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Detroit police linking 2020 homicides so far to marijuana
Police chief says violence occurs when buyers rob marijuana sellers or dealers rob customers
Marijuana deals have been a common theme in many of the 17 homicides reported in Detroit so far this year, the police chief said.
Marijuana is legal under Michigan law, but small recreational sales aren't legal yet in Detroit. The illegal market is still thriving, Chief James Craig said.
He said violence occurs when buyers rob marijuana sellers or dealers rob customers.
"My staff tells me there are more shootings involving sales of black market marijuana than any other drug, including cocaine or heroin," Craig told The Detroit News.
Detroit City Council has banned recreational marijuana sales through Jan. 31. Council member James Tate wants to extend it through March. A vote could occur next week.
Craig said his officers are focusing on arresting people who illegally carry guns while buying or selling marijuana.
Stuart Carter, owner of a medical marijuana shop in Detroit, said marijuana sold on the street requires no taxes, testing or state license.
"The black market has no overhead, so it drives the price way down," Carter said.


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Mobile Phones: Google Pixel 6a
News & Reviews: Google Pixel 6a
Jul 26, 2022
The Google Pixel 6a is set to officially launch on 28 July 2022, but it looks like Google may already have to make some tweaks to its software due to a rather problematic bug. According to various tech personalities that are reviewing the smartphone, the in-display fingerprint sensor is allowing almost anyone to unlock the device despite their biometrics are not registered to the device.
May 12, 2022
Google officially released the Google Pixel 6a during its Google I/O event earlier today, the latest in its popular ‘A-series’ mid-range smartphone lineup. Echoing the same design aesthetics from the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, the Pixel 6a has a raised visor-like camera module at its rear and a two-toned colour scheme.
Apr 14, 2022
Google may be releasing the much anticipated Google Pixel 6a at its annual developer conference next month after the device was potentially spotted getting FCC listing. The timing of the listing aligns perfectly with Google I/O which will take place this 11 May in Mountain View, California.
Apr 12, 2022
The Google Pixel 6a, the latest mid-range smartphone from the tech giant is expected to be released soon and it could potentially be faster than the regular Pixel 6. Specs-wise, the ‘Pixel a’ lineup has traditionally been inferior to the regular Pixel, but this time around it might be different.
According to a leaked Geekbench listing, the Pixel 6a actually beats the standard version in terms of performance. In fact, while minimal, the Pixel 6a actually outperforms the Pixel 6 in single-core and multi-core scores.
Mar 31, 2022
There's still a while for us to meet the Google Pixel 6a, but its rumours are quite active recently. Thanks to this leaked image of the retail box, we might also be able to confirm how the device will look at this moment.

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Seeing red over tomato prices
Shortage in supply at the APMC market and hike in fuel prices has led to soaring prices of some vegetables
If you thought that the soaring vegetable prices would reduce post Diwali, then here is a reality check. The consecutive hikes in fuel prices and the unpredictable monsoon has caused a shortfall in the vegetable supply to the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Market. Traders were expecting a decline in the vegetable prices post Diwali, but increase in freight charges and the unexpected showers have poured water on their dreams. Not only has there been no fall in prices of most vegetables, tomato and brinjal prices have shot up.
Confirming that vegetable prices will not reduce till December-end, Shankar Pingle, director of vegetable section, APMC Market, said, "Generally, in November, prices go down due to a good harvest of vegetables all across the country. However, the trend seems to have changed this year. It's been a while since Diwali, and the supply is yet to increase. This is mainly due to the constantly varying monsoon pattern. While some parts of Maharashtra have witnessed excessive rainfall, others have experienced very little or no rain at all. Such conditions directly affect the harvest."
Moreover, the increase in transportation cost has played a crucial role in preventing vegetable prices from falling. "In the last one year, prices of petroleum products have increased significantly and so have the freight rates. Hence, a decrease in price by the farmers does not affect vegetable prices at the APMC market," added Pingle.
The ongoing agitation called by the sugarcane farmers in Western Maharashtra, demanding better prices for their crop has also affected the vegetable supply to the APMC Market. The farmers have threatened to stop the supply completely, if the state government fails to do the needful.
R S Gadhavi, deputy secretary of vegetable section, APMC Market, said, "We registered 503 trucks loaded with vegetables on Friday, against the 564 a day before. However, we cannot directly attribute this decline to the rasta roko andolan called by the sugarcane farmers. But there are chances that vegetable farmers citing that the sugarcane farmers could spell trouble during transportation, might have halted their consignments."
Vegetables Aug 7 Nov 14
(10 kg) in Rs
Tomato 50-90 180-200
Brinjal 80-120 120-160
Spinach 160-280 180-300


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Great news for those whose obsession with New York socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein has yet to abate (hello, you are my people): She’s more catlike than ever. The 76-year-old former NYC tabloid staple, who spent a rumored $4 million on plastic surgery in service of creating a feline appearance to please her now-dead husband, reportedly clawed the face of her current boyfriend, fashion designer Lloyd Klein. So says (who else) the New York Post:
Wildenstein, 76, flew into a “violent rage” and scratched the face of fashion designer Lloyd Klein inside their apartment in Trump World Tower on 1st Avenue and East 47th Street around 1:30 a.m., the sources said.
She then grabbed a pair of scissors and slashed his chest, drawing blood, the sources continued.
Klein was forced to stuff Wildenstein inside a closet to prevent another rabid attack, sources said.
Police were called to the scene and hauled away Wildenstein on felony assault charges.
Meow and welcome back to public consciousness, Wildenstein.


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U.S.-China trade negotiations continue after talks end with "new progress"
The U.S. and China "smoothly concluded" the latest round of trade talks and would work through remaining issues "through various effective means," the Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday.
What they're saying: "The two sides discussed the agreement text on technology transfer, protection of intellectual property rights, non-tariff measures, services industry, agriculture, trade balance and enforcement mechanism, and achieved new progress," Xinhua said.
Why it matters: The remarks on Friday's conclusion of the 9th round of trade talks reveal new details of the issues overcome. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He met with President Trump Thursday. Trump said discussions were "moving along nicely" and there was a "very good chance" the 2 countries would reach deal. The White House said in a statement "significant work remains."
The big picture: Trump said last month he would keep tariffs in place on Chinese goods for a "substantial period."
What's next? White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told Bloomberg TV negotiators would "be in touch" by phone next week.


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Mere hours after taking their last bites of Thanksgiving dinner, thousands of area bargain hunters awakened from their food comas and headed to malls and box stores in hopes of snagging at least a few Black Friday deals.
“I dragged them,” Lorraine Boyer joked, pointing to her two daughters, Marie Johnston and Michelle Giovango. “I’ve been dragging them for 12 years.”
“It’s a tradition. It’s nice to go out with family,” daughter Marie Johnston added.
They weren't alone. By 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening, every parking space was taken in the and parking lots in Cranberry. Lines stretched around the block as eager shoppers waited for doors to open and the 2011 holiday shopping season to begin.
Cranberry residents Boyer, Johnston and Giovango stood first, second and third in the line of hundreds outside Toys R’ Us. To snag these coveted spots, the trio arrived at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. In return for their effort, the family hoped to take home Legos and Barbies at drastically reduced prices.
“We love it," Giovango said.
Just one shopping complex north, tents lined up neatly in front of . The self-proclaimed leader of this tent city was Lenny Radzicki of Freedom.
“Absolutely. Last year I was here,” he said matter-of-factly when asked if this shopping trip was an annual event. “The year before that I was at Walmart.”
Radzicki and his buddies not only spent Thanksgiving in the Best Buy line but also the day before, getting in line at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
“We deep-fried a turkey in the parking lot. We had a Thanksgiving,” Radzicki said. “And my family’s got a plate at home for me too.”
For that family, Radzicki hopes to bring home a new 42-inch television—for the sale price of $199.
Analysts expect holiday spending to be down this year, and Radzicki's discounted TV deal is just one example of the blowout bargains that retailers are offering to lure customers into stores.
Another example: late-night shoppers at Walmart can score an Xbox 360 4GB with Kinect Console for $199.96 plus a $50 Walmart gift card. That’s nearly half-off the regular $300 price.
An Xbox 360 is exactly what local resident Lisa DiNapoli hoped to take home from the .
“It’s worth going,” DiNapoli said, scanning the packed parking lot and the 50 people standing in line ahead of her. “But I don’t know if I’ll get one.”
In the early-morning hours, parking lots at Ross Park Mall and The Mall at Robinson were jammed to capacity. Inside, crowds of overnight shoppers flocked to take advantage of the deals at a handful of stores including Old Navy, Express and Ann Taylor.
"Victoria's Secret seems like the place to be," shopper Angela Fazio, of Robinson, joked in the packed store.
Inside the Bath & Body Works shop at Ross Park Mall, Jenna Lyne, 12, talked with Patch as she balanced two tote bags filled with free goodies in one hand and handful of soap, lotion and candles in the other.
“This is the first year I’ve been able to go with my mom to this,” she said smiling. “We looked at the ads in the paper this morning…it’s really fun.”
Some Ross Park retailers went beyond holding traditional Black Friday sales to lure shoppers through their doors. Macy’s featured a live DJ pumping out the latest hits at dance-club decibel levels. Bare-chested male models stood outside the doorway of Abercrombie & Fitch, inviting bargain hunters to enter the dimly-lit store.
Both tactics seemed to grab shoppers’ attention.
“I mean, I looked over and wow,” said Ross Township native Aimee Reid, 38. “Those boys don’t have any shirts on!”
All these local shoppers aren’t alone in their quest for the Black Friday bargain. According to the National Retail Federation, 152 million people plan to shop during Black Friday weekend. That's 14 million people more than last year.
While that's good news for retailers, more shoppers is an unwelcome change for bargain hunters such as DiNapoli, who less than 15 minutes after walking through Walmart's doors in search of that XBox 360, walked out again empty-handed.
"They were sold out," she said. "People in there had six of them each."


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Over on the US Blog, Mick Perona, Product Marketing Specialist, SCEA has responded to a few comments regarding LittleBigPlanet DLC. “About that DLC you said to keep coming,” he said, “I think you are going to love 2010 my friend!”
“We definitely have a ton of cool DLC planned for LittleBigPlanet,” he continued.
Perona also confirmed that more LBP plushies are on the way. “I can’t confirm an ETA at this very moment, but we have been working on this, and we should be able to update you guys with some good news on this very soon,” he said in response to a reader.
It also appears Mick is something of a joker. “Optima,” he said to one gamer, “you get the super duper, special, limited edition coolest blogger Crown! And guess what, it’s even invisible, so it just got even cooler.” Nice reward there, champ. Can I have an invisible crown too?
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Well, this was bound to happen.
Christian conservatives are upset about religious freedom because they can’t turn gays away from bakeries. Anti-Obamacare wingnuts are carping about healthcare freedom. So it was only a matter of time before the cultured lovers of foie gras coined the term, and the cause, of “culinary freedom”.
Indeed, flying the same (beige? taupe?) banner, a federal judge struck down the state of California’s ban on the yummy concoction that, alas, often is produced by force-feeding geese. Yesterday, California appealed.
Contrary to the lofty rhetoric of animal-rights activists and gourmands, however, the court’s opinion actually was based on fairly dull regulatory interpretation. At issue was not the ban on producing foie gras, but the ban on selling it. Here, the court found, California overreached. In fact, the sale of poultry products is regulated by the federal government—in particular, by the Poultry Products Inspection Act. Those federal regulations trump the state regulations. So California can’t make illegal what the feds have made legal.
Foie gras for everyone.
Obviously, there’s something ridiculous about the whole controversy. The court’s opinion is littered with jokes like, “Defendants want to have their foie gras and eat it too.” Ludicrously, some Californians set up “duckeasies” that circumvented the sales ban (which went into effect in 2012) by offering foie gras for free. Even the words are silly: fwah grah. So aspirated, so French.
But underneath the silliness, the battle of the foie may well be a precursor to broader debates about animal rights and food production.
Really, the whole reason we’re talking about foie gras in the first place is that it is a niche product made by small operations without the political clout of, say, Tyson or Perdue. The cruel practices of large-scale poultry, pig, and cattle farming—extensively documented by animal rights activists and filmmakers alike—put force-feeding a few ducks to shame. My unsubstantiated guess is that more chickens suffer in a single day in Arkansas than a year’s worth of ducks fattened up for foie gras.
Plus, foie gras is easy to ban. It’s a luxury item, not a staple. It’s sold in a handful of restaurants and stores to elites; it’s the very opposite of red-meat America. And it’s decadent. Foie gras isn’t a fur coat keeping someone warm in winter—it’s a pointless mink stole. Delightful, but decorative.
But the same logic behind the foie gras debate holds for far larger questions as well.
California’s argument, as it files its appeal, is that the ban is not really a food regulation at all. No one is claiming the foie gras is bad for people—the claim is that it’s bad for geese. This is an animal-rights regulation, more like bans on horse-drawn carriages than bans on raw cheese. The PPIA should have nothing to do with it.
But if that’s true, then couldn’t California also ban bacon from factory-farmed pigs, whose stalls are so small they can’t even sit or turn around? How about chickens whose beaks were singed at birth, or milk from cows sick from drugs and hormones?
In each of these cases, California wouldn’t be regulating food, exactly—not in the way that the FDA does. They’d be regulating the sale of a product produced in an objectionable way. It could be goose liver, or mink fur—the point is not that the item is a foodstuff, but that it’s the product of what the people of California consider to be torture.
Now, presumably we’d all agree that the state shouldn’t force a single food ethic on everyone. Some of us are vegetarians, some of us are not; some eat only organic, some do not. These are, in a sense, matters of conscience and ethical decision-making, which we ordinarily do not want to assign to the state. Is foie gras really that different?
Yet the government dictates ethics all the time, including when it comes to animals. You can’t torture dogs just because you think it’s okay—just ask Michael Vick. Likewise, presumably the state can say that you can’t torture geese by force-feeding them, and can’t make use of the products derived from such a practice.
This is a gray area not because “culinary freedom” is a thing. It isn’t—certainly not categorically. The ethics of animal use are regulated all the time, even if carriage drivers, French chefs, and dogfighters disagree with the majority. Indeed, even if we disagree about whether “animal rights” exist at all, governments have regulated the treatment of animals since Roman and biblical times.
Foie gras is only a gray area because reasonable people disagree about whether force-feeding constitutes animal cruelty; because relatively few consumers and producers are impacted by these regulations; and because the whole thing is faintly ridiculous.
But as more and more people raise doubts about the American food supply, and the ways in which it is produced, the gray zone is only going to grow. For now, the Smithfield Foods of the world have captured the legislative process, and ensured that their visions of animal rights (or lack thereof) remain dominant. That may not last forever, however, especially as consumers learn more than they wanted to know about just how that bacon got to the plate.
We can joke about “culinary freedom” when it’s a few paté aficionados waving the banner. But it won’t be so funny when it’s giant, rich, and powerful corporations who make billions by treating animals like trash.


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A Luxembourg court has charged the person responsible for whistleblower revelations which exposed secret tax avoidance deals between Luxembourg and
Apple chief Tim Cook has revealed he is gay – sparking a wave of praise from colleagues, peers and online supporters.
Mr Cook said he is proud to
Thousands of people around the world have been queuing overnight at Apple Stores to buy the new iPhone 6.
The latest version has already broken
Tim Cook, the Apple chief executive, has hit out at Facebook and Google in an open letter over how they handle users’ personal information.
After the much publicised removal of the Flappy Bird game from the Apple and Google app stores, crafty netizens are jumping on the bandwagon.
It was 30 years ago that Steve Jobs launched the Apple Mac, taking it out of its canvas bag at the Flint Center auditorium in Silicon Valley’s
Technology giant Samsung must pay rival Apple €215 million in damages, a US jury has ruled.
The verdict was announced after a federal court retrial
Apple has taken over from Coca-Cola to become the most valuable brand in the world, according to the Interbrand annual report. Coca Cola is now in
German hacker group the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) have reportedly cracked the iPhone fingerprint scanner, just two days after Apple launched the
Apple is set to officially unveil the new iPhone 5S model at its headquarters in California today. There have been a number of reports indicating
In a decision that could reshape how books are sold on the Internet, a federal judge ruled that Apple Inc conspired to raise the retail prices of
Apple wants to upstage Google in navigation systems for mobile devices, and this benefits TomTom.
The European GPS leader was chosen by the American


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Digital TV News: Videa
Videa announces spot television industry’s first open data exchange APIs
Sep 24, 2019 – Videa has made available free, transparent, TIP-based API specifications helping to pave the way for programmatic transactions and software integrations. The APIs include specifications for inventory, RFPs, proposals, orders, makegoods and pre and post logs.
News categories: Videa, Shereta Williams, Rob Weisbord, Dave Villano, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, USA
Videa launches forecasted ratings tool
Jul 24, 2019 – Videa has launched a forecasted ratings tool that brings faster, more efficient and statistically accurate forecasts to its end-to-end solution. The technology picks up viewership patterns and infer future ratings from the patterns.
News categories: Videa, Shereta Williams, Mary Barnas, Alan Wolk, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, USA
Videa to use Red Bee Media metadata in automated TV ad offering
Apr 24, 2019 – Red Bee Media has entered into an agreement with Videa. Videa's platform includes machine learning based TV ad forecasting algorithms. To optimize its algorithmic data services offering, Videa will include textual metadata from Red Bee Media.
News categories: Red Bee Media, Videa, Chris Stark SR, Brett Adamczyk, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, USA
Videa research connects adaptability to staying relevant in TV
Apr 2, 2019 – Videa has released the results of a survey yielding insightful perspectives from more than two hundred marketing and advertising professionals with six or more years of experience in the TV advertising and buying industry.
News categories: Videa, Mary Barnas, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, USA
Videa platform integrates Comscore TV Data
Jan 23, 2019 – Videa has announced that it will use Comscore TV data within its automation platform. The addition of Comscore TV data grants media buyers and sellers access to Comscore campaign measurement insights within the Videa platform.
News categories: Videa, Comscore, Mary Barnas, Steve Walsh, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, USA
Cox Media and Nielsen renew TV and audio measurement agreement
Jan 17, 2019 – Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) and Cox Media Group have announced a renewal agreement for television and audio measurement services. The agreement covers all Cox Media Group's local television and radio stations as well as CoxReps and Videa.
News categories: Nielsen, Cox Media Group, Megan Clarken, Kim Guthrie, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, USA
Google joins the Streaming Video Alliance
May 10, 2018 – The Streaming Video Alliance, an industry forum solving challenges to improve the video experience, has announced at its Annual Meeting that Google has joined as its newest member.
News categories: Streaming Video Alliance, Viacom, Google, Jason Thibeault, Glenn Goldstein, Alec Hendry, Content Distribution, QoE, Streaming, Worldwide
4KUNIVERSE selects Accedo for 4K SVOD on Amazon Fire TV
Mar 21, 2017 – 4KUNIVERSE has announced the launch of its 4K Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) service on Amazon Fire TV, created and powered by Accedo. 4KUNIVERSE offers Ultra HD TV series, movies, documentaries and sports.
News categories: Accedo, 4KUNIVERSE, David George, Matthew Mancinelli, Canada, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA, UX
Accedo TV app store adds RDK device support
Apr 28, 2014 – Accedo has announced an integration of Accedo Application Sphere®, Accedo’s TV app store management solution, for use on Reference Design Kit (RDK) devices.
News categories: Accedo, Lawrence Brickman, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, RDK, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA
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Disney has brought an early access version of the "Dreamlight Valley" adventure game to the Mac App Store, incorporating many characters spanning Disney and Pixar movies.
Disney has previously announced that Dreamlight Valley will be a free-to-play game in 2023, but it's been bringing an Early Access version with a large amount of consumables to use in-game to users across multiple platforms. As of Tuesday, that includes the Mac, as a paid Founder's Pack has been released for Apple Silicon Macs.
"We're so excited to welcome a new platform's worth of players into Dreamlight Valley!" said the company in a blog post. "[The] Early Access will release for the Mac operating system with the purchase of a Founder's Pack, available on the Mac App Store!"
"This will contain all the same content that's available on other platforms and will receive future content updates alongside them," the company continued.
Initially, Disney Dreamlight Valley will solely be on the Mac App Store, despite being available via Steam on other platforms. "We are currently exploring other options for our players on Mac," says Disney.


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Yakuza, Japan’s mafia, has a long history with games: card games, Pachinko machines, and now social gaming. Some of Japan’s current social games, including one about Yakuza, are funded by Japan’s mafia, according to Tokyo Vice author and ex-Yomiuri Shinbun reporter Jake Adelstein.
I’m not going to say the name of the companies but there are several gaming companies – social gaming companies – that were funded by organized crime, because organized crime is Japan’s biggest private equity. One of the firms actually makes a Yakuza role-playing game in which you can buy, like, a Mercedes Benz and weapons. You would think no-one would be that stupid but actually it’s like the Purloined Letter trick. The perfect front. Because you would think no gaming company funded by the Yakuza would actually create a Yakuza roleplaying game where you can have minor league enforcer avatars and host clubs.
I’m assuming these games aren’t from major players in the social games scene that will easily turn up through a Google search. Adelstein makes a keen observation, pointing out that even Nintendo once had ties to Yakuza in the ’60s, back when they owned a love hotel and distributed card games.
You’d be surprised by what the mafia throws money at. I met a guy once that told me CrimeCraft was funded partially by the Russian mafia, and even heard from professors that Russian mafia give considerable donations to universities’ Russian programs. So, you never know with these things. I just hope no one is getting their ear lobbed off because my mom is playing Bubble Safari on Facebook.


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Online grocers deliver the goods
IT could be the beginning of the end for those trips to the supermarket. A new study today shows that home delivery services are going from strength to strength.
It found that Ocado, the online shopping service which is 40% owned by the John Lewis Partnership, is rated easiest to use.
Ocado is closely followed by the service from Waitrose-Deliver - wholly owned by the John Lewis Partnership.
Computing Which? carried out the survey. The consumer magazine's Sarah Kidner said: 'Online supermarket shopping has become popular among people who don't want to face wonky trolleys, whining kids and checkout queues.
'Although the quality of the sites varied, grocery shopping online is generally easy and convenient these days.'
However, the study also found that using some home shopping websites can be a frustrating experience, with levels of service varying widely. Asda's and Sainsbury's sites could not cope with basics such as wrongly-spelled words, while Tesco's dietary information is described by the study as 'limited for its own Finest range'.
Ocado and WaitroseDeliver scored highly for 'excellent' search engines which even found misspelled items such as obergine instead of aubergine. But shoppers were often disappointed by finding that items were out of stock when the delivery arrived.
'On the High Street it's easy to see whether an item is available said Ms Kidner. 'Ocado is the only site that shows you what's out of stock before you buy. None of the stores listed 'best before' dates. And only Tesco allows you to substitute an item in the event of what you want being out of stock.'
A separate study revealed that consumers' awareness of online stores is growing faster than ever before. Pricerunner shopping site found that Argos was the best-known online brand, followed by Amazon.
However, experts say the High Street may not be dead just yet. Despite the fact that 57% of the population has web access, a survey found that only 1% of people claimed they always did their food shopping online.
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Milk melody lingers on.
To combat the steady erosion of paperboard carton's share of the milk market by plastic containers, the Washington-based Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) is conducting a $10 million advertising and promotion campaign aimed at regaining sales. The blitz has so far hit 25 metropolitan markets, where television and print ads have been combined with allowances and rebates to dairies and grocers by individual PPC members.
At the heart of the assault is the contention that milk in plastic containers loses significant amounts of vitamins A and B2 (riboflavin) when exposed to fluorescent lights. Citing over 50 independent studies on the damage light does to milk, particularly the low-fat varieties, PPC ads urge parents to "make sure your children's milk is better protected: Buy it in paper cartons."
This use of nutrition information as sales war ammunition has drawn criticism from government regulators, plastic manufacturers, dairymen and supermarket operators, many of whom are angry that they are being forced to spend time and money on what they call a "non-problem."
John Farquhar, vice president of science and technology at the Food Marketing Institute, says, "A lot of quality assurance people think the PPC is blowing this way out of proportion. Milk is stored in darkened refrigerated warehouses and not left on loading docks, so exposure to light is minimal. We cannot understand why they are making the argument that people are getting a lesser quality product."
Dr. Denise Hatfield of the American Council on Science and Health, a group concerned with how scientific data is presented to the public, says, "The ads are economically motivated. The paperboard manufacturers are losing their share of the half-gallon market.
"We don't think this campaign is in the public interest. It's basically a scare tactic. They imply that if you give your child milk from a plastic container, you're putting him at risk. Some vitamin loss does occur; that's well documented. But the turnover figures we've seen indicate milk is not on the shelves long enough to worry about it."
That's not the way the PPC sees it. "Some people may not think it's a problem, but we do," says spokesman Spence Johnson. "People buy milk because it is a source of the leading nutrients--vitamin A and riboflavin. Milk provides 25% of the recommended daily allowance of riboflavin, for instance, and we view any loss of that as significant."
Johnson says that most of the PPC ads run in markets where the twin-pack paperboard gallon container either is being introduced or needs a boost. "In some cases, this is the first time the consumer has had an alternative to the plastic gallon," he says. "The nutrition information helps them make the decision to switch."
PPC figures show consumers do respond to the ads. Data from Boston is typical, Johnson says. Before the ads ran, 26% of the milk sold there was in paperboard. After four weeks, paperboard's market share rose to 47%.
In the one instance where PPC tested the staying power of its nutrition ads, Johnson says it found positive results. "We waited 15 months, then went back to Sioux Falls, S.D. We'd started there with 41% of milk in paperboard, which rose to 64% after the ads. Fifteen months later, the percentage had actually increased to 65%. We think that once people make the decision to switch to a different container, they stay with that choice."
Critics charge that the PPC campaign has actually hurt overall milk sales in some areas by casting doubts on the nutritional quality of the product. Johnson argues that overall milk sales tend to increase by about 10% in markets where ads have run. "We think the promotion has been positive as far as milk sales are concerned," he says. "You can talk back and forth all you want, but the real proof is in the marketplace. And we've found that this nutrition information changes consumers' buying habits."
John Malloy, spokesman for the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI), says he has no data on sales losses as a result of the PPC publicity. Plastic milk container sales, he says, have not declined enough to justify a counter advertising effort by SPI. "We're concerned, but we're not about to match their spending," he comments.
This is not to say that the plastic industry is turning its competitive cheek. Individual SPI members, anxious to protect their market share, quickly responded to the PPC promotion with an in-store solution--gold-colored shields that slip over the fluorescent light tubes to filter out harmful rays. According to independent studies, the shields prevent vitamin loss for at least 96 hours--far longer than milk sits on store shelves.
"From a cost-effectiveness standpoint, the light shields offer the best protection against vitamin loss," says Katherine Erdman, spokeswoman for Hoover Universal Inc., which developed the product. Hoover, the largest U.S. manufacturer of plastic dairy containers, sells the shields to dairies and grocers at cost--$1 per 4-foot length.
"It costs about $15 to outfit a 60-foot dairy case," she says. "That's not a huge expense, but it is an expense many stores resent, nonetheless."
To date, Hoover has shipped 32,500 shields to dairies and supermarkets, mostly in the New York-New Jersey area and Michigan, where the PPC recently concentrated its advertising. "Dairies here were very interested in obtaining shields and offering them to their retail customers," Erdman notes. "We estimate that over half of the supermarket chains in the country are now using the shields."
Country Fresh Inc., an all-plastic dairy supplier in Grand Rapids, Mich., installed light shields in 400 independent grocery stores during a two-week period last December after a PPC campaign started.
"People have asked me why I'd spend thousands of dollars on light shields when tests show there really isn't a vitamin loss problem," says President Delton Parks. "Well, there is a perceived problem as a result of the PPC ads, and the shields give customers extra assurance."
The fact that the majority of supermarkets in the Northeast have installed shields also gave SPI the legal ammunition it needed to force the PPC to revise its ads to note that vitamin loss relates only to milk under unshielded lights. Recently, the dairy manager of a major Detroit supermarket chain asked the Michigan Department of Agriculture to investigate the ads shown there, saying they are false advertising.
Federal authorities have stayed away from the controversy, saying that while vitamin loss may be an issue, it is not a public health concern. Dr. John Vanderveen, director of the Food and Drug Administration's nutrition division, says, "We ask: Is the public going to be hurt nutritionally by this? Will there be a national vitamin deficiency as a result of vitamin loss in milk? We've had no data that indicates this is the case."
However, at presstime the FDA had received information on nutrient loss in milk that it does find disturbing. "Samplings at the state level indicate that milk in general is not meeting label claims," Vanderveen says. "This means labeling is inaccurate, which we consider a significant problem."
Interestingly, the data FDA has received does not implicate any type of packaging. "There may be many reasons for nutrient loss," says Vanderveen. "Light and temperature can be factors. It could be poor stock rotation (or) there may be a lack of quality control in adding vitamin A, etc."
Over the next few months, the FDA will conduct its own nationwide investigation of milk nutrient content and labeling. Initially, samples will be taken mainly from store shelves. "We'll see what we find at the retail level first. The problem might end there," Vanderveen says.
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has released a revised “Guideline on Authorization of Virtual Banks” as part of a public consultation. Hong Kong, initially slow to embrace the Fintech revolution, has since increased their innovative velocity in financial services. The HKMA welcomes digital challenger banks and seeks to facilitate the establishment of virtual banks in Hong Kong. The government agency believes that the development of virtual banks will further promote Fintech development in Hong Kong and offer a new kind of customer experience. The HKMA also believes these virtual challenger banks can help promote financial inclusion for both consumers and SMEs.
As defined in the revised guideline, a “virtual bank” refers to a bank which delivers retail banking services primarily, if not entirely, through the internet or other forms of electronic channels instead of physical branches. Around the world, traditional banks continue to shutter brick and mortar locations but the process is slow and challenging. Digital challenger banks, on the other hand, are not impeded by legacy tech nor a portfolio of unnecessary real estate. In some countries, such as the United States, Fintech innovation has been impeded due to antiquated regulatory institutions and push back from established financial firms.
The HKMA says virtual banks must present a concrete and credible business plan, and properly managing the risks associated with digital banking, treat customers fairly, and maintain adequate capital commensurate with the nature and scale of operation of the virtual bank.
Some updates include:
- Banks, financial institutions and technology companies may apply to own and operate a virtual bank in Hong Kong.
- Virtual banks should play an active role in promoting financial inclusion in delivering their banking services. While virtual banks do not maintain physical branches, they may set up customer service centres. Virtual banks should take care of the needs of their target customers, be they individuals or SMEs. They should not impose any minimum account balance requirement or low-balance fees on their customers.
- Since virtual banks will engage primarily in retail businesses, they should operate in the form of a locally-incorporated bank. This is in line with the arrangement for banks engaged in retail businesses.
- Virtual banks will be subject to the same set of supervisory principles and key requirements applicable to conventional banks, although some of the requirements will need to be appropriately adapted to suit the business models of virtual banks.
- As virtual banking is a new business model in Hong Kong, virtual banks should provide an exit plan at the time of application, so that they can unwind their businesses in an orderly manner should it become necessary.
The public consultation will last until 15 March 2018 but companies intending to apply for a virtual banking licence may submit an application to the HKMA now.
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ASIDE from selling property in Cebu and abroad, Cebuano realtor Anthony Leuterio has found a new business to grow—an online car trading site.
Banking on the success of his online rent management portal Rent.ph, Leuterio recently ventured into an online car trading site called Carsavers Philippines that provides listings of available cars for sale, whether brand new or second hand units in Cebu.
According to Leuterio, the site aims to address the growing demand for car ownership in Cebu, which is now becoming a bustling metropolis. Unlike the traditional car selling shop, Carsavers Philippines is banking on the new generation of consumers who are mostly glued to their smartphones.
Leuterio said car buyers may initially check the information of these cars online without having to go to car shops physically. He added what makes the site unique is the presence of car sales experts who will guide buyers in choosing the right car according to their specific preferences such as brand and budget.
The site, he noted, works like online real estate listings where licensed brokers help clients pick the right house according to their preferences.
Carsavers Philippines carries affordable to luxury car brands. It will also partner with financial institutions and car dealers to ensure updated car listings.
The Philippines’ automotive market has been experiencing unprecedented sales growth in the last five years, an industry report said.
Reports from Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (Campi) showed that from 168,000 units sold in 2010, vehicle sales in the country reached 288,609 units last year.
The auto industry started 2016 with a strong sales growth of 27.6 percent in January or about 23,808 units sold.
Car dealers in Cebu have noted that the continued surge in car ownership is buoyed by the expansion of the middle class, low interest rate regime, availability of flexible payment options offered by banks, and the healthy growth of the economy as reflected by the increasing number of businesses activities.
“All these factors resulted in growth in various businesses, which fueled demand in vehicles,” said Ilderim Castañares, Isuzu Cebu assistant vice-president and branch manager, in earlier interviews.
The Philippines is poised to become a major automotive market in Southeast Asia by 2020 as domestic sales are expected rise. The industry projects to pump in sales, accounting for eight to 10 percent of the total vehicle sales in the region by 2020.


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Brett King, author of BANK 2.0, announced that he plans to launch his own bank in 2012. According to an exclusive in Technology Spectator, Brett secured a major investor and is building a team in preparation for the launch next year.
The bank, MoveNBank, will be an online-only bank that is in a position to compete with US start-up Bank Simple. According to Technology Spectator, MoveNBank will also be paperless, focused on mobile and aims to reinvent the customer experience.
The publication wrote, “The development of companies like MoveNBank and Bank Simple is just the start of an emerging trend towards virtual banks seeking to capitalize on the consumerisation of technology…. With the emergence of companies like MoveNBank, the day is finally coming when banks will have to make a decision. Plod along as a cost heavy, full-service outfit with multiple channels to serve customers, or restructure as a provider of back-office functions, a banking license and the other must-haves nimbler organizations need to successfully take their proposition to market.”
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By the end of next year the Thatcherite vision of a fully competitive energy market in the UK will be realised. Businesses and households of all sizes will have the freedom to “shop around” for the best deals on gas and electricity, taking advantage, in theory at least, of cheaper prices and improved quality of service.
Not only will electricity consumers be able to choose from among existing companies, but new suppliers to emerge may include supermarkets, insurance and oil companies.
So far, an estimated 90% of medium to large energy users have made savings of up to 20% on their energy bills as well as benefiting from other service improvements as a direct result of competition. With full competition in both gas and electricity markets being gradually phased in over the next 18 months, small businesses and domestic consumers can also look forward to substantial savings.
But the deregulation of the energy markets has not been without its problems and there is concern among consumer groups that the electricity industry is not ready to cope with the expansion of the open market from 55,000 to 22 million consumers.
Don McGarrigle, chairman of the Major Energy Users Council’s electricity group, warns of the potential for “mayhem” when the regional electricity companies (RECs) face up to the vastly expanded market. He believes there is a danger that many of the teething problems with metering, registration and billing systems which occurred when the market was opened to 100kW consumers three years ago could resurface.
Frank Moss, energy manager of the 280-store retailing chain B&Q, agrees.
“Part of the problem during the opening of the 100kW market was the sheer volume of data the RECs needed to process,” he says. “We are talking about half-hourly meter readings – 18,000 readings a year – compared with just 12 monthly ones previously. With the market increasing to 22m consumers, I can’t believe that size of step is not going to be without its difficulties.”
Apart from the cost reductions already apparent in the energy markets, supporters of deregulation can point to the tremendous success of the opening of the telecommunications market to argue their case for fully open competition. Since 1984 over 200 companies, many of them US cable companies, have been granted licences to provide telephony services in the UK.
British Telecom is understood to be losing between 50,000 and 55,000 customers a month to competitors such as AT&T, Energis, Ionica and WorldCom.
At the same time BT has been successful in luring back several thousand customers a month by broadening its range of service options to customers.
For consumers this has meant reductions in tariffs of 50% across the board over the past 13 years and better facilities, while the telecom companies have been forced to become more innovative, efficient and responsive to customer needs.
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Competition in the electricity market dates back to 1990 when the market was opened for the UK’s 5000 1MW-plus consumers, including large concrete, steel and chemical manufacturers. In 1994 100kW-plus users – whose annual bills are typically above #12,000 – were also given the freedom to choose a second tier supplier, that is a supplier other than their local REC.
From April 1998, households and small businesses will join the market.
It is expected that competition will be phased in across the country in several stages on a system of nominated postcodes. Corporate users who already have sites in the 100kW market will be allowed to participate fully in the first wave of sub-100kW competition in respect of their remaining smaller sites. In other words, a brewery which owns a network of pubs or a retailer with many small stores will be able to negotiate a package with a single supplier to cover all premises from next April.
In terms of gas purchasing, consumers of 25,000 therms and above have been able to pick and choose between British Gas and over 40 competing suppliers since 1986, while the market for consumers of between 2,500 therms and 25,000 opened in 1992 (2,500 therms roughly equates to an annual gas bill of at least #1200). Competition for domestic and small business consumers in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset was introduced on a trial basis a year ago and this was extended to Dorset and Avon last month and will include Kent and Essex from 7 March.
One of the yardsticks used to measure the success of deregulation in electricity and gas is the “churn” rate – the number of customers who have switched suppliers.
With British Gas locked into costly long-term take or pay contracts which restrict the reductions they can offer to customers, independent gas suppliers have stormed the market. According to Ofgas, independent gas suppliers now account for 71% of the commercial and industrial consumer market.
While the savings achieved by companies will vary depending on the discounts and terms negotiated with suppliers, Ofgas statistics show that the average price paid by industrial and commercial consumers has fallen from 29.79p per therm in 1988 to 13.63p per therm last year. Last month the regulator indicated the number of domestic consumers switching supplier should reach 150,000 in the next few months.
According to the Electricity Association (EA), a trade body representing all the major electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply companies in the UK, the “churn” rate in the electricity market has also been high. It estimates that of the 55,000 consumers in the 100kW-plus range, more than half have switched to a second tier supplier. In terms of savings, EA statistics show electricity prices to industrial customers have fallen by up to 26% over the past six years, after allowing for inflation.
But representatives of major energy users, who have been frustrated with what they see as the monopolisation of prices by the Electricity Pool and the loss of the pre-privatisation discounts they had enjoyed for efficient management of energy loads, question whether the price cuts have gone far enough. The Electricity Pool’s position, reiterated recently by chairman Neil Bryson, is that the pool operates “to provide a wholesale market for electricity which aims to be fair for all participants, and to customers, including large users and individual domestic households”.
Lisa Waters, of the Energy Intensive Users Group, an umbrella body of trade associations, says the deregulation process has been “absolutely infuriating”.
“The average reduction for electricity consumers has been 2%. Given that gas prices are down 50% and coal prices are around 70% lower, and that they have shed thousands of staff, where have all the savings gone? We should have seen far more significant savings but most are being passed on to shareholders. It’s just not good enough.”
While she does not expect the opening of the domestic markets to directly affect medium to large energy users, Waters is concerned that the pre-occupation with 1998 means other issues – such as the Pool’s pricing policy – are not being addressed.
Don McGarrigle says the frustrations of big energy users must be seen in the context of the proportion of energy bills to overall operating costs.
“A big retail company might have an electricity bill of #50m-100m but that could represent just a couple of per cent of total operating costs, whereas you might have only a #10m-20m bill but that could be 20%-30% of operating costs,” he says.
“Generally speaking, if you are a customer below 5MW your costs currently would be about 15%-20% lower than they would have been prior to privatisation,” says McGarrigle. “But if you are an energy intensive consumer, say between 10-20MW, you would be still running at costs higher than what they were before privatisation.”
His view is shared by rival lobbyist Bob Spears, electricity technical adviser of the Utility Buyers Forum. “Many companies, especially those who couldn’t manage their loads and therefore didn’t get lower prices before privatisation, have unquestionably had real benefits but it has been much more mixed for the really big companies.
“Not only have we seen falls in coal and gas prices, but there has been a major improvement in nuclear performance. There have been enormous cost savings achieved but the question one has to ask is whether the customer had the full benefit of these savings?”
But the price for substantial cost savings to most companies is an even greater responsibility to monitor and manage energy contracts.
B&Q is one of many companies to have benefitted from “double digit” cost savings in its gas and electricity bills since 1994 and hopes its remaining 160 stores outside the 100kW market will achieve comparable reductions.
“There has been a reduction in the price of the commodity but an enormous increase in the workload in dealing with the negotiation of contracts, setting up accounting and billing systems and administration,” he says.
Companies which do not have in-house energy management expertise may find they need to create the role or outsource energy management. For many companies, “it is no longer so simple as staying with host supplier and waiting for the bills to roll in”.
Derek Curran, partner in charge of electricity services at Ernst & Young, believes full competition requires enormous cultural change for both customers and suppliers. On one hand customers have to come to grips with more sophisticated metering and billing systems and the concept of purchasing energy from a bewildering array of suppliers across the country. On the other, suppliers can no longer look at consumers in their regions as a captive market.
They must innovate to try to retain existing customers as well as luring others from further afield.
“At present there are still sufficient warnings signs around that 1998 will come too early,” says Curran. “The whole concept of a change of attitude to customers requires a richness of information that has never been there before, combined with the development of whole new systems. The industry is coping with a lot and I think that is sometimes overlooked. There is cultural change for the suppliers as well as for the customers.”
One whisper in the electricity industry is that a Labour government would postpone the 1998 entry date for full competition to avoid being associated with the chaos and confusion that might occur if competition is introduced before RECs are fully ready.
And while some believe the RECs would be secretly relieved if the final phase of competition was put back a year or two, the electricity companies insist they are raring to go.
London Electricity echoes many other electricity companies when it says it is “quietly confident” that it will have the systems in place to meet the challenges of 1998.
Derek Salter, corporate communications manager, maintains that apart from the technical changes, companies such as his are working to transform the traditional faceless customer-supplier relationship into something more akin to a partnership.
“What we are trying to do at London Electricity is build up longer term relationships,” says Salter. “We are moving away from a situation where customers were seen as account numbers. We now have dedicated account managers who know their customers and understand their business needs.
“As well as offering competitive prices we offer advice on energy management in the long term. We are not just saying you take the juice, you pay the bill.”
But as Graham Ward, deputy chairman of Price Waterhouse’s world energy group, points out, price continues to be the single most important factor for customers in choosing an energy supplier ahead of other considerations such as customer service or energy advice. In recent Price Waterhouse research 61% of the European electricity users surveyed said price was the major influence in selecting an electricity supplier.
“After all, the quality of the product doesn’t depend on the supplier.
Gas is gas wherever you buy it from. So it is the price and the service you receive from the supplier that will concern consumers.” Even with energy management, customers do not necessarily have to buy that service from their electricity supplier.
From the suppliers’ point of view, there may be limited attraction in winning over their rivals’ small business and domestic customers given the cost of the acquisition of a new customer (estimated at u100-u120) and the relatively slim profit margin achieved on the supply – as opposed to the distribution – side of the business.
Those who fear disorder in the open markets of 1998 might also be over-estimating the enthusiasm of small businesses and householders to switch from the “safe” option of their traditional supplier to a rival company.
After all, only about 18% of domestic consumers in the southwest of England have taken advantage of the opportunity to move away from British Gas despite the lure of cheaper bills. As 1998 looms, apathy and resistance to change of smaller users may prove to be the emollient the industry needs to ensure a smooth transition to full competition.


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Have 30 satang handy? You can buy YumYum Changnoi noodles then
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2023
The government’s decision to allow a 30 satang increase in the price of “YumYum Changnoi” instant noodles is causing problems at checkout counters.
This is because the Thai currency only has 25 and 50 satang coins, and returning change for 3.30 baht is becoming difficult.
Wan Thai Foods, the manufacturer of YumYum Changnoi, had filed a request with the Department of Internal Trade last year to increase the price of the noodles from 3 baht to 4. However, it was told that it could only raise it by 30 satang to 3.30 baht.
“Manufacturers have never faced a problem like this before,” a source from the consumer goods industry said on Saturday.
Separately, a source from the retail industry said this is yet another evidence of this government’s inability to maintain product prices.
“Instant noodles have become a product used in political games,” the source said, adding that the price of instant noodles is a sensitive issue among Thais. Instant noodles are the cheapest source of nutrition in Thailand.
Pawat Ruangdejworachai, CEO of media solutions firm Media Intelligence Group, said product prices are calculated based on the cost of production, packaging, marketing and the manufacturer’s profit.
Many manufacturers have been suffering from rising costs due to skyrocketing oil prices due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
He said raising the price of YumYum Changnoi noodles by 30 satang was not in line with trade practices. Instead, he said, product prices should be set in a range that attracts consumers to purchase, like selling energy drinks at 10 baht per bottle.
“If brands want to increase their prices, they must ensure consumers get equivalent benefits, otherwise buyers will just go for a cheaper option,” he said.
The price of many consumer goods has risen over the past two months this year. For instance, the Red Bull energy drink has risen from 10 baht to 12, while 125ml packets of Lactasoy soy milk are now going for 6 baht instead of 5.
The price of YumYum instant noodles was raised from 6 baht per pack to 7 baht last year, along with Mama and WaiWai.
The price of Yakult yoghurt drink is set to rise by 1 baht per bottle on March 1, for the first time in more than a decade.
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Social media and phone lines were buzzing last week when news broke that Annie's had sold to food giant General Mills. Customers were confused about whether it was Annie's or Amy's that had been purchased.
Jill Rappaport's Pies 4 Paws Joins Forces With American Humane Association To Raise Funds And Awareness For Animal Welfare
Award-winning animal advocate and bestselling author Jill Rappaport, who is best-known as a correspondent on NBC, announced today that America's first national humane organization, American Humane Association, is now joining forces with other leading animal welfare organizations through Jill Rappaport's Pies 4 Paws, an exciting campaign to raise funds and awareness for animal welfare.
DOLE Garden Soup, a premium line of packaged, ready-to-serve soups launched today. Inspired by garden-fresh flavors, the full line is made with pure and simple ingredients, is non-GMO, and is preservative-free.
According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, September is Healthy Aging Month. EyePromise has developed free learning resources to celebrate the month that is intended to focus national attention on the positive aspects of growing older and encourage people to take control of their health.
NBTY Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of some of the most trusted brands in the vitamin and nutritional supplement industry, received two gold-level national awards at a ceremony hosted by the Golden Bridge Awards. NBTY took home the gold award for Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year and Employee Communications Campaign of the Year.
Studies showing fluoride can lower IQ are just the tip of the iceberg in fluoride/neurotoxicity research, according to evidence presented by attorney Michael Connett, Fluoride Action Network's (FAN) Special Projects Director at the 5th Annual FAN Conference on September 6, 2014.
The Carolina Men's Clinic Sees Link Between High Blood Pressure Medication and Erectile Dysfunction, Offers Patients a Safe Solution for Preserving Health and Sexual Functioning
At the Carolina Men's Clinic (thecarolinamensclinic.com/), Dr. Hansen and his staff treat men with erectile dysfunction every day, so they're in an excellent position to note the underlying factors influencing this condition.
The chemistry, taste, and health effects of tea can vary with changes in climate, says a new article published by the nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC). Recent research by Selena Ahmed, PhD, on climate change and its effects on the phytochemical compounds in tea (Camellia sinensis) is part of an extensive study conducted by Dr.
Nasoya, the nation's leading brand of tofu, is de-mystifying tofu and making it easier than ever for consumers to enjoy the healthful, meatless protein at home with its new TofuBaked. Research from Nasoya and Vitasoy-USA has long identified ease of use as the main challenge in cooking tofu at home.
September is national Hunger Action Month, a nationwide campaign created by Feeding America that encourages the public to "Go Orange" while taking action on the issue of hunger.


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City Cycle Centre in Ely supporting Movember campaign
STAFF at City Cycle Centre in Ely will be sporting their finest moustaches this month as part of the nationwide Movember campaign.
Starting last Thursday, eight staff have volunteered to look vaguely ridiculous for a month in order to raise money and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer charities.
They are 480th out of about 5,000 teams taking part in the national event.
Andrew Olley, toy department manager, said: “We obviously look pretty daft without moustaches because we have raised some money without growing a whisker.
“But we hope we can improve on this once people see how much sillier we look during November.”
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As well as donating in store, people can donate online at the Movember website by looking up City Cycle Centre at uk.movember.com/team/418305 or in store from the first of November.
- 1 Charity shop supervisor fraudster must pay back £2,550
- 2 'Horrific ordeal' of saleswoman tied up, restrained and sexually assaulted
- 3 Man arrested on suspicion of assault
- 4 Woman dies after being hit by lorry
- 5 Opposition sign historic power sharing agreement to seize control of county council
- 6 Rainbow alliance set out their stall for Cambridgeshire
- 7 ‘You’re trespassing’ - What happened when we gave Matt Hancock QEH petition
- 8 Woman transforms lockdown 'art retreat' into her own business
- 9 Here’s what the post-lockdown pub experience will look like
- 10 Two men with links to Cottenham on 'most wanted' list


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The Mozilla Marketplace is open for business.
Now, developers can build apps and submit them to the Mozilla Marketplace so that when the consumer side of the marketplace launches later this year, your apps will be listed and consumers will be able to begin installing and using your apps from the first day of business, Stagner said.
Mozilla is focused on supporting mobile apps that will run across all modern HTML5-capable Web browsers.
- a new identity system for the Web that puts users in control of their content, tying apps to the user and not the device or platform.
On the Marketplace side, weve been working on identity integration with Persona [BrowserID], Stagner said. Were also developing payments, app sync, backup and recovery, as well as an outstanding online app discovery and acquisition experience, so that both consumers and developers can easily get what they want from the Marketplace experience, on the front side or on the back end.
Developers should follow these links to get started building their apps and then submit them to the Mozilla Marketplace:
Apps on MDN:https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/apps
Mozilla Apps Wiki: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Apps
Mozilla Persona: https://browserid.org/


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ARM and Cadence partner
ARM and Cadence partner to implement industry's first Cortex-A57 64-bit processor on TSMC 16nm FinFET process.
Fulfilling the promise of performance and power scaling at 16 nanometers, ARM and Cadence announced details behind their collaboration to implement the first ARM Cortex-A57 processor on TSMC's 16-nanometer (nm) FinFET manufacturing process. The test chip was implemented using the complete Cadence RTL-to-signoff flow, Cadence Virtuoso custom design platform, ARM Artisan standard cell libraries and TSMC's memory macros. The Cortex-A57 processor is ARM's highest-performing processor to date, and is based on the new ARMv8 architecture, designed for computing, networking and mobile applications that require high performance at a low-power budget. TSMC's 16nm FinFET technology is a significant breakthrough that enables continued scaling of process technology to feature sizes below 20nm. This test chip, developed with Cadence's custom, digital and signoff solutions for FinFET process technology, was a collaboration that resulted in several innovations and co-optimizations between manufacturing process, design IP, and design tools. "More than ever, success at the leading edge of innovation requires deep collaboration. When designing SoCs incorporating advanced processors, like the Cortex-A57, and optimizing the implementation using physical IP created for FinFET processes, the expertise of our partners is needed," said Tom Cronk, executive vice president and general manager, Processor Division at ARM. "Our joint innovations will enable our customers to accelerate their product development cycles and take advantage of leading-edge processes and IP." The 16nm process using FinFET technology presented new challenges that required significant new development in the design tools. New design rules, RC extraction for 3D transistors, increased complexity of resistance models for interconnect and vias, quantized cell libraries, library characterization that supports new transistor models and double patterning across more layers are some of the challenges that have been addressed in Cadence's custom, digital and signoff products. "This major milestone was challenging on all fronts, requiring engineers from ARM, Cadence and TSMC to work as a unified team," said Dr. Chi-Ping Hsu, senior vice president of R&D for the Silicon Realization Group at Cadence. "Our combined efforts and commitment to innovation will enable our customers to adopt the next generation of IP, process and design technology for designing high performance, low-power SoCs."
JEOL Ltd. acquires Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions JEOL Ltd. , manufacturer of semiconductor equipment and other industrial instruments and equipment, announced the acquisition of Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions Inc. (IDES), an entrepreneurial venture specializing in technologies related to transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
NEXT receives major order for Indian government program NEXT Biometrics has received an order for UIDAI and STQC certified fingerprint biometric readers in India with a value of USD 750,000.
Cadence completes acquisition of AWR from NI Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has completed the acquisition of AWR Corporation from National Instruments Corporation.
Fiat Chrysler and Foxconn plans EV joint venture A new competitor in the industry for electric vehicles are in the making.
Collins Aerospace inks multimillion-dollar space contract Collins Aerospace Systems has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin to provide critical subsystems to support production of NASA’s Orion spacecraft fleet for Artemis missions III through VIII.
Imagination Technologies expands with new European design centre Imagination Technologies has opened a new design centre in Timisoara, Romania. The centre will focus on IP designed for artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision.
AKI Electronic becomes Schurter Electronics As part of the further integration into the Schurter Group, AKI Electronic spol. s r.o. changes its name to SCHURTER Electronics spol. s r.o.
From Bosch to Silicon Mobility - Kallenbach takes the helm Automotive semiconductor company, Silicon Mobility, has appointed former Robert Bosch GmbH executive Rainer Kallenbach as CEO of the company as of January 6, 2020. The current CEO Bruno Paucard will remain with the company as COO and on the Board of Directors.
NEXT Biometrics reorganises - reduces headcount NEXT Biometrics says it is executing a program to optimise the organisation and cost base with its strategic priorities and market opportunities; which also translates to layoffs
LPKF delivers laser system to semiconductor industry customer In December, LPKF delivered – for the first time – a highly automated version of its LIDE system for integration into a semiconductor fab to an unnamed semiconductor manufacturers.
ROHM company SiCrystal & STMicro ink wafer supply deal ROHM and STMicroelectronics have signed a multi-year silicon carbide (SiC) wafers supply agreement with SiCrystal, a ROHM group company having a top share of SiC wafers in Europe.
Cadence expands collaboration with Broadcom Cadence Design Systems says it has expanded its collaboration with Broadcom Inc. for the creation of semiconductor solutions targeting next-generation networking, broadband, enterprise storage, wireless and industrial applications.
Marvell expands R&D footprint in India Marvell has announced the addition of its new facility in Bangalore, part of Marvell India Private Limited, the company’s second largest research and development (R&D) effort spanning three sites – Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad.
imec spin-off raises €4,5 million in funding MICLEDI Microdisplays, the latest spin-off of imec, has raised EUR 4,5 million seed capital from imec.xpand, with participation of PMV and FIDIMEC.
Synopsys to acquire certain IP assets of INVECAS The acquisition broadens the company’s IP portfolio and adds a team of experienced R&D engineers to the company’s development department.
Fire at Kioxia's Yokkaichi NAND fab A fire broke out at Kioxia’s Yokkaichi plant – a joint venture facility owned by Kioxia and Western Digital – in Japan on January 7.
New Hella electronics JV starts production in China The joint venture HELLA BHAP Electronics has started production. The company was founded in 2018 by HELLA and BHAP, one of the largest automotive suppliers in China.
European backing for Prodrive's growth plans The European Investment Bank is providing a EUR 50 million loan to Dutch technology company Prodrive Technologies.
Murata acquires 3DHaptics company Murata Manufacturing and MIRAISENS, which offers haptic solutions technology using 3DHaptics technology, have signed an agreement for MIRAISENS to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing.
Diodes updates on Lite-On acquisition Since the initial announcement of the acquisition back in August, 2019, all customary closing conditions have been met, including approval by the Lite-On shareholders. In conjunction, Diodes has been working through the final process of securing the required regulatory approvals in both Taiwan and China.
Grant helps Diodes to grow in Greenock Semiconductor manufacturer Diodes Incorporated has received a GBP 13.7 million funding package from Scottish Enterprise towards a GBP 47 million project enabling its future growth in Greenock, Scotland.
Murata starts construction on new production building Okayama Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Setouchi, Okayama Prefecture), started construction on a new production building in December 2019.Load more news


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Markets: week ahead
AG Barr margin test | Aviva deal | AMTE Power update
Investors in soft drinks maker AG Barr will be looking for further clues about its profit margins and growth across its range when it reports half-year figures on Tuesday.
The producer of Irn-Bru has faced a number of challenges including regulation on sugar content, Covid and lockdowns, carbon dioxide shortages, input cost inflation and the uncertainty caused by Scotland’s proposed deposit return scheme.
It is also seeking a successor to long-serving CEO Roger White who is retiring, though no update on that is expected with the figures.
AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould says: “The firm is also having to adapt to changes in consumer tastes and trends. Since the end of lockdowns, mixers, juices and lemonade have declined in volume and value, to reflect the normalisation of home consumption, while on trade volumes in bars and restaurants and hospitality venues has recovered steadily.
“Sports and energy drinks have shown robust growth. AG Barr’s acquisitions of Boost and oat milk maker MOMA are both designed to broaden its product portfolio.”
The trading update in August was very solid and flagged total sales growth of 33% in the six months to July 2023 to £210 million, thanks to last December’s purchase of Boost. Like-for-like sales growth was 10%.
But in the fiscal year to January 2023, the total UK soft drinks market saw volumes drop 2.2% and value rise by 8.8%.
“AG Barr has flagged that profit margins will be lower this year, thanks to the sales contribution from the lower-margin MOMA and Boost operations, investment in brands and products and input cost pressures.”
Looking forward to the full year, analysts are hoping for a 3% jump in underlying profits to £46.7 million, driven by a 27% jump in revenues.
After a hiatus during covid, AG Barr is once more paying dividends. In the year to January 2023, the company paid out 13.1p a share. Analysts are looking for a figure closer to 15p a share this time, so an increase on last year’s first-half payment of 2.5p a share is likely.”
Aviva, the FTSE-100 insurer, has acquired AIG’s UK protection business for £460 million.
It said the deal supports its strategy to grow capital-light businesses and adds 1.3 million individual protection customers and 1.4 million group protection members.
The purchase is being funded through internal resources.
Amanda Blanc, chief executive said: “This acquisition brings significant strategic and financial benefits to Aviva.”
Shareholders in the battery manufacturer AMTE Power will be updated today on the company’s plans to raise £2 million through a shares issue.
Shares in the company remain suspended following concerns by the London Stock Exchange over settlement issues.
It is yet to be revealed what impact Rishi Sunak’s push back on electric vehicles will have on the company’s plans for a megafactory in Dundee.
Asian equity markets were mostly in retreat this morning with Chinese stocks leading losses amid persistent concerns over the property market.
Embattled real estate developer Evergrande Group indicated that it will be unable to issue new debt due to an ongoing government investigation into its unit Hengda Real Estate Group.
The Hang Seng (-1.43%) is emerging as the biggest underperformer, while Japan’s Nikkei (+0.58%) is bucking the regional trend. US stock futures are indicating a rebound, though. with those on the S&P 500 (+0.27%) and NASDAQ 100 (+0.34%) moving higher.
In commodities, the oil price rally ran out of steam last week. Brent was down -0.70% to $93.27/bbl (-0.03% Friday) after rising by over +11% over the previous three weeks. WTI saw a similar down move of -0.82% to $90.03 (+0.45% Friday). Nonetheless, energy supply risks remained in focus last week.


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Việt Nam needs to address environmental challenges to fully reap the benefits from its new free trade and investment agreements with the European Union (EU). On 8th June, 2020, Vietnam’s National Assembly ratified the EU -Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and Investment Protection Agreement, following the European Parliament’s approval in February. Ratifying the Agreement clears the path for Việt Nam to expand exports to the potentially lucrative EU market and to attract more investment from the economic bloc.
It is expected to increase Vietnam’s GDP and exports by 2.4 and 12 per cent respectively by 2030. This is among the most comprehensive trade agreements between the EU and a developing country. It will remove 99 per cent of tariffs on goods traded between Việt Nam and the EU. It also involves strong, legally binding and enforceable commitments on sustainable development.
Việt Nam is the EU’s second largest trading partner in ASEAN after Singapore, with trade in goods and services worth €54.4 billion (US$ 61.1 billion) a year. Vietnam’s major exports include textiles and clothing, electronic products, rice, coffee, seafood and furniture. It imports aircraft, motor vehicles and pharmaceutical products from the EU. The EU is one of the largest foreign investors in Việt Nam, with foreign direct investment totalling €6.1 billion (US$ 6.9 billion) in 2017, mainly in the industrial processing and manufacturing sectors.
Apart from free trade and associated labour issues, the Agreement commits the EU and Việt Nam to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change and to meet other international environmental agreements. Since negotiations started in 2012, Việt Nam has come a long way to meet the Agreement’s requirements. But significant environmental challenges remain.
With commitments ranging from an 8 to 25 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 relative to business as usual without and with international assistance respectively, Vietnam’s efforts are deemed insufficient by some EU climate advocacy organisations. Vietnam’s current trajectory of increasing the share of coal and gas to up to 57 per cent in the electricity mix by 2030 appears at odds with its greenhouse gas reduction commitment under the new EU agreements. Việt Nam may face the risk of the EU imposing carbon border adjustments - a tax levied on imports from countries without carbon pricing mechanisms.
Vietnam’s water pollution may also raise concerns about the quality of its exported agricultural products among EU consumers who pay close attention to the quality of food sourcing conditions. Further, if not properly addressed, Vietnam’s illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing will prolong the current EU ‘yellow card’ imposition which impedes fishery exports.
High EU environmental standards require Vietnamese businesses to make huge efforts to improve environmental performance. For example, textile products need to follow strict regulations on biodegradable detergents, Nonyl Phenols (NP) and Nonyl Phenol Ethoxylates (NPEs). Packaging materials must follow recyclability and labelling requirements. The Agreement’s requirements for conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, conservation and sustainable management of forest resources, sanitary and phytosanitary measures and non-tariff barriers to trade and investment in renewable energy generation involve significant capacity building and regulation reforms. Vietnam’s incomplete environmental institutions also present challenges to protecting the environment under increasing industry activities associated with foreign investment.
Việt Nam could overcome these challenges with sound and timely policy. Setting more ambitious nationally determined contribution targets, followed by imposing a carbon tax on fossil fuels and establishing an emissions trading scheme for large emitters, such as cement and steel manufacturers, would strengthen its commitment to the Paris Agreement. Increasing the share of renewables such as wind and solar power in the electricity mix in Vietnam’s forthcoming the eighth National Power Development Master Plan would also help facilitate achieving the greenhouse reduction targets.
There are opportunities to strengthen environmental institutional capacity by revising the Law on Environmental Protection. Improving and enforcing environmental compliance standards could address water pollution, eliminate pollutant contamination of agricultural products and improve product quality. Strengthening regulations on illegal wildlife trade and consumption, and facilitating the promotion of trade in forest products from sustainably managed forests would demonstrate Vietnam’s commitment to the agreement. This would help develop trust in Vietnamese production and supply chains among EU consumers and investors.
Environmental education and training, particularly for small- and medium-sized enterprises, would build business and industry capacity in meeting EU environmental requirements. Raising awareness for fishermen, assisting with economic diversification of their livelihoods and applying advanced monitoring technologies could help alleviate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. As ASEAN Chair in 2020, Việt Nam could promote cooperation with other ASEAN countries to solve this common problem.
These measures would enable Việt Nam to reap the potential benefits of its new trade and investment agreements with the EU, particularly in revitalising its economy in the post-COVID-19 period. This would also affirm the government’s commitment to address increasing public demand for better environmental quality and standards. Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc’s statement that “economic development must go together with environmental protection and social development to ensure sustainable growth and prosperity” is useful guidance for policymakers.
Dr. Đỗ Nam Thắng
Australian National University
(Nguồn: Bài đăng trên Tạp chí Môi trường số Chuyên đề Tiếng Anh III/2020)


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How violent is the sea change for Detroit? In May, Ford's F-150, which hadn't been outsold by a car since October 1991, skydived to fifth spot behind a couple of Hondas (Civic and Accord) and two Toyotas (Corolla and Camry). The Civic is now the best-selling car in America, with 53,299 sold in May alone. By contrast, Chrysler sales are off 25 percent, and as I sit down to write, Dodge has just announced plans to darken its Ram facility in Saltillo, Mexico, for what it said would be only two weeks.
We'll see about that.
Clearly this is not just a down year, it's a total paradigm shift. Honestly, it's hard to think about cars in the same way anymore. Cars that seemed like pretty good ideas - say, Pontiac's six-cylinder G8, headed in the right direction with 25-mpg EPA highway mileage - suddenly seem less inspired with only 17-mpg city. Cars that appeared bad ideas before now seem like the worst ideas ever. The Hummer brand, for instance, is on target to sell fewer than 35,000 units this year, or about twelve percent the number of Oldsmobiles GM was selling when it decided to shut that venerable brand to concentrate on . . . Hummer.
Mercifully for our domestic makers, they're not the only ones whose affection for American gluttony is reflected in suddenly ridiculous products and plans. Audi has been talking about setting up a factory in the States. But instead of building the A3, the second-highest-mileage model in its lineup, Audi talked about building large SUVs, possibly to share with Volkswagen. It goes without saying that VW has been given a golden opportunity by the oil potentates - not to sell Americans more crap-mileage, me-too SUVs, but rather a production version of its tempting Up! show car, the one with the two-cylinder, rear-mounted engine that promises to be both highway-ready and incredibly green. It would be perfect for marketing to Americans at a semipremium price, with currency-exchange woes excised if the car is built in the United States. Porsche, reclaiming the old formula, should conjure something wondrous based on it.
The point is, the peace following the war that the carmakers have lost doesn't have to be a bad thing. Let the new game begin.


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A little over a month ago, the Chinese phone manufacturer Meizu revealed that the company is actively working on bringing a much anticipated FlaymeOS 5.0 firmware update to its devices. While, the update still hasn’t rolled out, a screenshot appeared on Weibo recently, showing a smartphone running a Flyme OS 5.0.3A (Beta) build, proving the software is in its final stages of testing.
The fifth version of Meizu’s custom firmware Flyme OS will be bringing a number of changes to the software, delivering a better overall experience. Based on Android 5.0 Lollipop, Meizu’s custom ROM will be released for the Meizu MX4 and MX4 Pro.
The screenshot doesn’t reveal much in regard to the actual OS, but it does show that there already are Meizu smartphones running the FlymeOS 5.0 Beta. According to the screenshot, the custom ROM is based on the Android 5.0.2 Kernel, while the FlymeOS 5.0 Beta itself is in its 5.0.3A iteration.
While a release date for the update still hasn’t been officially announced, Meizu will be giving access to the public to FlymeOS 5.0 via an open beta version, said to be made available later this month.


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Canadian greenhouses report record-breaking harvests
May 23, 2023 By Greenhouse Canada
May 23, 2023 – Betterment Harvest companies JC Fresh and Orangeline Farms, located in Ontario, reported record-breaking harvests. JC Fresh Farms produces a record 315,700 pounds of grape/medley tomatoes. Orangeline Farms produces a record of over 14,000 cases of sweet snack peppers.
The record-setting, second week of May production follows a successful 2023 crop planting and an initial pick that was one week earlier compared to last year. Additionally, the farms have secured record contract pricing for the 2023 season.
JC Fresh Farms comprises 33-acres of hi-tech double poly greenhouses with the ability to expand operations by an additional 17 acres of high-tech diffused glass. The facility is located in Kingsville Ontario, Canada and is currently in production with a focus in the exclusive specialty tomato class.
Orangeline Farms, located in Leamington, Ontario resides on 120 acres of land and is comprised of 20-acres of hi-tech, double poly greenhouse and an additional 12-acre hi-tech glass facility. The facility is currently in production with a focus on the exclusive sweet, snack-pepper market. Orangeline expects to grow nearly 500,000 pepper plants during the 2023 growing season, yielding approximately 5 million pounds of product annually.
Betterment Harvest’s record production week included:
- 14,200 cases of sweet, mini-snack peppers at Orangeline Farms;
- Over 315,700 pounds of grape/medley tomatoes at JC Fresh Farms; and
- On a consolidated basis, generated a record weekly revenue of $894,500.
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John Koller, Sony’s head of hardware marketing, was interviewed by Kotaku regarding the PlayStation Vita. He talks about the Vita’s success and how Sony want to avoid making the same mistake with the new console as they did with the PSP. However, it does seem Sony is just repeating what happened…
In an interview with Joystiq, John Koller, Director of Hardware Marketing at SCEA, said that the PSP will be around for 10-years. Koller stressed once again that the first PSP will have a 10-year cycle: “There is definitely a 10-year life cycle for the PSP, and maybe even more.”
With the Digital Comic service coming to PSP soon and Ben Templesmith, creator of the weirdly wonderful Wormwood, visiting London earlier this month, Sony has decided to up a video. Ben very kindly took the time to speak to Sony outside his hotel in London’s Docklands.
Looking forward to Assassin’s Creed for the PSP? You’re probably wondering how it will translate into the PSP game, right? Producer Frederic Lefrancois and Senior Producer Dan McAuliffe some questions about the PSP version of the game, including how the controls work, tweaks to the game and more. Check out the video below.


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As the first drop in a series of NFT launches, the collection will be available on Binance NFT to celebrate the amazing Read More
Yuga Labs co-founder Greg Solana (Garga.eth) has shot down rumors that the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) creators have plans to launch a new NFT collection dubbed “Mecha Apes” by the end of the year. The rumors started swirling after Protos claimed to have obtained leaked documents detailing that Yuga Read More
Lazy Lions has just passed the $100 million USD volume traded mark. With this achievement, it is now in the top 58 of all-time when it Read More
Binance has announced the launch of zero-fee Bitcoin for 13 spot trading pairs beginning July 8th until further notice.
The discounted trading is part of the exchange’s fifth-anniversary celebrations.
The 13 Bitcoin pairs are mostly against fiat and stablecoins on the exchange.
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PRESS RELEASE. Ariva, a next-generation tourism & travel blockchain protocol, celebrated the first anniversary of its launch on May 25, 2022. This development marks an impressive milestone for the blockchain project that has taken the tourism sector by storm in recent months.
Ariva launches reward program to celebrate 1st Read More
PRESS RELEASE. For a gaming community to complete 4 years in the crypto gaming industry is a remarkable achievement to say the least. CropBytes was launched during the 2018 bull run, and the team’s strategy and agility towards changing market scenarios and needs of the community have enabled Read More
The adoption of crypto assets among individuals and businesses has been rapidly spreading over the last few years. It is no longer uncommon to treat yourself to a delicious meal or buy yourself a new pair of sneakers and pay for it in crypto. The blockchain-based payment technology has Read More
Bitcoin perpetual traders seem to be the only ones unmoved by the digital asset’s recent breakout. BTC which has had a tremendous rally during the first half of the week had been able to break out of the slump of the low $40,000s and moved on an upward trajectory above Read More
A young couple from India used nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to digitize their love for each other till eternity over the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. The recently married couple from Pune, India, Shruti Nair and Anil Narasipuram decided to take their court marriage to the next level by hosting a blockchain wedding. According Read More
PRESS RELEASE. Chicago, IL – 9th January, 2022 – Denjary Watru, the creator of the Game On NFT™ has dropped an NFT that is sure to become highly sought after by all those who know and understand Bitcoin, its implications for society going forward, and who have an Read More


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What: Camera chip designer OmniVision Technologies
So what: OmniVision blew estimates right out of the water in last night's second-quarter report. Leadership in the suddenly red-hot back side illumination sensor technology has made OmniVision chips a must-have feature in everything from laptops to smartphones, and the success is showing in the company's sales and profits.
Now what: This company took a huge risk in pushing forward with BSI technology when Sony
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Supergiant Games' Until Dawn is finally out on the PlayStation 4 after what seems like an extremely troubled development process. Does the game live up to expectations and is it actually scary?
"supergiant games" A super massive mistake there by the journalist !
I think he'll survive.
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