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Hard Rock International has announced that it will expand the reach of its sportsbook to Virginia, launching its mobile product and opening a retail facility at its new casino in the state.
The operator’s ‘Hard Rock Digital’ arm has launched a mobile sports betting portfolio in Virginia, with players in the state able to place bets on a range of events.
Virginia becomes the second US state where Hard Rock has released its updated mobile sports betting app, following an initial launch in Arizona last month through a partnership with Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise.
The latest version of the sports betting app allows users to bet live on a wider range of sports, offers the option of same-game betting, includes a selection of new reward features and has additional deposit methods.
“We’re excited to expand Hard Rock’s sportsbook to Virginia and are proud to offer more gaming options about the sport residents in the region love on our easy-to-use mobile platform,” said Marlon Goldstein, Chief Executive and Director. executive at Hard Rock Digital.
Hard Rock International’s investments in Virginia
In addition to the app, a retail sports betting facility will be installed at the new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol, home to the land-based casino.
Scheduled to open in July of this year and expected to create more than 600 new jobs, the Hard Rock Bristol casino will be the first land-based casino to open in Virginia, after the Virginia Lottery Board granted an operator license last month.
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol President Allie Evangelista added: “We can’t wait to welcome sports fans from across the region to our sports betting shop in Bristol. Hard Rock’s mobile betting app will be an extension of our Bristol property, allowing sports fans to continue their legendary entertainment experience across the state.”

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Lima Sky, the creative force behind Doodle Jump, is set for an ambitious expansion of the franchise with development plans to bring Doodle Jump to XBLA Kinect, one of the hottest sectors in console gaming. A free multiplayer update will be out very soon for the iPhone version, and the long-awaited Doodle Jump for iPad is, well, still in the works. Tapping into their creative juices, Lima Sky is designing Doodle Jump for iPad to include brand new content. With Doodle Jump stationery sets published earlier this month, a new line of Doodle Jump toys in development, and an upcoming Doodle Jump comic book, this year is poised to be the biggest yet for one of the mobile’s most famous franchises.
“After such incredible first two years, it is safe to say Doodle Jump has exceeded even our wildest imaginations,” says Igor Pusenjak, founder of Lima Sky. “We are looking forward to bringing even more amazing content to millions of Doodle Jump fans around the world.”
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Lima Sky, the creators of Doodle Jump, one of the top all-time top paid iPhone apps, is an iOS development studio and publisher dedicated to creating entertaining, innovative and educational games and apps, with a special focus on the youth market. Founded in July 2008 by Igor Pusenjak, a graduate and faculty at the MFA interactive design program at Parsons School of Design in New York, and Marko Pusenjak, a veteran mobile applications developer, Lima Sky has established itself as the leading independent publisher for the iOS platform.


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You live in San Francisco and don’t want to go outside, but the shelves are bare. No milk. No Katz’s pastrami. No $50 king cake kit. Not a problem. You can open an app called Popcorn and order all of the above. Within ten minutes, a van should show up at your door. Its side is emblazoned with Popcorn’s slogan: “Faster than 911.”
— Bryant Barr (@bryantabarr) January 20, 2022
I think it’s supposed to be funny that you could get your toilet paper faster than some other unlucky soul gets his defibrillator. But it reads like dystopian pulp. Are we really so resigned to the failure of our critical infrastructure? And so desperate to fulfill our desire for snacks? This is the kind of humor that appears when things are so broken the only solace is dark laughter.
Popcorn is one of the too-many-to-count rapid delivery apps sprouting up in major American and European cities. There’s Buyk, Fridge No More, Getir, GoPuff, Gorillas, Jokr, and now DashMarts from DoorDash. All of them promise to get you things in some vanishingly small number of minutes. They tend offer what a corner store would stock if a millennial MBA in a Patagonia vest was in charge of inventory.
Like corner stores, they are usually right in the neighborhood. Unlike corner stores, you can’t go inside and buy anything. The windows at these so-called “dark stores” tend to be covered over and, unless you see a worker leaving to make a delivery, you might mistake them for vacant storefronts. They are a way of suburbanizing the city by further removing the need for a certain class of people to interact with their neighbors.
The practice of turning retail space into warehouses is often in obvious violation of local zoning rules. But the 15-minute delivery apps appear to be comfortable breaking the rules and then buying their way out of whatever problems arise. It’s a strategy that rideshare companies employed to great effect when they spent more than $200 million in 2020 to pass a California ballot measure that exempted their workers from longstanding labor laws. Gorillas is already trying to avoid a potential crackdown in New York by adding an in-store pickup option.
Also like Uber and Lyft, the disruption sought by these delivery companies has turned out to be a massively unprofitable enterprise dependent on subsidies from venture capital. The Wall Street Journal reported in January that some rapid delivery companies are losing more than $20 per order. After including advertising costs, Fridge No More was losing $78 per customer, according to an investor presentation. It now claims to be losing less money but has not said by how much. One competitor, 1520, has already gone out of business. For the ones that remain, there is the hope of an initial public offering that will let founders and VC firms earn back their investments many times over, even if the companies they launched never ever end up making money.
The losses shouldn’t come as a shock. The delivery companies have been running aggressive marketing campaigns that provide new customers with free orders of $25 or more in the hopes that they’ll keep using the service afterward. One New Yorker told the Journal he’d gotten $400 of free groceries by taking advantage of these deals. He hadn’t paid for toilet paper, paper towels, and hand soap since moving to the city last year. There are at least some benefits of the current wave of failson capitalism.
The decision by VC firms to sink billions of dollars into these companies is leading to thousands of people being put to work in low-paying jobs delivering something someone else could easily go out and buy themselves. Unlike Uber and Lyft, which classify drivers as independent contractors, many of the delivery companies are bringing workers on as employees, meaning they’re provided health care and other benefits. The fact that a company deciding not to blatantly evade labor laws is considered a minor victory is a sign of how far expectations have fallen. Classification status aside, a more functional society would put the human capital being expended on rapid delivery into, for example, building new infrastructure. But you can’t IPO a bridge and Congress is missing in action, so people get floss delivered while sitting at home in sweatpants.
Popcorn is one of the newer entrants to the rapid delivery market. Its co-founder Onur Kardeşler previously helped start a company called Firefly. On LinkedIn, Kardeşler describes Firefly as being on a “mission is to build smarter, connected, and informed cities.” How does it do that? By putting digital billboards on top of taxis and rideshare vehicles.
The saddest part of Popcorn’s slogan is that there’s some truth to it. The Bay Area has, at least on paper, created wealth more quickly than just about any place in human history. San Francisco alone is now home to 81 billionaires, roughly one-tenth of all the billionaires in the United States.
Yet last year, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that a shortage of ambulances in the city was creating backlogs of up to six calls deep. There had been no increase in ambulance personnel since 2015 despite a 16 percent increase in medical calls.
Sam Gebler told the paper that he was often the only paramedic covering three of the city’s 44 fire engine companies. He described a June day where he waited 30 minutes for an ambulance while he stabilized an elderly patient with severe symptoms and a history of cancer. A few months later, Popcorn managed to get a customer two Pellegrinos, two other drinks, a toothbrush, and toothpaste in ten minutes. In other words, yes, faster than 911.


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So while the long-term prospect of bitcoin seems to be positive,.Bitcoin is close to hitting a price that could see a 47 percent correction,.
Bitcoin price will make up $500,000, says John McAfeeLong-Term Cryptocurrency Price Analysis: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin Introduction.
My long term bitcoin strategy - gaiatrader.comSome also point to general profit taking and correction after bitcoin and ethereum have risen so much over the last few months.
BITCOIN vs. GOLD: Which is the better long-term strategy
But regardless of whether bitcoin holds long-term value, the price surge in the bitcoin market has all the tell-tale signs of a bubble.It is the first example of a growing category of money known as cryptocurrency.As long as it retains these core characteristics it will remain useful,.
A Beginner's Guide to Fundamental Analysis for BitcoinClick on the button below to subscribe and wait for a new Facebook message from the TC Messenger news bot.The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment. The fundamentals are broken and whatever happens to the price in the short term, the long term trend should probably be.
Bitcoin prices have been consolidating over the weekend, something that we had mentioned in our forecast on Friday. Long and Short Bitcoin ETFs Filed with SEC.Looking at what the Bitcoin price has been doing for the past year,...As the bitcoin price rally gets into high gear, technical indicators suggest that there could be corrections on the horizon.That is why trading in such new undeveloped and unregulated markets is not for the faint hearted.He is currently building a company that provides secure storage of bitcoins.Why Bitcoin Is A Long-Term Investment. Long-term investments are the way forward from now on, especially where the Bitcoin price is concerned.
It remains to be seen how the prices cope with all this volatility and how they begin to stabilise but what this fall will do is that it will shake off all speculators in this market who are in this purely for the short term gains and will ensure that only long term investors stay behind, which is good for any market.It seems like everyone is coming up with a price forecast. and June because he believes the long-term value. term, bitcoin will climb to.
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Bitcoin a long term play: Investor - MSNThis article compiles views of different industry experts and entrepreneurs and puts forth a prediction for the bitcoin price in 2016.Read about this long term Bitcoin strategy and the technological revolution carrying it. Volatility of Bitcoin prices can be huge,.Due to the specific nature of different markets, there are no set rules on how the maturity happens and why it happens as well.
Bitcoin : Bitcoin LONGTERM - bitcoinmovement.blogspot.comWhile some ask about when will bitcoin crash this is expert expects a jump.
The bitcoin price is the most discussed aspect about bitcoin.But while the term is not quite accurate, the Bitcoin market cap is a.
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Long Term 2015 Bitcoin Price Prediction - take a look at the long term price chart compared to the number of transactions per day and the number of unique.Why Bitcoin Price Remains. that the current market behavior is as a result of the growing confidence of Bitcoiners about the technology as a long term.
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This article explains why the best place to buy bitcoin. the bitcoin price.Bitcoin is now getting more attention as the currency has shot up in the last.Long-term investors in cryptocurrency Bitcoin will be smiling currently as its price continues to surge on various exchanges around the world.
If we follow the prices going forward we. than the price of one Bitcoin before the split.
Ethereum can harm Bitcoin over the long term but, in the short term, there could be enough room for both Bitcoin and Ethereum in the cryptocurrency market.A long squeeze is a term used to describe the sudden cascade of long positions getting stopped out of their positions,.It includes the enw software upgrade in bitcoin which is due to release on August 1 and this has unnerved some of the investors who want to sell off as they are uncertain about the consequences of this upgrade.


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This year, the sale frenzy after Thanksgiving has been unprecedented. Retailers and marketers are on the moon.
Cyber Monday is the Monday immediately following the Black Friday. These marketing terms made its debut in 2005, but now it is the day when online shopping and exchange rockets in the US after the Thanksgiving Day and preceding Christmas. Black Friday is traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. Consumer electronics has witnessed lucrative festival offers and bargains. Retail stores have opened their doors early to attract more buyers.
The Cyber Week- Time for Shopping
Sellers and retailers offer discounts and price cuts for the mad rush of shoppers both online and offline in the retail outlets. The online marketing revenue is set to cross $1 billion thousand on November 28th, the Cyber Monday. If you’ve missed the chance on the shopping time of the year on Black Friday, you’ve another chance on Cyber Monday.
More than 80 percent of the items come with exceptional offers and price cuts for online shopping while, for outdoor shoppers, about 45 percent products come with decreased price tags according to the stats provided by the Nationalized Buying Federation. Many popular retail outlets like Wal-mart offer unique gifts for the whole Cyber Week after the Thanksgiving.
Offers for Apple iPads, Mac and iPods
Coming to Apple products and services, they have also brought out hefty selling strategies for post Thanksgiving getaway sales through the World Wide Web and through the retail stores. Apple has put up a vast array of discounts and exceptional offers exclusively for buyers on Cyber Monday. For any order, over $50, free shipping is provided, as is for refurbished Macs, iPads etc. iPod Touch is available for $199. The special offers from Apple include iPods, iPads, Macs and various other accessories and gadgets.


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Save Mart Supermarkets plans to deploy a benefits management solution to help enable thousands of Save Mart associates and their dependents across Northern California and Northern Nevada to make better informed decisions about their care.
The grocer is working with Castlight Health on the initiative. “Our associates are the heart of our company – from the friendly faces in our stores to the teams in our support offices and distribution centers – and keeping them and their families healthy is a top priority,” said Eric Nadworny, the grocer's chief human resources officer. “Health care cost and quality varies wildly, and we wanted to steer our associates to the best care that fits their budget. By incorporating innovative solutions like health care transparency from Castlight, we continue to offer our associates superior benefits that support health and wellness.”
With Castlight, Save Mart associates and their dependents will have access to the online benefits management suite, as well as Castlight Mobile, which enables associates to make informed health care decisions about physicians, hospitals and services, from their smart phones.
Save Mart Supermarkets operates 226 stores throughout Northern California and Northern Nevada under the Save Mart, S-Mart Foods, Lucky, Maxx Value Foods, and FoodMaxx banners.


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It shouldn’t surprise anybody, but companies with coherent digital strategies do better than those focusing on individual technologies, according to a recently published report by global financial services firm Deloitte.
The report says mature organizations tend to adopt digital strategies to transform their business, while younger organizations focus on individual technologies and operational strategies.
Deloitte and MIT Sloan Management Review surveyed more than 4,800 business executives in 27 industries and 129 countries.
Just 15 percent of respondents from companies at the early stages of digital maturity said their companies had a clear digital strategy, compared to more than 80 percent of respondents from digitally mature companies.
The findings didn’t surprise Will Hutson, founder and CEO of UAE-based digital media agency LMTD, who attributes the slow adoption of digital innovation in MENA to a fear of failure.
“Failure is a four-letter word here,” he said, referring to a mindset in the Middle East and North Africa region. “You need leadership that is willing to take risks.”
The potential to scale created by digital communication channels makes relying on older marketing channels potentially harmful to startups in MENA and other emerging markets.
“Risk isn’t within the actions of what happens when business embraces digital and social,” he said. "Not embracing digital is where the risk is.”


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First look inside new Lidl supermarket in Taverham
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Taverham folk will have a new place to do the weekly shop after the opening of a new Lidl supermarket.
The store in Fir Covert Road opened for the first time on Thursday, February 24, as part of the German company's £1.3bn expansion across the UK.
It will open from 8am to 10pm Monday to Saturday, while on Sundays it will open from 10am until 4pm.
The store has created 40 new jobs and features an in-store bakery as well as parking spaces for both cars and bikes across the site.
Lidl GB’s regional head of property, Andrew Hodgkinson, said: “It is fantastic that we are able to open our doors and welcome everyone into our new store.
"We would like to thank those who have played a part in the store, we are delighted to invest into the local economy, creating jobs and delivering to residents our multi-award winning products.”
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Shares of Tesla (TSLA -0.34%) popped on Monday, rising as much as 4.5%. As of about 10:30 a.m. EDT, however, the stock was up 3.3%.
Shares of Tesla declined more than 7% last Friday, following the electric-car maker's latest update on vehicle deliveries and production. Though the record 139,300 deliveries Tesla reported during the third quarter were slightly ahead of analysts' average estimate, they may have been underwhelming to some investors -- particularly since the stock has been on a tear over the last 12 months, leading to high expectations.
The analyst noted that the deliveries were "robust" and that they prompted him to increase his revenue forecast for Q3 from $8.2 billion to $8.3 billion.
In September, Rosner increased his 12-month price target for Tesla stock from $400 to $500 and changed his rating from hold to buy. The analyst reiterated this buy rating today.
An upbeat morning in the overall market likely helped Tesla stock Monday morning as well. The S&P 500 was up more than 1% as of this writing.
Next, investors will look to see if management reiterates its guidance for a total of 500,000 deliveries in 2020 when Tesla reports third-quarter earnings late this month or early next month. To achieve this guidance, the company will need another period of record deliveries. Tesla has delivered about 319,000 vehicles so far this year.


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Maestas Development Group has released more details about a new six-acre development on Northern Boulevard east of the Walgreens on Unser Boulevard.
According to Celina Espinoza, spokeswoman for MDG, ground-breaking on the property is expected to happen this fall.
“We would love to see businesses up and running a year from groundbreaking,” Espinoza said in an email. “We have definite interest — still waiting to announce official tenants.”
Espinoza said there is room for two food concepts in the plans.
Espinoza said feedback on the company’s Facebook page regarding the upcoming development had been staggering.
“It shows the community is hungry for services in this area,” she said. “Within days of announcing a new development on social media, more than 12,000 residents in the area had positive reactions, and nearly 5,000 either clicked on the post to learn more, shared the post with their family and friends, or commented on the news.”
Espinoza said this type of dynamic engagement accounts for more than 20 percent of the total population within a three-mile radius of the center.
“We tallied up the votes for concepts and people overwhelmingly would like to see a grocery store built in the area,” she said. “This space may not be the right fit for that concept, but we are listening and taking the feedback to retailers to literally show them what the community would like.”
Numbers and types of request from MDG social media were:
- 44 requests for a grocery store.
- 18 for some type of food services.
- 17 for a coffee shop or bakery.
- Three for a brewery.
- Two for a bank.
“We have been delighted by the enthusiasm of the community and are truly listening to the imperative feedback,” Espinoza said.
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"What if news organizations confronted the reality that nearly all media will be 'social media' a decade hence?
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If you are wondering what the future of news may really look like, my advice is to give a very good read to this fantastic article.
In it, Nicco Mele and John Wihbey report the sad state of the news industry and illustrate the facts that indicate an alternative, high-value path that can be taken for the future. The tracks are already there, paved by some pioneering orgs and by a bunch of small individual personalities on the web.
This article distills the very own business and development approach I have been using since 2008, when I have decided to move away from depending on Google-based advertising revenues and toward the creation of a service dedicated specifically to develop information-based micro-businesses focusing on individual personalities.
Here, from a ton of interesting content I have excerpted 10 key thoughts that stand out for me as being fully representative of the new model that is emerging for the future of the news business (curators, subject-mater experts, individual with a real expertise read closely).
1) ...terrifying signs of the decline of the news industry.
...three of America’s most esteemed papers for sale — The Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times...
2) News revenue remains overwhelmingly dependent upon advertising, but the radical connectivity of the Internet has greatly diminished both the scale of newspapers’ reach as well as the value of advertising.
3) What if journalists became like your doctor, dentist, or teacher — people who provide a valuable service to you, and whose name, voice, and personality are more intimate? ...The question then becomes how to create a social presentation layer that wraps around news — preserving the integrity of the product but updating its interface to fit with human behavior in the digital age.
4) Without an identity, much journalistic content will increasingly be swept around the Internet in an anonymous blur of sharing and finding through networks, with little regard for the source or the labors taken to produce that news.
5) ...re-design the newspaper to be a platform for talent across multiple media. ......what if news outlets decided to flip their model, so that the editorial staff was not subservient to the brand, but the “brand” became a platform for talent?
6) ...outlets, like Boing Boing, are making money largely based on the brands of several smart, interesting personalities. Many of the “blogging networks” are built around aggregating traffic across different online personalities. One could name dozens of examples where a single blogger or news personality is driving substantial traffic. ...we’re already likely to see a “new dance between top talent and media brands,”... “If brands are successful at assembling enough talent,” ... “they’ll succeed because they provide easy entry points for us consumers.”
7) The future of news organizations is a lot of [diversfied] revenue sources — maybe as many as 30 or 40 — and none of them account for a substantial stake of the organization’s income.
8) In March of 2008, Kevin Kelly famously put forth the theory of 1,000 true fans as a potential future for music. Find 1,000 dedicated enthusiasts willing to pay you $100 a year for your music, and then you don’t have to worry about selling albums.
9) Why are more journalists not doing the same — and creating more kinds of editorial products to sell — while cultivating a paying fan base?
With the decline of trust and loyalty in large institutions, it is increasingly hard to imagine people in the coming decades subscribing because of loyalty to an institutional Big Media entity. Yet it’s easy to imagine them wanting to fund several people whom they trust to bring them information they care about.
10) ...research to date shows that the average news consumer is a creature of habit, circling back to the same two to four big websites to get their news. But this will not continue in perpetuity... “Elite” news consumers — ... already organize their consumption this way, around key Twitter and RSS feeds, following lists of personalities they like or admire. The broader public will ultimately begin to shift in this direction.
Milestone. Must-read article. Insightful. Inspiring. Well-documented. 10/10


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The ABA Techshow 2022 brought a welcome return to major in-person events, giving legal professionals from around the world getting one of their few chances in recent years for a hands-on look at the latest legal technology. While the four-day conference will feature a number of virtual events for those still not able to make the trip, the event for many marked the first major in-person legal tech event since Techshow 2020—which wrapped up just days before the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. Dozens of vendors returned to the ABA Techshow Expo hall, all offering cool swag to the hundreds of attendees roaming the aisles. We visited the expo in search of the coolest items and rounded up some of the neatest offerings. Check out what’s available this year, or see what offerings stood out in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013.
Also, be sure to check out our full coverage of the ABA Techshow 2022.
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To Promote Electric Vehicles In Pakistan Govt Offers Tax Incentives
In order to promote electric vehicles in Pakistan, Federal Cabinet has announced great tax exemptions.
Ministry of industries summary that was forwarded granted 1% sales tax on Electric vehicles of 50 kilowatt-hours and on light commercial vehicles that are up to 150 kilowatt-hours and are locally made.
The approved summary also put a duty of 1% on imported charging equipment.
The electric vehicles are also exempted from any Federal excise duty, the import of plant & machinery required for manufacturing of EV’s is also duty-free.
Any additional custom duty or accounting service charges are removed from the imports as well.
The registration fee, as well as the annual renewal fee for these vehicles in Islamabad, has been waived off by the Federal Government.
These are all idealistic situations for any investor interested in setting an electric vehicles manufacturing plant in Pakistan and the government has taken this initiative to promote the vehicles in the country and attract investors.
Electric vehicle technology is expensive compared to traditional vehicles, however, it is environmentally sustainable and profitable in long run. Governments all over the world including Pakistan are trying to facilitate the industry.


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UniHold B.V. has successfully sold a majority stake in Unica to Triton
The shareholder of Unica has successfully sold a majority stake to Triton.
Unica is a family-owned technical services company and industry leader in sustainable solutions. The company offers complementary, specialized and innovative electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and ICT services. It mainly serves clients in non-cyclical sectors, such as datacenters, education, healthcare, hospitality and industry. Unica was founded more than 80 years ago and fosters a culture based on family values and long-term sustainable growth. Consequently, Unica has grown strongly from a regional player into the largest independent Dutch technical services company with more than 2,000 skilled employees and a countrywide footprint.
Both in terms of revenues and profitability, Unica has shown significant growth in recent years and is heading towards revenues of US$576.6 million over the next few years. The company is well-positioned to take advantage of the rising demand for sustainable buildings and increasing intelligence in the building environment. In 2016, Unica's revenue grew by more than 20% to US$411.7 million (2015: US$336.7 million) and the company’s EBITDA almost doubled to US$23.3 million (2015: US$13.5 million).
The Triton funds invest in and support positive and sustainable development of medium-sized businesses headquartered in Europe, focusing on businesses in the industrial, business services and consumer/health sectors. The 31 companies currently in Triton's portfolio have a combined revenue of around US$17.3 billion and some 90,000 employees. The Triton funds are advised by dedicated teams of professionals based in Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Italy, the UK, the US, China, Luxembourg and Jersey.
Oaklins' team in the Netherlands acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to Unica's shareholder in this transaction.
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Thrive Freeze Dry has successfully sealed the acquisition deal with Paradiesfrucht GmbH
Paradiesfrucht GmbH, a gobal freeze dryer of fruits, fruit preparations, drops, powders and granulates, has been acquired by Thrive Freeze Dry (Thrive), a portfolio company of Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p) and Mubadala Capital. The transaction is expected to close in 2024, subject to customary closing conditions, including antitrust approval.Learn more
Varsteel, Ltd. has acquired Pacific Steel, Inc.
Pacific Steel, Inc. has been acquired by Varsteel, Ltd.Learn more
Perkbox has been acquired by Great Hill Partners
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John Lewis has launched two pop-ups with DNA testing start-up DnaNudge in London, as the retailer looks to help customers make “healthier choices”.
The retailer will be opening DnaNudge pop-ups at its Waitrose Canary Wharf and John Lewis White City stores for three months initially.
Nutrition and health manager at Waitrose, Moira Howie said: “Retailers have an important role to play in helping shoppers who want to be healthier, so we are pleased to be teaming up with DnaNudge to offer this new technology which enables customers to make more informed choices based on the dietary aspect of their DNA.”
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Kim Kardashian is showing off another boundary-pushing look as she admits she’s dropped over 20 pounds.
The billionaire mogul made 2022 headlines for shedding 16 pounds as she attended this year’s Met Gala – she’s since revealed having whittled down even further, and new photos are showing both her tiny waist and her world-famous backside.
Kim Kardashian got back in tight look after weight loss
Posting to her Instagram ahead of the weekend, Kim shared photos from New York City, this as she prepped backstage to talk to Jimmy Fallon and summed up her Big Apple travels.
Kim opened with big energy as she waved both arms up in the air while backstage, showing off her new icy-blonde hair and wearing a skintight and shiny black bodysuit with thin straps.
Further photos showed Kim in the street and exiting her hotel with sons Saint and Psalm – the 41-year-old here donned an ab-flashing black crop top and matching cargo pants, plus a baseball cap.
Things turned more revealing and definitely more stylish in the next image, one showing the SKIMS founder in a tiny knotted-up tee, plus loud tri-color pantaboots. The star was, of course, repping the Balenciaga designer she fronts, here, sporting the Spring 2018 RTW Pantaboot. She added in shades from the luxury Spanish designer, also clutching a Balenciaga bag.
The photos were heavy on the family focus, but they didn’t hide the weight loss that everyone’s talking about. “NYC,” Kim wrote.
Kim has opened up about her Met Gala weight loss, something that quickly sparked criticism. Kim confirmed she didn’t starve herself, adding in mentions of treadmill work, wearing a sauna suit, plus eliminating sugar and carbs from her diet.
“I looked at it like a role. I really wanted to wear this dress. It was really important to me. It actually taught me a lot about my lifestyle and my health and since then, afterwards, I continued to eat really healthy. I mean, I’m down 21lbs now,” the mom of four told Today.
Kim Kardashian says she’s not ‘trying to lose any more weight’
“I’m not trying to lose any more weight, but I have more energy than ever. I cut out so much sugar. A lot of junk food I was eating. I didn’t even realize it. A lot of fried foods. And I just completely changed my lifestyle,” Kim stated.
Kim does appear to be at her happiest right now. The SKKN by Kim founder, this week launching her much-anticipated skincare line, is living it up with boyfriend Pete Davidson, this following her 2021 divorce from rapper Kanye West.
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Google Product Search now has increased functionality on mobile devices, including ones that run Google’s Android operating system, and iPhones. As Google Android begins to penetrate the smartphone and netbook market, Google has tailored core products to run more efficiently on the OS.
Update: Gmail is back, after a two-hour outage. The company has not yet said how many people were affected, but twitter traffic from round the world reveals a major outage. That’s a pain for millions of ordinary users – but it could be a disaster for those planning to sell application services in the cloud.


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L'Oréal first quarter sales dropped 2.2% as demand for mass market products and brands such as Garnier and Maybelline slows, but company CEO Jean-Paul Agon is confident that the French firm will bounce back as quickly as next quarter.
The world’s biggest cosmetics company, L’Oreal, has recorded continued growth at well above market average rates for its second quarter and first half financial results, although southern European revenues decline.
L’Oréal CEO Jean-Paul Agon has stated that he does not expect any change in the next twelve months for the global cosmetics market after the French firm posted its third-quarter sales in which growth has slowed.
Personal care label provider Multi-Color is investing in the Central and Eastern region by entering into a share purchase agreement that will see it acquire the Poland-based Consumer Products and Spirit Label Company.
L'Oreal has met its targets for 2006 after reporting a strong
fourth quarter results, driven by renewed vigour in the Western
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Cleanlab, a startup that provides a data curation solution for large language models (LLMs) used in enterprise AI, announced today that it has secured $5 million in seed funding. The investment round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, marking a significant vote of confidence in Cleanlab’s mission to eliminate the “dirty data problem” plaguing the machine learning space.
The startup, founded by Curtis Northcutt, Jonas Mueller and Anish Athalye, has developed an open-source product that identifies, understands and cleans incorrect labels in data. This unique approach promises to dramatically improve the effectiveness of machine learning models, which are often hampered by poor data quality.
“The dirty secret of machine learning is that your model is only as good as your data,” said Northcutt, CEO of Cleanlab, in a recent interview with VentureBeat. “And if you have incorrect labels in your data, which almost everyone does, it can wreak havoc on your model’s performance.”
Northcutt added that data curation is often a manual and tedious process that requires a lot of time and resources from data teams. He said that Cleanlab hopes to automate and simplify this process by using a method he invented during his Ph.D. studies at MIT called “confident learning.”
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Confident learning is a method that estimates the joint distribution of the true and noisy labels, and then uses this information to find the most likely errors in the dataset. It can also estimate the accuracy of each label and each example, and provide a confidence score for each label.
“What we’re doing is we’re building statistical information about what is a typical data point for a given class, and we’re taking into account the distribution of probabilities that a model would output for that class — whether or not what’s given for this example seems statistically relevant and that distribution — and then we build a theoretically grounded model that we can show will give you exact guarantees in terms of label error finding,” Northcutt said.
A new dawn for data quality
Northcutt said that Cleanlab offers two products: Cleanlab Open Source and Cleanlab Studio. Cleanlab Open Source is a free and open-source Python library that anyone can use to apply confident learning to their datasets. Cleanlab Studio is a cloud-based SaaS product that provides a user-friendly interface and advanced features for data curation. Cleanlab Studio also integrates with popular LLM frameworks and platforms, such as Hugging Face Transformers, Google Cloud AI Platform, Amazon SageMaker, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning and IBM Watson.
Northcutt said that Cleanlab has already attracted more than 10,000 users for its open-source project, and more than 100 customers for its cloud product. He said that the customers include Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, research institutions, and startups from various domains and industries, such as ecommerce, healthcare, social media, education, entertainment and finance.
Northcutt said that Cleanlab plans to use the new funding to expand its team, scale its product development and grow its customer base. He said that he is excited to partner with Bain Capital Ventures, which has a strong track record of investing in AI startups.
A sign of rising investor confidence in data-centric AI solutions
Bain Capital Ventures partner Aaref Hilaly and principal Rak Garg said that they were impressed by Cleanlab’s team, technology and vision. They said that they believe that Cleanlab is solving a huge and underserved problem in the enterprise AI space.
“Cleanlab is the leading solution for data curation for LLMs, which is a huge unaddressed need in the enterprise. Data curation is essential for model performance and reliability, and offers users more control and an easier-to-adopt product through open source. We are very excited to back Curtis and his co-founders Jonas and Anish, who have built an amazing product and community around confident learning,” Hilaly said.
Garg added that Cleanlab is part of a broader emphasis on artificial intelligence at Bain Capital Ventures, which invests in both foundation models and the infrastructure around them. He said that Cleanlab is one of the several AI startups that Bain has invested in this year, such as Contextual AI, Evenup and Unstructured.
“We are very active investors in AI, and we are always looking for technical founders and engineers who can build innovative AI solutions. We have a strong focus on early stage, as evidenced by BCV Labs, our AI incubator in Palo Alto, where we support and co-create with talented AI entrepreneurs. We also have a multistage approach, where we can help our portfolio companies with their go-to-market, talent and scaling challenges,” Garg said.
Shaping the future of enterprise LLMs
Cleanlab is one of many emerging startups that are tapping into the growing demand for enterprise AI solutions, especially for LLMs. According to a recent Gartner report, 69% of routine work currently done by managers will be fully automated by 2024, which would likely involve the use of LLMs for tasks such as scheduling, reporting and decision-making. One of the biggest hurdles that influence the adoption and deployment of LLMs in the enterprise is data quality and data curation.
Cleanlab’s data curation solution can help enterprises overcome these challenges and unlock the full potential of LLMs for various use cases and applications. By using Cleanlab, enterprises can improve the quality and reliability of their datasets and models, reduce the time and cost of data curation and ensure the ethical and responsible use of LLMs. Cleanlab can also help enterprises gain a competitive edge and create value from their data assets.
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 29 January 2015 — /BackupReview.info/ — St.George Bank has today launched MyBusinessConnect, a platform of innovative cloud-based applications handpicked by experts to help small businesses and start-ups run their business more easily and effectively.
MyBusinessConnect is an Australian-first service provided by BCSG, a cloud solutions provider which supports small business clients around the world with expert knowledge and distinctive, beneficial services through a cloud-based platform.
St.George has collaborated with BCSG experts to select four packages of cloud-based applications for its small business and start-up customers. The applications are packed with a wide range of features including time saving tools for managing cash flow, website design options, and protection tools to stay legally complaint and safeguard lost computer files.
Chris Screen, Head of SME Banking at St.George said MyBusinessConnect is geared towards helping small businesses and start-ups run their business more effectively so they have more time to focus on the things that matter most.
“St.George is a huge supporter of small businesses. We work with over 300,000 small businesses locally and understand the daily pressures they face. To help our small business customers grow, we’ve teamed up with BCSG to provide the most compelling start-up proposition in the market place.
“Whether business owners need help to manage their finances, execute a marketing campaign, or develop a business plan – MyBusinessConnect is the solution to help businesses get ahead.
“It’s also available anywhere, anytime, from any device and if our customers need any help along the way, there’s instant access to customer support by phone, webchat and e-mail,” Chris said.
Paul Wenck, Managing Director at BCSG in Australia said BCSG is delighted to be working with St.George on this innovative proposition.
“It is an exciting opportunity to be the first to bring online tools to small businesses in this way in Australia. BCSG are passionate about supporting small businesses to be successful and MyBusinessConnect is a great way for them to access services that really help, at a very competitive price,” Paul said.
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Oct. 16 - Summary: The S&P 500 approaches a record closing high after Senate announces deal that delays U.S. debt default; IBM has surprise sales miss; Card users push American Express sales, profits higher; JPMorgan's latest London Whale settlement. Conway G. Gittens reports.
It's the kind of news Wall Street was hoping for. Senate leader reached a deal to re-open the government through the beginning of next year, but more importantly, avoid a debt default that threatened to once again bring global markets to their knees. The debt ceiling delay is only through February but at least that removes an ominous cloud hanging over the markets and the economy. David Kotok of Cumberland Advisors sees a clear reason to buy stocks. SOUNDBITE: DAVID KOTOK, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, CUMBERLAND ADVISORS (ENGLISH) SAYING: "This fight is now about how much the Federal deficit shrinks. Whether it goes down $200 billion or $300 billion or $500 billion is now not relevant. It is now in a downward path. Slow growth. Low inflation. Low interest rates. Bullish. Stocks are going higher." Higher indeed. Stocks rallied over one percent bringing the S&P 500 less than 5 points away from setting an all-new record close. Markets settled before final votes in the House and the Senate. The debate may be dying down but the real-world impact from the showdown is just emerging. A Federal Reserve summary of business conditions suggested the economy was growing modestly before the October 1st shutdown, but survey takers were more uncertain about the future because of the bitter battle. In a separate anecdote, sentiment among the nation's homebuilders edged backwards this month. Some blame is being pinned on Washington, while some on higher labor costs. After the close, Revenues at IBM unexpectedly dropped underscoring the reluctance of businesses to spend... But on the consumer front: sales and profits were up at American Express as shopped used their credit cards more. Before that: Bank of America surprised the street with a higher than expected profit as the company's turnaround shows success. But like other banks the mortgage business was weak. J.P. Morgan Chase has agreed to pay $100 million and admit wrongdoing in its latest London Whale settlement. The fine will be paid to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Wrapping up with a look at Europe, equities were mixed with French stocks hurt by the luxury sector.


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While TikTok continues to grow, it still remains at risk of losing its top creators to other, more established platforms if it’s not able to provide adequate monetization tools and options.
Both YouTube and Facebook provide more ways for creators to make money, and while TikTok now has the audience, its advertising system is not up to the same stage to compete on this front, which will become a bigger problem over time, if that gap can’t be addressed.
Key to this will be eCommerce options, and establishing more direct connection between creators and monetization opportunities. TikTok has already taken steps on this front, via its initial integrations with Shopify and Walmart. And now, according to a new report from The Financial Times, the platform’s looking to add some new tools to facilitate more eCommerce opportunity, and maximize its revenue options on this front.
As per FT, TikTok has briefed advertisers on three new eCommerce integrations coming soon to the app:
- A tool that lets its most popular users share links to products and automatically earn commission on any sales
- The ability for brands to showcase catalogs of their products on the platform
- “Livestreamed” shopping, a mobile phone version of television shopping channels, where users can buy goods with a few taps after seeing them showcased by TikTok stars
All of these tools have been in testing, or live development, for some time – though not all in the US market.
The first option has been a key element in the monetization of the Chinese version of TikTok, called Douyin, which now generates the majority of its income from in-app commerce (as opposed to ads).
The new process will simplify such listings, and formalize the link/commission process, which will make it easier to facilitate partnerships with top creators – and crucially, provide an immediate, direct way for users to monetize their on-platform efforts.
The new catalogs option would provide another presentation advancement on this front, likely via an added tab on selected profiles and video clips, linking through to an in-app showcase of sorts.
Which could look similar to the last innovation – live-stream shopping – which TikTok tested with Walmart back in December.
As you can see in this example, posted by Turner Novak, TikTok’s live-stream shopping experience adds a product overlay on the video playback, which can be expanded to see more products that viewers can immediately buy in-stream.
As noted, given the need to ensure that its creators can make money, in order to stop them drifting off to other, more lucrative platforms, and the established path for eCommerce already in place within Douyin, its little surprise to see TikTok looking to follow a similar path, and you can expect to see these innovations coming sooner rather than later as a result.
Despite the app’s ongoing growth, last year was hugely disruptive for TikTok, with the ban in India, the almost ban in the US, and various other challenges, outside of the over-arching pandemic. Those additional challenges likely slowed the development of its monetization options, but as noted, in order to keep its big stars posting, it needs to ensure that they can generate similar income to what they’d be able to on other platforms, or it risks losing a massive chunk of its audience very quickly.
That’s what happened to Vine, and TikTok is well aware of that failure. As such, it needs these options to be added soon to further its ongoing growth.
Iran pop singer silenced, but his song remains a protest anthem
Shervin Hajipour’s song “Baraye” draws on the tweets of Iranians longing for a normal life – Copyright Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)/AFP –
Even though he has been silenced, Iranian pop singer Shirvin Hajipour’s impassioned song in support of protests over Mahsa Amini’s death in custody remains an unofficial anthem of the movement.
The song “Baraye” notched up 40 million views on Instagram before it was deleted when Hajipour was arrested, but he has since been freed on bail and has distanced himself from politics, likely as a condition for his release.
Baraye, the Persian word “For” or “Because”, is composed of tweets about the protests and highlights longings people have for things lacking in sanctions-hit Iran, where many complain of hardship caused by economic mismanagement.
It also draws on everyday activities that have landed people in trouble with the authorities in the Islamic republic.
“For the sake of dancing in the streets; Because of the fear felt while kissing; For my sister, your sister, your sisters,” the song’s lyrics say.
“Because of the embarrassment of an empty pocket; Because we are longing for a normal life… Because of this polluted air.”
Baraye has been heard played loudly at night from apartment blocks in Iran to show support for protests sparked by Amini’s death on September 16, after the notorious morality police arrested her for allegedly breaching rules requiring women to wear hijab headscarves and modest clothes.
It was also sung with gusto by the Iranian diaspora at rallies in more than 150 cities around the world at the weekend.
In one clip shared by the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran, a group of schoolgirls without headscarves is seen singing Baraye in class with their backs to the camera.
The tune was removed from Hajipour’s Instagram account shortly after his arrest but is still widely available on other social media platforms, including Twitter and YouTube.
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Hajipour’s lawyer Majid Kaveh said he was released on bail at noon on Tuesday.
The reformist Shargh newspaper said his family had been informed of his arrest in the northern city of Sari on Saturday, in a report that cited his sister Kamand Hajipour.
She had said in an Instagram post that her parents had been informed of his arrest in a call from the city’s intelligence ministry offices.
Shortly after his release, Hajipour was back on Instagram, but this time to apologise and distance himself from politics.
“I’m here to say I’m okay,” he told his 1.9 million followers on the platform.
“But I’m sorry that some particular movements based outside of Iran — which I have had no relations with — made some improper political uses of this song.
“I would not swap this (country) for anywhere else and I will stay for my homeland, my flag, my people, and I will sing.
“I don’t want to be a plaything for those who do not think of me, you or this country,” he added.
In response to his post, many on Twitter suggested the line “Because of forced Instagram stories” should be added to the lyrics of the song.
Human rights groups including Article 19 have repeatedly called on Iran to end its use of forced confessions, which they say are false and extracted under duress or even torture.
In one recent case, a young Iranian woman, Sepideh Rashno, disappeared after becoming involved in a dispute on a Tehran bus with another woman who accused her of removing her headscarf.
She was held by the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and appeared on television in what activists said was a forced confession before being released on bail in late August.
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More aggressive regulations mean ‘circularity or bust’ – Berry exec
Atlanta, GEORGIA (ICIS)–Producers, converters and the entire ecosystem of plastics must be fully committed to circularity as the pace and severity of global regulations on plastics, including recycled content mandates, will be unrelenting, an executive at Berry Global said on Wednesday.
“We really need to achieve a fully circular economy for plastics. And since we have not done that, we’re going to have more and more regulations, and Europe is leading the way for us,” said Robert Flores, vice president of sustainability at packaging producer Berry Global.
Flores spoke at the ICIS Recycled Polymers Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, US.
The EU in late November updated its Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) with new minimum recycled content requirements and bans on certain single-use plastics.
The content and the timing of the PPWD update is very meaningful as it was done at the start of the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for the upcoming global UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution, to influence discussions, the Berry executive pointed out.
In the EU’s PPWD update, recycled content targets include 30% for contact sensitive packaging made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET), 10% for non-PET such plastic packaging, 30% for single-use plastic beverage bottles and 35% other packaging.
By 2040, these percentages go up to 50% for all contact sensitive plastic packaging (except beverage bottles which go to 65%), and 65% for other plastic packaging.
“These are [extremely] aggressive,” said Flores, who noted it also bans non-recyclable packaging by 2030 and targets 80% of cups being refillable for point-of-sale beverages by 2040.
“Europe is going to figure out re-use, and when they do, it’s going to come to the rest of the world. Here in the US we complain about convenience but the European consumer is going to figure out how to make it convenient, and then export it to the rest of the world,” said Flores.
Recycled content mandates drive the demand side while extended producer responsibility (EPR) rules drive the supply side as they provide economic incentives to collect plastic waste, he pointed out.
“Regulation is increasing, whether it’s EPR, recycled content mandates, UN treaties, Packaging and Packaging Waste Directives, etc, so at this point in time, it’s circularity or bust,” said Flores.
“They’re going to keep regulating us, and either we’re going to achieve circularity or like PVC (polyvinyl chloride), by 2030, we’re going to be banned,” he added.
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Lucid Motors CEO blasts Elon Musk for Tesla "revisionism"
Former top Tesla engineer Peter Rawlinson — now CEO of rival Lucid Motors — tells "Axios on HBO" that Elon Musk is guilty of “historical revisionism” for downplaying Rawlinson's role in developing the Tesla Model S.
Why it matters: The rivalry between the two companies is intense. Tesla has dominated the global market for electric vehicles for a decade. But Lucid's debut model, with an unprecedented 520-mile driving range, represents a real threat.
Driving the news: Rawlinson tells "Axios on HBO" that Musk asked him to be chief engineer for the Model S and "I took that from a clean sheet with just about six engineers to the car that you know and love today."
- He left Tesla in 2012, he said, because his elderly mom needed him "and I had a boss that wasn't treating me too well" — refusing to elaborate.
The intrigue: In a May 3 tweet, Musk downplayed Rawlinson's role:
The bottom line: Rawlinson says he's got the business cards and the Securities and Exchange Commission documents to prove his role.
- "I think it's sort of historical revisionism, isn't it?"


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The Madrid football club teamed up with WhaleFin and STEPN to offer their fans NFT shoes with exclusive benefits.
- Atlético de Madrid launches its first collection of NFT non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are cryptocurrencies that do not possess the property of fungibility. shoes.
- Partnered with WhaleFin and STEPN for the initiative.
- NFT holders will be able to access exclusive benefits.
- For STEPN, a Solana-based M2E app, this is a unique deal.
Club Atlético de Madrid, one of Spain’s longest-running football clubs, is racing towards NFTs non-fungible token, a unique non-interchangeable piece of digital content that is stored on a distributed ledger (blockchain). with a first collection of tokenized shoes.
The renowned Spanish football franchise announced este jueves una nueva asociación con el intercambio de criptomonedas, WhaleFinand the platform a place to buy, sell and store cryptocurrencyMove-To-Earn (M2E), STEPN to launch a series of NFT sports shoes. The digital digital technologies are these electronic tools that have the ability to generate, store or even process data. footwear will have utility and will provide benefits to both the users ofWhaleFin y STEPN as well as to the fans of Athletic.
With more than 110 years of history, the association represents a first incursion of the Atlético de Madrid in the Web3 and NFT space, a step that other sports clubs around the world have already taken in the quest to create new experiences and links with their fans. In this regard, Íñigo Aznar, commercial director of the team, commented:
The alliance with WhaleFin opens up a new world of possibilities for the club and for our fans around the globe, said Íñigo Aznar, commercial director of Atlético de Madrid. Exploring new ways to get in touch with our supporters and with communities like STEPN allows us to discover day by day the new options that Web3 offers us.
NFT shoes with exclusive benefits
According to a press release The collection will consist of a total of 1,001 NFT football cleats that will be divided into three categories according to their rarity and scarcity: ‘Common’, ‘Uncommon’ and ‘Rare’. In each case, the designs will allude to the sports team, recalling their victories, stadiums and even honoring their fans.
Owners of NFT cues will have the opportunity to receive rewards on the platform.WhaleFinas well as exclusive Atlético benefits. According to the official notice, cardholders will automatically participate in a raffle to win experiences such as trips and hotel nights, as well as tickets to a team match at the Cívitas Metropolitano.
In addition, collectors with ‘Uncommon’ shoes will receive an official t-shirt of the Atlético de Madrid while those with ‘Rare’ NFTs will have access to autographed jerseys from the team captains.
The digital shoes will also be useful for the users of STEPN M2E (move to earn), an application that gives rewards to its users based on their physical activity. Based on Solana the platform fitness requires users to have NFT sneakers to qualify for cryptocurrency cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that use cryptographic technologies to secure their operation. rewards.
NFT shoes will be available to shoppers within the application. STEPN. A first run of 200 collectibles will be released on August 26th, 180 of which will be distributed throughWhaleFin. The rest will be launched in the M2E app.
Those interested in obtaining the tokenized shoes from the Atletico must be registered on the platform ofWhaleFinfrom where you will be able to get a ticket of participation. The press release did not provide details on the pricing of the collectibles, although the Atletico assured that 10% of the sales will go to his foundation that has philanthropic programs.
Atletico rushes to Web3 in unique deal for STEPN
The movement adds to the Atletico to the list of football clubs looking to expand into new technologies. Acclaimed franchises such as FC Barcelona , Real Madrid y Paris Saint-Germain are among those that are already actively exploring digital assets and the potential of the Web3 .
While this represents a first step towards NFT for the Madrid club, it is not their first partnership with an industry player. Blockchain a distributed ledger system. A sequence of blocks, or units of digital information, stored consecutively in a public database. The basis for cryptocurrencies. . In 2019, the Atletico had positioned itself as the first Spanish soccer team in partner with Partners.com the fan platform tokens . That deal allowed the club to launch its own fan cryptocurrency, called ATM.
For platforms such as STEPN, on the other hand, the partnership represents a first deal of its kind with a world-renowned sports team. The app has been growing in recent months in the midst of the M2E boom a revamped version of the game modelPlay-To-Earn. STEPN reporter USD $122.5 million in earnings for the second quarter, as reported by CoinDesk .
“ This partnership with WhaleFin and Atlético de Madrid will offer a unique experience to fans around the world. It is an unprecedented agreement for STEPN. “noted Mable Jiang, of STEPN who added that the collaboration follows the company’s goal of connecting physical activity with the Web3 space and providing tangible rewards, while showcasing the utility of NFTs.
- Real Madrid and Barcelona together filed a trademark registration for metaverse a metaverse is a digital universe that contains all the aspects of the real world, such as real-time interactions and economies. It offers a unique experience to end-users.
- Cristiano Ronaldo signs NFT partnership with Binance to attract football fans to Web3
- RCD Espanyol se convierte en el primer club de fútbol de España en adoptar Bitcoin the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency in the world. It is a decentralized digital currency that enables users to make trustless peer-to-peer transactions.
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A Nigerian twitter user with username, @dsobama has told Kwesi Live that Ghanaian artistes need to build a strong structure and invest a huge sum of money into their PR in other to break into the Nigerian market.
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In an interaction with the Ghanaian blogger, D.S Obama who is based in Port Harcourt revealed that a lot of Ghanaian artistes such as Shatta Wale would be getting enough airplay in Nigeria if they invest and pump enough cash into their brand in the country.
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Australian F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has appeared in a Sea-Doo promotional video ahead of the 2022 Miami Formula One Grand Prix. And it appears he may have unveiled next year’s Sea-Doo RXP-X300.
While Sea-Doo has apologised for global delivery delays, representatives in Australia are optimistic sufficient stock will arrive in time for next summer.
Here’s how much it will cost to run a Jet Ski or personal watercraft amid rising petrol prices.
Exclusive data sourced by Watercraft Zone shows Sea-Doo increased its dominance in the Australian personal watercraft market last year, as Yamaha and Kawasaki struggled with stock shortages.
The first shipments of the 2022 Sea-Doo Fish Pro Trophy have arrived in local showrooms ahead of schedule, but there is one thing missing.
A severe shortage of Jet Skis and personal watercraft over the Australian summer has been compounded by a sharp increase in demand. Here’s our advice if you’re stuck in the queue.
If you’re buying a 2022 Sea-Doo, 2022 Yamaha WaveRunner, or 2022 Kawasaki Jet Ski, better get your order in. Stock may now not arrive in significant numbers until mid-year, or even later.
New Zealand Jet Ski fishing expert Andrew Hill – who helped create the Sea-Doo Fish Pro – has taken delivery of one of the first examples of the Trophy edition.
He can leap tall buildings in a single wave. Meet the stuntman, strongman, and racer who gets mega air on his Jet Ski on Australia’s Gold Coast.
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Shares in clothing retailer Next (LSE: NXT) were in the red this morning as investors reacted negatively to the latest set of interim results from the FTSE 100 member.
Since the behaviour of a company’s share price over the short term is often the product of little more than market expectations, however, I see no cause for concern. Before explaining what I mean by this, let’s check those numbers.
Total group sales were up 3.7% to £2.06bn over the period. While this appears respectable enough, the breakdown of sales between its stores and online is far more revealing.
Sales on the high street fell to a little under £875m over the period — 5.5% less than in 2018. Although unwelcome, this result was actually better than the firm had predicted.
As one might expect, however, online sales continue to motor ahead with a 12.6% rise to just over £1bn. The fact that even a high street stalwart like Next now makes more cash via this channel is evidence of just how the retail landscape has altered over the years and where efforts must be focused going forward.
Total pre-tax profit over the six months came in at £319.6m, a 2.7% improvement on last year. Once again, however, the difference between the high street and online was striking with the retail estate logging a 23.5% fall in profit to £56m while the latter increased by 8.4% to £177.1m.
In light of today’s figures, Next made no changes to its expectations for the year with total full-price sales expected to rise 3.6% and pre-tax profit likely to be 0.3% higher (at £725m) than in 2018. This reluctance to raise guidance is a break from tradition for a company which had previously turned under-promising and over-delivering into an art form and, I think, helps to explain why the shares are down 4% as I type.
It might not be the only reason though. Given the impressive gains in the share price since the beginning of the year (+48%) and the ongoing political deadlock surrounding Brexit, it’s perhaps to be expected that some investors chose to bank some profit today.
Best of a bad bunch
Despite this, there can be little doubt that Next remains a quality outfit and one of the best in a troubled sector. Returns on capital have been far better than the vast majority of its listed peers and the company’s gradual shift into becoming a multi-brand destination for shoppers shows a desire to evolve with the times (something some retailers have struggled to do).
Next’s income credentials are also solid. While offering nowhere near the same cash returns as some of its poorly performing top tier peers, those investing for income will likely be pleased with the 4.5% rise in the interim dividend to 57.5p per share announced today. Assuming analysts are correct in their calculations, the company should return 170p per share in the current financial year, equating to a yield of 2.8% at today’s share price. Importantly, this total dividend looks set to be covered well over twice by profits.
While no longer compellingly priced, the shares also still offer good value in my opinion, trading at 13 times forecast earnings. Of course, whether prospective investors get a chance to capture a slice of the company at a lower valuation in the event on a no-deal EU departure remains to be seen.
Paul Summers has no position in any of the shares mentioned. The Motley Fool UK has no position in any of the shares mentioned. Views expressed on the companies mentioned in this article are those of the writer and therefore may differ from the official recommendations we make in our subscription services such as Share Advisor, Hidden Winners and Pro. Here at The Motley Fool we believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors.


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Online shopping and orders have become more common than ever in the past year.
With that comes updates from your mail carrier.
Hundreds of people wrote to the postal service online asking about getting unusual text messages from USPS.
Are delivery text updates really from the U.S. Postal Service?
No, these messages aren't from the postal service and it's likely a smishing attempt. The postal service does offer text alerts about deliveries, but you have to sign up for that service directly through the postal service.
WHAT WE FOUND
In January, the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Postal Service posted a blog story sharing a warning about smishing - a fraudulent text message pretending to be from a reputable source.
Smishing, according to online cyber security service Norton, is similar to the more known phishing scams in that they try to get users to share personal information. But with smishing, scammers try to do so over texts and SMS messages, and it's becoming an "emerging and growing threat in the world of online security," according to Norton.
The postal service said third parties are falsely claiming to be USPS in order to get your personal information.
The Better Business Bureau released a story in September of 2020 talking about fake package delivery scams that were starting to pop up around the country.
The Better Business Bureau's Monica Horton said this used to only be prevalent during the holiday season but now it's happening all the time.
"The crooks will cast a wide net, and they pay attention to what's going on," Horton said. "They know now that more and more people are shopping online out of necessity."
If you do receive a text like this and you are waiting on a package, do not click the link.
The best thing to do is go directly to the website that is delivering your item and enter your tracking number to check on its status.
"The urgency of the message can trick you into making that hasty decision to clicking on that link without thinking about it," Horton said. "We are in the habit of tracking them all the way to our doorstep. You need to resist the urge to click on that link."


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Job Alert! The Consumerist posts that FedEx is hiring 20,000 employees for holiday season work.
Also it looks like Sandy over at Yes I am Cheap is keeping a list of job openings for the 2011 Holiday Season. Worth checking out and bookmarking if you are looking for some work!
The Consumerist also posts about this new government initiative to bailout some student loans. Really getting tired of these bailouts, they are band-aids on top of a severed limb and not fixing the problem, folks.
The Obama administration has announced two initiatives to lower student loan payments for some borrowers. One, an update to the existing income-based repayment program, will cap loan payments at 10% of discretionary income for certain borrowers. The other proposal will let some borrowers merge older student loans with newer ones.
CNN Money posts about how postage stamps are going up again. Again, another band-aid on a gaping wound.
Forever stamps — also called first class stamps — will now cost 45 cents, a one cent bump. The change will go into effect Jan. 22.
That’s not the only change: Postcard postage will increase 3 cents to 32 cents. Letters to Canada and Mexico will jump 5 cents to 85 cents, while letters to other international destinations will spike 7 cents to $1.05.
New Resource Alert! NLC Invested has a new resource to help you pay off debt.
Daily Finance posts about an upcoming credit card that is supposed to help prevent you from overspending [VIDEO].
Mastercard inControl Group allows a consumer to personalize a spending budget and some security perimeters for themselves. So if you want to control spending at restaurants, shopping, etc. you can put in your personal goal and get alerted when you are approaching it or exceeding it.
This is actually a pretty ingenius idea that allows consumers to receive reminders once they’ve figured out some budgeting on the max amount they want to spend at a certain store. I’m fully in support of it, but we still need better educational services on setting up these personal budgets.
And apparently this can be added to any kind of card, credit card, debit card, prepaid card, etc.


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A store owner in Adelaide, South Australia got quite a surprise when he reviewed the security footage from the previous night. It wasn’t a burglar breaking in, but rather something a lot more unusual and scary.
Norm Hurst, the owner of the store, reports a pack of Fruit Roll-Ups simply flying off the shelf and landing on the floor at a time where the store was closed. The food package flew about 40 feet and there was nobody in the store at the time.
Footage from several security cameras show this happening from different angles. The video released by the store owner has since gone viral and has been seen by hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. This has led to speculation that the store could be haunted. Hurst said that when he purchased the store from the previous owner, he was told that it was haunted and strange things were sometimes happening.
Just how the package of Fruit Roll-Ups managed to fly off a shelf by itself remains a mystery for now. In reactions to the video, there are however a few skeptics who believe there is a more logical explanation for this event. Some think that vibrations on the floor may have caused the package to be knocked off the shelf.
Others believed that there might be rodents in the store. Finally, there are also those who think that the event was just a clever publicity stunt made by the owner to promote his store.


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MASSACHUSETTS: GOVERNOR VETOES ANTI-SHIPPING BILL
As previously reported, Governor Mitt Romney sent a letter on November 21 to state legislatures vetoing House Bill No. 4498, commenting on the bill's "anti-consumer effect, as well as its dubious constitutionality." The House and Senate could override the Governor's veto once it returns for a special session, which could be called later in December, or could roll over into the regular session in January.
Among other provisions, the bill prohibits out-of-state wineries from shipping directly to MA consumers if they have been represented by a MA wholesaler within the last six months or if they produce more than 30,000 gallons of wine a year. (Romney's letter said that, according to the MA Department of Agricultural Resources, all MA wineries fall under the 30,000 gallon threshold.)
Friday, December 16, 2005
Free The Grapes Updates
This just in from Free The Grapes:


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Minneapolis, Minnesota – (The Hosting News) – March 5, 2009 – Web hosting services and global e-commerce solutions provider, Digital River, Inc., hosted a Consumer Electronics Conference in conjunction with CeBIT 2009, the world’s largest digital IT and telecommunications trade fair, at the Hanover Convention Center in Germany.
During the three-day event, Digital River hosted a series of presentations by various e-commerce experts from the company as well as leading consumer electronics organizations and government agencies. Guest presenters included:
- Adam Dorrell, managing director, Directness BV;
- Chris Sherwood, commercial specialist, United States Mission to the European Union;
- Matti J. Heikkil


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Cedar Falls, Iowa – Due to the high market demand for speed, strategy and execution, Mudd Advertising is launching Mudd TV as an interactive tool to help auto dealers quickly get solutions today for their marketing efforts. This creative solution will premiere nationally “live” Thursday, September 8th at 10:30 a.m. CST on MuddTV.com. Viewers may interact with the live webcast via email, phone calls or social media chat.
Mudd TV will be accessible via live web streaming and hosted by game show veteran/ Saturday Night Live alum, Gary Kroeger. The national premiere episode will feature guest Howard Tullman, a Mudd board member and CEO of Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy of Chicago, and founder of CCCIS and former Chairman-Lead Director of the Cobalt Group, a leading automotive digital marketing company.
Tullman will guest star and discuss a two part series on Thursday. First, he will explain hyper personalization, new behavior drivers for today’s consumer and the need for constant connection.
Tullman will then co-star with Rob Mudd to take these points and explain further how they relate to the automotive industry and the process of deeper customer connections, CSI score management, the lifecycle of your customer and the power of strategic data mining.
Rob Mudd, President of Mudd’s Agency Division. Explains the importance of launching Mudd TV for today’s business owners, particularly in the automotive industry.
“I think Mudd TV is our way of continuing to bring speed to the market. Everything is about speed today. Speed of communication, speed of ideas, speed of service and speed of execution. We want to offer easy, fast and interactive ways to assist dealers so they can start seeing results immediately. Mudd TV will allow dealers full access to the latest in digital and traditional integration while at their own desk in less than 30 minutes,” Mudd said.
Mudd continues, “It’s about guaranteed change. Nothing is going to stay the same in our industry. The market place is constantly evolving and we want to help dealers make sense of it all and have a plan to execute quickly. Our goal is to continually and consistently educate our audience with new strategies relative to their market in an interactive format.”
Stay Tuned…Mudd TV will be airing monthly webcasts and will cover topics relevant to the ever evolving automotive industry. Dealers can access the national premiere of Mudd TV by visiting: www.MuddTV.com.
About Mudd Advertising
Mudd Advertising has been helping automotive dealerships succeed for more than 30 years. From creative development to analytical proprietary tools, Mudd is poised to increase consumer traffic through proven digital and traditional advertising strategies. Headquartered in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Mudd Advertising has one of the largest production studios in the Midwest and prides itself with dedicated teams that provide all services needed to quickly execute a campaign in-house. To learn more about the people, philosophy and results of Mudd Advertising, log on at www.Mudd.com
About Howard Tullman
Mr. Tullman is President and CEO at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, a Digital Media Arts college in Chicago. Mr. Tullman is also the Founder of CCCIS and former Chairman-Lead Director of the Cobalt Group, a leading automotive digital marketing company.
In addition, Mr. Tullman is General Managing Partner for the Chicago High Tech Investors, LLC and a Board Advisor for Hightower Advisors in Chicago, PrepMe, LLC., and for Mudd Advertising in Iowa. He is a Director of the Rally Marketing Group in Seattle and a member of Mayor Daley’s Council of Technology Advisors. He was recently named by Governor Quinn to the newly-formed Illinois Innovation Council. He is also a Trustee of WTTW in Chicago, a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Academy of Art, the Chairman of the Endowment Committee of Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago, and an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Evanston and at the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago. Mr. Tullman has also achieved Chairman and CEO of Experiencia, an educational company that delivers unique, Immersive Learning® programs, as well as the former President of Kendall College. He has also served as Trustee of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and as a Director of the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, and as the lead Director of The Princeton Review and briefly as its Board Chair while assisting in its sale to Bain Capital.


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RightStuf announced that they have plans to publish the next two volumes of Hetalia in their continued partnership with Tokyopop. Hetalia (Vol. 04-05) will be available “before the holiday season” according to the Tokyopop manga twitter. Exact date obviously varies! RightStuf and Tokyopop previously released the third volume exclusively through their online sites, and print-on-demand issues of the first two. (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork)
Kodansha Comics revealed at Anime Expo that they’ll be speeding up their release of Attack on Titan. Starting in August the company will be releasing one volume a month in both print and digital formats. By doing this they should be caught up to the Japanese volumes by the end of the year. This is fantastic news for the manga readers! The only downside is as someone trying to stick to just the anime until it catches up, this pains me on a very conflicted level. The pressure! The temptation! It’s sad and beautiful. (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork)
Some actually sad news came from Kodansha Comics when they had to announce that the 20th Anniversary Sailor Moon art book would be delayed. The book was supposed to come out sometime this year, but has been pushed to 2014. At least the reasoning isn’t bad – it’s said that the delay is because Naoko Takeuchi is still working on new content for the book. The art book isn’t the only thing from the Sailor Moon anniversary that’s met with delays as the new anime has been pushed to some undetermined time in 2014 as well. (Source: @debaoki)
Flipping back to good news, Viz Media announced that their digital Shonen Jump will now be available in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Yay! This is fantastic news indeed. While those living in those areas will not be able to access the back issues, they’ll still get all the same content on a weekly basis as those already subscribed. It’s a fantastic deal, guys, so get on that and enjoy! (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork)
Convention guest news: Dark Horse and San Diego Comic Con are welcoming the creator of Lone Wolf and Cub, Kazuo Koike, to it’s event later this month. Then in August, California Japan Expo is hosting the manga artist and character designer for Neon Genesis Evangelion, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.
And last but not least, there’s been speculation for a while that CLAMP’s Gate 7 series is on hiatus and CLAMP fans have found plenty of new evidence to support it. While the story hasn’t really clicked for me, the loss of eye-candy alone makes this sad news indeed. While the original plan to release this series globally on the same day didn’t happen, Dark Horse has still been releasing the volumes in English as they become available. CLAMP’s currently on-going series include xxxHolic and Drug & Drop, a continuation of Legal Drug.


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On Sunday afternoon, Larry Ellison declared that
“Amazon’s lead is over” in cloud computing, thanks to the imminent arrival of the second-generation Oracle cloud platform, first teased late last week.
According to Ellison, the new Oracle cloud platform is both cheaper and more powerful than Amazon Web Services — making it a perfect way for customers to run the large-scale databases that are Oracle’s bread and butter.
It’s a bold challenge to Amazon, which is far and away the leader in the fast-growing cloud computing market, where startups and large enterprises alike pay by the minute or the hour for functionally infinite supercomputing power. And it’s exactly what Oracle’s investors want to hear, as the company keeps losing business to Amazon.
But many analysts still see Oracle as an also-ran in the cloud race, lagging behind competitors like Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, and especially Amazon itself.
Here’s what the analysts have to say:
- “ORCL talked up its ‘next-gen’ infrastructure as a cheaper rival to AWS, but we don’t believe it will be competitive anytime soon,” writes Deutsche Bank in a note to clients sent out after last week’s Oracle earnings call.
- “In terms of market leadership, I think we will have to watch how fast Oracle can crank growth to really get ahead of the competition,” says IDC’s Al Hilwa.
- “There’s still so much vendor lock-in associated with Oracle that I don’t think they’re really perceived as a true cloud player yet because the idea of cloud is one that is interoperable,” Technology Business Research’s Cassandra Mooshian tells Computerworld.
To boil that down even further, Oracle’s cloud may be great for the company’s existing database customers, which includes a lot of large enterprises. These customers might want to move their databases to the cloud to take advantage of the cost savings — so, for instance, they don’t have to keep adding hardware as the amount of data grows. It’s not easy to move databases, and there’s some reason to believe Oracle could have a better chance with Oracle customers.
But it still has a long way to go before it can attract new customers away from Amazon Web Services.
One reason: Oracle has a reputation for pushing its in-house, proprietary technologies, while Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have made a huge commitment to letting software developers use whatever tools and products they like. In Microsoft’s case, it’s even rejected much of its old imperialist ways to be more competitive in the cloud.
Meanwhile, Amazon Web Services is a $10 billion juggernaut of a cloud computing beast, while Oracle is only expected to do $2 billion in total cloud revenues this year — very little of which can be attributed directly to the current form of its direct challenger to Amazon Web Services.
Oracle does have time on its side: it’s still very early on in the cloud computing market, and Oracle could make a strong case to the crucial large enterprises — many of whom are still locked into Oracle’s technology for critical parts of their business.
But the market doesn’t seem to be holding its breath.
Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through hispersonal investment company Bezos Expeditions.


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Samsung has made its virtual reality headset Gear VR available for preorder in the U.S., the company said on Tuesday.
The gadget will likely be shipped out “as early as” Nov. 20 and will be available online at Samsung, Amazon and Best Buy, Fast Company reports.
Cellular carrier T-Mobile will also begin selling the headsets at its website and brick-and-mortar stores a week later, while other carriers are yet to announce whether they will make them available.
The Gear VR will be priced at $99, as previously announced, and is compatible with a range of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones including the S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+ and the Note 5.
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