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California voters said "yes" to Proposition 24, known as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The CRPA expands California's landmark consumer privacy law, adding a level of complexity that aims to strengthen consumer privacy protections.
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) proposed updates continue to roll in as the third set of proposed modifications released by the California Department of Justice were submitted for comment through October 28, 2020.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1281 on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. The bill extends the business-to-business and employee partial moratoria, also known as employee privacy rights, until the end of 2022.
CPRA would allow consumers the right to correct their data, potential exemptions for unstructured data in right to know requests, the creation of a category for sensitive information, and stricter rules for protecting a minor's data by tripling the fines associated with violating a minor's privacy rights.
On August 31, 2020, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 1281, extending the business-to-business and employee partial moratoria also referred to as employee privacy rights, until the end of 2021.


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July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Nintendo Co.’s DS and Sony Corp.’s PlayStation Portable handheld players led a 4.9 percent decline in U.S. video-game sales to $823.5 million in May, according to market researcher NPD Group Inc.
Sales of the touch-screen DS fell 39 percent from a year earlier to 383,700 units, the lowest since January 2008, while PSP sales declined 41 percent to 59,400 units, NPD said in a statement yesterday. Overall sales of video-game hardware slumped 20 percent to $241.5 million in May, it said.
“The portable hardware category contributed the most to the decline in hardware sales for the month,” NPD analyst Anita Frazier said in the statement. Nintendo DS maintained its position as the market’s best-selling machine, Frazier said.
Portable game players are facing increasing competition from Apple Inc.’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, as consumers look to devices that connect to the Internet and allow downloads of music, video and applications. Nintendo is introducing a new version of the DS, equipped with three cameras, a wireless connection and a screen that displays 3-D images without the use of specialized glasses.
The Kyoto-based company sold 334,800 Wii consoles in the U.S. in May, a 16 percent gain from a year earlier, NPD said. Sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3 rose 18 percent to 154,500 units in May, while those of Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 climbed 11 percent to 194,600 units.
Nintendo gained 0.8 percent to 26,390 yen as of the 11 a.m. trading break on the Osaka Securities Exchange, while Sony rose 1 percent to 2,318 yen in Tokyo. Microsoft advanced 0.7 percent to close at $23.16 in New York trading yesterday.
Software Sales Rise
Apple’s newest model of the iPhone sold 1.7 million units in the first three days after its debut in the U.S., U.K., Japan, France and Germany on June 24, the Cupertino, California-based company said this week. The sales results follow Apple’s earlier announcement that more than 3 million of its iPad tablet computer were sold in the first 80 days since it was first offered on April 3.
“Red Dead Redemption,” from “Grand Theft Auto” maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., held the top two spots for game titles with versions for the Xbox and PS3, Port Washington, New York-based NPD said. Industry software sales rose 4 percent to $466.3 million.
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Bootstrapped Edtech venture, Toprankers.com has raised $4M in Series A funding from leading consumer fund, Sixth Sense Ventures.
Within India’s ed-tech sector, the $12B online test-prep space is the fastest growing at a 38% CAGR, set to quadruple to $4B by 2025 with over 5M+ paid users.
Commenting on the funds raised Gaurav Goel, CEO of Toprankers, said, “Over 15 million students appear for Grade 12 every year, with roughly 10% of them sitting for engineering and medical. The remaining 90% are unclear about their career choices, we want to help this segment in making a clear choice about their career and offer them the right preparation courses for a brighter future. We have brands which serve unique career opportunities, and we’ll continue to add more brands serving a larger pool of students across verticals.”
Nikhil Vora, Founder, and CEO, of Sixth Sense Ventures, further added, “online test-prep is a high growth opportunity fuelled by increasing competitiveness and migration from offline to online/hybrid. Millennials and Gen Z are aspiring for careers, beyond engineering and medical, presenting large whitespaces with almost no presence of incumbents. Gaurav, Karan, and Harsh are seasoned ed-tech founders, who understand nuances to make a student’s career journey successful.
Look forward to partnering with Toprankers as it establishes itself as India’s largest platform for new-age careers for the students of tomorrow.”
“CUET will potentially create a huge test-prep vertical. Being one of the first movers with an active product enables Toprankers to capitalize on this opportunity. Excited to partner with Toprankers in their journey to become one of the largest full-stack career companies”, said Nimisha Nagarsekar, Investment Partner, Sixth Sense Ventures, who will be joining the board of the company.
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THE BATTLE OF THE INDUSTRIES
April 24, 1999
There have been many changes in the way telecommunication companies have been doing business- not only to satisfy the needs of the consumer, but to compete with other telecommunication services, too. Advances in technology have led to the integration of several telecommunication services which enter a home through existing copper wires or newer optical lines. New laws are even allowing companies to merge or acquire smaller companies for the purpose of increasing their leverage in the market.
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As consumers spend more time at home on the Internet, they are demanding faster access speed. Therefore, telecommunications service providers are implementing new broadband (high-capacity) systems to meet the demand. To boost network capacity, "two of the primary broadband product solutions are cable modems and digital subscriber line (DSL) technologies." (Industry Surveys).
Cable modems are used to connect a personal computer to the cable TV network to offer high-speed Internet access. The modems are sold separately or integrated into set-top boxes.
One drawback to this technology is that most cable networks are not yet equipped to control two-way Internet traffic.
"Only 20 percent of the nation’s cable TV infrastructure has been upgraded to support two-way traffic," according to Telecommunications magazine. (Industry Surveys).
The two main Internet providers, which use cable modems, are RoadRunner and At Home. They currently have 300,000 subscribers, but research firms believe that the number of users could increase to 10 million between 2001 and 2004.
Another option in response to higher-speed Internet access is how, "telephone companies are pushing telecom equipment vendors to release products that exploit the telephone companies’ greatest asset: their existing copper wiring." (Industry Surveys). The diffusion of DSL has been held up by lack of trained installers, competing standards and the poor quality of copper networks. The DSL industry will receive a major boost when retail store will have DSL-compatible modems on the shelves.
Forrester Research predicts that one-quarter of all on-line U.S. households (about 16 million), will use broadband connections to the Internet by 2002. Twenty percent of this broad band market will be serviced by DSL, with cable modems secure the rest of the market.
Fiber optics transmit high volumes of telephone, data and video signals as laser-generated light pulses over "hair-thin" strands of specially conditioned glass. A single strand of glass can carry up to 8,000 simultaneous telephone calls and data transmissions- far greater than current copper wires.
Telecommunications remains the predominant utilization of fiber optics, accounting for over 80 percent of the total market. Part of this success of fiber optics is due to greater integration in recent years. According to the U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook:
Telecommunication networks and fiber distributed data interface for LANs have gained universal acceptance among deployers of fiber-optic systems and equipment. These standards have created a more uniform environment which allows competing manufacturers to create compatible products for deployment in telecommunication networks, contributing to
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1996 began a new era as major forces within the communication industry began to merge. During this year, many competitive barriers were taken down encouraging...


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Gentex announces partnership to boost contact-free payments
ZEELAND — The region’s largest employer has partnered with PayByCar to increase the number of drivers able to pay for gas and other essentials from inside their vehicle.
Gentex Corp. of Zeeland announced the partnership Monday, Nov. 30. The company, a leading supplier of car technologies, will work to ensure compatibility between its Integrated Toll Module and PayByCar.
PayByCar is a payment system that allows drivers to use their smartphone and toll transponder to fuel up at specific gas stations without using cash or a credit card.
The toll transponder is used to identify the vehicle once it enters a participating gas station. PayByCar sends a text message to the driver, who replies with a pump number. The system will then turn on the pump, register the transaction, charge the appropriate credit card and issue an email receipt.
A toll transponder, or toll tag, is a small device that transmits a radio signal, allowing toll lane technology to identify the vehicle, calculate the correct toll and charge the corresponding account — rather than drivers paying at toll booths.
Gentex’s Integrated Toll Module combines most tolling protocols across the country, giving drivers access to toll roads nationwide without the need for multiple transponders.
Combining the two technologies, the companies believe, will help grow their mutual customer base while introducing more benefits to drivers.
“It’s truly a win-win relationship for both companies,” said Gentex Chief Technology Officer Neil Boehm.
The companies also believe the decision is timely, given the need for touch-free transactions during the pandemic.
“Clearly, we’re living at a time when contactless payments are becoming increasingly important,” said PayByCar President Anand Raman.
“We’re excited to offer drivers not only the convenience of simple and quick transactions, but also the added safety and peace of mind of a touch-free payment experience.”


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Here are the trending topics in the Belgian and Dutch press for the month of September. It includes the most mentionned sectors, brands and topics of the month.
BE – Political issues become now most important for the Belgian media agenda. Sports is the second most important theme. The visibility for ecology drops slightly in comparison to the month of August.
NL – Sports are still the most mediatised in the Netherlands in September 2019, but are becoming less important than in August. The visibility for political issues increases strongly in comparison to the previous month.
BE – During this month of September 2019, the Belgian media emphasise more issues related to culture, sports, international and migration issues, political issues, and issues related to education, employment and consumption than the Dutch media.
NL – On the other hand, during this month of September 2019, issues related to associations, health and food, ecology, mobility, security, technology and housing are more covered in the Dutch media than in the Belgian media.
BE – In September 2019, the top five issues gaining most media exposure in the Belgian media are (1) sports, (2) companies and consumption, (3) employment, (4) technologies and (5) media.
NL – In September 2019, the top five issues gaining most media exposure in the Dutch media are (1) sports, (2) population and associations, (3) health and food, (4) security and justice and (5) ecology.
NL/BE Comparison – Belgium and the Netherlands share upward trends in sports, politics and society and employment.
7 themes are different between Belgium and the Netherlands: (1) companies and consumers (increasing in the Belgian media, decreasing in the Dutch media), (2) technologies (rising in the Belgian media), (3) media (decreasing in the Dutch media), (4) security, justice (decreasing in the Belgian media), (5) health (decreasing in the Belgian media), (6) ecology (rising in the Dutch media) and population and associations (decreasing in the Belgian media).
For the top 10 of the most mentioned brands in the Belgian and Dutch media, 3 brands out of 10 are found on both sides of the ranking.
1. Thomas Cook is the first brand in the Belgian and the second brand in the Dutch top 10. The announcement of the bankruptcy and the problems for the travelers are dominating the news.
2. Facebook and Google are also present in the Belgian and Dutch top 10. Facebook is 3rd in the Belgian and 1st in the Dutch media. Google is the 6th brand in both rankings.
3. Nethys is only present in the Belgian top 10 (4th): the sale of Voo and other topics are creating a large debate in the French speaking Belgian press.
4. KLM is only present in the Dutch top 10 (3rd). The media coverage is mainly focused on the strikes at KLM.
5. Hudson’s Bay is only present in the Dutch top 10 (8th): the Canadian brand will leave the Netherlands.
Auxipress conducted an analysis of the mediatization of the top brands for the first half of this year in Belgium.


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SUPERMARKET shoppers have told Which? they are fully aware that they are being ripped off but still want to live.
A report from the consumer organisation proved that customers are being cheated by multi-buy offers and discounts, though not as badly cheated as when buying items singly or without discounts, but had no suggestions on where else to obtain sustenance.
Joanna Kramer of Southampton said: “Perhaps Which? haven’t realised that in this world it’s eat or go.
“The supermarkets have got us over a barrel on this one, what with them selling all the stuff we need, and though a hunger strike is an option it’s an extreme response to three multipacks of crisps for £4.”
The Which? report added that value products are made out of the cheapest ingredients and turn a huge profit, while top-of-the-range brands charge far more than they cost and turn a huge profit, without mentioning that you must pick one.
Editor Joseph Turner said: “We’ve lodged a super-complaint with the Competition and Markets Authority, so if everyone can pop into hibernation while we sort this out.
“By the way, you’re also being ripped off when you get a mortgage, buy a car, buy clothes, buy electronic goods or indeed anything at all, other than loose screws from hardware stores which are very competitively priced.”


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Sean Cocchia has been promoted to EVP Business Operations and General Manager, Disney Channels Worldwide. The 17-year Disney exec will oversee the division’s Strategy and Operations and Franchise and Brand Management groups; Disney Media Sales and Marketing; and Radio Disney. He also oversees the portfolio’s work with Disney ABC Television Group’s Finance and Distribution groups and with Walt Disney International.
Cocchia, who had been SVP since 2011, oversaw the creation of the business models and strategic plans for the launch of the Disney XD brand and the 24-hour Disney Junior channel. He most recently led the strategic plan for digital distribution and growth across Radio Disney.
“Throughout his tenure, Sean’s strategic acumen and insights have been driving forces in helping to build our business to even greater heights,” said Gary Marsh, President and COO of Disney Channels Worldwide. “His deep understanding of how Disney Channels Worldwide connects to the larger Walt Disney Company has been a huge catalyst for that growth.”
His long career at the company has included stints as SVP and GM at Radio Disney, SVP Business Planning and Development at Disney Channels Worldwide, VP Business Development and Executive Director of Business Management for Disney Channel U.S.
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The sale of the V50 ThinQ 5G smartphone from LG is said to have been questioned after the negotiations to extend a chip license deal with Qualcomm fell.
According to ReutersThe South Korean company has filed a court in the United States that opposes Qualcomm & # 39; s attempt to destroy a notable antitrust rule against the chip designer.
"If Qualcomm does not participate in negotiations with LGE in accordance with the court's order, LGE will have no choice but to re-conclude licenses and chipset delivery agreements on terms of Qualcomm," read an excerpt of the application, the newser said.
Last month's antitrust legislation revealed that Qualcomm had imposed "incriminating" fees on companies that wanted to use its patents. Judge Lucy Koh also ruled that the American firm must sign new patent license agreements without the offensive conditions.
LG appeals to Qualcomm to abide by this ruling, while the Qualcomm believes it is still the status quo until it has exhausted its options to appeal the judgment.
It is unclear when this impasse will end, but LG is certainly in a bad position. If the lawsuit is not resolved quickly, the South Korean manufacturer will be forced to postpone the LG V50 ThinQ and possibly other 5G-related devices. It is not clear whether the deal only concerns 5G technology or 4G devices, but one analyst said Reuters that LG & # 39; s mobile company may suffer "catastrophic" damage if a deal is not reached. This suggests that LG & 4G's 4G devices, which make up most of its smartphone shipments, are also affected by the legal battle.
This struggle can also be a sign of what is to come when Qualcomm & # 39; s deals with other manufacturers are due for renewal soon. It's one thing for that LG did it off with Qualcomm, but it is a different matter if other players decide to challenge the chip maker in accordance with the antitrust rule.
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Dogecoin Dog Coin was launched as "Funny Digital Currency" on December 8, 2013. Today, it is one of the world's most popular cryptocurrencies, with a market capitalization of more than $350 million. This makes it still attractive for investment and mining. Dogecoin digs in a similar way to Monero.
DogeCoin Union： dogecoin coin market cap
Coin's recent acquisition of Coin Market Cap, the world's most visited encryption site, has ignited the industry.
Development Ranking: 96 Market Cap: Approximately $300,000 Market Cap Rank: 1195.
Eosgo.io is online EOS digital money market monitoring, which calculates coin and token inflation in real time, IMEOS reported. EOS has a market capitalisation of $5.4 billion, while Coin Market Cap has a market capitalisation of $4.8 billion, according to the website EOS Market Monitor. According to EOS Go, other sites, such as coinmarketcap, do not take into account all EOS for real-time conversions, so EOS Market Cap (Eosgo.io) data is the most accurate market monitoring in the field.
TikTok Dogecoin looks close to reality this morning as cryptocurrencies soar to a high of $0.005, up 143 per cent in the last three days
Lorena: Exacto, as?siento Dogecoin.
The leading exchange in China, supports Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin.
Popular implementations: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, (mostly)
Verge was originally created in 2014 under the name Dogecoin. It changed its name to Verge in 2016, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a dog coin fork. Dogecoin also became a branch of Litecoin, a well-known bitcoin.
The biggest gainer was Cosmos (ATOM), up 28.14 per cent in 24 hours, followed by Maximine Coin (MXM), HyperCash (HC), Bytecoin (BCN), Dogecoin (DCG), Gold (BTG) up 13.85 per cent, 8.08 per cent, 5.65 per cent, 3.39 per cent and 1.10 per cent respectively
Even if I look at some information about Bitcoin, I really don't know much about how Bitcoin really works and how the market really works.
iOS version supports Cosmos (ATOM), Zcash (ZEC) and Dogecoin (DOGE)
Recently, when news of Dogecoin began about a week ago, some young Tiktok users embarked on a lifelong challenge to raise the Dogecoin to $1.
Decred, Dogecoin, Litecoin: Failed attempt to break up.
So far, it seems that all versions of Windows have been affected by this bug, including client and server operating systems. If you inadvertently update an upgraded version of a bug, the Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 operating system will experience a blue screen failure.


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Seeking Talent, Levementum Plans Indy Expansion to The Union
In 2005, Arizona-based digital marketing firm Levementum was conceived over drinks in Paris. The company officially launched the following year, and today, it announced plans to continue its growth trajectory in Indiana one year after opening an office in Indianapolis.
At an event with Gov. Eric Holcomb and Indianapolis mayor Joe Hogsett this afternoon, Levementum executives laid out the company’s plans: its 12-person Indiana office will at least double in size by the end of the year as it moves into a 5,000-square-foot space at The Union, a co-working hub downtown. Levementum’s goal is to hire as many as 175 people by 2021; the company currently has a total of 47 employees at locations in Indianapolis; El Paso, TX; and Chandler, AZ.
Pending approval from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s board of directors, the state will offer the company up to $3.3 million in performance-based tax credits and up to $200,000 in training grants based on the company’s job creation plans. The city of Indianapolis will provide additional incentives in partnership with its economic development entity, Develop Indy.
Levementum is a consulting firm that helps businesses implement enterprise software, such as Salesforce and SugarCRM, and is focused on marketing automation, predictive intelligence, and the Internet of Things. Doug Guilbeau, Levementum’s CEO, says the company’s competitive advantage lies in its ability to be proactive and empathetic: it helps clients create customer engagement strategies, and then teaches them to use the software needed to achieve their goals.
“With most companies that help implement Salesforce, there’s a process around asking the customer, ‘What do you want us to do?'” he explains. “But we think our partners are more proactive in their suggestions and establishing a baseline for achieving business goals. We combine our methodology with the smartest, most experienced implementers who have built tools to get value faster—they’ve built things even Salesforce didn’t know you could do.”
Access to top digital marketing talent is one reason Levementum decided to grow in Indiana, says senior vice president Michael Burton, an ExactTarget alum based in Indianapolis. “Salesforce is driving a lot of our business, and Indianapolis is the center of the Salesforce Marketing Cloud product lines,” Burton says. “Salesforce’s R&D is based here, along with a pool of experienced workers. We need a talent pipeline we can teach to implement these tools.”
Guilbeau also likes Indianapolis’s proximity to East Coast and Midwest customers, as well as its “fantastic” airport.
At the end of next week, Levementum will begin moving into The Union and will be one of the building’s inaugural tenants. Guilbeau is excited about that, too. “Never in my 30-year career have I found a space so ideally tailored to needs like ours,” he says, pointing to The Union’s amenities, location, and technical offerings. “There’s nothing like it in Arizona. As soon as I heard about it, I wanted in quickly.”
As for what the future holds, Burton says Levementum is concentrating on keeping up with the new technologies being acquired by Salesforce, which has spent the past couple of years snapping up smaller digital marketing startups to add to its capabilities. “Our focus is to continue to grow the team in Indiana and across the U.S.,” he adds.


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It's tough to keep track of all the places where there has been a fight over genetically engineered foods and their role in our nation’s food system. There's major food makers' surprising embrace of GMO-free cereals—reaffirming breakfast's reputation as the most important meal of the day. There have been some pricey campaigns waged for and against controversial labeling initiatives, to tell consumers more about what they're buying. And a genetically modified salmon is swimming ever closer to FDA approval.
The jury's out on whether GMO foods are healthy, but what’s not in question is that there are more of them. In 2012, nearly 70 million hectares of G.E. crops were planted in the U.S., up from 64 million hectares three years earlier.
Just as GMO ingredients are becoming more prevalent in our food system, so is consumer awareness. That’s why the Environmental Working Group—the folks behind the “Dirty Dozen” produce list—is launching the “2014 Shopper’s Guide to Avoiding GE Food” today.
The new guide makes suggestions for how to avoid G.E. food, lists the four most common G.E. ingredients in food today, and alerts you to what’s coming down the road.
If you’re interested in getting GMOs out of your diet and can’t wait for a federal labeling law to take effect, the new guide comes with how-tos, including recommendations of foods that carry a certified organic label or products that carry the now-familiar “Non-GMO Project Verified” logo.
There’s a lot to chew on. Until you have the right to know whether or not your food contains GMOs, here’s what EWG says should be on your radar right now.


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Walt Herd’s 1968 deep blue metallic Cord took home the Best in Show award during the third annual Village Car Show Saturday. It is one of only 110 made of that model, he said.
“It’s a special car and the award confirms that for me,” said 75-year-old Herd, who has owned the car for two years. “It’s a beautiful car and I love it when others love it.”
The Cord was one of 25 classic cars entered in the show at Clubhouse Five.
Another participant was 98-year-old William Clover with his 1956 Crown Imperial, which won Best Restored Stock. Clover bought the car in 1956 and drove the eight-passenger car for 30 years, including cross country and to Canada with three children and grandmother and grandfather, before putting it into storage.
“There are millions of memories in that car,” he said. “When going in it as a passenger, it feels like old times.”
David Harris won for Best Engine with his replica of a 1923 Ford T-Bucket. He drives the 400-horsepower car through Laguna Woods and to various car shows, he said.
“It’s fun to drive,” he said. “It’s my toy. My wife had horses and every time she bought a horse, I bought a car.”
Sharon O’Neil showed off her black 1957 Chevy Bel Air, a car model she learned to drive in back in the day, she said. “Owning this car is like “remembering the good old days of the ‘60s and ‘70s,” she said.
“It’s fun,” she added. “We go cruising in the car with friends. It’s our era.”
Other winners included Jefte Hamilton’s 1940 Ford Super Deluxe for Best Exterior and Richard Gabaldon’s 1931 Ford Model A Coupe for Best Interior.
Sandy Reis was one of the residents who came out to take a look at the classic cars.
“There are a lot of stories with each car,” she said. “They are beautiful, like works of art.”
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During the raw milk debate at Harvard Law School last Thursday, I criticized our opponents for their failure to present data, as in real understandable numbers.
I had gone to the trouble of analyzing data from official statistics provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control–supposedly the gold standard of foodborne illness data. (Some of what I presented was CDC data extracted by the MarlerClark firm, certainly no friend of raw milk.) I found that, over the last decade, between 25 and 175 individuals have been reported ill each year from raw milk. Moreover, I found that the number of illnesses is generally in the vicinity of .5% (one-half of one per cent) of the total number of 23,000-25,000 foodborne illnesses reported each year. (The preceding link goes to the 2008 number, the most recent reported, and that number is down on the order of 1,000 or more from the immediately preceding years.) That’s a very small percentage, given that 3% of the population has been found, by the CDC, to be drinking raw milk.
Why wouldn’t the opponents comment on the numbers I had compiled from CDC data, or present numbers of their own? For a very good reason. The numbers suggest that because raw milk contributes such a miniscule proportion of all reported foodborne illnesses, it’s nothing approaching a significant public health problem.
So what do you do if it gets embarrassing to ignore the numbers? If you’re a good bureaucratic number cruncher, you raise a lot of dust and say, “He went thataway!” In other words, you distort and distract, you do anything to avoid discussing the truth.
That is what the CDC did yesterday in publishing a study assessing illnesses from raw and pasteurized dairy over the 14 years of 1993-2006. “Nonpasteurized products caused a disproportionate number (≈150× greater/unit of product consumed) of outbreaks and outbreak-associated illnesses,” it concluded in its abstract.
I would be content to ignore these ideologues, except the major media pick up on such pronouncements, coming as they do from the august CDC, the place where all things concerning the science of health are validated. Here’s how USA Today led off its article on the study: “Unpasteurized milk, touted as the ultimate health food by some, is 150 times more likely to cause food-borne illness outbreaks than pasteurized milk…”
What’s the problem with this “study”? Because the most important number, the number of illnesses, doesn’t prove CDC’s point that raw milk is terribly dangerous, it pulls the old switcheroo–it focuses on “outbreaks.” It’s long been known, and acknowledged all around, that there are more raw milk outbreaks than pasteurized milk outbreaks. But when there are pasteurized milk outbreaks, they can be doozies. In the 1980s and 1990s, there were pasteurized milk outbreaks affecting tens of thousands of people. One in 1994 sickened 224,000 people who ate pasteurized-cream ice cream. The true cause was never pinpointed–whether it was the cream or the eggs. That outbreak doesn’t seem to have made it into Langer’s study. I also don’t see mention of a 2006 outbreak in which 1,300 California prisoners were sickened by pasteurized milk.
Indeed, Langer whitewashes illnesses from pasteurized milk–those were flukes, it was the consumer’s fault, the food handlers’ fault. Excuses, excuses. He says of illnesses from pasteurized milk that “at least 4 (57%) probably resulted from post-pasteurization contamination by an infected food handler. Failure of the consumer to store the dairy product at an appropriate temperature probably contributed to 3 other outbreaks. Such temperature abuse can enable pathogens (present because they either survived pasteurization in low numbers or were introduced after pasteurization) to multiply to concentrations capable of causing illness.” I love it. “Temperature abuse.” Is that akin child abuse?
The important number–the number of illnesses–is buried deep in the CDC study. That number is 1,571 illnesses attributed to raw dairy over the 14 years of the study. It works out to an average of 112 per year. As I said, there are between 25 and 175 reported illnesses each year.
I actually wrote about the lead author, Adam Langer, a few years ago, when he came up with this truly perceptive insight: In states that prohibit raw milk, there are fewer illnesses from raw milk than in states that allow raw milk. As I wrote at the time, you’d likely have the same phenomenon with any foods–ban deli meats in one state and you’ll have fewer illnesses from deli meats than in another state where they’re allowed. This bizarre insight is one of Langer’s key conclusions for this latest paper.
It’s supposed to be about safety, but we see yet again that it’s really about politics and propaganda. Don’t know why I’m always surprised. Guess I just had it drilled into me too many times that the CDC cares about the science.
The Boston Globe has a nice wrapup of last week’s raw milk debate. It doesn’t take a stand, just reports the facts, along with good atmosphere and nice photos.


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Fashion Week Expands Sponsor Roster; Adds O.N.E.
Leading designers will be joined by carton water when Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week kicks off in New York on September 10th.
Today, IMG and One Natural Experience (O.N.E.) announced its official sponsorship of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City. O.N.E. Water, which offers 500 ml water in Tetra Pak cartons, will be sampled to all guests attending shows, backstage and inside the Tents throughout the week. This sponsorship marks the first time that carton water will be featured as an official water sponsor.
"One can't get through MBFW without lots of hydration...so it is especially exciting for us to be introducing all attendees to O.N.E. Water. Offering an eco-chic healthy water to all our fashion industry guests who thankfully are becoming more aware and conscious of sustainable products, will make a lot of fashionistas very happy," commented Fern Mallis, Senior Vice President of IMG Fashion.
O.N.E. Water is 100 percent pure, comes from a sustainable source in Canada and is packaged in Tetra Pak cartons made mainly from paper, a renewable resource.
"We feel this is a great opportunity to present the benefits of carton packaging to some of the most influential trendsetters in the U.S.," said Carla Fantoni, Director of Marketing, Tetra Pak U.S. and Canada. "Consumers across the nation already associate carton packaging with environmental friendliness and this awareness and passion for cartons will only continue to grow. We look forward to seeing how consumer response to using carton packaging evolves."


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Sept 2 (Reuters) - One Medical (ONEM.O) said on Friday the U.S. Federal Trade Commission had sought more information from the company and Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) about the primary care provider's $3.49-billion acquisition by the online retailer.
The request for new information is part of the U.S. anti-trust body's review process, which is usually done to check if a deal has any anti-competitive consequences.
Both parties plan to promptly respond to the request, One Medical said.
Analysts have said Amazon's limited healthcare presence should minimize antitrust issues, but there were still risks, given the company faces scrutiny over its dominant tech position in the market.
After the deal was announced, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is also the chairwoman of a subcommittee overseeing antitrust issues, urged the FTC to investigate the proposed deal due to Amazon's "history of engaging in business practices that raise serious anticompetitive concerns". read more Amazon in July had agreed to buy One Medical as it sought to expand its virtual healthcare offering and add brick-and-mortar doctors' offices.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – General Motors will begin importing the high-performance Corvette to Russia, still a key market for Chevrolet as the automaker winds down sales of the brand elsewhere in Europe.
The move is meant to focus GM resources on the struggling Opel brand in Europe, although Opels will remain on sale in Russia, where the automaker aims to double its current 3% share of the market.
GM also will continue selling Chevrolets side-by-side with Opels in the Commonwealth of Independent States, a primarily economic organization of nine countries formerly part of the Soviet Union.
U.S.-built Corvettes will reach the Russian market this spring, roughly a year after GM launched assembly of Trailblazer midsize SUVs from semi-knocked down kits at its St. Petersburg plant. The Trailblazer is offered in Russia in two trim levels and at a base price of RR1.4 million ($46,000).
The St. Petersburg facility already was assembling Chevrolet Cruze and Opel Astra sedans and hatchbacks from complete-knocked-down kits.
The Cruze and subcompact Chevrolet Aveo are best-sellers in Russia, and GM plans to beef up promotion of the Chevrolet Cobalt small sedan, which is assembled at the automaker’s
GM Uzbekistan joint-venture plant in that CIS-member country.
GM also is in negotiations to add production of the Chevrolet Trax compact CUV at the Unison facility in CIS member country Belarus. Unison, a Brith-Belarusian JV, will begin assembling Opel Corsa hatchbacks this year from SKD kits sourced from Opel plants in Eisenach, Germany, and Zaragoza, Spain.
Most Corsa production is earmarked for Russia, where the cars will be sold free of import duties because both countries are members of a Customs Union that also includes Kazakhstan.
GM’s confidence in Russia’s economic prospects is reflected in its decision to raise Chevrolet’s marketing and manufacturing footprint in a market where Opel already is well-established. The automaker is halting Chevrolet sales elsewhere in Europe in 2015.
“We want to be stronger in Russia,” says Adam Opel Chairman and GM Europe President Karl-Thomas Neumann. “This is the third (-largest) global market in terms of sales for Opel, and its further growth is a very important part of our strategy.
“In 2012 Opel grew up in Russia very well, but still, our market share is twice-lower than in other European countries. So we have a large potential here,” he says, citing the ratio of 300 cars for every 1,000 residents, well below the European Union proportion.
“It (also) is very important that we have here the youngest consumers in the world, whose average age is 38 years, compared with 50 in the EU,” Neumann says. “In this regard, our customers will stay with us for many years.”


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Long-time Market Junkies know how I feel about the Rivian IPO.
But in case you’re a new reader, Rivian makes electric SUVs and pickup trucks that rival Tesla Inc.’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) Model X and Cybertruck.
Rivian’s R1T all-electric pickup truck promises over 400 miles of driving range combined with acceleration times comparable to a supercar. And its R1S SUV does the same.
Commonly referred to as the “Tesla Killer,” Rivian is backed by some of the greatest entrepreneurs and long-term institutional investors in the world…
The list includes T. Rowe Price Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)… Just to name a few.
During its second to last capital raise in December 2019, these institutional investors valued the firm at $7 billion.
That’s when T. Rowe Price lead a $1.3 billion investment round into the company.
To date, Rivian has secured $5.6 billion over the course of 8 funding rounds. That includes the $2.5 billion round announced Friday also led by TROW, F, and AMZN (at an undisclosed valuation).
In my opinion, these institutional investors make Rivian an intriguing long-term buy and hold after its IPO…
That’s because these institutional investors are unlikely to sell once the 90-day “lockup period” on Rivian expires following the date it goes public.
Another thing I like about Rivian is that Jeff Bezos and Amazon are not only investors… They’re also the company's biggest client.
After Bezos visited Rivian’s headquarters last fall, he agreed to buy 100,000 electric vans for Amazon’s delivery services.
He did that for two reasons:
- Amazon is working to become delivery self-sufficient to save on costs incurred by having to outsource delivery to FedEx, UPS, or the USPS.
- And Amazon has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2040. As you could imagine, switching from gas to electric vehicles is a big part of the plan to reduce CO2 emissions.
The probability that Jeff Bezos and Amazon let Rivian fail is slim to none. Bezos is incentivized to keep Rivian running because he is the biggest client and one of its biggest shareholders.
Rivian clearly has a bright future ahead…
But since the company is not public yet, what can you do now to capitalize on the gains that Tesla and other electric car makers are experiencing?
Well, you could invest in Tesla. The stock is up 318% since December 2019 (when Rivian took in $1.3 billion during its latest funding round).
If Rivian increased 318% between Dec. 2019 and now, its total market cap would have increased from $7 billion to a little over $29 billion.
In fact, I believe that Tesla has directly contributed to the massive successes of its competitors. Tesla is like the “tide that lifts all boats” with it.
It’s similar to how all tech stocks rise when the Nasdaq goes up or all cryptocurrencies rise when Bitcoin goes up…
Tesla competitors go up when Tesla goes up because they have positive correlation together.
In case you missed it, here are Tesla’s 3 biggest public competitors today.
They’re all up massively for the year.
And one is already up 94% since I recommended it last week…
Wrapping Up with Rivian
There’s no getting around it – it sucks that individual investors like you and I aren’t able to experience the insane gains private investors are enjoying with their Rivian stock.
Rivian is my second favorite electric car maker after Tesla…
If Rivian went public today, I bet they would price new shares around a $30-$40 billion valuation.
That means you and I would have missed out on 328% to 471% returns.
But let’s not focus on what we can’t control…
Let’s look forward and see what we can do about it going forward based on the probabilities…
When I take a look at TSLA’s chart, I count 9 times the stock has dropped more than 33% within a couple months.
So, it’s not a matter of “if” but “when” the electric car sector experiences another correction.
At the same time… Could TSLA go to $2,000 to $2,800 per share before the end of the year?
It certainly wouldn’t surprise me. That’s why I wouldn’t recommend selling any of the TSLA stock you own now.
But I wouldn’t be adding to your position just yet either…
You see, the number of put options buyers in TSLA has never been higher than it is today.
That means a lot of the “smart money” is expecting a drop soon. And when Tesla and its competitors do drop, you can bet I’ll be scooping up shares of all 4 companies on the cheap.


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David Morken, co-founder and CEO of Raleigh-based Bandwidth.com, is officially a “disrupter,” according to Entrepreneur magazine.
Morken receives the distinction for shaking up the wireless industry with his company’s no-contract phone plan, Republic Wireless, which costs just $19 per month and relies on Wi-Fi as its primary network. In the article, Morken is called “the entrepreneur who will change your phone bill.”
Although Republic Wireless users “must contend with interrupted calls stemming from a less-than-seamless Wi-Fi-to-cellular handoff,” the article notes, Morken says the service is signing up tens of thousands of customers each month and that updated software that will fix the handover issue is forthcoming.
Bandwidth is also in the process of launching a smartphone option for the service, which could happen this summer.


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By Bobby Harrison/NEMS Daily Journal Jackson Bureau
JACKSON – Mississippi businesses will get a state income tax break on their inventory under a proposal now awaiting the signature of Gov. Phil Bryant.
The bill passed the House over the weekend and the Senate approved it 39-8 on Monday. Opponents concerned about the cost to the state general fund will have another opportunity to block it, but based on the overwhelming vote in the Senate that is unlikely.
Sen. Finance Chairman Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, said 41 other states do not have an inventory tax and that giving Mississippi businesses a break would stimulate economic development.
Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, argued the legislation would help Walmart and other large retailers and not the manufacturers business groups have said are being hurt by the tax.
“How does it increase economic development by Walmart not paying taxes?” asked Bryan.
Business leaders have long advocated elimination of the tax they pay on inventory. But since it is levied by city and county governments, the Legislature has been reluctant to deal with the issue because a reduction might force local property tax increases to offset the lost revenue.
Under the approved proposal, local governments would still tax inventory, but businesses could a claim a credit on their state income tax to offset the tax paid to the local government. But businesses could only claim the tax credit if they have a state income tax liability.
House Ways and Means Chairman Jeff Smith, R-Columbus, said the tax credit when fully enacted in 2016 would cost the state general fund between $21 million and $30 million annually. Under the original bill as it passed the House, the hit to the general fund would have been more than $120 million annually.
Smith said he would have preferred the original House bill that would have resulted in the state writing checks to businesses to offset the amount of the local inventory tax even if the companies did not have a state income tax liability. But Smith said the Senate would not agree to that proposal.


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Michelin has expanded its list of D.C. Bib Gourmand restaurants, its rundown of restaurants with top-quality food at relatively affordable prices.
The 2018 Bib Gourmand list now includes Hazel, Ivy City Smokehouse and Sfoglina, in addition to the same 19 restaurants that made the 2017 list. Bib Gourmand restaurants must be high quality while also allowing their diners to order two courses and a glass of wine, or dessert, for $40 or less, not including tax or tip.
Michelin created a D.C. restaurant guide, only the fourth U.S. city bestowed such a guide, in 2017. The 2018 Michelin-starred restaurants will be announced Oct. 17.
Bib Gourmand restaurants cannot receive stars in the main Michelin guide.
The rundown of the 2018 Bib Gourmand list for the District:
- Chef Rob Rubba’s Hazel, offering, per Michelin, everything “from small plates to an exciting duck dinner”
- Ivy City Smokehouse from Greg Casten of Tony and Joe’s and Nick’s Riverside Grill
- Sfoglina, “pasta master” in Italian, from Fabio and Maria Trabocchi
- Filipino favorite Bad Saint
- Bidwell, the full-service restaurant in Union Market
- Spanish tapas spot Boqueria
- Shaw Ethiopian restaurant Chercher
- Four José Andrés restaurants: China Chilcano, Jaleo, Zaytinya and Oyamel
- Georgetown Ethiopian restaurant Das
- 14th Street hotspot Doi Moi
- Chef Tim Ma’s first D.C. restaurant, Kyirisan
- Afghan restaurant Lapis
- Erik Bruner-Yang’s Maketto
- Turkish restaurant Ottoman Taverna
- Jeff Black’s Pearl Dive Oyster Palace
- Italian restaurant Red Hen
- The Royal in LeDroit Park
- Lao restaurant Thip Khao
- Neapolitan pizza restaurant 2Amys


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The OECD annual forum and ministerial meeting will see informal meetings on issues related to the Doha talks which were launched in 2001and have missed several deadlines due to divergent views on some of the issues, like agriculture subsidies between developed countries like the US and developing nations such as India.
In fact, WTO members, including India and the US, have started a series of meetings to bridge differences over the contentious issues like trade facilitation (TF) pact. Under the early harvest, rich nations, including the US, want India and other emerging economies to be part of the four major sectoral pacts TF, information technology, environmental goods and international services agreement.
The OECD ministerial may set the tone of the WTO talks with India planning to raise key trade-related issues. Besides, the USTR had raised issues on India setting trade barriers, said a commerce ministry official.
The present USTR Ron Kirk has stepped down and White House international economic affairs adviser Mike Froman had been considered the front-runner to succeed Kirk.


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Marijuana Vending Machines Arrive In Canada
The sight of vending machines outside of storefronts is fairly commonplace throughout North America. However, some located in parts of Canada are certainly extraordinary for the sole reason that they’re actually marijuana vending machines. The first Canadian one was installed in Vancouver a few weeks ago, but they’ve also coming to America.
As of April 1, the Canadian government unveiled new regulations that will eventually mean small growers and distributors of marijuana will be replaced with commercial vendors. There are currently approximately 30,000 small-time marijuana vendors in Canada. If the new regulations work as planned, there will be fewer places from which to obtain marijuana, but the respective stores will be bigger.
However, some people who’ve made their livelihoods around marijuana refuse to be deterred so easily, particularly in British Columbia. That’s where about 400 retailers and distributors are located, and they’re not overly concerned about the ramifications of having marijuana vending machines, or distributing the drug in any other way.
According to an article from the New York Daily News, even police in the area have admitted that while medical marijuana vending machines are not legal, they’re also not a top priority of the region’s drug task force. As you might expect, the professionals there are more concerned with reprimanding individuals who use or give out harder drugs like cocaine and heroin, and striking down drug traffickers who participate in violent crimes.
The British Columbia Pain Society is a dispensary that relies on the marijuana vending machines to spur business. However, getting access is not as simple as putting in the necessary amount of money and pushing a button. Rather, patrons have to show proof that they have a condition which requires what’s in one of the marijuana vending machines. This document has to be signed by a physician or naturopath. Also, people who want to partake of the fare inside the marijuana vending machines have to be at least 19 years of age.
Marijuana vending machines have also been installed in Colorado. However, one key difference with those is that unlike the Canadian versions, the machines in Colorado take a person’s identification card for verification purposes before dispensing the drug.
In Canada, anyone who uses one of the medical marijuana vending machines does not have to reveal his or her identify, and the owner of the British Colombia Pain Society says having the drug dispensed in that format cuts down on theft. What do you think? Could you see yourself enjoying some of the products contained inside of marijuana vending machines?
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Mario Kart 8 could be a "catalyst" for Wii U sales
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently suggested a single game could have a major impact on a system's sales.
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As Nintendo attempts to turn around the fortunes of the Wii U, the launch of Mario Kart 8 later this month could be a "catalyst" for the system, according to the company.
"I certainly feel that Mario Kart 8 can be the catalyst that will broaden Wii U's horizons," said Nintendo UK's Mario brand manager, Roger Langford, in an interview with MCV. "It's very important for us that we have a successful launch and continue the promotion throughout the year and beyond."
Langford discussed the importance of letting people know about all the changes introduced in Mario Kart 8, however minor, in the lead up to the game's release on May 30. "There are lots of tweaks in the game that on the face of it might not sound like much," he said. "But we are looking to seed these bits out to the core Mario Kart fans via our online and social media campaign, and get that word-of-mouth and buzz up to launch. So that when we get to release day, we have the big TV campaign to make the big splash, but also the fans are raring to go."
Along with the new Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart 8 is one of the biggest upcoming games for Wii U. Nintendo is making a major push with its launch, hoping to not only continue the series' history of strong sellers, but to also encourage sales of the system. Nintendo will offer a bundle that includes the system, the game, and a Wii remote (allowing two-player local multiplayer right out of the box) in both North America and Europe, and is also giving away a free downloadable game for those who buy a copy of Mario Kart 8, which earned an 8.0 in GameSpot's review.
Langford's statement that the game could serve as a catalyst for Wii U echoes a similar sentiment shared by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. During a recent Q&A with investors, Iwata stated, "The fate of a video game system is often influenced greatly by the introduction of a single title." He cited the first Pokémon game on Game Boy as an example of this.
As of March 31, the Wii U had sold only 6.17 total million units worldwide, well short of the 9 million it had hoped to sell in the preceding 12 months alone. (2.72 million consoles were sold during that span.) Nintendo now expects to sell 3.6 million systems during the year ending March 31, 2015. For comparison, the PlayStation 4 has already sold more than 7 million units, while the Xbox One surpassed the 3-million mark in less than two months. Ubisoft expects the two to combine for worldwide sales of more than 30 million units by next March.
At E3 next month, Nintendo won't host a traditional press conference, instead opting for a digital event on Tuesday, June 10 at 9 a.m. Pacific. Despite reports to the contrary, Nintendo insists it will not be showing new hardware at the event, though we will likely learn more about its plans to sell Skylanders-style figurines that make use of the Wii U GamePad's near field communication feature.


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AI-Generated Video Summaries Being Tested by YouTube
It’s possible that a person still needs to write the next online video synopsis. YouTube is now testing video descriptions that were generated by AI and will display them on search and watch sites. The purpose of the text is to provide a “quick overview” of a clip to assist you in determining whether or not it is worthwhile to watch. The business is eager to emphasize that these do not replace the video descriptions provided by authors.
Pilot Project for English Language Videos
The pilot project will only be seen by a “limited number” of viewers and will only involve videos that are in the English language. A representative from YouTube said that the video summaries will be available on mobile devices for how-to videos, shopping videos, and vlogs. You can watch the videos anywhere you are in the world.
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According to Android Police‘s explanation, YouTube has just made available to its customers a few preview features. Premium users could lock the screen while it was being played, preventing unintentional commands from entering. You have moreover been given the choice to transform comments on Shorts into new short-form clips.
Part of Google’s Generative AI Efforts
The test was conducted roughly three years after YouTube began testing video chapters produced by AI. However, it is a component of a bigger effort to develop generative AI at Google. The multinational technology company has released its Bard chatbot. It employs the technology to produce a wide variety of content, ranging from spreadsheet templates to entire news articles, even if it is only occasionally available to the general public.
The Logical Extension for YouTube
On the other hand, the summary function on YouTube is one of the most logical extensions. According to the service description, over 500 hours of new content are being added to the platform every minute, making it difficult for humans to keep up. The question that needs to be answered is whether AI’s summaries are accurate enough. Google has warned that generative systems such as Bard may be prone to mistakes and misinformation, and how successfully the experiment will function in practice on YouTube still needs to be made clear.


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Microsoft has launched a new ad-free search product, Bing for Schools, with an incentive program that rewards schools with free Surface RT tablets, ZDNet reports. The new pilot program, currently for the US only, offers schools a search engine tailored for education, and to encourage interest in joining it, Microsoft is integrating its incentive program, Bing Rewards, which will let schools earn Surface RTs. Given the dissatisfaction that older Windows users seem to have with RTs lack of backwards compatibility, younger students may be one group that have fewer objections to its limitations, and give Microsoft a chance to put its spare Surface RT inventory to good use……Read More
Despite tepid reviews of Microsoft’s new Surface Pro Windows 8 tablet last week, the company says it has seen solid demand since it went on sale Saturday in the United States. The company says the Surface line is just getting started, ABC News reports. Many stores reported that they sold out of the initial stock of the 128GB 10.6-inch Surface Pro tablet, which comes with a stylus and can be bought with a $100 attachable keyboard. The tablet starts at $899 with 64GB of storage; the 128GB version begins at $999. Microsoft stores and Staples reportedly sold out of the first batch of tablets. Microsoft would not disclose the number of tablets sold or the number in the initial stock batch.
“We are pleased that the demand for the Surface Pro is so great. Our focus is to get ordered Surface units delivered to our customers as quickly as possible,” Microsoft said in a statement today…
Just in time for Halloween (and the launch of Windows 8), Microsoft (MSFT) has revealed that it plans on releasing its first Surface tablets on October 26th, BGR reports. Microsoft buried the Surface release date in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, where it told the SEC that “on October 26th… we will begin selling the Surface, a series of Microsoft-designed and manufactured hardware devices.”…Read More
Google on June 27 said it will sell a 7-inch, $199 tablet computer bearing its brand in a challenge to Amazon’s Kindle Fire.
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It is the world's most watched fashion runway, where elite athletes are judged not on their sport, but on what they're sporting.
Fashion commentators across the globe watched eagerly on as athletes from more than 200 nations strutted around the Rio Olympic Stadium for the Opening Ceremony of the games.
From scantily clad hunks liberally lubricated in baby oil, to preppy school uniforms, there was a medley of styles of all shapes and sizes on display inside Maracana Stadium.
We've take a look at some of the best and worst outfits of the ceremony.
The most eye-popping outfit was really just a greased up hunk. Taekwondo fighter Pita Taukatofua sent social media into meltdown when he carried the Tonga flag with no shirt - completely covered in baby oil. With a body like that, who needs an outfit?
Great Britain was lead by tennis star Andy Murray in an understated but stylish uniform. Male athletes paired a slim-fitting jacket with a classic white shirt, adding a breezy modern touch with white shorts on the bottom. Female athletes wore white jackets, blue shirts and the very epitome of British fashion - a blue miniskirt.
Tennis ace Andy Murray shows off the double-breasted blazer worn by Great Britain's male athletes
The traditional blazers with a laidback streetwear style has drawn widespread praise for Canada. Fashion critics praised the outfits use of the giant maple leaf to representing the country proudly without compromising style. Several social media commenters declared they won the fashion stakes.
Looking like students from the preppiest school imaginable, South Korea have been met with an outpouring of praise for their outfits on social media. Commenters celebrated the matching white fedoras and smart blazers which looked like they came straight off the set of Glee.
Indonesia were hailed as the most royal looking nation in the ceremony. Their traditional red and white outfits adorned with glittering gold hats were a huge hit on social media, where many claimed they took the cake of the best on the track.
To many, the Harry Potter-esque uniforms worn by Montenegro made up for an opening ceremony that was less than magical. The light blue outfits, complete with boater hat, were reminiscent of the uniforms worn by the Beauxbatons magic school in the Harry Potter films.
The German team wore a dour uniform notable only for its use of several different shades of grey. Despite temperatures approaching 30 degrees, they were well wrapped up in long parkas and thermal leggings. They did offer one tiny splash of colour - a dull maroon sweatshirt to ward off the slim chance any of them were still cold.
China's ghastly uniforms were so bad they inspired their own food-themed hashtag: #ScrambledEggsWithTomatoSauce. The men provided the sauce in bright-red blazers teamed, for some bizarre reason, with a rainbow-coloured tie. Female athletes accounted for the eggs with their mustard-yellow jackets.
You can see what they were going for: an abundance of red, white and blue. But fans were quick to point out the top of the uniform under blazer looks just like the Russian flag. Others slammed the nautical-prep styling and knitted sweaters. Looks like it's back to the drawing board for Tokyo 2020.
Taking to the track in white and green pinstripe blazers and yacht-chic white shorts, Australia's colourful uniforms have irked fashion police the world over. From reviews they looked like 'Medicare cards', to claims they looked 'offensively hideous,' Australia did not win everybody over.
The birthplace of iconic fashion houses such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Prada chose to wear... baggy, dark blue, unisex track suits. Even more baffling was the fact that the normally stylish Italian uniforms were designed by none other than fashion legend Giorgio Armani.
The verdict is out: checkerboard chic isn't in. Fans took to social media in droves to slam the designer of their red and white chequered uniforms. From claims they looked like quidditch team uniforms, to claims they were the worst dressed nation, people just weren't feeling these uniforms.
The Irish have no one but the Americans to blame for their green and blue 'onesie' disaster. There was quite a stir when it was announced that American company New Balance would to design and make the kit. As it was unveiled on Friday it was easy to see why.
The shiny, neon yellow uniforms worn by Sweden were among the most attacked on social media. Social media was awash with commenters slamming their outfits, which were branded 'full-on fashion crimes' and a result of the 'H&M design team getting drunk with ABBA.'


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With 60,000 homes and 140,000 customers Thames Valley-based Sovereign is one of the leading housing associations in the country, and this multi-tenanted Clifton Down shopping centre and its 350 vehicle car park, is by far the biggest commercial property in Sovereign’s portfolio.
A local residential property and smaller surface car park has also been bought as part of the investment.
Clifton Down was built in the early 1980’s and the shopping centre and car park together covers over three acres of land.
The income generated from ownership of the centre and the adjacent land means Sovereign will be able to deliver additional affordable housing across the south of England, improve the quality of their existing homes and increase their charitable purposes.
Sovereign are taking more of a land-led approach to their development plans, and this multi-million pound agreement, announced today, is seen as a kick-start to those aspirations.
Tom Titherington, Executive Director Development and Commercial for Sovereign, has hailed the deal as a step change in Sovereign’s development ambitions.
He said: “We have ambitions around taking more of a land-led approach, and the control that gives us, in our development plans and so we are delighted to have secured the Clifton Down shopping centre and the adjacent land.
“This is a retail led, mixed use investment and is a really exciting opportunity for us as a business. The income will allow us to increase our development programme, and in the medium to long term there is the potential to redevelop the site to create a sustainable major mixed use development to include affordable and market housing.”
James Gibson, Development Director, added: “It is fantastic for us and the area. It is the largest commercial investment owned by Sovereign and it is really good news for the business, especially in the current climate.”
This transaction is in line with BlackRock UK Property Fund’s strategy to reduce the Fund’s retail exposure.


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- UK neobank Monzo is planning to launch its own buy now, pay later (BNPL) product.
- Monzo is set to join companies in both banking and BNPL including Revolut, Square and Klarna.
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Monzo is planning to launch its own buy now, pay later (BNPL) product and could unveil it soon, per the Evening Standard. BNPL is a credit card alternative that lets customers make installment payments for their purchases.
The UK neobank's version will be differentiated from the growing number of players in the space by offering affordability checks for users and reporting repayment histories to credit-checking agencies.
Monzo is set to join a slew of companies that are in both banking and BNPL, including:
- Revolut: The fellow UK neobank's CEO, Nikolay Storonsky, disclosed the company's BNPL plans in an Evening Standard interview just four days before the publication reported on Monzo's plans.
- Square: The US-based fintech and business neobank said in August 2021 that it's seeking to acquire Australian BNPL company Afterpay in a deal worth around $29 billion.
- Goldman Sachs: The banking giant is teaming up with Apple on an upcoming BNPL offering internally called Apple Pay Later.
- Klarna: The Swedish BNPL company has savings accounts in its product mix in its home market and Germany.
If Monzo can roll out a BNPL arm that garners a good reputation, it could build loyalty among its large customer base, which stood at 5 million as of its most recent annual report.
Cross-promotion among existing customers can help the neobank quickly build a following for the product.
- This can strengthen engagement and attract customers to spend more time in its ecosystem.
- It may also appeal more to prospective users seeking to build or repair their credit because Monzo reports repayment histories to credit bureaus.
Data suggests that Monzo has a market opening, per findings from a 2020 Capco survey:
- 46% of UK BNPL users said it's their preferred form of credit.
- 45% said they would like BNPL to be integrated into their current account—akin to a US checking account—or their credit card.
The neobank's affordability and credit reporting—particularly, its affordability oversight for borrowers—may also enhance the reputation of its BNPL arm. Of late, the product type has been raising concerns that it could stick borrowers with too much debt.
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H&M's Q3 sales trail expectations, but autumn season starts more strongly
In a very brief release on Thursday, H&M Group said it saw a rise in Q3 sales. But it also saw a local currencies sales fall and the figures were worse than expected.
The June to August period was still a positive one for the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, but net sales were up only 3% from a year-earlier at SEK57.5 billion ($5.36 billion). Analysts had predicted a rise of around 5%.
Meanwhile, in local currencies, sales were down as much as 4%.
The company said that Q3 had “got off to a weak start, in common with the industry in many of the group’s major markets. Sales improved sequentially during the quarter, with a better start for the autumn collections than last year”.
That last point is encouraging, especially given that there are widespread fears that trading for fashion retailers could deteriorate in the months ahead due to the cost-of-living crisis that’s hitting consumers in many countries.
Fashion as a whole seems to have held up fairly well so far this year, but there are worries that steeper price rises and a focus by consumers on essentials could send sales into reverse. H&M is clearly confident it has the product consumers want for the autumn season so it’s operating from a position of strength.
The company will report its full nine-months results on 29 September.
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November 9, 2020
Only 60 days left until Brexit so here is all you need to know about it as Amazon seller:
From January 31st 2021 UK is leaving ES, so it means the UK will be hold as a third party country, e.g. all of the services and goods that are sold from the EU to the UK will be handled different.
UK is trying to negotiate for the FTA (Free Trade Deal) to avoid as many Brexit inconveniences as possible. It is still hard to say if this goal will be achieved.
UK is expected to withdraw from the single market and customs union, however an agreement is expected to be reached between the UK and the EU for Amazon’s developers.
It is important to note that sellers who sell goods from third countries will be required to ensure that all duties on goods delivered to customers have already been paid. The best advice for UK sellers, who sell in EU or vice versa would be to plan their stocks and evenly divide them into warehouses in both the UK and EU. VAT registration code will be required in the country where the goods are stored. Amazon seller should also be aware that some goods will need an EORI number.
Another important thing is that the fiscal representative must be delegated before Brexit starts, since several countries require non-EU companies to have a VAT representative to register for VAT. Fiscal representatives can be companies that meet the requirement and are approved by local tax authorities.
VAT returns will change following the UK’s exit from the EU single market in January 2021. Only a professional assessment of your business can show what are the VAT and customs requirements, what are the required declarations. 1stopVAT team can easily help to figure this out for you.


text: Since Nike HQ is located in Oregon, it’s only right that they bless the University of Oregon and Oregon State with exclusives. Exclusive Nike footwear is always a good look, but exclusive Jordan footwear is even better, especially since Jordan Brand is very strict about who they bless with PE’s. Last year, photos of the Oregon Ducks Air Jordan 9 hit the web, and around the same time, Jordan Brand blessed Oregon State with a special Air Jordan 9. We gave you a preview yesterday, and today we provide you with a closer look at the Air Jordan 9 Oregon State PE. Enjoy the new photos.


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Although, I confess, very very compact, this device can be called a stretch. Here a diagonal of 5.2-inch (OLED technology) that we personally will be a lot. Yes, the elder brother of 5.5, and even severed 0.3-inch adds convenience, but sometimes you want the device even less.
last week was announced the smartphone Xiaomi Redmi Pro, which was expected by many. Now, Chinese sources (you're already used to the fact that information is often supplies Weibo?) report that the company is preparing a compact version of this smartphone that received plain and clear the name of Redmi Pro Mini. And I must say, many fans of the company's products are already expressed in the comments that they are ready not to run to the store for Pro the original Redmi, and Redmi wait for the Pro Mini, because really tired too large diagonals.
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The benefits of honey on skin are so plentiful, you may want to consider keeping a jar in your pantry and on your bathroom vanity!
In a blow to the adoption of urgently needed protections for the honey bee, the California State Senate voted to delay action on harmful neonicotinoid pesticides until 2020.
With bee populations in decline, it’s more important than ever to help children understand the importance of bees. Learn how with Vitamin Bee.
Is there a link between vaccines and autism? If you vaccinate your child, you'll want to know about the latest revelations from a CDC whistleblower.
For the past eight years, a devastating fungal disease called "White Nose Syndrome" has decimated nearly 7 million bats in the eastern United States.
The benefits of humic acid and fulvic acid are numerous and varied. But do you know the differences between the two? Find out here on HoneyColony.
From "cage-free" to "free-range," "vegetarian-fed" to "organic," egg carton labels can get confusing. We're clearing things up today on HoneyColony.
Getting enough fulvic acid is key to having a healthy body, but what is fulvic acid exactly? HoneyColony contributor Brett Barth explains.
You’ve probably heard that our British bees are in trouble. Populations of these iconic species are declining at an alarming rate. Wherever you are in the world, there are things you can be doing to help bees now!
Learn how to build a raised-bed garden filled with vegetables, fruits, and herbs, bringing the garden benefits of freshly picked produce right outside your door.
Nicotine-based insecticides have been linked to the decline of honeybees and are now a steady presence in the small and great rivers that flow through Midwestern farm country.
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Retail figures show consumers getting back into gear
1H sales figures from retailers Sedmoi Kontinent, and Magnit and restaurant chain holding Rosinter show that Russian consumers are opening their wallets once again.
Sedmoi Kontinent has revealed that its 1H 2009 sales rose 4%, with increased shopper visits and like for like sales up 1.7% for the half. This comes only a day after rival grocery retailer, Magnit announced that its 1H 2010 sales revenues had jumped more than 45% year on year. With restaurant chain Rosinter noting that its 1H sales revenues had jumped 16% year on year, but with a 22% increase in June alone.
Sedmoi Kontinent PR representative Vlada Baranova says the sales growth the company has experienced reflects its pricing policy and monitoring of consumer behavior changes adding that the chain expects continued growth in food revenues, with demand for these rising with consumer sentiment. Baranova adds that for the upmarket retailer the key issue is ensuring the right product mix and prices.
“Sedmoi Kontinent is still keeping its main strategy of multi formatting and diversification along with well performed pricing strategy and location selection”
Rival retail chain, Magnit, says its impressive sales rebound for 1H 2010 to $3.45 billion largely reflects its geographic spread and a focus on competitive pricing according to Oleg Goncharov, the Head of Magnit’s investment department.
“We have increase our presence in different regions by opening new stores which along with direct investments in price of commodities led us to an increase in revenue year-on-year”
The upturn in Rosinter’s revenues adds to the picture of improving consumer sentiment with PR Head, Valeria Silina, saying the increased discretionary spending born out by the revenues figures shows that consumers are becoming more confident and more focused on socializing, with less concern about austerity.
“The economic indicators show that people have got back to pre-crisis salary levels and feel more comfortable spending money in restaurants and shops. There are a several factors for that: The one is the emerging of a modern and high quality services and loyalty programs which brings benefits to customers, and the second, not less important is interest to a socializing and enjoying leisure time”
Deutsche Bank, analyst Natalia Smirnova, agrees the sales rebound reflects improving consumer sentiment, but adds that loyalty programmes have also played a key part, with food retailers likely to be followed by consumer electronics retailers.
“The sales results of the 1H 2010 have grown indeed. That has been caused by the launch of bonus programs and loyalty packages, which have helped lure people to spend more, against a background of improving sentiment. The most successful areas of the consumer retail sector are among food retailers, but I think retailers of household appliances, electronics and mobile phones are stepping on their heels.”


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Renowned sportswear manufacturer Puma has taken a new and promising approach to advertising.
Geo-targeted out-of-home (OOH) advertising allows you to serve different ads based on micro-geographic targeting and variables such as driver routes, surrounding traffic, and local demographics. An advertising screen is installed on the vehicle and the ads on it change depending on where the vehicle is currently located. So, near the airport they will be alone, and near the sights they will be completely different. The location of the car also affects not only the topic of ads, but also the frequency of their updates.
Unlike a stationary billboard, this approach gives you a better chance of getting your ad seen by interested people, even if it doesn't provide the full individuality that is possible with online advertising. But, in any case, this approach is much more effective than just random display of ads on moving vehicles.
Puma advertises a new flagship store on Fifth Avenue. Recently, the company's marketers began to gradually replace quantity with quality. Under this approach, the company will run fewer ads, but strive to make them perform better. The new advertising campaign is managed by Havas Media Group and was developed in collaboration with the Whisk agency. Advertisements are displayed on screens owned by the Firefly network.
Wherein Puma is not the first major brand to decide to test a new advertising technology. It has already been tested in action by brands such as Pepsi and Delta Air Lines (the latter did this in conjunction with Equinox Fitness). In general, the market is seeing a rapid increase in interest in OOH. The volume of such advertising in 2018 increased by 4.4% compared to the previous year, according to the March report of the Out of Home Advertising Association of America.


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The Hoegh Osaka, the car transporter that was grounded after developing a massive 52 degree list off the coast of the U.K., has been taken back to port where its cargo of roughly 1400 cars, mostly Jaguar, Land Rover, and Mini products, are being unloaded. Despite most of the cars in the video below looking mostly unscathed considering they were stowed in a vessel that had spent a few days on its side in the ocean, they're probably all doomed to be crushed anyways.
That's the lesson of the MV Cougar Ace, a container ship full of Mazdas consigned to an ignoble death by (not unfounded) concerns about liability. In the Cougar Ace, some vehicles had been partially submerged, and others had leaked battery acid due to the the extreme angle of the list. That acid had corroded underhood components in some vehicles. Mazda couldn't risk a lawsuit if they released them to dealers, and a component failed because of the mishap at sea.
All 4703 cars were unceremoniously crushed.
The Hoegh Osaka's cargo could share the same fate. U.K. product liability laws are different than U.S. laws, but the essential concerns are the same. U.K. newspapers are mostly of the same mind in that the cargo is likely doomed due to the sort of blanket concerns, the unknowns, of what potentially deadly problems might lie underneath a perfectly healthy-looking Land Rover after its adventure at sea.
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The continent has every ingredient needed to be prosperous, and cannot continue being known for poverty and underdevelopment, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said – calling on governments and businesses to seize opportunities provided by the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to change the bad narrative.
Speaking at the maiden Africa Prosperity Dialogues, dubbed the Kwahu Summit and themed ‘AfCFTA: From Ambition to action; delivering prosperity through continental trade”, he said effectively implementing AfCFTA will position Africa as an attractive investment destination; which will sustain economic growth and create desperately needed jobs.
However, for the AfCFTA to deliver the envisioned robust intra-Africa trade, economic diversification and much-needed industrialisation as well as prosperity, he underscored the need for concrete strategic actions by governments and businesses.
“This is the time for businesses to dialogue on smart ways to utilise opportunities from the agreement for a resilient, sustainable, inclusive and prosperous Africa. From most parts of the world, the narrative about this beautiful continent has sadly been about poverty, conflict, misgovernance, corruption and underdevelopment,” he said.
He however said with the AfCFTA coming on board, the time has come for Africa and Africans to define their own narratives: “We cannot allow poverty and underdevelopment to be the destiny of Africa, when the continent is blessed with every natural resource imaginable. We have everything we need to transform Africa into a global powerhouse of the future”.
Instructively, he said intra-Africa trade can be boosted by US$35billion while external imports can be reduced by some US$10billion annually on the back of the free trade zone.
Currently, the continent accounts for about 3 percent of global trade – with intra-Africa, trade being one of the lowest of any region globally, largely due to the colonial economic model characterised by small individual economies, fragmented and disconnected regional markets, lack of shared infrastructure and low productive capacities.
According to the World Bank, full implementation of the agreement will boost regional income by 7 percent to US$450billion, lift 30 million people out of extreme poverty, and another 70 million people from moderate poverty.
It is also anticipated that the trade bloc will further spur wage gains of women by 10.5 percent compared to 9.9 percent for men, while making African countries more competitive – a situation that will propel innovation and growth.
Executive Director and Coordinator of the Africa Prosperity Dialogue Summit, Dr. Eugene Owusu, called for bold, innovative and smart actions to spur intra-Africa trade, accelerating cross-border impact investments in the process.
“In the world of increasing economic nationalism, deeper intra-Africa trade is going to be our life-support; and indeed the basis of our collective prosperity. We do have everything that we need to transform Africa into a global powerhouse of the future, and the game-changer is going to be the speed and scope of implementation for the Africa Continental Free Trade Area,” he stated.
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The corridor is bubbling with new apartments, hotels, retail and the promise of more street life.
Spark, which will open in October, is intended to tap into a growing demand for non-traditional office space.
Developers have expressed dismay at Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to nix the long-debated $2.9 billion Red Line project, saying the east-west light rail extension would have been a critical investment in Baltimore’s fractured transit system.
The 350-unit apartment building would be the only residential building at Canton Crossing.
There's no timeline for the fountain to be replaced, so AIA argues it shouldn't be demolished.
One of the biggest lessons behind Man Crates, a fast-growing men’s gift site is this: Never underestimate the power of having a sense of humor at retail. The other is try before you even let them buy.
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"I realize that the stars will not align like this again ... in my lifetime," U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings said.
It will reopen to the public as part of a July 4 ceremony.
The farm-to-table retailer is planning to open more stores, including in Maryland.
Many self-employed professionals have gravitated to coworking centers that provide the perks of a larger office at a fraction of the cost of traditional space.
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Brokerages forecast that Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:APDN – Get Rating) will report $4.20 million in sales for the current fiscal quarter, Zacks reports. Two analysts have provided estimates for Applied DNA Sciences’ earnings, with the highest sales estimate coming in at $4.80 million and the lowest estimate coming in at $3.60 million. Applied DNA Sciences reported sales of $1.70 million during the same quarter last year, which indicates a positive year-over-year growth rate of 147.1%. The firm is scheduled to issue its next quarterly earnings report on Monday, January 1st.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that Applied DNA Sciences will report full year sales of $17.59 million for the current fiscal year, with estimates ranging from $16.50 million to $18.67 million. For the next fiscal year, analysts anticipate that the company will post sales of $16.12 million, with estimates ranging from $9.70 million to $22.53 million. Zacks Investment Research’s sales averages are a mean average based on a survey of analysts that cover Applied DNA Sciences.
APDN has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Maxim Group dropped their price objective on shares of Applied DNA Sciences from $18.00 to $6.00 in a report on Monday, February 14th. HC Wainwright dropped their price objective on shares of Applied DNA Sciences from $6.00 to $4.00 and set a “na” rating for the company in a report on Monday, May 16th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Applied DNA Sciences from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $1.50 target price for the company in a research note on Thursday.
Shares of APDN opened at $1.27 on Friday. Applied DNA Sciences has a 12-month low of $1.08 and a 12-month high of $8.10. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $1.82 and a 200 day moving average price of $3.27. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.51 million, a P/E ratio of -0.66 and a beta of 1.10.
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Applied DNA Sciences, Inc develops and markets DNA-based technology solutions for use in the nucleic acid-based in vitro diagnostics and preclinical nucleic-acid based drug development and manufacturing markets; and for supply chain security, anti-counterfeiting, and anti-theft technology purposes. The company's supply chain security and product authentication solutions include SigNature molecular tags that provide forensic power and protection for various applications used to fortify brand protection efforts and strengthen supply chain security, as well as mark, track, and convict criminals; SigNify IF portable DNA readers and SigNify consumable reagent test kits that provide real-time authentication of molecular tags in the field; and CertainT, which indicates the use of tagging, testing, and tracking platforms and solutions enabling manufacturers, brands, and trade organizations to convey proof of their product claims.
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