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McLaren-Honda revealed its new racing car, MP4-30, for the upcoming 2015 FIA* Formula One (F1) World Championship.
The highly anticipated NSX and the refreshed RDX will make their Canadian debut at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto on February 12, 2015.
A completely re-engineered and redesigned Honda Pilot SUV will make its debut at the 2015 Canadian International Auto Show on February 12.
The restyled, reengineered and reborn 2016 ILX sports sedan made its Canadian debut today at the Montreal International Auto Show
Honda Canada has been named winner of the 2015 Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) Best New Technology Award for Safety for the AcuraWatch® suite of driver assistive technologies.
The all-new 2016 Honda HR-V crossover, unveiled today at the 2015 Montreal International Auto Show, blends the styling of a coupe, the toughness, space and utility of a SUV and the quality of a Honda in one sporty, personal and versatile multi-dimensional vehicle.
Calling 2015 the “Year of Honda,” the company is showcasing multiple innovative products and technologies on the international stage at the 2015 North American International Auto Show that will make 2015 an extraordinary year for the company and its customers.
The Honda FCV Concept makes its North American debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show with U.S. availability of the production vehicle in 2016.
Twenty-five years after the debut of the original, paradigm-shifting NSX supercar, Acura revealed the production version of its highly anticipated successor—the next-generation Acura NSX, developed and produced in the U.S.—to the world’s auto media at the 2015 North American International Auto Show today.
Combined 2014 annual sales of 172,426 units by Honda and Acura divisions of Honda Canada Inc. is a 5% increase over 2014 and represents the best annual sales in company history.


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Android tablets chip away at iPad in business market
Good Technology attributes this gain to increased use of hybrid-tablet devices like the Samsung Galaxy Note.
Still, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) continues to take the lead across the spectrum. Apple's iOS platform enjoyed nearly 77 percent of total device activations, up from 71 percent from a year prior. Android tablet activations climbed to 7 percent, up from 2.7 percent in the year prior.
The report shows that smartphones using the Android system from Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) slightly outpaced iPads in October, but lost the lead and finished at 21 percent of all activations in Q4 2012.
Samsung's Galaxy Tab was the most popular Android tablet, followed by Motorola's Droid Xyboard and the Samsung Galaxy Note.
The Good Technology report also showed that the iPhone 5 was the most popular device overall in Q4 2012 and that the financial-services industry (unsurprisingly) led enterprise device activations. A previous report from Strategy Analytics also showed dominance by Apple phones in the quarter.
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Urban Development dept. appeals to shun plastic items
Dimapur, Sep. 30 (EMN): In view of the Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) 2019 awareness campaign Nagaland from September 11 to October 1, the Urban Development department has appealed to all the ULB, village councils, agencies, educational institutions, departments, religious forums, security forces (central & state), NGOs, SHGs, civil societies, citizens etc. to actively participate in the campaign and make Nagaland and single-use plastic-free state.
An update from Nongozo APRO has informed that action points have been issued in this connection for strict compliance.
‘Single-use plastic means use and throw plastic items, segregation at source (recyclable) and non-recyclable plastic, plastic has to be cleaned and dried, no burning of waste of any kind, no littering of waste; to use dustbins, carry own water bottle and jute/cloth shopping bag, adopt plogging,’ read the update.
‘..say no to plastic, 5 (Five) R’s – refuse, reuse, repurpose and recycle, discourage use of plastic products viz. artificial flowers, banners, flag, flower pots, plastic water bottles, plastic stationery items like folders etc., and other plastic materials,’ it added.


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This is why Bungie missing out on that $2.5M bonus doesn't really matter.
Activision has proudly announced that, using Chart-Track and information from first-parties and retail, Destiny has at least sold-through more than $325 million worldwide in just the first five days.
That's not a far cry from the $500 million dollars' worth of Destiny SKUs sent to retail stores and first parties worldwide. Considering that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare's launch will be early November, Destiny is on track to be the best-selling title this holiday season, if not the entire year.
Activision also shared that players have logged more than 100 million hours of online play in under a week and has participated in 137 million activities. With the announcement earlier today that Bungie will be doubling the number of public events in the game, both figures should see a boost sooner than later.


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Visitation and spending are forecasted to be up this year over 2013 for the busy Labor Day weekend in New Hampshire. According to a report issued by the Institute for New Hampshire Studies, about 560,000 visitors will come from out-of-state, up by 3 percent over last year, over the three-day weekend. Even better, those visitors are expected to spend $80 million, up 2 percent over last year, per the same report.
“Year after year, hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to New Hampshire for Labor Day weekend to enjoy our unmatched natural beauty, exciting recreational activities, cultural and historic attractions, and tax-free shopping,” Governor Maggie Hassan said. “Our travel and tourism industry is critical to our economy, providing a boost to countless local businesses and spurring job creation that supports a strong middle class."
The Division of Travel and Tourism Development said in a press release sent earlier this week, the Labor Day weekend is the second busiest holiday weekend of the year in NH after the 4th of July. The release noted that most of the visitors coming to NH for Labor Day weekend will be from traditionally important markets to the state – New England, New York, and Eastern Canada.


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Survey: Online banking on the rise
Bank tellers and oversized branch networks may become a thing of the past as more consumers are preferring to do their banking business online, according to a recently released survey.
The American Bankers Association’s latest survey revealed that more bank customers – 25 percent – prefer online banking to any other method, the first time in the history of the survey that online banking ranked No.1.
The results also showed that the popularity of online banking was not exclusive to the youngest consumers: it was the preferred banking method for all bank customers under the age of 55.
“This marks a watershed change,” said Nessa Feddis, ABA senior counsel and retail banking expert. “It tells us that for the first time, more consumers prefer the speed and convenience of conducting their banking transactions on the Internet than visiting their local branch.”
Among all consumers, the preference for online banking was followed by visiting branches at 21 percent and using ATMs at 17 percent. The use of mobile banking on cell phones was preferred by one percent of consumers, primarily among 18 to 34 year olds. The popularity of ATMs was down in all age groups.
However, a majority of consumers more than 55 years old, or 26 percent, still prefer to visit their local branch.
The American Bankers Association represents its bank members, which are primarily banks with less than $125 million in assets. Its members hold 95 percent of the banking industry’s $13.3 trillion in assets.
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Ongo releases digital film #FirstDigitalPaymentExperience
Ongo, a fast-growing digital payment platform by AGS Transact Technologies Ltd., today released a digital film, #FirstDigitalPaymentExperience, on its Instagram handle. The film captures testimonials of four women support-staff who experienced digital payments for the first time with Ongo prepaid cards.
According to a MeiTY report, India recorded 7,422 crore digital payment transactions during FY 2021-22. Ongo’s digital film underlines that despite this stupendous growth of digital payments, certain sections of the society are still sceptical when it comes to making digital transactions fearing fraud or lack of knowledge/confidence of using a digital form factor.
Ongo’s digital film features four women housekeeping staff working with the company. These women were felicitated with Rupay-enabled Ongo Prepaid Cards on International Women’s Day, which also marked the beginning of their digital payment journey. Through this film, these women express how Ongo prepaid card has empowered them to make a purchase decision independently.
A prepaid card instrument can play an important role in driving the growth of digital payments in India as it offers the first time users a more convenient alternative to cash. Ongo prepaid cards can be used at over 5 million merchant touchpoints in India that have RuPay acceptance and on various e-commerce websites.


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CINCINNATI — The list of people affected financially by the pandemic continues to grow. Artists of all kinds, most of whom would normally rely on an audience or art exhibition to bring in cash, are on it — but some have found creative ways to keep a stream of revenue in place.
In 2018, Antonio Wooten created Artists Need Lunch Money, an online brand that’s dedicated to helping artists from all mediums make a little extra money by selling apparel and merchandise.
“My friend who is a painter, his medium is dealing with mostly acrylic paint,” said Wooten. “So, when it comes to translating that to physical goods, there is just like a lack of knowledge and awareness.”
The idea started when Wooten and a friend hosted a POP-UP art show and chose to sell T-shirts and hoodies at the event.
“Artist Need Lunch Money, the name, it just stuck because it’s real,” he said. “I think that we are all very much familiar with the starving artist narrative, sometimes pridefully so. ‘If I’m not struggling, I’m not doing it right.'”
Wooten works mostly with painters and photographers. Recently, during the pandemic, he’s helped musicians get their work digitized so it can be printed on apparel and merch.
“At least with apparel, if you sell enough hoodies that can equate to what may have been worth a painting," he said. "You are still able to create some sort of income and continue your craft."
The team at Artists Need Lunch Money is selective about who the brand collaborates with. The money raised in sales helps those artists who’d otherwise need a live audience to promote their work.
Another artist who understands the toll the pandemic has taken on creatives is Dylan Graves.
“I feel like this whole pandemic is just a big wave, and we can let it crash us or we can ride it,” he said.
Graves is a fine artist and a creative director. He originally planned to release his latest work, "The Chrome Collection," this fall at an in-person exhibition.
“We thrive off of having those experiences,” said Graves. “Having our audiences be able to see the work in person rather than just on the screen.”
He says the pandemic forced him to adapt and take a look at pushing that work online, creating a virtual gallery show set to be released later this month.
“The pieces stand out on their own but it’s also about being able to see it in a gallery setting,” he said. “I wanted to achieve that virtually so it’s going to be a 3D room with all of my pieces in it.”
Virtual guests will be able to click on the art and navigate through the room taking a look at the collection, which re-imagines the goddesses of Liberty and Justice.
When the gallery is ready, you can check it out here. In the meantime, follow both artists on social media to find out about their latest projects.


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As efforts continue in Knesset to pass the Shabbos Bill legislation, giving authority to the Interior Minister regarding the opening of stores on Shabbos, additional cities are following the example of Tel Aviv. In Tel Aviv, the opening of grocery stores and supermarkets on Shabbos R”L now enjoys the backing of the High Court of Justice.
The Shabbos Bill is intended to prevent additional cities from following suit. However, Givatayim and now, Holon, are following Tel Aviv’s example and are taking steps to amend local regulations to permit stores to operate on Shabbos.
While Deri’s Shabbos Bill does not address Tel Aviv, since it will not deal with stores already operating, the chareidi parties in Knesset are working to push the legislation through before other cities succeed in amending their local bylaws.
Machen Tzioni party Chairman MK Avi Gabbai announced he backs Connick and his effort to open stores on Shabbos. He feels amending local regulations is the way to change the reality vis-à-vis stores opening on Shabbos. Gabbai feels that each municipality should be permitted to make this determination on its own. The chareidi parties in Knesset however insist the religious status of stores operating on Shabbos must remain as it has been since coalition agreements safeguard the Shabbos status quo.
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We are receiving reports that the T-Mobile G1 is shipping to a lucky, select few. Phandroid is reporting that multiple readers have notified them of receiving shipping information that states that the device is in transit via 3-day shipping.
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Metals Cap Turbulent Week as Rusal Sanctions Fuel Supply Fears
Bernstein’s Gait says focus is on where Rusal can sell metal
U.S. Treasury’s Mnuchin doesn’t rule out additional penalties
After two weeks of extraordinary trading, investors are taking stock of the fallout from U.S. sanctions against Russia’s United Co. Rusal.
Aluminum and nickel surged this week as global supply chains were disrupted by the sanctions. Major shipowners and Japan’s buyers are among the latest to cut dealings with Rusal, the world’s biggest aluminum maker outside of China.


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Tesla's Electrifying Performance About to Power The Masses
Back in June my colleague Emily Cleary authored a post here about Tesla, which she described as “The Little, Pricey, Electric Car Company That Could.” Well, it most certainly has continued doing just that, following a recently announced very strong set of quarterly results the stock is up 40% since Emily’s post and well over 300% YTD.
Analysts are of mixed opinions on the stock, with many praising its performance while simultaneously noting the company has become quite expensive. Meanwhile, short-sellers who were betting against Elon Musk’s electric autos may finally be running out of gas.
However, Tesla was faced with the quandary of whether to stick to their knitting at the high end of the market, or try to move into the lower priced (and lower margin) areas of the market?
Well, Tesla has apparently decided that they’ll be going the latter route, at least to some extent, and introducing a third generation model that will be far more affordable than its current lineup at $35k (not including any subsidies or credits consumers may be entitled to for buying an electric car). Details of the car are still sketchy (it will be around the size of a BMW 3 Series and have a range of at least 200 miles), and it currently isn’t taking up much of CEO Elon Musk’s time, around 5% he estimated, but as this car comes to market Musk and his team will be faced with some tough questions.
Specifically, how will they balance their reputation for exclusivity with their new found mass market accessibility? The automotive space has not always been kind to single brands that have tried to span a wide range of price points (does anyone remember the original Volkswagen Phaeton?). At the very least, Musk is aware that mass market success hinges on public perception, saying that consumers need to see the cars on the road in order to become comfortable with the concept of electric cars.
Moving forward Tesla will need to deploy a savvy and calculated media presence in order to balance building a positive presence in the mind of a broader base of consumers while simultaneously not alienating their core market of affluent high-end automobile buyers. Similarly, the company, and CEO Elon Musk, would do well to mind how they’re portrayed in the business press, some of whom are likening him to Steve Jobs, whilst others think his sense of humor could use some moderating. In short, Tesla is approaching a transformational period in its growth, and it needs to ensure that said transformation is portrayed optimally in the media.


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A sales clerk in Lake Wales was arrested Thursday, January 6, 2022, after he sold alcohol to an 18-year old who was working with Polk County deputies. It was the only illegal sale of alcohol during six stops at Lake Wales stores, which is a part of PCSO's ongoing Operation Pop Top. The campaign conducts the undercover checks to ensure that stores are compliant with state law, which prohibits the sale of alcohol to anyone under the age of 21.
"Stores in the county know we do this; we don't try to hide that fact. We want them to be aware that we will continue to do these operations so that the stores and employees aren't selling alcohol illegally."- Grady Judd, Sheriff
Arrested on Thursday was 29-year old Rashaud Lyndell Freeman of Lake Wales. He was working in the Shell store at 1349 SR 60 East, Lake Wales, when he made the illegal sale.
The five other Lake Wales stores visited Thursday which refused to sell to the Explorer were:
• Racetrac located at 2422 US 27
• GATE Petroleum located at 2950 Ridge Way
• Wawa located at 23623 US 27
• Lily Citgo located at 20500 US 27
• Central Citgo located at 19509 US 27
The deputies are assisted by PCSO Explorers who attempt to purchase alcohol at the stores. The Explorers program is comprised of students who are interested in a career in law enforcement.
The Explorer who took part in the checks was an 18-year old.


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ABU DHABI // The House of Fraser department store in the World Trade Centre mall in Abu Dhabi has closed and been replaced with a discount shop.
The luxury outlet was the British chain’s first outside the UK and Ireland when it opened more than two years ago.
It ended its contract with the mall this month and has been replaced by DTA Outlet, which sells discounted clothing and accessories – and, for the time being, some surplus merchandise from House of Fraser.
The mall declined to comment on what prompted the end of its partnership with House of Fraser.
“We are close to announcing details of new exciting anchor tenants,” said a statement. “World Trade Centre’s strategy for 2016 will ensure that this space is utilised by new tenants to best serve our customers. Contracts are currently being negotiated with new partners and information will be provided when appropriate.”
Covering an area of more than 9,200 square metres over four floors, House of Fraser opened to much fanfare in October 2013.
It offered more than 170 brands, many of which were new to the UAE, VIP services such as personal shoppers and the emirate’s first Hello Kitty beauty spa.
In June 2015, House of Fraser opened a second store at Yas Mall, which is still in operation and currently offering discounts of up to 75 per cent off.
Employees at the mall said House of Fraser was replaced by DTA Outlet the first week of April and that most of the House of Fraser merchandise was moved to the Yas Mall store. DTA Outlet only occupies the ground level and first floor of the former House of Fraser. The store space in the other two floors have been closed to the public.
Shopper Fatima Saad said she was disappointed that House of Fraser had moved out but admitted she rarely shopped there.
“It was too expensive,” said Mrs Saad, who was visiting DTW Outlet for a second time this week. “Nobody came to the shop unless they had a special offer or a discount.”
A Filipino salesman who worked in a nearby shop said the new outlet store was attracting double the shoppers and that the mall’s the foot traffic has increased since a new food court with more fast-food options opened last month.
The World Trade Centre said it was planning a number of other “transformations” this year. On Wednesday, it announced the opening of The Hub, a collection of five licensed restaurants on levels four, five and six.
“We are adopting a two-fold approach to delivering an enhanced retail experience for customers,” said a statement. “Firstly, we will appeal to a wider, more youthful audience who are seeking new social destinations. Secondly, our focus is on serving the local community with convenient lifestyle choices.”


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By George Bao July 26, 2016
LOS ANGELES – Commuting in Los Angeles will be more convenient with the city’s new program to allow travellers to use credit cards to pay for Metro Bikes directly from any bike share stations in the city.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) announced Tuesday that starting next Monday, August 1, Metro and the city of Los Angeles are adding a new payment option to the popular new Metro Bike Share Program in downtown Los Angeles.
Credit cards can now be used to check out a Metro Bike directly from a bike share station throughout the downtown area.
Even better, the regular $3.50 rate will be discounted by 50 percent to just $1.75 per half hour to encourage first-time walk-up users to give the bikes a try. All trips 30 minutes or less will be just $1.75 until October 1. It’s the latest effort by Metro and the city of L.A. to ensure an accessible price structure for all bike share users.
Metro Bikes officially rolled out in downtown on July 7 this year. The system includes over 60 stations and up to 1,000 bicycles. It is now the largest bike share program in L.A. County.
The system is designed for short-distance trips that can be too far to walk but too short to drive. Station locations are within a couple blocks of each other and closely linked with Metro transit services, making it easy to combine bicycle and transit trips.
The walk-up option is attractive for people who want to test the system prior to buying a monthly or annual bike share pass on a Metro TAP card, Metro said.
The new option is also ideal for people who want to complete the first and last mile connection to transit, people with short errands or tourists who want an easy, fun and affordable way to experience downtown destinations by bike, according to Metro.
Metro introduced the following steps for people to use the Metro bikes: Just walk up to a Metro Bike Station, tap the screen, follow the prompts in either English or Spanish, and slide your credit card. Then select your bike, release it from its dock and ride off. The entire process takes less than one minute to complete.
Metro anticipates that the walk-up option will greatly expand use of the new bike share system. Approximately half the rides made on bike share systems in other cities come directly from walk-up sales.
Nearly 5,000 bike share rides have been ridden in the downtown area in the last two weeks since launch. These numbers are expected to grow exponentially with the added option of walk-up sales.
The system originally opened only to monthly or annual flex pass holders, in an effort by Metro and city of L.A. to phase in the complex integration of Metro’s TAP fare card, which can also be used to ride Metro Bus and Rail Lines.
Metro is the first transit agency in North America to use a single fare card for both transit and bike share. More than 1,600 pass holders have registered to use the bikes since opening.
The Pilot project is the first phase of bike sharing throughout Los Angeles County that could potentially bring up to 4,000 bicycles to communities.
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MONTVALE, N.J. (September 9, 2016) – Tetley from the house of Tata Global Beverages and Tata Trusts together are contributing $1 million to Smile Train, an international children’s charity with a sustainable approach to cleft care. The donation will be used to help supplement Smile Train’s sustainable model, which provides training and funding to empower local doctors in over 85 developing countries to provide 100 percent-free cleft repair surgery and comprehensive cleft care in their own communities.
Each year, over 170,000 children in the developing world are born with a cleft lip and/or palate deformity. Without the corrective surgery that many families cannot afford, these children often face social isolation, are unable to speak or eat properly and, in some cases, are not allowed to attend school. Cleft repair surgery, however, is simple and the transformation is immediate.
“Smile Train is extremely proud to partner with Tetley and Tata Trusts. This important partnership will help provide new smiles and the opportunity for new lives for 4,000 children with clefts,” said Susannah Schaefer, CEO, Smile Train. “As we expand our efforts in the developing world and build capacity through our sustainable model; we look forward to continuing to change the world one smile at a time with the invaluable support from this partnership.”
To further build on the milestone partnership with Smile Train and the Tetley brand philosophy of ‘spreading moments of warmth,’ Tetley is launching a global digital campaign, “The Tetley Smile Challenge” (www.TetleyUSA.com/SmileChallenge) to raise awareness among consumers about Smile Train and invite their participation. The campaign, which stems from the idea that a smile has transformative power, uses innovative facial recognition software to digitally capture consumers’ smiles as they view humorous and engaging video content.
“Tata Global Beverages’ vision is to create magical beverage moments, and a smile on a child’s face is certainly magical,” said Ajoy Misra, MD & CEO, Tata Global Beverages. “We are very happy to be partnering with Smile Train on this initiative. Tetley is Tata Global Beverages’ largest brand and, through this partnership, we hope to positively impact many thousands of children and bring alive the Tetley brand’s philosophy of spreading moments of warmth. For 175 years, the Tetley brand has brought many a smile to our consumers and, with this partnership, we now have the opportunity to take it beyond the consumer and create positive community impact, as well.”
The Tetley Smile Challenge will be open for consumer participation through October.
For more information about Tetley USA and its partnership with Smile Train, visit TetleyUSA.com and follow the brand on Facebook (@TetleyUSA), Twitter (@TetleyUSA) and Instagram (@TetleyTeaUSA).
About Tetley USA
Tetley has been known as an industry leader in creating a variety of delicious teas since it began producing tea over 170 years ago. Tetley is now part of Tata Global Beverages, which also includes award-winning Eight O’Clock Coffee and Good Earth Tea. Tetley has a long-standing relationship with the Ethical Tea Partnership – an organization that drives change and helps create a thriving global tea sector that is socially just and environmentally sustainable. All Tetley branded tea, including flavored decaffeinated varieties, will also be part of the Rainforest Alliance certification program, which is scheduled for completion by 2016.
About Smile Train
Smile Train is an international children’s charity with a sustainable approach to a single, solvable problem: cleft lip and palate. Millions of children in developing countries with untreated clefts live in isolation, but more importantly, have difficulty eating, breathing and speaking. Cleft repair surgery is simple, and the transformation is immediate. Our sustainable model provides training, funding and resources to empower local doctors in 85+ developing countries to provide 100%-free cleft repair surgery and comprehensive cleft care in their own communities. To learn more about how Smile Train’s sustainable approach means donations have both an immediate and long-term impact, please visit smiletrain.org.
About Tata Global Beverages
Tata Global Beverages is a global beverage business; its brands have presence in over 40 countries. The Company has significant interests in tea, coffee and water and is the world’s second largest tea company. 250 million servings of its brands are consumed everyday around the world. Tata Global Beverages’ annual turnover is US$1.3bn; it employs around 3,000 people across the world. The company focuses on natural beverages and has a stable of innovative regional and global beverage brands, including: Tata Tea, Tetley, Himalayan natural mineral water, Tata Water Plus and Tata Gluco+, Good Earth tea, Grand Coffee and Eight O’clock coffee. For more information please visit www.tataglobalbeverages.com
About Tata Trusts
Tata Trusts is amongst India’s oldest, non-sectarian philanthropic organizations, which has played a pioneering role in enhancing the quality of life of the people and communities it seeks to help. Guided by the principles of its Founder, Jamsetji Tata and through his vision of proactive philanthropy, Tata Trusts catalyze societal development. Transforming itself into a modern philanthropic organization, Tata Trusts has ensured its Initiatives and interventions have a contemporary relevance to the nation through its focus on the areas of education; healthcare and nutrition; rural livelihoods; technology, natural resources management; enhancing civil society and governance, media, arts, crafts and culture. Through collaborations with government bodies, international agencies and like-minded private sector organizations, Tata Trusts has strengthened its contribution to the developmental landscape of the country to nurture a self-sustaining eco-system that collectively works across all these areas. Please visit www.tatatrusts.org for information.


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Sydney-based HMO Customer Racing has taken delivery of its first Hyundai i30 N TCR car ahead of the first season of the TCR Australia series in 2019.
The car had been flown to Australia directly from Hyundai Motorsport’s headquarters in Alzenau in Germany.
The car will be seen in Monday’s ‘media and competitors’ day for the upcoming TCR Australia series, which is to be held at the Sydney Motorsport Park.
It is the four model of car to be scheduled for the invite-only day, along with the the Audi RS 3, Volkswagen Golf GTi and the Honda Civic.
A second i30 N is anticipated in the coming weeks.
“HMO Customer Racing is very excited to be competing in the inaugural TCR Australia series,” said HMO Customer Racing owner Barry Morcom.
“We have great support from Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing, and we are pleased to have received our first i30 N into Australia. This car was airfreighted from Germany, and our second car will arrive soon via sea freight.
“We will announce our drivers in for 2019 in due course.
“With the various manufacturers, HMO Customer Racing sees this world-renowned category as an exciting step for Australian Motorsport.”


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The Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2019 ended on a kickass note with Kareena Kapoor Khan taking to the runway. A day after the huge fashion extravaganza ends, it’s time for us to hear from you. Which diva wowed you and which diva failed to impress
Lakme Fashion Week Winter Festive 2019 came to a rocking end last night with Kareena Kapoor Khan dazzling on the ramp. Like every time, we bring to you the list of divas who completely slayed on the ramp and those who disappointed us with their style game
The Lakme Fashion Week 2019 is being graced by who’s who of the film industry, and now jumping onto the bandwagon is fashion designer and Varun Dhawan’s girlfriend, Natasha Dalal. Check out her pictures from the show right here
The final day of Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2019 saw Bollywood actress Esha Deol make an appearance with her favourite date- her daughter Radhya Takhtani and the pictures are too cute to be missed!
Day 5 of Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2019 saw Bollywood stars Malaika Arora, Kangana Ranaut and Shilpa Shetty turn showstoppers for designers Diya Rajvir, Disha Patil and Punit Balana respectively
Student Of The Year 2 star Ananya Pandey turned showstopper for ace designers Anushree Reddy And Arpita Mehta. She made her appearance as ‘The Blockbuster Bride’ at the show
The ongoing Lakme Fashion Week is witnessing stars galore on Day 3 of the fashion week. Here’s the list of celebs that have walked the runway for their respective fashion designers
Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2019 was a star studded event and saw Bollywood celebrities like Dia Mirza, Lisa Haydon, Amrita Arora, Karisma Kapoor, Esha Gupta, Malavika Mohanan and many others in attendance
Going all bohemian, the showstoppers Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar caught everyone's attention as they pranced down the runway
Katrina Kaif is Manish Malhotra's muse at the Lakme Fashion Week 2019. The actress' showstopper act will steal your heart. Lady sizzles in a black lehenga
As the ace designer Payal Singhal completed 20 years in the industry, she decided to feature Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar as her showstoppers at the Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2019
Here we bring to you the list of Bollywood celebs like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ananya Panday, Katrina Kaif and Diana Penty among others who will turn showstoppers during the Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2019
The much- awaited fashion event, Lakme Fashion Week’s Winter Festive Show will kick start on August 21. Follow your favourite designers, models and Bollywood stars as we bring you the schedule, dates and online telecast details a day before the event commences!
Lakme Fashion Week 2019 saw Bollywood babes take to the runway. I have picked out my best dressed and worst dressed from the fashion extravaganza
And like every time, this time too the Lakme Fashion Week came to a wrap with the face of the brand, Kareena Kapoor Khan turning showstopper, and making heads turn in an all-black outfit


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Elon Musk has just become the world’s richest man according to the Bloomberg wealth Inditex. With his net worth now being over $188.5 billion, Musk has surpassed Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.
Although a billionaire, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO takes a relatively small salary from his companies. His main source of income comes from his shares within his own businesses. In fact, Tesla’s stock value went up by 700% last year, making it the highest valued automobile company.
However, the 49-year-old entrepreneur is not solely known for his financial and technological achievements. Prolific Twitter user, Musk has gotten himself a reputation of meme lover and maker. From countless 420 jokes to his numerous Burning Man references, his tweets are always causing a stir.
In addition, Musk is in close connection with some of the highest profiled celebrities. His long term girlfriend and the mother of his newborn son is none other than singer-songwriter Grimes. The pair attended the Met Gala in 2018, where Grimes was seen wearing a custom Tesla choker and reportedly wearing a dress designed by Musk himself. The billionaire has also been seen with the likes of Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Travis Scott, Jared Leto and many more. In fact, Musk and West seem to be close friends, often showcasing their bromance on Twitter.
Over the past few years, the billionaire has completely changed the meaning of entrepreneur. Whilst the world’s richest people like to keep a low profile and maintain a level of seriousness in each action, Musk does not hesitate to show his ‘cool’ side. One way or another, Musk always gets people talking.
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Nike, the juggernaut sports apparel and fashion brand, became the latest of Hockey Canada’s corporate sponsors to cut ties to the organization on Friday.
Nike was among Hockey Canada’s four premier sponsors, a group that is said to pay roughly $2 million each per year for their ties to Canada’s most powerful national sports organization. Nike had been a sponsor since 1999, according to Hockey Canada’s website.
“Nike believes sport should create a safe, supportive environment for all athletes,” the company wrote in a statement emailed to TSN. “We’re deeply concerned by the ongoing reports around Hockey Canada. We believe significant and substantive action is required to support athletes and transform hockey for future generations.
“After further review of Hockey Canada’s response, we’ve suspended our relationship with the federation and paused our support. We’ll continue to monitor the situation and await more information regarding Hockey Canada’s actions to address the findings in these investigations and create a safe environment for all athletes.”
It’s unclear whether Hockey Canada national teams will wear Nike jerseys and apparel in the immediate future. A Nike spokesperson did not immediately respond to that question.
Sponsors including Canadian Tire and Sobeys have permanently ended their relationships with Hockey Canada in the days since interim board chair Andrea Skinner testified in Ottawa before a Canadian Heritage standing committee.
Others, including Hockey Canada’s other three premier sponsors – Esso, Tim Hortons and Telus – have said they will not sponsor or market men’s hockey programs during the upcoming hockey season, including the World Juniors tournament in Halifax and Moncton this December.
David Finch, a marketing professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary who co-founded the Toronto sports marketing company T1, said he was surprised that Nike didn’t move faster to cut ties to Hockey Canada.
“Going quiet is never good, especially on issues on social justice,” he said. “You leave a vacuum, and you allow others to define the narrative. In a situation like this, the brands simply hope the scandal goes away after an initial news cycle. Most of these scandals end in days.
“That has not happened with Hockey Canada because no one has made the hard decisions over leadership for months. This drip, drip, drip kills you. You just don’t want a thousand stories tying your brand to a scandal like this. And that’s what we’ve had with Hockey Canada, a death by a thousand cuts.”


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Holiday shopping off to early start
Holiday shopping is already upon us with retailers gearing up for the crucial sprint to Christmas.
The National Retail Federation has forecast the country's Christmas spending will rise 4.1 percent to about $586 billion, a slower growth rate than in 2011 when holiday sales increased at a 5.6 percent clip.
Still, $586 billion is a lot to spend on gifts: an average of about $750 per holiday shopper, the NRF said.
"In spite of the uncertainties that exist in our economy and among consumers, we believe we'll see solid holiday sales growth this year," NRF chief executive Matthew Shay said.
Here are five holiday shopping trends this year:
1. Shopping is starting earlier than ever. Almost 62 percent of retailers started offering online holiday specials by Halloween, up from 53 percent last year, an NRF survey found. Twenty-two percent of consumers said they planned to start their holiday shopping in October this year, up from 20 percent last year.
2. Post-Thanksgiving sales might be further diluted. For the past few years, the day after Thanksgiving hasn't been the only day to indulge in shopping. The tradition is giving way to shopping on Thanksgiving Day, both in-store and online.
About 22 percent of consumers shopped online during Thanksgiving last year, up from 15 percent in 2008. ComScore reported online sales grew 18 percent on Thanksgiving last year to $479 million.
The day after Thanksgiving remained the busiest shopping day of the year in 2011 followed by the Saturday before Christmas, according to ShopperTrak.
3. Layaway is back and bigger than last year. With the recession and the credit card crunch, layaway has made a comeback. Major retailers such as Toys R Us and Wal-Mart started their seasonal layaway programs earlier than ever.
4. Gift cards still top people's wish lists. Of people surveyed, 60 percent said they want gift cards, followed by apparel at 49 percent and books, CDs, DVDs and video games at 46 percent, the NRF said.
5. Online sales growth continues. The NRF estimates this year that online sales will grow 12 percent during the holidays to $96 billion.
More than half of consumers surveyed, 52 percent, planned to shop for some gifts online this year. Nine out of 10 retailers surveyed plan some form of free shipping this year for online orders.


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July 5, 2008 |
MUMBAI: Consumer products heavyweight, Hindustan Unilever (HUL), on Friday announced the appointment of Hemant Bakshi as the new executive director, sales and customer development, with effect from September 1. He replaces Sanjiv Kakkar, who has been appointed chairman for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (RUB) operations for Unilever. Mr Bakshi is currently the regional category vice-president, skincare, South Asia. Nitin Paranjpe, managing director and chief executive officer of HUL, said, "The changes reflect our strong commitment towards leadership development and our tradition of leveraging experiences and synergies of talent across markets.
November 20, 2015 |
Something was amiss about the Lakme Eyeconic eyeliners Satinder Singh bought from Flipkart for his wife. Three orders over a few months, handled by three different sellers in three different cities, and each time something about the product's packaging bothered Singh. He sent the packs to Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Lakme's parent company, for testing. Turns out that he was right. HUL confirmed the cosmetics were fake. As India's ecommerce economy barrels ahead, one of the biggest challenges for customer-facing technology companies like Flipkart, Foodpanda and Uber is to contain the creeping instances of graft that tear into their businesses and reputations, with social media as an unwitting accomplice.
August 30, 2010 |
HSBC reiterates RsNeutral' rating on HUL with a target price of Rs270, and implies a potential return of 2.7% including the anticipated dividend yield of 2.6%. HUL is the largest FMCG company (excluding tobacco and spirits) in India, with a presence in categories such as soaps, detergents, shampoo, toothpaste, skin care, tea, coffee, and processed foods. Half of its top line comes from soaps and detergents, which are relatively well penetrated categories, and hence top-line growth for HUL is likely to be slower than that of its peers who have a different category mix. P&G has become increasingly active in India, increasing price competition in the detergents segment, which is likely to hurt margins for HUL. The company has robust financials, with 80%+ RoE and a strong net cash position.
September 24, 2010 |
Seshadri Bharathan, MD & CEO, KSEMA Fincon Ltd, in a chat with ET Now talks about HUL. Targets of 325 is what is coming from other brokerages but do you expect it to move up that swiftly in the near term on HUL? Clearly momentum is there in the stock. As far as fundamentals are concerned, the company has either raise prices of some of the products or has reduced the grammage for some of the products to protect the margin. So that my sense is that the investor should stay invested in this stock and can look forward to reap handsome returns in the stock.
June 1, 2012 |
In a chat with ET Now, Mitesh Thacker , Technical Analyst, miteshthacker.com shares his views about Hindustan Unilever Limited. ET Now: What is the call on HUL? Mitesh Thacker: We are positive on the stock now. A good part of the run up is already over. It has come off a bit and might just consolidate sideways. There is no trend emerging on most of these charts. So, practically HUL can keep doing about 410-405 on the lower side to about 430-435 on the higher side.
December 8, 2008
RESEARCH: MORGAN STANLEY RATING: OVERWEIGHT CMP: Rs 235 Morgan Stanley reiterates 'overweight' rating on HUL as it believes that investors are likely to be positively surprised by the company's structural growth story and turnaround in business fundamentals. The FMCG sector is at an inflection point and a sharp reduction in input costs is likely to benefit consumers as well as companies. HUL is not witnessing any exceptional uptrading or downtrading across its product portfolio.
June 3, 2011 |
Ashwani Gujral, Chief Market Strategist, ashwanigujral.com, in a chat with ET Now, gives his views on HUL and ITC. What is the call on HUL and ITC? HUL has moved higher on fairly good volume and if it can just get past this 325 zone, you could have a Rs 40-50 kind of move, maybe there is some corporate development. ITC is now slowly inching higher, making fresh highs and these 2 stocks are actually holding up the market. So we can still buy that with a stop of about 190 and target of 213 to 215. Not only these 2, entire FMCG pack, Britannia, Marico, all of them are looking strong.
September 11, 2007 |
MUMBAI: India's largest consumer products company Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has terminated an agreement with frozen foods exporter Temptation Foods (TFL) to sell its marine business, putting an end to all media speculations over the past couple of months. "TFL had submitted a binding bid dated May 11, 2007 to acquire the marine business of HUL. The talks with TFL did not succeed, and consequently the binding bid was terminated in August 2007," HUL said in a statement. The scrip of TFL ended 3% down (Rs 6.40)
August 13, 2012 |
In a chat with ET Now, Prakash Diwan, Chief Portfolio Strategist, Prakash Diwan's Wealth Circle , shares his views on HUL. ET Now: HUL, at Rs 500 now. Based on FY13 estimates, HUL is not rating at a PE multiple of 30 plus, isn't that wild? Prakash Diwan: Most of these defensive plays have been on a premium for quite sometime and there is no reason why that would abate. There could be no respite in HUL's high valuation or the PE multiple side but HUL has not been awarded this kind of a PE. For about two years, it was kind of flattish and suddenly that is playing catch up. The market is trying to factor-in the kind of earnings visibility and growth that it offers till FY14 and not necessarily go by just the next few months or six months for FY13.
February 5, 2010 |
ET Now caught up with Hemen Kapadia, CEO, www.chartpundit.com, to get his views on HUL's stock. In this market, if you look at the low beta space, especially their defensive spaces like FMCG, traditionally they manage to hold their ground, that has been the trend right now as well. On the charts, does it look like HUL is giving you a good entry point and one should stay with these stories? If I had to stick to FMCG, I will probably prefer ITC or Dabur, they look technically much better.


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The chair of a U.S. congressional panel wrote to Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google and to Apple (AAPL.O) on Friday to ask what if any disclosures mobile apps are required to make regarding overseas ties, a concern that follows reports of Chinese investment in popular apps such as TikTok and Grindr.
Axar.az reports citing Reuters that Rep. Stephen Lynch, chairman of a subcommittee of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee, said in a statement that he had asked both Google and Apple to tell Congress whether they required app developers to disclose any non-U.S. ties.
Concern over China acquiring sensitive data about U.S. citizens through social media apps is one of several sore areas in relations between the United States and China even as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with China fans suspicion between the world’s two largest economies.
TikTok, which is wildly popular with teenagers, is owned by Chinese technology company ByteDance. In a related matter, the Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd has said it would sell popular gay dating app Grindr Inc by June 2020 because of U.S. national security concerns.
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Middle East's Largest-Ever Exhibition of China Suppliers Opens Today in Dubai
Sold-out China Sourcing Fair Brings Quality Suppliers into Heart of Booming Region
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 11, 2007 Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL) opened the largest exhibition of quality China suppliers ever held in Dubai, the China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products (http://www.chinasourcingfair.com/dubai). The trade fair, Global Sources' first in the Middle East, is scheduled to run through June 13 at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Joining Global Sources chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, at the opening ceremony were:
Hinrichs said: "To help buyers meet growing market demand for quality, competitively priced merchandise, we've brought the biggest-ever collection of quality suppliers from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan together in Dubai. The China Sourcing Fair provides a valuable opportunity for professional buyers throughout the Middle East, India, Africa and the Russian Federation to meet experienced suppliers and do business face-to-face."
Simon Zhang said: "We think China's manufacturing capability is very positively represented at this event. Importers can find quality products at this show, from premiums and home products to consumer electronics and fashion accessories. If you are a buyer, then this event clearly helps you find quality suppliers for a large selection of products."
Almarri said: "We are very pleased to welcome the China Sourcing Fair and I am convinced that this is the ideal platform for visitors from the region to do business with Chinese companies."
Hinrichs added: "We're very excited about the strong buyer turnout for this China Sourcing Fair. Dubai is clearly the place to be.
"As the world's third-largest re-export market after Hong Kong and Singapore, Dubai is the perfect location for the China Sourcing Fair. And seeing the thousands of buyers who attended the Fair today, it's clear that Dubai is an ideal location for buyers in the region who want to source direct from China."
Exclusive Conference on How to Source From China at the China Sourcing Fair Dubai
The three-day event features an exclusive, multi-session conference program focused on "How to Source from China". The conference sessions, presented by leaders in trade with China, cover topics such as working with China suppliers, quality control, payment processing, and shipping & logistics.
"This is the first time ever that a specialized conference program on how to source from China has been presented in Dubai," said Bill Janeri, Global Sources' General Manager for the Middle East.
Over 500 Booths from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
The China Sourcing Fair in Dubai features over 500 booths from Greater China, which includes mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Gifts & Home Products
Baby & Children's Products
More information about the China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products in Dubai is available at http://www.chinasourcingfair.com/dubai .
China Sourcing Fair Complements Global Sources' Total Sourcing Service
The China Sourcing Fairs are part of Global Sources' sourcing and product information services, which include Global Sources trade magazines, Global Sources Online (http://www.globalsources.com), Global Sources Direct (http://www.globalsourcesdirect.com) and the China Sourcing Reports (http://www.chinasourcingreports.com). For more information, visit http://www.corporate.globalsources.com .


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Being adequately prepared to respond to a data breach is an ever-changing game – new threats are emerging, new regulations are being put into place and companies must regularly re-evaluate their response plans to ensure they are applicable to today’s threat landscape. Unfortunately, many companies are not reviewing and updating their plans frequently enough – in fact, only 25 percent of companies say they update their response plans once or twice a year. Not to mention that no matter how well prepared and updated a company’s plan is, an actual live breach response can present unforeseen challenges that cause companies to stumble.
More than 40 percent of respondents in an Experian Data Breach Resolution survey said that they feel that monitoring financial transactions for fraud is too time-consuming, and 71 percent of respondents say they rely heavily on their bank or card issuer alerting them to fraud.
Anthem, Inc., the second top insurer in the U.S., has reported a data breach that could affect a large percentage of its 37.5 million customers, as well as employees and past customers. Early estimates report that this could be the largest data breach affecting a U.S.-based health insurer yet.
The U.S. Postal Service is the latest victim in a busy year of data breaches. Data from 750,000 employees and retirees, as well as information from 2.9 million postal service customers, has been affected.
Community Health Systems, which operates 206 hospitals around the U.S., announced today that in a recent data breach hackers stole data on 4.5 million patients, including names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdays and telephone numbers. The hackers did not steal information about patients’ medical histories, clinical operations or credit cards.
P.F. Chang’s China Bistro has confirmed Friday morning that there has been a data breach involving customers’ credit and debit cards used at its restaurants. After learning of the breach Tuesday, the company began an investigation with the U.S. Secret Service and a team of third-party forensics experts “to understand the nature and scope of the incident, and while the investigation is still ongoing, we have concluded that data has been compromised,” according to a statement from P.F. Chang’s CEO Rick Federico.
Following a massive cyberattack, eBay is reportedly facing a formal investigation with the government over security practices. The online auction site will have to answer questions about what type of security was in place before hackers gained access to the personal data of its 145 million users.
Headlines continue to highlight data breaches, especially those compromising payment, banking and personal data.
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The silver lining to the breaches, according to the ACI report, is that although data breach-related fraud has had a negative impact on banks’ and financial institutions’ bottom lines, more than 40 percent of respondents indicated that their customers have appreciated the proactive outreach and response to market events, which helps to keep financial institutions on the right side of customer satisfaction, rebuilding brand trust.
Who are the Most Influential People in Security? Find out which security leaders are making a difference in the September issue of Security magazine! Also, read about how New York is shaking up cybersecurity, changes in drone legislation, three steps to prepare for the GDPR, school surveillance savings and more.


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The BEETLEBUM musician, 40, is a supporter of music downloading and is focusing on pushing up-and-coming band Wire Daisies to hit the big time using online technology.
Rowntree says, "Blur were one of the first bands to have a website, so I know the importance of the internet.
"Wire Daises are releasing an album next month (SEP04), first as a download, then as a commercial release.
"Their first EP, MAKE EVERYTHING CHANGE, has debuted at number 30 (in the UK singles chart), which is fantastic. I think their single, BUTTERFLY, will do even better."02/08/2004 14:05


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The food sector is on the receiving end of more activist and NGO campaigning than any other economic sector globally except energy, more even than traditionally “dirty” industries such as chemicals and mining.
The food sector is on the receiving end of more activist and NGO campaigning than any other economic sector globally except energy, and getting more attention even than traditionally “dirty” industries such as chemicals and mining, according to a new report on global NGO campaigning trends published today.
The report, Where are NGOs concentrating their campaigning resources?, published by SIGWatch, which specializes in tracking NGOs and their issues, said environmental impacts of food production are also getting more activist attention than health issues. Globally the hottest issue, measured by total activist campaigning activity over the last nine months, is GM food, followed by cattle ranching encroaching on rainforest (rising fast) and palm oil and rainforests. Competing with these environmental issues are health issues such as pesticide residues on food (fourth most active issue overall), saturated fat, added sugar, obesity and food marketing to children. The impact of CAFOs (large-scale livestock units) are also high on the activists’ agenda.
“Environmental NGOs have picked up food and production issues in a big way in the last few years, and since these groups are numerous and well-funded, they have come to dominate the overall amount of campaigning that hits the food industry,” said Robert Blood, author of the report and director of SIGWatch.
“Long gone are the days when food firms were only criticised for the healthiness of their products. Now NGOs expect them to take responsibility for how every separate ingredient is grown, handled and processed along every step in the supply chain – and they are quick to point fingers if they discover anything objectionable.”
SIGWatch said its data shows the priorities of food campaigners diverge markedly between markets. GM food remains one of the most active food issues in North America and Asia, due to continuing controversies over rBGH in milk and GM contamination scares, but in Europe, this once extremely hot issue has fallen to sixth place, the same level as in South America. By contrast, pesticide residues remain a strong concern for European NGOs and some Asia-Pacific ones too, but hardly figure in North and South America. NGOs promote fair trade and organic farming strongly in Europe but much less so in North America, while North American NGOs give child obesity and obesity in general more attention than their European counterparts (saturated fat excepted). North American NGOs are also more concerned about the health and environmental impact of large scale livestock units (CAFOs) though there are signs this attitude is beginning to drift across the Atlantic.
Another issue that is more active in North America than in Europe is the environmental impact of bottled water. It also figures in Asia-Pacific (Australia especially) but not at all in South America.
SIGWatch identified a number of “issues to watch” – concerns that some NGOs have expressed but as yet have not turned into significant campaigns. These include uranium in bottled water (from Germany), welfare concerns over the fashion for very large eggs (from the UK), and from the U.S., contamination of fresh produce with flame retardants from plastic hydro-cooling pallets.
Readers can download a free copy of the SIGWatch report from http://www.sigwatch.com/index.php?id=139.
Note for editors
You can download this report from http://www.sigwatch.com/index.php?id=139.
SIGWatch specializes in global NGO tracking and issues analysis. Headquartered in Freiburg, Germany with partners in the U.S. and Canada, SIGWatch has over 50 clients, nearly all multinational companies, major PR consultancies and high profile industry associations. SIGWatch services are also used by several business and management schools for teaching and academic research.
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Media contact: Robert Blood on [email protected] or +49 176 6257 1577
Contact Robert Blood for a live remote online demonstration of SIGWatch.
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Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has criticised Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority for awarding Thomas Cook a licence just months before its collapse and said the package holiday market was finished.
Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest travel firm, collapsed last week, leaving more than 150,000 UK holidaymakers stranded abroad. O’Leary praised the CAA for its Operation Matterhorn rescue airline set up to bring back stranded passengers, but said it needed to do more to prevent airline failures in the first place.
“How you can license Thomas Cook in April as fit to fly for another 12 months and then it goes bust in September. [It] is something the CAA needs to address,” he said.
Speaking at a Reuters Newsmakers event, O’Leary added: “The CAA should be much more aggressive in requiring the shareholders of those companies to put up much more cash to get through the year, rather than allowing them to continually fail.”
The CAA granted Thomas Cook its airline operating certificate in April while its Atol licence, which guarantees repatriation and refunds for holidaymakers if their tour operator goes bust, was due for renewal this month. Thomas Cook’s airline was profitable and had been put up for sale in February. However, a buyer could not be found.
Kenny Jacobs, Ryanair’s chief marketing officer, said at a separate press briefing that Ryanair was lobbying the CAA to introduce more robust, quarterly stress tests for airlines and tour operators, and to force “financially weak” firms to set aside money to cover the repatriation of passengers should the companies go bust.
The CAA said: “We thank Ryanair and the rest of the aviation industry for their support as we focus our efforts on repatriating 150,000 Thomas Cook passengers. The CAA is responsible for licensing travel businesses, including considering their financial fitness, and we take these responsibilities very seriously.
“We also take part actively in discussions about reforming the regulatory framework. We participated fully in the independent insolvency review which investigated what more could be done to protect consumers in the event of a future insolvency. We stand ready to work with the government and industry to implement recommendations from the review.”
O’Leary was blunt about the the package holiday market, saying it was “screwed, it’s over”.
According to the travel industry group Abta , half of UK holidaymakers took a package holiday last year, a figure that has held steady since 2014. Thomas Cook’s rival Tui has fared better, with strong demand for for holiday experiences. It also owns many of its hotels.
Ryanair, Europe’s biggest carrier expects passenger numbers to stay flat at 46.3m in the UK next year, despite a likely boost from former Thomas Cook customers. It launched 14 new routes including flights from London Stansted to Terceira in the Azores and Manchester to Pisa.
Ryanair still plans to shut some lossmaking bases, and warned some pilots would lose their jobs, as it has 500 more than it needs. Jacobs said the number of redundancies would be lower than that as pilots who quit will not be replaced and others are being offered unpaid leave.
O’Leary dismissed criticism of the €100m (£89m) bonus the airline could hand him over five years, saying it was an “easy target” for the mediaand they should focus on Premier League footballers’ pay instead.
O’Leary’s new pay package was passed by a wafer-thin majority of 50.5% of shareholders at the last annual meeting.
He said Ryanair would wait for “the next turn in the cycle” before ordering more Boeing or Airbus jets at cheaper prices.
The Irish carrier is one of the biggest customers of Boeing’s grounded 737 Max aircraft, with 135 firm aircraft orders and 75 options, and O’Leary said the company could add Airbus jets to its fleet in the medium term.


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Aug 27, 2015 ... Facebook didn't get to be one of the largest video streamers on the web ... third
parties too frequently misuse their content on Facebook,” the company said in a
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possible the Feds could crack down if Facebook pushes too hard.
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A new report from the Digitimes suggests the onging dominance of Apple's iPad series has forced a number of PC vendors, including Dell, Acer and Asustek to bow-out of the tablet market.
The news was first reported by The Digitimes. In its report The Digitimes suggested that "sources from upstream supply chain" had confirmed that the move was born from the companies' inability to match the "content support" offered by Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
The site's unnamed industry source went on to report that the Apple and Amazon's strong "content" -- app -- offering meant that in the future it was likely the majority of tablets' revenue would come from software, rather than hardware sales. According to The Digitimes "the sources believe these hardware devices will eventually be offered for free."
Though The Digitimes' source is questionable, aside from the theory Apple and Amazon would offer tablets for free, the site's report corresponds to numerous research firms' previous findings.
Most recently a paper by ABI Research suggested that sales of Apple iPads accounted for 68 per cent of all tablets sold.
In its paper the research firm went on to report that in the summer period of 2011 roughly 13.6 million tablets had been sold worldwide. The statistic dwarfed the meagre 7.3 million Netbooks sales reported by ABI Research.
The research's findings ran in tandem with the findings of numerous other research groups including IDC and ComScore.
All the research firms papers' issued similar reports suggesting the Apple's iPad series was dominating the tablet market. The papers also indicated a belief that the trend would continue through 2012, citing high consumer interest in Apple's currently unconfirmed iPad 3.


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The members of Torn Banner Studios must be very happy with the result obtained in the development of Chivalry 2, because just over two months after its release the title has already reached the mark of one million units sold.
“Although it was only released in June, more than a million people across all platforms have already played Chivalry, which shows us that the game still has the potential to grow. Today we are happy to celebrate the Chivalry 2 brand by selling over a million copies in less than two months. We’re flattered by the feedback from players and critics, and the team is already working hard to develop more new additions that have been requested,” commented Steve Piggott and John Gibson, executives at Torn Banner Studios and distributor Tripwire, respectively.
The announcement of the number of sales comes shortly after the revelation that the game received the update titled House Galencourt, which brings two new maps, three against three combat mode, more customization options and other news.
Chivalry 2 is available in PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S versions.


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Coffee prices this morning are moderately lower on signs of bigger supplies. Brazil's Trade Ministry reported late last Friday that Brazil's Nov coffee exports (not roasted) rose +8.5% y/y to 235,000 MT. Also, Honduras, Central America's biggest coffee-producing country, reported its Nov coffee exports jumped +63% y/y to 110,413 bags.
Arabica coffee prices last Friday posted a 6-month high on a new rule from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) that bans the resubmission of old coffee inventories, a loophole some sellers use to dodge age penalties. The rule change by ICE is expected to add further pressure to ICE-monitored coffee inventories, providing support for coffee prices.
Shrinking ICE coffee inventories are bullish for coffee prices as ICE-monitored arabica coffee inventories fell to a 24-year low of 224,066 bags last Thursday. Meanwhile, today, ICE-monitored robusta coffee inventories were at 3,750 lots, moderately above the record low of 3,374 lots posted on August 31.
In a supportive factor for robusta coffee, Vietnam's General Department of Customs reported last Wednesday that Vietnam's Nov coffee exports rose +83% m/m but fell -37.9% y/y to 80,000 MT and that coffee exports in the first eleven months of this year (Jan-Nov) fell -12.9% y/y to 1.38 MMT. Also, Vietnam's agriculture department on November 3 projected Vietnam's coffee production in the 2023/24 crop year could drop by -10% to 1.656 MMT, the smallest crop in four years, due to drought.
Below-normal rain in Brazil could curb coffee yields and support prices. Somar Meteorologia reported today that Brazil's Minas Gerais region received 38.7 mm of rainfall in the past week, or 63% of the historical average. Minas Gerais accounts for about 30% of Brazil's arabica crop.
Robusta coffee has carryover support from November 22 when the USDA's FAS cut its 2023/24 Vietnam coffee production estimate to 27.8 million bags from a May estimate of 31.3 million bags, citing unfavorable weather due to the El Nino weather pattern. The USDA's FAS also cut its 2023/24 Vietnam coffee ending stocks estimate to 359,000 bags from a May estimate of 2.76 million bags. Vietnam is the world's largest producer of robusta coffee beans.
On the negative side, the USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) on November 22 projected that Brazil's 2023/24 arabica production would climb +12.8% y/y to 44.9 mln bags due to higher yields and increased planted acreage. The USDA's FAS also forecasts that 2023/24 coffee production in Colombia, the world's second-largest arabica producer, will climb +7.5% y/y to 11.5 mln bags.
A bearish factor for coffee prices is an increase in Brazil's coffee exports after exporter group Cecafe reported on November 14 that Brazil's Oct green coffee exports jumped +24% y/y to 4 million bags.
A negative factor for coffee was the projection from Rabobank on November 3 that due to beneficial weather boosting coffee yields, Brazil's coffee exports in the 12 months ending June 2024 could increase as much as +18 % y/y to 42 million bags.
The U.S. Climate Prediction Center on June 8 declared an El Nino weather event, which is likely to be supportive of coffee prices. An El Nino pattern typically brings heavy rains to Brazil and drought to India, negatively impacting coffee crop production. The El Nino event may bring drought to Vietnam's coffee areas late this year and in early 2024, according to an official from Vietnam's Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology, and Climate Change.
Global coffee exports are shrinking as the International Coffee Organization (ICO) reported on September 14 that global coffee exports during Oct-Jul were down -5.7% y/y at 103.736 mln bags.
The USDA’s FAS forecasted in its June biannual report, released on June 22, that world coffee production in 2023/24 will increase +2.5% y/y to 174.3 million bags, with a +6.9% increase in arabica production to 96.3 million bags, and a -2.4% decline in robusta production to 78.0 million bags. USDA FAS forecasts that 2023/24 Brazilian coffee production will rise by +14.5% to 67.9 million bags, while Vietnam's 2023/24 production will fall -3.5% to 30.2 million bags. USDA FAS forecasts that 2023/24 ending stocks will edge higher by +0.8% to 31.8 million bags from 31.6 million bags in 2022-23.
Illustrating a tight coffee supply picture in 2022/23, the ICO said the global 2022/23 coffee market deficit widened to -7.3 mln bags from a -7.1 mln bag deficit in 2021/22. ICO reported that 2022/23 global coffee production increased +1.7% y/y to 171.27 mln bags, but 2022/23 global coffee consumption increased +1.7% y/y to a larger 178.53 mln bags.On the date of publication, Rich Asplund did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. For more information please view the Barchart Disclosure Policy here.


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Hyundai Venue, Hyundai Creta, Kia Sonet and Kia Seltos were responsible for posting a total of 3,15,532 units last year
Hyundai Motor Group certainly had an eventful calendar year as the Hyundai Venue, Hyundai Creta, Kia Sonet and Kia Seltos were well received among customers. In the twelve months between January and December 2020, the SUVs from both the brands were responsible for garnering 3,15,532 units and it led to a massive combined market share of 48.7 per cent.
The Hyundai Creta, Hyundai Venue and Kia Seltos were top-sellers throughout the year as they regularly finished in the top three in their segment’s monthly sales charts while the Kia Sonet joined the party in September 2020 with huge anticipation and it delivered by averaging close to 10,000 units per month. Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), in particular, emerged as the largest SUV manufacturer in 2020.
It held on to a market share close to 28 per cent while Kia Motors India followed suite ahead of Mahindra & Mahindra with 20.9 per cent market share. The South Korean auto major posted 1,35,295 units and the third-placed Mahindra recorded 1,30,474 units with 20.1 per cent market share. Mahindra dominated the SUV space with more than 50 per cent market share in previous years but the tables had changed in 2020.
The quadruple SUVs from the Hyundai Motor Group and the Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza headed the sales table along the way as Mahindra’s XUV300 compact SUV was only the eighth most sold model in the SUV segment with 32,197 units. It finished behind the fellow rival Tata Nexon as well. Courtesy of Nexon and Harrier, Tata sold a total of 63,110 units with 9.7 per cent market share.
Tata ended up fifth behind Maruti Suzuki as the largest carmaker in the country registered 98,939 units with 15.3 per cent market share. The EcoSport compact SUV and Endeavour full-sized SUV combined to record 32,665 units in 2020 with 5 per cent market share. Morris Garages came in seventh with good reception for the Hector, Gloster and ZS EV.
It finished ahead of Toyota, Honda and Fiat with Jeep Compass primarily. Recently, the facelifted Jeep Compass was unveiled while the 2021 Tata Safari (seven-seater Gravitas) will go on sale later this month. The Toyota Fortuner facelift entered the market a few days ago as well and the SUV segment will see a host of new launches during the course of this year.


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Baku, Azerbaijan, April 23
By Fikret Dolukhanov – Trend:
A conference of representatives of business communities of Tajikistan’s Sughd province and Uzbekistan’s Samarkand region took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on April 21, Tajik news agency “ASIA-Plus” reported on April 23.
The delegation of the Sughd province led by Sughd Governor Rajabboy Ahmadzoda reportedly consisted of entrepreneurs, artists, athletes and regional administrators.
An exhibition of goods manufactured by Samarkand and Sughd enterprises was held on the sidelines of the business forum, which resulted in signing of a number of cooperation agreements.
The Tajik entrepreneurs also visited a number of local enterprises and a nut plantation in Samarkand.
It was reported earlier that Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are planning to sign an agreement on strategic partnership.
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Business breakfast of the Data Center
On December 12, a business breakfast was held at Data Pro, the largest data center in Russia; it was dedicated to the issue of personal data security within the constraints of the Yarovaya law that came into effect and of FZ-152.
Yekaterina Kravchenko, the head of legal services at Skif Consulting, informed on the legal aspect of the issue, gave an expert evaluation of the law aspect of FZ-152 and the Yarovaya law, and also answered the questions of the audience.
Other experts involved in the event were Aleksey Soldatov, the general director of Data Pro, and Aleksey Medvedev, a data security expert from Atos.Bu
The business breakfast ended with a tour of the data center.


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UK businesses account for nearly half (42%) of all online 3D printing in Europe with smaller, technologically-centric firms the most likely to utilise the resource.
This is according to a new report by 3D Hubs, a Dutch company that specialises in online manufacturing services.
The company’s ‘3D Printing Trends 2019’ report, which encompasses patterns from its own order database as well as an independent survey of 400 businesses, found that over 250,000 parts were printed in Europe using its technology last year – more than 100,000 of which went to the UK.
The report found that most firms that use online 3D printing in Europe (75%) have less than 100 employees, with over 60% of the 3D printing demand across Europe coming from engineers working in the development of industrial, electrical, and medical goods.
Aerospace and automotive engineers – early adopters of 3D printing – are less inclined to use online 3D printing services, making up just 10% of the market. This is because they’re more likely to have in-house ‘offline’ 3D printing capacity for both prototyping and production.
Prototyping with 3D printing is universally adopted as there’s an enormous increase in efficiency by being able to talk over objects instead of drawings. Manufacturing of custom tooling is popular on the factory floors of companies like BMW, Ford, and Bosch who use 3D printing to create a new field language.
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3D Hubs estimates the global 3D printing market is set to double in size every three years — with investment focused on industrial solutions and applications. From 2013 to 2017, 3D printing grew at a rate of 24.7% on average every year.
For the next five years, the annual market growth forecast by analysts varies between 18.2% and 27.2%, with the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) averaging at 23.5%.
Filemon Schoffer, co-founder at 3D Hubs, said: “It’s great to see that the UK is such a front runner in using online manufacturing services.
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“Businesses that outsource prototypes and production parts may be looking to localise this process. Rather than hiring elusive digital talent, however, this is achieved far more efficiently online — helping businesses to control manufacturing overheads and accelerate their R&D.
“Globally, engineers want to receive the same result every time they press print. Ensuring repeatable results has been the holy grail of industrial 3D printing for many years now.
“In light of today’s research, there’s no doubt that 2019 will be the most exciting year for 3D printing on record. 3D printing is destined to find a profitable purpose in the workplace rather than at home — a trajectory comparable to virtual and augmented reality technologies.”


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AT&T customers looking for another hotspot option will have one come April 1st. And no, that's no April Fools' joke. It would be a very bad one if it were.
AT&T is releasing the Unite Explore, a rugged portable hotspot that you can take on your next hike or camping trip. The device is advertised as dustproof and resistant to both water and shock. Read More
Smartphones do many things, but underpinning most of what makes these phones smart is an Internet connection. Struggling to connect to Wi-Fi makes a phone significantly less intelligent.
Some Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge owners have had trouble maintaining an Internet connection. Others have had a difficult time establishing a connection in the first place. Read More
In the past day or two, you probably heard something along the lines of: "AT&T and Verizon are "throttling" Netflix." Originally, John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile, made a claim that led to such statements. Many outlets ran with the story, but AT&T and Verizon quickly and flatly denied any claim of throttling Netflix content - and AT&T and Verizon aren't exactly likely to lie about something like that in a public statement. This seemingly put Legere in a corner: did John have bad information? Well, it turns out the situation is a little more complex than all that, and while what John Legere said was technically true, it doesn't exactly ring that way in the practical sense. Read More
The LG Watch Urbane 2 was exciting when it was announced, since it was the first Android Wear device capable of working as a stand-alone mobile gadget with a built-in LTE connection. Then it wasn't, because LG delayed the launch after an unspecified (but apparently quite serious) hardware defect. Now the launch is back on: AT&T announced its pre-order plans earlier this week, and now it's Verizon's turn. The carrier is taking pre-orders now, with watches shipping (and presumably ready at retail) on April 1st. No foolin'.
A lot of money, as it turns out. While the AT&T version of the Watch Urbane 2 is $360, or $200 with a two-year contract, the Verizon model is a whopping $499.99 outright. Read More
Samsung has a bunch of phones spread across a bunch of carriers, and those released in the last year or two need Marshmallow updates. Sprint has begun to roll out the latest version of Android to customers owning three of those devices: the Galaxy Note 4 and 5, plus the S6 Edge+. Read More
No, it's not an April Fool prank, as far as we're aware. Sprint and Verizon are taking pre-orders for the LG G5 starting today, and it will be officially available on April 1st. You have your choice of monthly payments, a contract, or just buying it outright for $576 on Sprint. Verizon only has payment plans, and the full price phone is a little more expensive. Read More
A bunch of LG phones have been upgraded to Android 6.0 over the last few weeks, and today it's the Verizon V10's version. According to Verizon's support page, at least: the company says it's now sending the over-the-air update to customers, though of course it could be a few days or even a week or two before it reaches every device. Software version VS99022A adds Marshmallow and... well, not much else. It's just Android 6.0 with LG's software skin on top. Read More
Most mobile plans these days let you call just anywhere in your home country without incurring extra fees, and a few even have some international calling included. Phoning Europe from the US is usually spendy, though. For the next few days, a couple carriers have waved all fees associated with calls or texts from the US to Belgium in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks. Read More
The LG G5 is coming. Judging from this weekend's poll, quite a few of you are dead set on buying this phone as soon as you get the chance. For those of you on AT&T, that time is now. The carrier has started accepting pre-orders for the phone, which will become available in stores starting April 1st. Read More
Things did not go as planned for LG with the Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, which was originally supposed to come out late last year. A hardware defect caused the company to halt the release and bring the watch back to the drawing board. Now, it's ready to go again and AT&T will let you pre-order one right now. Read More


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China Abrasive Materials Weekly Price (27 JUL-1 AUG): Cost pressure boosts prices to increase
This week, due to the adjustment of electricity prices in some areas of Henan Province and the continuous increase in the price of raw material alumina, some local white corundum manufacturers plan to further increase the price by about RMB 30 /ton. It is expected that the price of white fused alumina may continue to rise in the coming week.
On July 27, Henan Sanmenxia Vientiane Industrial Co., Ltd. issued a notice of electricity price adjustment. The notice mentioned that due to high coal prices and extremely tight coal purchases, the cost of power generation has risen sharply. Based on the company's research, it has been determined that the corundum park and power companies around the power plant will temporarily increase the current electricity price by RMB 0.04/kWh from 8:00 on July 29, 2021. The increase in electricity prices directly brings about an increase in the production cost of corundum. It is understood that this increase in electricity prices may directly lead to an increase in the smelting cost of white fused alumina by RMB 60-80/ton, and an increase in the cost of brown fused alumina by RMB 120-140/ton. With the increase in electricity prices in Sanmenxia Corundum Park, most local companies indicated that they would raise the price to offset the increase in production costs.
This week, the spot supply of the brown fused alumina in Henan has tightened, and some companies have raised their product prices. However, most downstream abrasive companies hold a wait-and-see attitude and refuse to accept price increases. Therefore, the price of brown fused alumina has remained stable. It is expected that in the coming week, affected by the recent continuous increase in the price of white fused alumina, the price of brown fused alumina may also continue to move upward.
This week, due to the unabated pressure on production costs, most of the black silicon carbide manufacturers aid they would not lower their prices. It is expected that in the coming week, the price of black silicon carbide may remain stable.
This week, due to the high price of raw materials and stabilization, most green silicon carbide manufacturers are willing to maintain the price. It is expected that in the coming week, green silicon carbide prices may stay firm.


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According to the latest leak the upcoming GeForce GTX 980 Ti won’t be a repeat of the GTX 780 Ti as it won’t be faster than the Titan product at the time of launch. The GTX 980 Ti will actually feature 2816 CUDA cores, which is less than the Titan X. This is because NVIDIA will be disabling 2 of the 24 SMM (streaming multiprocessor Maxwell) units on the GM200 silicon. The TMU count will also be lower at 176 compared to 192 on the Titan X.
As we have already reported the GTX 980 Ti will have the GM200-310 chip, not the full fat GM200-400 at the Titan X does. So now we know why it is binned differently.
We expect to see the launch of this card very soon, and NVIDIA is expected to allow AIC partners to make custom versions of the card from day one.
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