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The big news in bikeland this morning should surprise no one: Trek has filed suit against Greg LeMond to end their relationship. That suit is in response to a suit LeMond filed to similarly end the relationship. As you probably know, Trek manufactures and distributes LeMond's line of bikes under a licensing agreement. So if both of them want out, why the suits? Two reasons. One is that this isn't just business anymore, it's intensely personal. And, of course, there is money involved; essentially, LeMond is suing to terminate with actual damages and court fees paid, while Trek is suing to merely terminate and walk away (with court costs paid, of course). The agreement was set to expire in 2010.
I say "should surprise no one" because this relationship has been on the rocks for years. The initial agreement dates back to 1995 and, for a few blissful years, it was a honeymoon - sales topped $9.5 million in 1999, according to a Powerpoint presentation Trek posted on its web site today.
But starting in 2001, the association grew tense. One thing both sides agree on is that the pivot point was LeMond's now-infamous comment to David Walsh in the London Sunday Times, regarding then two-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong's association with Dr. Michele Ferrari.
After professing to be "devastated" to learn that Armstrong was working with a trainer of Ferrari's reputation, LeMond told Walsh, "If (Lance) is innocent, it's the greatest comeback in the history of sport. If he's not, it's the greatest fraud." Although Walsh's article caused a huge furor, it was LeMond's statement that resonated stateside.
From that point on, it was a downward spiral. LeMond claims he was threatened and intimidated by Armstrong and Trek president John Burke, forced to sign a retraction of his comments, and that Trek worked only half-heartedly to promote the LeMond brand. Trek claims that LeMond's pattern of "inconsistent" support of his brand and negative statements about Armstrong damaged the brand.
Tuesday morning, Trek organized a press conference to announce the split and came out swinging. In a presentation to employees, Burke presented evidence of LeMond's damage to the brand, albeit selectively (revenues were graphed through 1999 only) and some stinging quotes purported to be from customers irate about LeMond's statements and from Trek's European chief, Malcolm Davies, who is quoted as saying he saw "no way back" for the brand on the continent. Trek also posted the content of LeMond's two lawsuits, in 2004 and the latest, dated March 20, 2008, as Burke laid a blistering attack on LeMond, outlining a pattern of behavior he said was at odds with the "midwestern" and "family" values of Trek.
"In 1999 at Trek, we already had a three-time Tour winner on board, we had this kid from Texas who'd just won the Tour and we were in a perfect position," said Burke in response to a reporter's question. "But with Greg's track record of remarks and inconsistent behavior, he didn't just damage Trek, he damaged himself."
LeMond, as of this posting, hadn't returned a call requesting comment, but his March court filing indicates that the two sides are far apart on even basic facts of the case. LeMond claims that he was prevented from appearing at Trek events to support the brand and that Trek knowingly failed to live up to the "best efforts" clause of its contract by not pursuing distribution with the same effort as for other brands, and for subverting marketing efforts like team sponsorship. While Davies may not have seen a "way back" for LeMond in Europe, it appears that there wasn't much to come back to: according to LeMond's suit, total sales in Holland from 2001 to 2007, for example, were just $26,133, roughly $4,300 a year or about two of his mid-level Versailles bikes a year.
Burke conceded that Trek "didn't do great" with LeMond in Europe, but contended the company had made its best effort. "Trek doesn't have as much influence in Europe as we do in the U.S.," he said. Burke claimed that LeMond's worldwide sales were roughly $15 million in 2007, although he estimated that sales could have been as high as $30 million had LeMond not engaged in what Trek says was damaging conduct (the brand is still a small fraction of Trek's $700 million a year in total revenue). Trek also alleges that LeMond undercut his own dealers by purchasing bikes at employee pricing levels and reselling them, acting as an unauthorized dealer of sorts. Trek claims LeMond's employee purchases totaled $2.5 million. If true, it seems abusive, but raises the question of why it wasn't addressed before now - that's not exactly a rounding error even in a company Trek's size. It also indicates LeMond might've been his own best dealer.
Burke denied that the personal animosity between Armstrong and LeMond had anything to do with the decision and told reporters that, although Armstrong is a minority shareholder in the company, the seven-time Tour winner was neither consulted nor informed of the decision to sue before it was made public.
Burke repeatedly characterized the dispute as a contractual issue relating to business concerns. But it's clear that there's a deep personal streak here and it's not limited to Armstrong. Trek-LeMond was once a close relationship and, in 1999 and 2000, LeMond and Armstrong got along well in public at least - it wasn't until Walsh's stories that the relationship began to fracture, with Trek caught between them and ultimately, it seems, siding with the current Tour champ over the former one.
With multiple filings now in place (you can read all the nitty-gritty here) it's clear that this will take some time to shake out. What does that mean for people who currently own a Trek-manufactured LeMond or are considering one? Burke assured reporters on the call that Trek treats its dealers and customers like family. "Every LeMond frame has a lifetime warranty and we will honor that," he said. The company will work with dealers to sell current stock, although Burke did not mention whether discounts or incentives would be offered.
Going forward, it's expected that LeMond will try to reconstitute his brand with a different partner. But what the bikes will look like remains to be seen. Although LeMond's suit claims that intellectual property like bike designs, graphics and other trademarks remain the property of his LeMond Cycling company, many of the bike designs were created using Trek's own proprietary intellectual property such as its OCLV carbon fiber. Bill Mashek, marketing director for Trek, said in a subsequent e-mail that intellectual property issues would need to be determined by the court.
With this story's convoluted tangle of business interests, money and personal feelings, it may take months or even years to sort out the specifics. In the meantime, it will continue to be an open wound on the sport and the bike business. Whichever party you feel is in the right, Burke was dead-on when he said "Today is a sad day for American cycling."
I'll update this once I have a chance to talk with LeMond.
Davis Phinney Recovering
Word is that former top pro Davis Phinney is recovering nicely from the first stage of his surgery to help treat his Parkinson's disease. In a letter to friends that was excerpted on VeloNews, Phinney's wife, Connie Carpenter, said he's in good spirits and the doctors are pleased with round one of the treatment.
Phinney is undergoing surgery for a treatment called deep-brain stimulation. It's a two-stage surgery which involves implanting electrodes in a part of the brain and then a pacemaker-like device in the chest to send electrical impulses. Parkinson's is not fully understood but results when the brain stops manufacturing enough dopamine, a key neurotransmitter. The resulting symptoms are things like shakes and tremors. Medication is available to replace the lost dopamine, but has its own series of side effects and can lose effectiveness over time. DBS, as its called, is often considered an effective therapy for patients like Phinney who are diagnosed with what's called Early Onset Parkinson's. Check out this Michael Kinsley story in the recent New Yorker for more info, or go to Davis's foundation for Parkinson's research.


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Today Samsung sent out emails to various media outlets promoting their “Samsung Mobile Unpacked” event at CTIA’s Mobile Life 2011 conference in Orlando, FL later this month. The email asks “What’s your Tab life?” followed by the cryptic number “78910”. So what does it all mean?
Well since we all know Samsung has already launched a 7-inch Galaxy Tab Android tablet last year, and last month they demoed the Galaxy Tab 10.1 inch… is it safe to speculate we will see a mid-sized 8.9 inch version of the Galaxy Tab? 7… 8.9… 10?
We shall see what Samsung has in store for us on March 22nd, as I personally believe 8-inch form factors could prove to be the most usable tablet size in the long run.

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JustUnfollow.com- a leading social media app company for Twitter and Instagram, in response to requests from it’s fan base has done a complete redesign of its iOS and Android apps. Users can look forward to better-streamlined interfaces, improved navigation and are faster load times than the previous versions.The new versions of these apps have been released today and are available at their respective app stores;
Apple App store; [https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/justunfollow/id528626975?mt=8] for the iOS version and to Google
Play[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.justunfollow.android&hl=en] for the Android
This has been in the works since February 2010.One of the main features of the redesign is to be able to unfollow your unfollowers easily, so to make that clear you can unfollow the people that don’t follow you back… Justunfollow.com now has over 4 million users.
Currently available on Twitter and Instagram and will soon be branching out to other social networks as well, with a host of very useful features that add on to its core unfollow feature. The main aim is to help users to ‘clean up’ and keep organised their social networks and help business owners reach a more targeted audience for their social media accounts.
It is now easier than ever to check your social media whilst on the go and along with a redesign of the company logo JustUnfollow.com has a host of new features available for it’s users…JustUnfollow.com Has Launched Redesigned Ios and Android App's,


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Google today released the first developer preview of Wear OS, the renamed platform for smartwatches and other wearables. Importantly, this developer preview brings with it support for Android P features. Google pointed out a number of items that developers will need to keep in mind when developing for Wear OS. For example, to improve app compatibility, Android P kicks off the process of restricting access to non-SDK methods. Moreover, the dark theme is now the default system theme, something Google says should improve the glanceability of Wear apps. The preview looks to limit background activity in order to improve efficiency. For example, apps will not be able to run in the background unless on a charger. Watch faces and their complications are the only exceptions to this for now. Similarly, this Android P-based version of Wear OS is more aggressive about turning off the Bluetooth, WiFi, and cellular radios when the device detects that it is no longer being worn. This too is meant to help reduce power consumption when the wearable is in an idle state. Google says the developer preview is indeed for developers only. It can be installed via manual flash to either the Huawei Watch 2 or Watch 2 Classic smartwatches. Google expects to provide several updates to the Wear OS Developer Preview before a final production build is made available to consumers. Google hopes developers will provide feedback along the way so it can improve the platform.
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COSCO, the world’s third-biggest container carrier by market share, is considering making a bid for Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) as it looks to expand its presence in emerging economies, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Last week, COSCO bought Singamas, PIL’s container manufacturing subsidiary, for approximately US$565 million, and the WSJ believes the Chinese state-owned carrier is confident a deal for the entire business is possible.
A brand new Port Technology technical paper recently looked at Singapore's mega terminals
PIL, the tenth largest carrier in the world, has a strong presence in Africa and deploys its ships largely in the trans-Pacific and north-south trade lanes.
Therefore, it could be a key link in Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), also known as the New Silk Road, a $1 trillion project to develop ports and supply chain infrastructure.
As it stands, the parties are not in formal negotiations, and PIL has repeatedly denied it is selling its shipping unit, despite suffering losses of $140 million in the first half of 2018.


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In 2003, Apple launched the iTunes Store and revolutionized the way people experience music.
Now let’s see what world’s hippest gadget maker can do for comic books.
With the highly anticipated arrival of Apple’s new tablet this weekend, one of the last great printed products might be getting a huge push forward into the digital age.
“If Apple makes it as easy to buy a comic book as it is to buy an album — man, that thing is a killer,” said Brian Garside, co-owner of Canadian online comic shop, allnewcomics.com.
While there are already scores of comics available online — both legally and illegally — the size (about the same as a traditional comic), touch-screen technology (for flipping pages) and Apple’s renowned ease-of-use designs (think iPod and iPhone) have comic fans, creators and publishers salivating at the possibilities offered by this new device.
The screens on iPhones or Sony PSP are too small to capitalize on the scope of what a comic book has to offer, said Chris Ryall, publisher/editor-in-chief of IDW Publishing, the company behind familiar titles such as Transformers, G.I. Joe and 30 Days of Night.
“The size of the screen doesn’t allow you to show the grandeur of the spread. But on the tablet, if it is pretty much the same size as a print page, I think it’s really going to become ... a game-changer.”
“On a splash page (a comic page with one giant image), where you really try to dazzle people, those are the pages that are the least effective on iPhone or even on (Sony’s) PSP, just because the size of the screen doesn’t allow you to show the grandeur of the spread. But on the tablet, if it is pretty much the same size as a print page . . .”
Longtime market leader Marvel Comics confirmed last week that it will have a special comic-reading app of its own on the iPad’s media slate. But despite a diss last week from influential Canadian author/ tech blogger Cory Doctorow thinks it’s a bad idea. Doctorow noted on boingboing.net that Marvel’s app takes away the ability for users to loan or share the comic’s files.
“Way to take the joyous, marvellous sharing and bonding experience of comic reading and turn it into a passive, lonely undertaking,” he wrote.
Chip Mosher, marketing director for BOOM! Studios, a Los Angeles-based publisher whose hot properties include comics based on Disney/Pixar characters, said he’s excited about the tablet and, hopefully, a new way to reach readers.
“Anything that makes comic books more available, I think, is a good thing,” Mosher said. “Digital distribution, in general, is an important new portal for comic books.”
One major factor digital comics can take advantage of through a device like the tablet is lower price.
“I think that’s a big part of the appeal because in today’s market, when you have a $4 comic, which is pretty much the standard price point now? . . . It’s a tough thing to just pick up a comic you’re not really familiar with,” Ryall said.
“It’s not hard to sell Spider-Man or Batman or Transformers at that price because people have a pretty good idea of what they’re getting. But when you do creator-owned books or you do smaller titles that don’t have a built-in audience, it’s asking a lot for people to try too many books at $4. At 99 cents or $1.99 or whatever the price point ends up being on the tablet, it’s a lot easier to give something a look, so I think you might see a lot more experimentation.”
While the future for the tablet, and digital comics, appears bright, Garside believes not everyone will be eager to give up on the traditional printed versions right away.
“Comics are still very fetishistic,” he said. “They’re objects. People want to touch them. They want to feel them. Collectors like to have stacks of them.
“I still think there’s (still) going to be a huge trade in trade paperbacks – in the physical thing.”
Garside isn’t the only one with confidence in the future of printed comics.
“The (tablet) might take a few readers away, but I don’t think it’s really going to hurt things at all,” said Peter Dixon, owner of Toronto’s Paradise Comics.
“I think the paper form is still really strong.”
Burlington resident Ken Lashley, a veteran comic artist who most recently illustrated Marvel’s Black Panther, counts himself among those who prefer the old-school way of reading comics, though he feels the winds of change blowing.
“I like the tactile nature of (comics), I love the paper and touching it,” Lashley said, “but eventually it’s going to be like every other medium where it’s going to become all digital.
“I don’t know if they’ll necessarily go away any time soon, say the next five or 10 years, but eventually there won’t be any paper. There won’t be any comic books in the same way we see them now.”
Of course, digital presentation of comics opens them up to new features: there could be a soundtrack, or moments of animation, though at that point it’s not clear whether you could call the result comics. Mosher said the best outcome of a product like the tablet is that it simply creates more comic fans in every sense.
“I think we’ll see a win-win ... digital and physical brick-and-mortar sales will increase. I’m very hopeful.”


text: 2015 was a boom year for cyber security start-ups, but this started to come to an end in 2016. It is a very precarious investment area right now. Could this be due to the general downturn facing the tech industries? Or to a souring attitude towards the cyber defence sector? This seems odd given the increase of high profile hacks of major companies – JP Morgan Chase, Target, TalkTalk, FiatCrysler amongst others have all had their cyber defences breached. However even the infamous breach of the Ashley Madison database, where the names and details of adulterers were publicly leaked, pails in political importance when faced with the implications of the Clinton email fiasco, which was by far and away the most important hacking story of the last few years. So, why have these well publicised cyber security attacks not had a knock affect in the investment community? Why does investment keep dropping? On the one hand, general investment in start-ups is slowing in recent months. On the other, in terms of cyber security itself, a crowded market has meant many firms offer specific, focused responses – firewalls, antivirus products etc – but now, a “platform” based approach is being favoured. Value in cyber security is being found in companies that can offer all products, a holistic approach. Perhaps the cyber security start-up sector had been overvalued and under-performing, prime conditions for a bubble, and now there is a period of “correction”, where monopoly firms will start appearing out of the busy market. Given the political, economic and social implications of such cyber crimes – the insinuations made by the Trump campaign around Clinton’s capacity to keep America safe, that could have influenced voters, for example – perhaps the sector will see a significant boost.


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The probe was opened over an April 2011 car crash that severely injured an elderly man when the passenger air bags didn’t deploy.
Good weather and a strong Memorial Day weekend helped car buyers ignore reports of recalls, pushing car and truck sales up more than ten percent in May.
The 2014 Chevrolet Impala is the only non-luxury car to earn the highest rating in tests of high-tech crash prevention systems.
The recall is General Motors’ 29th this year, bringing the total number of recalled GM vehicles in the U.S. to around 13.8 million.
General Motors unveiled the 2015 model Tuesday evening ahead of the New York International Auto Show.
“I got this car the day my son was born.” – Marc and his Chevrolet El Camino


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Producers of organically-grown poultry and eggs will now find it easier to access market information about their segment of the organic industry with the release of a new user-friendly Market News report launched this week by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).
The weekly report offers a summary of the production, wholesale, and retail featuring for certified organic poultry and eggs across the United States.
Specific production information includes head count and average weight of organic poultry slaughtered under federal inspection, estimated egg production, and organic shell egg inventory for the previous week. Wholesale data include sales of organic brown eggs and young chicken parts.
At the retail level, a snapshot of advertised prices for organic brown eggs and chicken parts provides a point of comparison and contrast with wholesale prices. Additionally, report users can see the percentage of retail establishments currently featuring organic poultry and egg products by region.
USDA has been providing coverage of the wholesale market for certified organic poultry and eggs since January 2004, with the release of the first market news report devoted entirely to organics. Since then, the USDA has expanded its market data offerings to include other commodities, such as produce and feedstuffs.
Market News reports, published by AMS, have long been offered for producers to assist in planning production and establishing price points. Through the Market News Program, the USDA provides unbiased information to buyers and sellers of agricultural commodities that reflect current conditions on supply, demand, price, trend, movement, and any other information pertinent to trade. The idea is to encourage transparency in the marketplace and establish an equal bargaining basis for producer and buyer.
For more information about commodity prices and production, visit the Market News Web site or view the Certified Organic Poultry and Eggs Report.


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While visitors to the Wimbledon tennis championship might be more inclined to partake in a glass of cold Pimm's, it's another brand that keeps the players and umpires hydrated at the event – Robinsons.
The soft drink has a long history with Wimbledon. lemon barley water was first created in 1934 by Eric Smedley Hodgson, using water, barley, lemon juice and sugar. It was served in the changing rooms at the championships to hydrate tennis players and proved to be so popular, he was invited back to every game at the tournament.
Robinsons Barley Water then went into commercial production the following year and returned to Wimbledon too – and it has been seen next to the umpire's chair every year since.
The relationship with Robinsons has now become an iconic part of the Wimbledon tournament and the brand relationship is the second-longest in sports partnership history, coming in 32 years behind the relationship between Slazenger and Wimbledon.
And the relationship looks set to continue, as Britvic, the maker of the fruit squash has extended the 80-year tie-up for another five years.
New Robinsons marketing campaign
The news comes ahead of a new marketing campaign.
However, while the relationship between the two may have proven successful over eight decades, Wimbledon airtime for Robinsons has been a bit lackluster in the past.
In 2007, Britvic dropped its television tennis marketing after a disappointing performance from sports stars Tim Henman and Andy Murray.
Two years later, Robinsons launched another advertising campaign that depicted the crowd's reaction to a Brit winning the tournament – but that was four years before Mr Murray made that a reality.
Commenting on the latest deal, Britvic's chief marketing officer Matt Barwell said: "We are very proud of the unique history shared between Robinsons and Wimbledon and, as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the partnership, we are excited to be reaffirming our relationship with one of the most important British sporting events on the calendar."
Britvic's stock price was 717.50 at 14:40 BST on Tuesday (June 30th).


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The firmware patches designed to protect Intel processors against nasty Spectre CPU exploits have a big downside: They’re forcing more frequent reboots and other performance issues on some systems, including PCs that released in 2017. The problem is severe enough that Intel is now recommending that users not install currently available patches and instead wait for new ones to be released.
“We have now identified the root cause for Broadwell and Haswell platforms, and made good progress in developing a solution to address it,” Intel executive vice president Navin Shenoy said in a January 22 post. “We recommend that OEMs, cloud service providers, system manufacturers, software vendors and end users stop deployment of current versions, as they may introduce higher than expected reboots and other unpredictable system behavior.”
The advice reverses Intel’s previous guidance, which said users should install the CPU firmware patches despite the risk of more frequent system reboots. Although Shenoy’s post only explicitly mentions Broadwell and Haswell chips, Intel’s new microcode revision guidance states that the advice applies to more modern chips as well.
On January 11, Intel confirmed that the firmware patches prompted more frequent reboots in Haswell (2013) and Broadwell (2014) systems. A week later, Intel revealed that many other processor generations also succumb to the reboot bug: Sandy Bridge (2011), Ivy Bridge (2012), Skylake (2015), and Kaby Lake (2017). The January 22 microcode revision guidance says current 8th-gen “Coffee Lake” CPUs are also affected by the issue.
“Over the weekend, we began rolling out an early version of the updated solution to industry partners for testing, and we will make a final release available once that testing has been completed,” Shenoy says.
Keep an eye out for those new firmware updates, which will come from your PC hardware vendor (HP, Dell, Asus, et cetera) rather than Intel itself. Spectre attacks haven’t been observed in the wild, but now that the exploits have been published, they’re no doubt coming. AMD says its processors face “near-zero” risk from the Spectre variant that requires a microcode update, but it is nevertheless releasing optional firmware updates for its chips.
Attackers need to be able to run code on your PC to exploit the CPU flaws. Staying strong on the security front can keep malware that gives hackers access to your PC off your PC. PCWorld’s review of the best antivirus suites can help you find solid protection. But guarding against these exploits requires more than security software and fresh firmware. These flaws touch every aspect of your computer. Check out PCWorld’s guide on how to protect your PC against Meltdown and Spectre for everything you need to know.
Editor’s note: This article originally published on January 18, 2017, when Intel admitted the issue affects more than just Broadwell and Haswell chips. It was updated on January 22 when Intel advised users to stop installing the first set of CPU firmware patches.


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The founder of Quarto Books, known for its illustrated how-to non-fiction guides, today signalled he is ready for a new chapter as he is quitting as chief executive after 36 years.
Laurence Orbach plans to step down in around 12 months and has recruited a successor who will serve as chief operating officer during the handover.
Quarto didn't reveal his identity as he is still working for another company. Orbach, who founded Quarto in 1976 and floated it in 1986, said he was "relieved" and he will remain as chairman.
"Whether I'm ready or not, time will tell," added the 69-year-old, who was reporting a 21% jump in pre-tax profits to $9.4 million (£5.9 million), with revenues up 6% at $186.1 million.
Orbach said print sales remain strong because e-books have not replicated the appeal of illustrated books.
One of last year's best-sellers was Jacqui Small's Decorate.
But he warned that as non-book retailers become more important, publishers must think about marketing their books as products.Reuse content


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A federal judge in Florida ruled Tuesday that grocery chain Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. must make its website accessible to the blind, following an unprecedented trial over a gray area of accessibility law.
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DaimlerChrysler AG shareholders approve a name change toAG, voting 98.8% in favor, but not before serving notice that the legacy of Karl Benz must be acknowledged.
To this end, the former Mercedes Car Group becomes the Mercedes-Benz Car Group and the van unit is renamed Mercedes-Benz Vans.
As for the new corporate name, Chairman Dieter Zetsche tells shareholders: “People from Mannheim, Karl Benz’s birthplace, and many other places have asked us, ‘Why don’t we go back to the name-Benz?’”
It’s a matter of stability.
“Wherever the focus is on our Group as a whole, we want to present ourselves consistently as Daimler,” Zetsche says in his speech to shareholders.
That name honors Gottlieb Daimler, whose moniker was paired with Benz's name to establish the auto maker that became Daimler-Benz AG. In 1998, it joined forces with the formerCorp. to become DaimlerChrysler AG.
In August, Cerberus Capital Management LP spent $7.4 billion to acquire a controlling interest in DC’sunit and Chrysler LLC was established.
The name change also affects entities such as the former DaimlerChrysler Financial Services, which becomes Daimler Financial Services.
“The name ‘Daimler’ will immediately make it clear that we are a different company today than we were before,” Zetsche says in a speech. “The total annual revenues of the Mercedes Car Group and the Truck Group today are double what they were 10 years ago. We now have seven additional model series in the Mercedes Car Group and three new brands, namely Maybach, Smart and AMG.
“The Truck Group has incorporated FUSO, Detroit Diesel and Western Star. Financial Services’ portfolio is two and a half times as big as it was in 1997. And in general we can say that our business is now much more international in scope.”
Mercedes dealers in the U.S., who never dropped the Benz name from their marketing efforts, are pleased.
“There’s a ton of equity in that name,” says Bruce Schulman, general manager of Mercedes-Benz of Beverly Hills. “Mercedes-Benz is iconic. We’re very careful to make sure that our name is ‘Mercedes-Benz of …’ or whatever the dealer happens to think is appropriate.”
Dealers switched over to Mercedes-exclusive contracts on Oct. 1 as Daimler and Chrysler work to separate their financial services operations, Schulman added.
Chrysler has said the effort should conclude by first-quarter 2008.


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Video of unfazed supermarket staff & customers at gunpoint in Russia goes viral
In the CCTV video from a grocery store in Moscow Region, the female cashier is seen serving a customer when an unmasked man, wearing a black coat and a hat, enters the shop and heads directly to the cash register. He then produces a gun and points it right at the cashier’s head.
However, contrary to all expectations, no drama follows. Demonstrating tranquility worthy of a Buddhist monk, the woman continues to serve her customer, who also appears to be totally unmoved by the armed perpetrator.
The only person who seems concerned is a man who is seen entering the shop and retreating as soon as he notices the gun.
Help arrives in the form of a female store manager, who enters the frame in a business-like manner, takes the wannabe robber by the arm and sends him on his way without a fuss.
The whole scene takes less than one minute to unfold.
Although originally made public in February, the video has reemerged this week, generating nearly 700,000 views in a couple of days.
Police have since interviewed both the cashier and the perpetrator, broadcast by Russian 360 TV. The unlucky robber turned out to be a homeless man, who said he “went to the store to ask the cashier for 100 rubles” (less than $2), which he needed to buy alcohol for his girlfriend. To be more convincing, he used a gun, which turned out to be a toy pistol.
The cashier claimed that at the time, she did not know whether the gun was fake or real. Police also said the failed attacker had a criminal record, and had been convicted of robbery before.


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Ken Block, star of the Gymkhana YouTube videos, has had a love affair with Ford vehicles – and especially Ford trucks – for as long as he can remember. His first burnout was in a Ford pickup. He’s just made a new Gymkhana video and made his latest creation, a 1977 Ford F-150, the star. He calls his new creation Hoonitruck. He went to Ford’s engineers for a custom part for the build and they sent him history’s largest 3D metal-printed part in use on a working vehicle ever.
No Off-the-Shelf Parts Fit the Need for the Build
Instead of the Coyote engine you’d expect to see in a build of this sort, Block went with the same engine found in the Ford GT – a twin-turbo V6 EcoBoost that’s been tuned to pump out a spine-tingling 900+ horsepower. However, the intake on the GT didn’t fit the build/truck, so Block turned to Ford Performance engineers to design and produce one that would.
Engineers in the USA got to work designing the intake in modeling software and running performance simulations. They then sent the finished design to Ford of Europe engineers for validation and structural analysis testing. Once that testing was completed, the designs were sent to RWTH Aachen’s Digital Additive Production Institute for their 3D additive metal printing process. That team used aluminum in the additive process to create the intake above. 3D printing the approximately 12-pound manifold took five days.
Block told reporters, “I think Ford did an exceptional job. This is my favorite part of the ‘Hoonitruck.’ You could not have made it any other way.” Raphael Koch, an engineer with Advanced Materials and Processes, Ford of Europe said, “We are fortunate to have access to incredible technology, but this was one project that pushed us – and our computing power – to the absolute limit. The manifold has a complex web-like structure that couldn’t be made using traditional manufacturing methods. We ended up dissolving the support system in acid.”


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April 5 (Reuters) - AbbVie Inc on Thursday said it signed a deal with Biogen Inc and its joint venture partner Samsung Bioepis that would fend off U.S. competition of their rival version to blockbuster drug Humira until 2023.
This is the second deal AbbVie has signed over the past year as it tries to safeguard patents on Humira, which is the world's top-selling prescription medicine.
The drug, which treats rheumatoid arthritis, raked in $18.43 billion in sales last year and accounted for nearly two-thirds of AbbVie's net revenue.
While terms of the deal were undisclosed, the companies said they agreed to dismiss all pending lawsuits.
Samsung Bioepis' license to market its biosimilar will kick off on June 30, 2023, after which Samsung will pay royalties to license Humira patents, AbbVie said in a statement.
Biogen expects to launch the biosimilar, Imraldi, in Europe in mid-October this year.
In September, Amgen Inc reached a similar settlement with AbbVie to delay the U.S. launch of its cheaper biosimilar to Humira until Jan. 31, 2023.
Shares of AbbVie, which has been focusing on developing cancer drugs to sustain long-term growth, have been under pressure in recent months hurt by a failed trial of an experimental lung cancer treatment, Rova-T. (Reporting by Tamara Mathias in Bengaluru; Editing by Bernard Orr)


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It’s difficult to recall a world without YouTube, but the video giant is coming up on just 10 years old this February 14th.
This month’s YouTube anniversary is mostso based on its conception. The domain was created in February 2005, although the first video wasn’t uploaded until April, and the site didn’t officially launch until December.
By the first month, the site had amassed 3 million visitors, followed by 38 million at the end of the first year.
The team at One Productions, a video production company based in Dublin, Ireland, put together this infographic highlighting YouTube’s growth and maturation throughout the years.


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id Software co-founder and Doom creator John Romero recently talked to GamesIndustry about the parallels of developing for the PC back in the 80s and 90s, and the rise of the indie scene that has taken place over the last several years. He said that anyone can publish a game; just look at what Mojang did with Minecraft, or what Zynga did with the original Farmville.
"Nowadays, because there are so many SDKs to create with and people can put their apps out there on a store without any real publisher intervention, everybody can publish. There's no stopping anybody. Minecraft was put up on a webpage - you can publish on the web, you can publish through app stores, there's no one stopping you," Romero said.
What developers of the 2010s need is better marketing, he said. One way he hinted at was to use the free-to-play model. Take Doom for instance. The whole first episode was provided as free "shareware." If the player didn't like the game, then only time was lost. If the player wanted more, then they could purchase a key or a full copy of the game at retail stores. He believes that the recent surge of free-to-play games is shaking up the industry "for good," just as shareware did.
"That was a really fair way to market a game," Romero said. "When we put these games out on shareware, that changed the whole industry. Before shareware there were no CD-ROMs, there were no demos at all. If you wanted to buy Ultima, Secret of Monkey Island, any of those games, you had to look really hard at that box and decide to spend 50 bucks to get it."
Earlier in the interview, he said that thanks to free-to-play and $5 games on Steam, the PC platform is "decimating" consoles just in price alone. Even more, free-to-play has supposedly killed off a hundred AAA studios. The problem with consoles is that they're not only a closed platform, but they're getting hurt by the free-to-play trend on PC and mobile.
"The problem with console is that it takes a long time for a full cycle," he said. "With PCs, it's a continually evolving platform, and one that supports backward compatibility, and you can use a controller if you want; if I want to play a game that's [made] in DOS from the '80s I can, it's not a problem. You can't do that on a console."


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Source: joint news release
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) are encouraged by news today that the United States and China have agreed on the text of a “Phase One” trade deal that apparently would roll back tariffs and re-open China’s important market for U.S. agricultural imports.
Earlier this year, China agreed to new policies related to agricultural tariff rate quotas (TRQ), including a 9.6 million metric ton reduced tariff TRQ for wheat imports. China had imported as much as 1.65 million metric tons of U.S. wheat in marketing year 2016/17 and an additional 866,000 metric tons in 2017/18 before implementing retaliatory tariffs in March 2018. We also believe that China’s flour millers and growing baking industry would welcome the opportunity to purchase high-quality U.S. wheat classes again.
We want to thank the negotiators in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative for their dedicated effort and we look forward to learning more details about the agreement.


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// Dobbies opens 71st store in Boston, Lincolnshire
// The site was previously a Johnsons Garden Centre before Dobbies acquired it earlier this month
// It has been given a refurbish and rebrand
Dobbies has officially opened the doors to its 71st store in Boston, Lincolnshire, complete with a new restaurant, pet department and Sainsbury’s foodhall.
Previously Johnsons Garden Centre, Dobbies had acquired the premises earlier this month and underwent refurbishment scheme and rebrand.
The store offers plants and gardening products alongside a pet department, home and cookshop, books, toys and gifts, plus seasonal items.
- Dobbies acquires Johnsons Garden Centre
- Dobbies picks Bristol to launch second Little Dobbies format store
- Dobbies bucks retail trend as sales reach £252m amid lockdown
A new look Sainsbury’s foodhall has also been unveiled in-store, with the wholesale partnership bringing a range of food and grocery products to Dobbies customers.
Meanwhile the in-store restaurant, which will reopen in line with government guidelines, has been given a refresh, with the Dobbies’ menu featuring seasonal dishes, a kids’ menu and afternoon tea as well as table service for diners.
For opening, a coffee shop menu will be available in an outdoor seating area.
“We had an excellent base to build from with Johnsons Garden Centre – thank you to David Isaac and his team for such a smooth transition,” Dobbies chief executive Graeme Jenkins said.
“Our team has worked incredibly hard to enable us open at what is an important season for gardeners – well done to everyone who has contributed to this project.
“We look forward to welcoming customers to the refreshed Dobbies’ store.”


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Czech Republic rejects VAT rate changes
- Mar 24, 2014 | Richard Asquith
The Czech Ministry of Finance has confirmed that it will hold its VAT rate at 21%, and will not proceed with a single VAT rate of 17.5%, as planned.
Czech austerity VAT rises
During the height of the financial and Euro crises, the Czech Republic raised VAT twice, initially in January 2010, and eventually reaching 21% in January 2013. At the time, the government had promised that this higher, standard VAT rate would eventually be incorporated into the reduced, 15% VAT rate at a combined 17.5%.
The proposed creation of a second reduced 10% Czech VAT rate for books, medicines and other essentials is still under consideration.
Most other Central and Eastern European countries increased their VAT rates during the same period, including Hungary hitting 27% VAT rate.


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BlackBerry No Longer Smartphone Leader for Businesses, Enterprise Prefers iPhone
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For 2011 so far, BlackBerry has 32.2 percent of the business market while iPhone has 45 percent
have been known for their business use, but a new survey indicates that this is no longer the case. The new business smartphone of choice is the iPhone.
The survey was conducted by enterprise mobility provider iPass, which obtained a quarterly Mobile Workforce Report from 2,300 enterprise workers.
According to iPass' results, BlackBerry has slipped to second place in the business realm. Only 32.2 percent of the mobile worker market consists of BlackBerry phones while 45 percent of this market uses the iPhone.
Last year, BlackBerry had 34.5 percent of the mobile worker market while the iPhone only had 31 percent.
Creeping up behind the iPhone are Android-powered devices. In 2010, Android only had 11.3 percent of the business market, but this year, it climbed considerably to 21.3 percent.
Nokia sits at fourth place with only 7.4 percent of the enterprise market. Last year, it was at 12.4 percent.
Overall, 95 percent of mobile workers currently use smartphones, and of this 95 percent, 91 percent use their smartphone for work. These numbers have increased from 85 percent and 69 percent respectively in 2010.
BlackBerry's fall to second place may not seem too surprising to some. Just last month, Research In Motion (RIM), developer of BlackBerry devices, experienced a
that left many around the world without BlackBerry services. This affected many mobile workers who depend on these services to keep their businesses running. The outage started in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa, then spread to North America, Canada and Latin America.
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Apple Store cleaned August shop of malicious software infecting hundreds of licensed applications
Apple said on Sunday it cleans applications “App Store” shop to remove the malicious software targeting the iPhone and iPad devices in the first large-scale cyberattack exposed to “any or feed” system operator of the company’s smart devices.
The announcement came after several companies revealed to the security of cyberspace they found the malicious program called “X-Code Joost” XcodeGhost is included in hundreds of licensed applications.
This is the first time that large numbers of harmful applications beyond the strict review of applications imposed by Apple that process. Before the attack, but it did not find the five harmful applications in the “App Store” shop, according to company information, “Palo Alto Networks’ security Palo Alto Networks.
Apple explained that hackers guaranteed malicious code in applications licensed by convincing developers of these applications using a fake and corrupted version of Apple’s user program in the development of any or regular applications and Mac OS, which is known as “X-Code” Xcode.
A spokeswoman for Apple, Christine Monaghan, in an email, “We’ve removed from the App Store applications that certainly know that it was created using counterfeit software.” She added, “We are working with developers to make sure they are using the appropriate version of the X code to rebuild their applications.”
Monaghan did not say what are the steps that users can iPhone smart phones and iPad tablet computers to take to determine whether their computers infected with malicious THE SOFTWARE.
For his part, Head of the analysis of threats in the company, “Palo Alto Networks,” Ryan Olson, it was a malicious software functions are limited, and that his company did not fall in any case to steal data or other damage as a result of the attack.
But he said it was “a very big deal” because it showed that it is possible exposing the “App Store” shop at risk if the infiltrators injury developers who Abermjon applications licensed devices. He added that other attackers can copy this approach, which would be difficult to address it. “I’ve become Developers valuable catch.”
The researchers said that the list of infected applications include the application of the famous chat “Wei Chat” WeChat of the company “Tencent” Tencent, and the application of taxi service “Didi Koaada” Didi Kuaidi, and the application of music from the Internet service company “Net Eze” NetEase.
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Venture capital has a blind spot for the EV battery
One of the world’s largest battery companies is considering reversing a $1.3 billion project to produce electric vehicle power packs in Arizona. The South Korean company LG Energy Solution Ltd. cited rising costs and slowing demand as it now rethinks the investment announced in April.
This is a blow for electric vehicles and batteries, and for the United States as it tries to develop its supply chain. It is, however, a much-needed opening for funding under-the-radar technological breakthroughs.
So far, the energy storage industry has been dominated by Chinese giants like Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd, BYD Co., Samsung SDI Co. Ltd and LG Energy Solutions Ltd. Their current size has allowed them to gain market share and meet existing demand. . By gradually improving the energy density and fast charging of their batteries, this was enough to satisfy investors. This largely rules out big funding for smaller, more promising tech startups. Additionally, investors prefer to focus on electric car makers rather than the batteries that power them.
Now, with the costs of everything from labor to raw materials rising, it’s not as easy to make multi-billion dollar investments and grab headlines. Big players – like LG – are being forced to reconsider their overall strategy to meet forecasts.
As the South Korean company plans to scale back its operations in Arizona, it separately entered into a non-binding agreement with Kansas-based miner Compass Minerals to supply lithium carbonate and hydroxide to secure raw materials. and strengthen its supply chain. In June, the company inaugurated a nickel processing plant in Indonesia. Without access to raw materials, there will be no power supplies to manufacture.
Regardless of the potential impact of LG’s decision, the recalibration is an opportunity for investors to focus on technologies that may move the needle. Nomura analysts estimate that more than 40% of its battery production capacity will be in the United States by 2025.
Several startups are researching options for better and cheaper batteries for EVs and grid usage, as well as EV charging and the necessary infrastructure around it. Throughout the energy storage supply chain, smaller companies are looking for lower cost options using more abundantly available materials like sodium, sulfur, manganese, and in some cases, no metals. With advancements in the cathode side of the battery pack, companies are now focusing on other parts like the anode, separator, and electrolyte. Others are looking for manufacturing processes that will store more energy.
Yet they constantly run into funding issues given the scientific and hard-to-understand nature of their product. At first glance, the numbers don’t look too bad: $3.3 billion in investments have been disclosed by about 34 battery-related startups since 2017, according to BloombergNEF analysts. Considering the global ecological objectives to be achieved, this is a pittance. Juxtaposed with the rapid funding of jazzy electric car startups that haven’t quite lived up to their promises, it’s even smaller and the $210 billion invested in fintech last year – led by crypto interests and of the blockchain – are tiny. Let’s be honest, as millions of people experience power outages across the world, there’s no doubt that the energy crisis needs solutions.
It is therefore not surprising that we are so behind on EVs and the energy transition. Venture capitalists avoid such a complex and difficult innovation that is not a digital or cloud-based platform. Electrochemistry has also not been a popular investment area. Investors can’t quite gauge the effectiveness and incremental nature or risk the way scientists can, according to some small companies. They are also unwilling to invest their belief and money in technologies focused on high-tech manufacturing.
Even the likes of Tiger Global write relatively small checks. Late last month, Chase Coleman’s company led a $25 million Series A funding round for India’s Battery Smart, a battery swap provider, along with a few existing investors. Compare that to a rocket builder’s $650 million E-Series (arguably far less useful in the near future than powering our homes and businesses) last year.
The potential vacuum created by LG (and potentially its near-term peers) will open up the battery investment landscape, but barriers to entry remain far too high due to large incumbents. Targeted venture capital and private equity firms – those run and led by scientists and engineers, not just financiers – should open their eyes a little wider and accept the reality: there won’t be big breakthrough so soon.
Instead, multiple battery chemistries are likely to coexist. The choice of range and safety will be left to consumers. It will go beyond the two choices drivers currently have: nickel, cobalt, manganese packs that will take cars further and possibly less stable and more expensive, or lithium iron phosphate. These represent the tried and tested, safer version that won’t get you that far, but does the job for now. The silicon anodes, sulfur-based cathodes, cheaper lithium anodes and cell architecture where companies like Warren Buffett-backed BYD have succeeded are where high-profile investors need to start putting their money. and show the way. If even Charles Koch’s energy empire, which has long opposed climate regulation, is now betting hundreds of millions on batteries, surely that’s the only way forward.
Startups take more than three years to generate positive cash flow. Meanwhile, “scaling new technologies from lab to mass production can take up to 10 years,” according to BloombergNEF analysts. Without money, it will take much longer and the mass adoption of electric vehicles will be even further away.


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With the success of Apple’s iPhone 12 the company is likely to unveil another successful iteration of their phone later in 2021, now that the popularity of the device has been established.
We can expect Apple to announce its lineup of phones at some point in September. The current chip shortages are impacting various products so September is not a foregone conclusion. If new concept by ConceptsiPhone is any indication, it will be great if Apple announces these in new phone 13. It shows a smaller notch as has been rumored.
ConceptsiPhone is channel dedicated to Apple Products and has amazing videos of iPhone concepts videos. This channel has also also concepts of iPhone 14 in when they have shown back Led screen available next to iPhone camera.
Let’s not digress from iPhone 13 feature shown in the video as per the concept apple 13 will be having A15 Bionic Chip which in my opinion fair possibility. As they are launching new Apple Bionic chip every year. As per the video we can see bump up of storage capacity in iPhone 13 to 1 TB. And default storage of 128 GB available to iPhone users instead of 64 GB is also possible in iPhone 13.
Other notable features shown are smaller notch this can happen by consolidation of Face ID camera with iPhone 13 as told by Ming-Chi Kuo in his research paper earlier this year.
Another new concept shown by ConceptsiPhone that iPhone may have any lightning port due to huge success Magsafe which may not possible in this year iPhone 13 and may have to delayed. That’s not out of the question because it will be around for at least another year. Apple is working on enhancements to its software, for example, which would work over the air software restoration.
As shown in the video iPhone 13 will be coming in many vibrants colors as current iPhone 12 lineup. I like the purple color it looks so classy.
But we have to wait for few more months to see what features iPhone 13 will have.


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And Swiss democracy at its finest, some years ago, decided that the medical insurance industry switching to for-profit had been a bad idea, and in what amounted to a nationwide referendum banned the practice.
Yes, the for-profit insurers are incented to nonsense like finding excuses not to insure people, or worse, recission (weaseling out of the insurance they’ve sold because a claim was filed).
But do concur that the real problem with healthcare in the U.S. is that there is no competitive force holding not just prices but also costs in check. The whole industry is fat, dumb, and happy, the way automobiles were before Toyota offered a quality car (which lasted twice as long) at a reasonable price in the 1970s — or before the Taiwan based PC makers upended the US computer business in the 1990s and 2000s. I watched the absolutely brutal shockwave through not just the main computer manufacturers but also every single step of their supply chains back 15 years ago: painful but necessary. What Wal-Mart did to retail in the U.S.
Time to apply competition to the entire medical business, which means the regulatory groundwork needs to be laid now to ensure that the entrenched competitors can’t simply go after medical licenses, facility licenses, medicare reimbursement eligibility, etc to stifle this competitor (who needs to be nonprofit) when they arrive.


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Oak Brook, IL–With a catalog, a retail chain, and a Website, apparel marketer Eddie Bauer has taken a closer look at customer relationship management (CRM) lately. In a March 27 session at The E-tail Solutions World Forum, Michael Boyd, director of CRM for the Redmond, WA-based Spiegel subsidiary, provided a candid overview of the company’s multichannel challenges.
Key to the Eddie Bauer’s success with multichannel CRM was learning about the “need state,” or how the motivation for shopping varies by channel. Eddie Bauer reached a turning point when “we realized we were not stealing business from other channels” by expanding its Web presence and retail chain, Boyd said. “We also had to start looking at CRM as a business strategy, not a systems issue.”


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Collapsible bike helmet moonlights as a baseball cap
Everybody knows a bike helmet could save your life, but that doesn't stop people ditching them because they look dorky or are too bulky to stash in a bag. The Park & Diamond is a new helmet designed to solve both of those problems, resembling a baseball cap when it's on your head and collapsing down to the size of a water bottle when it's not.
The Park & Diamond is (perhaps a tad morbidly) named after the intersection where the sister of one of the co-founders was involved in a devastating hit-and-run, leaving her in a coma for several months. This event inspired co-founders David Hall and Jordan Klein to develop the new helmet.
With its soft outer skin and prominent peak, the Park & Diamond doesn't look much like a standard helmet – and that probably means it's doing its job. That fabric layer is removable, washable and swappable, if you feel like changing up your style between the black, gray and navy color schemes on offer.
But of course it's what's under there that really matters. To protect the wearer's head, the helmet is made up of layers of EVA foam, a polycarbonate shell and proprietary composite materials. According to P&D it's that last point that makes the helmet special, as those materials are designed to better absorb and dissipate the energy from an impact.
The team says the helmet has been put through rigorous testing and "will comply with"safety standard in the US, Canada and Europe – which suggests certification hasn't been officially granted just yet.
Once you jump off the bike (or scooter or skateboard or whatever), the helmet can roll up into a carry case about the size of a water bottle, which can then be thrown into a backpack or handbag. The whole thing is light too, weighing just 300 g (10 oz).
The P&D isn't the first helmet we've seen that tries to solve the space problem. Other designs in recent years curl up like armadillos, scrunch up like accordions, telescope inwards, fold flat or otherwise compact down into smaller packages. That said, the P&D looks like a more elegant solution, and doesn't look anywhere near as ugly as some of those other designs while you're wearing it.
The P&D is currently seeking funding on Indiegogo, where it's almost tripled its original target of US$50,000 in the first day of the campaign. Early Bird pledges start at $84 for one helmet or $155 for two, which is about half of the expected retail price. If all goes to plan, P&D is shooting to start shipping March next year.
Check out the campaign video below.


text: MacMall, a leading authorized reseller of Apple products and a brand of a PC Mall, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ: MALL), today announced that the grand opening event for its new retail store located at 329 W. Grand, Chicago, Illinois will be held on Saturday, March 31, 2012. The event will feature a 10 a.m. ribbon cutting, drawings for over $7,000 in technology products, and much more. The first 500 people to visit the store will be entered into a drawing to win one of over 20 hot technology products including a MacBook Air. Additional drawings will be held throughout the day featuring a Wacom Intuos5 tablet, five Apple TVs, two iPod touch players, three iPod nanos, an HP Officejet printer and more. The store will open at 9 a.m. and the MacBook Air drawing will be held at 10 a.m., immediately after the ribbon cutting. The first 100 people in line will receive a free limited edition T-shirt, while the first 200 who purchase will receive a free gift bag. The first 1,000 customers will receive a limited edition MacMall 2-in-1 Stylus. Product demonstrations and special discounts will occur throughout the day. In addition to the grand opening on March 31 st, the new Chicago store will feature a special $7,000 drawing for businesses. From March 26 through March 30, three high demand technology products will be given away each day to businesses, with Wacom Intuos5 tablets, HP Folio notebooks, TouchSmart PCs and Slate tablets, HP Top Shot printers and more featured in the five day drawing. The new store will be MacMall’s first in the Chicago area. The company also has three stores in Southern California. Each MacMall store offers a deep selection of Mac- and PC-based products and high end consumer electronics including the new Apple iPad with Retina display, and leading edge products from HP, Adobe, Samsung, Sony, Epson, Brother, Logitech, Targus and more. The stores also feature in-house technical experts that provide Apple Authorized Service, free seminars, and on-site repair service.


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GameStop Corp posts modest losses in another wild trading day
- NYSE:GME remained under pressure on Thursday amid an equities sell-off.
- Meme stocks continue to decline as the retail movement is losing steam.
- GameStop will be looking ahead to the holiday season to boost its sales.
Update: NYSE:GME shed a modest 0.28% on Thursday to close the day at $175.47 per share. Wall Street ended the month in a down note, as major indexes plummeted right after the opening. As the day went by, equities stabilized near intraday lows, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average shedding 546 points, the S&P500 losing 0.81% and the Nasdaq Composite ending the day 0.44% lower. The NYSE settled at 16,187, down 159 points or 0.97%.
NYSE:GME fell again on Wednesday and saw the same trading pattern as other meme stocks following a brief surge out of the opening bell. Shares of GME fell by 1.50% and closed the trading session at $175.92. Just as its meme stock counterparts like AMC (NYSE:AMC), ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH), and Vinco Ventures (NASDAQ:BBIG), GameStop surged out of the open on Wednesday, but had erased any gains by the time the closing bell rang. It was a relatively flat day as the broader markets took a pause following the NASDAQ sell off from the day before. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 rebounded with small gains, while the NASDAQ fell once again and edged lower by 0.24% during the session.
The retail movement is definitely losing steam as the meme sector has been trading lower over the past few months. Meme stocks have been relatively quiet following the recent squeeze of AMC back in June. One new meme stock that has caught people’s attention is Camber Energy Inc (NYSEAMERICAN:CEI) which has soared higher by 116% over the past week of trading. Meme stock veterans like GameStop have actually shown stability over the past couple of quarters, as retail investors look to newer names to squeeze.
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The holiday quarter is always one where retail companies traditionally do well, as do their stocks. Of course, the last couple of holiday seasons have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with stores closing during last year’s quarter. GameStop’s recent holiday quarters have been fairly disappointing, and a decline in the amount of video games being played won’t help matters for the company.


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Motorola is exploring spinning off its mobile devices unit “to recapture global market leadership and to enhance shareholder value.”
The move comes in an ever increasingly tight market which has seen Apple capture 19.5% of the smartphone market in its first twelve months, a new iPhone style device announced by GPS provider Garmin, and a slew of Android powered phones coming later this year, including at least one mobile phone from computer maker Dell.
Motorola’s mobile phone market share has continued to slide in the face of existing competition with the handset unit recording a $1.2 billion loss in the 4th quarter of 2007.
Although mobile phones are still perhaps the public face of Motorola, the company is also an enterprise provider of communications tools to business, Government and the military.
We’re placing Motorola’s handset unit on Deadpool watch. Motorola has had a mixed track record of spinning off companies, having success with Freescale Semiconductor, however Iridium saw what was once the worlds leading commercial satellite network file for bankruptcy in 1999. A new company based around a business unit with a $1.2 billion loss is going to take some serious work in turning around under normal circumstances, but in a market that will see a slew of new competitors and where a new comer such as Apple can take such a big slice of the market in such a short time, it will be harder again, if not near on impossible.


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The Chinese automaker BAIC has bought a 5% stake of the German concern Daimler. This transaction has strengthened the strategic links between the companies. The cost of this share is about 2.5 billion euros.
The message of the Chinese company said that they had bought a share in Daimler. The size of the stake totaled 2.48%. The right to require cost another 2.5%.
We recall that since 2013, Daimler has got seats on the board of directors of BAIC Motor because it became an investor of the Chinese manufacturer.
The companies have been cooperating for a very long time. They have been successfully implementing joint projects for 14 years. For example, the joint venture BBAC has achieved a leading position in the Chinese market of premium cars.
The share of the German giant in BAIC Motor is 9.6%. It also has got about 3% in another division of the company engaged in the production of cars in the PRC market.
On Tuesday morning, Daimler shares showed the growth, which resulted in the increase of almost 2%.


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Haptik, the leading conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) company, was recently part of the inaugural list of sellers on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace for Machine Learning, which was introduced at AWS’s annual flagship conference, AWS re:Invent 2018 in Las Vegas. […]
- Blockchain and cryptocurrency jobs rise in India
- Horasis Unites Leaders From India and Around The World To Discuss Globalization
- Tapping into the global community of distributed teams with Running Remote
- Has US scrapped tariff deal over India’s ecommerce regulations?
- Future Trends for Apps and Platforms


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THE WHAT? Fashion and beauty retailer Nordstrom has reported a Q4 net sales increase of 23 percent versus the same period in fiscal 2020 and a 1 percent decrease versus the same period in fiscal 2019.
THE DETAILS Net earnings reached US$200 million with earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of US$299 million, or 6.8 percent of sales for Q4.
Sales in beauty, active, designer and kids had the strongest growth compared to Q4 2019, with Nordstrom banner sales in the Southern markets, including Southern California, outperforming the Northern markets by approximately 7 percentage points.
THE WHY? According to Nordstrom, it continued to navigate global supply chain disruptions throughout the quarter by accelerating receipts and investing in improved in-stock levels.
Inventory levels at the end of the quarter were higher than planned, however, Nordstrom expects to reduce its inventory relative to sales during the first quarter of fiscal 2022.
Erik Nordstrom, Chief Executive Officer of Nordstrom, said, “We advanced our strategic initiatives this quarter, with sequential sales improvement, strong digital growth and a significant increase in profitability.
“Our team continues to work with urgency to accelerate our progress and invest in our capabilities to better serve customers and profitably grow sales. Our primary focus is on three areas: improving Nordstrom Rack performance, increasing profitability and optimizing our supply chain and inventory flow. Our progress has given us line of sight to achieve in the coming year the financial targets we presented at our 2021 Investor Event.”


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A record-setting 11,005 industry professionals from all 50 states, eight Canadian provinces and 23 countries turned out for The Work Truck Show 2015, North America’s largest work truck event. This breaks the show’s previous attendance record of 10,408 set in 2012. The Work Truck Show 2015 was held March 4 to 6, with educational sessions and the concurrent Green Truck Summit kicking off March 3, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN. It is produced annually by NTEA – The Association for the Work Truck Industry.
New product introductions were a major draw this year. Mercedes-Benz Vans revealed its new Metris mid-size van to the world at the show on Wednesday. Other announcements creating buzz in Indianapolis were the unveiling of the Ford F-750 Tonka dump truck, Hino Trucks’ move into the Class 4 market with its 155 model, Chevrolet’s introduction of a 2015 Colorado box delete option, Ram Commercial’s expansion of its Ram 2500 CNG offerings, Utilimaster’s reveal of its new VELOCITY walk-in van and STAHL’s debut of the industry’s first polymer composite service body, the Razorback. Altogether, there were new products in practically every aisle.
“Recognizing that we had multiple global reveals, a record-breaking 24 press conferences and more equipment on display than ever before is a testament to the critical role The Work Truck Show has come to play in the commercial truck industry,” says Steve Carey, NTEA Executive Director. “The energy and excitement on the show floor reflects an industry that is expanding and economically sound.”
Over the last five years, NTEA has increased the size of the Show floor by 40% in response to growing demand. Exhibit space for The Work Truck Show 2016 is already sold out. The Work Truck Show returns to the Indiana Convention Center March 2 to 4, 2016, with educational sessions and the concurrent Green Truck Summit kicking off March 1. Registration opens in October.
The Work Truck Show brings together more than 11,000 truck fleet managers, manufacturers, distributors, dealers, equipment buyers and maintenance personnel annually, and features the newest vocational trucks, vans, components and equipment.


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Multiplex Test Panel for binx io® Point-of-Care Platform positioned to radically reduce time to treatment, e\xpand access to care
binx health™, the pioneer in anywhere care has announced that its proprietary Chlamydia and Gonorrhea (CT/NG) test has received European CE Mark approval. The new multiplex test works with the binx io platform, delivering a laboratory-quality result in about 30 minutes, creating a new model for "test-and-treat" care for two of the most prevalent Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) globally.
More than one million STIs are acquired worldwide every day with chlamydia and gonorrhea representing two of the most prevalent. Recent data released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) notes a striking rise in the cases of gonorrhea – up 17% between 2016 and 2017 across the reporting EU/EEA countries, with some countries noting year-over-year spikes of more than 40%. Similarly, in the United States, infection rates have risen an astonishing 67% since 2013, with rates continuing to be highest in the 20-24 year-old age group.
Today, the majority of CT/NG tests are sent to central laboratories, meaning there can be up to a seven day waiting period from first visit to treatment, during which time patients may continue to spread infection, with up to 40% of positive patients never returning for treatment.
binx is positioned to radically change this paradigm, enabling patients and consumers to leave a retail pharmacy, primary care office, clinic, urgent care facility and any other brick-and-mortar location, with treatment in hand in a single visit (while the binx point-of-care platform is not yet available in the United States, the company recently completed its multi-center clinical study for submission to FDA for 510(k) clearance).
The binx io platform is designed for ease-of-use, enabling non-laboratory-trained users to run a test with the same accuracy as a central lab test, making it ideal for use in a variety of approved medical and consumer settings.


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Samsung's CES keynote got off to an intriguing start when HS Kim was joined onstage by a robot designed to help you around the home. The company says it made Ballie to understand and support your needs: Essentially, it can run your smart home for you.
The rolling robot is also designed to act as a fitness assistant and has a "mobile interface" that looks for ways to improve your life as your needs change using its built-in AI. Samsung also says Ballie's held to "stringent data protection and privacy standards."
Read our full story on Engadget: https://www.engadget.com/2020-01-06-samsung-robot-ballie-smart-home.html
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PVH TAKES AIM: Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. said Tuesday it signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Arrow brand, which it already produces under license, from Cluett American Group for about $70 million. The firm picked up the license for the...
PVH TAKES AIM: Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. said Tuesday it signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Arrow brand, which it already produces under license, from Cluett American Group for about $70 million. The firm picked up the license for the brand in July 2000 and produces men’s dress shirts and sportswear, while boys’ apparel is sublicensed. PVH’s chief financial officer Emanuel Chirico said licensed women’s sportswear under the brand is also sold in Europe and Asia and might be expanded. Annual revenues from the Arrow brand range from $160 million to $170 million. The deal is to close by the end of the year.
LICENSING JONES: Jones Apparel Group plans to license Nine West women’s luggage and travel accessories business to Olivet International Inc. It is produced by Jones’ Nine West Accessories division. The new luggage line will be introduced during the March accessories market and will hit stores next fall. The goods will be targeted to luggage specialty stores, retailers that carry Nine West footwear, accessories and apparel, as well as specialty stores with luggage departments. Additionally, Jones recently inked a license for Jones New York men’s dress shirts with Capital Mercury Apparel. The collection will be shown to retailers next fall.
Supermodel @helenachristensen teamed up with longtime friend and designer @camillastaerk on a joint @paredeyewear collaboration. The lineup features three styles and 11 offerings, all of which embody a vintage feel. Get all the details on how they celebrated the collab on WWD.com. #wwdaccessories #wwdeye (📷: @slovekinpics)
“It’s a hard industry to keep motivated, as well, so finding different subjects and people is what makes it worth it – when you’re like, oh, I’ve met great people, I feel like I’ve done something good, and I feel proud of having done this,” said French actress Stacy Martin on being grateful for the variety of roles she’s take on. Read @ktauer’s full interview with Martin on her her latest film “Godard Mon Amour.” #wwdeye (📷: @danieldorsa)
After showing in front of the Eiffel Tower for his last two women’s ready-to-wear collection, it looks like @anthonyvaccarello may be heading to the Big Apple. Sources say the designer will stage his next @ysl show in NYC on June 6. Get all the details on WWD.com. #wwdnews #wwdfashion (📷: @aitorrosasphoto)
EXCLUSIVE: Two and half months after John Targon, cofounder and codesigner of Baja East, was hired as creative director of the contemporary division at Marc Jacobs, he has left the company, WWD has learned. Marc Jacobs International, which is owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, confirmed Targon’s departure in a statement: “John Targon is a talented designer and we appreciate the work he has done here. Ultimately working together did not make sense for the brand and we wish him the best.” Read the story by @jessiredale, link in bio. #wwdnews
@theluxurycollection is officially launching a collection, tapping Sofia Sanchez de Betak for the capsule. Over 30 styles will be featured in the Chufy x The Luxury Collection, debuting next month at Bergdorf Goodman, The Webster, FiveStory and more. De Betak, known as “@chufy,” drew inspiration for the collection from her trips to Japan in the past year #wwdfashion
@lhd, founder and CEO of @thewebster, has teamed up with @lebonmarcherivegauche for the European launch of her ready-to-wear line, LHD. The launch will come with an exclusive pop-up opening today that’s set to run through May 20. Located on the second floor, it carries her debut Miami-themed resort collection, launched in November as see-now-buy-now. #wwdfashion


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Soho Coffee plans to expand by six sites per year outside of its contract with CH&Co to open 10 units a year, MCA understands.
Managing director Penny Manuel also told MCA the group is about to launch its new ‘metropolitan’ format in Leicester, which will be a larger footprint store featuring a wider hot food offer.
This week the company announced a joint venture with CH&Co which included the acquisition of the 15-strong Apostrophe chain. Manuel said that while the company plans to trade the sites as they are for the “foreseeable future”, it was keen to expand the Soho Coffee brand in London and was “actively looking for the right locations within central London”.
She said the Apostrophe deal was financed by private investment. A major shareholding in the business was acquired just under a year ago by a Qatari investor.
On recent trading she said: “Soho is performing in line with expectations, demonstrating year on year growth.”


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Gamelab lands this November in Tenerife with the Videogames Summit 2022 event
This same month of November, the Game lab Tenerife Video games Summit 2022 , an international event that will offer two different parts: a private Summative Summit and a great public day. In the first, senior executives will analyze the challenges of the cultural industry of the video game at a European summit. The public day will be held on November 28 and will bring together creators, executives and investors from more than 17 countries , which will connect with the local and national industry through Meets & Greets, presentations, podcts, podcts and meetings with developers in an indie area. This h been shared by the Game lab organization part of its next arrival in the Canary Islands from November 25 to 28, 2022 .
Game lab lands in Tenerife this November
Thus, and under the motto European Video Games Industry: Challenges and Growth Opportunities , The Game lab Tenerife Video games Summit 2022 will be the first event of these characteristics organized by Game lab and, in the words of its director Ivan Fernández Logo Logo Logo , It is a pioneer experience at the continental level and a unique opportunity for European sector leaders to share their vision, their challenges and experience.
The event, promoted by the Canadian IGA of Esports Hyperion next to the sponsorship of the Innovation Area of the Insular Cabrillo of Tenerife and Hyperdin , Game lab Tenerife is an unprecedented bet on the island that, not only will promote The generation of employment and tourism, but, in addition, will evidence the professional possibilities offered by the Canary Islands in the video game industry, noted Enrique Marriage , first vice president and insular advisor of innovation.
While the executive summit is an exclusive event that is only accessed by invitation, the public day of Game lab Tenerife will allow the entire industry to meet and come into contact with the great world leaders who will meet on the island those are those days. They can enjoy conferences, interviews, debate tables, live podcts and an exhibition zone of the national indie industry.
Game lab Tenerife Video games Summit 2022 will take place from November 25 to 28, 2022 ; Tickets will be put on sale through the official Game lab website of November 4.


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There has been absolutely no shortage of leaks concerning Huawei’s upcoming P20 lineup and the latest leak today has revealed the entire Huawei P20 lineup which includes the P20, P20 Lite, and P20 Pro. The leak came from a source that has a pretty solid track record with these things so it can reasonably be expected that what you see here is what you’ll get on March 27th when Huawei takes the stage to unveil its new handsets.
Evan Blass a.k.a @evleaks has leaked renders of all three upcoming P20 models on Twitter. They confirm many of the rumors that we have been hearing about these devices, such as the fact that the bezel-less display is going to feature a notch.
The anticipated triple camera system of the Huawei P20 Pro is also visible in this latest leak thereby essentially confirming that Huawei will introduce a handset in the market with three cameras.
While the P20 and P20 Pro have a fingerprint sensor on the front, the render shows that the P20 Lite is going to have a fingerprint sensor at the back and despite that, retains a chain at the bottom of the device.
Huawei hasn’t revealed a lot of details about these devices but the company is going to properly announce them on March 27th in Paris. Pricing and availability will only be confirmed then.
Huawei P20, P20 Lite, and P20 Pro (top to bottom) pic.twitter.com/FK8iyxyQND
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India projected to outpace other top markets in Asia in B2C E-Commerce growth rate through 2021, confirms yStats.comHamburg, )
Online retail made up a mere one-digit percentage share of all retail sales in India in 2016. The yStats.com report also reveals that the Indian E-Commerce market ranks fourth in Asia and is expected to have a faster annual growth rate than other top countries in the region through 2021. Demonetization reforms during 2016 moderated this growth, but expectations are nevertheless high because of the untapped potential.
Millennials and consumers from rural areas who utilize mobile Internet technology are compelling E-Commerce expansion in India. Information from the yStats.com report reveals that Millennials will grow to encompass one-third of the population and contain more than three-quarters of digital buyers in India through 2020. M-Commerce surpassed the 50% mark regarding the share of total E-Commerce sales and is expected to continue rising. When using either a desktop or a mobile device, cash on delivery maintains its rank as the top payment method for Indian consumers, though mobile wallets like Paytm also have a growing share.
In India, Amazon and Flipkart own most E-Commerce space, together making up over two-thirds of online gross merchandise value for 2016. According to yStats.com findings, Amazon spent billions of dollars on Indian E-Commerce, resulting in their revenue doubling in fiscal 2016. Flipkart is also experiencing heavy investments from industry giants like Microsoft, eBay and Tencent Holdings. Alibaba, Tencent’s Chinese competitor, raised their investment in Paytm, showcasing India’s lucrative potential.
For further information, see: https://www.ystats.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017.05.31_Product-Brochure-Order-Form_India-B2C-E-Commerce-Market-2017.pdf


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TT Games, the makers of the best-selling LEGO videogame franchise published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, announced the opening of TT Games Brighton, a new UK-based development studio focused on creating new LEGO games designed specifically for mobile platforms. Jason Avent, founder and former head of Boss Alien, will serve as the Head of Studio for TT Games Brighton.
There is a huge opportunity for LEGO games on mobile, We’re extraordinarily fortunate to have acquired Playdemic in 2016 as a specialist in this area, and they’re working on a new LEGO title in addition to their phenomenally successful ‘Golf Clash.’ Now we can grow our capability even further under the leadership of Jason Avent, founder of Boss Alien and creator of CSR Racing. Jason is one of the world’s most experienced and capable developers in this space, with a passionate affinity for LEGO and an incredibly exciting vision for the new team.- Tom Stone, Managing Director, TT Games.
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I love LEGO, and I’m thrilled to be able to create new games encompassing all of the wonderful core values of LEGO, designed and built from the ground up for mobile. Our new titles will be accessible, exciting and of course packed with the trademark TT Games fun and humor. We have an amazing new team of people in Brighton with a wonderful and unique opportunity to bring LEGO to life in a brand-new way. – Jason Avent, founder and former head of Boss Alien


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When you’re the largest country in the world, you can afford to make your own decisions. That is exactly what China has done by jumping right to 4G, leaving 3G languishing in the labs and open markets of Japan, Europe, and North America.
China has already released its first 4G mobile phone, which was field tested way back in October. It is the vanguard of a host of products to be released as the results of the FuTURE Project, a joint effort of top companies that already have more than 200 patents. Many more 4G-enabled mobile devices are on the way.
That 4G system gets you up to 100 megabytes per second of transmission speed, which is warp speed compared to today’s 2G technologies. South Korean consumers will recognize 4G as the brains behind a Samsung rollout not long ago. The Chinese presence, by its very budget and potential, makes it the 800-pound gorilla in the 4G market.