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BioShock Infinite is one of the most long awaited games in recent memory, but today the man who has lead the development of the first person shooter has officially confirmed that it won't have any kind of multiplayer support.
In a number of posts that answered questions about the game on his Twitter account, Irrational Games' founder and leader Ken Levine stated flat out that BioShock Infinite would have no multiplayer modes. Therefore, the game will be similar to the original 2007 BioShock, which also didn't have multiplayer support.
Levine didn't give an exact reason as to why there would be no multiplayer modes in the game, although he hinted that putting in multiplayer was simply not the right design choice for BioShock Infinite. BioShock 2, released in 2010 but not developed by Irrational Games, did contain competitive multiplayer modes.
Levine did state on Twitter that we should have a lot more information on BioShock Infinite very soon, adding, "Let's just say, I bought some plane tickets." The game, which mostly takes place in an alternate 1912 aboard the floating city of Columbia, will be released via publisher 2K Games on February 26th.
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The LinkedIn network is beefing up its appeal to business-to-business content marketers. The professional network boasts 150 million users who visit the site to learn about more than what movies their contacts just saw or what they had for dinner. The rollout of the LinkedIn ‘Follow Company’ button, announced two days ago, makes it easier to target and engage with that B2B audience already using LinkedIn.
Following the Leaders
LinkedIn’s Mike Grishaver announced the network’s addition of a Follow Company button in a blog post Monday. He notes that LinkedIn already has over 2 million companies in its network. “Companies will engage with you from their Company Page on LinkedIn and through status updates,” Grishaver writes. He notes the Follow button is already being used by companies such as Starbucks, AT&T andSony.
“LinkedIn seems to have recognized,” says content marketing blogger Jonathan Crossfield (http://jonathancrossfield.com/), “that people are using it for broader professional networking.” Crossfield believes LinkedIn is just catching up with offerings from other social networks, but does have some advantages over its competition.
Leveraging the Business Suit Network
According to Crossfield, Facebook is great for B2C marketing, but LinkedIn works better for B2B. “Imagine LinkedIn as a business suit and Facebook as a Hawaiian shirt,” he says. “People are more likely to share content that demonstrates or develops their professional reputation or thought leadership on LinkedIn,” Crossfield explains, “and save the funny cat memes or party photos for Facebook.”
“Following companies on LinkedIn is a great and easy way to gain insights and stay connected,” writes Grishaver. And Crossfield has personally seen the benefits: “My LinkedIn company page has grown in followers far faster than our Facebook page with far less effort,” he explains.
Reassessing the Benefits
LinkedIn is an already obvious tool for businesses. But unlike Facebook or Twitter, it’s full utility isn’t always clear, as Todd Wheatland explained in his article, LinkedIn and the New Age of Influence. So it may well be time to reassess how you use LinkedIn and whether you’re getting the full benefit of the “Business Suit Network”.

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Eric Danetz named Global Chief Revenue Officer to lead expanding sales organization focused on leveraging AccuWeather's success as a diversified global media and data analytics platform
AccuWeather Global Weather Center - August 14, 2017 - AccuWeather, the global leader in weather information, digital media and big data, today announced that Eric Danetz, former Senior Vice President and General Manager, Time Inc., has joined its Senior Executive Team as Global Chief Revenue Officer. Danetz will oversee all aspects of AccuWeather's revenue-generating products and services, and unify the sales structure internally for all AccuWeather business units, including digital and traditional media as well as AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions' business-to-business services. Danetz joins other significant recent additions including Senior Vice President of Sales Bill McGarry, former Chief Revenue Officer at The Daily Beast, and Advertising Sales Director Deirdre Daly-Markowski, former Executive Director of Digital at Hearst.
"AccuWeather has been revolutionizing the way business is done with the confluence of AI, digital media and predictive and prescriptive analytics. Eric and his team will continue our extraordinary transformation as we define innovation with creative and revolutionary brand applications across all our platforms," said Dr. Joel N. Myers, Founder, President, and Chairman of AccuWeather. "This team is laser-focused on digital growth and with Eric's leadership, we will cultivate client relationships and drive results by educating brands and marketers about what AccuWeather can do for them that no one else can. We are pleased to have him as a critical addition to our leadership team as we continue to expand on a global scale."
AccuWeather is a digital media leader with the #1 mobile weather website in the world and expansive cross-platform reach that no other publisher provides, reaching nearly 2 billion people globally.
"AccuWeather's record consumer loyalty levels, visit frequency, and retention rates have translated into high advertising demand from companies and brands excited to reach our desirable global audiences," said Eric Danetz, Global Chief Revenue Officer at AccuWeather. "By engaging AI, data analytics, partnerships and the best data scientists, AccuWeather delivers innovative new products that offer unique opportunities for advertisers and partners to reach their target audiences on any connected device."
AccuWeather's targeted, solution-based campaigns maximize the exclusive benefits of AccuWeather's massive multi-platform audience reach across award-winning mobile applications, web, mobile web, radio, television, newspapers, connected TVs, place-based media, and more.
"Our reach is massive, and we can isolate individuals, understand their habits and purchase behaviors, and leverage the power of weather with Superior Accuracy™ to help marketers meet the right consumers in a specific point of need," said Bill McGarry, Senior Vice President of Sales. "AccuWeather stands alone in a unique position to deliver the optimal message that is timely, contextually relevant, and more likely to be positively received. We develop and foster strong client relationships through custom, data-driven advertising strategies exclusively available from AccuWeather tailored to meet agency partnership goals."
"It's not just about using AI and data analysis to optimize ad placement and gauge ad performance, but leveraging weather and other behavioral data to predict consumer behavior and needs as well," said Deirdre Daly-Markowski, Director, Advertising Sales at AccuWeather.
AccuWeather leverages predictive and prescriptive analytics services that use historical client data and AccuWeather historical weather data with Superior Accuracy to make predictions that help boost client sales and improve efficiency.
AccuWeather recently partnered with Swirl to introduce the industry's first integration of weather and indoor location data to enable retailers and brands to drive the highest in-aisle contextual relevance in mobile. By targeting content based on verified indoor locations, as well as weather conditions near a particular store, marketers can now deliver more relevant communications that drive higher levels of performance. For example, on days when pollen and allergen counts are forecasted to rise, a pharmacy chain can alert in-store shoppers to the upcoming weather condition and provide information and special offers on allergy relief products to shoppers in the medicine aisle.
"This is an exciting time to join AccuWeather," said Danetz. "Now is the time for marketers and brands to take advantage of everything AccuWeather has to offer and see how we can create custom solutions to meet their needs and exceed expectations."
Prior to joining AccuWeather, Danetz was Senior Vice President and General Manager, Time Inc. International, where he managed a multi-platform portfolio of more than 90 brands in 170 countries, published in 19 different languages. Other previous roles include Group Publisher of Fortune & Money, EVP, Chief Revenue Officer at Defy Media, and executive leadership positions at Newsweek, The Daily Beast, CBS Interactive, CNET and Ziff Davis.
About AccuWeather, Inc. and AccuWeather.com
Over 1.5 billion people worldwide rely on AccuWeather to help them plan their lives, protect their businesses, and get more from their day. AccuWeather provides hour-by-hour and minute-by-minute forecasts with Superior Accuracy™ with customized content and engaging video presentations available through smart phones, tablets, free wired and mobile Internet sites via AccuWeather.com, award winning AccuWeather apps, connected TVs, wearables, smart homes, and connected cars, as well as radio, television, newspapers, and the AccuWeather Network cable channel. Established in 1962 by Founder, Chairman, and President Dr. Joel N. Myers - a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society who was recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur Magazine's Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs book - AccuWeather also delivers a wide range of highly customized enterprise solutions to media, business, government, and institutions, as well as weather news, content, and video for more than 180,000 third-party websites. AccuWeather's CEO, Barry Lee Myers, is an award-winning leader in global weather information issues and one of the world's most recognized advocates for cooperative relationships between government weather agencies and the weather industry. He is a leader in the digital weather information space.
Predicted to reach the United States late this week, Hurricane Florence has the potential to join the ranks of the costliest natural disasters in the history of the United States. AccuWeather seeks to help users get ‘AccuWeather Ready' with exclusive weather preparedness information.
Users of AccuWeather’s award-winning iOS and Android apps will be able to take advantage of contextually relevant locations and offers based on the weather where they are.
This afternoon at 12:37 p.m. EDT AccuWeather passed on a hurricane warning for the southeastern U.S. that was intended to be an internal government test, but the government’s computer coding did not so indicate it was a test and it was inadvertently distributed externally by AccuWeather’s computer system when AccuWeather received the warning. The internal test was redistributed not only by AccuWeather on its AccuWeather app and AccuWeather.com website, but by other weather providers that also pass on government warnings. There is no hurricane warning in effect for the southeastern U.S.
As the Atlantic tropical storm season approaches its peak, AccuWeather helps users get ‘AccuWeather Ready’ with exclusive weather preparedness information and weekly live segments on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in addition to news, videos, alerts, and other resources.
AccuWeather is off to a fast start as the presenting partner of Pocono Raceway’s “Worry-Free Weather Guarantee,” and will provide real-time weather updates to keep fans and Raceway personnel safe during its Gander Outdoors 400 race weekend from July 27-29. AccuWeather is now the “Official Weather Service Provider of Pocono Raceway.”
What happened in Branson, is a heartbreaking example of what can go wrong – and how quickly it can go wrong – when severe weather strikes. Companies must have a predetermined and coordinated weather-related safety action plan and a trusted partner to help them know when to enact it.
AccuWeather, the largest and fastest-growing source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world and a leader in digital media and weather-related big data, won the 2018 APPY Award for Best Weather App for its popular Android app. The APPY Awards are presented by MediaPost Communications. This win marks the second consecutive year that AccuWeather has earned this prestigious distinction.
AccuWeather, the world's largest, fastest-growing and most accurate source of detailed weather forecasts and warnings, and GotSoccer.com are teaming up to provide U.S. Youth Soccer members and their families with easily accessible schedule and forecasting information.
In the most comprehensive study of forecast accuracy ever undertaken, AccuWeather was once again overwhelmingly confirmed as the world’s most accurate source of weather forecasts in the categories of wind, precipitation and high-temperature forecasts.
As temperatures rise and people spend more time outdoors, the world’s largest, fastest-growing and most trusted provider of weather forecasts and warnings wants you to be AccuWeather Ready for summer weather conditions. Throughout the season, AccuWeather, renowned for its well-documented record of Superior Accuracy, is providing life-saving safety information that can help people prepare for summer’s weather risks.


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The Star Garners Four “Oscars of the Auto Industry”
New York (Nov. 15) – The Star, the Mercedes-Benz Club of America magazine, has won four IAMA awards, considered to be the Oscars of the auto industry.
Announced today by the International Automotive Media Association at its annual awards presentation, the IAMA awards honor writers, publishers and media relations professionals in the automotive industry.
Walter Haessner, executive director of IAMA said, “The four awards won by The Star are extremely well deserved. Our judges agree that it’s unquestionably one of the best-written, best-produced car club publications out there. The Mercedes-Benz Club magazine rivals the major car books in content and photography as well as graphic design.”
David Cummings, executive director for the Mercedes-Benz Club said, “We are ecstatic to receive this recognition of excellence. For years, The Star has been a key part of what draws Mercedes-Benz owners to join the Club. In fact, while the benefits of MBCA membership are numerous, many members feel that just receiving The Star every other month makes our $45 annual dues a terrific value.”


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Which giant retailer will roll out a new Tesla-eque network of fast electric car chargers?
What kind of fuel economy will the new Ford F-150 pickup get with its new diesel engine?
This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, April 20, 2018.
On Friday we kicked-off our coverage of Earth Day by asking anew the question of when society may see tailpipes on cars the same way we do cigarettes today?
We also got an up-close look at the big battery due to go into the new Audi e-Tron electric SUV for next year.
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Thursday brought the first announcement of a nationwide fast-charging network coming to rival Tesla's Superchargers. Some of the first to sprout in Walmart parking lots.
Mazda also announced, in a press conference in Japan, that the company's four-cylinder diesel engine received certification from the powerful California Air Resources Board (CARB). That's the first hurdle to bringing it into the United States, as promised, as an engine option in the CX-5 SUV.
Electrify America Level 2 chargers with Chevrolet Bolt and Nissan Leaf
On Wednesday, we found out what's happening with all those TDI diesel models that Volkswagen bought back, and learned that the company isn't just letting them sit.
And Tesla gave us the inside scoop on why its Model 3 production dropped from 2,000 last week to none this week.
Volkswagen turbodiesels await their fate near Pikes Peak International Raceway in Colorado Springs
After reader Jeff Jablansky of Los Angeles had the battery pack in his Chevrolet Bolt EV replaced we found what's behind a spate of breakdowns in the Bolt, and GM's resulting recall. The company is offering free battery replacements to a small group of customers after their batteries lose power their cars shut down.
The Sierra Club looked into what's behind a spate of fees that 17 states have passed targeting electric cars. Will they discourage buyers? Or will they balance state ledgers by making everyone pay their fair share?
2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car after snowfall, Glacier National Park [photo: D Gadotti]
Monday we got behind the story of what's ailing certain early Tesla Model 3 owners, after some have been blasted out of the car and had their touch screens replaced.
And we examine why automakers are in an unusual position as they face EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's calls to roll back environmental rules that limit carbon dioxide emissions from cars and limit fuel consumption.
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Over the weekend, we learned that electric cars drivers weren't the first burdened by range anxiety, and why it was harder to drive gasoline cars than electric models early in the 20th Century.
Those were our main stories this week; we'll see you again next week. Until then, this has been the Green Car Reports Week in Reverse update.


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Thanks to Robert Tatum and Spurs Jesus, true believers can show their Spurs love and support art eduction.
The artist and super fan have collaborated on a T-shirt and candle available at local businesses Melissa Guerra Latin Kitchen Market, Pig Liquors and Bootleggers bar. The T-shirts are $20 and the candles are $12. The shirts and other merchandise are also available online at tatumoriginals.com.
Ten percent of proceeds from the sales go to Art Star Academy, a non-profit Tatum started to provide art supplies to elementary school teachers who might otherwise have to pay for them out of their own pocket.
“I’m 51-years-old, but I remember vividly at 5-years-old in kindergarten finger painting and making things. That was the spark of my whole career,” Tatum said.


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By Louise Coles, Senior Director, Banking, UK & Ireland, Diebold Nixdorf
The banking industry has undergone a huge amount of change in recent years. I have witnessed banks overhaul strategies underpinned by legacy systems that no longer work for the modern day customer. Simultaneously consumer behaviours have been shifting dramatically, accelerated by the global pandemic. Challenger banks have catapulted into the limelight and attracted a swathe of customers looking for innovative products and solutions, with their fresh approach capturing the hearts and minds of younger generations.
At the centre of all of these changes is the customer and the growing demand for solutions, products and services specifically tailored to their individual needs. As customer experience continues to drive change in the banking industry, it is being influenced to some extent by what brands in other industries, such as retail, are doing with their services. From fashion sites to supermarkets, customer centricity is playing a central role in strategies for growth. Although personalisation differs from industry to industry the philosophical shift is occurring nonetheless.
In addition to changing consumer behaviour and the rise of challenger banks, digitisation through data is playing a crucial role in the changes that are happening. Each of these three drivers are contributing to a more dynamic marketplace for both consumers and banks alike – let’s explore each in detail.
Digitisation through data
Digitisation and the enablement of digital customer journeys is vitally important to banking strategies. Centuries of legacy systems in traditional banks have meant that many are getting left behind as we transition to a more connected world. This evolution focusses on a broader change in strategy, but one main element is consumer centricity and learning from consumer data to understand what the next two, five and even ten years needs to look like.
Data gathering is a huge part of a digital strategy, but this can be a complex subject. On one hand the more data organisations hold about you and your life, the better the services they will be able to provide (in theory). On the other hand there are a myriad of problems and huge ethical debates that come with data sharing, privacy and availability of that data.
Banks are however getting a better grip on safely and effectively capturing the data that customers are happy to share, which has in part been helped by regulatory governance, for example regulation supporting Open Banking. But data gathering is only one part of the puzzle and the challenge lies in using this information to best effect. The real evolution of data-led digitisation is creating a multi-layered approach to drive an intelligence based service offering.
Moving away from traditional ‘product’ based offerings and more towards tailored and personalised solutions is the way forward. Delivering contextualised solutions that resonate with consumers and make a material difference to their daily lives will accelerate those longer lasting relationships – ultimately setting the foundations for loyalty and trust. After all, in exchange for providing access to their data, there will be a consumer expectation for a more meaningful service in return.
We are seeing the potential for some examples of this come to fruition as data enables a clearer understanding of what people want. For example, in the mortgage space there is likely to be a move away from standardised interest driven offerings, to a place where banks are considering offering mortgages which are more reflective of today’s societal makeup, for example intergenerational mortgages. This highlights how a customer centric focus is not only shifting the digitisation journey, but the underlying approach to the product offerings behind that next-generation innovation.
As outlined, data is going to play a huge part in the future of banking and ensuring that consumers remain at the heart of any strategy – but ensuring we understand the emotional needs of customers is just as important and data isn’t always able to provide that more nuanced information. These nuances will be better understood by delving into consumer needs and behaviours and how they are evolving.
The expectations from customers in terms of how they want to interact with their bank or financial services providers are changing rapidly due to the pandemic and other bigger societal shifts. Customers’ expectations are now more than ever about wanting to really be seen by the bank that they are with. Making everyday banking safe, simple and personalised is vital, alongside understanding and supporting the ‘bigger picture’ for each individual – whether that be supporting financial life goals or adapting services to reflect the wider state of the economy.
We are currently in an economic environment where many households are feeling the squeeze and are trying to carefully balance wages that are falling at the fastest rate the UK has seen in two decades, with rising costs driving up the price of everything from fuel to food products. Understanding how individuals will be emotionally affected by this will enable them to feel supported through difficult times. Even simple actions such as providing information, saving tips or support with financial life skills can create a customer service of distinction during more challenges periods. I believe that it is exactly during these times that deep and lasting relationships can be built through behaving with the best of intentions and adopting a true customer first mind-set.
The final trend driving consumer centricity in banking is the emergence of the ‘challenger bank’ and the healthy competition that this creates. Challenger banks have risen to fame over the last few years and for good reason. What they offer is often a more innovative, faster moving and agile approach to banking – naturally creating the opportunity for a consumer centric approach.
The rise of such banks has been in the main to do with capitalising on societal shifts and changing consumer behaviour that had yet to infiltrate the banking experience. This includes the popularity of smartphones and availability of data on the move, a shift to trusting digital retail experiences requiring less physical interaction, and finally more dispersed societies seeking engagement in new places. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a huge driver of consumers shifting to digital solutions. A McKinsey survey of 20, 000 European consumers showed that digital adoption in Europe jumped from 81 percent to 95 percent as a result of the COVID-19 crisis—a rise that would have taken two to three years in most industries at pre-pandemic growth rates.
The growth of challenger banks has been well documented, but in some cases not all that glitters is gold. There is still a balance to be struck between innovation and profitability, something which the traditional banks in the landscape have been navigating through for centuries. Although fleet of foot and nimble, the path to sustainable profitability can often be more difficult for challenger banks. New products and services can be inherently more customer centric but evaluating contribution to the banks long-term success is also vital – highlighting the delicate midpoint between innovation and viability.
As we go through the next period of banking transformation I believe that by focusing on the customer, the industry will be able to take great strides forward. Customer centricity and understanding is going to come to the fore and harnessing data – whilst blending it with a deeper emotional understanding – is going to play a key role in delivering success. Banks are going to have to use what they learn to drive innovation across products and services in a way that supports customers experiencing the more challenging sides of our cyclical economy. Now really is the time for the banking industry to truly put customers at the heart and soul of everything they do.


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There was a time when iPhones seemed like they might just keep getting lighter and lighter, until you hardly noticed them in your pocket. I remember upgrading from an iPhone 4 to an iPhone 5 and feeling worried I would accidentally fling it into the wall when I was trying to answer a call.
But after the iPhone 5s, the weight of the iPhone began to climb again. And the new iPhone 6s (if you don’t look at the “Plus” models) will be the heaviest iPhone ever, weighing about 11 per cent more than last year’s model.
This added weight comes primarily from the new 3D Touch display, which makes the display twice as heavy as the previous model, according to The Verge. But the added weight is worth it. This new display could fundamentally change the way you interact with your iPhone. Instead of just tapping, you can now press into the screen to open a preview or menu. It gives your touch layers of functionality.
Jishai Evers, CEO of Dadaviz, made a chart that puts the 3D Touch weight gain into context. Here’s how the weights of iPhones have changed over the years:
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At the beginning of the year, an article appeared in the journal "Kwartalnik Chemiczny", the authors of which are employees of QSAR Lab. The subject of the article are computer methods as an alternative to animal testing.
The REACH regulation has revolutionized the process of introducing new chemicals to the European Union market. Both manufacturers and importers have an obligation to register the product, which involves the need to provide information on physicochemical properties, potential toxicity and ecotoxicity of the substance. Therefore, series of experimental studies have to be performed, which in turn causes a high cost of the registration process.
The article discusses the so-called alternative methods, the use of which reduces the amount of animal testing and the costs of the registration process. Our experts discuss computer methods such as the QSAR method and read-across approaches, which are listed among the recommended alternative methods.
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Authorities are investigating two separate incidents at Los Angeles- and Bay-area Walmarts that left several people in the hospital on Black Friday.
Police expressed confidence today that the woman who shot pepper spray at other customers at a busy Walmart store in Porter Ranch, injuring 20, will be arrested.
Police should receive security video of the incident in a day or two, said Sgt. A.J. De Bellis of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Devonshire Station.
According to De Bellis, the video should be clear enough to help identify the suspect,. “Eventually this will catch up with her,” he said.
The woman “at the very least” will face “a minimum of one” battery charge for each injured person, De Bellis added. This was “not a very bright thing (for her) to have done,” he said.
Greg Rossiter, Walmart’s director of corporate communications, called the incident an “unfortunate situation.”
“We’re glad everyone seems to be OK,” Rossiter said in a telephone interview from the company’s Bentonville, Ark. headquarters. “We’re cooperating with the investigation and working with law enforcement to provide any camera footage we have.”
“An unhappy customer” sprayed pepper spray at the Walmart store at 19821 Rinaldi St. around 10:10 p.m. Thanksgiving night, said LAPD Lt. Abel Parga, the Devonshire Station’s watch commander.
The woman “was waiting with other shoppers for some items wrapped in plastic to be released for sale at 10 p.m.,” LAPD Officer P. Rimkunas said. “When the plastic was ripped off, she sprayed.”
There are broadcast reports the woman grabbed an Xbox video game system and purchased it as she left the scene.
Firefighters treated 20 patients for minor injuries, Shawn Lenske of the Los Angeles Fire Department said. All the patients were treated and released, Lenske said shortly before 1 a.m.
One section of the store was cleared while patients were treated and the pepper spray dissipated, Parga said. Meanwhile, the store remained open and those not affected by the pepper spray continued shopping.
Officals in Northern California say a Black Friday shopper is in critical but stable condition after being shot by armed robbers outside a Walmart store.
San Leandro police Sgt. Mike Sobek says the victim and his family were walking to their car around 1:45 a.m. when they were confronted by a group of men who demanded their purchases. When the family refused, a fight broke out and one of the robbers shot the man.
Sobek says other family members wrestled down one of the suspects, who was taken into police custody.
Investigators are reviewing store surveillance video to identify at least three other suspects.
Witnesses say the Walmart parking lot was crowded with Black Friday shoppers at the time, and the store was briefly closed as police investigated.


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Maruti Eeco BS6 has been launched in India that comes with a price sticker of INR 3.81 Lakh (Ex-showroom-Delhi).
Audi India has launched its newest SUV, the Q8, at Rs 1.33 crore (ex-showroom). The Q8 now becomes Audi\'s flagship SUV in India.
Jeep India has launched the diesel-automatic powertrain for the Compass SUV in the Indian market. The Jeep Compass diesel engine-automatic gearbox is available in two variants i.e Longitude and Limited Plus with the price of ₹21.96 lakh and ₹24.99 lak
The Tucson SUV is all set to adorn the ambience of Auto Expo 2020 and the company will thereafter announce the prices of the car as revealed by Hyundai India MD Seon Seob Kim.
The Toyota\'s New Innova Crysta BS6 launched in India that comes with a price tag of INR 15.14 Lakhs (Ex-showroom-Delhi). While it will be available in petrol and diesel fuel trims with automatic and manual transmission.
Hero MotoCorp introduced the new Hero Splendor iSmart last month which was the first BS6-compliant motorcycle by the two-wheeler maker. 2020 Hero HF Deluxe BS6 launched at Rs 55,925 (Ex-showroom).
Mahindra & Mahindra has launched BS6 Petrol in the Indian market that comes with a price tag of INR 8.30 Lakh (Ex-showroom Delhi). It is the first vehicle of the company to be launched with the new BS6 emission standard.
New Mini Countryman Black Edition is priced at Rs. 42.40 lakh (ex-showroom). Mini Countryman’s Black Cars Edition is all drenched in color black along with the host of exclusive accessories.
Nexon Kraz and Kraz+ recently launched at an introductory price tag of Rs 7.58-8.18 lakh for the petrol and Rs 8.48-9.18 lakh for the diesel versions.
Xiaomi’s Redmi K20 and K20 Pro have been launched in India with Pop-up selfie camera, AMOLED display and a 4000 mAh battery. The K20 series price starts at Rs. 21999.


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Alex Batista. (photo via Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau)
The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) named 26-year industry veteran Alex Batista vice president of convention sales.
“In his position, Alex will be responsible for positioning Miami and Miami Beach as a premier destination by managing the daily sales activities of the organization,” the GMCVB said, adding that Batista will assist Senior Vice President of Convention Sales & Services Carol Motley in creating initiatives to draw meetings and conventions business to Miami and Miami Beach.
“With the newly reimagined Miami Beach Convention Center at our fingertips, we are confident Miami and Miami Beach will not only be known as a top-tier tourism destination, but also a favored location for premier business meetings, events and trade shows,” Batista said.
He most recently held the position of complex director of sales and marketing for the Eden Roc and Nobu Resorts in Miami Beach and has also served in roles with such brands as Marriott, Hilton, Kimpton and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in the Miami and Miami Beach area.
“I am thrilled to welcome Alex to the sales team,” said Motley said.
“He brings a wealth of hotel sales and marketing experience to the GMCVB.
“I am a firm believer that diverse perspectives such as Alex’s will help us to continue to problem solve, innovate and make wise business decisions.”


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The last new combustion-powered Buick model will be introduced in 2024
That same year, the brand’s first Electra EV will arrive on sale
Buick will change its logo and its naming strategy in preparation for its first EVs
Buick, the oldest surviving American automaker, has just announced its plans for the future which involve becoming a fully electrified brand by 2030.
This commitment comes shortly after Cadillac, the other premium brand under the General Motors umbrella, announced it would do the same.
For Buick, this means that the last new gasoline-powered model will be introduced in 2024, the same year the brand will sell its very first electric vehicles.
In order to replace its current models, Buick will introduce several electric SUVs based on GM’s Ultium platform.
In order to modernize its image, something it has been trying to do many times over its long history, the brand will change its logo, starting as soon as next year.
In place of the three shields installed diagonally in a circle, a design that has changed very little since 1990, the new logo will feature three sleeker shields placed next to one another, in a single line. Unlike with every current model in the brand’s showrooms, this new logo will be mounted on the body of the vehicle instead of in the middle of the grille.
Another change will be made to the brand’s naming strategy since all EVs will be called Electra, followed by a number indicating their size or place in the range.
This follows a new trend set up by many other automakers, such as Polestar and Hyundai (Polestar 2, Polestar 3, Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6…) as well as calling back to the brand’s heritage.
Indeed, the Electra name, fitting as it is for an electric car, was originally applied to Buick’s top-of-the-line full-size sedans between 1959 and 1990, after which it was replaced by the Park Avenue and later the Lacrosse.
The brand’s new image will also be established with new typography and a new colour palette and a different approach to marketing, which could serve to bring in younger customers.
As of now, only one concept vehicle has been shown to preview what the upcoming electric vehicles from Buick will look like in North America, but the first production model is expected to be unveiled next year ahead of its debut for the 2024 model year.


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Altech in partner deal with Huawei
COMPUTING| Aug. 31, 2012, 4:24 p.m.
JSE-listed Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) has announced it has signed a ten-year Value Added Partner agreement with Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider.
Under the agreement Altech will provide Huawei enterprise products and services to customers and offer post-sales professional services and support to the company’s value added resellers. The territory for the agreement covers South Africa, Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Craig Venter, Altech CEO said: “We are extremely pleased with this partnership with Huawei, which extends our existing solutions into the enterprise market. We recognise that our customers demand better value and more flexibility from the IT industry and this partnership helps us to work with our customers to provide the best possible solutions for their IT infrastructure. We look forward to continuing to develop our long-term relationship with Huawei.”
Commenting on the new partnership, Lauren Fan, president of Huawei Enterprise Business Group in the east and southern Africa region, said: “This agreement is an important step in the development of our African Enterprise business. Altech is a well-respected and leading technology company which will be a reliable and professional partner in the provision and ongoing support of efficient ICT solutions and services. Working together on this new enterprise collaboration will enable Altech to extend Huawei’s Enterprise’s extensive portfolio of services and products to its customers in Africa.”
Huawei Enterprise offers solutions for vertical industry and enterprise customers including government and public sectors, transportation and logistics, power grids, energy, healthcare, and finance, and include IT solutions such as cloud services, unified communications and transmission solutions, network and application security services, data centre networking and storage solutions and IT infrastructure services.
“Altech will provide end-to-end managed services and technology solutions that address the unique challenges faced by enterprise companies. Altech’s customers and partners across the public and private sectors will benefit from Huawei’s expertise in design, implementation, lifecycle and managed services” said Venter.
“Combining Altech’s impressive range of market-leading technology services with a product portfolio of Huawei’s calibre will massively impact our public and private sector customers. It is a partnership that will drive them towards meeting their challenging targets through technology, service innovation and cost effectiveness,” he added.
According to Fan, Altech was selected due to the well established relationships that it has in the enterprise market. Altech is also a leading provider of value-add vertical solutions to the market which will be enhanced by the product portfolio of Huawei. The enterprise market in South Africa is a new area of focus for Huawei and they have partnered with Altech in order to grow the market for their wide portfolio of enterprise products.
“This partnership with Altech is the culmination of Huawei’s search for a company that has the ability to implement systems integration and vertical application-led selling such as transforming the future of banking applications and enabling applications such as electronic health services and functions such as health and safety for the mining sector,“ said Fan.
With the partnership with Huawei, Altech, through its operations in the telecommunications, multi-media and information technology (TMT) sectors will be able to provide high-end fleet management services, traffic monitoring applications and cloud infrastructure services, to name a few.
Another component of the partnership is Altech’s ability to distribute Huawei devices, such as smartphones and tablets, through its existing Altech Autopage Cellular national distribution network.
“Huawei is a $32-billion business empire and is the world’s largest telecoms-equipment manufacturer and is one of the world’s ten largest mobile-phone manufacturers. Through this partnership with Huawei, we will implement a broader focus on the TMT sectors where we already have a significant footprint,” said Venter.
According to Dr Willie Oosthuysen, Altech Chief Strategic Officer and Chief Technology Office, the partnership with Huawei is an important strategic move for Altech as it will not only result in enhanced services for Altech customers, but will also provide them with access to quality, affordable technology supported by a partner that is well aligned with Altech’s focus on customer service and innovative technology solutions.
“As part of this agreement, Huawei Enterprise will provide its recognised worldwide expertise to Altech to further develop the service experience of our customers. Coupled with our expertise in local market conditions, this is a relationship that will positively impact our enterprise services and solutions,” said Oosthuysen.
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That was just over five years ago. It is very clear shortly after the relative performance of the Chinese industrial structure started to bifurcate with tertiary industry (services) maintaining a strong growth rate whilst secondary industry (investment and production aligned sectors) started to slow.
With a lag of around one to two years, Asian Trade started to slow in step, before falling into a dramatic contraction over 2015 and thus far into 2016.
If relative rates of growth of the tertiary and secondary sector are maintained, than in a similar period of five years, services will be a larger component of the Chinese economy than industry.
That is to say, China will have engineered a deindustrialisation in the space of just five years.
This is a dynamic unprecedented globally but in the Chinese context business as usual (if fundamentally re-engineering the economic model can be called business).
There are many causal factors behind Asia’s trade recession, some cyclical, some structural, some related to globalisation, but developments in China seem to be at the nexus of all explanations.
During this reengineering and rebalancing the Chinese economy finds itself in what economists refer to as a disequilibrium position.
It is this transition away from the old industrial/investment led model that was so heavily reliant on the rest of the world that has caused global trade and commodity prices to swoon.
The impact on Asia of this disequilibrium has been as profound as it is unprecedented. Never has Asia experienced a retrenchment in trade of the extent, duration, breadth and depth that it is now experiencing.
Though the disequilibrium is having extremely disruptive impacts, it can be explained relatively simply. The supply side of the Chinese economy is increasingly becoming a services one, requiring the demand side of the Chinese economy to be a consumption-led one, not an investment-led one.
The Asian Trade Recession is evidence of the sharp decline in the contributions to growth from both industry and investment, hence the type of goods (components and capital goods) Asia has provided to China are no longer required.
However, though a rebalancing to services and consumption is evident, at this time it is not sufficient to offset the decline in industry and investment.
As long as China’s consumption demand (particularly for services) can be met from domestic supply, China’s call on the rest of the region is likely to remain low. Hence, our intuition is China will remain a significant contributor to the regional trade recession for the foreseeable future.
A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIES
The breadth and depth of China’s hold on the rest of Asia is illustrated by considering two economies at opposite ends of the value-added spectrum. South Korea is an exporter of high-value added capital goods such as semi-conductor foundries. Indonesia is an exporter of lower value added raw commodities.


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A struggling farmers’ market is set to relaunch with the help of an area expert and partial funding from the Dedham Vale Development Fund.
Justine Paul, owner of Suffolk Market Events, has agreed to take on the task of saving Nayland Farmers’ Market.
The number of customers and producers attending the market has been steadily declining over the last few years.
But with the help of Justine, who has managed to turn both Lavenham and Sudbury farmers’ markets into thriving monthly events, the few remaining producers hope she can do the same for Nayland.
Justine said: “I love getting my teeth into a farmers’ market.
“I know what needs to be done and I thrive on making that happen.”
The next market will be held in the village hall on November 8 at 9.30am.


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Economic Outlook: Hope for a lightening in the tunnel
The current economic tendency shows that the region's companies remain in a normal weak position. During the last quarter of 2020, however, the tendency improved sharply - the economic indicator for the fourth quarter of 2020 stops at 97.5 for companies in the Gothenburg region and is well close to the next interval limit, between 99 and 101, which indicates an economic tendency that is 'normal'.
– It is still difficult to say what magnitude the global development in 2021 will have on the Gothenburg region's business environment. However, a somewhat better situation awaits compared to what we saw last year. Our export weight for GDP growth in key markets shows an increased growth of 4.4 percent in 2021 and in 2022, the export weight remains at 3.4 percent. This, if anything, gives some hope for an improved situation for the region's business environment, says Peter Warda, Senior Analyst at Business Region Göteborg.
UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS, YET FAR FROM FULL RECOVERY
Generally, unemployment has risen sharply across the country during the Covid-19 pandemic, but in the most recent period we see that it slightly decreases. In March 2021, unemployment was at 7.8 per cent in the Gothenburg region (+1.5 percentage points on an annual basis). Just over 43,000 people are either unemployed or in labour market programmes. In the Stockholm region, unemployment was at 8.2 per cent (+ 1.5 percentage points on annual basis) and in the Malmö region it was 11.4 per cent (+ 1.6 percentage on annual basis). Unemployment in Sweden stops at 8.7 per cent (+ 1.1 percentage on an annual basis).
- We continue to see that employment continues to decrease within the hospitality sector. These include transportation, hotels and restaurants, commerce and cultural and personal services, where sharp decreases have taken place during the year. What is most important is that available state financial support quickly reaches these companies so that both operations and employment can survive the pandemic, says Henrik Einarsson, Head of Establishment at Business Region Göteborg.
THE LEVEL OF REDUNDANCIES IS LOWER THAN COMPARED TO THE TIME BEFORE THE PANDEMIC
Last year, redundancies increased rapidly in the Gothenburg region, especially during the second quarter. During the period December 2020 to February 2021, however, the redundancies are lower than the time before the pandemic spread across the world. Despite recent developments, however, it is still too early to assess whether the redundancies will remain at this low level.
NO INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BANKRUPTCIES
Since the pandemic began in March 2020, 737 companies in the region have filed for bankruptcy up until February 2021. Compared to the same period the year before the pandemic, there is no increase at all in the number of bankruptcies (736). However, the companies that have gone bankrupt during the pandemic have had more employees than before.


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A minor delay has hit the Japanese release of Hatsune Miku VR, the VR music game from Crypton Future Media and Degica. Instead of reaching a whole new region by heading to consoles on November 12, 2019, the PlayStation Store product page now says it will arrive about a month later on December 5, 2019.
The Hatsune Miku VR PlayStation VR will be quite similar to the PC version available worldwide. (You can get it on Steam.) It has nine songs that can be played at different difficulty levels, and you can change her outfit from the original to, say, Snow Miku. The song pack DLC will even be available on that platform.
In the meantime, there is still an alternative Hatsune Miku VR game available worldwide. Sega’s Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live is available and has received DLC. However, rather than a more traditional music game, it’s a concert sim where you sit in the audience and use the PlayStation Move controller like a glowstick.
Hatsune Miku VR will appear on the PlayStation VR in Japan on December 5, 2019. It is immediately available on PCs worldwide for people with an HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, or Valve Index.


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Blackberry has thrown in the towel. It has given up. The once pioneer of smartphone technology has bowed down to the likes of Google, Apple and not to mention, the world’s number one selling mobile brand, Samsung.
Blackberry has been trying to stand up on its feet ever since its market share was torn to shreds by the likes of Samsung, Apple, and other android device manufacturers.
The thriving smartphone company that was Blackberry, is now barren. Perhaps this is the point where you would read something like ‘but the future looks exciting for Blackberry”.
Sadly, that’s not true either. The future has never looked bleaker for Blackberry, a smartphone company that has been forced by its dire financial conditions to release a second Android phone.
The public seems as disinterested in Blackberry as ever and that doesn’t look like changing anytime soon. Even the company’s CEO was not spared as investors tried to compel John Chen (current CEO of Blackberry) to wrap up Blackberry’s smartphone business altogether.
That advice went unheeded as Blackberry has launched its new smartphone DTEK 50.
Blackberry says that this phone will turn the company’s smartphone business around. The “ultra-thin”, “Ultra-secure”, and “Ultra-affordable DTEK50 isn’t, in the strictest sense of the word, even a Blackberry anymore.
Yes, you read that right. The new smartphone device from Blackberry is actually running on Android.
This is Blackberry’s second Android phone as the smartphone company tries to stay alive in the mobile phone industry and there are rumors already that the next smartphone from Blackberry will also be an Android phone after which Blackberry might finally decide to call it a day as far as its smartphone business is concerned.
If you still haven’t forgotten about DTEK 50 smartphone from Blackberry, know that it is exactly the kind of phone you wouldn’t buy even for your worst enemy.
The name of this Blackberry phone is probably the only thing that remotely sounds nice.
People who have tested out the Blackberry phone have called it a cheap 5.2 inch Android phone.
The DTEK50, as it turns out, is made in China and you can grab one for yourself, if you want to that is, for just under $300.
Is that cheap enough for you? We hope not. At $300, the GTEK50 is selling for half the price of a brand new iPhone.
This Blackberry Android phone will be able to download applications from places such as Google Play Store and through APK files.
So What Makes it Different?
Since Blackberry has ditched its own Blackberry OS in favor of Android Operating system which is owned by Google, that means its GTEK 50 smartphone should be able to handle everything that a normal Android can.
That may sound trite but for those who have used older Blackberry smartphones, it doesn’t come as a surprise that Blackberry has finally decided to move on from its wretched OS.
The biggest problem with Blackberry OS was that it could not even compete with the amount and robustness of applications that Android Operating System offered its smartphones.
Blackberry OS was old and simply not built for the 21st century. It was boring and the animations were simply not up to the mark.
The GTEK50 doesn’t have to carry that baggage since it’s operating on the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, which is Android.
To give its phone a unique identity, Blackberry has introduced a new set of special security software for its latest smartphone.
GTEK 50 will come preloaded with software that will make it the most secure Android phone in the world. At least that’s what Blackberry believes.
As far as the actual consumers are concerned, no one is going to bother to check out a piece of software that is of no use to 99 percent of smartphone users around the world.
Blackberry is clearly fearful. Fearful of being swept away by the vagaries of time. To put it mildly, Blackberry is desperate. It wants to go out with a bang by introducing a really neat smartphone.
All signs indicate that GTEK 50 isn’t that neat smartphone. No matter how big a fan you might be of Blackberry, the company cannot continue to do business with little to no innovation.
It either has to compete with others on design and features of its smartphone (which it can’t since Samsung and Apple have an insurmountable lead over everyone else let alone a laggard like Blackberry) or price.
Currently, Blackberry isn’t even close to competing on price with the likes of Xiaomi, OnePlus, and Oppo.
No matter how you slice it, Blackberry is getting thrashed in the smartphone market. And it doesn’t look too good as far as financial considerations are concerned either.
Blackberry, even after all these years of decline, still makes 40 percent of its revenue from its smartphone handset department.
According to the Bloomberg too, Blackberry’s smartphone division is a major source of revenue for the company as a whole.
John Chen, the current CEO of Blackberry, has expressed his desire to see Blackberry come back from the brink of extinction with the help of its extra software that no one will ever use.
Chen also hopes that Blackberry’s unique software will prove to be a source of earnings that will propel the company to the forefront of smartphone technology.
Deep down the executive knows that this won’t ever be enough to save the company’s flailing smartphone business as per his own words, John Chen, wants to see Blackberry’s handset division to turn its fortunes around, latest by September.
Whether Blackberry’s smartphone branch will turn into a profitable enterprise remains to be seen, although everything thus far suggests that it will fail miserably but for consumers, it becomes rather risky to invest any kind of money in GTEK 50 since the future of the company is at stake in its success.
If the smartphone branch of Blackberry does get dissolved then anyone who has bought the GTEK 50 would be left for dead as far as support and updates are concerned.
Some experts in the smartphone industry believe that John Chen has shown quite a few signs of being an ignorant CEO.
Chan recently stated that the reason why Blackberry’s first Android phone, the priv (short for privacy and privilege as the company claimed), didn’t do as well as the company hoped it would because its pricing wasn’t right.
The Priv was simply too expensive Chen said. Some reviewers of the priv said that they wouldn’t buy the phone regardless of the price since its build quality was cheap and didn’t offer anything different from other well-established brands like Samsung and Apple.
And if you thought that industry experts don’t know much of anything let alone about a smartphone company’s comeback then know that earlier this month, the US senate declared publicly that it won’t be using Blackberry anymore.
More specifically, the Senate said that it would stop the use of Blackberry smartphone models such as Q10, Z30, Classic, Passport, Z10 etc. Basically everything Blackberry.
And one couldn’t blame the US Senate since earlier this year the Netherlands Forensics Institute was able to hack into Blackberry’s ultra-encrypted handset that cost around $2000.
It should become clear to anyone who follows the mobile industry that Blackberry simply doesn’t care about its customers anymore.
A $2000 smartphone, no matter how secure, is a slap in the face of any smartphone owner. And besides, Blackberry has been reported to have outsourced most of its smartphone activities already. The company doesn’t design its phones anymore. It doesn’t even manufacture them if that wasn’t clear enough already.
The GTEK50 is a mediocre phone as far as reviews from industry insiders are concerned. But then again so is One Piece anime.
Therefore, we’ll all have to wait just a tad bit longer before Blackberry finally digs its own grave and buries itself in it.


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BlackBerry before giving shocking news to the ready release of BlackBerry Messenger to iOS and Android.
Unfortunately, the destination device is a smartphone.
Quoted from Techradar, Friday (17/5), this means that the BlackBerry Messenger can not be used [...]
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Here's a new twist on an old drink: gluten-free distilled spirits. After a 2012 Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) interim ruling, gluten-free labeled vodkas hit the market this year, including National Basketball Association legend Shaquille O’Neal’s gluten-free “Luv Shaq.”
Gluten, a protein in wheat, barley and rye, causes severe gastrointestinal symptoms in people suffering from the autoimmune disorder celiac disease (CD). According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, three million Americans suffer from CD, which attacks the lining of the small intestine and keeps the body from absorbing necessary nutrients. The FDA says CD is linked to anemia, osteoporosis, diabetes, autoimmune thyroid disease and intestinal cancers.
Amidst these serious concerns for celiac sufferers, healthy food eaters and celebrities are living gluten-free lifestyles, increasing the demand for gluten free products.
But the new spirits labeling trend contradicts long-standing advisories from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that all distilled spirits are gluten-free unless it is added after distillation. So is this all a marketing gimmick?
Distillation involves heating, which vaporizes the alcohol as a way to remove it from the mixture. “Distilled spirits, because of the distillation process, should contain no detectable gluten residues or gluten peptide residues,” says Steve Taylor, co-director of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Food Allergy Research and Resource Program. “Proteins and peptides are not volatile and thus would not distill over.”
The TTB measure—which is under review after passage of the FDA gluten-free labeling standards in August—allows nonwheat, rye or barley distilled products to be labeled as gluten-free if verified by an R5 Mendez competitive ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), the main testing method for determining gluten in distilled spirits. Other gluten analysis techniques, including the sandwich R5 ELISA, often misconstrue the quantity of protein fragments in hydrolyzed products. According to Spain’s National Center for Biotechnology, the competitive ELISA only requires one QQPFP peptide epitope to react with the R5 antibody, and is capable of effectively measuring intact and hydrolyzed gluten in foods, syrups or beers down to three parts per million gluten.
For distilled spirits, the TTB requires gluten content be less than 20 ppm, the same limit that the FDA approved for its recent labeling law. The FDA says 20 ppm is the lowest level that can be consistently detected in foods and is consistent with the standards set in other countries. Taylor says the competitive ELISA will detect close to five ppm gluten in distilled products.
But is this testing even necessary?
Blue Ice vodka’s American Potato Vodka became the first spirit to receive gluten-free labeling in May 2013. Company officials said CD sufferers frequently requested gluten content information. “With the celiac and gluten-free products becoming more accessible, why not go through the process of proving we were gluten-free to TTB? We could use it as one aspect of our marketing program,” says Thomas Gibson, the chief operating officer for 21st Century Spirits, Blue Ice’s parent company. With this labeling, Gibson says American Potato Vodka consumers can be 100-percent certain it’s gluten free.
But that guarantee is not necessary, says Taylor, one of the country’s leading gluten testers. Taylor calls gluten-free vodka a “silly thing. … All vodka is gluten-free unless there is some flavored vodka out there where someone adds a gluten-containing ingredient. I know that many celiac sufferers are extra-cautious. That is their privilege. But their [vodka] concerns are usually not science-based.”
No existing studies show that distilled spirits cause adverse reactions in those affected by gluten. Yet as many as 10 percent of Celiac Sprue Association members report symptoms when drinking distilled grain-based products, reports Mary Schluckebier, executive director of the nonprofit organization, which is dedicated to CD and dermatitis herpetiformis, a chronic rash linked to gluten sensitivity.
Schluckebier says gluten exists prior to the fermentation and no tests validate the consistent absence of toxic fractions after fermentation and commercial distillation. “If distillation took place in chemistry labs, it would be different,” Schluckebier remarks. Commercial distillers “often stop the distillation process for the optimum flavor of their liquor or add ingredients after distillation. If commercial distillation was perfect, why would some beverages require multiple distillations?”
It's not just alcohol, of course. The new FDA label guidelines allow bottled water, vegetables and fruits to be labeled gluten-free even though these products do not naturally contain gluten. The FDA says gluten-free labeled products cannot contain any type of wheat, rye, barley or crossbreeds of these grains. The regulation also requires that the food does not contain an ingredient derived from these grains.
The new labeling has created a marketing frenzy that may become a $6.2-billion gluten-free product industry by 2018, according to a 2013 report from research firm MarketsandMarkets. Some say the risk of cross-contamination warrants such broad labeling; others claim the FDA just made gluten-free living much more complicated.
Although she is pleased with an FDA formal definition of gluten-free in labeling, Schluckebier notes the less than 20-ppm gluten allowance is likely to create an artificial sense of labeling security. A 2011 FDA report, “Health Hazard Assessment for Gluten Exposure in Individuals with Celiac Disease,” recommended the “most sensitive individuals with CD” eat foods with less than one-ppm gluten levels to protect them from “from experiencing any detrimental health effects from extended to long-term exposure to gluten.”
But Taylor, for one, defends the FDA’s 20-ppm measure and assures celiac disease sufferers that there’s no risk in drinking distilled spirits. As he says: “the FDA and other public health agencies around the world have reviewed the evidence and concluded that products with less than 20-ppm gluten are safe for the vast majority of celiac sufferers.”


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John Griffin, a University of Texas finance professor and Amin Shams, a graduate student have stated that their research shows that half of the bitcoin price increase in 2017 was the result of a focused campaign of price manipulation. The manipulation resulted in bitcoin benefiting greatly along with other major cryptocurrencies.
They published their paper which alleges that the skyrocketing bitcoin prices in 2017 were a result of artificial inflation.
Their findings are sure to upset hardcore bitcoins supporters who believe that bitcoins massive spike in value during 2017 was a result of legitimate demand from actual investors and not from big players in the market trying to manipulate bitcoin’s value.
There were suspicions in the industry last year when bitcoin started to shoot up in value. Seasoned analysts believed that Bitfinex was contributing to the massive spike in Bitcoin value. Bitfinex is one of the least regulated and biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world and has massive influence. The company has a major presence in Asia and offices throughout Asia. Regulators in the United States subpoenaed the company to conduct an enquiry into alleged market manipulation.
Quite a few industry players were already concerned that the bitcoin prices were being pushed up by Bitfinex. As one of the largest exchanges in the crypto industry, it has a lot of influence. The problem is that it is also the least regulated, with offices in Asia and registration in the Caribbean. It was recently subpoenaed by American regulators when concerns about price manipulation started emerging in major publications.
Bitfinex: Might Have Used Shady Practices
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"While sales and production were down in September, the lifts in employment and new orders are encouraging pointers for coming months," Ai Group chief executive Innes Willox said after the release of Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index on Tuesday.
The overall PMI was up 1.6 points to 54.7 in September, above the 50-point mark that separates expansion and contraction in activity, after a 1.8 per cent rise in July.
"The employment index jumped 6.2 points to 57.6 points, indicating an acceleration in hiring in September from manufacturing firms," the PMI report said.
The increase in new orders - which hit their highest level in a year - and jobs during the month was propped up by a strong performance from the food and beverages sector as well as machinery and equipment makers.
"There appears to have been progress made on large infrastructure projects after months of delays, with some manufacturers reporting more projects going ahead and increased tendering opportunities," the report added.
The PMI's average salaries sub-index rose to its highest point since October 2018, pointing to more companies "facing wage increases across manufacturing".
But many businesses reported feeling squeezed, with the PMI report indicating the number of sales and selling prices both fell back into contraction in September.
New orders increased overall but shrank for the building and furniture sector, which also recorded "especially low" sales numbers.
"The downturn in residential construction is starting to negatively impact the building materials sector as the number of residential construction completions start to decline," the report said.
The survey indicated overall exports of manufactured goods fell sharply, dipping into contraction, after a robust reading in the previous month.
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SANTA ROSA -- Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A), whose Electronic Measurements Group is based in Santa Rosa, today announced it signed a deal with Centellax to acquire the 11-year-old Santa Rosa company's test-and-measurement business.
The sale is expected to close in two weeks. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
Privately held Centellax (www.centellax.com) designs and manufactures high-speed analog semiconductor products for 40-, 100- and 400-gigabit-per-second optical communications as well as wireless and microwave applications. That includes bit-error ratio testers and signal generators used for testing high-speed digital communication systems and components.
Centellax's component business isn't part of this transaction.
"We are very pleased by the opportunity this transaction represents for Centellax T&M's customers and employees," said Julio Perdomo, who started Centellax in 2001 and is chief executive officer. "We are proud of the team and the product line we have designed, built and brought to market. Looking into the future, I am confident that under Agilent's leadership this business unit will thrive."
Agilent, which prides itself in leading the market for testing high-speed digital data interfaces, said Centellax has become a recognized private- and public-sector supplier of test products for high-speed communications. Centellax's test and measurement business augments Agilent's current position and ongoing investments to cover all requirements in digital I/O and optical transceiver test from deep characterization in R&D to cost-effective test in manufacturing up to and beyond 32G.
"We are very excited about combining the strengths of both companies in the BERT application space," said Juergen Beck, general manager of Agilent's Digital and Photonic Test Division. "Adding Centellax's products and technology enables us to address the complete life cycle needs of our customers and underlines our commitment to this industry."


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Skip to comments.America's failed "trade" experiment with China: More than $300 billion imbalance in 2013.
Posted on 02/06/2014 6:49:10 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network
Today is the day, that our trade figures were released for 2013.
Once again, America has failed to gain any appreciable trade volume, vs China.
Go into any American store, look on any shelf, and all the stuff is "Made in China".
The big problem is: in China, all the things are "Made in China" as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at census.gov ...
China exports to America: 440 Billion dollars.
America exports to China: 122 Billion dollars.
Every year, America buys more, and more, and more from China.
However we don't sell stuff to China.
This "free trade" experiment is a large failure. Bring back jobs to America.
The TPP will fix it.
Wait until an Earth quake strikes Beijing. Bu bye US bonds.
“Another Clinton legacy. “
Not really. Give China a little credit here.
China’s top income tax bracket is 25%. China is now a net food exporter as they have modernized their farming and still have cheap farm labor. Chinese infrastructure has made massive improvements leading to higher productivity. China spends maybe 1/5 what the US does on military. China has a minimal safety net when compared to the massive US welfare state. China has a really strong work ethic and has minimal exposure to rap, hollywood, or gangsta stuff.
I don’t think Clinton is at fault here.
I’m sorry, that is not correct.
Our trade deficit with China has skyrocketed every year, since Clinton was president.
We (both parties) have sold out American workers. On this issue, Bush was every bit as bad, and Obama is just as bad as well.
Nobody is taking a single stand for America.
Look at our trade balance on the chart at the link. (it’s a government site, just fyi)
It is ridiculous how completely China dominates our trading relationship.
The USA would be very competitive is we reformed welfare, food stamps, the school system, reduced our miltary, and eliminated the black ghetto culture as a lifestyle.
“We (both parties) have sold out American workers.”
I think this is half the story as corporate america went overseas for a better deal on taxes, labor law, tort law, work ethic, labor costs, and OSHA and EPA regulations.
The other half of the story is that the underclass of the USA has a terrible work ethic and really won’t work under almost any circumstances. Furthermore, govt. has also been a large part of the problem.
Who cares about trade imbalances? There is no theoretical reason to care about them. The fact is that Americans get cheaper goods from China which allows them to have more disposable income.
I agree with your second point, but I also am strongly on the side that we have lost control of our trade balance.
America needs to make things right here.
China is a growing military challenge.
We cannot maintain a world strategic balance, when we are simply buying everything from China.
Our defense budgets are now maxed out. Our economy cannot continue to grow.
China has five times America’s population.
We need jobs. And we need a positive trade balance.
America bring back American jobs.
I am not directly contradicting you, I agree with you that Clinton was bad on China trade.
My point is, Bush was just as bad, and Obama is just as bad.
Nobody is doing anything.
Our trade balance with China gets worse, and worse.
Every year it just gets worse.
My point is, our side is selling out to China.
Bring back American production. Now.
We can make up for it in volume.
To the “bring back American jobs” crowd I understand. However, it will take either two things. One is to have an empowered central government that forces companies and people to produce products. The people won’t syand for that and I sure as heck don’t want the government to expand any more than it has. Two, is to cut back government power over the economy through the tax and regulation structures. And we all know that won’t happen. We can’t squeeze the toothpaste back in this tube.
I suggest one, universal trade tariff.
On everything imported. Everything. Oil. Food. Manufactured goods.
If it is imported into America, it pays one single tariff rate. However this is important, there are no exceptions.
Anything imported, is subject to one single tax rate.
The question is only, what is that tariff rate?
What we are doing now, is simply selling-off everything in America.
This is a way to collapse, as a country.
We need to make things, right here in America.
“Another Clinton legacy”, actually you can trace this back to late-Reagan and Bush 41.
You can thank Nixon for selling us and the Chinese people out. He promised and business leaders have promised since then that it would make China more like us and it hasn’t. Not to mention they steal our trade secrets and dump their unsafe goods on our shores.
One point about Welfare state. Look at Europe, USA, these economies were developed well before China (we could mention other nations too). The growth period is normal and only followed by welfare state when peoples lifestyles go lower.
Of course this applies to unemployment and safety net items for Americans. The more apt welfare state in my eyes is allowing illegals any benefits at all. These are people with absolutely no claim on our wealth. China as currently constituted will never have that. They very well may have some sort of large program in 5 or 10 years for their own citizens. Economies have to mature to some extent for that to happen.
When you buy a Chinese made product you have to pay for it twice, once to WALMART and then taxes to the unemployed manufacturing workers laid off from off shoring.


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Imagination Technologies chief executive Sir Hossein Yassaie said yesterday that he believed the British graphics chip designer was on the right track to becoming a FTSE 100 business.
Yassaie’s confidence came after Imagination signalled in December that the business would begin slowly transitioning from an investment phase into a deployment phase, which Yassaie hoped would lead the group to new heights.
“I’ve been criticised for making too much investment in certain areas. But everything that we’ve been investing in is proving to be what matters for the industry. That wasn’t an accident, it was planned,” Yassaie told City A.M. at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas yesterday.
Indeed, despite Imagination’s disappointing half-year results in December, in which revenues for the six months to the end of October fell 3.5 per cent to £82.2m with an operating loss of £9m, down from a profit of £1.4m in 2013, shares in the group have since soared more than 25 per cent.
“The stakeholders in Imagination understand that we are fundamentally a technology platform that will enable almost everything that matters in the next 10 years, which we’ve spent the last 15 years building,” says Yassaie.
“I’ve always talked about Imagination one day becoming a FTSE 100 company. I still stick to that and I think we have the platform to achieve that.”
Imagination’s technology platform has grown to include not just its traditional graphics chips business, but networking chips, camera chips and processors – a segment in which Imagination is going head-to-head with its rival, the FTSE 100-listed ARM Holdings.
“Power VR [Imagination’s graphics business] is a profitable business, hugely profitable, MIPS [its processor business] is on the margins of changing from an investment phase to profitability and Ensigma [its networking business] is still in an investment phase that will move into a profitable business,” says Yassaie.
“Our customers are most excited because they can talk to us about anything, all of our technologies are interrelated, you need a combination of all of them to solve problems and create solutions, whether in wearables, smartphones or the connected home.”