheap or free communication for their users. Mxit and 2go from South Africa have 44m and 20m users respectively, the latter mostly in Nigeria. Others like Motribe and FrontlineSMS offer mobile communities.
According to Internet World Stats, Africa still has the world's lowest internet penetration rate at 15.6%. Desktop PCs and tablets such as the iPad are relatively few and far between and have been leapfrogged by the more appropriate technology offered by the mobile. In conflict-riven Somalia, for example, fierce unregulated competition has made mobiles affordable and prevalent, whereas internet penetration stands at 1.14% of the population.
Among Africa's broadband-linked minority, Facebook and Twitter, blogs and online magazines, music and video sharing sites, are thriving. That includes the political realm: atrocities that might once have been hidden by an authoritarian regime can be quickly exposed to a global audience, while the follies of leaders are held to scrutiny and mockery as never before. Shrewd politicians such as Rwandan president Paul Kagame have created their own accounts to remain connected and avoid the kind of mass mobilisation seen in the Arab spring.
"The mobile is going to bring in a huge amount of transparency and information sharing that Africa has never had before," said Knight. "Socially and politically, that levels the playing field. People are not going to be able to say things that aren't true; propaganda won't work any more.
"I strongly believe this is the time when technology can make the most difference in people's lives. There are five- to nine-year-olds today who, by the time they are 20, will have technology so embedded that the old Africa won't exist for them."


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Pepsi is stepping on the gas in the soda wars.
The company is launching a new drink pumped with nitrogen that it’s calling ‘Nitro Pepsi.’
Nitrogen-infused beverages have been growing in popularity among craft beer and coffee drinkers, and now the trend has hit the soda market.
Pepsi says it plans to start sampling the beverage at this year’s Super Bowl in Atlanta.
The company did not say when Nitro Pepsi will be officially launched.


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Vestiaire Collective, a pre-owned luxury fashion and accesories market platform, raises €33M in a funding led by Eurazeo
Eurazeo has announced the acquisition, through Eurazeo Croissance, of a minority interest in Vestiaire Collective, European leader in the pre-owned luxury fashion and accessories market, as part of a capital increase.
Created in 2009, Vestiaire Collective is a community platform on which users can buy and sell pre-owned luxury fashion and accessories. The website vestiairecollective.com has 4 million members worldwide and offers a permanent catalogue of more than 400,000 items. Each week, more than 20,000 new items, selected by a team of stylists, are added to the existing catalogue.
The company stands out from other platforms as the quality and authenticity of the items sold are physically and systematically checked in its workshops by a team of experts.
With sites in France, the UK, Germany, Italy, the United States, and soon in Spain, Vestiaire Collective has 180 employees and generated gross merchandise value of €46 million in 2014. The company, which has expanded very quickly since its creation, stepped up its growth in the first half of 2015 with an 85% increase in sales volume.
Eurazeo Croissance has contributed €20 million to the €33 million in funds raised by the pool, which combines historical shareholders (Conde Nast, Balderton Capital, Ventech and IdInvest), and will be represented on the Board of Directors by Christian Blanckaert, the former CEO of Hermès International, a director of Moncler and renowned expert in the luxury goods sector and international development.
This capital injection will enable Vestiaire Collective to strengthen its leadership in Europe and accelerate its growth in the United States.
Virginie Morgon, Deputy CEO of Eurazeo, stated: “Faced with changing consumption patterns, digital technology, community networks, luxury goods and brands, Vestiaire Collective represents the type of investment we wish to conduct with Eurazeo Croissance.”
“Vestiaire Collective is a fabulous entrepreneurial venture. We are pleased to be a part of it and will pool together our energy, network and expertise to support the company in its international expansion” added Yann-Hervé du Rusquec, Head of Eurazeo Croissance.
Sébastien Fabre, founder and Chief Executive of Vestiaire Collective, commented: “This capital-raising represents a phase in the life of Vestiaire Collective in which, as an entrepreneur, I take particular pride. We are setting the conditions for hyper growth. Current investor support and the arrival of Eurazeo have strengthened our resolve to fast-track the roll-out of our international development plan.”
Source: Eurazeo Press Release


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Samsung showcases its "Solid History" of metal phones
When the Galaxy Alpha came out, we made sure to remind you that while Samsung has been very conservative with the use of metal in its latest smartphones, it's definitely been there not that long ago, with the Samsung Wave II. But the company is intent on pointing out that its "solid" history of using metal with its phones goes way back. And that's fair.
According to the company's official blog, one of the first of its devices to ever sport metal in its build is the SCH-V740, also known as the Samsung Blade -- a flip phone from all the way back in 2005. The Blade was followed by the SCH-V890 a tad later, and the SCH-V940 even further down the road. What followed next are devices that are probably a bit better known among the wider public -- the Samsung Giorgio Armani phone, and the Samsung Wave 723, Wave 2, and Wave 3.
Of course, just the Wave series from those on the list so far sported a full metal body -- the rest simply had metal used in parts of their construction, much alike to the Galaxy Alpha. Inheriting the Wave series metal body design philosophy was the scarcely-known Wise series, of which there are at least two distinct models -- the Wise 1 (2011) and Wise 2 (2012).
See them all in the gallery below.
source: Samsung Tomorrow


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Barnes & Noble launching new Nook later this year
Book store Barnes & Noble says it will launch a new Nook Color device later this year as revenue for the division plunged 50% during the third quarter.
The company reported $2 billion in quarterly revenue on Wednesday, down 10% from the previous year. However, the company's earnings, before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, nearly tripled to $173 million.
Shares of Barnes & Noble are up nearly 3% in afternoon trading.
The book retailer says losses for its Nook business were narrowed compared to last year, but revenues fell more than 50% to $157 million.
"We have taken steps to reduce costs and device exposure, while focusing our efforts to reverse the content sales decline," said Barnes & Noble CEO Michael P. Huseby in a statement.
Huseby says the new Nook Color device will launch during the early half of their 2015 fiscal year.
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It’s time to go back into equity markets
- Warren Buffett bought in October
- John Bogle said in this month that equity markets are too low; and
- Bill Miller recently said that he sees great value in equities.
Has the market reached a bottom?
- We have passed it. October could have been the bottom.
- We are very near it. A lot of the bad news has been priced in. Given the very low valuations now, there’s not much downside, which makes the upside over the next two years very interesting.
Make sure you invest with money you can set aside for at least three years. This is because you don’t want to be caught having to sell at the wrong time and you need time for the markets to realise its full recovery potential.
The world's most renowned investor Warren Buffett had in his recent article titled "Buy American. I Am" published on 16 October 2008 in the New York Times, quoted the following in explaining why he began to invest heavily in stocks: -
"I can't predict the short-term movements of the stock market. I haven't the faintest idea as to whether stocks will be higher or lower in a month - or a year -from now. What is likely, however, is that the market will move higher, perhaps substantially so, well before either sentiment or the economy turns up. So if you wait for the robins, spring will be over. "
The time to get interested is when no one else is.
You can't buy what is popular and do well." Warren Buffett
- Make sure you have the holding power ie money that you could set aside for medium term
- Do not be greedy. We can never buy at the lowest and sell at the highest
- Do not put all your eggs in one basket. Spread your risk.


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WPP has produced a solid set of full year 2022 figures, with Q4 performing in line with its earlier performance. Growth – revenue less pass-through costs for WPP – was 6.9% with the UK a particularly strong performer on 12% in Q4.
Operating and after tax profits were up substantially and over £1bn was returned to shareholders. Net debt therefore rose to just over £2bn, in line with its stated intention. WPP claims £375m in cost savings, with an ultimate target of £600m.
Ecommerce, where WPP has made most of its recent investments, increased 18% across the year but there was also, WPP says, a “resurgent performance in broader creative, PR and other communications activities.” Ecommerce, or commerce as WPP calls it, and tech now accounts for 39% of billings, against 35% in 2019. WPP claims $5.9bn in new business wins.
WPP is forecasting 3-5% growth in 2023, in line with its peers.
CEO Mark Read (above) says: “WPP delivered strong growth in 2022, despite the macro challenges, reflecting the priority placed by our clients on investing in communications, customer experience, commerce, data and technology.
“The competitiveness of our offer drove net new business of $5.9 billion in 2022, including new assignments with Audible, SC Johnson, and Verizon among many others and the quality of our work was recognised at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity where WPP was named Creative Company of the Year.
“Our transformation is now delivering measurable results. Over the past three years, WPP has grown like-for-like net sales at a compound average rate of 3.2%, including 3.3% in North America, while improving our headline operating profit margin by 40 basis points. Our adjusted net debt has declined from over £4 billion at the end of 2018 to £2.5 billion, while over £3.4 billion has been returned to shareholders via share buybacks and dividends.
“We enter 2023 in a strong financial position with good momentum from new business and the many opportunities ahead of us. While there will no doubt be challenges, the continued need for major companies to build brands, sell products, reinvent and transform their business, understand their data, invest in technology and exploit the potential of AI remains, as does their need for modern partners who can help them navigate this new world.”
While these results lag Publicis’ 10% in growth terms it seems pretty clear that Read has restored WPP to health and his bet on commerce seems to be paying off. It will be interesting to see if it exceeds 40% of group billings and even more, thereby making WPP less of an advertising company than a tech company.


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Images: egm Car Tech
The Rolls-Royce 102EX (also known as the Phantom Experimental Electric) has made a triumphant return to its home in West Sussex, England after completing a global test program to determine if the electric Phantom could stand the test of a true Rolls-Royce.
This is not only one of the most aesthetically pleasing luxury vehicles on the market, but it will also cater to those who want to leave a smaller carbon footprint. The Rolls-Royce 102EX goes from 0 to 60 mph in less than 8 seconds and has a top speed of 99 mph. Once its fully charged, the luxurious yet eco-friendly supercar is able to travel up to 124 miles and it is powered by a lithium ion battery pack and two electric motors. It was first unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show before it was sent on its world tour.
Rolls-Royce announced that it would release the market research findings of the global test program in the first quarter of 2012.
Source: Luxury Launches


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BERLIN: QUALCOMM WILL SLOT 5G modem chips into its 7000 and 6000-series Snapdragon chips, bringing the best is has to offer in connectivity tech to its non-flagship SoCs.
Currently, you'll find Qualcomm's Snapdragon X50 5G modem in the Snapdragon 855 chip, which can be found sitting pretty inside the likes of the Samsung's Galaxy S10 5G and OnePlus 7 Pro 5G. But those are pricey flagship phones and not something everyone can fork out on.
So at IFA 2019 in Berlin, Qualcomm's president Cristiano Amon revealed that the chipmaker is pushing down its 5G modem chip and antenna packages to its SoCs that you're likely to find in more budget-conscious phones like the Nokia 7.1 for example.
This is hardly surprising, given Qualcomm has done that with the AI Engine tech that cropped up in the flagship 8-series Snapdragon chips before filtering down to less powerful, but still perfectly fine Snapdragons.
But this is still a significant move for Qualcomm, as while Amon described 5G as a "global phenomena", he noted Qualcomm wants to see 5G spread in a big way.
"How are we going to scale 5G," said Amaon. "That is our next industry challenge. We launched this technology, but now we're committed to drive the proliferation of 5G across all device tiers."
"We want all of the users to have the benefit of this technology," he added, noting that Qualcomm wants to see the intensity of 5G roll out and its related ecosystem to be continued by all involved.
In short, we can expect to see more affordable smartphones with 5G connectivity pop up as 2020 rolls around and 5G network coverage expands.
The current level of rollout is arguably impressive on a global scale when compared to the launch of 4G, but we're still a long way from seeing large-scale reach let alone blanket coverage. So more 5G devices could help spurt network operators to expand 5G coverage at a faster pace.
Amon also added 5G will drive a move into other form factor devices, with foldable phones cited as one major one.
While Samsung's Galaxy Fold and Huawei's Mate X might look a bit like first-gen devices, foldable phones might not be a flash in the pan. That's probably because something like cloud game streaming supported by 5G connectivity would mean having extra screen space in a device that can still fit in a pocket would be genuinely useful as opposed to a bit of a gimmick.
Of course, time will tell on that one. But in short more 5G tech is on its way, and sceptic of the connectivity tech might want to look at nibbling on some of their words. µ
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The Walking Dead has sold 8.5 million episodes across all platforms
Developer Telltale’s episodic zombie adventure game The Walking Dead has received no shortage of critical praise, winning myriad outlets’ Game of the Year awards (including XBLAFans’). According to Telltale CEO Dan Connors, the game has also enjoyed no shortage of popularity among consumers.
Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Connors explained that gamers have purchased 8.5 million episodes have been sold from the 5-episode first season across all platforms (XBLA, PSN, PC and iOS).
The Journal points out that at roughly $5 an episode that sales figure would account to $40 million in revenues. Various specials across all four platforms, including the XBLA version of the first episode recently being given away for nothing, mean that the actual revenue Telltale has taken in to date for the game is somewhere south of that number.
XBLA Fans has reached out to Telltale with a question about what slice of that 8.5 million is represented by XBLA sales, and we’ll update this story should the developer respond to our query.


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The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy A23 5G has been certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), indicating its launch soon.
The Samsung phone has appeared with different model numbers indicating that the device will come with multiple storage options. It has also been spotted on other certification sites like BIS India and Geekbench.
Important details about Galaxy A23 5G in FCC certification
It is expected to be powered by the Snapdragon 695 SoC paired with 4GB of RAM. Now, the FCC website reveals the model numbers for the phone, which are as follows:
- SM-A236M/DS, SM-A236M/DSN, SM-A236M/N
- SM-A236B/DS, SM-A236B/DSN, SM-A236B/N
- SM-A236E/DS, SM-A236E/DSN, SM-A236E/N
The phone model numbers indicate that the upcoming Samsung device will arrive with three models and storage options. According to the FCC listing, the Galaxy A23 5G will support 25W fast charging and will have a triple or quad-lens rear camera module.
Read also: Samsung Galaxy S23 – Galaxy S23 The 3 most important reasons you may have to buy the phone at launch
The phone will also offer Wi-Fi in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. The list also mentions Bluetooth 5.0 and NFC support. The Galaxy A23 5G will support 5G connectivity and provide multiple 5G bands.
The phone was also previously spotted on performance testing site Geekbench which revealed some of its key specifications. According to the listing, the Samsung Galaxy A23 5G will be powered by a processor Snapdragon 695 With 4 GB RAM. It will also run Android 12 with OneUI 4.1.
Read also: Samsung Galaxy S23 – Galaxy S23 A pleasant surprise about the updates that all phones of the series around the world will receive
Previous reports revealed that the phone may have a quad-lens rear camera consisting of a 50-megapixel main camera, an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera, two depth cameras and a 2-megapixel macro. As for the front camera, it may come with a 13-megapixel resolution for selfies and video calls.
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