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Encashing on its growing popularity, leading e-commerce portal eBay India today announced the launch of Global EasyBuy, an international online shopping destination, providing Indian shoppers access to an unprecedented 18 million products.
The Rs 9,000 crore e-commerce in India, growing at a pace of 35 per cent annually, is looking ahead for a dynamic future with the 400 million middle income people seeking new avenues for shopping experience, EBay India marketing Director Kashyap Vadapalli told newsmen here.
He said tough a majority of e-commerce in India was today related to travel and tourism, the merchandise purchase worked out to Rs 1,000 crore and was growing rapidly. Global EasyBuy was aimed at redefining the Indian retail landscape and would provide savvy Indian shoppers access to the world's hottest labels and coolest brands, he said, adding that the new platform would take variety and access to international products to new heights.
The main advantage for the buyer would be that he would be paying in Indian currency to get foreign brands, especially from the United States, which he had been yearning for long. A wide array of goods and commodities would be available for the browsing shopper.
Replying to a question, he said that the downturn had not affected the online e-commerce. There is a increased sales from the last quarter of 2008, he added.


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This record-breaking figure follows on from the 19.2 million passengers which the airport processed in 2003, but according to one of the business leaders in the sector, the shops at the airport selling a wide variety of articles are complaining that sales are not going so well.
A spokesman for Son Sant Joan said yesterday that aircraft operations and passenger handling estimates for July, August and September are good, but this forecast is not reflected in the daily trade of the shopping areas at the airport.
Palma's main airport has registered an increase of 6 percent in the number of passengers between January and April this year. If the trend continues, the final total could reach the absolute record of 20 million by the end of 2004.
In 2000, Son Sant Joan processed 19.4 million passengers, compared to 19.2 in 2003. However, a senior figure from the Palma Airport Traders' Association (ACAP) signalled, that the situation is worrying as they are now selling less tobacco, clothes, ensaimadas and souvenirs than in other years.
Palma airport has three sections allocated to shops. June 2002 witnessed widespread closure of trade; poor profitability was the reason given at the time.
The decline of business was also felt by the Spanish multinational, Aldeasa, which relies on airport custom to support its stores. In 2002, it declared a profit of 22.11 million euros, 12.4 percent less than in 2001.
The sharp decline was attributed to the abolition of duty-free shopping within member States of the European Union declared in 1999. According to the Airport Traders' Association, this was the start of all our problems.
The disappearance of duty-free shops hallowed falling income at airports and sea ports, resulting in prices of available goods being raised to compensate.
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Nutella Wonders: How Does Serving Size Affect One's Consumption Of The Popular Spread?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers doing something that may affect Nutella lovers' consumption of the popular chocolate-hazelnut spread. It might change the recommended serving size on its jars. Alongside this, it wants to know how consumers eat the spread: on bread or crackers, on cupcakes, or straight from the jar?
According to CNN, the current recommended serving size is two tablespoons or 37 grams. This amount is equal to 200 calories. Ferrero, the maker of Nutella, thinks a smaller serving amount, which also means fewer calories, might make consumers more likely to buy a jar. For the past couple of years, the company has been petitioning FDA to do the changing.
The most recent petition says that Ferrero's latest promotion and advertising advocate consumption of a balanced breakfast including Nutella as complementary spread that adds on to nutrient-rich fruits, dairy products, and whole grain breads. Also, it includes a survey among consumers saying that people no longer use Nutella to fill cupcakes, make ice cream, and in other desserts. The survey included 722 women with children aged three to 12.
Ferrero says in 1991, only eight percent of people slathered chocolate on bread; but at present, 60 percent enjoy the spread on toast. 14 percent eat it as a sandwich filling while 13 percent prefer to enjoy it with fruit or crackers. It is important to take note, however, that thousands of photos with hashtag #NutellaCupcake are shared on social media.
Meanwhile, ABC reported that Nutella is currently categorized as a dessert topping with two tablespoons as the recommended serving size. Ferrero wants FDA to reclassify it into the same category as honey and jam with serving amount of one tablespoon. According to the company, the current serving size of Nutella makes it hard for consumers to make fair comparisons between its product and other spreads.
As of writing, reports say the FDA may consider Ferrero's claims if the American people agree. For this, it asks consumers to send comments regarding their consumption of Nutella and other spreads. According to the FDA, it wants to consider the requests made over the years.


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The two countries launched the first ever mega food park project in India, involving food processing facilities, adding a major boost for business on both sides.
India and Italy seem to be building on common ground, one of which seems to be food.The two countries launched the first ever mega food park project in India involving food processing facilities in April this year. The pilot project called “The Mega Food Park” was launched in virtual mode, with the signing of a Letter of Intent between the ICE Office in Mumbai and Fanidhar Mega Food Park, in Gujarat.
The project aims to create synergy between agriculture and industry of the two countries and leverages the expertise, research and development of new and more efficient technologies in the sector by the Italian side. The project, promoted by the Italian Embassy in New Delhi and the ICE Office in Mumbai, envisages the involvement of the Emilia Romagna Region, SACE, ANIMA (the Italian association representing metalworking companies) and FederUnacoma (Federation of Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers).
"SMEs and Italian technology, in collaboration with Indian food parks, open a new chapter in the economic partnership between Italy and India with a pilot project in a priority area of intervention such as food processing" stated Vincenzzo de Luca, Italy’s Ambassador to India.
It should come as no surprise that Italy aims to explore the great opportunities offered by the Indian market. According to Invest India, India’s food processing sector is one of the largest in the world and its output is expected to reach $ 535 Bn by 2025-26. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been taking several steps to encourage investments across the value chain. Currently, the industry engages approximately 1.93 mn people in around 39,748 registered units with fixed capital of $32.75 bn and aggregate output of around $158.69 bn. Major industries constituting the food processing industry are grains, sugar, edible oils, beverages and dairy products. of India further sanctioned over 134 food processing projects during 2020 across different states. In addition the Modi government recently approved a new PLI scheme for the food processing sector, with a budget outlay of US$1.46 billion which will further boost the food processing sector.
The food park, of course, is just one of the many bilateral projects the two countries have undertaken.
In November last year the two countries signed 15 trade and investment agreements during a virtual summit between Italian PrimeMinister, Guiseppe Conte, and Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The two leaders also unveiled a long term action plan to enhance bilateral partnership including a memorandum of understanding between Italy's Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA and India's National Investment and Infrastructure Fund to promote co-financing, two MoUs between Fincantieri and Cochin Shipyard Limited, two agreements between Snam and Adani Entreprises to promote energy transition and an MoU between Snam and Indian Oil Corporation to cooperate on gas infrastructure development. It seems food might be the next frontier now, and why not? After all both, Italian and Indian food have a global appeal.


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Thousands of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance users across the state will receive free coverage for three weeks following multiple issues with the company.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last week an agreement with the Department of Financial Services (DFS) after dealing with multiple issues from the company. Complaints from customers include Empire being late in sending out both member ID cards and bills, among other problems.
Action was taken to look into the issues before helping Empire begin to fix the problems, said Benjamin Lawsky, the Superintendent of Financial Services. DFS contacted Empire on Jan. 9 to encourage the company to work towards correcting the issues and complaints they were receiving in regards to issues with enrollment of those users who had signed up to receive coverage under the New York State of Health (NYSOH) marketplace. Some of these issues were Empire failing to send bills or send them on time, not sending out ID cards to new members, no program to switch or transfer enrollees to proper plans or coverage, and that Empire did not respond to telephone calls or placed customers on hold for longer than necessary.
Due to customers having to deal with these problems among others, the agreement from Empire will provide three free weeks of coverage to those members who were enrolled with NYSOH and who did not receive coverage during the month of January though payment was made to the Empire. These consumers will receive cash payments from Empire that equals the amount of premiums paid for a three week period. It is estimated that between 15,000 and 20,000 Empire members will receive the relief. Empire will commit $2 million to consumer education under the agreement, to urge those who are uninsured to enroll in health care through NYSOH.
Empire will be monitored by DFS to make sure that the agreement is being followed and that Empire will be following through with promises made to consumers. To file a complaint about Empire or another insure, consumers can contact the DFS Consumer Hotline at (212) 480-6400 or (800) 342-3736 for further assistance.


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Some devices get all the ROMs. Of course, for the Google Play Edition of the Galaxy S4, that's kind of the point. Late last month an early version of Android 4.3 was leaked for the phone right around the time of its Play Store debut, and now an even newer build labeled "JWR66V" has popped up. According to XDA Developers forum poster Jahon, it was build on July the 11th, and now it's been re-packaged into a ROM file flashable in the custom recovery of your choice.
Details are scarce at the time being, as users are still testing to feel out the extent of the changes. Notably the Galaxy S4's wireless charging feature now works even when the phone is off, and battery life and charging rates seem to be improved. Google Wallet now works (if you're not rooted) as do some third-party apps like DashClock and IMDB. There are a few bugs with other apps and SIM unlocking, so it may not be ready as a "daily driver" just yet.
Even the most flash-happy ROM addicts may want to wait a bit before flashing a new 4.3 build. Google's event on Wednesday may reveal some new Nexus 7 hardware, and possibly the formal release of Android 4.3 as well, which should come to Nexus and Google Play devices without too much delay.


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Last week, TikTok introduced TikTok Attribution Manager. This effectively gives marketers the ability to choose a time period to measure campaign success. The Attribution Manager will be accessible for advertisers who run web campaigns using the TikTok Pixel or Events API. Our Social advertising team shared what the update entails and how it could impact […]
Big changes are coming to TikTok! The company is increasing the max length of videos to 10 minutes. Until now, the max video length sat at three minutes which means it’s now tripling in length. It’s quite a jump considering that the last update was in July of 2021 when TikTok increased the max video […]
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POLICE this week vowed to crack down on unlicensed street traders selling counterfeit merchandise at the Accies-Celtic match on Sunday.
South Lanarkshire Council Trading Standards, accompanied by officers from the Licensing Department and representatives from the Brand Protection from the SPL clubs, will be enforcing legislation to protect copyright and trademarks at the match at New Douglas Park.
Police say any street traders found to be unlicensed and trading in South Lanarkshire, can be reported under Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, and will be reported for infringements of trademark and counterfeit legislation.
Divisional Commander for South Lanarkshire, Chief Superintendent Tim Love, said: “Buying merchandise such as T-shirts at a football match is commonplace but most people may not realise they could be buying fakes.
“Previous intelligence has highlighted a link between counterfeit goods and serious and organised crime.
“By working together with South Lanarkshire Council's Trading Standards as well as the SPL clubs, we can ensure that current legislation regarding copyright is rigorously enforced.”
Peter Sherry, South Lanarkshire Council's Trading Standards manager, explained the joint action plan was part of Trading Standards’ commitment to tackling copyright and trademark crime.
He said: “We are working closely with Strathclyde Police and the Trade Mark proprietors to ensure that consumers and legitimate business do not suffer as a result of illegal street trading.
"Operations at the Accies stadium will take place throughout the season to ensure Intellectual Property and Licensing legislation is complied with.”
A Celtic club spokeswoman said: “The sale of counterfeit Celtic merchandise can not only result in lost revenue for the club, but the quality of products available to our supporters is usually of a sub-standard quality.
“We are committed to tackling the crime of counterfeiting and thus protecting our supporters.”


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In a bid to introduce Level-2 autonomy and advanced driver assistance systems to its electric bus models, EKA has announced its partnership with NuPort Robotics.
According to the official statement from the company, through this strategic partnership, NuPort will provide AI-enabled autonomous solutions, and EKA will provide the electric vehicle platform.
The Canadian company NuPort Robotics will be following a ‘Made in India’ approach, thereby contributing to the advancement of economic development and innovation ecosystem within the country, the release added.
With an investment of INR 150 crore, following a period of testing, the technology will be deployed in over 5,000 buses. As a result, the company believes that with commercial vehicles associated crashes can be reduced by nearly 50%, the release said.
Dr Sudhir Mehta, Chairman, EKA & Pinnacle Industries, said, “Our partnership with NuPort ensures that our electric buses are not only environmentally friendly but also futuristic through incorporation of Artificial Intelligence thereby making our buses efficient and safer to operate on Indian roads.”
Raghavender Sahdev, CEO, NuPort Robotics, said, “The current project with EKA allows us to set the first precedent in India for a Level-2 AI-enabled smart Electric bus.”
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“The Northwest region has seen a 10 percent increase in tourism activity this year compared to last year,” Grubbs said. “That’s encouraging news.
Grubbs was among more than 400 tourism professionals from around the state meeting in Athens this week with industry leaders and state officials to discuss the state of the tourism trade in Georgia.
The joint tourism industry conference was hosted by the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus (GACVB) and the Tourism Development Alliance of Georgia (TDAG) in Athens from Monday through Wednesday.
Grubbs attended conferences on techno-tourism and Civil War tourism in Georgia and received copies of the state’s new brochure, “Georgia’s Guide to the Civil War.” 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
She also attended a panel discussion on the economic development aspects of tourism and the state’s plan to streamline hotel/motel tax collections.
Gov. Sonny Perdue delivered the keynote address for the final luncheon Wednesday and touted the industry as one of the most important in Georgia.
“Our state’s tourism economy ranks eighth in the nation and second in the Southeast,” said Perdue. “This conference epitomizes what Georgia tourism is about — everyone moving in the same direction to grow this industry and make Georgia a premier travel destination.”
In addition to learning about issues currently facing the industry, the conference also served to educate attendees on emerging trends and future initiatives. Speakers included Horst Schulze, founder of Ritz-Carlton, and Roger Dow of the U.S. Travel Association.


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The good news on the tariff front is that a U.S.-proposed 5-percent tariff – that could have gone up to 25 percent – on goods imported from Mexico (and which would have affected companies such as HP Inc. and Lexmark International) has been shelved for now.
The bad news: this week, U.S. President Donald Trump refused to set a deadline for threatened 25-percent tariffs on $325 billion of Chinese goods that include printers, copiers, and PCs.
In a televised press conference, the president said he still plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month, but asked if he had a deadline for China to make progress towards a deal before facing the further penalty, Trump said: “I have no deadline.” Gesturing to his head, he said: “My deadline is what’s up here. We’ll figure out the deadline. Nobody can quite figure it out.” That’s not a lot of guidance for any company to go by, but at least those in the office-imaging industry appear to taking the trade war in stride, with many shifting production in case the further tariffs are enacted. Stay tuned.


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Sunday newspaper shares tips
EACH week, we round up the main share tips from the Sunday newspapers. Follow this link to the tips from the Mail on Sunday and read those from the Sunday Telegraph and The Business below.
Analysts have upgraded their forecasts on Laura Ashley after the fashion and homewares retailer said first-half profits would be at least £2.5m, against losses of £200,000 a year ago. The steadily improving performance, good management and strong balance sheet mean shares are a buy at 24½p.
Avocet Mining produces more than 200,000 ounces of gold a year from three mines in Malaysia, Indonesia and Tajikistan. With the company now receiving spot prices for its increasing production, analysts expect the company to more than quadruple pre-tax profits to £34m, up from the £7.6m announced last week. Shares - at 172p - have been trading at a discount because of the high costs of its operation in Tajikistan, but this division is now trading profitably, particularly with gold at around 650 US dollars an ounce.
FDM Group, the IT recruitment and software company, beat market forecasts with a buoyant trading update earlier this month. One reason for backing the company is the number of new blue-chip clients it has secured in the past six months, alongside some longer-term contracts. It has also announced the directorship of Ivan Martin with a view to him becoming chairman. He previously worked at software company Misys and is well regarded in the IT sector. Shares are 77½p.
South China Resources came to market 15 months ago with a low valuation, aware that investors would factor in a level of risk associated with China. Shares have risen from 5p to 23p as South China said it was close to achieving permission for a project to develop a small but high-grade copper and molybdenum mine in the Shaanxi province. By bringing this into production the company hopes to pick up other projects in the region. It is also worth noting that directors' share options do not kick in until 35p and 40p, demonstrating the management's belief in the company's potential.
Insurance company Gable is a recent addition to the market but has impressed with its strong management team and a business model that seeks to limit expenditure, limit risk and maximise profit. With an acquisitive strategy, Gable - led by industry veteran Bill Dewsal - has already begun writing quality business. If forecasts are met then Tom Winnifrith, who edits www.t1ps.com, believe the stock could double and still be cheap. Shares are seen as a speculative buy at 17.75p.
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Today, Beat Games has announced that its CEO, Jaroslav Beck, is leaving this role and is being replaced by the original co-author of the game, Vladmir Grinkar, as the new CEO responsible for Beat Saber.
However, Beck does not leave the company, but instead uses this opportunity to reorient himself to create music for the game and pursue “future opportunities” as his main passion. The news is a bit surprising, but it makes sense. Beck was the creator of the original game’s soundtrack and is a key force that helped make Beat Saber the viral sensation she became. Having the duties of a general director is likely to significantly shorten his time for making music. Initially, Beat Saber was created by Greencar and his partner Jan Ilavsky.
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Intel CEO attacks the combination Windows + ARM
With the advent of Windows to the ARM architecture, which will be unprecedented in the upcoming operating system Windows 8, the leading developer of x86, ie Intel, showed some signs of fear against this new threat to their hegemony, which already has completely taken the very successful market for mobile devices (smartphones and tablets).
Because without anyone wondering, the CEO of Intel, Paul Otellini, attacked free to ARM to say that they have a tough uphill climb to get a place in the Windows ecosystem, especially with regards to business customers.
It is argued that Windows 8 ARM will have serious problems convincing in terms of software, since it does not have support for everything that has been developed for x86 in recent decades, offering limited experience despite having available the Windows desktop as well as Metro.
Intel will want to take advantage of it, first through this publicity, and second to show a prototype tablet with a dedicated button to go to the desktop of Windows x86, and reminding customers recently raised the argument and the importance of it.
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Three mobile operators see 69pc rise in data revenue
Data revenue of three mobile operators -- Grameenphone, Banglalink and Robi -- increased about 69 percent year-on-year to Tk 1,699 crore in 2015.
Income from data business of the three operators, which have a combined market share of around 90 percent, got a boost with the launch of 3G services two years back.
Around 10 percent of their revenue came from data services in 2015, up from 5 percent in 2014 and 2 percent in 2013.
Data revenue information of three other operators -- Teletalk, Airtel and Citycell -- is not publicly available. Of these three, Teletalk and Airtel offer 3G services.
Grameenphone's data revenue is growing fast due to heavy investment in 3G technologies, a rise in the number of subscribers and increased smartphone penetration, said Nehal Ahmed, director for communications of the operator.
Average data consumption per user increased over time, fuelled by access to a wide range of digital lifestyle solutions, social media and other applications, he added.
In 2015, Grameenphone saw Tk 10,480 crore in revenue, and Tk 850 crore of the amount came from data revenue, according to its financial statement.
In 2014, the operator's data revenue stood at Tk 550 crore, which was 5 percent of its total earnings.
Data subscribers of the operator grew 45 percent year-on-year to 1.57 crore in 2015 while data volume almost trebled.
Robi, the second largest operator in terms of revenue, earned Tk 524 crore from data services last year, the amount being 10 percent of its total revenue.
In 2014, Robi's earnings from the data segment accounted for 6 percent of its total revenue, according to its financial statement.
Banglalink, the second largest operator in terms of subscribers, earned Tk 325 crore or 6.9 percent of its total revenue from data in 2015.
In 2014, the operator's data revenue was Tk 176 crore, which was 4.02 percent of its total revenue.
Market insiders, however, said a 22-day ban on the use of Facebook and some messaging apps in the last quarter of 2015 hurt the growth of data use.
An official of a mobile phone operator said every operator lost around Tk 10 crore on average at that time.
Meanwhile, the number of internet connections also rose significantly last year.
At the end of 2015, the number of mobile internet connections was more than 5.15 crore, up from 4.22 crore at the end of the previous year.
Bangladesh has about two crore Facebook users who belong to the top revenue generating segment, industry insiders said.
Despite a shortage of local contents, some new initiatives are being taken for entertainment and education, which are helping operators generate more revenue, they said.


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After the decline in the FANG stocks on Tuesday, CNBC's Jim Cramer issued a warning to investors who own the technology-laden group.
"I just wanted to get in front of tomorrow's storyline," the "Mad Money" host said. "You better believe the obituary's being written once again right now, this time with the death notice containing two As and two Ns, as in FAANNG, or Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Nvidia and Google, the company now known as Alphabet."
Weakness in the FAANNGs is bound to be taken seriously, which is why Cramer looked at the broader market layout, starting with the GOP-led tax overhaul.
The sweeping tax cuts Republicans are chasing could put a trillion-dollar hole in the U.S. deficit. That would lead the government to borrow money, flooding the bond market with supply and driving interest rates higher.
But higher interest rates usually lead to higher inflation. Inflation erodes purchasing power, which in turn diminishes future earnings estimates.
"Given that the FAANNG stocks represent big bets on the future earnings of high-growth companies, ... inflation's real bad for them, so their stocks sell off when rates go up," Cramer said. "Let me simplify it: higher rates often lead to lower prices for the most juiced stocks out there, and FAANNG be the king of the juice."
To make sense of the noise (and explain why panic is fruitless), the "Mad Money" host went over each FAANNG stock's individual bear case.
Word on Wall Street is that Facebook's next earnings report will be in line with estimates because the social media giant hasn't come up with a new, hot product in a while.
"It's become same-old, same-old — same-old, same-old great, I should add — and that's not enough for the market," Cramer said. "I'm not kidding — that's really the rap against Facebook."
After Citi Research upgraded Walmart on Tuesday, saying that the retailer finally has enough online momentum to seriously compete with Amazon, the Amazon bears came running.
"I think Amazon is fabulous, especially its red-hot web services business," Cramer said, even as he agreed that Walmart is a formidable competitor. "If we get any real weakness, I'll pound the table."
Cramer has heard every bear case for Apple under the sun, including the latest downgrade that argued the tech stock's gains from the iPhone super-cycle are "in the late innings."
"Look, you may be tempted to sell it here and try to buy it back at lower levels," the "Mad Money" host said. "I think that's a fool's errand. I say own Apple, don't trade it. Every trading call to get out of Apple has been wrong. This piece did not change my mind."
"This is a tough one," Cramer admitted. "I always think, though, what would it take to duplicate Netflix's business? I think certainly it would cost more than the company's current $80 billion valuation. That said, I will concede that it is definitely the most vulnerable of the FAANNGs."
Nvidia's problem has consistently been that the semiconductor play has one of the most expensive stocks in the world.
But Cramer argued that the chipmaker dominates when it comes to gaming, self-driving cars, artificial intelligence and the data center, even though its wares will certainly be challenged.
"Does that mean you should sell the stock? Look, Nvidia the stock has periodic swoons, and this one has lasted a long time, ever since the company reported," he said. "I believe it's digesting a big move and this stock, like the other FAANNGs, is simply the victim of a rotation."
The "Mad Money" host could hardly find a bear case for the parent company of Google.
"I think it's gaining market share and has about $100 billion in cash to fall back on," he said. "Also, it [has] a swell web service business that's doing fantastically — not as good as Amazon, but still good — and an autonomous car business called Waymo that's second to none. Needless to say, I would not be a seller."
In all his years in the business, Cramer has seen the FAANNG stocks pronounced dead plenty of times. But that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the underlying companies, he said.
"Don't let some analyst downgrade or some rotation out of high growth scare you away from owning some FAANNG," the "Mad Money" host said. "Until I see a coroner's report from real competitors of Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Nvidia and Alphabet, I think we need to presume that these stories remain very much alive."
Disclosure: Cramer's charitable trust owns shares of Facebook, Apple, Nvidia and Alphabet.


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As parts of South Louisiana have now been declared major disaster areas after historic flooding swept through East Baton Rouge, Tangipahoa, St. Helena and Livingston parishes over the weekend, New Orleans has promptly turned its attention to helping its neighbors to the west, including some 10,000 people in shelters and 20,000 people who have been rescued from floodwaters.
Many local restaurants have already been collecting donations and chefs/restaurateurs including Ralph Brennan, Aaron Burgau, James Cullen, Robert Leblanc, Amy Sins, and Lisa White and many more have come together to bring hot meals to those in the affected parishes.
Here now, is a list of local bars and restaurants that are accepting donations:
Updated on August 18
Press Street Station: This family-friendly Marigny eatery will donate 10% of sales revenue from tomorrow, August 19 through Sunday, August 21 to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank. 5 Press Street (at Royal).
Brown Butter: The Mid City restaurant is accepting donations until Tuesday, August 23 during business hours. Folks who donate any combination of 3-4 of the items listed here will get a free pint of draft beer or fried pickle appetizer. 231 N. Carrollton Ave.
Barrel Proof, Cavan, Sylvain, Meauxbar: Accepting donations of granola bars and individually wrapped packages of nuts today, August 18, until 10 p.m. Barrel Proof is also asking for volunteers to help prepare some 3000 sandwiches and meals tomorrow, August 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. which will then be immediately transported to the Gonzales area.
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Robert Leblanc tells Eater that folks at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center are in need of feminine hygiene products, diapers, pull-ups, baby wipes, toiletries, garbage bags, toilet paper, coloring books and toys at this time.
Cavan, Meauxbar, Sylvain & Barrel Proof: Accepting donations of aforementioned items from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Dickie Brennan's Steak House: Accepting canned goods only until August 19. 716 Iberville Street.
Betsy's Pancake House: Tipsters report that Betsy's is accepting donations. 2542 Canal.
Ugly Dog Saloon: Nola.com reports that Ugly Dog is taking food and clothing donations 11 a.m. to midnight daily. 401 Andrew Higgins.
Gracious Bakery: Donating 10% of its sales on August 16 to Second Harvest Food Bank to help with flood relief. 1000 S Jeff Davis Parkway.
Coquette: Accepting donations including clean clothes, toiletries, pet food and more through Wednesday, August 17. 2800 Magazine.
Ike's Snoballs: Free medium snoball with donation of toiletries, baby items and hygiene products. 520 City Park Avenue.
Nola Boil's Cafe & Catering: 10% of sales from August 15-19 will benefit flood victims via the red cross. 601 Metairie Road.
Finn McCools: Collecting donations including bedding, toiletries, water, non-perishable food items and more until August 17. 3701 Banks Street.
Cane & Table, Solo Espresso and Church Alley are all accepting donations:
If you know of a bar or restaurant accepting donations, or donating proceeds of earnings to benefit flood victims, leave a comment or send us a tip. We'll continue to update this list.
Further donation coverage: Nola.com


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The Mirror, November 6, 1998, Friday
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HEADLINE: SORTED: WEB CON CHEATING SICK KIDS
BYLINE: Andrew Penman And Dawn Alford
WE'VE caused a stink with our recent story about a "charity" website for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
The website is run by Liverpool company Imagination Online, which touts
for advertising by cold-calling businesses.
What the businesses are not told is that after a set donation is given
to the hospital, Imagination Online keeps 95 per cent of the advertising money raised.
Now we can show this is not the only way in which advertisers are
Imagination Online also tells potential advertisers: "We've built the website and continue to run it free of charge and it would have cost Great Ormond Street pounds 60,000."
This is rubbish - as we found out when we asked experts to examine it.
Adrian Barrett, managing director of specialist website company
Lightmaker Internet, said: "This is a very, very simple website. It could be put together in two or three days for pounds 2,500 to
Anthony Capstick, author of How To Change Your Life With Technology,
said: "This site would be very simple to produce."
David Mill, of Scotland Online, said: "There's nothing clever or fancy
about it. In commercial terms it would be hard to ask more than pounds 3,000."
Great Ormond Street marketing boss Dona Selby said: "I don't think that businesses are being deceived by Imagination Online."
The experts think otherwise. We urge any business thinking of making a donation to avoid the website and give directly to the hospital.


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'TurboTax' from your computer wants to connect to ttlcldtest.intuit.com [126.96.36.199], port 443
This is the worst I have seen on open privacy intrusion. Google Installer, Adobe Updater are the worst reaching out but Intuit beats it all!
Searching for ttlcldtest gives little result.
Anyone knows more?"
writes "Seems like major companies (like UPS) are using email tracking services to send html emails to unsuspected "customers".
Emails contain web beacons and every picture or web link in those emails is tracked and links to the tracking service, like:
Originating email server differs from Company email seems to relate to.
So — if originating server cannot be related to the email's content and links are leading to suspicious sources,
it's a phishing email and should be reported to the company's abuse team — right?"
writes "German Vodaphone obtained a preliminary injunction against T-Online, the only iPhone supplier, to question the legality of locking the iPhone to a single service provider.
The court approved the injunction and T-Online has now two weeks to respond.
It is said that Apple receives 1/3 of T-Online's iPone revenue."
writes "Former owner of Allofmp3 aquitted in Russia — suit thrown out of court BBC
Judge: "The prosecution did not succeed in presenting persuasive evidence of his involvement in infringing copyright law,"
Apparently, Allofmp3 paid paid part of its income to ROMS, the Russian organisation which collects and distributes fees for copyright holders.
A Russian comment: "99 cent? That's the price for two bottles of wodka here. Nobody cann affort to pay that much for a MP3 file.""
writes "Free University Berlin with the Mars Express project have obtained clearer pictures of the area and constucted 3D images.
One English article is here, German sites are here and here.
Some 3D images need to be viewed with 3D glasses."


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Riverside, California (NAPSI) - In the business world, an opportunity can sometimes come from an unlikely source. Recently, for instance, a major online retailer has taken steps to create opportunities for smaller stores.
A Troubling Trend
While the success of “big-box” and online retailers has been a boon for employees and shoppers, not all businesses have benefited.
In fact, many believe that the success and growth of chain stores has, in many cases, come at the expense of the smaller brick-and-mortar retailers whose market is much smaller.
Historically, these smaller businesses have been part of America’s economic backbone, but the presence of big-box retailers in an area can often be linked to a decrease in the number of small businesses in that location. Given the big role that small businesses have usually played in economic recoveries, many see this trend as a troubling one.
A Revolution On Main Street
In 2010, Patrick Byrne, CEO of online retailer Overstock.com, decided to do something about the state of business on Main Street. The result is what he calls the Main Street Revolution initiative. He describes it as an effort to give small businesses that sell hand-crafted products access to millions of his company’s loyal online customers.
Said Byrne, “It’s in everybody’s best interest to see that small businesses not only survive, but thrive. Our economic recovery depends on it. That’s what our Main Street Revolution initiative is attempting to accomplish.”
Mariana Schechter is one such “revolutionary” success story. While on vacation in Southeast Asia, Schechter came upon a unique style of handcrafted furniture made entirely of old, weathered boat wood. Upon her return to the U.S., she launched a business that imports reclaimed Indonesian boat wood for use in her own furniture line, which she calls Ecologica.
Access To Loyal Customers
Ecologica maintains a Los Angeles−area showroom, but most of its sales now come via the Main Street Revolution initiative. Access to Overstock’s customer base has led to impressive growth, and today, the company employs 10 workers. Said Schechter, “Overstock.com’s Main Street Revolution changed my business.”
To learn more about the initiative, go to www.overstock.com/MainStreet.


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Some 108.4 million people tuned in to watch Sunday as Baltimore hung on to beat San Francisco in a Super Bowl to remember, thanks to a second-half power failure at the Superdome that caused a long delay.
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Getting near to annual export targetsUpdate: 12/11/2014
(VEN) - In October, the index of industrial production (IIP) increased by 4.6 percent compared with September, significantly contributing to consecutive growth of this index in the first 10 months. In the same period, the export value strongly increased with the 10-month trade surplus reaching US$1.9 billion. These results are expected to help the industry and trade sector achieve its 2014 growth targets ahead of schedule.
Breakthroughs in processing, manufacturing industries
The Planning Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) said that in October 2014, the IIP increased by 4.6 percent compared with September and 7.9 percent compared with October 2013. In the first 10 months, the index grew 6.9 percent - this growth was higher compared with the same period last year. The IIP of key industries such as mining, processing, manufacturing, electricity generation and distribution considerably increased, by 0.7-11.5 percent. The MOIT affirmed that industrial production continued to increased and the IIP growth in the first 10 months of 2014 was higher compared with that in the first eight months of 2013 (5.3 percent), the first nine months of 2013 (6.7 percent) and the first 10 months of 2013 (5.4 percent).
Along with production growth, the sales index of the processing and manufacturing industries slightly increased by 0.8 percent in October compared with September and was 14.3 percent higher compared with September 2013. The sales index of many groups of products grew over 10 percent, reducing inventories and increasing the export value. In early October, the growth of inventories in the processing and manufacturing industries considerably decreased compared with September (2.4 percent compared with September 1, 2014, much lower compared with 11.6 percent on September 1 compared with August 1, 2014).
Trade surplus reaches nearly US$1.9 billion
Thanks to measures taken by the MOIT, business associations and businesses to boost exports in recent times, the export value of October 2014 reached US$13.2 billion, up 4.5 percent compared with September and 5.5 percent compared with October 2013. In the first 10 months, the export value reached an estimated US$123.1 billion, a rise of 13.4 percent compared with the same period last year. Notably, the export value of processing industry related products accounted for a considerable percentage of the total, significantly contributing to the export growth.
The MOIT has provided guidance for businesses to boost exports in the last two months of 2014 through seeking new markets, focusing on potential markets in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, and promoting agricultural product and seafood exports to Russia.
Meanwhile, the import value in October 2014 reached an estimated US$13.6 billion, up 2.9 percent compared with September and 8.8 percent compared with October 2013. In the last 10 months, the import value reached an estimated US$121.2 billion, a rise of 11.2 percent compared with the same period last year. So Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of approximately US$1.9 billion in the first 10 months of this year.
In the first 10 months of 2014, the export value of businesses with 100 percent domestic capital increased by 12.9 percent compared with the same period last year (in the first 10 months of 2013, the export value grew a mere 3.2 compared with the same period of 2012). This was a good sign of domestic production recovery.
Total retail sales of goods and services in October reached an estimated VND251.19 trillion, a rise of 1.6 percent compared with September. In the first 10 months, the index reached an estimated VND2,399 trillion, up 11.1 percent compared with the same period last year but lower than the 12.6 percent growth of the same period last year. According to the MOIT, weak purchasing power was the main reason, and if price increases were not taken into account, total retail sales of goods and services in the first 10 months were just 6.4 percent higher compared with the same period last year./.
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Conwy County Borough Council is pleased to welcome a new pop-up shop to Porth Eirias in Colwyn Bay.
Môr officially opened the doors of Môr SUPs to the public on 29 June 2021.
Môr have chosen this prime waterfront location as their base for their pop-up shop for the summer season, alongside Evolution Bikes and Bryn Williams at Porth Eirias bistro that are established on site.
The pop-up shop offers:
Conwy’s Head of Service for Economy and Culture, Sarah Ecob, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Môr to Porth Eirias, adding to the range of facilities on the promenade that make Colwyn Bay a destination of choice for so many people who live in or visit our beautiful county.”
John Burke, founder of Môr, said, “We are very excited to be able to carry on our fantastic momentum, brought with us from View Creative Agency, where we initially setup, and to add to our growing list of brands and products. We are extremely thankful for all the local support so far, which has been fantastic and we hope to be able to grow together.
“There are many easily accessible places to start paddle boarding in North Wales and plenty of places for the more experienced paddler. We appreciate how fortunate we are to have the opportunity to be located at such an iconic place right on the shores of our beautiful beach and we can’t wait to see everyone out in the water!”
For information about other business opportunities available at Porth Eirias, business operators can contact email@example.com


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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) -
Starbucks has found a "genius" idea in something other than coffee -- music.
The Seattle-based coffee house chain's Hear Music division, together with specialty label Concord Records, co-produced, marketed and distributed the late Ray Charles' triple-platinum selling "Genius Loves Company" album, which won eight awards at Sunday's 47th annual Grammy presentation in Los Angeles.
The awards included "Album of the Year" and "Record of the Year" with Norah Jones.
Charles' final album was released last August, two months after his death, and quickly became the best-selling recording of his more than 50-year career.
Starbucks (Research), which operates 5,200 coffee shops, says it has sold more than 580,000 units of the two million copies of Genius Loves Company sold thus far in the United States.
"Everyone at Starbucks Hear Music feels a strong emotional connection to Genius Loves Company," Ken Lombard, president of Starbucks Entertainment, said in a statement Monday. "We truly appreciate the recognition the Recording Academy has given this album and are thrilled by the response the public has shown to this project."
Starbucks is hoping to follow up Genius' success with a collaboration to co-produce a new album by jazz legend Herbie Hancock, expected to be released this fall.
Starbucks executives have said that the company's music initiatives -- such as an in-store CD burning service, partnerships with other music labels to produce exclusive and non-exclusive music, as well as Starbucks' own 24-hour digital music channel in partnership with XM Satellite radio -- are intended to expand the company's footprint beyond the Barista experience.
"Providing our customers with innovative and unique ways to discover and acquire all genres of great music is another way we are enhancing the Starbucks Experience," Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz said in a statement regarding the Hancock collaboration.
Industry watchers say Starbucks' dabbling into music is "intriguing" but something it shouldn't allow to let it get too far off track from its core business.
"It's an OK side show for Starbucks but music isn't what it's known for," said Doug Christopher, analyst with Crowell, Weedon & Co. "Music is something people can get anywhere but you go to Starbucks for great coffee."
"It will help the company get some incremental business but I'll be concerned if Starbucks gets too far into the music arena instead of focusing on its core strength," Christopher said.


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Unilever has joined over 200 companies in a boycott against Facebook.
More than 200 companies have joined the boycott against advertising on Facebook, after concerns the social media site incites “hate, bigotry, racism, antisemitism and violence”.
The #StopHateForProfit campaign is rapidly growing as more beauty and fashion retail giants announce plans to stop buying advertising across Facebook and Instagram.
The #StopHateForProfit campaign, kick started by civil rights groups including NAACP and Free Press earlier this month, set out to place pressure on large companies advertising with the social media platform.
The company which owns skincare and beauty brands Murad, Hourglass and Dermalogica has paused its brands’ advertising on Facebook and Instagram, as well as Twitter until the end of the year.
The British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company said: “Continuing to advertise on these platforms at this time would not add value to people and society.”
“We will be monitoring ongoing and will revisit our current position if necessary.”
According to a list published by Forbes, other beauty brands to show support for the movement include, Lo & Behold Naturals, Kush Queen and Envy CBD.
Unilever also recently announced it will remove the word “Fair” from its “Fair & Lovely” skin lightening products, in response to a global backlash against racial prejudice.
A raft of new brands including Adidas, Puma, HP, Ford and Best Buy have pulled their advertising off Facebook this week as pressure increases on the social media company to take action.


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Tokyo-based publisher Degica Games have been busy making a name for themselves recently, having brought a cavalcade of shmups to Steam, most notable among them being CAVE's Mushihimesama and Taito's Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours. Among other companies to get a helping hand onto Steam is Triangle Service, with XIIZEAL and DELTAZEAL also recently appearing on the market. Now it seems that Degica has even more triangular-shaped love on the way, as they recently took to their blog to announce the following:
Degica Games is proud to announce that two amazing games from Triangle Service, the first wave of Shooting Love 200X, will be coming soon to Steam! Shmups Skill Test will hone your shooter skills to a knife’s edge, and Minus Zero will take you to your limits with its minimalist Lock On gameplay! We’ve already seen the brilliance of Triangle Service with our releases of DELTAZEAL and XIIZEAL last year, but the brilliance didn’t stop there.
Shmup Skill Test, as the name implies, is a game that will (supposedly) help the player improve the skills required to become a shooting game master. Originally released alongside Exzeal in Shooting Love 2007 for Sega NAOMI arcade hardware, it would later appear on the Xbox 360 as a part of the Shooting Love 200X compilation alongside Minus Zero. Featuring a variety of stages that are both whimsical and based on infamous shmup moments, the game is very tongue-in-cheek, even going so far as to give you a "gamer age" in the results screen.
Minus Zero is more straight-faced, based around a lock-on system and survival gameplay. The visuals are simplistic, but lively, echoing the style of Tempest 2000 and Geometry Wars. With no traditional main shot to speak off, players will have to master the sole lock-on weapon and hone their concentration as they face off against their agile foes.
Shmup Skills Test and Minus Zero will be a welcome addition to the growing collection of quality shmups on Steam. Given the wording of the above quote, we can only hope this means that Degica intends to bring the entire Shooting Love 200X package to PC.


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KUALA LUMPUR: Hotels have been told to continue giving special packages and reduced rates to attract customers as it will take some time before the industry recovers from the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome impact.
Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Datuk Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir said although the World Health Organisation had declared the world SARS-free, hotels must still make efforts and sacrifices to restore public confidence.
“Hotels must continue to offer special rates until the sector stabilises and not expect to be on the road of normalcy very fast.
Since the outbreak, tourism arrivals dropped to between 20% and 30%, he said.
The response to the packages for foreign tourists offered by hotels and the Malaysia Airlines for example, was not as good as expected,” he said after launching the mobileHOTEL – hotel reservations and inquiries service via SMS – at Pan Pacific Hotel yesterday.
He also said there was no tourist arrivals target this year due to uncertainties facing the sector, noting that it would be difficult to sustain last year’s tourist arrival of 13.3 million.
Abdul Kadir said he expected the tourism sector to only pick up after the fourth quarter of the year.
In his speech, he urged hotels to look into their telephone service using voice recorder systems, pointing out that many customers were irritated by the lengthy hotel promotions they had to put up with before being connected.
Kadir also said he had been invited to Beijing on July 13 when the Chinese Government would re-launch its tourism effort to allow its citizens to travel to other countries including Malaysia.
He will also visit Pakistan and Iran next week to promote Malaysia as a new and important market for tourists.
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Is Vogue’s infamous editor-in-chief leaving the fashion world to enter politics? President Obama is looking into appointing Anna Wintour as the next U.S. ambassador to the U.K. or France, according to a Bloomberg News report.
A longtime supporter of the Democratic Party, Wintour raised more than $500,000 for the Obama campaign this election season. She held fundraisers with celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Scarlett Johansson, and film producer Harvey Weinstein.
She's also credited for pushing forward a "fashion line" of sorts for the Obama campaign that sold branded scarves, yoga pants, and other items to supporters. It raised around $40 million.
Vogue spokeswoman, Megan Salt denied that Wintour was interested in the post, telling Bloomberg that the magazine’s editor-in-chief, was “very happy with her current job.”
The fashion maven herself has yet to comment on the rumor.
Bloomberg reports that Wintour faces some tough competition for either position if she’s interested. Matthew Barzun, who served as the finance chairman of the president’s re-election campaign, was said to be eyeing the London job, and Marc Lasry, the managing partner and founder of Avenue Capital Management, the France position.


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By Cheranka Mendis
Celebrating the season of good cheer and festivities, Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake will launch the BIA Christmas Shopping Festival on 1 December, following the highly successful Christmas festival last year.
|From left: AASL Assistant Airport Manager Sena Nandiweera, Actg. Head of Marketing Kaushali Munasinghe, Autogrill Lanka Director Nanda Nair, AASL Chairman Prasanna Wickramasuriya, Autogrill CEO Dimantha Kinigama, Siedles Ltd Managing Director Nimesh Udeshi, AASL Head of Commercial & Properties Geeth Karunaratne, AMW Automotive Director Shivantha De Zoysa, AASL Vice Chairman Kamal Ratwatte, R.S. Leisure Ltd Director Sujan Kapilasena. Pic by Upul Abayasekara.
Held for the second time, the festival will offer monetary and material rewards for passengers passing through the arrival and departure lounges at the airport. The ‘mega Shopping Festival,’ as Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited (AASL) Chairman Prasanna Wickramasuriya puts it, aims at building the image of Sri Lanka as a shopping destination on top of being a highly popular tourist destination.
Wickramasuriya said: “For any airport in the world, this is an important season. We believe the festival we have organised which is in line with the season’s festivities will enliven the airport and benefit the passengers.”
The festival activities will carried out in all 90 shopping outlets at BIA and will run until end January.
As part of the festival, a passenger making a purchase of US$ 10 or more at any of the shopping outlets at the Arrival Duty Free and Departure/Transit shops will be eligible to take part in the raffle draw organised by the AASL. The grand prize of the raffle draw will be a Zen Estilo motor car sponsored by Associated Motorways, while four others will be rewarded cash prizes of Rs. 500,000, Rs. 250,000, Rs. 150,000 and Rs. 100,000.
Additionally if the sales transaction is made with the use of a MasterCard and Maestro Card or if the purchases exceed US$ 50 at any of the shops, the passengers are entitled to a turn at the ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ which will enable them to win various merchandises on a daily basis.
Addressing the media, Wickramasuriya stated that the festival was a landmark event for BIA and that it would be continued as an annual event from now on. He added that come December 2012, the festival will also open at the Hambantota International Airport along with its launch and opening.
“Based on the great response we received last year, the AASL has decided to hold the Shopping Festival again this year. We are enthusiastic about the event as we anticipate commuters who travel via BIA to maximise on the opportunity to engage in Christmas shopping and walk away with valuable prizes.”
“The underlying objective is to promote Sri Lanka as a shopping destination. We are confident that this event will add colour to BIA and HIA as well from next year,” Wickramasuriya said.
Siedles Managing Director Nimesh Udeshi also speaking at the event stated that the airport, which acts as the face of the country, where first impressions are formed, must look its best. “The Government is trying to bring in foreign investors and attract more tourists. Where better to start than at the airport? We as the private sector must give our time and experience in helping this cause,” Udeshi noted. He added that next year’s festival would be much bigger than 2011 and 2010.


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Social media has been the most effective tool for consumers in the market for a car or truck and the best vehicle for GM in terms of transparency and accountability, Chris Preuss, VP communications, told a roundtable in New York on Tuesday.
Preuss, who appeared at Weber-Shandwick's Voiceboxx Executive Roundtable, says a new structure at GM that combined marketing communications with PR and design has made it easier for the company to plan and execute such programs.
For example, the company has launched a program called "The Lab," (www.thelab.GMblogs.com) where advanced design teams post an idea for a vehicle either through notes or videos and get feedback from GM vehicle enthusiasts. He says the new site functions not only as a way for GM to get news out about concept vehicles and production minutiae, but as a consumer-research platform. "We now have a huge enthusiast base that is part of the creation process," he says.
The new marketing structure at GM was ushered in and is now overseen by Robert Lutz, tapped in July as global marketing chief whose purview includes advertising, marketing and communications. "Most car companies go to market on a consumer influence paradigm that died 10 years ago," says Preuss. "Bob [Lutz] correctly identified that as big ad agency marketing models crumble under their own weight, you have an opportunity to retool the culture of the company. Now, as communicator at GM, we have a seat at the table."
The company's "May the Best Car Win" program launched with ads featuring the new CEO Edward Whitaker, formerly of ATT, who has gotten a lot of press on his own by admitting that he knows nothing about cars. The company's PR side developed the Chevy Volt promotion touting the car for its ability to get 230 MPG.
"We went to marketing and said, 'We are going to do it virally; we are going to put this number out there and create buzz'," says Preuss -- who adds that because of a streamlining of marketing operations, there are fewer, if any, walls between communications and marketing and fewer levels of bureaucracy.
"We pitched it on Monday, the executive committee approved it on Wednesday; Campbell-Ewald [GM's AOR for Chevy] came in with an inch-thick deck; it was approved Friday and we were out there with it on Monday. I was shocked."
He says the Volt program garnered the biggest earned media buzz since the company unveiled the Volt. "We more than doubled the impressions and volume of the launch of Volt."
The next PR/social media event extends the "Best Car Win" program with Lutz doing a challenge drive at the Monticello, N.Y. raceway versus Gawker-owned Jalopnik.com. That came about because Lutz had blogged that the Cadillac CTS-V is the fastest production four-door on the market.
"[Lutz] said he might do viral challenge to prove we have the fastest four-door," says Preuss. "Jalopnik launched a smackdown challenge. It's was going to be a small event between Jalopnik and GM, but now it has grown to 20 to 30 cars and national media coverage. Oh, and the GM team will make hay of Lutz's 77 years by having him hobble out to the CTS on a walker."


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Good news came from Bannockburn III., last month. It is good news to see the PCB book to bill ratio reach its top level since July 2010. Who would have thought the ratio would hit 1.10 after dancing around 1.0 for months on end.
We are still not hitting numbers like we did in 2012 but there are surprising improvements for this year. Being down 7.0 percent overall from 2012 is no surprise because bookings have been weak for a while. However, the great news is the rise in bookings to the tune of 7.2 percent year over year. While bookings are still outpacing shipments we find this to be good news considering shipments will eventually rise with strong bookings.
Strong sales growth continues in the flex market. This is an area we are particularly interested in seeing grow as our flex lines become stronger.
“North American PCB sales in April continued to lag behind 2012 levels, although sales in the flexible circuit segment are strengthening,” said Sharon Starr, IPC director of market research. “Rigid PCB orders for the month exceeded last year’s orders and continued to push the book-to-bill ratio up to a strong 1.10. This is the fifth consecutive monthly increase in the ratio, which reinforces our hope that PCB sales will strengthen during the coming months.”
PCB Solutions continues to see mild activity going into the summer. A lot of quoting activity has mellowed in the past months but repeat bookings have kept sales strong. Flex Circuits continue to be a strong focus as we execute flexible circuit orders with near flawless quality. The good news for us is we very seldom hear from our customers until a new order is placed…when there is nothing bad to report, placing the next order is all there is to do.
Look to tomorrow’s blog about the follow up of Nokia’s order and the words of praise from the Nokia engineer on our printed circuit board quality and service that accompanied their order.


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Microsoft Puts the Smack Down on Emerging Nitol Botnet
September 13, 2012 9:32 AM
Microsoft marks it second botnet take down in 6-months
Microsoft has a Digital Crimes Unit that is tasked in part with helping discover and destroy botnets. Botnets are often responsible for a huge amount of spam e-mail sent to people all around the world and can be used for other nefarious deeds. Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit has recently set it sights on the new emerging botnet called Nitol.
Earlier this week, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit permission to disrupt more than 500 different strains of malware that have the potential to target millions of people around the world.
The operation was code-named Operation b70. The operation came from a Microsoft study that found cyber criminals were able to infiltrate unsecure supply chains to introduce counterfeit software embedded with malware with the sole purpose of secretly infecting user's computers around the world.
By disrupting the malware strains, Microsoft says that it helped to limit the spread of the developing Nitol botnet. Microsoft previously disrupted the
, making the disruption of Nitol the second botnet Microsoft has disrupted this year. Microsoft says that in Operation b70 it was discovered that retailers were selling computers loaded with counterfeit versions of Windows software that were embedded with malware.
The malware in question allowed criminals to steal personal information from users and abuse their online services such as e-mail, social networking accounts, and online bank accounts. Microsoft says one of the most disturbing components of this counterfeit software was that the malware could've been introduced into the supply chain at any point where the computer travels between companies. That means that consumers have no way to know they're buying a machine from an unsecured supply chain.
Microsoft says that 20% of the computers researchers in the operation purchased from an unsecure supply chain were infected with malware. The researchers also noted that the malware was able to spread through devices, including flash drives allowing it to infect other machines.
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An Asus laptop.
Thousands of Asus computers were infected with malware from the company's own update tool, researchers from Kaspersky Lab said Monday.
The researchers discovered the attack in January, after hackers took over the Asus Live Update Utility to quietly install malware on devices. The hack was first reported by Motherboard.
On Tuesday, Asus said it's fixed the vulnerability in the latest version of its Live Update tool, meaning you'll have to trust the software to resolve the issue.
"Asus customer service has been reaching out to affected users and providing assistance to ensure that the security risks are removed," the company said in a statement.
The hack, which Kaspersky Lab is calling Operation ShadowHammer, went on between June and November 2018. Kaspersky Lab found that it affected more than 57,000 people using its products. The Russia-based cybersecurity company was only able to find those numbers for its own users, and estimates that the malware could affect more than a million Asus owners worldwide.
Symantec, another cybersecurity company, found the same malware from Asus updates, and cited at least 13,000 computers affected by the attack. The company said that 80 percent of victims were consumers, while 20 percent were organizations.
The update tool is preinstalled on the majority of new Asus devices.
The attackers were able to infect devices without raising red flags because they used Asus' legitimate security certificate, which was hosted on the computer manufacturer's servers.
Asus is a Taiwan-based computer company, and one of the top consumer notebook vendors in the world, with millions of laptops worldwide. "The selected vendors are extremely attractive targets for APT [advanced persistent threat] groups that might want to take advantage of their vast customer base," Vitaly Kamluk, director of Kaspersky Lab's Global Research and Analysis Team, said in a statement.
Malware can arrive on your devices in a lot of ways -- downloading a file from an email, opening a PDF you shouldn't have or via browser-based attacks. The hack on Asus' automatic update tool points to another kind of concern, in which people have to be worried about patches from the source itself as hackers seek to exploit a trusted relationship. Supply chain attacks are not new: In 2017, the popular software tool CCleaner was hijacked to install malware on millions of computers.
Distrust in automatic updates leads to another kind of threat, as many companies often rely on people to patch their devices to defend against new malware. The majority of computers infected with the WannaCry ransomware, for instance, were hit because they didn't install a security update issued in 2017.
While it's capable of attacking millions, the malware had a specific set of targets, researchers found. Once it was installed, the backdoor checked the device's MAC address. If it matched one of the hacker's targets, it then installed another set of malware, researchers said.
Kaspersky Lab researchers said they identified more than 600 MAC addresses, and released a tool for people to check whether they were targeted by the attack. The cybersecurity company said it's notified Asus, and the investigation is ongoing.
Originally published March 25 at 7:16 a.m. PT.Updated March 26 at 6:26 a.m. PT: Includes response from Asus.B:
香港十二生肖开奖资料【仅】【仅】【只】【是】【片】【刻】，【那】【石】【人】【侍】【卫】【去】【而】【复】【返】。 “【主】【人】【请】【云】【大】【人】【入】【石】【园】【一】【叙】，”【那】【石】【人】【做】【了】【个】【请】【的】【手】【势】，“【至】【于】【其】【他】【贵】【客】，【还】【请】【随】【石】【安】【到】【客】【房】【稍】【作】【歇】【息】，【主】【人】【事】【后】【自】【会】【设】【宴】【款】【待】。” “【是】。”【石】【安】【领】【命】。 【看】【来】【这】【神】【秘】【的】【石】【族】【圣】【子】，【与】【云】【天】【有】【要】【事】【相】【商】，【不】【想】【与】【他】【们】【这】【些】【无】【关】【紧】【要】【之】【人】【见】【面】。 【这】【也】【不】【奇】【怪】，【他】【们】【本】
【一】【本】【小】【说】，【从】【最】【初】【的】【构】【思】，【到】【后】【来】【为】【了】【别】【人】【改】【了】【构】【思】，【再】【到】【上】【班】【开】【始】【拼】【命】【码】【字】，【其】【实】【还】【是】【脱】【离】【了】【初】【心】。 【长】【篇】【小】【说】【很】【难】，【如】【果】【大】【纲】【变】【了】，【如】【果】【剧】【情】【走】【向】【变】【了】，【自】【己】【很】【难】【再】【圆】【回】【来】。 【结】【局】【的】【确】【是】【我】【想】【的】【结】【局】，【但】【是】【这】【个】【世】【界】【不】【是】【我】【想】【的】【那】【个】【世】【界】，【太】【玄】【幻】【了】【些】，【太】【庞】【大】【了】【些】。 【其】【实】【小】【说】【的】【主】【角】【挺】【像】【我】【的】，【到】【最】【后】
【在】【猴】【脸】【青】【少】【年】【脸】【色】【难】【堪】【的】【时】【候】，【从】【华】【清】【大】【学】【报】【到】【处】【后】【面】【走】【出】【几】【个】【俊】【男】【俊】【女】。 【为】【首】【的】【正】【是】【当】【日】【和】【周】【天】【也】【交】【战】【的】【邱】【少】【峰】。 【邱】【少】【峰】【眉】【头】【紧】【蹙】，【问】【道】：“【怎】【么】【回】【事】？” 【说】【罢】，【扫】【了】【眼】【周】【围】，【看】【到】【周】【天】【也】【在】【旁】【后】，【手】【中】【松】【懈】【的】【拳】【头】【紧】【紧】【握】【住】。 【当】【日】，【他】【与】【周】【天】【也】【交】【战】，【败】【北】【之】【后】【回】【去】，【被】【何】【导】【师】【狠】【狠】【责】【罚】【了】。
【咕】香港十二生肖开奖资料【韩】【爸】【爸】【一】【脸】【宠】【溺】【的】【看】【着】【韩】【美】【琪】，【略】【带】【无】【奈】【的】【声】【音】【从】【嘴】【里】【飘】【出】【来】。 【而】【这】【句】【话】【也】【让】【余】【温】【忍】【不】【住】【嘴】【角】【上】【扬】，【韩】【爸】【爸】【这】【话】【说】【出】【来】，【那】【合】【作】【的】【事】【情】【也】【就】【是】**【不】【离】【十】【了】。 【韩】【美】【琪】【双】【眼】【放】【光】，【亲】【昵】【的】【挽】【上】【了】【韩】【爸】【爸】【的】【手】【臂】，【然】【后】【对】【着】【余】【温】【眨】【了】【眨】【眼】。 【余】【温】【眼】【中】【带】【着】【感】【谢】，【对】【着】【韩】【美】【琪】【微】【微】【点】【头】。 【之】【后】【的】【事】【情】【自】【然】【就】【顺】
【雷】【霆】【队】【其】【实】【是】【不】【想】【等】【的】，【他】【们】【一】【场】【比】【赛】【都】【不】【想】【输】，【他】【们】【想】【直】【接】【终】【结】【系】【列】【赛】。 【年】【轻】【人】【没】【有】【耐】【心】，【年】【轻】【人】【就】【是】【急】【躁】，【他】【们】【不】【想】【等】【待】。 【然】【而】【现】【在】【已】【经】【不】【能】4【比】0【了】，【那】【么】【就】4【比】1。 【夏】【天】【是】【一】【个】【躁】【动】【的】【季】【节】，【年】【轻】【又】【是】【一】【个】【躁】【动】【的】【年】【龄】。 【张】【荆】【棘】【对】【波】【士】【顿】【凯】【尔】【特】【人】【那】【些】【邪】【恶】【技】【巧】【的】【研】【究】，【也】【已】【经】【更】【进】【一】【步】【了】。
【云】【漾】【看】【着】【云】【冰】【抱】【着】【南】【宫】【兆】【安】【一】【步】【一】【步】【的】【离】【开】【了】，【最】【终】【消】【失】【不】【见】。 【云】【漾】【追】【出】【去】【却】【再】【也】【找】【不】【到】【他】【俩】【的】【踪】【迹】，【而】【云】【漾】【一】【直】【躲】【避】【的】【天】【罚】【这】【个】【时】【候】【也】【追】【到】【了】【这】【里】，【强】【行】【带】【走】【了】【云】【漾】。 【十】【年】【后】 【在】【一】【处】【小】【岛】【上】，【两】【个】【扎】【着】【小】【髻】【的】【孩】【童】【在】【一】【旁】【划】【水】！【两】【人】【一】【边】【玩】【还】【一】【边】【说】：“【你】【说】【今】**【亲】【会】【做】【什】【么】【好】【吃】【的】【给】【我】【们】【啊】？”


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A report revealed that since the introduction of the new online regulations, FCLRC has lost 60 operators to Pagcor.
Philippines.- Leisure and Resorts World Corp. (LRWC) has recently experienced a 50 percent drop in iGaming companies that are licensed under FCLRC (First Cagayan Leisure and Resort Corp.) ever since Pagcor introduced new regulations for the online sector, as Philstar revealed.
Whilst FCLRC features 138 online gaming companies in 2016, the introduction of POGO has decreased that number to 70 approximately. Francis Hernando, chief operating officer of LRWC, said that they lost about 60, which were transferred to POGO. Before the new regulations imposed by Pagcor, international iGaming sites operating in the Cagayan Economic Zone were under the control of FCLRC. “This situation pushed us to develop Cagayan. Now, we have to think township. We have to have office buildings for the BPOs. We’re re-launching this thing,” said Hernando.
Moreover, the official confirmed that LRWC is investing in new projects in the area, the main project being an airport that is designed to accommodate private flights for junkets. “We have no choice but to start putting in investments in Cagayan. An international airport is key,” he added.


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In an effort to ward off malware, phishing, and hacking, HID Global has announced a new partnership that seeks to develop anti-fraud solutions for financial institutions. Their statement outlines that they will be collaborating with Czech Republic’s R&D Lab known as ThreatMark. The lab is responsible for creating solutions that detect malware as well as […]
In honor of their efforts in supplying UPS systems to Crisis Hotline Centers throughout the United States, power and connectivity products distributor Tripp Lite has earned the American Red Cross’ Wesbury Leadership Award. To celebrate the achievements made by Chicago Red Cross Board Chairman Stuart A. Westbury, an award in his name was established in […]
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New Zealand: Port of Tauranga Pushes for Dredging Projects
Ports of Tauranga, measured by the Australian Productivity Commission as the most efficient port in Australasia, was the “obvious choice” to lead New Zealand ports in the investment required to accommodate big container ships that would visit this country in the near future, chief executive Mark Cairns said at yesterday’s annual meeting.
The Shippers Council, whose membership represents more than half of New Zealand’s exporters, had also recommended that Tauranga become the first port in the North Island to become capable of handling 7000-container ships.
“Larger vessels are already starting to arrive,” he said.
“The largest container vessel in New Zealand trade started regular calls at Tauranga in April. The OOCL New Zealand can carry up to 4578 [containers] – until now the average vessel size has been less than 3000 [containers].
“Other shipping lines will introduce larger ships in the coming year and we expect further consolidation on hub ports, with greater reliance on rail and coastal shipping.”
Mr Cairns said the port’s real strength in accommodating bigger ships was being able to move large volumes on and off wharves.
The company’s plans for dredging to accommodate bigger ships were well advanced, with the Environment Court scheduled early next year to hear three appeals by iwi against recommended consent by independent commissioners earlier this year.
Capacity at the Sulphur Pt cold storage facility was being increased by 70 per cent and earnings from associated companies were up 62 per cent following excellent performances by Northport and C3, Mr Cairns said.
Integration of the recent acquired Tapper Transport in Auckland was also proceeding smoothly.
Shareholders were also told that the port company’s first quarter net profit was up 10 per cent on the same time last year, with the company heading for full-year earnings of between $51 million and $53m.
Mr Cairns said trade was also up 10 per cent and container volumes up 25 per cent on the previous year’s period.
The full-year earnings guidance was within analyst forecasts, he said.
By Andrea Fox (stuff)
Source: stuff, October 27, 2010;


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Our new podcast On the Map takes you into the world of trade wars, good deals and bad deals, and New Zealand's place in the world. This week, the global economy is on a knife edge. Trade wars escalate. And the World Trade Organisation limps on. How does New Zealand stay out of trouble? Economist Shamubeel Eaqub, former CEO of Xero Rod Drury, and NZ Herald business editor-at-large Liam Dann join Josie Pagani in "Trade or Tragedy?".
The post World War II consensus that global trade is good for us and stops us going to war with each other is under threat, according to trade experts.
"The global economy is on a knife edge," economist Shamubeel Eaqub says.
Trade wars between the United States and China, accusations of currency manipulation, and the imminent collapse of the World Trade Organisation (where disputes between countries are sorted out), are all contributing to a drop in confidence globally.
"This piecemeal approach to dismantling the post-war trade system will have a negative effect on New Zealand. We get a relatively high level of influence when it comes to formalised systems like the WTO. We get to influence policy," Eaqub says.
If the WTO collapses, so does our ability to influence the global rules on trade, he says.
The WTO is barely able to function, after the United States refused to rubber stamp new judges. With two of the three remaining judges due to end their term in office in December, the WTO will be unable to take on new cases, as a minimum of three judges is required.
New Zealand is currently involved in six disputes at the WTO - one as a principal complainant and five as a third party to other members' disputes.
The WTO is like a Supreme Court for the world trade system but that could soon change.
"Enforcement is disappearing before our eyes. It's going to collapse by the end of the year … and a world without trade rules is scary for small countries like New Zealand," US economics editor for the Economist magazine, Soumaya Keynes, says.
Soumaya Keynes, US Economics Editor for the Economist Magazine says the collapse of the WTO is imminent, and while Trump may be temporary, the damage done to the international trade system isn't. Listen to the full interview with Soumaya Keynes on the episode "Keep lots of Friends!".
Liam Dann, NZ Herald business editor-at-large, agrees.
"There's been some kind of downturn lag … It's just starting to hit New Zealand now."
Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr shocked businesses and commentators recently when the bank cut the OCR to a record low 1 per cent, even though the New Zealand economy appears to be strong.
The trade war between the United States and China has delayed any chance of the big companies like Microsoft, Amazon and Google getting their servers into China, which makes it tougher for companies like Xero to be the "fast followers" of the big US companies, says Rod Drury, former CEO and chairman of Xero.
"We're the meat in the sandwich when it comes to the US and the West saying we can't deploy Huawei, for example."
But there is hope, says Drury.
Compulsory savings in Australia and more recently in New Zealand with KiwiSaver and the "Super Fund" mean there is now a lot of domestic money looking for a home.
"The opportunity for doing domestic investment is hugely exciting," he says.
"There's also a real opportunity for New Zealand to be the bridge between east and west. We have an FTA [Free Trade Agreement] with China - and good relationships with the United States."
Dann finds hope in our practical approach to trade.
"There's almost no one we won't trade with (except maybe Iran and North Korea). New Zealand is very pragmatic about these things, and across (political) parties too. We're pragmatic traders."
The future for trade still looks shaky, according to Keynes.
"Is this the end of golden weather for trade? I don't know, but it's certainly getting cloudy," she says.
"This is not just about Trump. People didn't notice the clouds before. Frustrations had been building for a while. Trump has just been more aggressive about it.
"The 'norms' haven't totally broken down yet, but I'm very worried."
Her advice to New Zealand?
On the trade war, "Straddle the US and China hard" and as much as possible "sit this one out". Most importantly, "keep lots of friends".
"The rules-based system is designed to protect smaller countries when big countries throw their weight around."
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gives his keynote speech at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show January 5, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, officially runs from January 6-9.
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That Man G writes by email that the national UK newspaper The Guardian today has an article about this year's 'Santa's Ghetto' exhibition / shop in London (online edition of the article here). It says that at the exhibition you can take part in a contest throwing hoops over religious symbols, and if you get all three, you win a Gorillaz cuddly toy (plushie). We have no further information at this time as to whether this is an accurate report or not, but it certainly appears in today's Guardian newspaper. More information as we get it.
Santa's Ghetto is an event that's been run for the past three years, and is an exhibition of underground artists that takes place each December. Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett has had work exhibited at previous Santa's Ghettoes. This year's Santa's Ghetto is being held in a shop next to Tottenham Court Road tube station, on London's Oxford Street.


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Serious stones, plenty of color and plenty of masterpieces held court on the Place Vendôme.
Pietro Beccari, who has helmed the house since 2018, will become chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton.
Luxurious offerings from De Beers to Messika include long drop earrings, outrageous collar necklaces and more.
The colorful drop includes 79 performance-ready styles.
These powerhouse creatives have helped shape the images of the biggest names in the business.
The 129,000-square-foot property once belonged to late fashion designer Gianfranco Ferré.
The Dior Spa Cheval Blanc Paris cruise first set sail back in June 29th in honor of haute couture week.
Surfing professionals were tapped to design the fluorescent blue surfboard, which is made in France.


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It is an undisputed fact that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the greatest investor story of the 21st century. After all, Apple was in trouble in the late-1990s, and it wasn’t until the iPod that real interest started the ball rolling. After hitting a $2 trillion market capitalization and after yet another stock split, Apple’s stock could be losing its luster.
24/7 Wall St. reminds its readers with each analyst montage that it is never a good idea to use a single analyst report as the sole basis for making decision to buy or sell a stock. Still, what happens when an analyst at a prominent investment banking firm says that many of the older less “too hot to handle” tech stocks now offer more upside than Apple?
David Vogt of UBS downgraded Apple to Neutral from Buy. Even though the price target was raised to $115 from $106, investors just are not supposed to get excited by upside of about 3%. Most Buy and Outperform ratings in large cap stocks come with an implied total return of about 8% to 10%.
The new hardware and networking analyst at UBS raised HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) and Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE: DELL) to Buy from Neutral in the call. These two companies used to fight Apple hand over fist for monthly personal computer sales, but now they are much broader technology players.
Vogt’s view on Apple is that the upcoming iPhone 12 cycle is fully reflected in the stock price. He also believes that the hardware business is likely to drift to lower growth in 2021 after this cycle plays out. He noted that 80% of Apple’s revenue comes from iPhones, PCs, wearables and iPads.
UBS sees Dell and HP both as having strategic optionality.
Dell’s strengths are being touted as gains from the strategic options for its controlling stake in VMware, potentially a tax-free spin-off. The move could lower Dell’s core leverage while unlocking value. UBS has now adjusted its Dell price target to $80 to reflect the new targets, which implies just over 20% upside from the $66.31 prior closing price. Dell’s 52-week high is $68.61, and it should be noted that the Refinitiv consensus analyst target price was $68.67.
As for HP, the UBS view is that the company is using its strong cash flows for an aggressive capital allocation plan at the same time it is cutting costs. With higher margins and potential double-digit earnings per share growth could drive its current low price-to-earnings ratio higher. The new adjusted target price went to $25 (from $18) in the UBS call, and the consensus target was just $19.54. This implies upside of more than 35% from the $18.44 prior close.
Shares of HP were still down about 10% year to date, but Dell’s gain over the same period has been about 29%.
Again, it is probably never a good idea to use only one analyst call as the sole basis for buying or selling a stock. In the new analyst calls at UBS, the analyst also happens to match the most aggressive price targets from the sell-side community.
Where the analyst call does not deviate much from the consensus target price is in Apple. Refinitiv has a $118.99 consensus target, and that’s after the stock has seen multiple analysts raise their target prices in recent days. Apple shares also had pulled back about 24% after its predictable post-split sell-off pattern was repeated and then overshot. With Apple at close to $109.50, the stock is still up about 50% so far in 2020.


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The Easter eggs haven't even been cracked open but already plans are taking shape for the annual Christmas lights extravaganza at Wollaton Hall. Pre-sale starts today (Friday April 8) and tickets will go on general sale on Monday (April 11) for the popular event, now in its third year.
Events in 2020 and 2021 were a sell-out, with 100,000 visitors last year marvelling at the festive trail of lights and lasers, featuring stars, woodland animals and deer. Visitors were also able to enjoy a Christmas market and open-air terrace serving festive food and drink.
New attractions for 2022 will be revealed soon. The trail will open on Friday December 2 and run until Sunday January 1, 2023. Pre-bookable slots staggered every 30 minutes are available.
More than 90 per cent of those who attended in 2021 said they’d make a return visit, so tickets are expected to sell-out fast. One said: "Even more magical than last year. I think it’s one of those that will grow and grow and become an unmissable tradition.”
A spokesperson for the event said: "We’re excited for another spectacular Christmas event and want to thank everyone who has visited Christmas at Wollaton so far, for supporting our event. We’re delighted that, as a special thank you, we’re able to offer Nottingham City Council tax payers a special discount.”
Tickets are priced from £21.45 for an adult and £15.40 for children, including booking fee. Nottingham city residents' discount is available on selected time slots. For full ticket details visit christmasatwollaton.org