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Microsoft will exercise tight control over the hardware that goes into Windows 8 tablets -- just like it did when it launched for Windows Phone smartphones last year -- but some hardware makers don't like the new rules.
It's a historic shift for the company, which used to throw its operating systems over the wall to hardware makers and let them figure out what to build.
But Apple has had great success integrating hardware, software, and services, and Microsoft appears to be following Apple's template as far as it can without becoming a hardware company.
Acer CEO JT Wang revealed the new restrictions on tablets at the Computex trade show in Taiwan. Wang said that Microsoft is "really controlling the whole thing, the whole process,” and hardware makers “all feel it’s very troublesome," reports Bloomberg.
With Windows Phone, Microsoft dictated everything from the graphics processor and screen size down to the layout of the buttons. Microsoft also placed tight restrictions on third party apps to make sure poorly written apps wouldn't ruin the user experience, although the company is loosening those restrictions with the next release.
Wang didn't say what Microsoft is doing with tablets, but it seems likely that it's dictating processor types to ensure good performance.
Microsoft will give a glimpse of the next version of Windows running at tablets later this week -- Windows chief Steve Sinofsky is speaking at the AllThingsDigital D:9 conference and OEM leader Steve Guggenheimer is demoing the tablet at Computex.


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July 2- December 14, 2019- Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.
"Today Dugi is one of the hottest up-and-coming Native apparel designers in the country. His high-end women’s evening wear was included in “Native Fashion Now,” a 2015 traveling exhibition organized by the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, that was displayed at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City and other venues nationwide. An image of his work was the lead promotional artwork for the show."- Jeff Dodge
For more information about the exhibition, visit https://col.st/SsNOW. The Department of Design and Merchandising is part of CSU’s College of Health and Human Sciences.

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It’s nice to have the spotlight turned on India by the US Government’s Export.gov, which has chosen India as its Market of the Month, right behind China, which was its ‘market of the month’ in September 09.
Export.gov’s profile on India suggests a number of sectors as presenting opportunities for US firms:
- Civil Nuclear Energy
- Renewable Energy Aerospace and Defense
- Mining and Coal
- Safety and Security industry
- Retail: Beauty and Personal Care
And, fortuitously, lists these upcoming events :
(The registration deadline was Aug 09)
- Oct-Nov, 2009 – Focus Franchising: U.S. Wellness, Beauty & Healthcare Franchise Concepts
- November 7-13, 2009 – Aerospace Trade Mission to India
- November 16-20, 2009 – Energy Efficiency Mission to India
- February 14 -19, 2010 – 2nd Solar Energy Trade Mission to India
- March 3-7, 2010 – U.S. Pavilion at India Aviation 2010, Hyderabad
- March 8-13, 2010 – Medical Trade Mission to India 2010
It’s all good. India’s made up of opportunities.
Well, not quite. The attractiveness of the market is undeniable; India and China are unsaturated markets, and currently, oases of positive growth. But India shouldn’t be perceived as a short-term opportunity by any company; that way madness lies.
Companies need to tread carefully. Promotional pieces like this one, which can encourage unprepared companies to rush in (“The world’s business is coming to India, are YOU?“) were one reason I figured a really pragmatic book of checklists was needed. Take a look; it’s here on Amazon, which has finally at long last added the “Look Inside” and “Surprise Me” functions. If you have a business interest in India, this may be a good starting point. India, like the universe, is not only more complex than most companies imagine, it’s more complex than they can imagine.
As I noted when I wrote India Business Checklists, it’s the kind of market that needs a practical approach to dealing with the the good, the bad and the very complicated.


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Hudson’s Bay is reportedly in with Neiman Marcus to acquire the company after it reported a 6.1% decline in revenue in the second quarter fiscal 2017.
According to an article on The Wall Street Journal, Hudson’s Bay, parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue, is in talks with Neiman Marcus to acquire the company. The reports come just after the company reported a 6.1% decline in revenue for Q2.
The deal is said to exclude Neiman Marcus’ debt of $4.9 billion. A debt that began declining after the company’s $6 billion acquisition by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board 4 years ago.
Neiman Marcus reported a 6.1% decline in revenue to $1.4 billion for Q2. That’s compared to $1.49 billion last year. Earnings were $126.8 million compared to $183 million last year. Sales also declined by 6.8%.
In its report for Q2, Neiman Marcus said that the company is “undertaking a process to explore and evaluate potential strategic alternatives,” which may include selling the company and its assets.
Neiman Marcus was not available for comment, however, a spokesperson for Hudson’s Bay said,
“as a matter of company policy, we do not comment on rumors or market speculation. Generally speaking, as we previously stated, we selectively evaluate opportunities to accelerate the company’s strategic growth while maintaining or enhancing its credit profile.”
The deal wouldn’t be much of a surprise, though. Neiman Marcus was reportedly trying to sell the company last year in June while Hudson’s Bay is in the business of buying, according to an article on Fashionista. Hudson’s Bay’s most notable purchase has been of Saks, Inc. about 3 years ago. That put Saks Faith Avenue in its portfolio which already included brands like Lord & Taylor.
There were also rumors last month that’s Hudson’s Bay made takeover bids for Macy’s. Hudson’s Bay, however, said it does not comment on rumors and Macy’s declined to comment.
Both Hudson’s Bay and Neiman Marcus have note yet set a date for the sale of the company or its assets, according to an article on WWD.
Regardless, the fact that Neiman Marcus is even considering selling the company shows that sales at department stores are still declining as customers shop more online rather than in stores.
So, what do you think? Is Hudson’s Bay in talks to acquire Neiman Marcus? Let me know in the comments below. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to get new posts sent directly to your inbox and follow me on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat.
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An ironic twist: how Walmart helped small businesses when buying Jet.com
On August 8th, 2016, Walmart Stores Inc. made a bold decision to purchase Jet.com for North of $3 billion. The exact deal, with about $3 billion in cash and $300 million in Walmart shares, could become the day when a legitimate competitor to Amazon.com was born. (Wall Street Journal)
It's important to emphasize, when I say "born" I mean exactly that ‚ and definitely not arrived.
Let's take stock of today's ecommerce landscape at the start of Q4 2016. Amazon.com is crushing everyone. Whether it is Amazon's command over the first search for a product online (55% of searches), the fact that 94% of consumers plan to shop on Amazon this holiday season, or that half of US households regularly shop on their marketplace ‚ Amazon commands a huge lead in ecommerce. (BloomReach)
With this much traffic on their site, Amazon is reaping the benefits of the billions of dollars they have invested over the past 20 years in growing their marketplace and distribution system. But what does that mean for everyone else? Even though Amazon allows companies to list their products on the Amazon Marketplace, history is full of examples of when one company had a crushing lead over their competitors and the imbalance of power had a crippling effect on competitors. What would happen if Amazon decided to stop allowing companies to sell on their marketplace? Or if they increased their fees to improve their profitability? It's these and many more risks that make the news of Walmart buying Jet.com so important.
For those of you who have never heard of Jet.com the short story is that Jet.com is an ecommerce marketplace that uses proprietary algorithms to attempt to provide greater savings for goods than other ecommerce marketplaces. Jet.com has burst onto the ecommerce scene and has already surpassed $1 billion in sales since it launched in July of 2015. (Business Insider)
While $1 billion in sales is peanuts compared to Amazon's sales, Jet's technology and the leadership that ecommerce guru Marc Lore provides, have created a compelling opportunity for Walmart ‚ a brand that needs all the assistance they can get to reignite lagging online sales. Even with billions of dollars in investments, Walmart has struggled to continue to grow their online sales in recent years and has fallen further behind Amazon. (Geekwire)
Now that all has the potential to change. As Marc Lore's presence influences both Jet.com and Walmart.com, and he is backed by Walmart's monetary war chest and distribution network, both entities stand a fighting chance in the future of ecommerce. As a digital consulting firm providing web development in Portland, we're very excited to see what becomes of this new development in the years to come ‚ particularly for companies in ecommerce. Time will have to pass before we know if this move made the difference for either company in trying to keep up with Amazon, but without each other, neither company stands much chance.


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iApples won’t be made in the US
“I am going to get Apple to start making their computers and iPhones on our land; not I China.” Donald Trump, March, 2016.
I like Donald Trump but like most of us, was stunned that he trumped over the more presidential candidate Hilary Clinton during the just ended African-styled American elections. I am convinced that women are not better brother’s (shall we say sister’s?) keepers; women’s solidarity was enough to get the job done!
I first encountered Trump’s no holds barred talk in his book, Why We Want You to Be Rich, which he coauthored with my favourite business motivational scribe, Robert Kiyosaki. Since then (2005), I have longed to read anything there is about this Germany, descendant American.
Donald wants to take back the jobs that Apple exported to China by bringing back iPhone’s manufacturing back home. Being what he is, Donald punctuated his promise with a threat, “I am going to impose a 40 percent tariff on Chinese imports to the country.”
I have been following the writings of tech journalist Ryan Whitman of Extreme Tech and economics critic, Tim Worstall who writes for Forbes and it’s about time I got it off my chest.
I am afraid Donald Trump won’t succeed in bringing back iPhones manufacturing to the USA just yet. And why so much fuss about the iPhone?
The iPhone is not a top selling smartphone in terms of volumes. Its attraction is its invincible profit margins; which is the best in the world. Take the iPhone 7 for example; Apple spends $400 to manufacture it. Add $249 on top, and the answer is what Apple asks for it.
If Apple moved iPhones assembly process back to home to an inflated-wage based economy, the saving would be a skimpy 5%. At that point Donald is making a lot of sense. Unfortunately that is only part of the economic equation.
The Foxconn facility in Zhengzhou, China churns out 500,000 iPhones per day. Foxconn has climbed this Sapitwa mountaintop of efficiency with the assistance of the Chinese local subsidies amounting to $1.5 billion.
While the company built the massive facilities and employ dorms, the Chinese government built the road network and upped the ante with state of the art airport to ease exportation logistics. All I am trying to say is that Apple is a spoilt child in China.
Half of 800 suppliers for the iPhone components are in China and the vast majority of the remainder are in nearby Asian countries. Moving the manufacturing from Zhengzhou would eat way into Apple’s impressive margins.
After all, the labour savings is not an issue anymore; Foxconn is slowly replacing human beings with robots. The iPhone was created in the economic image of China and Asia. And doesn’t Donald’s real estate empire extend outside the borders of USA? Why the hypocrisy, big brother?
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Hughes, Schwank, Haywood offer multi-faceted approach
Harrisburg – March 6, 2019 – Senate Democrats said today that they are sponsoring a three-bill legislative package designed to provide additional tax credits to farmers, encourage the use of locally sourced food and expand farmers’ markets.
State Sen. Vincent J. Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery), Democratic chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Democratic Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee Sen. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) and Sen. Art Haywood, (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) who serves as Democratic chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee are the prime sponsors of the package.
Hughes’ legislation would raise the Rural Jobs and Investment Tax Credit from its current capped amount of $1 million per year to $20 million over four years.
“A comprehensive economic plan requires investments in a broad array of industries, including agriculture,” Hughes said. “There is strong justification to raise the tax credit cap and allow farmers to retain and reinvest because agriculture is a key feature of our economy.”
Hughes noted that 48 of 67 counties in Pennsylvania are classified as rural and that more than a quarter of the state’s population lives in rural counties.
Schwank, who has a long record of involvement in agriculture issues, is the prime sponsor of a measure to help farmers sell their products locally. Under Schwank’s legislation, the requirement for using the lowest bidder on a state contract for the purchase of food would not apply to locally sourced products, provided the deviation in price was not more than 10 percent from the lowest bidder.
“It is important that local markets be better developed, and one way to achieve this goal is through a pricing incentive that encourages the use of food produced in state,” Schwank said. “Our farms are able to deliver high-quality foods to local markets at reasonable prices.”
Pennsylvania has more than 58,000 farms and an estimated 7.7 million acres are involved in agriculture production. According to survey data, 93 percent of Pennsylvanians prefer locally produced food.
Haywood said rising demand has opened an opportunity to expand the Farmers’ Market Development Program to serve more communities. His legislation would enable grants through the program to be used for agritourism initiatives, renovations, and establishment of new satellite locations the bill also increases grants per market from $10,000 to $100,000.
“Consumer demand for fresh blueberries, mangoes, and spinach continues to grow exponentially and the expansion of farmers’ markets provide local access to fresh fruits and vegetables,” Haywood said. “Farmers’ markets offer an effective way to make fresh foods available, especially in areas where they are not.”
Pennsylvania has the fourth-largest market in the nation for direct farm sales.
The senators indicated that they were reintroducing the legislation. The bills were initially introduced last session (Senate Bills 1075 -1077) but were not scheduled for a vote.


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New Fairfield Inn & Suites feels quite at home in Viera
The new Fairfield Inn & Suites is located across the street from The Avenue Viera. One of its unique features is the outdoor bar, which is open to the public.
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A stunning addition to the Viera Town Center, the brand new Fairfield Inn & Suites across from The Avenue Viera, boasts a modern and relaxing atmosphere for guests, with convenience to dining and shopping.
Since opening its doors May 30, it has been been sold out nearly every night.
According to Jennifer Vasu, the sales manager at The Fairfield Inn & Suites, the new hotel “is one of the top performing newly opened hotels within Marriott. We hope to keep this positive trend moving forward.”
Its success can be attributed to its exceptional guest services and amenities, such as a poolside bar open to the community, as well as a large fitness center that boasts both cardiovascular equipment and free weights. Guests have been particularly excited about the complimentary breakfast serving mini-waffles, and the Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Shampoo & Conditioner available in all rooms — not to mention the appeal of the visually dynamic space.
Offering 90 rooms, 26 suites and an event space that comfortably seats up to 35, guests also have the option to enjoy services such as valet dry cleaning, local restaurant delivery, wireless internet and the outdoor swimming pool with towel service. It makes the new Fairfield a convenient venue for out-of-town wedding guests, weekend getaways and traveling sports teams visiting the area.
In addition, the event space offers the community a great location with top-notch service for local meetings, conferences and social functions.
The Fairfield Inn & Suites is looking forward to a bright future and hopes to serve as a mainstay to the Viera community.
“We hope that we can continue to be the company that the Viera community knows they can trust their clients and loved ones to host, no matter what their event or need,” Vasu said. “We hope that our exceptional guest service and team appreciation is what will keep us as a community cornerstone for both guests and employees now and in the future.”
Along with its other hotel locations, the Fairfield also is proud to offer the utmost in quality and service for guests and team members during hurricanes and other natural disasters.


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The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD remake will be available this October, Iwata revealed in today’s Nintendo Direct. The game was previously slated for an ambiguous ‘Fall’ release date, so having a month in hand now means fans of the series can be prepared for the game when it becomes available.
- Mini Mario & Friends Amiibo Challenge out now
- Koei Tecmo working on an NX game
- Wii U could cease production in 2018
- Nintendo profits are down 61% over last year
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Several governments, including the Sultanate of Oman, have called on technology companies to protect user data better.
A joint statement released by the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO), urged global technology companies to work with governments to develop privacy and user terms that protect user data and ensure that data use aligns with informed user consent.
The DCO member states include Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, and Saudi Arabia.
In a statement to the Observer, Deemah al Yahya, DCO Secretary-General, said, "The Sultanate of Oman's formal endorsement of the joint statement on Data Privacy, alongside the other member states, will ensure the proper protection of citizens' data privacy online. It is vital that as we unlock opportunity and new economic avenues, we work collaboratively to create consistent, best practice international standards for data protection. The digital economy has the power to unlock unprecedented opportunities - and indeed, I am pleased to see the progress of the national digital economy program in Oman."
The joint statement said, "In 2021, almost half of global data breaches involved personal user data. Through the DCO, our member states, representing more than half a billion people, are today calling on global tech leaders better to protect users from the misuse of personal information."
It added, "We must strengthen the trust that personal data will be protected. This is especially true for underrepresented groups in the digital economy or more vulnerable to data privacy violations. We believe that the best way to achieve this is by sitting programmers and policymakers at the same table, working collaboratively with other nations and with private companies to better align privacy terms and government regulations to overcome this emerging economic challenge."
The joint statement highlighted several privacy standards issues to be addressed, including ensuring that data is used in line with the informed user consent, is not transferred to third parties that breach member state privacy regulations, and enables users to migrate or remove their data from platforms.
According to IBM's Cost of a Data Breach report, personal customer information now accounts for 44 percent of all data breaches, in addition to being the costliest type of data breach. The report found that the average cost of a data breach involving personal customer information averaged US$4.24 million per breach in 2021, 10 percent more than the year before.
The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) is a global multilateral body that aims to enable digital prosperity for all by accelerating the inclusive growth of the digital economy.
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Trainees of 'Walmart Academy' training centers will now learn how to deal with real-world experiences through a VR retail-training simulator.
The retail giant has launched a program to help train employees by dealing with tough real-world situations through the use of a VR simulator. After a successful pilot program, all 200 of its training centers will use VR to help train its employees by the end of 2017. In the simulation, employees have to complete tasks like dealing with spills or preparing for Black Friday shoppers and answer multiple-choice questions about how the scenario could affect the store.
In an ideal situation, everyone at the Walmart Academy would be able to experience extensive education through a VR retail-training simulator. But due to the expensive cost and space required, employees will only experience the simulator for between five and twenty minutes.
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The international meeting place of the furniture supply industry in CologneInterzum is the world's leading trade fair for furniture production and interior design. It’s where momentum is created for the global furniture industry. Decision makers, opinion leaders and disseminators from all over the world keep up with innovations in the industry, seeking and establishing new contacts.
New in the management of ALFA Klebstoffe AGChristian Bänninger is taking on the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) of ALFA Klebstoffe AG with immediate effect and is now a member of Board of Directors. As a result, the third generation of the Simmler and Bänninger families has entered into management.
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Slowdown hits automobile dealers in the city during the festive season
“There is already a slowdown in the automobile sector and it has translated into poor sale during this Ganesh festival. Last year, on the first four days of the festival, we had delivered almost 100 two-wheelers. ” said Bharat Thakkar, General Manager, Century TVS, a two-wheeler dealer.
PUNE: The festive season has not started on a good note for automobile dealers in the city. The slump in the automobile sector has resulted in a slowdown of sale.
“There is already a slowdown in the automobile sector and it has translated into poor sale during this Ganesh festival. Last year, on the first four days of the festival, we had delivered almost 100 two-wheelers. However, this year, approximately only 60-65 vehicles were delivered. There is almost a 30 per cent dip in the sale at dealer-level,” said Bharat Thakkar, General Manager, Century TVS, a two-wheeler dealer.
Dealers also mentioned that during this festive season, the number of walk-ins and enquiries has dropped as compared to last year. “There is slump since Diwali last year and we continue to witness the same. We are receiving some enquiries but not as much. Usually, there used to be many walk-ins during the festival which are missing this year. With the current slowdown, customers are not willing to spend,” Thakkar said.
“Since the festive season began, there are enquries and walk-ins but they are almost 50 per cent less as compared to last year. There is an overall lull and this year’s sale was 30 per cent less than the previous year. During the Ganesh festival last year, we delivered around 150 vehicles but this year, the number is around 100-110. However, we hope that the situation improves,” Reshma Kadam, Manager, Pashankar Auto Pvt Ltd- a dealer in Honda two-wheelers said.
Sanjay Hyundai, one of the dealers, has been affected. Prashant Suttar, Assistant General Manager of Sanjay Hyundai, said, “As compared to other dealers of Hyundai, there has been 16 per cent drop in our sales. We delivered 40-45 cars in this Ganpati season, as compared to 100 deliveries last year. Automobile sector is in the higher GST cap and fear of job loss among people are the main reasons why dealers are facing crash.”
Deepak Watekar, Manager of Kothari Toyota, said, “This is our first year in the car sale market and we can’t compare previous year’s sales. Many factors like drying up of financial capital and fear of ‘auto scrap-page policy’ are the reasons for less number of cars being sold. Even then, we were able to deliver around 20-25 cars during the Ganesh festival and are expecting an increase.”
Ganesh Abnave, Assistant Sales Manager, Chowgule Industries Pvt Ltd, said, “There is an overall slump of 30 per cent in the market at the dealer level. However, there is little slowdown in terms of festive walk-ins and bookings. But the situation is not as bad as compared to the hype created around the auto sector.”


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SpringBoard Cincinnati partnered with Socstock, a social financing startup, to offer local creative entrepreneurs a new way to raise capital as an alternative to traditional business loans.
The partnership will allow SpringBoard to help entrepreneurs with additional financing resources beyond its eight-week business training program.
SpringBoard, which is funded by the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation through ArtWorks, will help its graduates by subsidizing their access to Socstock’s platform and directing community demand for particular projects. Socstock will also provide auxiliary resources to SpringBoard graduates through marketing and Cincinnati business contacts.
“Our partnerships with local Cincinnati firms and professional expertise have helped us to successfully train our entrepreneurs. This collaboration with Socstock represents a new opportunity for SpringBoard participants and provides another potential solution for raising capital to grow business,” SpringBoard Director Sarah Corlett said in a news release.
SpringBoard graduates that choose to use the partnership will be able to ask their local communities and best customers for a zero-interest cash advance, and then repay those customers with a return of goods and services valued at up to two times the original investment. Through the Socstock platform, SpringBoard will also operate a public community funding group intended to harness community support for SpringBoard participants and direct that support at particular businesses.
“We are excited to partner with SpringBoard to help them support Cincinnati’s creative entrepreneurs,” Socstock founder and CEO Jay Finch said in the release. “We are inspired by SpringBoard’s mission and therefore humbled to become a resource for their graduates.”


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Titanfall received a major update on Xbox One and PC recently and now it's the Xbox 360 version's turn. The latest update from developer Bluepoint Games offers a few multiplayer updates and fixes some major crashes involving satchel charges.
"During the evacuation sequence if players attach satchel charges to the dropship and detonate them after the dropship has warped out, the server would crash causing all players to be disconnected," explains the update post. "The crash issue has been fixed."
Other changes include lowering the requried number of players for Private Matches from 6 to 2, changing party colors on the mini-map, and a major issue regarding XP resets.
Find the full list of patch changes on the Titanfall website.
Ozzie Mejia posted a new article, Titanfall Xbox 360 update fixes major crashes.
Weeks after getting a patch for PC and Xbox One, now it's time for Titanfall on Xbox 360 to get its patch and fix up some of its peskier problems.


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Microchip developer Nvidia reported record quarterly sales in several divisions, including their Gaming, Data Center and Professional Visualisation sectors.
Several major Chinese EV companies saw significant drops in their stock prices yesterday, possibly due to the announcement of a new convertible bond deal by Chinese manufacturer Li Auto.
Samsung released its Q1 2021 earnings guidance and reported a likely profit increase of 44% over the same quarter last year. Quarterly sales also rose 17.5%, primarily from smartphones and home appliances.
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Battlegrounds Mobile India was officially released earlier this month. The PUBG Mobile alternative was available for early access download to pre-registered users. Now that the game has been officially released, users can simply go to the Google Play Store and download BGMI on their Android smartphones. The game is yet to get an iOS release date at the time of writing this. Meanwhile, Android smartphone users can transfer their data from PUBG Mobile to BGMI. Krafton had recently announced that it will temporarily pause the transfer service from July 6. The developers have now postponed the data transfer deadline from July 6 to July 9. Let’s take a look at more details on the Battlegrounds Mobile India data transfer service.
Battlegrounds Mobile India data transfer deadline pushed further
Krafton has announced that Battlegrounds Mobile India players can transfer their data from PUBG Mobile till July 9. The company had previously announced that it will temporarily stop the service from July 6. “Dear BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA fans; Starting date of the temporary shutdown of data transfer previously announced has been changed from July 6th, 2021 -> July 9th, 2021. We apologise for the inconvenience upon the temporary shutdown of the data transfer. Thank you,” the notice read.
This means that players can transfer their PUBG Mobile data to BGMI before July 9. After the mentioned date, they would not be able to do so until Krafton resumes the service. The company has not mentioned any specific date or timeline from when it plans to resume the data transfer service. It is in your best interest to transfer your PUBG Mobile data to BGMI before July 9.
Those who have played the Livik Map in PUBG Mobile can transfer their account data to BGMI. Krafton has also stated that users who have transferred their data will receive pre-registration rewards. You can click here to check our guide on how to transfer PUBG Mobile game data to BGMI via Facebook, Twitter, Google.
Krafton has also announced that it will host several in-game events on account of BGMI’s release. It has already rolled out the “India ka Battlegrounds” gift along with 1 million and 5 million total download rewards. Players can also collect the Constable Set, which is a permanent gift for 10 million downloads. iOS users need to wait for a few days to play the game. Krafton is yet to make an official announcement on the BGMI iOS app release date.
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The plan for the presence of the new Toyota Avanza is indeed being heavily discussed. There is even speculation that this low multi-purpose vehicle (LMPV) will carry a turbo device.
Confirming this to a trusted source at Toyota Astra Motor (TAM), it turns out that speculation about the latest Toyota Avanza using a turbo device is a figment.
Today, Friday, October 1, 2021, a trusted source from the Hops editorial team confirmed that there are no additional instant power devices or turbos in the latest Toyota Avanza model.
The source said that today he saw firsthand the latest Toyota Avanza unit which will be launched for Indonesian consumers in the near future.
“There is no turbo device, all engines still use a capacity of 1.5 liters,” said a Hops.id source via a short message Friday, October 1, 2021.
More detailed sources also confirm that speculation about the new Toyota Avanza using a turbo device at this time is indeed not a model that is prepared to use a turbo device.
“The new Toyota Avanza is not designed to use a turbo,” he explained.
The latest generation of Toyota with a more sporty design and many changes from the exterior sector are starting to be revealed, although through the rendering design it is believed that it will be the next generation of Toyota Avanza.
This news has been heard by the manufacturer PT Toyota Astra Motor, who considers that the Avanza rendering model is expected to be the latest model to have a sporty design that has appeared on social media.
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As is known, the Toyota Avanza which has been present in Indonesia since 2003 is known as the car of a million people and always brings updates through its facelift version. The latest generation that really brings an all new design, happened in 2019.
Where three years ago, the Toyota Avanza made many changes ranging from exterior, interior design to the latest engine generation.
Currently, the Toyota Avanza is still one of the multi-purpose vehicle family models that has gained considerable consumer trust. No wonder this model is the backbone of Toyota’s sales in Indonesia, even as a model that has been exported to dozens of countries around the world.


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Premarket: 4 things to know before the bell
1. Stock rally fizzles: U.S. stocks are near all-time highs but the recent rally seems to have fizzled out, in part because of President Trump’s growing isolation. U.S. stock futures were flat ahead of the open.
The Dow Jones industrial average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all trimmed their gains Wednesday as top executives abandoned Trump’s business advisory panels in protest over his response to the violence in Charlottesville.
Top Republicans have also been critical of his insistence that violence at a rally of white supremacists was perpetrated by many sides.
“While this does not necessarily mean fiscal reforms are dead, it may slow down progress, which is bad news for both stocks and the dollar,” said Hussein Sayed, chief market strategist at FXTM.
European markets were all slipping in early trading. Asian markets ended with mixed results.
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2. Retailers in focus: Walmart (WMT) is reporting earnings ahead of the open on Thursday.
Wall Street is hoping to see the retailer making progress in its fight with competitor Amazon (AMZN, Tech30). Walmart CEO Doug McMillon may also face political questions during his call with analysts. On Monday, he took Trump to task for his response to the events in Charlottesville.
Alibaba(BABA, Tech30) is also releasing earnings before the open, while Gap (GPS) and Ross Stores (ROST) will report results after the close.
3. Market movers — L Brands and Cisco: Shares in Victoria’s Secret parent company L Brands (LB) are set to tumble as investors react to the latest quarterly earnings. Cisco Systems (CSCO, Tech30) shares are also looking weak in premarket trading.
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WhatsApp will stop working on a selection of smartphones and mobile platforms in the New Year.
From January 1st 2018, the messenger service won’t be available on any handsets running Windows Phone 8.0 (or older versions of the operating system), BlackBerry OS or BlackBerry 10.
The company made the announcement in an update to a blog post that was originally published in February 2016. The announcement went thus:
“When we started WhatsApp in 2009, people’s use of mobile devices looked very different from today. The Apple App Store was only a few months old. About 70 percent of smartphones sold at the time had operating systems offered by BlackBerry and Nokia,” it reads.
“Mobile operating systems offered by Google, Apple and Microsoft – which account for 99.5 percent of sales today – were on less than 25 percent of mobile devices sold at the time.”
The platforms that are being cut off are unpopular, and have been for some time. The company ended support for Nokia Symbian S60 devices in June.
It is also planning to cut off support for Nokia S40 devices on the 31st of December, 2018 and phones running Android versions 2.3.7 and older on the 1st of February, 2020.
Although these platforms are still supported, WhatsApp is no longer actively developing for them, which means some features could stop functioning at any moment.
The company’s blog post said that, “While these mobile devices have been an important part of our story, they don’t offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app’s features in the future.”
“This was a tough decision for us to make, but the right one in order to give people better ways to keep in touch with friends, family, and loved ones using WhatsApp.”
“If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer Android, iPhone, or Windows Phone.”


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GERMANY: Fan and motor manufacturers Ebm-Papst is to invest around €15m to double the production capacity of its factory in Mulfingen-Hollenbach.
The production area for large fans for the European market is to grow by around 10,000m², and a new computer centre is also planned along with more staff. Construction is scheduled for completion in September 2014.
With revenue up by over 10% to around €730m for the first half of the current fiscal year, chairman Rainer Hundsdörfer commented: “The model of our success is to secure our global technological leadership by investing heavily in research and development and to continually develop new market standards. With an R&D budget of more than €75m, we were able to establish a number of new products on the market. We are pleased that we can proceed to expand production as a result,” said Hundsdörfer.


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For those who like street food, you have to check out SM Hypermarket's annual Streetfood Festival series. Aside from getting to taste best-selling dishes, you can also learn from the cooking demos of renowned chefs and participate in games to win exciting prizes. And before going home, stop by SM Hypermarket because the usual grocery buys will be on sale!
The grand launch was last August 31 where SM Hypermarket Fairview, together with Unilever, Nestle, San Miguel, Alaska, Del Monte, P&G, CDO, and Frabelle, Farm Fresh, and Bounty Fresh, gathered street food favorites as well as new players in town including Cebu Lechon Belly, Delimondo, Southern Dairy, Banchetto's Crepes, Takoyaki, Bacon-Wrapped delights, SM Markets Turon with Langka and more.
Street food is not limited to isaw, betamax, bbq, fishballs, kikiams, and kwek kweks anymore. It has expanded to even home cooked meals as we have hamsilogs, baconsilogs, tocilogs, or tapsilogs, hotdogs, and footlongs being sold on the streets now.
If you missed the first food festival, there will be more road shows at SM Valenzuela on September 9, SM Bicutan on September 23, SM Molino on October 14, and the grand finale on October 20 at the SM Mall of Asia. And to make things a little bit more exciting, specially bundled packs will be available at SM Hypermarket branches from September 1 to October 20 containing raffle coupons, for a chance to win P100,000. Good luck and bon appetit!


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Top Stock to Buy with Anil Singhvi - In todays edition of Special Investment Portfolio or SIP Stock Zee Business Research Analyst Ashish Chaturvedi picked up OnMobile Global shares, saying that the company has a robust growth business, while the stock is available at an attractive valuation. In a chat with Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi, Chaturvedi said that the gaming business ONMO will be the growth factor for the company.
Talking about the companys profile in detail, he said that OnMobile Global, a mobile internet platform company, provides solutions to customers. The company has experience of 20 years in this. It has a wide reach of 370 crore in over 76 countries.
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Chaturvedi said that the stock is expected to do well as the company has been witnessing a big turnaround since Q3 FY21. The company has witnessed a surge of 30 per cent in its customer base. It now has added 143 new clients. The company has also taken a strategic shift, earlier it was a B2B company, but now the focus is on B2C business. For this, the company has launched a new platform called ONMO, he added. ONMO is a multiuser cloud gaming platform and this will be a growth factor for the company. In Q2 FY22, this will be a huge contributor to the revenue, he asserted.
He further added that till the time PUBG was banned in India, the virtual in-gaming merchandise made a growth of Rs 60 crore every month. If the companys even one game takes off then there is a scope for huge growth and rerating.
Sharing more details, Chaturvedi said that in Q1 FY21, the company had extraordinary results. The valuation is attractive. No other mobile gaming or internet-related business you will get in such a cheap valuation. The companys Price Book is 2.2X, market cap sales is 2.3X.
Comparing it with Nazara Technologies, he said Nazaras Price Book is 11X, Market Cap sales is 13X, compared to OnMobile Globals Price Book 2.2X and Market Cap sales 2.3X. The company doesnt have any debt and has surplus cash of Rs 274 crore. Cash per share is Rs 26. High growth business in cheap valuation!
Talking about the companys prospects, Zee Business Managing Editor said that the future of the company looks very promising and this is the reason why he has chosen it as a SIP stock today. Keep this stock on the radar not just for today but for 2-3 quarters and keep an eye on the developments, he advised.
Till now the value-added services the company provides to mobile operators and customers are the same he said. But the interesting thing here is the gaming business, he added saying that the concept is quite interesting.
If you are playing a game and stuck somewhere in the middle, then you dont have to restart the game. The company captures that level and one can resume from there. The company surely has planned other similar games. So, if this plan works out then the company can capture a big pie of the gaming business overall, he opined. It can capture a $4-5 billion gaming market share in India in the term, Singhvi added.
The Market Guru further added that the company is already doing beta running and testing and is expected to roll out this soon. Maybe by this quarter or the next quarter, the company should launch this. If this business works out then the growth revenue will be exponential, he said.
Singhvi said that secondly, cash per share is good at Rs 26. The valuation is attractive. Buy at a Minimum Target of Rs 175-200 and then review.
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XMG has come with an additional configuration variant to the premium NEO range of gaming laptops along with the new Tiger Lake H45 processor from Intel. The eight-core CPUs from the 11th Core generation are able to boast the advantages of an entirely updated platform, it also offers higher performance compared to its predecessors.
The company has brought the NEO series with the combination of Ryzen 5000 CPUs and GeForce RTX 3000 graphics cards at the very beginning of 2021. There is still a huge demand for high-end gaming laptops with Ryzen processors, but the availability has currently fallen down.
Having the Core i7-11800H from the 45W TDP class, the brand-new Intel version of the XMG NEO 15 and NEO 17 is a step up in performance: A completely renewed architecture of this 10nm manufacturing process which provides a decent performance increase with eight cores, boost clock of 2.3 and up to 4.6 GHz respectively, and 16 threads.
This is the first time when in the high-end gaming laptops, the graphics card is connected via 16 PCI Express 4.0 lanes, the primary M.2 SSD does communicate via 4 PCIe 4.0 lanes and with Tiger Lake H, Intel also makes the leap from Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 4.
XMG has plans to bring more laptops with the new 45W CPUs from the 11th Core generation in the following months, such as the XMG CORE series.
The base configurations of the XMG NEO 12 and XMG NEO 17 comes with Intel’s Core i7-11800H, 16 GB DDR4-3200, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, a 500 GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus, and a WQHD 165 Hz IPS display. It could have a price tag starting from €1,949 (NEO 15 and NEO 17). It is expected that the pre-order will begin in June, whereas the delivery of the laptop could start at the end of June.


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Carmakers Thought Donald Trump Would Be Their Friend. Mexico Shows How Wrong They Were.
Think back to the first year of the Trump administration. The beaming members of his manufacturing council included the CEOs of Ford and Tesla.
Mary Barra, the CEO of General Motors, sat on another presidential panel, the Strategic and Policy Forum. Meanwhile Trump heaped praise on another auto chief, Sergio Marchionne of Fiat Chrysler.
“Right now, he is my favorite person in the room,” Trump said during a 2018 White House meeting on fuel economy standards, held a few months before Marchionne died.
And, from a corporate perspective, Trump’s anti-regulatory philosophy must have seemed like a reprieve following the environmentally focused Obama administration.
After all, Obama raised fuel economy standards. Even though his administration spent tens of billions on a federal bailout, he waxed favorably about electric vehicles and hybrids, and even owned one of the latter.
Trump’s effusiveness now seems in the distant past. compared with the potential nightmare that the car companies now face.
Obsessed with immigration, he has threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border if Mexico does not stop migrants from crossing.
When warned Tuesday that could cause economic chaos, Trump replied, “Security is more important to me than trade.”
If he does follow through with his threat, Trump could easily damage the industry only a decade after it was brought back to life through the intervention of two presidents.
And the impact on Mexico could be even more devastating.
A New Auto Industry
In the 25 years since the original North American Free Trade Agreement, it has built a completely global industry, benefiting both its citizens and those of the United States and Canada.
Mexico has become the world’s fourth-largest exporter of automobiles. About 14 percent of the vehicles sold by automakers in the United States are built at plants in Mexico.
Production sweeps from the Gulf of Mexico to the Baja Peninsula. Virtually every key region in the northern two-thirds of Mexico has some kind of automotive presence.
Eight different global car companies — the Detroit Three, Toyota, Nissan, and Volkswagen to name some — have factories in Mexico, 19 in all.
Mexico is a mirror image of the new automobile industry that has sprung up across the American South since the 1980s, only its factories also include those from General Motors, Ford and Chrysler
And that’s just car and truck production. Accompanying these plants have been a vast network of automobile suppliers. Some of them have set up shop on parts-making campuses, where multiple companies have operations.
By 2020, car production in Mexico is likely to hit 4 million vehicles. The investment there is right around $14 billion, with more planned.
All of this came about because of free trade between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
The Mexican economy, far more cyclical than its northern neighbors,, doesn’t have the depth to support this vast expansion if vehicles were built solely for local consumption.
How To Deal With Trump
Automakers are no doubt trying to figure out how seriously to take Trump.
He often sends up trial balloons before he acts. His threat to declare a state of emergency to find money to build a border wall was part of the Washington conversation for weeks before it actually happened.
But that happened. And Trump has proven to be so mercurial that no one can doubt that if he wants to close the border, he’ll tell people to do it.
Of course, it’s not as easy as simply shutting down checkpoints in California and Texas.
The “border” with Mexico also includes air travel, and halting flights from Mexico to the United States would affect not only trade, but tourism, not to mention the number of Americans who are working in Mexico on assignment for global companies.
As I discussed Wednesday afternoon on MSNBC with Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle, air freight might be a possible workaround for carmakers to keep the flow running from Mexico to the United States.
But, it ridiculously expensive to ship auto parts and finished vehicles by air.
Chrysler tried to do so with a limited luxury car called the TC by Maserati and Cadillac shipped car bodies from Italy’s Pininfarina for its Allante. But both strategies ultimately proved too costly when the cars failed to sell.
So, car companies simply have to sit in limbo while they figure out whether their former pal in the White House is serious or whether he’s bluffing in his endless obsession with Mexico.
That’s of course when Trump isn’t berating Barra for making a business decision about GM’s plant in Lordstown, Ohio.
At this point, you can’t even call the president an auto industry frenemy. It’s become a toxic relationship. And it could become more poisonous until an antidote is found.
Micheline Maynard is an author and journalist who tweets @mickimaynard


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The compression of sneakers
- Nike releases third quarter results on March 21
- In its last two updates in December and September, the company said supply chain issues were holding back sales growth.
- Nike continues to shift sales more to its own channels, threatening wholesalers
In September, Nike told analysts that supply chain issues, including sneaker factory closures in Vietnam, were hampering its ability to increase sales. In December, the company again cited logistical issues, this time China’s efforts to contain a Covid outbreak. If supply chain dominates earnings talk for the third time on Monday, few will be surprised. Covid cases have exploded in China and containment measures are threatening both garment manufacturing for export and domestic demand. Russia is another wild card; Nike joined other clothing companies in withdrawing from the country after its invasion of Ukraine. Nike executives confidently asserted that the worst of their supply chain problems were over and the market would recover this year. This prediction is starting to sound overly optimistic.
The turmoil is felt throughout the sneaker market. Nike’s sales are holding roughly where they were a year ago as the brand can’t keep up with demand for its products. Nike’s retail partners are paying an even higher price: the global sneaker shortage appears to be accelerating Nike’s withdrawal from the wholesale market. Foot Locker Shares fell more than 30% last month, when the US sneaker chain said no individual brand would account for more than 60% of sales this year (in 2020, Nike accounted for 75% of sales). And specialty stores that relied on limited-edition Nikes to draw crowds of sneakerheads say the drops are less and more between.
The essential : What’s happening in the sneaker market is a good example of how temporary supply chain issues can lead to permanent change. Nike is unlikely to return much of the market share it took from wholesalers.
Ralph Lauren puts on a show
- Ralph Lauren will present its fall collection and Purple Label in New York on March 22
- This will be the brand’s first in-person show in New York since 2019
- In February, Ralph Lauren reported better-than-expected sales and raised its revenue outlook
Few brands are better at storytelling than Ralph Lauren (his recently announced collection inspired by early-to-mid-20th century fashion at HBCUs is the latest example). Fashion shows are a key part of maintaining this aura; the brand imagined from scratch French bistros and Prohibition-era nightclubs to provide the ideal setting for its clothes. This Tuesday’s show at the Museum of Modern Art, the first in-person since 2019, promises more of the same.
Theatrical presentations are part of a larger strategy that reflects Ralph Lauren’s market position. The brand, which is expected to exceed $6 billion in sales in its current fiscal year, spans virtually every price range and sales channel, from e-commerce to outlets in Alabama to a product lighthouse in Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district. Outlets and department stores generate more sales than luxury flagships, especially in America. But shows like this week’s help cement the idea of Ralph Lauren as a luxury brand in consumers’ minds, even if they buy a clearance polo shirt for $40 at Macy’s and not the $400 version. $ sold under the purple label.
The essential: This week’s show comes weeks after Axios announced that Ralph Lauren had been in talks with LVMH over a potential acquisition, although a deal appears unlikely at this time.
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(Washington, D.C. – March 15, 2012) I commend the Senate Agriculture Committee for holding the hearing today on how the federal government can provide appropriate and cost effective risk-management tools for farmers. Although I recognize that the committee’s time is limited, it is unfortunate that dairy is not represented on your panels as our nation’s dairy industry is in the middle of a heated, and very unresolved, debate over its future.
The committee is facing a very difficult task in developing a farm bill that will save billions of dollars over the coming years. Yet, before the committee endorses and funds programs for an entire array of commodities, it should consider whether dairy farmers deserve basic catastrophic insurance or other risk management tools without also being subjected to a new program that will involve government not only in their everyday business decisions, but will also damage our industry’s ability to grow and create jobs.
The U.S. dairy industry is different from what it was ten, or even five, years ago. Dairy farmers, just like other farmers, must now compete in world markets. Yet, the only authority USDA currently has to offer dairy producers an effective risk management program is limited to a pilot insurance program started in 2001 with funding capped at $20 million per year for all of livestock. Dairy producers were allocated only $7 million in 2012 and demand was so strong that the funding was exhausted in less than a day. Dairy producers need more and better risk management tools to manage volatile prices as well as feed and other costs.
Instead of more and better risk management tools, however, some stakeholders believe that the government should intervene in markets to control price volatility. Such programs, often called supply management, have been tried and have failed in dairy and other sectors of U.S. agriculture. Similar policies have been rejected and are being eliminated around the world because they simply don’t work. Although policies that involve the government in commercial transactions between buyers and sellers are generally being discarded, a supply management program for dairy was proposed in the Dairy Security Act, H.R. 3062, introduced by Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN). Furthermore, according to many reports, the legislation was included in the farm bill proposal sent to the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction a few months ago.
The Dairy Security Act proposes that future subsidies to dairy farmers be provided under a new program called margin insurance. Although a true insurance program would be a true risk management tool and would place dairy on more equal footing with other commodities, there is substantial merit to this approach. But, the Act then loses its bearings by mandating that dairy farmers who take advantage of margin insurance must also participate in a supply management program that will periodically “incentivize” less milk production by withholding payments owed to them. This is fundamentally unfair to dairy farmers, as other farmers are not similarly burdened, and unfair to the dairy industry because supply management programs have significant, negative consequences that far outweigh any benefits.
Dairy supply management as proposed by H.R. 3062 is a direct government intrusion into dairy markets. The program would manipulate both the supply of and demand for milk in order to push milk prices higher than open markets otherwise provide. Instead of helping dairy farmers with ways to manage their businesses, dairy supply management would have the government manage their businesses for them. Unfortunately, consumers of dairy products who end up paying artificially and unnecessarily high prices for milk and other dairy products get to pick up the check. This is why the Consumer Federation of America wrote to Congress last fall urging the rejection of such a policy.
Supporters of the Dairy Security Act have claimed that it is essentially free. Truth be told, it is anything but. Increased costs to consumers for dairy products also means that entitlement programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will pay more for dairy products. Even a small increase in the way SNAP benefits are calculated will result in significant costs, likely in the hundreds of millions of dollars, for a program whose costs have been approaching $100 billion per year. SNAP spending will be increased with no tangible benefit to the program or its recipients.
The Dairy Security Act will derail what has been a remarkable success story for our industry. Just a few years ago, our country was a net importer of dairy products. Last year, we had a dairy trade surplus of nearly $2.4 billion, and we now export the equivalent of nearly 15 percent of the milk produced here. In recent years, dairy companies have invested in new or upgraded facilities in Colorado, New York, South Dakota, and Iowa, significantly increasing demand for milk production in many areas. Without the export success story, many of these investments would not have been possible, costing thousands of new jobs.
It’s simple. Government programs that routinely increase our domestic prices above international prices will make our dairy industry less competitive. Export markets will be ceded to our global competitors who are not similarly restricted. Other commodities reached this conclusion years ago and as a result have moved to insurance and other risk management tools instead of government price intervention. Not only will dairy exports decline if Congress imposes such a policy, but dairy imports will be encouraged, causing problems for future trade negotiations.
There is a clear middle ground in this debate. Dairy food companies have endorsed the margin insurance program, provided that it is not attached to a supply management program. Such a program could be offered, even within the limited dairy baseline, by charging a small fee for a subsidized base coverage. We have supported making the USDA pilot program, called Livestock Gross Margin – Dairy, permanent and increasing funding beyond the current $20 million per year cap. Dairy savings accounts would also help dairy farmers manage their businesses through the volatility of world dairy prices. There are many dairy producers, as well as at least one of the largest dairy coops in the country, who support these alternative approaches.
This committee should not attempt to fix what has a long history of being a fundamentally flawed approach to agriculture policy. The negative consequences of directly involving government in dairy export markets cannot be whisked away with triggers that close the barn door after the cows have left. Making the program mandatory for producers who want the margin insurance does not remove the budgetary sleight of hand that pushes increased costs to consumers and significantly increases government spending overall.
Better risk management tools, including margin or other insurance products, for dairy farmers is the correct path forward for our industry, not direct government intrusion into dairy markets and increased regulatory burdens on food businesses.
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International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Washington, D.C., represents the nation's dairy manufacturing and marketing industries and their suppliers, with a membership of 550 companies representing a $110-billion a year industry. IDFA is composed of three constituent organizations: the Milk Industry Foundation (MIF), the National Cheese Institute (NCI) and the International Ice Cream Association (IICA). IDFA's 220 dairy processing members run more than 600 plant operations, and range from large multi-national organizations to single-plant companies. Together they represent more than 85 percent of the milk, cultured products, cheese and frozen desserts produced and marketed in the United States. IDFA can be found online at www.idfa.org.


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Super Bowl: Children in need benefit from brand-new clothing printed for losing team
Even though they didn't win the Super Bowl, the New England Patriots will still be champions in several countries around the world. Before major NFL events, like the Super Bowl, participating teams often pre-print victory apparel. The winning team sells its items right away, but the losing team is left with large quantities of merchandise that cannot be sold.
In this case, World Vision is partnering with the NFL and Reebok to help children in need receive the treasure of new clothing. Instead of throwing it away, the losing team's pre-printed victory apparel will bring joy to children in need around the world. For many of the recipients, these will be the first new articles of clothing they have ever owned.
After the 2007 Super Bowl game, a significant portion of the apparel for the Chicago Bears — last year's losing team — was distributed in Zambia, and the rest went to areas of Chad, Chile, Bolivia, Democratic Republic of Congo, El Salvador, Zimbabwe, and Romania.
Read an article here about a similar partnership between World Vision and Major League Baseball, which provided excess postseason apparel to flood survivors in the African nation of Ghana.
Thank God for the gift of brand-new clothing that Mihaela, Paula, and Gabita received through World Vision's partnership with the NFL and Reebok. Pray that this partnership and others like it would continue to benefit children and families around the world who are in need of basic necessities like warm clothing for the winter months.
Donate now by clicking here to help World Vision ship and distribute the donations of clothing and shoes we have received from generous American manufacturers. Your gift will multiply 14 times in impact to help keep children warm in 20 countries around the world.
Monday, February 25, 2008
A Win-Win Situation
I'd always wondered what happened to the championship gear that was made up in advance for the team that ended up losing. It turns out, World Vision has a program set up to deliver the unsellable clothing to families in need around the world. You can see their full article here, or check out the snippets below:


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In February, UK retail sales decreased by 0.1 per cent on a like-for-like basis from February 2018, when it had increased 0.6 per cent from the preceding year.
Over the three months to February, in-store sales of non-food items declined 2.8 per cent on a total basis and 3.1 per cent on a like-for-like basis. This is below the 12-month total average decline of 2.4 per cent.
Over the three months to February, non-food retail sales in the UK decreased 0.6 per cent on a like-for-like basis and 0.4 per cent on a total basis. This is below the 12-month total average decrease of 0.2 per cent.
Online sales of non-food products grew 5.4 per cent in February, against a growth of 6.4 percent in February 2018. This is below the 3-month average of 5.6 per cent and pulls down the 12-month average to 6.9 per cent.
“While real incomes have started to rise over the past year, shoppers have been reluctant to spend this February, holding back growth. This slowdown was not limited to physical stores, with growth in online non-food sales well below the twelve month average,” said Helen Dickinson OBE, CEO, BRC.
“With consumers increasingly aware of the risk of a no deal Brexit, it is likely that uncertainty has driven this cautious approach to retail spending. If government wishes to reassure both the public and businesses, they should ensure a chaotic no deal - which would lead to higher costs, higher prices, and less choice for consumers - is taken off the table with immediate effect,” added Dickinson.
“Following a modest recovery in January, February saw a slowdown in sales. While consumer spending has so far remained relatively resilient, driven by factors such as low unemployment and wage growth, it would seem that continuing political and economic uncertainties are beginning to notably affect shoppers’ spending habits,” said Paul Martin, UK head of retail, KPMG.
“Across all categories there was sluggish growth, and the milder weather appears to have shifted the focus away from indoors. The full impact of the recent unseasonably warm weather is yet to be seen, especially for the clothing categories, and online sales growth remained steady. Non-food continues to be under more pressure than grocery, with shoppers focusing on the essentials. To manage these dynamics, retailers have to continue managing cost and margin and carefully assess how to gain market share in a broadly flat market.” added Martin. (PC)
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(Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of profiles that examines venture-backed companies with at least $100 million in revenue, an oft-mentioned threshold used by investment bankers to determine whether a company is IPO ready. Check out our previous posts on Bravo Health, Freightquote.com and mBlox. )
Based strictly on a pair of recent announcements, ServiceSource Corp. would appear to be positioning itself for an initial public offering in the not-so-distant future.
The San Francisco company, which helps companies increase the dollars they are generating from customers through support and maintenance contracts, disclosed that it generated $110 million in revenue in 2009, the first time it had surpassed the $100 million figure. ServiceSource also said that it added former Salesforce.com Inc. executive Steven Cakebread to its board of directors, making him the second outsider appointed to the board in the past six months. Former Mercury Interactive CEO Tony Zingale joined in September.
However, Mike Smerklo, ServiceSource’s CEO and chairman, indicated that the company is in no rush to go public.


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So it seems that the giant steamroller that is EA Games continues on it’s path.
EA Games have picked up some really bad publicity in the past few years, but they make games that people want to buy.
Last weeks chart proves this.
No Company wants poor public opinion however is it always the case that EA have to get it?
Or that they deserve it?


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Iris by Lowe's is bringing a second-gen upgrade to its smart-home ecosystem, and offering it to existing customers for free.
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A new look at technology: not just what's coming, but what's staying.
Fed up with your dumb "Smart TV?" Tired of waiting for your console to boot up just so you can watch Netflix? Lookng for a cheap tech gift? There are plenty of reasons to get a new dedicated video streamer. We'll help you choose one.
This handy guide can help you figure out if you should upgrade to a new Ultra HD "4K" TV.
After several years of growing pains, and marginal picture-quality improvements, 4K TVs are becoming affordable, and they're finally worth considering.
TVs with OLED display technology remain rare, but the South Korean company expects a gargantuan new manufacturing plant will help spread the technology in coming years.
A partnership with OTA specialists Movimento could bring wireless updates to the next generation of vehicles powered by Mitsubishi Electric infotainment systems.
The devices will be known as Cityman and Talkman, according to leaks that have hit Twitter.
The automaker plans to retain its premium vehicles despite Hyundai spinning off Genesis into a separate entity.
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Predictions blockchain and cryptocurrency 2019 – Vol. XIV
We continue our series of forecasts from industry thought leaders about what could happen next year.
With almost every measure, 2018 has been a busy year for the blockchain / cryptocurrency industries. Beyond the usual issues affecting young companies in hiring, marketing, technology and financing, companies have been involved in a crisis of trust with investors, as cryptography markets have lost 80% % of their total value from the beginning of the year.
Add to that the magical source of funding caused by the reduction of initial coin offerings, the increase in government control and the absolute ban on certain activities, and the bitter battles between technology developers that have caused market rotations, and it is surprising that any company has survived such serious winds against it.
But in 2019, the survivors of this industrial winter demonstrate confidence in the underlying technology of the blockchain and in the continuing promise of cryptocurrency. They stress that institutional investors are still on the sidelines and many retail supporters are still not at stake.
Add this to the constant interest of large companies and the spirit of innovation shown by blockchains and crypto-pioneers, and the story seems much brighter than the simple numbers would suggest.
Block Tribune has asked industry thought leaders to consider what might happen next year. Now, until the end of the month, we will highlight their thoughts on what could happen in what every hope will be a happy and prosperous 2019.
TRIBUNA BLOCK: Have recent cryptographic crashes affected your prospect and / or plans for 2019?
Reuben Yap, Chief Operating Officer of privacy coin, Zcoin:
"The recent cryptographic crypts have certainly influenced our plans for 2019, productively We are tightening our purse strings to concentrate on development and construction This bearish market is wiping out projects that are not sustainable and that were only around to make money fast, I think we will have a long recovery period that will be healthy for the industry ".
- Brian Norton, Chief Operation Officer of the original interface of the Ethereum portfolio, MEW (MyEtherWallet): "If nothing else, it has strengthened our commitment to our users to bring them a safe, free and easy-to-use experience when interacting with the blockchain and exposing people to many fantastic projects. that constructors in space are creation.The 2019 will be the demonstration of the vitality of space regardless of market behavior ".
- Lan Filipic, COO of Sofitto and Sugi Card, a cryptocurrency solution based on cold storage: "Obviously, like all the others, we are closely observing the changes and feelings of the market that will affect our business, but we have not lost sight of what is important: Commitment to building the infrastructure for the new digital economy We are always strategically positioned for this type of market swings and the influence or dangers of "clamor", and as long as we recognize that it is all part of the our much needed economic evolution, we will stay on track ".
BLOCK TRIBUNE: which sectors do you think will have the greatest impact on the blockchain industry in 2019?
- Lan Filipic, COO of Sofitto and Sugi Card, a cryptocurrency solution with cold storage: "The financial sector will continue to have the greatest impact on the blockchain industry because it is already highly digitalized, with the main areas such as payments, investments / trading and commercial finance. sectors of great impact will be the government sector, with respect to voting, land registry or even national digital currencies.While I'm not sure what will actually be implemented at government level, even an announcement or commitment to such projects could have a great impact: the third sector is energy and utilities, especially in the energy trade sector ".
BLOCK TRIBUNE: what role will the stablecoins have on the market in 2019?
- George Harrap, CEO and co-founder of Bitspark – a stablecoin money transfer ecosystem: "Stablecoin will continue to grow in market capitalization and will expand into currencies other than USD in 2019. The biggest problem to solve is the ability to transact with 190 currencies, of which only around 30 transactions are digitally transferable, the remaining currencies are often geographically linked to a locality or lack the financial infrastructure necessary to be digitally available.The Stablecoin for these currencies will increase trust, transparency, traceability and they will offer new financial opportunities for the residents of those countries ".
BLOCK TRIBUNE: which event would you like to happen in 2019?
- Samantha Yap, founder and director of YAP Global – a PR company focused on fintech, blockchain and cryptocurrency: "This year, the editorial integrity of the emerging cryptocurrency media industry has been eroded by poor media coverage for a fee. We would like to see these practices of immoral journalism go away At the same time, we hope that more publishers and journalists of mainstream publications will begin to learn about blockchain technology and cryptocurrency so that they can cover important stories about how this technology is already transforming our world . "
- Reuben Yap, Chief Operating Officer of private coin, Zcoin: "We would like to see a more collaborative approach to the cryptocurrency space.We have seen so many infantile and selfish struggles within the community, when we should focus on how blockchain technology can help people around the world. on Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) rather than on the real improvement in the meaningful adoption of cryptocurrencies shows that we have some ways to go to maturity. "
- Brian Norton, Chief Operation Officer of the original interface of the Ethereum portfolio, MEW (MyEtherWallet): "If there is one thing that I hope will happen as a result of this dive is that low prices convince the curious to get out of the margins and start experimenting. Buy a number of ETH enough to play, exchange some tokens and really find out what the ecosystem has to offer.A bit of stability in the price would also be nice. "
- Lan Filipic, COO of Sofitto and Sugi Card, a cryptocurrency solution with cold storage: "In 2019 and beyond we would like to see the products based on blockchain in the hands of an individual – not just the enthusiasts and crypto dealers. inclusion of blockchain ".
BLOCK TRIBUNE: ICO died as an effective fundraiser? Why or why not?
- Carlos Domingo, CEO and co-founder of Securitize – a compliance platform for digitizing securities on the blockchain: "Yes, unregulated ICOs selling securities to retail investors have died for those issuers trying to raise funds from investors in major jurisdictions. follow the regulations and submit documents to the regulators, use the exemptions for the sale of unregistered securities or use the crowdfunding sites ".
- Jamie Finn, President and co-founder of Securitize: a compliance platform for digitizing securities on the blockchain: "ICOs are actually just global crowdfunding and they were clearly very effective – the problem was expectations – people thought they were investing, but they were really paying upfront for a product In the future, digital titles should meet the original intent of the ICO. "


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FIFA 21, Ultimate Team, Controversy, Sales, Icons, TOTY, EA Gate, Investigation, EA Sports
The black series continues for EA Sports, which has just received a new accusation over the Ultimate Team mode. Allegedly, one of his employees was caught selling Icons to players, which is of course banned by the developer of FIFA 21.
Certainly not the joy in the offices ofHIS those last weeks. After accusations about the existence of the script on FIFA 21 to sell more packages, it is the turn of an employee ofHIS to stand out. Over the past few hours, screenshots have been circulating on Twitter showing thisone of his employees would sell Icon cards to players.
After the popularization of this “EA gate»Witnesses appear more and more and reveal sums that may be 1000 € exceeded for two moments icons. Packages are also sold with three icons and two TOTIES for € 1,700. It is clear that it practice is strictly prohibited by EA who has been fighting credit and card sites for several years.
The bad thing is that there is a lot of evidence, and it all seems consistent.
2 Icon Moments for € 1000
3 Icon Moments for € 1400
3 Icon Moments + 2 TOTIES for € 1700
There are so many sources, so much evidence.
This is going to get ugly for some of the EA employees, goodbye. pic.twitter.com/b9esIJlxDM
– Matt (@MattFUTTrading) 10 March 2021
All of this shocked the community who are struggling to host their favorite players Final team while spending some thousands of dollars to have the same players. Influences even decided to oppose them HIS who can do it, show videos and retell this story.
So we grind / swap / open packs and can not touch these PIM players, but EA employees secretly sell them to people for $ 1700?!?! LOL I respect the grind, but my god … pic.twitter.com/CCnhjZbcgH
– Nick ?? (@ Nick28T) 10 March 2021
On his turn HIS informed that this kind of attitude of one or more employees is unacceptable. A internal investigation has been opened to quickly find an end to those responsible for this story, who are likely to see their future within the business. In any case, we need to know more in the course of the investigations and HIS is aware of this situation which causes an imbalance in his game.
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Connecting resolution makers to a dynamic network of information, individuals and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers enterprise and monetary info, news and perception around the world. In slightly below two hours the Tech Immersion programme will take you thru the world of startups and the UK digital economy to really perceive how digital technology is remodeling industries and society. But for essentially the most part, the corporate has been working throughout the Internet Association , an industry group that includes Fb, Amazon and different large online corporations.
The most recent tech information about the world’s greatest (and sometimes worst) hardware, apps, and much more. Sue’s Tech Kitchen comes to NYC thanks to the beneficiant help of Lyrical Partners, The Spaghetti Mission, Jeff and Erica Keswin, The Bridge at Cornell Tech, Forest City, and Skylight Studios. Our Startup Ecosystem programs assist underrepresented founders and teams in EdTech, FinTech, HealthTech, Frontier Tech and PeopleTech to build world changing companies.
Uber appoints new enterprise head for Indonesia Uber Technologies unveiled on Wednesday a new head of its Indonesian operations in a market the place the online taxi firm faces cutthroat competition, regulatory uncertainty and a reported US probe into whether or not it broke bribery legal guidelines. Protests to protect internet neutrality, or guidelines that guarantee equal entry to the internet, migrated online on Tuesday, with quite a few on-line companies posting calls on their websites for action to stop a vote later this week.
This fact influenced their research, dinnertime, lunchtime and of course bedtime, leaving the dad and mom scratching their heads on this marvel of technology. Marvel Women Tech (WWT) is a company that produces year-spherical programming and nationwide and worldwide conferences that spotlight, educate, and have fun women and diversity in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), innovation and entrepreneurialism.
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The Eye-Fi SD card, once plugged into your camera, hooks up to the internet and sends your photos to either an online sharing site or directly back to your home machine. In this case it was the latter, and the hapless thief not only sent the precious vacation shots back to Alison's computer, but -- according to the email we received from Gadget Lab reader Joe Volat -- "pictures [of] the thieves proudly displaying Alison's lifted camera equipment."
"I opened up the Eye-Fi manager on the computer and, lo and behold, there are the guys that stole our cameras," DeLauzon told Reuters.
This is certainly not the first time that technology has foiled a foolish felon: remember the tattooed man who fell afoul of the auto uploading FlickBooth? But in this case, the thief was extra unlucky. The current generation of Eye-Fi cards need to be preconfigured for each hotspot they access.
In this case, the thief was unlucky enough to stumble across an access point with the exact same SSID and lack of password as one of Alison's regular haunts. We're guessing it was an unsecured hot spot with the default SSID.


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Freshworks #Failsforce Campaign: Hot Drama at Dreamforce 18, Day 1
Salesforce competitor, Freshworks, took to the sky above San Francisco on Tuesday, September 25th with a wedding crasher-style campaign so mischevious that Kevin, from Home Alone, could have planned it (minus all the unnecessary violence, of course).
Image Credit: Twitter
The CRM company produced a massive blimp for the occasion, which reads #Failsforce loud and clear on one side and “Freshworks hit refresh” on the other.
And that’s not all!
Apparently, a marching band will be present on the streets of San Francisco to remind companies, and confused pedestrians, that Salesforce isn’t all that it’s hyped up to be.
Perhaps it’s fitting that the marketing attack seems to have taken inspiration from Superbowl Sunday-style entertainment, as the #Failsforce campaign has no qualms when it comes to hitting its competitor.
David Thompson, chief marketing officer at Freshworks, claims the campaign cost between $500,000 and $1 million. Cheaper than a Super Bowl Sunday commercial slot but there’s no penny pinching going on here either.
The whole campaign targets SMBs who are sick of investing in CRM that are expensive, decrease productivity and drain time and resources. As the company discovered that 69% of SMBs plan to switch out their CRM in the next two years, Freshworks offers a “refreshing” alternative. Times are changing. And Freshworks is here to facilitate “riding the next wave of CRM.”
Freshworks will be hosting a live conference from the #Failsforce blimp during Dreamforce week with customers who have recently left other CRMs.
In addition to their presence in the sky, Freshworks will be taking over the streets of San Francisco with gathering spots designed to help conference-goers get away from the chaos of Dreamforce.


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News Release: Building Association seeks pause of costly new energy code requirements
August 26, 2021
OLYMPIA… In response to the supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which are contributing to the dramatic increase in new home prices in Washington, the Building Industry Association of Washington has asked the Governor to suspend implementation of the costly new Energy Code to April 2022.
Since its implementation in February, homebuilders have seen an average of $15,000 to $20,000 in increased construction costs, all of which add to the price families pay for new homes. Aside from the added costs from the new energy code requirements, builders are now experiencing the massive product supply issues confronting other industries, delaying construction projects and increasing the costs even further.
Substantial delays, rising costs
Builders are reporting substantial delays in products like HVAC components, such as furnaces and heat pumps, energy-efficient windows and insulation. Builders are also struggling to source the 400-amp service panels now required due to all the additional electrical components required and delivery times are no longer even being provided by manufacturers.
BIAW President Tracy Doriot of Doriot Construction added that insulators are also running behind, which delays projects even further.
“While we recognize the challenges the Governor has faced during these tumultuous times, we are asking him to take a serious look at supply chain disruptions and housing costs and provide much needed relief,“ said BIAW President Tracy Doriot of Doriot Construction. “Homes are more important than ever. Providing relief from these changes will help stabilize the supply chain and save current homebuyer tens of thousands of dollars.”
Installing a compliant heat pump is particularly difficult as suppliers struggle to keep up with demand. Lead times have increased from 30 days to 90 days, and costs for those systems have increased up to $6,900, according to one residential contractor.
That same contractor shared that windows compliant with the new code are taking up to 30 weeks for delivery, as there is only one NW manufacturer producing them. Windows compliant with the previous code are available in just eight weeks. Prices for the new code-compliant windows are also 40-50 percent higher.
The average new home price in Washington is over $522,000—meaning roughly three-quarters of families are priced out. For every $1,000 increase 2,500 families are priced out of new home ownership opportunities.
Pause will ease price increases
“Pausing implementation until April will benefit local governments that are facing strained revenue and staffing shortages, businesses related to the supply chain of residential home building, and the burgeoning affordable housing deficit,” said Greg Lane, Executive Vice President of the Building Industry Association of Washington. “Granting this pause allows builders and industry leaders to make the necessary adjustments to their operations without hasty decision-making and less than thorough implementation, saving time and money.”
Washington’s Building Codes went into effect for most residential contractors on Feb. 1, 2021, with the exception of those in the City of Seattle where the codes were delayed until March 15, 2021.
The Washington State Building Code Council in January voted to delay code implementation until July 1, 2021, but the Governor repealed the extension shortly thereafter.


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NEW TAIPEI CITY, TAIWAN – Arris agreed to sell its manufacturing facility here to Pegatron for an undisclosed sum. Production will transition to Pegatron's site in Suzhou, China, by the end of 2018.
The agreement enables Arris to leverage Pegatron's scale and investments in emerging technologies to further accelerate innovation and time to market, the firm says.
"Arris’s global vision is to leverage scale across a key number of global partners that allow us to concentrate on R&D, as well as anticipate the needs and expectations of our customers and their subscribers,” said Jim Brennan, senior vice president, supply chain, quality and operations, at Arris. “Pegatron is a long-term, trusted manufacturing partner of Arris, with a proven track-record of quality and performance, and we expect the transition to be seamless for our customers."
Arris will continue to maintain technology development and business operations in Taiwan, including its newly acquired Ruckus operations. Arris’s Taiwan Technology Center will be a tech hub for the company.


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Although the BlackBerry 'Ghost' and 'Ghost Pro' have appeared in leaks, some additional confirmation of their eventual arrival has now been confirmed by BlackBerry licensee Optiemus by way of Hardip Singh, Executive Director at Optiemus in an interview given to Digit. We are going to come out with a whole range of models starting with two this quarter. And during the year, we have...
While earlier leaks have pointed to two new BlackBerry devices coming from Optiemus (Ghost and Ghost Pro) for the Indian market, it seems as though the BlackBerry licensee is also working on their own BlackBerry branded accessories.
While BlackBerry Mobile and BB Merah Putih have released their own designs, Optiemus has yet to release their take on a BlackBerry handset, but a new leak from Evan Blass (@evleaks) shows they might soon be ready to release something in India!
In case you missed it, a new version of the BlackBerry KEYone has been revealed — but you won't be able to get your hands on it just yet. Instead, you'll have to settle with going eyes on in our video roundup.
Unveiled at an event in New Delhi, the BlackBerry KEYone limited edition black will be available exclusively from Amazon India and be made available starting on August 8 with pricing set at Rs. 39,990.
Following several rumors and speculation, BlackBerry have now officially announced an exclusive, long-term licensing agreement with leading Indian telecom enterprise, Optiemus Infracom Ltd to bring the production of secure BlackBerry Android devices.


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Jeremy Lin’s hoop success not only brought questions about how players of different ethnicity, experience and education are judged in the NBA, but also questions of political correctness and racial sensitivity—or insensitivity—off the court.
Witness the latest controversy involving Lin: Ben & Jerry’s Boston Scoop Shops creation of a limited-edition “Taste the Lin-Sanity” flavor that was offered in its Harvard Square store. The recipe included pieces of fortune cookies, which has rubbed some people the wrong way.
It’s obvious that Ben & Jerry’s didn’t heed the Asian American Journalists Association’s guidelines on reporting about Lin released last week that specifically outline danger zones, including references to food: “Is there a compelling reason to draw a connection between Lin and fortune cookies, takeout boxes or similar imagery? In the majority of news coverage, the answer will be no.” Then again, Ben & Jerry’s is not a media outlet, it’s a corporation looking to sell some ice cream—and create a bit of fun—around a famous local alumnus.
To the company’s credit, it did issue an apology, replaced the fortune cookies with bits of waffles and sold out their supply of the flavor over the weekend. Along with the “chink in the armor” references by two journalists earlier, this latest gaffe shows one thing: Anyone who’s looking to capitalize on the Lin phenomenon—journalist or not—should give a little thought to what they are communicating—or putting in a recipe. Fortune cookie? C’mon.
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Arca Continental, the second largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America, and PetStar, Mexico’s leading PET recycler, will invest 175 million pesos this year in the construction and expansion of PET collection and recycling plants in Jalisco.
In celebration of world recycling day, to be commemorated on May 17, the CEO of PetStar, Jaime Cámara, announced that the collection plant located in the San Martín de las Flores neighborhood of Tlaquepaque will be expanded, saying “Such an important investment in Jalisco will allow us to double our recycling capacity in the state…”.
Jesús Lucatero, the Director of Public Affairs of Arca Continental Mexico, explained that in 2021 alone the company recovered more than 5,000 tons of PET (the type of plastic it uses in its beverage containers) in Jalisco, and to date, through the PetStar national collection network, they recover seven out of 10 bottles that they put on the market with the vision of recycling 100% in line with the goal of “a world without waste”.
With the announced investment, the center installed in Jalisco will create 1,500 direct jobs and will double its capacity, with the aim of exceeding 9,000 recycled tons of PET.
“As part of the third phase of the national investment, which is more than 170 million pesos, Arca Continental will strengthen the model that makes it easier for recyclers to add value to waste as well as strengthen the culture of recycling and sustainability,” Lucatero said.
During the event, held on the eve of the celebration of World Recycling Day, Jaime Cámara said that the announced investment will allow the recycling of 9,600 tons of PET from 21 municipalities in Jalisco and will provide service to the new collection centers that will be located in Puerto Vallarta, Tepic and Colima, adding to the eight plants they already have in the country.
“We don’t want to throw bottles on the street, so we’re going to increase our ability to collect them and reconvert them into other bottles and support the culture of recycling,” he added.
As a whole, the company collects and recycles more than 3,297,000 PET bottles a year, equivalent to filling the Akron Stadium in Zapopan 4.2 times. In addition, more than 1,500 medium and small companies dedicated to recycling are served.
“We have witnessed how PET containers, which were once in dumpsters and represented damage to the environment, today are the most collected and recycled materials on the continent, with a rate of 58.8% in Mexico. Nationwide, the recycling of PET generates 70,000 indirect jobs for urban waste pickers and collectors,” Cámara emphasized.
Source: El Economista