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ALTHOUGH it had been due to open on Thursday - the same day as Asda - the new-look Market Hall did not actually welcome its first customers until Saturday.
The borough council said the building, housed in the old Asda store, was not completed in line with its agreement with the developer.
Council chief executive Stephen Ewbank said: 'The council is, of course, disappointed that the opening of the new market was delayed for a couple of days.
'However, it is obvious that the new market will be the success we planned in the regeneration of our town centre.
'The new Asda store is open and further exciting changes, with additional new car parking, are still to take place.'
Jane Williamson, the council's head of property and support services, said: 'The council has worked closely with the market traders and we are as disappointed as they are with this delay in our plans. We will continue to offer them all the support we can.'
Brian Hannaway, chairman of the market traders' federation, said that although his members were disappointed at the delay, they realised it was important that the building and its fittings were completed properly before customers were allowed in.


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While it’s fair to say that the world’s media has been pretty excited about Apple’s iPad, The Australian appears to be on the verge of spontaneously combusting over the device’s official arrival Down Under this Friday.
Clearly the newspaper’s plans to launch its own paid-for iPad app are unrelated to that. Indeed, if it sells as many apps as it has written stories about the iPad, it will be well on the way to securing a digital future for itself.
So let’s celebrate The Australian’s coverage of the iPad:
We begin on January 28, with the newspaper kicking off its iPad coverage with “Three reasons the iPad will be a success“:
“Like a latter day Moses, Apple supremo Steve Jobs has handed down a tablet, called the iPad, from on high to his faithful followers.”
The same day also sees book publishers “embracing” the device.
It would even kill the medium of direct mail, the paper reported on February 1, citing an expert’s prediction that:
“Within five years iPad devices will have proliferated so much that many retailers will eschew letterbox delivery of catalogues for digital.”
But by March 8, the paper was still a little bit on the fence, reporting the sad news that there’s going to be a delay before Apple’s iPad hits Australia. However, it’s still a chance to remind readers:
“The company is seeking to revolutionise computing by creating a new market for mobile devices in between the laptop and the smartphone.”
Indeed, April 2 saw the paper warn against elevated expectations. However, it did add:
“The iPad is expected to help cement Apple’s position as a distributor of media content such as music, video, games and now books.”
But the next day, the revolutionary fervour began to set in. On April 3, the paper reported the end of the laptop and mouse:
“This beautiful new touch-screen device from Apple has the potential to change portable computing profoundly, and to challenge the primacy of the laptop. It could even help, eventually, to propel the finger-driven, multitouch user interface ahead of the mouse-driven interface that has prevailed for decades.”
But the big moment came on April 8 after owner Rupert Murdoch gave the device his blessing, predicting:
“It may well be the saving of the newspaper industry”
On April 8, there was even a bit of AV support, with a video review by IT editor Stuart Kennedy. His conclusion:
“A great device for media presentations such as looking at newspaper content”.
At this stage though, The Australian was still lukewarm, telling readers on April 9 the iPad was “not life-changing but media-friendly“:
Over that weekend though, it looked like the superior vision of the boss had won over any internal doubters. And from that moment on, The Oz was truly, madly, deeply in love with the iPad.
On April 12, comes the news: “The Australian newspaper’s ready with app of its own”
Also on April 12, The Oz was reporting how “Apple’s iPad ushers in the era of convergence”
“The technology has finally caught up with the promise, while the price of the next generation of mobile computing devices has found a sweet spot.”
And still on April 12, Mark Day reckoned the paper would save newspapers and attract ad dollars but was worried about what happened if the iPad was not a hit:
“What then? What’s Plan B? Who gathers the news? Who sifts it, sorts it, analyses it and prioritises it? When there are no newspapers, who does Google steal from?”
And yet more on April 12, with Media editor Geoff Elliott who opined that “Hype is justified as new media model emerges“:
“Here is a genuinely new distribution platform for a craft many of us have been doing for years on the “dead tree” version”
The next day, April 13, the paper was even further off the fence, reporting “Emerging iPad apps a visual treat and user friendly“:
“It’s clear that tools for newspapers and magazines, action games and board games, and high-resolution educational uses, will strive for levels of visual excellence and novelty previously unseen on computer devices.”
Indeed, also on April 13, the paper predicted the iPad was going to give Apple “an unbeatable lead“.
April 26 saw news that “The Australian is believed to be the first newspaper in Australia to sign-up lucrative advertising packages for the iPad, which is expected to garner $1 million in the next few weeks.”
Further down in the story, it conceded that most of this package was actually in the print edition.
April 27 carried what was becoming familiar news:
“A plethora of news and magazine apps has flooded what many publishers hope to be the newsstand of the future and the key to reviving the industry’s flagging paper-based revenues.”
April 28 saw The Australian carry a review from sister paper The Times, with the language-bending headline: “I was an sceptical of Apple’s iPad, until I used it”
By the start of this month, the newspaper might as well have renamed itself The iPadstralian. On May 4 it informed readers of the rush to join the tablet bandwagon:
“Wired.com, the online manifestation of the famed digital age magazine, last year famously proclaimed that 2010 would be the Year of the Tablet. How right they were. Feverish excitement is building in some quarters as Apple prepares to finally launch its hot-selling iPad tablet into a number of international markets, including Australia.
And also on May 4, it informed readers of the good news that the tablet had passed the 1m sales mark… and the next day May 5 it reminded readers there was still no Australian launch date.
But on May 8, the paper breathlessly reported:
“Unless big boss Steve Jobs runs out of parts over the weekend, Apple will begin taking orders in Australia for its iPad tablet PC from Monday.”
Later on May 8, there was more good news with the pricing details now available:
“In an interesting and somewhat unexpected move, Apple announced that the iBookstore, which allows iPad owners to purchase electronic books to read on the iPad, and later this year on the iPhone as well, will be available from launch for Australians.”
May 9 saw more helpful details of Telstra’s pricing plan.
Two days later on May 10 came another reminder that pre-orders were now open:
“The iPad can be pre-ordered in Australia from today at $629 for the base model iPad with 16GB of memory and WiFi-only internet access. Prices range right up to $1049, the cost of a decent laptop PC, for the top-of-the-range iPad with 3G access as well as WiFi and 64GB of storage space.”
And the following day, May 11 local book publishers are rushing to get on board the miraculous device, said the Oz, reminding us:
“Australian iPad owners will be able to use Apple’s iBookstore online bookshop as soon as they get their hands on the device.”
On May 14 there was good news and bad news. The good news was that demand was “off the chart”. The bad news was that it would mean a delay in distribution. Still, it was a chance for Optus consumer marketing director Austin R. Bryan to tell the paper:
“In the same way the iPhone had a huge impact on the way people use their mobile phone, we expect the iPad to transform the way our customers use and access rich content on the internet.’’
But it was all good news on May 17:
“Apple’s iPad is the good news story in the sea of red ink spilling from the pages of circulation and readership reports for newspapers and magazines.”
By May 18, the narrative stumbled a little, with zeitgeist-hating educational officials inexplicably not buying into the revolution, although an official did at least tell The Oz:
“An iPad is a wonderful consumption and entertainment device.”
Today, May 24, just in case readers had forgotten, The Australian broke the big news that the cafe circuit is bracing for the impact of the iPad:
“A cup of coffee and a newspaper looks set to be usurped by a latte and an iPad as the media of choice for Australia’s cafe set with the launch of the iPad on Friday.”
And even more good news today, with The Australian rinsing advertisers for some big bucks:
“The Australian has sold out advertising on its Apple iPad application for three months with confirmation IBM and Emirates have signed up.”
Unfortunately this time there’s not room to mention that each of the $250,000 packages includes $200,000 of print advertising plus online inventory too.
But there was a reminder about The Australian’s app:
The Australian will launch an iPad application for $4.99 a month that will provide updates throughout the day, and include photo galleries and video – all laid out in a newspaper format.
Indeed, there was a fourth story about the iPad in The Oz today. It’s going to save the skill of reading too:
“This year is widely tipped in the publishing industry to be the year of the e-book, spurred on by the arrival of Apple’s iPad in Australian retail outlets this Friday, and other tablets and mobile reading devices.”
I’d love to bring you every article The Australian’s carried about the iPad. But Google tells me there are 4,790 of them. So I’d better stop there.
Did I mention that The Australian’s got an iPad app?

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Apple released security updates to address this year’s first zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks that could impact iPhones, Macs, and Apple TVs.
Successful exploitation enables threat actors to execute arbitrary malicious code on devices running vulnerable iOS, macOS, and tvOS versions after opening a malicious web page.
“Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited,” Apple said today.
The company has yet to attribute the discovery of this security vulnerability to a security researcher. Although the company disclosed that it’s aware of in-the-wild exploitation, it has yet to publish further details regarding these attacks.
Apple addressed CVE-2024-23222 with improved checks in iOS 16.7.5 and later, iPadOS 16.7.5 and later, and macOS Monterey 12.7.3 and higher, as well as on tvOS 17.3 and later.
The complete list of devices impacted by this WebKit zero-day is quite extensive, as the bug affects older and newer models, including:
- iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation
- iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later
- Macs running macOS Monterey and later
- Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K (all models)
While this zero-day vulnerability was likely only used in targeted attacks, installing today’s security updates as soon as possible is highly advised to block potential attack attempts.
Today, Apple also backported patches to older iPhone and iPad models for two other WebKit zero-days (CVE-2023-42916 and CVE-2023-42917) patched in November.
Last year, the company fixed a total of 20 zero-day flaws exploited in the wild, including:


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Location is key to startup success, and Colorado is among the top 10 states to start a business, according to a new study by WalletHub released July 20.
WalletHub compared the 50 states across 28 key indicators to determine the most fertile grounds in which to launch and grow an enterprise.
Overall, Colorado ranked seventh overall as one of the best states to establish a new business.
The Centennial State scored high in the category of most educated population, ranking No. 2 and outranked only by Massachusetts.
The state also scored high in average growth in the number of small businesses, coming in at No. 5 in that category, and ranked ninth in both business environment and access to resources.
Colorado fell lower on a measure of business costs, coming in at No. 33.
According to WalletHub, an AI-driven financial advisory site, “about a fifth of all startups typically don’t survive past year one of operation, and nearly half never make it to their fifth anniversary.” And that’s not even considering the economic damage done by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A bad location is one of the most common reason startups fail, so the location of a new business is crucial to its success.
“A state that provides the ideal conditions for business creation — access to cash, skilled workers and affordable office space, for instance — can help new ventures not only take off but also thrive,” the site stated.
To determine the best and worst states to start a business, WalletHub compared the states across three key dimensions: business environment, access to resources and business costs.
Each state’s average across 28 weighted metric was used to calculate its overall score. Among the metrics were growth in number of small businesses, startups per capital, five-year business survival rate, job growth, GDP growth, financing accessibility, venture investment per capital, higher education assets, office space availability, labor costs, taxes and cost of living.
The top 10 states were:
- North Dakota
- North Carolina
Ranked at the bottom of the list was New Jersey, due to factors like high labor costs and expensive office space.


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Mobile devices are never far from their owners, which means consumers are creating an unprecedented amount of data (2.5 quintillion bytes to be exact) every single day. When used correctly, data can inspire valued customer experiences like push notifications to travelers about flight delays, timely alerts to drivers when an oil change is needed, or notifications to shoppers about flash sales for products they’ve been eyeing online. We’ve assembled a team of top marketers across the digital ecosystem to break down everything you need to know about data (and its possibilities) in an upcoming webinar.
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Union wants policy changes, more police in grocery stores to address shoplifting
UFCW says shoplifters are going to supply rooms to steal at grocery stores
Shoplifting has become such a problem at Winnipeg-area grocery stores that a union representing retail workers is calling for changes to improve safety and reduce theft.
Employees are advised not to intervene in thefts, said Jeff Traeger, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 832, so he thinks more police in stores are needed to solve the problem.
"It's gone too far" for "trying to address the root causes to be a good short-term solution," Traeger said. "Right now [the solution] means police in stores."
UFCW also represents the security guards working at the stores, who Traeger said are "visual deterrents" but have no authority to actually stop anybody engaged in a theft.
The union represents 8,000 employees in Manitoba who work at Red River Co-op and the stores underneath the Loblaw brand, including the Real Canadian Superstore, Shoppers Drug Mart, Extra Foods and No Frills.
Unlike Liquor Marts, where people have been swiping from shelves, at grocery stores thieves have been accessing back rooms, Traeger said.
"We now have found shoplifters that walk into the employee-only areas and are stealing from that area and going out a fire exit or a back door," he said.
Loblaw officials said they do occasionally use company-paid Winnipeg police officers but did not say whether that is something they would do more frequently.
Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land, an assistant professor of criminology at the University of Winnipeg, said adding police isn't the right way to approach the problem.
"The idea of putting police in stores sounds good, but extending the idea to the scale it needs to be viable.... It's not surprising to hear this from a union, but it is disappointing," she said.
Dobchuk-Land said the root causes of crime include poverty and homelessness caused by austerity and public investment in policing doesn't make sense based on evidence.
"We're in the midst of a social crisis, a crisis of inequality, a crisis where people don't have enough to eat and are so beaten down by being overly policed that they're participating in vengeful acts of theft," she said.
Even if stores are paying for police, more security won't solve the problem, she said.
"It's not effective and it's likely to lead to increased tensions, increased racial profiling, regarding a problem that is fundamentally about poverty and inequality," Dobchuk-Land said.
Traeger said the most brazen theft he's been told about is a shoplifter who carried out multiple large-screen televisions in front of staff.
"There have been instances in grocery stores with people exhibiting behaviours of someone who's under the influence of drugs or alcohol," he said.
Traeger believes there has been little action taken because the solution to the problem is much more costly than theft.
Concerns about safety
Cashiers and security guards report being taunted by shoplifters, Traeger said.
"Our focus is really entirely on making sure that the members that we represent get home from work safe every day, and that more importantly, they can work without fear," he said.
"Our members, especially cashiers that work at the front, are in harm's way.... They're frankly scared to even walk across the parking lot, scared to go in the back room."
Workers are frustrated, angry and disappointed that the situation has escalated to this level, Traeger said.
In February, he sent a letter to Loblaw and Red River Co-op, suggesting changes, including having cashiers work near one another, not isolating employees and improving lighting around stores.
Loblaw officials wrote in an email to CBC they understand the concern, and the potential risk to employees and customers takes precedence over damage to their bottom line.
"We have a number of measures in place to detect and prevent theft and other types of crimes in our stores. These measures include trained security staff, CCTV video technology and sophisticated anti-theft technology," the email says.
Red River Co-op did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


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The Titanfall beta will not be distributed based on pre-orders, Respawn Entertainment co-founder Vince Zampella has announced
Posting on Twitter, Zampella said although he would personally like to offer priority access to pre-order customers for their support, this will not be the case.
However, neither Zampella nor Titanfall publisher have announced how they will allow access to the highly anticipated first-person shooter. Instead, Zampella simply said more details will be revealed "soon".
Waiting for things to be approved before we can announce any more details. Should be soon...— Vince Zampella (@VinceZampella) February 2, 2014
No further information on specific dates was revealed. There was also no mention of a beta for the Xbox 360 version of the game.
The Titanfall release date is March 11, according to EA's schedule. The shooter is generally considered as a key asset for Microsoft and its Xbox business. It will ship on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC.


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Other big names signed up to attend include the AA, Esso, Kwik-Fit Fleet, the RAC and Shell, while manufacturers Audi, Daewoo Cars, Jaguar and Nissan have all signed up in the past week, joining BMW, Fiat, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Skoda and Volkswagen as exhibitors at the fleet industry's premier event. To date, some 60 companies have committed themselves to the Fleet Show, and a host of others are on the verge of signing.
Jeremy Hay, managing director of PHH Vehicle Management, said: 'I believe that an industry as large and dynamic as the fleet business must provide an annual showcase event for its customers. PHH has been at the Fleet Show from the event's Wembley days, then at Olympia and on to Silverstone. 'The new location and format for the 1999 show were important factors in our decision to attend. We see the Fleet Show as an occasion to meet our customers, whether they have hundreds of vehicles or a couple of fuel cards. The move to a purely business-focused show at the NEC will meet the needs of genuine fleet buyers, so we feel that this year's show will provide the right environment for PHH.'
Emap Automotive group events manager Chris Lester said: 'The show is now looking in great shape. It is obviously important to the event to have the backing of such pre-eminent companies in the fleet sector. Such companies are clearly attracted to the new concept of the business focus of the Fleet Show at Birmingham's NEC complex. We are in discussions with many other high profile companies who look like committing themselves to the 1999 Fleet Show within the next few weeks.'
This year's Fleet Show will take place on April 27-29. For details telephone Matthew Weight on 01733 467035.


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Rumor has it that OnePlus smartphones will finally get the latest upgrade of Android 7.0 Nougat operating system soon. The newest mobile phone manufacturer is also prepping up for a new device running on the same OS.
Rumors have surfaced that 3 OnePlus flagship models OS (operating system) will get the upgraded version of Android 7.0 Nougat. According to Press KS, One Plus CEO and founder Pete Lau shared a video via his official Twitter account which reveals the OnePlus 3 unit running on the latest Google Android OS.
Because of that, One Plus users quickly speculated that 2 and X Android will highly likely get the latest version of Android 7.0 Nougat before 2016 concludes.
With that being said, OnePlus 3 is expected to get the latest version of Android 7.0 Nougat since it is the flagship phone of the Chinese mobile company. Then OnePlus 2 is expected to get an Google Android OS upgrade after 2 months or anytime soon in Q1 2017. While One Plus X Android users can already try the newest Nougat OS via the CyanogenMod, Neuro Gadget reports.
Other than that, OnePlus Inc. is also set to launch a new model called OnePlus 3T. The said device will also run on Android 7.0 Nougat OS which houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor and a Sony IMX398 sensor which is also available in Oppo R95, International Business Times has learned.
As of now, the official release date of Android 7.0 Nougat update for the said mobile devices has not been confirmed by OnePlus Inc. However, speculations suggest that the newest firmware will be available anytime soon in December 2016.
In the meantime, the Chinese mobile phone manufacturer is in the final stages of testing the latest version of Android 7.0 Nougat. OnePlus Inc. is one of the newest smartphone manufacturers which is being compared to tech giants like Apple Iphone and Samsung.


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Turkey opens a new transport route, ensuring communication with Azerbaijan and Central Asia, Turkish media say.
Reports say the new shipping route of the international company P&O Maritime Logistics will connect Central Asia directly with Turkey.
Regular container shipping at low prices will be carried out via the new route.
It will reportedly improve trade between Turkey, Russia, and Central Asia.
Currently, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway line operates from Europe to Asia.


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‘Whatever happened to Bulgaria?’ The rise and fall and rise of Eastern Europe’s wines
There was a time, back in the eighties and nineties, when Bulgarian wines found many fans among those who wanted to match the reach of their palates to the limits of their pockets. But then something changed and those cherished bottles started disappearing from supermarket shelves.
The cause was a fall in quality due to the complicated land-restoration process following the fall of communism. A lack of empathy between wine producers and grape growers – many of whom were inexperienced in farming vines – caused a crisis in the industry, since most wineries did not grow their own grapes. At the same time key markets like the UK saw a huge influx of quality, affordable wines from the likes of Australia and the Americas. Romania, which had recently begun exporting to the West, suffered too as its signature Pinot Noirs found it difficult to compete with those coming out of countries like New Zealand. Romania’s neighbour Moldova had never been an exporter to the West but when its main market, Russia, brought in a ban on Moldovan wines it faced the possibility of an economic catastrophe. All three countries had to drastically change their approach to growing, creating and selling wine.
Now, as a new book by Eastern Europe wine expert Caroline Gilby MW demonstrates, these countries are finding a place on the shelves of wine sellers in the US, UK and other northern European countries. In The wines of Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova Gilby demonstrates an obvious excitement at seeing the rise in popularity of these wines: ‘I am passionate that Eastern Europe is the last undiscovered treasure trove of the wine world,’ she says.
As somebody who has been involved first in selling and then in consulting for Eastern European wine for three decades Gilby is particularly proud to see the results of this wine revolution, putting the success down to today’s wines being artisan, affordable and authentic. This is in stark contrast to the wines of the past: ‘Each country has emerged with a clear and distinctive identity,’ she says. ‘The change has been a complete revolution from communist, mass-market, wine-based alcoholic beverage, to today’s industries where an exciting raft of small producers has added interest and individuality and pushed quality forward.’
Although there are similarities between the experiences of Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova there are also distinct differences. The book tackles each country’s story in turn, examining the unique histories, geography, grape varieties and wine producers that have formed the three wine industries we see today. For wine lovers interested in discovering new wines that rival any in Western Europe or the New World this is an essential guide.
About the author
Caroline Gilby MW joined Augustus Barnett as a trainee wine buyer in 1988, working for them for seven years and becoming an MW in 1992. Since 1995 Caroline has provided wine consultancy to a range of clients, from major international PLCs to small boutique wineries. A member of the Circle of Wine Writers, Caroline contributes to magazines including Decanter, Harpers, Revija Vino and Meininger’s Wine Business International. She also writes for Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book and has contributed to several other wine guides. Caroline judges regularly at international wine competitions and is the Decanter World Wine Awards joint regional chair for North, Central & Eastern Europe. She has been President of the Vinistra Wine competition since 2014 and frequently judges in Eastern Europe.
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Business-minded sixth formers from Bishop Heber High School in Malpas are hosting a California-themed fashion show for charity.
Over the past few months the business studies students have been busy planning the event as part of their A-level course and will showcase Tarporley lifestyle boutique Bottega’s Autumn/Winter range on Wednesday, October 9 at the store from 6.30–9pm.
The students are holding the event in aid of two selected charities - Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and the RSPCA.
They have secured sponsorship from Divine Property Services, Hair Off the Dog and Jeff’s Hair Lounge, which have all provided finance to meet start-up costs.
Tickets, which have been designed by the promotions team, are £15 to include canapes, the unique Golden State Cocktail and a grand raffle to be drawn on the night featuring some stunning prizes donated by businesses.
These include a £250 Bottega voucher, bed and breakfast for two at Low Wood Hall Hotel in the Lake District, an auction house voucher from Wingetts, afternoon tea for two at Dearnford Lake and many more. restaurant offers from Panama Hatty’s, Tarporley; The Bull, Shocklach and The Wheatsheaf Inn, Nomansheath; plus many more amazing prizes. Tickets are £1 and are available from students and in the library at Bishop Heber High School.
Sue Griffith from Bishop Heber High School said: “All of the students are putting huge efforts into planning the fashion show to ensure it is a success and guests have an enjoyable evening.
“They are also very keen to raise as much money as possible for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and the RSPCA.”


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Nokia's return to phones is no secret, as they have confirmed that new devices under the Nokia brand are on the way for future releases, but up til now not much is necessarily known about any of their unreleased phones. A new rumor may suggest that Nokia's upcoming flagship smartphone could be particularly high-end, sporting top hardware like a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 CPU and other specs that can be found in some various 2016 flagship devices. Other rumored specs suggest that the flagship smartphone could come with a Quad HD resolution display, perhaps around the size of 5.2-inches or 5.5-inches.
Nokia, which hasn't produced any of their own smartphones under their own company for some time, had been producing smartphones under Microsoft after Nokia's phone business was bought out by the Washington-based company. The new phones will be in a somewhat similar boat, carrying the Nokia brand but they'll be manufactured by a company called HMD and are said to be coming in 2017. Another rumor also suggests the phones may make an appearance at Mobile World Congress for their official announcement.
In addition to the Quad HD display and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, which would be paired with an Adreno 530 GPU for the graphics, the phone is also rumored to be coming with cameras that feature Carl Zeiss optics, although there is no rumor yet surrounding what the quality of the camera sensors will be in regards to megapixels. That said, previous Nokia phones have used Carl Zeiss optics before, and Nokia's smartphones have been known to feature some excellent cameras, so there is a good chance that this flagship could feature some pretty good sensors. Lastly, there is also talk that Nokia may be planning to make the device with a metal body, and make the phone waterproof to keep it protected from the elements, another common trait that can be found in quite a few high-end smartphones these days. While these rumored specifications do sound like they would provide Nokia with a compelling offering in the top tier phone market, there is no guarantee that any of these specs will be used in the final product, as there is still likely to be quite a few months before Nokia's devices even make it to store shelves.


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Last month in March, Samsung officially unveiled a new limited-edition Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch, dubbed the Gear S2 by de Grisogono. Obviously, the gadget has been designed in collaboration with Swiss jewelry maker de Grisogono, and while it featured the same hardware specifications as the standard model, the limited-edition Gear S2 was created as a luxury watch and fashion item for smartwatch enthusiasts. Now, according to new reports from Korea, Samsung has already decided to form a new partnership with de Grisogono in anticipation of the Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch.
Although no official details on the matter have emerged thus far, the industry expects the Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch to be officially unveiled at IFA 2016 in Berlin, one year after the Gear S2 was introduced to the public. However, while Samsung's collaboration with de Grisogono for the creation of the limited-edition Gear S2 may have taken the smartwatch market by surprise, this time around early reports suggest that Samsung already got in touch with the Swiss jeweler for setting up the release of a limited-edition Gear S3 smartwatch in March 2017 during the Baselworld trade show – the same place where the Gear S2 by de Grisogono was unveiled last month. According to sources in Korea citing a de Grisogono official, the Swiss company is "currently collaborating with Samsung to develop its next-generation smartwatch". However, whether this means that de Grisogono is also somewhat involved in designing the standard, non-limited-edition model is unknown.
The Samsung Gear S2 by de Grisogono was announced and released internationally last month. Only 100 units are handcrafted every month, and each luxury, digital timepiece costs roughly $15,000. Although the standard Gear S2 is wrapped in metal, the limited edition by de Grisogono boasts a touch of exclusivity with the addition of white and black diamonds, rose gold inserts on a black DLC-coated stainless steel case, and a studded bracelet flaunting the Swiss jeweler's signature galuchat. No changes have been made to the internal hardware but the limited-edition model does include a couple of exclusive digital watch faces. In any case, it's likely that the fabled Samsung Gear S3 by de Grisogono will follow the same path and introduce exclusive changes only in the exterior design and software.


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With the Lunar New Year coming upon us, Huawei Malaysia has already ensured that we are able to connect with our loved ones despite the MCO. From 25 to 27 January, the phone brand will be having a flash sale as well as their annual Chinese New Year Sales. If you are in the mood to get a new gadget this Lunar New Year, this would certainly be the right time.
Whether it’s a list of must-buy items, flash deals, bundle products and even discount vouchers up to RM188, there’s something for everyone from Huawei Store, Lazada and Shopee. On top of that, you can get your hands on their smartphones, tablets and accessories from as low as RM8. This is one sale you would not want to miss.
For instance, the Huawei CF33 Moonlight Selfie Stick (Black) will be available on 25 January from 10.08 am and is being sold for only RM8.
Whether you are looking to improve productivity at work (or most likely when you’re working from home), upgrade your lifestyle, or reach your fitness goal, Huawei has got something for everyone.
Even the latest Huawei smartphone will also be on sale for RM4,299 and it comes with several free gifts such as a Bluetooth speaker, phone stand and retractable USB carry case.
The sale on both Huawei Store and Lazada will be ongoing from 25 January to 27 January 2021 whereas, on Shopee, it’ll be until 2 February.
Here’s a list to give you a glimpse on what will be available during the sale:
- MatePad T10 — RM498
- P40 — RM2,488
- P40 Pro — RM3,588
- Nova 5T — RM998
- Watch GT 2 Pro — RM1,111


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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — AT&T is introducing a new program called “sponsored data” that the telecommunications giant said will help customers stay within their data limit. The idea is that AT&T would contract with companies and pick up the data cost of accessing their service.
Netflix was not listed as one of those companies, but let’s say hypothetically for our purposes that they were. As you may know, if you were to watch a lot of Netflix on your phone, tablet or mobile device via the cellular system, it would cost you a fortune. So this new program is almost like an 800 or 888 number. When you call those types of numbers, the company you’re calling is picking up the cost rather than you.
It’s sort of like how in Africa, where data charges are very high, Facebook actually picks up the data cost in Kenya.
The problem with this is that it’s getting a lot of criticism with supporters of network neutrality, who argue that the AT&T plan gets around that.
Let’s go back to the Netflix example. If Netflix where a part of this deal, and I wanted to create my own start-up streaming-movie service to compete; my customers would have to pay for data, but Netflix customers wouldn’t. That’s where the net neutrality issue lies.
This new data program could catch on with consumers and companies, but it isn’t clear what the government would say because there are rules in effect on preferential treatment.


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Sen. George McGovern (D-S.D.), a legislative champion of the well-rounded diet, yesterday pulled a switch of sorts and became a recruit in the army of Ronald McDonald.
Beyond the kind words for the familiar hamburger chain, McGovern gave his unqualified support to the $20 billion fast food industry as a wholesome and vital contributor to American stomachs.
Some dietitians might blanch, but McGovern said he thought it was time to put to rest the image of fast foods having "little or no nutritional value."
"I and a lot of other people have given them a bad rap. The truth is that you may be better off nutritionally than you would be at some fancy gourmet restaurant," he said.
The country's biggest and best-known fast food franchisers could not have said it any better, and, in overn's Agriculture subcommittee on nutrition.
Actually, they were there to offer their thoughts on federal regulators' efforts to require them to label more clearly the content and nutrition value of their fried and batter-dipped and super-creamy goodies.
Spokesmen for Kentucky Fried Chicken Corp., McDonald's and Pizza Hut took turns lambasting the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration for their moves toward more explicit labels.
The National Restaurant Association and the Food Service and Lodging Institute joined in complaining that labeling efforts would add huge new costs while not giving consumers that much new and vital information anyway.
McGovern and Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.), the only other subcommittee member present, agreed with the witnesses. They indicated they will see what they can do to help prevent labeling requirements that go beyond "common sense."
Common sense, as outlined by Pizza Hut Vice President Gerald T. Aaron, should not go beyond what his chain already does -- posting nutrition charts on the walls of their pizzerias.
McDonald's vice president, Norman D. Axelrad, said his chain thinks that its customers are entitled to nutrition information, but that to require a label on every Big Mac would be excessive.
His description of the fresh, wholesome, government-inspected ingredients of the McDonald's menus led McGovern to rhapsodize slightly about the great American hamburger.
The senator noted that Ronald McDonald, the chain's clown symbol, had set a recognition record that makes politicians envious -- 96 percent of U.S. schoolchildren know who Ronald is.
McGovern said he had been guilty of equating the menu of the fast food restaurants with "junk food," and only recently got religion when he learned more about the McDonald's ingredients.
"Fast food is not inferior food. It is not fair to imply the food is inferior because it is prepared swiftly," he said.
Axelrad, AAron and Dr. John B. Mann of Kentucky Fried Chicken suggested that the moves toward government regulation of labeling actually have had a "chilling effect" on voluntary corporate efforts to provide consumers with more information.
Axelrad said McDonald's has been reluctant to move because of a fear that any informational efforts or nutrition market tests might trigger even broader FDA requirements or interpretations.
Kentucky Fried Chicken's Mann said a label simply won't work on wings, backs and drumsticks. Each of those chicken parts is different in size, he said, and there's no way a uniform nutrition label could apply.
Mann and his fellow witnesses urged the McGovern subcommittee to pick out one federal agency to oversee nutrition information and eliminate confusing overlapping that now exists.
The FDA and the FTC are in the preliminary stages of preparing nutrition label proposals that might apply to the foods served in restaurants. McGovern said his subcommittee intends to call in agency officials to discuss the subject further in the interest of "common sense"


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Businesses will be barred from sneakily profiteering by slapping excessive surcharges on people using debit and credit cards.
Instead they will be limited to charging no more than it costs them to process the transaction. That can be as little as 10p – while shoppers can be charged as much as £6.
The Government’s decision to outlaw unfair charges by the end of next year was hailed by Which?, the consumer watchdog which has been campaigning for change.
It urged firms to take action even before the new law comes in. Executive director Richard Lloyd said: “The Government’s decision to ban rip-off debit and credit card surcharges is a huge victory for consumers, finally putting an end to these unfair and excessive charges. More than 50,000 people supported our campaign to see these fees stamped out.
“Given that airline passengers alone pay more than £265,000 a day in card surcharges, businesses shouldn’t drag their feet over this. While the law will come into force at the end of 2012, we want companies to be upfront and fair over card charges today.”
Customers buying online often learn that they will be charged card payment fees only when they are well into making the purchase
Sarah Brooks, of the Consumer Focus watchdog, said: “Consumers should be able to pay by card without punitive charges. Companies appear to be using surcharges to pad profits.”
Questionable card charges applied to air tickets and other purchases have risen by as much as 1,400 per cent in seven years, according to Which?
Customers buying online often learn that they will be charged card payment fees only when they are well into making the purchase.
The EU was already due to ban businesses in many sectors, including airlines, from imposing above-cost charges for any form of card payment from 2014.
The Government has decided to act sooner, banning excessive and misleading surcharges by the end of 2012 across most retail sectors, making Britain the first European country to act.
Treasury Minister Mark Hoban said: “People are sick of the rip-off culture. Consumers have a right to understand the charges they may incur and not be hit through a hidden last-minute payment surcharge. We’re leading the way in Europe by stopping this practice.”
Which? estimates that it costs businesses about 10p to process debit card payments, and between about one and two per cent of the value of purchases made with credit cards, although this varies.
In March the group submitted a “super-complaint” to the Office of Fair Trading, asking the regulator to investigate excessive card surcharges.
One airline passenger reported a card charge of £10 on a £30 ticket. A theatregoer was asked for a £6 a seat “administration” charge and a rail passenger was charged £3.50 for buying tickets worth £8.80.
Which? wants firms to be made to tell shoppers upfront about any charges, including in their advertising, and to stop passing on the cost of processing debit cards because it is so small.
Responding in June, the OFT said it also wanted charges for debit cards banned, though the Government is not proposing to go that far.


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- U.S. stocks shook off a lackluster start to trade broadly higher Thursday as a steady stream of strong quarterly earnings reports and outlooks overshadowed data showing a spike up in inflation. See full story.
Economic Report: U.S. March PPI up 0.5% on food prices
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - Wholesale food prices jumped in March, driving the U.S. producer price index up 0.5 percent, the Labor Department estimated Thursday. See full story.
EBay shares surge to new highs after Q1 results
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- EBay shares shot up 5 percent to a new all-time high Thursday after the operator of the world's largest marketplace said it nearly doubled its profit in the first quarter. See full story.
Merck's Q1 profit a penny ahead; affirms 2004 outlook
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Merck & Co. saw its first-quarter results capped by the spinoff of Medco Health Solutions, but the blue chip's earnings still managed to top Wall Street's forecast. See full story.
AT&T first-quarter earnings fall 47%
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- AT&T on Thursday posted a sharply lower profit for its first quarter, as stiff competition continued to whittle away at the company's core businesses. See full story.
Erdman's World: Goldilocks economy means no rate change soon
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- "We try to be forward looking, not only in terms of whether we'll move or not move on a particular date, but what does that imply on a whole program of change, if indeed we are changing." See full story.
New overtime-pay rules a mixed bag for workers
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Police, firefighters and paramedics are guaranteed overtime pay in new rules released by the U.S. Labor Department Tuesday. But others, including some project leaders, financial-services workers and funeral directors will lose the benefit, critics say. See full story.


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Journey Reschedules Postponed Evansville Show at Ford Center
The "Wheel in the Sky" will keep turning!
After postponing their November 8th show at the Ford Center due to an illness within the band, everyone's karaoke inspiration, Journey, have announced they will make good on their promise to come back to town and give fans the show they wanted.
VenuWorks, the company responsible for running and maintaining the Ford Center issued a press release earlier today stating the show has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 12th.
Tickets purchased for the original November 8th date will be honored for the show. Refunds for those same tickets can also be made at the point of purchase.
And just because, here's the video for "Don't Stop Believin'". Sing along if you know the words — and we know you do.


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Worldwide Talcum Powder Recall Should Be Issued By J&J, According to Global Coalition
More than 170 consumer watchdog groups, universities and environmental organizations are calling for Johnson & Johnson to end sales of talcum powder products worldwide, due to the risk of cancer and asbestos contamination in talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder.
Organizations from more than 51 countries sent a letter (PDF) this month to Alex Gorsky, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Johnson & Johnson, requesting that the company remove all talc-based baby powder products from the global market. The group includes the Sierra Club, Greenpeace USA, U.S. PIRG, Emory University and Black Women for Wellness.
The letter came about a week after a Missouri appeals court upheld a trial verdict in favor of women who said they developed ovarian cancer due to talcum powder use. In addition, the court ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $2.1 billion in damages, finding that there was sufficient evidence to support the jury findings that Johnson & Johnson disregarded the safety of consumers despite the company’s knowledge that talcum powder may cause ovarian cancer.
The request for a global talcum powder recall comes about two months after Johnson & Johnson announced it will no longer sell Johnson’s Baby Powder products in North America. Although the company announced on May 19 that it would withdraw talcum powder from the market in the United States and Canada, it is expected to continue selling the talc-based products in other countries across the globe.
Johnson’s Baby Powder first hit the market in 1894, and became a symbol the company used for more than 100 years. However, current sales have dropped to only 0.5% of Johnson & Johnson’s U.S. Consumer Health department’s business, and the company faces nearly 20,000 Baby Powder lawsuits brought by women who indicate they developed ovarian cancer, mesothelioma or other injuries after regularly applying the talc-based powder for feminine hygiene.
In thousands of talcum powder lawsuits filed in courts throughout the United States, Plaintiffs allege that Johnson & Johnson knew for decades about the potential link between talc and cancer, yet withheld information and warnings from consumers and continued to promote the products for use by adult women.
The groups behind the letter say once Johnson & Johnson found out its products could cause cancer, they began marketing them to women of color.
“Instead of warning consumers about possible health risks, internal J&J documents show that your company instead doubled down on aggressively marketing its talc-based baby powder to women of color, distributing free samples in Black churches and advertising on Spanish-language radio,” the letter notes. “An internal J&J memo from 1992 acknowledged the potential links to cancer, while simultaneously recommending increased marketing to African American and Hispanic women.”
The letter calls for Johnson & Johnson to halt sales of talc-based Baby Powder worldwide, and to recall and safely dispose of remaining inventory in the United States and Canada.
Baby Powder Cancer Lawsuits
Johnson & Johnson currently faces about 20,000 Baby Powder lawsuits and Shower-to-Shower lawsuits pending nationwide, each involving similar allegations that exposure to talc and asbestos particles contained in the popular products resulted in the development of ovarian cancer, mesothelioma and other injuries.
Given common questions of fact and law presented in talcum powder complaints filed by women in U.S. District Courts nationwide, all federal cases have been centralized before U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson in the District of New Jersey, as part of an MDL, or multidistrict litigation
While Judge Wolfson did limit some of the opinions that may be presented by the plaintiffs’ experts at trial, general causation testimony that Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder can cause cancer based on epidemiological studies will be allowed in the cases, putting thousands of individual cases one step closer to trial.
Over the coming months, it is expected Judge Wolfson will establish a “bellwether” process in the federal court system, where a small group of representative cases will be selected for early trial dates to help gauge how juries may respond to evidence and testimony that is likely to be repeated throughout thousands of claims.
Facing the prospects of thousands of individual cases that may go before juries nationwide in the coming years, it is expected Johnson & Johnson will face substantial pressure to consider negotiating talcum powder settlements for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer. However, to date, the manufacturer has maintained that it intends to defend the claims at trial.
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I used Johnson baby power for many years. I have prostate cancer, and Parkinson’s disease. I put it in my shorts every morning, and sometimes under my arms. It would make a cloud of dust and I would breathe it in. I don’t know it it hurt me , but I have Parkinson’s disease and prostate cancer. Could it have caused it?
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- South African crypto exchange, VALR, introduces a new Shiba Inu (SHIB) pair.
- The users can now trade SHIB tokens against the USDC coin of Circle.
With an early announcement on September 12, 2022 VALR finally launched two new trading pairs.
On September 13, 2022 VALR made the announcement on its Twitter account about its new pair launch. The firm Tweeted that, “Post-only orders for AVAX/USDC & SHIB/USDC are now live on our exchange (no matching yet), this stage will last a minimum of 10 minutes.”
VALR’s Previous Pair Announcements
VALR previously also added the SHIB pair into its platform. In April 2022, VALR shared the information of SHIB/ZAR trading on its platform. It will allow the user to trade the SHIB tokens against the South African rand (ZAR.) The crypto exchange platform, Coinbase and a leading principal trading firm, Alameda Research, were the participants.
Furthermore, on 12 August, 2022 VALR made the announcement of listing six new USDC trading pairs on its exchange.
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Shiver me next-gen consoles! Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag will be a launch title for both the Sony PS4 and Microsoft Xbox One.
The piracy-themed game has already been announced as coming to the PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii U. But this additional confirmation should be welcome news to those planning on shelling out for a next-gen console come the winter. For one thing, it means that at least one triple-A title will be available to play at launch – something that hasn’t always been the case with new consoles.


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Sell My Junk Car for $500 Pennsylvania
– The U.S. auto industry the end 2018 gone sales of 17.3 million new vehicles, which stress expectations, but the slope for 2019 is uncertain. in the middle of the twists and turns on the road ahead are the fallout of a slowdown in China and in the U.S., the overhang of tariff wars, the impact of new technologies such as driverless vehicles, and the preferences of millennial and Gen Z consumers, which will steer later demand. Sell My Junk Car for $500 Pennsylvania
If the subsequently year saw tree-plant closures and layoffs at companies such as General Motors, the industry heads into 2019 next more investments, alliances and forays into electric vehicles and supplementary newer technologies. even though the industry began the year upon a tepid note similar to an conventional sales terminate in January, it does not wish auto companies wont ride out any bumps, according to experts at Wharton and elsewhere. Sell My Junk Car for $500 Pennsylvania
Long and Winding Road
Pros and cons exist for each of the factors influencing the U.S. automobile industry, comments Wharton doling out professor John Paul McDuffie, who is furthermore director of the Program on Vehicle and Mobility expansion at the schools Mack Institute for move forward Management.
For each one there could be a clear spin and definite angle on it, and a negative spin and a negative angle upon it, McDuffie said. He axiom the industry facing a decent amount of uncertainty, and that he was neither optimistic nor pessimistic more or less the year ahead. We liven up in interesting times, turbulent times.
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MacDuffie believes the auto industry is dealing as soon as a broader range of issues than he has encountered in the many years he has studied the industry. He barbed to technological changes, electric and autonomous vehicles, the current disclose of trade and the threats of tariffs. upon the tariffs front, the U.S. auto industry is bracing for unconventional duties upon steel and aluminum imports after April, next a 90-day delay of far ahead tariffs by the U.S. on imports from China expires. The industry is as well as anxious very nearly the impact of tariffs that President Trump has threatened to impose on car imports from the European Union.
Concerns loom more or less the strength of various economies the U.S. and China in particular. As big a event as the tariff risk is the risk of Chinas economy slowing pretentiousness down, said MacDuffie. The Chinese shout out has been the main engine for many of the global automakers, he added. I bewilderment what its when to be a senior dispensation in these auto companies and have to settlement as soon as this unbelievable profundity and this amazing uncertainty.
Paul Eisenstein, publisher and editor of TheDetroitBureau.com, a statement focused on the automobile industry, noted that even if the consensus was that 2018 would be a year of stop in the U.S. make public and China would amass slower than it had in afterward years, exactly the opposite happened. The U.S. actually gained, albeit by just a hairs breadth in 2018, and China posted its first stop that weve seen in the past the explosion of that shout from the rooftops urge on not far off from the point of view of the supplementary millennium, he said. Most people expect that China will rebound a tiny bit this [year] and the U.S. puff will once more slow.
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Above all, much depends upon President Trumps actions, said Eisenstein. He is continuing to chat more or less ramping taking place his trade wars, he noted. The industry is preparing for the consequences of some key negotiations such as those amongst the U.S. and the European Union, he added.
MacDuffie and Eisenstein shared their insights upon the emerging terrain for U.S. auto industry for a series titled 2019: A see Ahead on the [email protected] radio accomplish upon Sirius XM. (Listen to the podcast at the top of this page.)
Tesla Plugs into China
One automaker that is bullish on China even as the country grapples afterward an economic slowdown is Tesla, which is planning to build a factory there. Tesla is always out there at the risky edge of something, said MacDuffie, noting that it wants to build a supplementary factory in China even as its own finances are stretched. on the further hand, he critical out that Tesla is the first foreign company that China has allowed to build a tree-plant upon its own without a Chinese joint venture partner. That means less unintentional of knowledge leakage and having to allowance guidance [with Chinese firms or the Chinese government]. But it next means the risk is not shared anymore.
Also encouraging for Tesla is the fact that the Chinese running is pushing on several fronts to be the biggest electric vehicle shout from the rooftops in the world, MacDuffie said. They have a lot of levers at their direct to make that happen, including monster skilled to require that foreign automakers make a lot of electric vehicles to sell there. So, its not for that reason dangerous for [Tesla founder] Elon Musk to figure that in building power there, there will be demand for electric vehicles. The $2 billion project could start selling its cars by as to the front as the second half of this year, according to a Quartz balance that cited Chinese dispensation officials.
At the thesame time, many Chinese startups that have arrive in to try to compete at the tall stop of the electric vehicle present have struggled, MacDuffie said. He barbed to Faraday cutting edge as one of those. It had seemed to be amply financed and had a lot of fine talent, and theyve had nothing but trouble. So, its a risky bet to make that huge of an investment [as Tesla is planning in China]. But as a bet on a shout out thats going to have electric vehicle demand, it is not fittingly much [of a risk].
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Eisenstein noted that consensus is growing in the auto industry that electrification is the way of the future. even though global sales of all electric vehicles, including hybrids, plug-ins and fixed idea battery electric vehicles yet govern under the 5% mark, you look a certain and increasingly sharp upward curve that tells you that you avoid the electric publicize electrification at your own peril, he said. China is an attractive spread around for electric vehicles, he added, noting that it has introduced rules that will require automakers to develop a minimum level of plug-in models that can sham in determined conditions in zero emissions mode. Sell My Junk Car for $500 Pennsylvania
Similar regulations are in addition to acknowledged in the U.S. in 2025 as soon as new fuel economy standards, although the Trump administration has said it would roll them back, said Eisenstein. He acid to several actions by U.S. automakers to diversify into electric vehicles. One is Ford Motors poster that it will launch an all-electric savings account of its F series pickup, which Eisenstein said is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. General Motors is along with planning all-electric versions of the Chevrolet Silverado and the Sierra, he added, referencing his savings account on the development.
U.S. Auto Investments: Divergent Trends
While some U.S. automakers are sharp assist aptitude at nature that no longer bring in the desired revenues and profits, their foreign counterparts are making light investments. A charge in point is the decision General Motors made last November to near five nature in North America, lay off some 14,000 workers, and retire six of its 15 car models. The GM put on wasnt a big wonder if you straightforwardly looked at how much the request for the products made in those natural world had slowed habit the length of beyond a era of a couple of years, and the general shift away from sedans to SUVs, said MacDuffie. The hard-won good judgment is that its bigger to make these cuts in good become old than wait for bad times and in imitation of you may have actually made them worse. He time-honored such adjustment of employment to the push demand to continue.
For the foreign auto companies, the U.S. is nevertheless the biggest present in the world, bordering to China, said MacDuffie. To arrive here, to build here, to construct brand here, and to build reputation here yet makes sense. That logic explains Volkswagens influence to invest $800 million to create electric vehicles at its plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., and a joint venture in the midst of Toyota and Mazda in an assembly reforest in Huntsville, Ala., he added. Sell My Junk Car for $500 Pennsylvania
Theyve got demand for those vehicles here and its a pretension to be protected against some of the risk of tariffs. Employment will go up and beside across plants, and across companies. Its the overall picture of deposit for the industry in the world economy that probably these companies are essentially watching.
Alliances vs. Mergers
Another trend that Eisenstein highlights is alliances together with automakers. He listed the Ford-VW partnership to create commercial vans and pick-up trucks, the Honda-General Motors partnership for autonomous vehicles, and the Toyota-Mazda joint venture. However, youre not going to see many of these alliances become full become old partnerships or marriages, he said. Others combine Toyotas partnership subsequent to Panasonic to build electric batteries, which also happens to have linked next Tesla. These are limited, anti-monogamous ventures. A great example is Toyota. For most of its existence, it kept away from whatever tying it to substitute manufacturer. But just in the last couple years were seeing it tie in the works once BMW, Mazda, Subaru and suitably on.
MacDuffie recalled that Sergio Marchionne, the former CEO of Fiat Chrysler who passed away last July, made a mighty battle for consolidation in the auto industry. He was renowned for predicting that the industry was inevitably going to have to consolidate to a small number of big players because he felt [that considering] the economies of scale, it was incredibly wasteful of capital to have every these firms developing every those vehicles, he said. Sell My Junk Car for $500 Pennsylvania
Even so, the industry has a long archives of fruitless mergers, MacDuffie noted. The Nissan-Renault Alliance that eventually included Mitsubishi has been described as the most affluent long-term relationship that wasnt an outright merger, he said. However, the alliance is facing psychiatry times after the recent arrest and the handing over of its chairman, Carlos Ghosn. Even so, it still has some inherent strengths if they can figure [a mannerism out of the crisis], he added. The issues upon the table are new governance mechanisms and the bill of capability amid France (Renault) and Japan (Nissan), he acid out.
MacDuffie said he has never been optimistic more or less such consolidation attempts. Ive always thought that consolidation to a little number of companies was unlikely, that what was more likely would be a amass lot of projects in which costs are shared, and where its advantageous for the partners. He cited a partnership along with Toyota and Peugeot in a diesel engine project in Europe, which worked skillfully for several years, but was disbanded as the technology changed. Incidentally, Peugeots parent Groupe PSA recently struck option partnership as soon as Toyota. Similarly, Toyota and Volkswagen had related to make pickups many years ago, and they moved in and out of that, he added.
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You could look these as unsuccessful projects or you could see them as unquestionably pragmatic, often short-term calculations to settlement subsequently cost pressures, needs for technology, needs for a product in the unexpected term, said MacDuffie. Its actually a healthy accommodation to all the volatility and uncertainty as opposed to the big bet subsequently a Daimler-Chrysler merger, which eventually failed.
Used Cars Preferred
One industry trend to watch is increased car buyer preference for used, rather than new, vehicles, especially if the latter are of recent vintage taking into consideration the latest or near-latest safety and new features.
Eisenstein said that prices [of supplementary cars] have subsequently going on to near record levels of amongst $35,000 and $40,000 each for a typical vehicle. He added that even those who can afford extra autos at those prices are actively with recognized pre-owned vehicles. Typically, [they are] off-lease, which means that buyers took good care of them because they would otherwise be penalized upon the return, he noted. They are a year or two archaic and often identical to the models that are in the showrooms as new vehicles. That is something the industry has created, and it has become a threat to its own additional car market.
From the standpoint of dealer margins, those trends seem to create sense. One of the relatively well-known secrets of dealer economics is that supplementary cars have demean margins than used cars, which have humiliate margins than repair, which have humiliate margins than aftermarket parts., MacDuffie said. To the extent that the dealers are the ones in the official pre-owned vehicle market, they probably accomplish well.
Ridesharing and Autonomous Vehicles
Eisenstein after that noted trends in the ridesharing and car-sharing markets. He said one significant increase of the in the same way as year came from Waymo, a spin-off from Googles parent Alphabet, afterward it announced the instigation of its robotaxi sustain Waymo One. He wondered whether it would be truly autonomous or have backup operators at the rear the wheel.
If theyre dexterous to create this work, and if the drivers dont have to until the end of time intervene, they may acquire cheer within the neighboring year or two to begin fielding no question driverless vehicles, Eisenstein said. That changes the equation because if you resign yourself to the driver out, the biggest cost of a ride sharing vehicle goes away. quickly you potentially make it possible for companies gone Waymo One, Uber, Lyft and some of the others that are coming to undercut the idea of owning a vehicle, particularly in urban markets that may acquire thousands or even millions of drivers to hand over the idea of personal vehicle ownership.
MacDuffie said 2018 was a year of a little bit of authenticity and retrenchment in the advancement of autonomous vehicles. He cutting to a fatality last March in Phoenix involving an Uber car as one of the big setbacks. Were going to see more and more experimentation, and more and more pilots [in 2019], he said. The pilots support the companies learn and acquire better, tally up their algorithms, and it lets the public see these supplementary things, and be more attainable practically what works and what doesnt. Its a slow hobby towards both proceed and public acceptance.
Millennials to the Rescue
MacDuffie prickly to different driver of the industrys fortunes: the emergence of millennials as alert car buyers. For a while, everybody said millennials dont care approximately cars anymore, they deserted care nearly their gadgets and thats a generational shift that will shake going on the auto industry, he said. It now looks gone as millennials acquire older, they acquire married, they assume out of the cities to the suburbs, they have kids, theyre buying cars and maybe their finances now allow them to accomplish that too. Thats a kind of brusque source of demand. Sell My Junk Car for $500 Pennsylvania
The U.S. auto industry booked unassailable sales gains last year, beyond 17 million vehicles for the fourth year in a row. If we go from 17.2 million to 16.8, its actually not a tragedy for the industry, MacDuffie said. Its more or less normal because weve had these surprises (such as the demand from millennials) that it hasnt made that dip yet.
Millennials basically saved the industry from a second consecutive year of decline, said Eisenstein. Every analyst Ive talked to said that it was largely an addition in millennial sales that surprised them. We are likely to continue to look that as they acquire older, they get wealthier and they can begin buying new vehicles. However, greater than become old he received millennials (those born in the midst of 1981 and 1996) and the Gen Z population (those born amid 1995 and the to come 2000s) to opt for used vehicles, either because they want to be smarter approximately their money or tighter with their budget if they are saddled bearing in mind speculative loans.
What vehicles those supplementary buyers pick is other huge ask for automakers, Eisenstein said. Will they switch to electrified vehicles or clean vehicles? Will they moreover continue the shove into crossovers and conventional sport bolster vehicles? [Some of the younger buyers] are proverb I dont desire what dad had. So, theres a lot of uncertainty very nearly where the millennial generation and the next generation will go.
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Samsung has been chosen to produce components for the upcoming Apple Watch, according to a report by MacRumors.
Samsung will be in charge of building Apple’s new S1 system in a package chipset that is specifically designed to work for its new Apple Watch. The best thing is this new chip is essentially an all in one package as it includes all of the sensors and processors for the device.
The Korea Times reported that Samsung would be making a majority of Apple’s chips for their iPhones and iPads for this year. This is a good sign as it shows that despite the lawsuits and troubled past that the companies have together they are still managing to work together for each others benefit. This will help Samsung stay on top of the manufacturing game as the company has not done too well in its own mobile department recently. As it seems Samsung is struggling to draw in the same appeal that they were with the Galaxy S3.
There is no official announcement for when Apple Watch will launch, but one report says that Apple is currently in the process of training its employees on the watch and skeptics believe they will be ready for a full release come March.


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There are 5 Olympus events coming up in February. Find out more here.
- 17 Jan 2014
The Hamdan International Photography Award has been making an impression at the GITE technology awards.
- 16 Oct 2012
HIPA is set to take part in the India Photo Video Trade Fair.
- 17 Sep 2013
Spend an evening learning how to avoid pitfalls when entering competitions.
- 5 Aug 2008
The dates and exhibitors for Focus on Imaging 2008 have been announced.
- 7 Jan 2008
This year's Focus on Imaging will take place between Sunday 22nd and Wednesday 25th February and the show will be celebrating its 20th anniversary.
- 7 Jan 2009
Find out who's going to be there this year and what they will have
- 7 Jan 2004
The organisers of the Focus on Imaging show at the NEC in Birmingham have announced early details of what the exhibitors will be bringing to the party.
- 12 Jan 2007
Canon & Nikon will be at Photo Fest Ireland, to be held this Sunday.
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Early this year AT&T stopped allowing new customers to pay for unlimited data access. Verizon Wireless, reports the Wall Street Journal, will also stop unlimited data access plans. Why? Verizon Wireless is moving beyond cell phone service and wants more companies to use its upcoming 4G wireless service in a variety of devices.
This is not going to change your business a whole lot, but you MUST ensure you are aware of the growing maturity and evolution of wireless data access.
As I posted yesterday, anytime, anywhere wireless access boosts your productivity, but also you’ll need to expect different rates and different access methods.
The WSJ writes The wireless industry has struggled to balance the increasing demand for data capacity with unlimited plans that limit how much revenue carriers can generate from their subscribers. The dynamic has pressured the carriers, who need to pour billions of dollars into their networks to ensure that the traffic flows smoothly.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Company has labeled companies in the gun and ammo industry “high risk,” which is theoretically arming the Justice Department with the power to limit or cut off their access to working capital.
This story was reported extensively this week by the Washington Post, which discovered that the FDIC has, since 2011, urged banks to better manage the risks of their merchant customers who employ payment processors, such as PayPal, for credit card transactions.
In tandem with this guidance from the nation’s guarantor of banks, the DOJ in 2013 launched a program, along with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, known as “Operation Choke Point,” which focuses on the transactions of these same payment processors.
“This administration has very clearly told the banking industry which customers they feel represent ‘reputational risk’ to do business with,” said Peter Weinstock, a lawyer at Hunton & Williams LLP.
Besides the gun and ammunition industry, this list of high-risk merchant categories includes Ponzi schemes, dating and escort services, drug paraphernalia shops, racists material makers, pornography and online gambling.
Many argue that this has directly effected gun makers and retailers ability to obtain credit and financing.
In 2013, for example, GE Capital quietly began cutting off lines of credit to gun shops nationwide. The year before, both McMillan International and American Sprint Arms were dropped by Bank of America.
BoA at first defended its actions by claiming American Sprint sold guns illegally online, although all transactions were, by law, conducted through Federal Firearms License holders.
“This seems to be happening with greater frequency and to many more dealers,” said Joe Sirochman, owner of American Spirit Arms.
“Gun control proponents, having achieved only limited success in the legislative arena, have without question sought additional avenues for restrictions through the business community,” stated a report from the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action earlier this month on Operation Choke Point.
However the NRA urges caution, by saying, “While all of these developments deserve close attention, we have not substantiated that they are part of an overarching federal conspiracy to suppress lawful commerce in firearms and ammunition, or that the federal government has an official policy of using financial regulators to drive firearm or ammunition companies out of business.”
Meanwhile, Operation Choke Point has also garnered Congressional attention. In January, Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-Calif.), who chairs the House Oversight Committee asked Attorney General Eric Holder for more information that led to a hearing last month in front of the House Committee on Financial Services with Choke Point at the center of discussion.
“It’s pretty clear,” says Rep. Steve Stockman, (R-Texas), “that unless Congress uses the power of the purse to stop him, Barack Obama will use his ‘phone and his pen’ to ban guns by cutting off money for gun manufacturers and dealers.”


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In May-June Russia may export 2.1 mln tonnes of grains - APK-Inform
According to the customs statistics data, in July-April period of 2013/14 MY Russia exported 23.2 mln tonnes of grains and pulses, an increase of 43% compared with the export volumes for the whole 2012/13 MY (16.2 mln tonnes).
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Russia: Ministry of Agriculture reduced the forecast of grain harvest in the current year
Turkey not announced on its plans to deny from Russian grains — A.Tkachev
Rosselkhoznadzor to tighten control of Turkish agricultural products – A.Tkachev
Russia to supply grains to the Middle East and Africa, in case of failure of Turkey to purchase it – A.Tkachev
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Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson has defended the coffee chain’s plans to raise barista wages at least twice next year, saying the move would help the company gain market share.
Investors are less confident in the plan, which sent shares down 7% in Friday morning trading. On Thursday afternoon, the company announced its fourth-quarter fiscal year earnings and shared its financial forecast for 2022, which included a weaker-than-expected forecast for its full-year earnings. Starbucks expects earnings per share on GAAP principles to shrink 4% and adjusted earnings per share to rise at least 10%, less than Wall Street’s forecast of 15% growth.
Stifel downgraded the stock on Friday, citing inflationary pressures and investments, such as wage increases. Starbucks announced a plan to raise wages on Wednesday. By summer 2022, the minimum wage will be $15 an hour, with an average hourly wage of $17 an hour, up from the current median of $14.
“This investment is best made now as clients become increasingly mobile, and we think it’s the right strategic bet,” Johnson said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”
He said the coffee chain wants to make sure it gains market share as consumers leave their homes for their daily coffee. Other restaurant companies such as Domino’s Pizza and McDonald’s have had to shorten business hours or close dining rooms to deal with staff shortages, pressure on sales and possibly the loss of some customers.
Johnson also said that gaining market share would allow the company to increase its operating income.
Including Friday’s losses, Starbucks shares are down about 2% this year, giving it a market value of $124 billion.


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Capital One Financial’s vice president of digital commerce has spelled out publicly for the first time why the large U.S. credit card issuer dropped its support for the Isis Wallet and also revealed the bank’s early role with MasterCard Worldwide in developing host-card emulation for payments.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Isis joint venture will offer a TSM service to banks, which Isis says would enable the issuers to avoid hiring their own trusted service managers to download and manage their applications for the Isis Wallet.
Activations of the Isis Mobile Wallet were up substantially in the past month, meaning more users are registering their email addresses and setting up wallet PINs after either downloading the wallet app or using a preloaded app, though Isis remains coy about how often users are actually tapping to pay six months after the wallet’s national launch.
NFC Times Premium Content (Free): The Isis joint venture and member mobile operators officially launched their Isis Mobile Wallet today, with the new Android wallet app now available for subscribers of all three Isis telcos and NFC SIMs in thousands of carrier shops.
NFC Times Exclusive: France-based Gemalto today reported higher revenue in the third quarter for its mobile-payments platforms as well as increased shipments of NFC SIMs and dual-interface banking cards.
NFC Times Exclusive: As it prepares to launch its national rollout, the Isis joint venture seeks to simplify the user interface for consumers to conduct payments and redeem offers and rewards with the second version of its mobile wallet.
NFC Times Exclusive: SIM vendors shipped a little more than 31 million NFC SIM cards to mobile operators during the first half of 2013–equaling the number of NFC SIMs during all of 2012–and shipments are projected to hit 80 million for all of 2013, according to figures and forecasts obtained by NFC Times.
U.S.-based Broadcom did not mention NFC in its recent conference call with analysts following release of its second quarter results, in which it announced cuts to its global workforce of 20% by exiting the baseband mobile processor business.
Transport for London today announced it would launch acceptance for open-loop bank cards and other contactless payment on its heavily traveled London Underground and other modes of transit in September, while the UK’s largest mobile operator, EE, announced customers could begin to tap their NFC phones to pay fares at the same time.
NXP Semiconductors said sales in its emerging ID business–mainly made up of its NFC chips–increased by 22% in the second quarter, compared with the first quarter, and CEO Richard Clemmer insisted the chip maker’s secure element business would continue to remain a strong contributor.
Germany’s third largest mobile operator, E-Plus, has launched NFC payments with a prepaid wallet card, joining other German telcos, which have also launched prepaid payments applications on their SIM cards.
As the Hungarian Mobile Wallet Association prepares to enable its members to commercially launch NFC mobile payments, it has released the results of its 12-month NFC payments and loyalty pilot along with a survey of users.
France-based telco Orange and Air France, along with airline industry and information technology services provider SITA have launched a trial of an NFC boarding pass application for the airline’s route from Toulouse to Paris, and SITA is also piloting Bluetooth low energy beacons at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.


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Canada chain Crepe Delicious has expanded its Hong Kong footprint opening its second store in Lee Tung Avenue, Wanchai.
The Crepe Delicious ‘urban cafe’ concept spans two stories, housing 50 seats in an 1219sqft area. The ground floor features an “Open Bar” for takeaway orders.
Besides its signature items, Crepe Delicious has added new options to its existing menu, including Gelato Shakes range, Caramel Garden and Crab & Avocado Stack.
“With an expanded menu extending beyond our popular crepes, puff pizzas and hand- crafted gelato to vegetarian options, we now introduce Crepe Delicious (Urban Café) to a new crowd of gourmands,” said Elik Farin, COO of Crepe Delicious.
Crepe Delicious entered Hong Kong in late 2017 at the Moko mall in Mongkok. The Wanchai store is its first on Hong Kong Island, and the first to feature the new ‘urban cafe’ concept.
Founded in 2004, Crepe Delicious is known for its healthy sweet & savoury crepes, and hand-crafted gelato. The brand has presence in seven countries and regions, including the US, the UK, the Middle East and Thailand.