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SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – New regulations targeting insurance packages sold on shopping channels have seen fewer customers misled by false advertising.
The Korea Life Insurance Association said on Tuesday that the measures implemented to counter misleading advertising introduced last year have helped curb what are widely known in South Korea as ‘incomplete sales’, a term that refers to items or insurance plans sold through deceptive advertising tactics including vague and imprecise clauses such as “we never ask or check” during TV commercials.
In the past, misleading marketing in the insurance industry in South Korea has been criticized for deliberately hiding terms and conditions that could put customers off purchasing insurance plans, while exaggerating and focusing on insurance benefits that not everyone is eligible for.
Another criticism was aimed at the way insurance commercials were normally constructed, relying on parody versions of popular songs and promoting giveaways that come with insurance packages.
Against this backdrop, the Korea Life Insurance Association introduced a new measure that requires TV shopping program hosts to mention and give equal coverage to details and the terms and conditions of the products they are hawking so as to reduce confusion and misunderstanding.
In 2015, one in every 100 private insurance plans sold on shopping channels was considered an incomplete sale, meaning that the customer felt duped in one way or another.
However, the figure was nearly halved, dropping to 0.56 percent last year, proving the effectiveness of the new regulations.
The improvements made in the insurance shopping industry in recent months come on the heels of regulations prohibiting TV commercials from giveaways in exaggerated terms, while a committee consisting of experts in various fields thoroughly examined whether or not expressions and clauses used in commercials could mislead insurance buyers.
Other measures included education provided to insurance companies that aired commercials in breach of the new regulations set in place from last year.
“From now on, we are ramping up our efforts to educate shopping and insurance companies to tackle false advertising and incomplete sales,’ the Korea Life Insurance Association said.


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Microsoft Xim shares photos that self-destruct
Lego Jurassic World sets are coming next year
Blue light Nobel Prize has LED inventor seeing red
Oculus Rift support unlocked in Alien: Isolation
This masterful Lego Mustafar diorama required 60,000 pieces to build
The cost of Calvin: How much damage did one six-year-old cause?
Harvard researchers create a transparent smart bandage that glows
Verizon is shutting down Netflix competitor Redbox Instant
Nintendo: Wii U GameCube controller adapter only works with Smash Bros.
NASA: Earth’s deep oceans are not getting warmer
There are now more active SIM cards than people on Earth
Ubisoft backtracks on Assassin’s Creed Unity 900p/30fps parity claim
Apps and Software
Opera Mini goes tiny on the Galaxy Gear S
Plastc: An E Ink card that could soon be the only thing in your wallet
Get ready for the “blood moon” lunar eclipse on October 8th

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Got a hundred pennies? Steam has a game for you.
Ever since the Seattle City Council imposed a higher minimum wage for local businesses, economists have been debating its effects.
Despite record viewing numbers for the NBA Finals, youth basketball has a participation problem.
Governance concerns act as a springboard for activists and are symbolic of a board who is or is not aligned with shareholders. In proxy contests, governance shortcomings become governance failures and their amplification may make or break a campaign.
Following behavioral issues at Uber can leave you breathless; and the psychology that underlies that behavior will be a major driver of the return to its stock.
This past weekend marked the 13th year of the BlogHer conference, designed for women to inspire one another to find their voices and turn their passions into content, community and commerce.
Leadership interview with Clarke Miyasaki, Stance.
A new report by SEMRush reveals some interesting insights about Google ranking factors in 2017. Here are 5 particularly interesting things we've learned.
Canada has always been on the map for U.S. activists, there is increased interest from U.S. activists, likely spurred by a weak Canadian dollar and a target-rich environment for funds from other countries looking for new investment opportunities.
A never before released Super Nintendo game is coming to the mini SNES Classic Edition this September.
A Jackie Chan/Pierce Brosnan thriller from the director of 'Mask of Zorro' and 'Casino Royale'? Game on...
What emerging technologies are likely to be mainstream within the next ten years? This question was originally answered on Quora by Joanne Chen.
Have all the pentagonal tilings of the plane been found? Perhaps.
Fed Tapering Roadmap Triggers the Reversal of the QE Experiment. How the reversal of the experiment may play out is a concern amongst some market participants...
What can be done to ensure that living conditions in cities are healthy? This question was originally answered on Quora by Richard Florida.
The short tells the story of a woman who cashes in a “four-star” flashback—her first high school romance—for €225,000, calling for audiences to consider the value of memories and how much one is willing to risk for financial opportunity.
Is your job obsolete? Smart robots are taking over key roles in our economy.
Details around Google’s update to the critically acclaimed Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones continue to leak out from the supply chain. The latest pointers to Mountain View’s 2017 smartphones highlight the new screen sizes.
Fans of Sonic The Hedgehog can finally own his legendary shoes as a Japanese company is bringing them to life.
Following the huge success of the NES Classic Edition last year, Nintendo is intending to follow up that with a new SNES Classic Edition this September. However, the big question is whether Nintendo will be able to keep up with demand this time around.


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My favorite line from Tim W. Jackson, president, Colorado Automobile Dealers Association on what would happen if Tesla went belly up: "If that were to happen, and consumers were left high and dry without a place to have their Tesla cars serviced, he said, it would do great damage to the good reputation of all auto dealers."
I suspect a large proportion of the people that have ever purchased a new car might take exception to the idea that car dealers have a good reputation.
Unfortunately car dealers have a disproportionate voice in state politics and I think it's foolish for politicians to legislate against new business models before we get a chance to see if there is some good that come out of them.
Auto Dealers’ Fight Against Tesla Stores: Elon Musk Weighs In
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Executives at the company in charge of products for brands such as OXO, Revlon, Honeywell and Vicks had plenty of good things to say about the first quarter of their fiscal year, but rising supply chain costs and trouble with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could mean a deflated fiscal year despite consumers’ return to in-store shopping.
Helen of Troy said Thursday (July 8) it saw $541 million in revenue, a 29 percent year-over-year increase driven primarily by higher brick-and-mortar sales of the company’s beauty and housewares products, including facial, skincare and haircare appliances as well as water bottles, storage containers and household cleaning products.
“Our ability to win across channels was on display as consumers coming out of lockdown rebalanced between brick-and-mortar and online,” CEO Julien Mininberg told analysts.
The $5 billion company last quarter also finalized a land purchase in Tennessee for a new 2 million square-foot distribution center with “high levels of automation and scalable direct-to-consumer capability.”
Helen of Troy said, though, that operating income was impacted by rising freight costs, container supply shortages and higher distribution expenses — supply chain issues that show little signs of slowing as gas prices continue to rise.
The company is also in the midst of resolving compliance issues with the EPA regarding claims on the packaging of certain air and water filtration products. Helen of Troy said the EPA has not raised any product quality or safety issues, but the issue was more about the EPA’s “strict interpretation of specific regulations,” according to Mininberg.
Still, the company was forced to stop shipment of these health and home products at the end of May. Shipments of impacted water filtration products resumed this week after the EPA approved new labeling claims, but air filtration and humidification products are still on hold.
The EPA, at Helen of Troy’s request, also issued a “Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order” last week, which allows the company to move certain products among its warehouses and “will facilitate rework” of the affected packaging.
In addition to a $13.1 million write-off of obsolete packaging, Helen of Troy will likely see decreased sales as products are pulled off the shelves. Mininberg said sales were not impacted in the first quarter, but the company expects “significant headwinds” over the next several months.
Still, Helen of Troy said it has made “meaningful progress” toward a final resolution with the EPA.
The environmental issue for Helen of Troy comes at a time when brands and retailers are increasingly looking to be more environmentally friendly and implement sustainable practices in an attempt to lure eco-minded customers.
For the rest of the fiscal year, which ends in February for Helen of Troy, the company expects housewares net sales to grow by 7 percent to 9 percent, while health and home product net sales are expected to decline by 24 percent to 27 percent; between 12 and 15 percent of the decline is related to the issue with the EPA.
Overall, core net sales revenue is expected to be approximately $1.9 billion, a decline of at least 4 percent.
The forecast assumes that the severity of cold and flu season returns to pre-COVID levels, and while some have suggested that Americans continue to wear masks to reduce the likelihood of spreading respiratory-borne illnesses, infectious disease experts have already seen an uptick in seasonal viruses.
Mininberg said the company may also look for acquisition opportunities to fuel further growth.


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Ülker announced its first quarter 2022 financial results
Ülker Bisküvi increased its sales revenue to 5.9 billion TL in the first quarter of 2022. The share of Türkiye operations in the sales was 60 percent where as the share of export and international operations in the sales revenue was 40 percent
Ülker Bisküvi continued its growth in the first quarter of 2022. According to a statement sent to the Public Disclosure Platform (PDP), the company increased its sales revenue to 5.9 billion TL in the first quarter of this year. While the sales revenue of the company's share in the total sales reached to 60 percent; the sales of its export and international operations’ share in the sales realized as 40 percent.
Indicating that Ülker Bisküvi continues to contribute to our country with its production, exports, employment and investments, Ülker CEO Mete Buyurgan conveyed the following information about the company's performance: “The impact of the pandemic continues, albeit with lessening. We closely follow the fluctuations in global economies, increases in input costs, possible risks in the supply chain, war and geopolitical incidents in the region. Our company closed the first quarter of 2022 with a sales of 5.9 billion TL, as a result of our strong and proactive risk structure, our agile work structure prepared for every scenario, our workforce in wide geographies and our successful management.
Stating that their strong position in the market and stable growth continues in Türkiye and in all geographies such as the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Kazakhstan, Buyurgan said, “Taking into account the trends and demands, we have introduced more than 150 products with our consumers so far. Our factories in Türkiye have become our production and export base for our snack business. We produce in Türkiye and export our products to more than 100 countries around the world. With the strength we derive from our leadership and brands, we will continue our stable growth strategy this year by contributing to our stakeholders.”
Ülker Supports “Atalık Kavılca” Wheat with Limited Edition Product
Ülker, a leading food company in Türkiye known for its commitment to sustainable raw material sourcing, has introduced a limited edition product called "Saklıköy Kavılca Buğday," made with Atalık Kavılca Wheat, one of Anatolia's oldest agricultural products with a history dating back 13,000 years....CLICK FOR MORE
Ülker invest in supplementary food products
A new brand from Ülker: Everwell Ülker, which stepped into the food supplement industry for the first time with "Pastil", further strengthens its claim in this category with the "Everwell" brand. Food supplement products developed by Ülker in cooperation with TÜBİTAK and released under the Everwell brand will be sold with a widespread distribution strategy....CLICK FOR MORE
Ülker's 2022 Sustainability Report has been published
Ülker, operating with a waste-free company model since established, has published its 2022 Sustainability Report. Ülker meets approximately 43% of its electricity consumption from renewable sources, and has initiated a carbon management program that encompasses the entire value chain, from sustainable raw material sourcing to packaging management, logistics, and waste recycling. The company continues its efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions in all areas with the goal of becoming a "net zero company by 2050. ...CLICK FOR MORE
Ülker announced its first half-year financials
Ülker Bisküvi closed the first half of 2023 with a sales revenue of 19.6 billion TL. The share of Turkiye operations in the sales revenue was 66%; while, the share of export and international operations in the sales was 34% ...CLICK FOR MORE


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As part of the Covid relief, California is providing Small businesses with an option for interest free deferral of sales/use tax up to $50,000 for businesses with less than $5 million in taxable sales.. Under this relief, qualifying sales and use taxpayers with deferred liabilities up to $50,000 will pay their tax due in 12 equal monthly installments. No interest or penalties will be assessed against the liability.
Besides, If taxpayers choose to use this program to distribute the burden of their May or June prepayments or their July return, CDTFA will work to accommodate those taxpayers.
The above payment plans are in addition to the previous announcement made whereby CDTFA has provided a three-month extension for a tax return or payment to any businesses filing a return for less than $1 million in tax. For such business taxpayers their current California sales and use tax obligation, returns for the 1st quarter 2020 will now be due on July 31, 2020. All businesses will also have an extra 60 days to file claims for refund from CDTFA or to appeal a CDTFA decision to the Office of Tax Appeals.
Businesses who do not fall within these parameters can contact CDTFA who retains administrative flexibility to assist businesses needing relief in the case of disasters.


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To access a financial institution's online banking facility, a customer with internet access would need to register with the institution for the service, and set up a password and other credentials for customer verification. The credentials for online banking is normally not the same as for telephone or mobile banking. Financial institutions now routinely allocate customers numbers, whether or not customers have indicated an intention to access their online banking facility. Customers' numbers are normally not the same as account numbers, because a number of customer accounts can be linked to the one customer number. The customer number can be linked to any account that the customer controls, such as cheque, savings, loan, credit card and other accounts.
Conversations can quickly spiral out of control online, so Facebook is hoping artificial intelligence can help keep things civil ... But AI can fumble when it comes to understanding subtlety and context in online posts.
The statement, which is titled “on behalf of Chrissy Teigen,” explains she had a “cordial relationship” with the designer based on “friendly online interactions,” and so was flabbergasted when he accused her of bullying so severe it left him suicidal.
As approximately 80 Plano ISD students took a day off from their paid summer internships to perform community service at the North TexasFoodBank (NTFB) Friday morning, memories of last year’s Zoom meetings remained vivid ... bank’s lobby in celebration of Community Service Day.
Mumbai... In Mumbai, vaccination for this age group will take place at 10 centres through online appointments, the BMC said ... The state has been vaccinating an average of 2.9 lakh people in the past one week ... Dr Mangala Gomare, BMC’s executive health officer said vaccination will be only through online appointments on Saturday ... Start a Conversation. .


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Authored by Industry Leaders From Across the Digital Advertising Ecosystem
The Latest Version of the Guide Provides the Most Recent Updates to Support the Digital Advertising Industry in the Transition Period and Beyond
10th March 2022, Brussels: IAB Europe, the leading European-level industry association for the digital advertising and marketing ecosystem, has today released its latest comprehensively updated ‘Guide to the Post-Third-Party Cookie Era’, to enable brands, agencies, publishers, and tech intermediaries prepare for the impending post-third-party cookie era.
The Guide has been developed by experts from IAB Europe’s Programmatic Trading Committee and Post Third-Party Cookie Task Force. It succeeds the second edition of the guide, which was released in February 2022. It provides the latest insights into the many alternative solutions that are being developed to replace third-party cookies when they are depleted in 2023, including context, identity, the use of telco data, and the Google Topics initiative, and expands into new challenge areas including measurement and attribution.
It is clear that innovation around alternatives to third-party cookies continues, and the industry will have multiple solutions available. As such, the Guide continues to help and encourage the industry to keep testing, learning, collaborating and developing across 2022, right through to the newly extended deadline for cookie deprecation in late 2023.
Commenting on this latest work, Lauren Wakefield, Marketing & Industry Programmes Director, IAB Europe said “Although the deadline has been extended to 2023, the digital advertising ecosystem must continue to collaborate, innovate and deliver on the solutions that are outlined in the latest update of the Guide. As the European-level association for digital advertising and marketing, we must continue to help our members embrace these changes, educate the market on what is available and offer support to ensure we create a thriving future for programmatic advertising.”
Explaining the reasons for supporting this initiative, contributors highlighted the integral role of the guide in keeping brands, agencies, and publishers updated on the technological advancements and evolving opportunities available with identity. A new contributor this year is Amobee. Their Head of Growth, EMEA, Piper Heitzler, commented “What's happening in the world at large and more closely within the ad tech industry is a renewed appreciation for the power of collaboration. IAB Europe’s Post Third-Party Cookie Guide is an excellent example of what can be produced when experts from diverse principles, like our own Solutions Engineering lead in EMEA, Zara McDonald, work together to aggregate collective insights that are refined and reviewed by each other's experience and perspectives. A must read for brands and agencies looking to stay up-to-date on technological changes and opportunities in the Identity space."
Rémi Lemonnier Co-founder & President of Scibids, who is also a new contributor this year, continued, "Given the importance of the topic for the industry, we were more than happy to contribute to the update of IAB Europe's Post Third-Party Cookie Guide and share the expertise we have gathered in the past years, building a private by design AI. As marketers navigate this new era of privacy, we are convinced that providing knowledge and clarity will help the industry move forward!"
This was echoed by Tanya Field, Co-Founder and CPO at Novatiq who said, “The updated IAB Europe Guide could not come at a more important time. With protocol updates from the major platforms, lawsuits from privacy campaigners, and continuous industry innovation, the market is at risk of fragmenting, as interoperability challenges hinder growth. It is clear that advertisers and publishers need clarity on the best way forward. This is what the Guide provides and why Novatiq was delighted to contribute towards its creation.”
The extensive Guide provides a comprehensive and complete deep-dive into the following key themes:
Commenting on the depth of knowledge contained within the Guide and the importance of this continued conversation, Chair of the IAB Europe Programmatic Trading Committee and Integral Ad Science’s Head of Programmatic and Publisher Development, Nick Welch, said “Ensuring consumer privacy in digital advertising is essential and the demise of third-party cookies is one such industry initiative that aims to achieve this. Advertisers today must be armed with the right resources to deliver efficient and effective campaigns that meet the needs of consumers and must have the tools available to thrive in a post-cookie world. This Guide has been produced by IAB Europe’s Programmatic Trading Committee in a collaborative effort to include expertise from across the value chain to support brands, agencies and publishers in this new era. It aims to show the latest updates and solutions available, it demonstrates how far we have come and the opportunities we have to continue to move forward together.”
IAB Europe will be continuing the conversation and education around the post third-party cookie era throughout 2022 in a series of workshops, blogs and podcast conversations.
The IAB Europe ‘Guide to the Post-Third-Party Cookie Era’ is available here.


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Primark sales in focus amid hopes of summer stock clear-out
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A trading update from parent company Associated British Foods (ABF) will be eagerly awaited by analysts who believe that the group, which has 20 Scottish stores, remains in “pretty good shape”.
It comes after a particularly tough lockdown for the discount fashion business, which does not sell its wares online.
In April, ABF revealed that sales were down 17 per cent to £6.3 billion and adjusted operating profits fell 50 per cent to £319 million in the six months to February 27.
Laura Hoy, an equity analyst at financial services group Hargreaves Lansdown, said: “Primark parent Associated British Foods is on track for a year-over-year profit decline, but all things considered, the retailer is in pretty good shape.
“Lockdowns hit revenue hard as Primark’s lack of online presence hurt sales. But the upcoming quarterly results should show the start of a recovery for ABF.
“One of Primark’s biggest strengths throughout the crisis has been inventory management, which has kept the chain from heavy discounting like many of its peers. Instead, the group has mixed last year’s inventory with new lines to clear out unsold items.
“Demand was strong initially as its stores reopened, and we’ll be looking for evidence that the group has been able to offload last year’s spring and summer lines as shoppers return.”
She added: “If pent-up demand was as strong as management was expecting, we should see strong margins.”
Conglomerate ABF also has grocery, sugar, agriculture and ingredients businesses, which have had thier own challenges to contend with.
Hoy noted: “Sales in the group’s grocery division will be up against tough comparisons after the boom last year. Together with rising US vegetable oil costs, profits in the division are unlikely to grow.”
In April, ABF said it would be repaying £121m in furlough money claimed under government job retention schemes.
Meanwhile, the group declared a dividend of 6.2p a share for its investors, worth some £49m, having scrapped any dividend payments last year.


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Costco exceeds revenue estimates on strong demand for fresh food and jewelry
(Reuters) – Member-only retail chain Costco Wholesale Corp exceeded market expectations for quarterly revenue on Thursday, helped by strong demand for fresh foods, snacks, housewares and jewelry.
Shares of the Issaquah, Washington-based company rose 1% after the bell.
People returning to social events and outdoor activities after the vaccines rolled out boosted demand for sporting goods and jewelry at Costco stores and helped offset some of the slowdown in product sales. grocery store after last year’s lockdown-induced panic shopping.
A reopening economy has also given people more confidence to return to shopping in physical stores, helping Costco which lacks the e-commerce strength of peers such as Walmart Inc and Target Corp.
Net income reached $ 1.67 billion, or $ 3.76 per share, in the quarter ended Aug. 29, from $ 1.39 billion, or $ 3.13 per share, a year earlier.
Comparable sales, excluding the impact of fuel and currency fluctuations, jumped 9.4% in the fourth quarter, against estimates of an 8.07% increase, according to Refinitiv IBES data.
Total revenue reached $ 62.68 billion in the fourth quarter, up from $ 53.38 billion a year earlier. Analysts on average expected revenue of $ 61.30 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
(Reporting by Deborah Sophia and Dania Nadeem in Bangalore; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)


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Nintendo's cat-and-mouse game with homebrew exploits isn't over yet. The gaming giant recently pulled Terry Cavanagh's retro platformer VVVVVV from the 3DS eShop after Shiny Quagsire discovered a way to use the game to run your own code. It's not a direct method, as you need another exploit for this to work (such as in the browser or another game), but that apparently doesn't matter to Nintendo.
We've asked Nintendo for its take on the situation, including the likelihood that VVVVVV will come back in the near future. Whatever happens, this isn't entirely shocking. Nintendo has long worried the potential for using homebrew exploits to enable piracy, whether or not they're technically capable of supporting bootlegs. The problem is that developers and would-be players get caught in the crossfire -- they miss out on revenue and gameplay thanks to a software trick that they couldn't have anticipated.


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Today’s Nintendo news: latest episode of Nintendo Minute (showcasing Super Mario 3D All-Stars), but also…
- Super Mario Bros.
- Super Mario Quiz
- Pokémon anime series
- Splatoon 2 NA Open September 2020
- Tool Assisted Speedrun
Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Here’s the latest episode of Nintendo Minute, once again showcasing Super Mario 3D All-Stars:
Nintendo Minute is never a minute! We’re playing Super Mario 3D All-Stars and wow it’s amazing! It’s so fun to go back and relive these truly magical moments. We share some of our favorites today. What are some of your favorite moments from these games? Or maybe you’ve never played one of them? Let us know in the comments below. As always, thanks so much for watching and we’ll see you next week!
-Kit & Krysta
Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Switch) comes out on September 18th worldwide.
Super Mario Bros.
In order to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros. game (first released on the NES on September 13th 1985 in Japan), Nintendo have finally launched the official websites for both Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2 (aka. The Lost Levels) in Japan:
Both websites contain various bits of information about the games, along with various illustrations taken from the official manuals (that you can download as PDF from the websites).
Now, you’re probably wondering why Nintendo are launching official websites for such old games, and that’s because they were released way before the internet was even a thing for most people (Nintendo did not even have a website). Creating from scratch websites for NES games decades after their release is certainly an interesting way to celebrate the anniversary of one of the most iconic and influential games of all times!
Super Mario Quiz
As part of the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary celebrations, travelers from the Kanto region taking a JR East train can now enjoy a brand new Super Mario Bros. quizz via the onboard monitors (usually used to display ads and the likes).
Here’s a video showing one of the questions:
Nintendo have announced that a new question will be revealed every Monday. Unfortunately, all the questions will be in Japanese!
Pokémon anime series
TV Tokyo have announced that the latest Pokémon anime series is getting another timeslot change in October. Starting on October 9th, the series will air every Friday at 6.55PM. A much more favourable timeslot than the current one, which is Sunday at 6PM (at the same time as Chibi Maruko-chan, one of the most popular and longest running anime series of all times in Japan).
It’s the second timeslot change ever for the Pokémon anime series, with the previous one in October 2018 (which is when it moved to the current timeslot).
Here’s a promo video and a poster for the new timeslot:
And here’s the preview for the next episode of the anime series, which airs on Sunday (September 20th) in Japan:
Splatoon 2 NA Open September 2020
Here’s the recordings of the livestream for the Splatoon 2 NA Open September 2020 Finals, which were held this weekend:
Tool Assisted Speedrun
Here’s the latest Tool Assisted Speedrun video for Nintendo games:
- Pokémon: Crystal Version (GameBoy Color) “save glitch” by CasualPokePlayer in 03:55.59


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Oculus Rift Pre-orders are still in high demand, with Pre-orders now backdated until August. Now Pre-orders do not Include Eve: Valkyrie as a free game.
High inventory stock backup has resulted in canceled orders of Nvidia GPUs
Not a huge amount of news this week but still news none the less.
So in a brave step OC3D have decided to stop posting news. Shocked? Read on to find out why.
Many Oculus Rift Pre-orders are now delayed, with many many of those with April shipping dates facing delays from 6-8 weeks.
Wake up and smell the news! This weeks news roundup hot from the oven.
Fancy working as part of the Overclock3D News Team and having your spin on the latest tech news read by millions? Apply within.
GAMES NEWS has trickled out over Christmas, with the industry focused on sales rather than product launches and important news releases. A few interesting hacks have emerged; read on to find out more...
LG has some big news for us from CES. Some big news on products and information from LG, at least one of which, may save you some serious money. Read on for more information...
Pre-Orders for the Oculus Rift will start in less than 48 hours. Are you ready?
Pre-orders for the HTC Vive will go live in February.
Pre-order listings have been spotted at e-tailer OcUK that give a possible ETA
20% of the UK's Gamers are decreasing the amount they Pre-order.
While OLPC test machines are circulating around, and orders are reportedly adding up in vast quantities, it looks like the green machine could be receiving a few hardware upgrades.
Russian design studio Art Lebedev opened its online store for pre-orders of the Optimus Maximus LED keyboard.
Another busy weeks news all in one little article
The Oculus Rift has become available at some retailers when bundled with PCs, leaving Kickstarter backers and day-1 Pre-orderers frustrated.
Our source reports that two teams are currently working on AMD next generation Fusion processor.
It is very sad to say this, but Specialtech UK has now closed it's doors. All outstanding orders have been refunded or sent. It is very sad to see such a great company go.
Yet another good week for the tech news and reviews.
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According to News Web Easy, there are about 100 people live at the island called Sagano Island in Goto city, Nagasaki and many of them are elderly people. Right now there is one shop sells daily necessities, however, the shop is due to close down in this December.
As a result of that, foods has been delivered to the island from a supermarket at the Fukue Island by a drone. A company at the Fukue Island started this service on 26th of this month.
The delivery schedule are meant to be three times a week, four times a day. A box in which products in has a parachute attached and the drone drops the box from sky. And the drone goes back by taking a same route. The drone flies at 100 km per hour.
The person who received the products said 「This is a good idea because if the shop at the island is to close our life will be inconvenient. 」
Anyone who wish to read the actual article please click the link below.
Aging is the biggest issue in Japan. The population of elderly people has reached the highest this year. And the island like this has many elderly people remain and perhaps younger generation tends to get out of islands to find the better life. This service is a great to way to help elderly person in a remote areas.


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Nov 29, 2012 ... Intelligent Smart Phone Concepts, a Delaware company with no web presence,
launched its legal action against iPhone-maker Apple in ...
Feb 16, 2015 ... A favorite example is Intelligent Smart Phone Concepts, LLC's patent for the “
innovation” of plugging headphones into a mobile phone.
2012年12月11日 ... 2012 年11 月20 日，設於美國德拉瓦州的空殼公司Intelligent Smart Phone
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SmartPremiums <sup>™</sup> ... Smart Plans ... (NGL), marketed by Beam Insurance
services LLC, and administered by Beam Insurance Administrators LLC (Beam
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Canova Jr. is the IBM engineer who came up with the original concept for Simon.
.... Research LLC, said in a televised interview on Bloomberg West.
Mar 9, 2015 ... Heavy smartphone use linked to lazy thinkers, low intelligence ... And now a
study focused on smartphone use suggests these devices we carry in our
pockets .... Most of todays kids have no concept of whether a calculator answer if
right or not as they lack scaling .... Ziff Davis © 1996-2016 Ziff Davis, LLC.
Jan 22, 2014 ... The My N3RD smart switch from Wild Hare LLC. ... control via your smartphone or
give a simple switch some more intelligence, like the ability to .... Franky Zapata's
awesome Flyboard Air redefines the concept of a hoverboard ...
Jul 10, 2015 ... Motorcycle helmets are becoming so smart with Bluetooth, sensors, ... GPS,
smartphone connectivity, Bluetooth intercom, phone, internet, radar ... Achilles
Entertainment - The makers of the iC-R Concept Video ... ©2015 Intelligent
Cranium Helmets LLC™ | "Saving Lives One Smart Helmet At A Time" ...
3 days ago ... Audi introduces connected mobility concept in Beijing; electric longboard
integrated with intelligent nav system ... The concept offers sporty and multi-
functional mobility for ... The car's infotainment system is linked to the smartphone
calendar of the user. ... Green Car Congress © 2016 BioAge Group, LLC.
Affiliation: MobileBiomedical, LLC http://www.mobilebiomedical.com. Summary.
MobileBiomedical has created the IntelliTray, a smart hospital food tray that
employs ... to a tablet or smartphone using wireless WiFi and Bluetooth
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The annual inflation rate in Greece eased to 11.5 percent in July of 2022 from the 29-year high of 12.1 percent in the previous month. It was the first deceleration in consumer prices since the inflationary trend began in June of 2021, as costs rose at a slower rate for transportation (20.6 percent vs 25 percent in June), amid lower fuel and airfare prices, housing and utilities (30.8 percent vs 31.5 percent), as lower electricity costs offset the rise in natural gas, and clothing and footwear (3.4 percent vs 4.6 percent), due to more aggressive summer sales. On the other hand, the CPI rose faster for food and non-alcoholic beverages (13 percent vs 12.6 percent). On a monthly basis, consumer prices fell by 1.8 percent, the sharpest drop since January of 2019. source: National Statistical Service of Greece
Inflation Rate in Greece averaged 7.97 percent from 1960 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 33.70 percent in January of 1974 and a record low of -2.90 percent in November of 2013. This page provides the latest reported value for - Greece Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Greece Inflation Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on August of 2022.
Inflation Rate in Greece is expected to be 10.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Greece Inflation Rate is projected to trend around 1.50 percent in 2023 and 0.80 percent in 2024, according to our econometric models.


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CTA and NCTA extend STB energy efficiency agreement to 2025
Apr 6, 2021 – The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and NCTA have announced an extension through 2025 of the Voluntary Agreement for Ongoing Improvement to the Energy Efficiency of Set-Top Boxes.
News categories: NCTA, Consumer Technology Association, Neal Goldberg, Doug Johnson, Noah Horowitz, Jennifer Amann, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA
ucfunnel and NetRange enable dynamic ads on Smart TV
Mar 15, 2021 – ucfunnel has announced a partnership with NetRange to deliver advertisements on NetRange’s portal for premium streaming VOD content. The solution runs on MediaTek's turnkey Smart TV platform.
News categories: ucfunnel, ACCESS CO, Kenny Wu, Michimasa Uematsu, Advertising, Digital TV, OTT, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Worldwide
Oregan middleware deployed on Megacable XView+ STBs
Feb 25, 2021 – Oregan Networks has announced the completion of an Android TV development project for Megacable. Oregan took responsibility for firmware integration, certification and quality assurance of the final commercial product.
News categories: Oregan Networks, Megacable, Mark Perry, Gerardo Seifert Arriola, Android TV, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mexico, Set Top Box, UX
Enghouse and Access Communications offer hosted TV services in Canada
Jan 18, 2021 – Enghouse Networks has announced that it is partnering with Access Communications Co-operative of Regina, Saskatchewan to provide a fully hosted, next generation TV service for Canadian service providers.
News categories: Enghouse, Access Communications, Sunil Diaz, Jeffrey De Sarno, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV
Firstlight Media OTT platform to power new streaming venture Struum
Jan 7, 2021 – Firstlight Media has announced that they are collaborating with new OTT service, Struum, to deploy their cloud-native streaming platform, using Firstlight's Gen 5 architecture.
News categories: Firstlight Media, Struum, Azure, Lauren DeVillier, Hanno Basse, Content Distribution, Digital TV, OTT, USA
ACCESS brings DW news to connected vehicles
Dec 10, 2020 – ACCESS and DW have announced a partnership that sees news delivered in multiple formats to connected cars. The collaboration enables car users to access news updates as audio, video or text alerts via the ACCESS in-vehicle infotainment solution.
News categories: ACCESS CO, DW, Dr. Neale Foster, Sven Eckoldt, Christian Kuehne, Germany, In-Car, Middleware, Worldwide
NetRange cloud app portal selected by itel for new Smart TVs
Dec 3, 2020 – itel has selected the NetRange VISNOS Smart TV app portal for its new Smart TV range. NetRange VISNOS moves app functionality to the cloud enabling an advanced Smart TV experience on low end/low CPU-powered TVs.
News categories: NetRange, itel, Tim Schröder, Frank Gao, Africa, Apps, India, OTT, Smart TV, UX, Vietnam
Universal Electronics to launch Apple TV remote control for MVPDs
Nov 20, 2020 – Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) has introduced a remote control for Apple TV developed and designed to meet the needs of cable, satellite, IPTV and other Multichannel Video Program Distributors (MVPDs).
News categories: Universal Electronics, Paul Arling, Digital TV, Set Top Box, UX, Worldwide
WarnerMedia RIDE streaming comes to AT&T-connected GM vehicles
Oct 20, 2020 – AT&T and WarnerMedia have announced that select GM drivers will have access to WarnerMedia RIDE, offering video content on smartphones or tablets connected to AT&T-powered in-car Wi-Fi hotspots.
News categories: WarnerMedia, AT&T, General Motors, Barry Loudis, Sarita Rao, Santiago Chamorro, Digital TV, In-Car, Mobile, OTT, USA
- Bitcentral enables Dynamic Ad Insertion for Cowles Broadcasting on NewsON
- GTPL Hathway digital CATV subscribers at 7.5 million
- SpotX expands privacy-compliant CTV audience data tools
- Stoneroos improves set-top box UI for Delta and Caiway
- Hologram dining experience opens in London and Edinburgh
- VTR selects Media Distillery recording time correction technology
- Nilesat chooses ATEME video processing for two projects
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- Crackle app launches on Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex
- Research suggests CTV ads more effective than linear
- Mowies optimizes cloud streaming workflow with Harmonic
- Mola TV taps Viaccess-Orca to monetize EPL video streaming
- Streamhub enhances video audience analytics with Kantar data
- Eurofins announces NEXTGEN TV test suite for 2022 receivers
- Roku begins Roku OS 10 roll-out


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For a union, Europe can’t seem to agree on much. The latest disagreement is over whether to tax imports of Chinese solar panels. Some countries see the flood of cheap Chinese solar panels as cheating. China has propped up its solar industry with subsidies, and many believe its companies are foregoing profits and selling their panels below cost, killing that segment of the solar industry in Europe. For that reason, the EU’s trade commissioner proposed a 47 percent anti-dumping levy on Chinese solar panels.While these levies would protect European panel manufacturers, they would likely cripple Europe’s solar energy industry, which has become heavily reliant on China’s cheap panels. That prospect has many member states worried, including solar-hungry Germany. The FT reports:
According to diplomats, trade officials and other people involved in the case, at least 14 of the EU’s 27 governments have rejected duties, with some putting the number as high as 17.Berlin’s opposition is particularly significant since it is the bloc’s largest economy and its biggest trading partner with China.
Government subsidies at every level of the production chain have wildly distorted the global solar market. If solar was ready to compete on its own, it wouldn’t need billions of dollars in state funding, and we would see fewer of these global trade issues.There’s an even bigger problem for those in the Europe and the US who see clean tech as a solution to the jobs crisis: globalization. Even without subsidies, China can produce cheaper solar panels than Europe, just as it already does with manufactured goods from textiles to toys. There’s no reason this same principle shouldn’t apply to solar panels just because they’re “green.” Europe is learning the hard way that calling something green doesn’t exempt it from economic realities.[Solar array image courtesy of Wikimedia]


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“I don’t think Sony can afford to sit back,” Gardner told MCV. “I think they still have things they can do with the price and performance of the machine – things that they need to address.”
He went on to reveal that the strong performance of DS has now led EA to re-consider its priorities.
“There’s no doubt that EA has historically bet more on PSP. I think we were excited by the technology, but the consumers have proven that actually what they want is fun. We must never forget that what we need to focus on is fun and so EA is putting more effort behind DS games – and creative ones that really take advantage of the hardware.”
PSP has only recently been overtaken by DS in terms of hardware sales (MCV 07/07) and, with DS titles performing strongly, Sony’s handheld seems in need of a serious boost.
- A full interview with David Gardner is to be published in next week's print edition of MCV


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Hyundai Motor Company said Simon Loasby, director of design in China, had been promoted to head of the Hyundai Styling Group at the design centre in South Korea.
Loasby joined Hyundai Motor in mid-2017 and has overseen the look of new models including the LaFesta sedan.
In his new role, he will oversee design strategy and direction worldwide, reporting to SangYup Lee, head of the Hyundai Design Center, and Luc Donckerwolke, the group's chief design officer.
Loasby will be replaced in China by Minchul Koo, currently group head of exterior design.
Loasby, has a master's degree in vehicle design from the Royal College of Art in London, and studied mechanical engineering at the University of London.
Prior to joining Hyundai, he spent 10 years in China as director of design for Volkswagen Group China, working on numerous high-profile projects for Chinese customers, following management roles at Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars.


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Mickeycaskill writes: A report from Adobe and anti-ad blocking startup PageFair says the number of ad block users worldwide has increased by 41 percent in the past 12 months to 198 million monthly active users. The study suggests the growing popularity of ad blocking software is set to cost online publishers $21.8 billion in 2015 and could reach $41.4 billion by 2016. “About 45 million of them are in the United States, with almost 15 percent of people in states like New York and California relying on these services. The figures are even higher in Europe, where 77 million people use versions of the software. In Poland, more than a third of people regularly block online ads.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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By FAJO’s editorial team
Photography by Tara West
This year celebrated the tenth anniversary of the White Cashmere Collection, Canada’s first and only fashion line made entirely from Cashmere Bathroom Tissue. Some of Canada’s top designers participate in the runway show every year.
Held at Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario, Cashmere celebrated its anniversary with the largest cast of designers to-date. Cashmere continues to support the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation with 25 cents from the sale of every package going directly to the cause, throughout October.
Themed as The Pink and White Gala, the event was once again curated by Canadian fashion designer Farley Chatto, with 20 Canadian designers participating this year. The latest line-up included: member of the Order of Canada, Marie Saint Pierre; David Dixon; Lucian Matis; Paul Hardy; VAWK by Sunny Fong; Joseph Helmer; Hoax Couture by Jim Searle and Chris Tyrell; Comrags by Joyce Gunhouse and Judy Cornish; Anastasia Lomonova; Rita Tesolin; Rod Philpott; Christopher Paunil; Carlie Wong; Jason Matlo; David Dunkley Fine Millinery; L’Autre Couture by Luko Marion; MICALLA by Camilla Jørgensen; DylaniumKnits by Dylan Uscher; DUY by Duy Nguyen; and curator Farley Chatto.
Since its debut in 2004, the show has featured more than 125 top Canadian designers.
Canadians are invited to support the Foundation’s vision of a future without breast cancer by viewing the Cashmere BT Couture collection at Facebook.com/Cashmere from September 25 through November 1, 2013; and voting for their favourite design. Cashmere will donate $1 per vote (up to $10,000) to the Foundation in the winning designer’s name. Votes will also be entered in a draw to win a shopping spree of $10,000.


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Data security expert BlackBelt Smartphone Defence has inked a deal with recycling company Fonebank to provide a data wiping service for customers recycling their smartphones.
This is BlackBelt's second major deal this month. Last week the company announced a data wipe partnership with Mazuma Mobile. Both companies are major players in the smartphone recycling market, taking a combined share of well over half the UK recycling market.
Under the deal Fonebank, which is owned by Mobile Phone Recycler, will roll out BlackBelt DataWipe, a secure datawipe solution, at its UK recycling business, with plans to eventally provide the service at its eight international recycling centres.
Olly Tagg, director for CMR said: ‘As a leading recycler we want to provide the most effective data clear down solution possible for our business partners. We reviewed the market and concluded that BlackBelt DataWipe was the best product available to meet our client’s needs.’
Mat Lambert, BlackBelt DataWipe project manager said: ‘We are really pleased to add another prestigious organisation to our rapidly growing International client base as it shows that our product meets market requirements for reliable and secure data removal, and that BlackBelt is fast emerging as the standard solution for leading recyclers.
‘Aside from providing a secure and auditable data clear down solution, with more than 80 million unused handsets in the UK alone, DataWipe also represents a compelling business enablement tool for IT recyclers and others.’


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The holidays can be a stressful time. There’s the money factor for gifts, lots to do, not enough time, family stress, etc.
A new survey from BarkBox, says your dog might be the key to getting you through the “holiday blues”.
Here are some tips:
Spend more time with your dog: 85 percent of those surveyed say just being with their dogs help them deal with overall stress.
Take a walk: 40 percent of respondents take their dog on a walk to get away from family gatherings and stressful situations.
Focus on special things for your dog: 58 percent of dog owners prepare a special meal for their dog; 57 percent hang a Christmas stocking for Fido and 56 percent include them in their holiday photos.
Buy them a gift: 80 percent of respondents bought their dog some sort of present. Also, 81 percent say they’d love to receive a gift that is really meant for their dog.


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A partnership between Poundtoken and BitcoinPoint will make the nation’s first 100% backed GBP stablecoin ($GBPT) accessible to retail shoppers by way of a community of 18,000 ATMs throughout the UK. The transfer marks one other step in direction of the U.Okay. changing into a “crypto hub” and is according to the federal government’s push to make use of stablecoins for wholesale settlements.
Bitcoin Level is a Lightning Community-enabled Bitcoin (BTC), and cryptocurrency alternate, licensed and registered within the U.Okay. Poundtoken is the only real issuer of the GBPT ($GBPT) stablecoin. Poundtoken states that its stablecoin GBPT is totally backed in pound sterling always, with month-to-month attestations supplied by auditor KPMG.
Tokens together with Bitcoin, Ether (ETH) and may already be swapped for money at ATMs throughout the UK. Nonetheless, itemizing GBPT on the BitcoinPoint platform signifies that customers can now entry retail and wholesale funds utilizing the GBP stablecoin, and use a foreign money acquainted to Brits as an onramp into crypto.
Benoit Marzouk, CEO at BitcoinPoint, advised Cointelegraph that the transfer may democratize “entry to crypto for non-tech savvy folks within the U.Okay.” He defined that:
“It’s additionally totally according to the federal government’s consideration to combine stablecoins with the UK economic system.”
The U.Okay. is the second largest economic system in Europe. Its authorities is recruiting for senior roles in Central Financial institution Digital Currencies (CBDCs) in addition to a digital pound rollout, whereas Prime Minister Rish Sunak has been vocal in his help for Digital Settlement Belongings, the brand new and most well-liked terminology for crypto.
Crobie defined to Cointelegraph that Poundtoken took place on account of the “rise in USD stablecoins,” akin to Tether (USDT) and Circle (USDC), whereas there is no such thing as a U.Okay. based mostly different.
“The aim of GBPT is admittedly to carry the blockchain and crypto to the U.Okay. and make it simpler for adoption within the U.Okay. […] It is time the UK began to comprehend its potential as a world chief in Crypto.”
The partnership works to normalize the usage of stablecoins to conduct on a regular basis monetary practices. Marzouk defined, “We’re Bitcoiners at Bitcoin Level and we actually see worth in stablecoin initiatives–it actually is smart.”
Stablecoin use has proliferated world wide, from inflation-ridden Argentina to European monetary hub Switzerland. Nonetheless, the scars of the Terra (LUNA) algorithmic stablecoin crash are nonetheless contemporary for the crypto trade, forcing some jurisdictions, akin to Hong Kong, to outlaw use completely.
Scoring techniques from conventional finance threat assessors akin to Moody’s could give credibility to the burgeoning stablecoin ecosystem whereas efforts from Bitcoin-advocate teams such because the Bitcoin Coverage Institute could pave the best way in direction of a crypto and stablecoin-based future.
Associated: United Kingdom banks are a menace to crypto, and that is unhealthy information for everybody
Within the U.Okay., Marzouk advised Cointelegraph that cashing out by way of an ATM offramp utilizing Bitcoin Level stays low, at lower than 5%, and it’s unlikely that there might be a dramatic uptick in numbers of customers profiting from GBPT to carry bodily money. Nonetheless, he’s “fairly assured concerning the onramp [into crypto].”
“We see Bitcoiners opting out from the banking system and changing into bitcoin solely; you can even have individuals who do not need to have a checking account and will subsequently use GBPT. So after they want money they will offramp into GBPT to get money.”
The transfer may permit an increasing number of crypto fanatics to take part and not using a financial institution. The combination is now stay throughout the UK’s 18,000 ATMs.


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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here.
All Things D’s Peter Kafka bubbles up news that two of the early DSP/retargeter entrants to the Facebook Exchange may have been shown the door. He admits, “Who got the boot? Well, nailing that one down is a bit tricky, since no one’s supposed to talk about it. And if those two companies want back into the club, they’re certainly not going to say anything.” Read it. AdExchanger is still hearing that everybody is in, but two companies may have been reprimanded for being too chatty. Either way, it’s radio silence from the pilot program group. Meanwhile, Adaptly CEO Nikhil Sethi sees benefits to the new Exchange on his company’s blog such as taking advantage of “time spent” by the user. Read more.
Ads Are Back!
Ross Levinsohn tells The Wall Street Journal that he ads are awesome and that ecommerce is no big wup… kinda. The WSJ’s Amir Efrati paraphrases the always anonymous, always ubiquitous Yahoo! insiders as saying, “Mr. Levinsohn has told colleagues that he expects to be judged on whether he can get Madison Avenue ad agencies, which represent the top brand advertisers, to continue to ‘support and grow’ their relationship with Yahoo.” This is the same mantra that Seth Dallaire was preaching before he left for Amazon and before Levinsohn was given the interim CEO role. Read more.
Executives at a recent BestBuy shareholder meeting intimated plans to combat “showrooming” – i.e. when consumers go to a brick-and-mortar store to look at an item, but end up buying it online presumably due to a better price. Internet Retailer reports, “Executives noted that Best Buy was committed to better competing against Amazon as well as other online retailers, even when they offer free shipping, by offering a stronger in-store shopping experience backed by digital technology and services that provide consumers with virtually all the information they need to make purchasing decisions.” I’m not sure that’s enough. But same day delivery might be a cool idea. That’s gonna cost bucks for Best Buy, though. Read more.
Arguing for digital content marketing (tech) companies everywhere, Outbrain’s Gilad DeVries says its time to hop on the content marketing (or native advertising or [new buzzphrase here]) bus, “By and large, advertisers are missing the boat when it comes to using digital ads for branding. Far too many dollars are flowing into display ads, which are incredibly weak branding vehicles.” Read more.
Facebook Ad Network?
In what may be the first baby steps toward creating a Facebook ad network, Inside Facebook reported on Friday that Facebook ads and sponsored stories are now appearing on its casual games partner, Zynga, Zynga.com site. You can see some details in the Facebook Help section. A Facebook spokesperson told the WSJ (subscription), “The company won’t share any information about people or advertisers with Zynga and advertisers aren’t receiving new targeting criteria.” But, they are receiving new inventory! And the Facebook algo is getting closer to being unleashed in “the wild.” Read more in Inside Facebook.
In Sickness & In Health
Google CEO Larry Page’s absence at his company’s shareholder meeting last week had Wall Street wondering. JP Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth wrote in a note to investors, “Google indicated that he had lost his voice and was unable to speak at the meeting, and also that he would not be speaking at next week’s Google I/O developer conference or the company’s 2Q earnings call.” Google quickly moved to put out the fire as the CEO sent a company wide email saying, “There is nothing seriously wrong with me.” Read a bit more in the L.A. Times.
The New York Times’ Natasha Singer checks out web page optimizer Monetate and reviews the customer personalization implementation of several of its clients. Singer quotes Mahender Nathan, the vp of e-commerce and digital marketing at Godiva, “If e-tailers become too familiar with users, they risk alienating them. Personalization, he believes, should adhere to the conventions of in-person conversations. ‘In conversation, if you think it’s odd that you know something about someone that they didn’t share with you, don’t use it. What we’re trying to shoot for is friendly, cordial and helpful as opposed to crossing the line and being creepy,’ [says Mahender].” Read more.
Display For Video
More Street stuff… In another couple of weeks, it will be corporate earnings season and in anticipation of the numbers, Citi analyst Mark Mahaney provided an update to investors on Friday for GOOG. He’s bullish and included a bullet on ads for video: “YouTube Ad Monetization Continues To Improve — Our proprietary tracking indicates that YouTube is now monetizing 94% of the Top 100 videos vs. 81% in 2011. Also, 36% of the Top 100 videos now have 3 ad units vs. 19% in 2011. Given this monetization momentum – as well as very strong usage growth – we believe YouTube is on track to generate more than $3.5B in Revenue in 2012 – 50% more than YHOO’s Display Revenue and right-in-line with Netflix’s revenue. That’s very significant…” Video isn’t just monetized with pre-roll and the like. The display units around the video and overlaying it are a critical part.
You’re Hired – or Appointed!
- Chartboost Poaches Clay Kellogg From Google Admob – TechCrunch
- IAB Names Google’s Jonathan Bellack & Rubicon Project’s Jay Sears as Ad Tech Council Co-Chairs – press release
- Mediaocean hires David Oliveira as new SVP / General Manager of M|Buy – press release
But Wait. There’s More!
- Platforms And APIs – How To Open Up Your Digital Marketing – Razorfish
- Microsoft to Make Ad Push for Skype (subscription) – The Wall Street Journal
- Horizon Media Invests in Startup Blab to Predict Social Trends – Ad Age
- Publicitas Announces Premium “Sales Side Platform” Initiative – Exchange Wire
- Media Planning is more important than ever – Sue Unerman
- Project Re: Brief, the documentary – The Official Google blog
- Why Do Ecommerce Startups Come in Waves? – Pando Daily


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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the plans on Twitter saying: "I'll set out measures to simplify international travel later today in order to reduce costs, take advantage of higher levels of vaccination, and keep us all safe."
Expensive testing will be scrapped for fully vaccinated, the Green, Red, Amber List will be scrapped as destinations are likely to be ranked high or low risk. The news has seen travel shares rise 3%-11%.
Mr Wingate has repeatedly called for the travel restrictions to be lifted so the UK aviation industry and Gatwick can recover quicker from the pandemic.
He said: “This is a significant and welcome step towards recovery.
"Fully vaccinated passengers now have a larger choice of destinations and can book with more confidence in the months before Christmas and beyond - free from the need to arrange pre-departure tests before coming back into the UK. We know there is significant pent-up demand for travel and our staff, restaurants, cafes and bars are ready to welcome back passengers over the coming months.
“We also welcome the news that Day 2 PCR tests will be replaced with the quicker and more affordable lateral flow tests, which will allow us to start catching up with our competitors in Europe and the US - where passenger numbers are already approaching pre-pandemic levels.
“However, we also hope that the remaining constraints including the passenger locator form can be removed soon and we continue to call for the slot rules to be reinstated to incentivise airlines, increase competition and provide passengers with greater choice and flexibility.
“Gatwick is doing everything it can to make travel as easy as possible and only yesterday announced that it is further subsidising cut-price lateral flow tests for holiday-makers.”


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During the company’s first quarter earnings call, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam confirmed that the company’s long awaited shared family data plans will launch sometime during the summer of this year.
Previously, the carrier had said that the shared data plans would be rolling out by the end of the year but McAdam said that Verizon subscribers will have access to them by mid-summer.
He declined to give a specific roll out date for the service.
Verizon has made it known, several times, that it will be introducing shared family data plans at some point in the future. Shared family data plans allow users to pull and share from a bucket of monthly data. This will allow for consumers to budget their data usage better while helping to cut down on costs.
By signing up for a shared family data plan, customers would be able to group several devices together on a single plan, cutting out the need for individual billing or data.
The service has been rumored to cost $9,99 per device but the company has yet to confirm anything other than the roll out window. It’s also assumed that the plan will work similar to how carriers charge for shared voice plans.
Verizon isn’t the only carrier preparing to offer this type of service either.
AT&T is also said to be working on shared data plans although information hasn’t flowed as freely as it has for Verizon’s upcoming service.
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SAO PAULO, April 27 (Reuters) - Brazil’s Hypermarcas SA plans to raise prices in July on its consumer goods lineup for the second time this year, after gauging the impact of a stronger dollar on its costs, Chief Executive Claudio Bergamo said on Monday.
Higher prices will keep pressure on consumer inflation, which rose over 8 percent in the 12 months through March to its highest in over 11 years, and test the ability of Hypermarcas to keep gaining market share amid slumping household demand.
Brazil’s biggest generic drugmaker already raised prices for its hygiene and beauty care portfolio by an average of 8 percent this month, but Bergamo told analysts on a call that the price hike had not factored in the current exchange rate.
The Brazilian currency tumbled around 17 percent against the U.S. dollar in the first quarter to a nearly 12-year low, but has rebounded almost 10 percent this month.
“We need to see where the exchange rate stabilizes,” Bergamo said on the conference call to discuss first-quarter earnings.
“We need to wait a bit, but over the course of the second quarter we’ll have better visibility. Then we’ll decide on the next price increase starting in July,” he added.
Bergamo also reaffirmed that Hypermarcas would pass along to consumers a higher industrial tax rate, known as IPI, on some cosmetics, which the government announced earlier this year in an attempt to close a federal budget gap.
“The whole (cosmetics) industry will entirely pass on the IPI increase to the price of products,” Bergamo said, adding that its market-leading lineup of nail polishes could actually win market share compared to more expensive rivals.
On Friday, Hypermarcas reported that first-quarter profit was little changed from a year earlier, as higher sales from more aggressive pricing were offset by higher costs. (Reporting by Luciana Bruno and Brad Haynes; Editing by Chris Reese)


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Karl Lagerfeld shot Claudia Schiffer in blackface with an Afro wig two years ago for a Dom Perignon ad campaign. Stern Fotografie, a German style quarterly, decided to use the image as one of six hardback covers for their 60th and most recent issue. Backlash has ensued, naturally:
Shevelle Rhule, fashion editor at black lifestyle magazine Pride, said the images of Miss Schiffer were tasteless.
She said: ‘It shows poor taste and it’s offensive.
’There are not enough women of colour featured in mainstream magazines. This just suggests you can counteract the problem by using white models.
’I don’t believe they deliberately set out to offend, they obviously see it as being arty and feel that they are pushing boundaries.
’But clearly no thought has been given to the history behind what they have done and the comparisons it draws with minstrel shows.’
On the other covers, Schiffer appears as an Asian woman, Marie Antoinette, and a secretary. The model’s reps say she’s simply interpreting fantasy characters in the images. Her rep explained:
’The pictures have been taken out of context. The images were designed to reflect different men’s fantasies.
’The pictures were not intended to offend, they were done very creatively and they are some of Karl Lagerfeld’s favourite images of Claudia. People should not jump to conclusions.’
The rest of the issue includes Karl’s other favorite images of Claudia.
Claudia Schiffer’s woman in black provokes fashion race row [Daily Mail]


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“Lithuania’s GDP in 2021 amounted to EUR 55.4 billion, whereas Lithuania’s freight export (road, rail and sea) to Russia stood at just EUR 0.28 billion in 2021, which accounts for just 0.5% of Lithuania’s gross domestic product (GDP). The loss really would not be as great as the governor of Kaliningrad imagines,” Mauricas wrote on Facebook.
According to the economist, the statements made by Russian officials should not come as a surprise because Russian propaganda for years has been claiming that the Baltic countries are very dependent on the transit of Russian and Belarusian goods. Mauricas says these claims simply are not true and economic indicators prove this.
“Export of goods of Lithuanian origin to Russia stood at only EUR 0.37 billion in 2021, which accounted for 0.7% of GDP. Meanwhile, in spring of 2022, export of goods of Lithuanian origin to Russia decreased by around 60% and now the flow is nearly halted. Therefore, Lithuania would not suffer additional economic damage over the stopped movement of goods,” the economist said.
“Export of Lithuanian services to Russia stood at EUR 0.78 billion in 2021, which accounted for 1.4% of GDP. Therefore, Lithuania’s total export to Russia accounted for 2.1% of GDP in 2021,” Mauricas added.


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Delayed by 2008 financial crisis, project is now close to a sellout
Staying put or selling, make your backyard Instagram-worthy. We report on the outdoor accessories of summer 2018
For some lawn fanatics, mowing is a labor of love. And it’s getting competitive.
Knight Frank report shows that prime markets in rural Scotland are perceived as being better value


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There’s no place like home. The infamous line out of an iconic film tugs on emotional heart strings, but its practicality is inescapable. Perhaps no time in modern history have so many people around the world been reacquainted with the importance of establishing a livable, enjoyable home space as they are now doing more than a year after a global pandemic halted both outside and inside public activities.
The transition from a frightening experience in early 2020, when exterior areas that once bustled with activity were practically ghost towns, to a new hope for reopening, has been gradual and welcomed. That said, few expected the various lockdown mandates to last this long. Coping has been a struggle, between setting up remote workspaces, keeping kids entertained between online learning, and just generally curbing options for pursuits such as shopping.
But something else happened along the way. Consumers increased the already growing rate of online shopping – not just for staples, but for infrastructural home goods aimed at turning a living space into a pleasant permanent shelter. This was an unanticipated boost for merchants peddling related items. And the news gets better: estimates say up to 40 percent of customers who rarely bought online are now seriously considering it as a way of life.
Whether it’s textiles, décor, furniture, hardware, or anything else in the home goods category, shoppers have found the silver lining in COVID-19’s dark cloud by skipping annoying trips around town, in search of the right item. Spending so much time indoors has drawn attention to the living experience people want to enjoy, and this is a golden opportunity for online retailers of home-centered merchandise.
Home goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond, for example, reported a rare uptick in 2020 sales, despite four consecutive prior years of losses. Their digital sales increased 80 percent. That’s gargantuan, and inspiring.
Your online business may not be in the league of a BB&B or a Lowe’s, Target, or other big-time entities. But you have a product to offer, and if you pay attention to strategy, you may reap the benefits of this mass conversion to digital commerce in the home goods sector.
It’s critical to strike now, while the proverbial iron is hot. Large-scale job losses have spurred government unemployment spending, including decent-sized federal subsidies. Those are slated to end in August, but they already have been extended twice. What happens next is anyone’s guess. Your job today is to meet the needs of shoppers with capital.
The lesson here is to learn how to reach this new brand of consumer. Use the standard strategies of strong marketing, updated product inventory, catchy advertising, and fiscal health checkups to be sure your mechanics are in place. Tailor your advertising (and all communications) to those who have reevaluated the state of their home centers, and pitch with provocative language geared toward making permanent the current focus on home sweet home.
For inspiration and ideas on how to make your online store work for you, hit up Shopify. They’re always good for fresh, motivating content.


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It is feeding time in the shark tank.
Dare enter with a half-baked idea for a new business and get eaten alive. But sometimes entrepreneurs on the hit ABC show “Shark Tank” come armed with the perfect recipe for success.
“Shark Tank” has captured the essence of the American dream: that everyone is just one good idea away from striking it rich. And it has paid off, making it the No. 1 show in its time slot and hitting record ratings this season.
In the real world, the stars of the show are pretty big fish -- millionaires, even billionaires in real estate, fashion and finance. Ruthless in weeding out the million-dollar ideas from those that won't make a penny.
This is no game show. This is real money, their own money. And the stakes are high.
The two lady sharks on the show are real estate tycoon Barbara Corcoran and queen of QVC Lori Greiner. They say they have a secret weapon the male sharks don't.
“We have a different perspective on the product,” said Corcoran. “Most of the men here have trophy wives, they're wealthy men, they don't shop, they don't buy their kids' clothes, they probably don't shop for groceries.”
“I think that I bring compassion,” said Greiner. “I understand what they feel like. So when the entrepreneurs come into the tank, I know what it felt like 17 years ago to be them.”
Now, for the first time ever in the show's five seasons, the two female power brokers are battling in the shark tank at the same time. Whatever the secret is to building a brand, these women have it figured out.
Greiner holds 120 patents and has sold more than half a billion dollars’ worth of her swiveling jewelry organizers, nesting cosmetics containers and other storage simplifiers. She's used QVC as a launch pad not only for her own products but the “Shark Tank” businesses she's invested in, like a yellow, smiley-face sponge called Scrub Daddy.
Corcoran made her millions starting the first female-owned real estate brokerage firm in New York City. She sold her real estate company several years ago for $66 million. And now she's on the hunt to buy her dream home in Manhattan, which might be a $14.5 million penthouse in the sky.
She's earned it. But acknowledges that to get ahead as woman in the male-dominated boardrooms of America, you gotta play up your assets.
“Any woman in a boardroom, a powerful woman, is under suspicion,” said Corcoran. “She's not accepted. So if you're gonna be looked at in a serious way, and be taken at face value, you may as well play up your cards. I say that's your feminine card.
“I wear short skirts, bright suits. I make sure I have makeup on and I flirt like crazy with the men. And guess what. I get into them that way.”
Corcoran and Greiner now share the spotlight on the show. But the sisterhood of sharks only goes so far. They're ready to battle it out if the deal is right. They may be competitive but are quick to defend the budding business women when the male sharks start to circle in.
“I will definitely jump in to defend them because I think it's wrong and I don't like when anybody puts anybody down,” said Greiner. “But I think I'm more protective of the females that come in, if that happens with the male sharks.”
In the shark tank, the big mama fish are making room for the next generation of women to cut their teeth.
“I'm tougher on women because you know why?” explained Corcoran. “I'm tougher on anyone who will use any excuse as to why they didn't get ahead because I've walked in the shoes of knowing that I had a million excuses I could have used and chose not to use them.”


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In 2010, auto manufacturers around the world sold just 13,000 new battery electric and hybrid electric vehicles. In 2016, sales surpassed 1.5 million units, including 672,000 sold in China and almost 260,000 in Europe.
While still a mere blip among the 88 million new cars and light trucks equipped with internal combustion engines sold that same year, all signs point to quickening adoption of e-mobility, said Kai D. Kreiskother of Germanys RWTH Aachen University. The blip, he asserted at last winters 21st International Colloquium Tribology, is about to become a sizeable share of the market. However, internal combustion engines wont disappear-theyll become greener and post higher unit sales, too, declared presenters from Volkswagen and Fuchs Petrolub.


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There’s been quite an uproar about Twitter acquiring and developing in-house some functions once created by third-party app developers. While the microblogging service may be closing some doors for entrepreneurs in the online world, Twitter’s bad buzz means we risk missing untapped opportunities it offers to real-world businesses. If companies can tap into that potential, then all the hubbub over Twitter’s “hole-filling” becomes mere noise.
Think of eBay, which grew into a vast marketplace by enlisting basement bargain hawkers. Or Google, which opened up advertising to mom-and-pop shops. Twitter could play a similar role by changing how businesses find customers.
Take, for example, mobile food trucks such as the Kogi Korean BBQ truck in Los Angeles, or a host of similar ones in San Francisco. Unlike traditional food carts or lunch trucks, this new generation of mobile eateries has embraced Twitter to communicate truck locations and daily specials to tens of thousands of followers.
That’s because Twitter is a selective broadcasting tool, unlike the communications media it’s supplanting. Direct mail is far too slow. Email is too noisy. Text messages are too expensive and annoying. And instant messaging is took desktop-bound and unwieldy. Businesses which understand those distinct characteristics can take advantage.
By cleverly turning its Twitter followers into actual followers who chase down treat-toting trucks, Kogi Korean BBQ has scored a lot of press and some hard cash. Its Twitter feed has 61,000 followers tracking four trucks. Best of all, they’re not worrying about the value they’re adding to Twitter or if Twitter will pounce on their creation for their own gain. They’ve come up with a model that builds on top of Twitter, rather than filling in holes that Twitter missed. And that’s just one small business in Los Angeles. There are far bigger examples of companies using Twitter for real-world advantage.
One could argue that Zappos, the online shoe retailer, beat Amazon.com at the e-commerce game by using Twitter to bolster customer loyalty. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh tweeted himself on the company account, personally answering customer queries. It was a huge gesture to Zappos shoppers that didn’t tie up too much of Hsieh’s time. Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos could never match that kind of hands-on touch using Amazon’s old-fashioned Web and email customer support — and Amazon.com eventually bought Zappos late last year for $1.2 billion.
The interests of these businesses are far different from Twitter developers’ concerns. Tony Hsieh doesn’t need to worry how Zappos customers get his words, since Twitter subscribers can choose to receive messages on the Web, by SMS, or on a mobile app. Kogi’s chefs don’t need to learn how to code an API. They can just post their messages. And watch their businesses develop. That’s the real Twitter opportunity.


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Royal Palace bows out
We’ve been lax in noting the demise of the Royal Palace Chinese & American Restaurant, which served up rich won-ton-and-pork soup, crab fried rice and other specialties for 31 years.
The Wenatchee restaurant at 1050 Maple St. — the one with the pagoda-style exterior across from Shopko — closed August 4 to the dismay of many loyal customers.
Read the Palace’s farewell posts on Facebook (keywords: royal palace chinese restaurant).
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Crunch Pak, the Cashmere sliced-apple snack company, took their apple message to the Big Apple back in May with advertising on a huge electronic billboard in NYC’s Times Square.
Now the company is leaping stem first into mobile marketing with back-to-school contests and coupons zapped to customers via smartphones.
Beginning today, Crunch Pak’s Time Square message will ask consumers to “text the word APPLES to the number 65047” for a special offer. They get a link to coupon for $1 off any pack of Crunch Pak sliced apples. Give it a try.
Smelter honored for hay crop
Smelters and wildlife aren’t often mentioned in the same breath. But over in Addy (near Colville), a subsidiary of Alcoa called Northwest Alloys — it’s a big magnesium smelter — has been honored by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife for growing hay to feed thousands of elk and bighorn sheep.
The wildlife agency named NWA as its “Organization of the Year” for annually donating up to 1,100 tons of hay, all of it grown in fields adjacent to its magnesium plant and irrigated with site waste water.
The hay is trucked down to wildlife areas in southeast Washington, where winter feeding of elk and sheep keeps them from munching and damaging private lands.
Fish and Wildlife reckons that NWA’s project has saved the state more than $1 million since it began in 2008.
Honda revs up to save drive-in theaters
Wenatchee’s Vue Dale Drive-In shut down three years ago, and no one is really expecting the 57-year-old landmark to reopen any time soon. But you outdoor movie fans might be interested in a campaign by automaker Honda to save the nation’s remaining drive-in theaters.
According to a slick video from the company, the final nail in the coffin for drive-ins comes next year when Hollywood shifts all movie projection from film to digital. So the carmaker is donating five digital projection systems — expensive suckers for big outdoor screens — to five lucky drive-in theaters. They’re also heading up a crowdfunding campaign to help save the rest.
For details, see the video at projectdrivein.com.


text: You've read our HTC 10 review, and now we're back with the video version with our ever-lovable video host Mark Burstiner. Mark takes a look at what makes the 10 tick, and if the 10 ticks the boxes it needs to in the increasingly cutthroat flagship smartphone game. HTC's latest device has been almost uniformly praised as the best smartphone they've released since the progenitor of the One series, the One M7, while still inheriting that vital HTC design DNA that made the original One such a showstopper. But is HTC's best good enough in 2016? That's a tougher question.


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Focus on Industrial Print
The latest innovations in industrial printing have opened up possibilities in the production process that never previously existed
All press releases are listed in chronological order and can be downloaded as PDF files.
19 September 2016
The world of Industrial Printing at InPrint Italy
The future of industrial printing in functional, decorative and packaging applications. The big internationals and emerging SMEs bring to Milan cutting-edge technologies for digital, screen, speciality, inkjet and 3D printing.
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17 June 2016
InPrint Italy, the future of industrial printing is in Milan
Showcasing technology by the biggest players and specialists in the speciality, screen, digital, inkjet and 3D printing sector.
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05 May 2016
InPrint 2016 Survey Results Reveal Accelerated Growth for Industrial Printing
InPrint Show, in partnership with I.T. Strategies, has launched an industry survey completed by 150 respondents to highlight key trends and insight for the continued development of industrial print production.
The survey and report features analysis on growth opportunities for new markets and tackles the challenges confronting a sector under intense pressure for high quality production in challenging and changing manufacturing conditions.
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04 February 2016
InPrint 2016 now 80% sold as organisers consider extending floor space
Following the success of InPrint 2015, show organisers, FM Brooks, report record bookings for its InPrint 2016 show in Milan (15-17 November). With 80% of floor space sold with several months still to go, the show continues to experience high demand from industrial print providers keen to use the show’s unique ability to connect with high calibre print buyers, engineers and manufacturers.
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24 November 2015
Second InPrint made a huge impact as a unique technology platform for the industrial print sector
Following three successful show and conference days, the second InPrint event closed its doors on Thursday, 12 November 2015. A total of 3,400 visitors from 68 countries came to the Munich Trade Fair Centre to learn about cutting-edge technology, components and services for speciality, screen, digital, inkjet and 3D. Three fields of application; functional, decorative and packaging printing were at the centre of interest throughout the show.
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28 January 2015
InPrint to launch in Milan, 15-17 November 2016 signalling further growth for industrial print
In line with the strategic aim to 'Lead the Future of Industrial Print', InPrint organisers, FM Brooks, have announced the launch of InPrint 2016 which will take place in Milan, Italy, 15-17 November 2016 at MiCo, located close to Milan city centre.
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16 January 2013
Quality and innovation at the heart of InPrint Italy
The breakthrough exhibition for the industrial print sector welcomed visitors from all over the world. Leading international companies and the most innovative SMEs from both manufacturing and print sectors had the opportunity to exchange advanced technical knowledge and to explore new partnerships in the most important market place in Italy.
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"Amid Cattle Health Concerns, Merck Halts Zilmax Sales"
"U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co said on Friday it is suspending sales of its Zilmax animal feed additive in the United States and Canada following concerns about animals showing signs of distress after use of the product, which is given to cattle to increase their weight before slaughter."
"Zilmax has been the focus of attention in the livestock industry since Tyson Foods Inc announced last week it will no longer accept Zilmax-fed cattle for slaughter.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose Friday on expectations that a cutback in Zilmax use could trim the supply of beef beginning this fall, although producers said they did not expect major changes."Source: Reuters, 08/21/2013


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Pet Airways, the pets-only airline that has transported more than 7,000 dogs and cats since it launched in 2009, appears to have it a bit of “ruff” air.
The New York Times reported on Friday that Pet Airways did not fly at all between December 16th and January 16, and it was undetermined if they’ve had any flights since. According to the article, pets have been stranded and owners are upset:
“Dog and cat owners are angry about canceled flights. Travel sites are abuzz with complaints, including customers who claim they have not received refunds for paid-for flights.”
The company’s co-founder, Alysa Binder, acknowledged in an e-mail to the Times that Pet Airways has had some problems since November, when it decided to contract a plane from a new company. Binder told the Times that when it became apparent the new relationship was not working, Pet Airways switched back to its previous contractor, but needed to cancel “some flights during the holidays and into the new year” because that plane was committed elsewhere. “We are working toward being in the air as soon as we can be assured that the planes are ready for our use,” Binder said.


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The safe and accurate food labeling act (If you feel like it)
On sale now, Non-GMO Foods: U.S. and Global Market Perspective, 2nd Edition from Packaged Facts. Buy the report by Dec. 15 and receive 5% with promo code PFGMO2015.
The House of Representatives has passed HR 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, another one of those legislative titles that are the opposite of what the substance of the bill actually proposes. The Act, which still needs Senate approval and a presidential signature-neither of which are guaranteed-would establish uniform ...
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POUGHKEEPSIE — As auto manufacturers introduce new models of electric cars that offer an increasing array of improved amenities, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation is helping to promote this clean transportation alternative in myriad ways.
“Electric cars are less costly to operate and maintain, and they are better for our environment,” said Michael L. Mosher, President and C.E.O of Central Hudson. “Compared to gasoline-powered cars, electric cars cost about 50 to 70 percent less to operate per mile and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. We’re pleased to be an essential partner in promoting the transition to electric vehicles for our customers here in the Hudson Valley.”
Current incentives offered for the purchase of electric cars include a $7,500 federal tax credit and rebates of up to $2,000 through New York State, as the state strives to be ready to accommodate more than 30,000 plug-in electric vehicles anticipated on the roads by 2018 and 1 million by 2025.
Nissan recently announced a special rebate of $10,000 off MRSP on the 2017 all-electric Leaf for Central Hudson customers, now through Sept. 30, 2017 or while supplies last. Eligible customers must be served by Central Hudson and are required to show a copy of their utility bill and the program flyer, available at www.CentralHudson.com/ElectricVehicles. Complete rules are available through local Nissan dealerships.
Special events taking place locally provide customers with opportunities to test drive and learn more about electric cars, including:
BMW i3 Electric and the 3 and 7 series plugin hybrids test drives on Aug. 12 at BMW of the Hudson Valley, 2068 South Road, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Central Hudson is also working with Sustainable Hudson Valley in promoting electric vehicles through their Drive Electric Hudson Valley initiative, which is holding Ride & Drive events throughout the region.
For more information on the benefits of electric vehicles, visit www.CentralHudson.com/ElectricVehicles, and to learn more about Sustainable Hudson Valley’s Drive Electric Hudson Valley initiative and upcoming Ride & Drive events go to http://wp.sustainhv.org/programs/drive-electric-hudson-valley/. To learn about New York State’s rebates for electric vehicles, visit www.nyserda.ny.gov/All-Programs/Programs/Drive-Clean-Rebate/How-it-Works.