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In a 180, California proposes repealing food safety law requiring chefs to wear gloves
The chair of California’s Assembly Health Committee has proposed legislation to repeal the controversial new food safety law that requires chefs and bartenders to wear gloves while preparing food and drinks.
According to a law that went into effect Jan. 1, cooks and bartenders must wear disposable gloves or use scoops, tongs or other utensils when handling “ready-to-eat” food such as fresh fruit and vegetables, bread, deli meats — anything that won’t be cooked or reheated before it goes out to customers.
The law infuriated many chefs who considered it ineffective, costly and bad for the environment, saying that gloves could encourage a false sense of security and risky behaviors. Two petitions in Northern California to repeal the glove law collected more than 18,000 signatures.
Dr. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) on Monday announced the emergency legislation to repeal the new health code. The legislation is a U-turn for the Health Committee, which proposed the original legislation that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law.
“It’s not about whether there are gloves or not, it should be about whether the local business and the health inspector have worked together to create a safe environment for the customer,” Pan said in a statement.
Pan said that there was variation in how health departments across the state were implementing the new rule and that there had been difficulties developing an exemption process. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said it would start enforcing the law in January 2015 to give restaurants time to comply, but also said that exemptions would be rare.
Pan’s bill is co-authored by Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), Assemblyman Brian Maeinschein (R-San Diego) and Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) and requires a two-thirds-majority vote to pass. A vote date is not yet set, but if the bill passes, the repeal would go into effect this year.
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New Delhi: In the most recent ‘Shark Tank India’ promo, Namita Thapar, the executive director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals and a judge on the show, talked about experiencing body shaming. Thapar addressed being judged for her physical appearance in a short clip released by Sony Entertainment Television on Thursday.
As she listened to the entrepreneur pitching her business idea, Namita said to the woman describing a clothing line that sells plus-sized clothing,“Sach much India mein jo ye body shaming jise kehte hain, jo yeh ‘moti, moti’ bulate hain, uski target main bhi ban chuki hoon. Aapne aesa kyun nahi socha ki mein only plus size ke liye fashion banati hoon, na ki sab sizes ke liye (I have faced body shaming myself, have been called fat. Why did you not want to make an exclusive brand for plus sized women, instead of having all sizes).”
“The biggest problem in the plus size industry is that plus size people are treated like outcasts. We want them to feel included by not having a separate size chart or collection for them. They are a part of our entire range of collections,” the pitcher said in response to Namita’s question.
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Namita has talked in the past about experiencing body shaming. In a recent interview, she revealed that she had experienced body shaming as a teenager due to her weight and facial hair.
Speaking to author Chetan Bhagat on his YouTube talk show, Deeptalk, Namita stated that she experienced bullying up till the age of 21. “I was not like this when I was a kid. I was very overweight, I had a lot of facial hair and acne, I was body shamed a lot as a teenager… and I used to feel very ugly,” Namita had told Bhagat.
“No guy looked at me, it was me looking at the guys and having crushes, let’s just say that. When you’re body-shamed like that as a teenager, that leaves a lot of scars… I had a lot of facial hair and acne, and there was a guy in my class who’d call me ‘the girl with the moustache’ in Marathi,” she added.
‘Shark Tank India’ is based on the same concept the Shark Tank USA is based. The season launched its first season in December 2021.

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September may have come and gone while we’re already preparing for Halloween festivities and dare I say, the Christmas season, the month still brought some important news in the world of digital marketing.
As usual, Google owned the headlines with a series of news including the proper release of Search Console, a tip for posting third-party reviews on your website, and the acknowledgement that things could be better for European users in Search.
While one company owned the SEO news, it was the topic of shopping that took over the social media landscape this past month. Several big names announced features that will make it easier for users to find products . They also hinted at plans to even further integrate shopping with social media in the near future.
For those stories and more, here’s the best of what happened in digital marketing in September 2018.
New Search Console graduates out of Beta
The latest version of Google Search Console officially graduated out of its beta phase in early September, and it arrived on the scene with a couple new updates, too.
First, Google has made it easier to see if any serious problems have come up on your site (mainly, active manual actions and security issues) by placing alerts directly on the Overview site. The Manual Actions report also got a new coat of paint.
Google’s URL inspection tool was updated, too, and can now be used to test the health of a live page on your site. This should help webmasters better understand and fix any issues identified by the tool. Once the page has been properly repaired, it can be submitted for recrawling and indexing by Google.
If you’re still using the older Search Console and want to migrate to the new version, you can learn how to do that over on the Search Console forum.
Google now lets you place reviews from 3rd parties onto your site
If your company is receiving reviews on third-party sites like Yelp and you want to highlight the copy on your website, here’s some good news: you can absolutely do it. Google won’t view it as duplicate content and it’s fine if you’re using it to provide context, according to Google’s own John Mueller.
Mueller did note that the original review will likely rank for anything related to the review text, and that webmasters should not post these reviews with any structured markup. Using that markup would go against Google’s own review guidelines, so you’re better off just pasting the text itself or, as Mueller suggested, using an iframe or embed of the review.
20 things you didn't know you could do with Search
Google Search has become much more than just a search engine over the years, and the company wanted to make sure users are well aware of everything you can do beyond, you know, performing a search.
As part of a list of “20 things you didn’t know you could do with Search,” Google pointed out ways you can save time, use the tool as a sidekick of sorts, and help you make crucial decisions. From currency conversions to buying movie tickets to searching with an image, there’s a lot you can do in Search that you may or may not be doing already.
If you want to learn how to get the most of your searches, read the full list over at Google.
GDPR hits Google
In addition to causing full inboxes and other headaches around the digital world, GDPR has led to poor user experiences for Google Search users in Europe who attempt to access certain U.S. websites. The problem is that nearly one-third of American news sites have blocked EU searchers, despite the fact that the listings for those sites are appearing in search results.
One particularly frustrated user reached out to Google’s John Mueller on Twitter about why this was happening, and Mueller responded by saying that it’s because Google “primarily [crawls] from the US.” He admitted that it’s a bad user experience and that the company is looking into ways to combat the issue.
We’ll be sure to keep an eye on this and provide an update if anything changes.
Google floods webmasters with ‘mobile-first indexing enabled’ notifications
Speaking of bloated inboxes, Google sent out another batch of mobile-first indexing notifications during mid-September and it may have been the largest batch yet. Search expert Barry Schwartz drove this point home with a screenshot of his own inbox that was full-to-bursting with notifications—and he wasn’t alone.
Google started sending out these emails this past March and then trickled them out to webmasters as the months went by. This is, again, the biggest batch of notifications thus far and shows that the mobile-first index is becoming more widespread.
In case you aren’t familiar with mobile-first indexing, our own Tamar Batrawi explained the index, how it works, and what it means for SEO in a blog post earlier this summer.
Google introduces shoppable ads
According to Google, one third of shoppers the companies surveyed said that they searched for images of items prior to actually shopping in a physical store. With that in mind and noticing the continued relevance of online influencers, Google rolled out the new Shoppable Image ads.
These ads will appear on content that’s curated by Google’s publishing partners. And in the example given by the company, it all seems quite simple: A user views an image of a curated product on a popular fashion blog, clicks on the “tag” icon within the image, and can then see a selection of similar products.
Google plans on expanding this integration to Image Search in the near future.
Visual search and shopping on Snapchat!
We have another bit of shopping-related news from the photo-sharing platform Snapchat, which is testing a new feature that allows users to find and buy products directly through the app’s camera.
This new feature is as straightforward as it sounds: point the camera at a pair of shoes or a product’s barcode, and if everything goes according to plan, you’ll receive a prompt to buy it on Amazon. You’ll either be taken to the Amazon app (if you have it on your device) or the website itself.
There’s no word on when this will be available for all users, nor is it clear exactly how many users can access this feature just yet.
Instagram announces shopping in Stories and Explore
What’s that? More shopping-related news in the social media world? That’s right, Instagram has news, too. The platform has made it easier for users to buy products they fancy in other people’s posts and for approved companies to integrate their products into the Stories and Explore tabs.
Instagram says that more than 90 million user accounts have been clicking on the “reveal” tabs on posts every month (per their own April 2018 data), so they no doubt saw this as another way to integrate the shopping experience into the app.
This feature—and the Snap and Google Ads bits, for that matter—makes complete sense, and it’ll be interesting to see how else Instagram plans to “enhance the overall shopping experience” on the app moving forward.
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"The April stock market crash foiled plans by LinuxMall.com Inc. to sell its shares to the public, but the Internet company still found a way to tap into the stock market."
"The Aurora-based company on Tuesday struck a reverse acquisition agreement with publicly held Ebiz Enterprises Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz., computer hardware firm that operates three Linux-related Web sites, including TheLinuxStore.com. As part of the deal, Ebiz Enterprises will buy the 60-person LinuxMall.com for about $25 million in stock and cash. The new publicly held company will be called LinuxMall.com, blend both management teams and will likely be headquartered in Aurora."
"We think this makes us undeniably the No. 1 player in our space," said LinuxMall.com's chief executive Dave Shaw, who will become the chief executive of the new company. Started seven years ago by computer programmer Mark Bolzern, LinuxMall.com is now the largest online shopping center with software and products for the Linux computer operating system."


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7 ASX pot-stocks leveraged to buzzing Canadian market
This week marked a pivotal new high for Canada, and for the budding legalised pot space more broadly. On Wednesday, it became the second country in the world, and the first industrialised nation, to legalise recreational weed.
Canadian pot could blossom into a market worth C$7.2 billion in total sales as soon as 2019, according to Deloitte’s 2018 cannabis report.
While it could be a long time before these kinds of profound legislative changes hit Australia – where the nascent pot movement is far more gradual — there are plenty of gains to be had for ASX cannabis investors.
Here are seven ASX pot-stocks with exposure to the buzzing Canadian market.
1 - Creso Pharma (ASX:CPH)
Market cap: $71.75M
Current share price: $0.60
Sector: Biotech, animal health, nutraceuticals, edibles
Creso Pharma is a cannabis innovator that’s using the green stuff to improve the lives of both humans and animals.
Creso was the first company to import medical cannabis into Australia. Notably, it’s also the only ASX-listed company that fully owns a Canadian cannabis facility. The small-cap is contemplating a dual-listing on the TSX to deepen its Canadian connection.
CPH formally entered the blossoming Canadian market by acquiring Mernova, a Nova Scotia-based medical cannabis growing operation. Earlier this month, CPH’s application to become a licenced producer was accepted by Health Canada — a major milestone — which will transpire in a cultivation licence.
With that in place, Creso is focused on fast-tracking its state-of-the-art, indoor growing facility in Windsor, Nova Scotia, to meet high and rising demand for recreational and medicinal marijuana products. The first crop is expected to be planted at the end of the year.
Something else that gives Creso a distinctive edge is its diversified business lines — it works on multiple applications for cannabis innovation, including nutraceuticals, animal health, and lifestyle products including weed-infused edibles and craft beer.
Here’s Creso’s chief operating officer, John Griese, talking about the company’s product portfolio, including its JV with CLV Frontier Brands to sell terpene-infused beers under the brand name OBMJ (Old Boy Mary Jane):
2 - Roto-Gro International (ASX:RGI)
Market cap: $48.38M
Current share price: $0.48
Sector: Ag-tech, hydroponics
Roto-Gro is hoping to redefine the future of agriculture through innovation in cannabis technology. Its mission is to generate socially responsible, sustainable and profitable revenue by growing cannabis and perishable foods using its cutting-edge tech solutions, while maintaining the environment impact of traditional farming.
RGI’s approach is holistic, providing streamlined solutions from concept to harvest, integrating both design and growing expertise. It’s strategically focused on the thriving Canadian and US weed markets.
Its first tech offering is a patented rotational hydroponic vertical farming system for medical cannabis producers, distributors and resellers.
The Hydroponic Garden System produces uniform, high-quality plants indoors, using less space and energy than a conventional hydroponic environment, and at lower cost. It results in 10 times the production of traditional ‘flatbed’ growing in the same amount of floor area, using 40% less electricity.
In collaboration with Miracle Valley Medical Alternatives M.V.M.A. Ltd., a Health Canada licensed producer, RGI is building a 29,000 square foot state-of-the-art cultivation and manufacturing facility in British Columbia, which will produce up to 5,400 kilos of pot per year. Phase one will see some 10,000 square feet of grow rooms outfitted with the company’s hydroponic systems, complete with its iGrow software.
3 - MMJ Phytotech (ASX:MMJ)
Market cap: $75.94M
Current share price: $0.33
MMJ was Australia’s first pot-stock. It’s repositioned itself as a global cannabis investment company, with a diversified portfolio of investments mostly focused on the lifestyle and recreational market.
Earlier this month, MMJ CEO, Jason Conroy, told Proactive Investors that his vision is to turn the company into the “Berkshire Hathaway of cannabis”...
MMJ has exposure to Canada’s medical and recreational markets. Its portfolio includes Ontario-based MediPharm Labs (TSX-V:LABS), which owns Canada’s largest medical cannabis oil production facility; Edmonton-based retailer Fire & Flower; cannabis drinks maker BevCanna; edibles creator Bien; and Cannabis Access, an Australian cannabis access portal.
4 - Althea (ASX:AGH)
Market cap: $104.7M
Current share price: $0.52
Sector: Medical cannabis and access education
The newest pot-stock on the ASX, Althea made its debut in September, raising $19.65 million in a highly coveted IPO.
The Melbourne-based company specialises in importing, cultivating, producing and supplying medicinal cannabis to patients in Australia.
Althea is backed by one of Canada’s biggest pot-growers, C$4.82 billion-capped Aphria (TSE:APH), which will supply both pot industry expertise and proprietary products.
This translates into sharp leverage for newcomer Althea, in which Aphria holds 25% — Aphria’s current annual production rate of about 35,000 kilograms, only achieved last spring with a tripling of previous capacity, is set to nearly triple again by the end of this year.
Thanks to this strategic partnership, Althea began importing and supplying five Althea-branded medicinal products to eligible patients back in May. It’s now reached its 100 patient milestone.
Althea plans to inject more than $10 million towards building a 3-tonne-per-year cultivation, extraction and manufacturing facility in Skye, Victoria.
Funds from the IPO will be also used to grow Althea Concierge, a digital platform and free-to-download mobile app that foster medical cannabis-related patient support and education.
5 - AusCann (ASX:AC8)
Market cap: $273.5M
Current share price: $0.88
AusCann aims to produce high-quality, economical, clinically validated cannabinoid medicine. It has operations across all aspects of the medical cannabis value chain, from cultivation and production, through to manufacturing and distribution.
It’s licenced to grow and manufacture pot-based medicines in Australia, and is initially targeting treatments for neuropathic and chronic pain in Australia and Chile.
AC8 has an extensive distribution network, recently broadened through the establishment of a relationship with Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (ASX:API), which has 466 high-profile brand pharmacies in its clutches.
It’s also backed by one of Canada’s most prominent weed heavyweights, C$14.71 billion Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC | TSX:WEED), which recently sparked attention by completing the first legal export of cannabis products from Canada to the US.
Triggered by both Canada’s then-impending day of green celebration, as well as an ample investment by alcohol behemoth, Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) — the biggest investment in the industry to date — Canopy also recently became the first pure-play pot-stock whose valuation has entered the large-cap corridor (that is, with a market cap of at least $10 billion).
That relationship allows AusCann to import medications from Canada and supply them to Australian patients even before its first crops are grown and formulated.
AusCann also has other strategic relationships in place with Chilean grower Fundacion Daya, opium poppy exporter Tasmanian Alkaloids, Phytoplant Research, Zelda Therapeutics (ASX:ZLD — also on this list), and Curtin University.
Here’s AC8 managing director, Elaine Darby, talking shop:
6 - Cann Group (ASX:CAN)
Market cap: $379M
Current share price: $2.72
With a market cap of over $300 million, Cann Group is Australia’s most valuable pot-stock, and recently started to make money from pot sales, posting its first full year revenue of $1.5 million.
It was also the first Australian pot-stock to obtain a research and cultivation licence, and is already growing the stuff at a facility in southern Melbourne. CAN produced it first crop in August last year, which is being sold to the Victorian government.
It’s also another ASX pot-stock to benefit from having a major Canadian shareholder. Aurora Cannabis (TSE:ACB), one of Canada’s biggest pot players with a market cap of C$13.19 billion, has a 22.9% stake in CAN.
Other strategic partners include Agriculture Victoria, CSIRO, and La Trobe University.
CAN is also building Australia’s biggest state-of-the-art medical cannabis growing facility near Melbourne Airport, which is expected to employ 170 staff.
The company is now working with cannabis genetics specialist, Anadia Labs, to identify the most suitable material for import.
7 - YPB Group (ASX:YPB)
Market cap: $12.81M
Current share price: $0.017
Sector: Anti-counterfeit tech
YPB is doing something quite different to its pot-stock peers. This small-cap is a brand protection and anti-counterfeit customer engagement solutions provider that wants to bring more trust to the booming cannabis industry.
YPB’s technology enables companies from industries with a strong need for authentication to reduce counterfeiting. One such industry that has a crucial need for item-level authentication is pot, although it’s not the only one YPB services.
YPB has signed up three weed industry clients to date in a series of deals falling under what YPB calls its joint Cannabis Confirmed initiative, which is being developed in a three-year partnership with Canadian pot company, Namaste Technologies (TSXV:N | OTCQB: NXTTF | FRA:M5BQ). This collaboration is expected to deliver significant revenues.
Namaste aspires to be the “Amazon of cannabis”. In Canada, it’s built a fully integrated e-commerce hub where patients can be seamlessly connected to doctors and a range of high-quality pot products, cultivators (both domestic and international), cannabis brands and consumption systems. It’s also extended this capability into the recreational market.
The Cannabis Confirmed initiative seeks to stamp out fakes by empowering cannabis brand customers to confirm the authenticity of their products after purchasing online by scanning a unique serialised QR code — called a ProtectCode — on the product packaging to authenticate it. Authenticity triggers engagement and this interaction connects the physical product to the digital world, enabling direct brand-to-customer engagement via smartphone.
The first of these deals is with leading Chinese vaporiser manufacturer, Kingtons. The duo has also signed up Totem Vaporizers Inc., a leading vaporiser manufacturer in the weed industry, as well as Elev8 Distribution, a Colorado-based producer of cannabis vaporisers under the brand 7th Floor Vapes.
According to a report by BIS Research, the global recreational and medicinal vapor market was estimated at US$11.43 billion in 2016 and is expected to grow over US$86.43 billion by 2025.
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His most popular project was bitcoinj, a Java implementation of the Bitcoin protocol. The cryptocurrency rose by more than 8% to $5,243 having started the year at $966. Futures on the world’s most popular cryptocurrency surged as much as 26 percent from the opening price in their debut session on Cboe Global Markets Inc.’s exchange, triggering two temporary trading halts designed to calm the market. One of India’s biggest cryptocurrency trading platforms has lost about 438 Bitcoins worth some 190 million rupees ($3 million), allegedly due to a rogue employee.
To be sure, that’s a long time to hold a highly volatile asset, meaning that the group of people who both invested in bitcoin that early and have largely held onto their investments is small, said Polotsky. On Thursday, the cryptocurrency rallied to a fresh high, surpassing the $48,000 level, according to data from CoinDesk. Mainstream investors, governments, economists, and scientists took notice, and other entities began developing cryptocurrencies to compete with Bitcoin. A sharp recession in cryptocurrency markets followed, and Bitcoin’s price bottomed out at $2.05 by mid-November. The price changes for Bitcoin alternately reflect investor enthusiasm and dissatisfaction with its promise. Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous Bitcoin inventor, designed it for use as a medium for daily transactions and a way to circumvent traditional banking infrastructure after the 2008 financial collapse. Bitcoin’s narrative has shifted—while it is still a cryptocurrency, it also provides a way to store value, hedge against inflation and market uncertainty, and allow investors to gain exposure to cryptocurrency within their portfolios. Still, several jurisdictions have already taken or are preparing measures to regulate Bitcoin and other cryptoassets.
Another reason, according to experts, was an electricity blackout in the Xinjiang region in China. This unexpected development led to a decline in the Bitcoin hashrate — how many Bitcoins are being mined – and potentially spooked investors into selling their assets. According to a 2020 research based off IP addresses from so-called hashers that used certain Bitcoin mining pools, more than half of all the Bitcoin mining occurred in China. The third price hike was connected to the launch of a Bitcoin ETF in the United States. In March, the bitcoin transaction log, called the blockchain, temporarily split into two independent chains with differing rules on how transactions were accepted. For six hours two bitcoin networks operated at the same time, each with its own version of the transaction history.
Where Does Bitcoin Come From?
These unique crypto assets are widely used for art and other digital mediums. Not surprisingly, the largest cryptocurrency in the world by market cap has the biggest community, by a mile. Over 76 million people around the world, including 46 million in the U.S., have a unique wallet that contains Bitcoin, as of August 2021. Keep in mind these figures are prior to El Salvador making Bitcoin legal tender.
When was the Bitcoin crash?
The 2018 cryptocurrency crash (also known as the Bitcoin crash and the Great crypto crash) was the sell-off of most cryptocurrencies from January 2018. After an unprecedented boom in 2017, the price of Bitcoin fell by about 65 percent during the month from 6 January to 6 February 2018.
In stark contrast, the Bitcoin community considered this moment to be one of the most important in Bitcoin’s history. The Independent reports that El Salvador has been able to build 20 schools using the profits from its Bitcoin investment. In July, the NYT reports that Bitcoin’s price crash was caused by a number of hacking incidents on the earliest Bitcoin exchanges. This article covers some of the key events in Bitcoin’s history, from its inception and early development, through to El Salvador’s recent adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender. “People have FOMO,” says Abner — aka “fear of missing out.” “A lot of people start questioning, ‘what am I missing? ’ But you want to look at your portfolio” before investing in crypto just because others are doing it. The price rose from a fraction of a cent in the spring to $0.09 by July.
Nyse’s Owner Ice Announced The Launch Of Bakkt, A Federal Regulated Market For Bitcoin
For example, Japan passed a law to accept bitcoin as a legal payment method, and Russia has announced that it will legalize the use of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. In April, payment processors BitInstant and Mt. Gox experienced processing delays due to insufficient capacity resulting in the bitcoin exchange rate dropping from $266 to $76 before returning to $160 within six hours. Bitcoin gained greater recognition when services such as OkCupid and Foodler began accepting it for payment. In April 2013, Eric Posner, a law professor at the University of Chicago, stated that «a real Ponzi scheme takes fraud; bitcoin, by contrast, seems more like a collective delusion.» In January 2012, bitcoin was featured as the main subject within a fictionalized trial on the CBS legal drama The Good Wife in the third-season episode «Bitcoin for Dummies». And, though there are many stories of extreme gains from those invested in cryptocurrency, there are also many who have lost just as much money by buying and selling the choppy asset at the wrong time. At its all-time high Thursday, those 1,000 bitcoins would’ve been worth more than $48 million, not accounting for compounding and assuming you bought and held the asset the entire time. Another factor that affects Bitcoin’s price falls in line with supply and demand; Bitcoin has also become an instrument that investors and financial institutions use to store value and generate returns.
Square bought a total of 4,709 Bitcoins, which the company says represents about 1 percent of its total assets as of the end of the second quarter. AMC will begin accepting Bitcoin payments for concessions and theater tickets as soon as the end of the year, marking the latest development in AMC’s hard lean into memestock superstardom. During the company’s second-quarter earnings call, AMC boss Adam Aron kicked off the Bitcoin bullet point by noting, unsurprisingly, that many of AMC’s new shareholders are quite enthusiastic about cryptocurrency. Bitcoin has rallied to a record high a day after a bitcoin exchange-traded fund launched on Wall Street for the first time, https://www.beaxy.com/ garnering strong demand in a sign of the booming investor interest in the asset class. The first US-listed bitcoin exchange-traded funds launched after the deadline passed for an objection from SEC, America’s top securities regulator. US Securities and Exchange Commission had not formally approved the creation of bitcoin futures ETF but no formal declaration of approval was needed from the Agency. The event marks the culmination of an eight-year battle to win approval. Along with institutional adoption and government regulatory interest, these crypto newcomers are influencing the once-fringe crypto landscape and moving the needle toward mainstream adoption.
Goldman Sachs Announces To Open A Bitcoin Trading Operation
If fully implemented, providers of services in cryptoassets would have to apply AML/CFT measures, such as customer due diligence and the checking and reporting of suspicious transactions. The illicit usage of Bitcoin would become more difficult, in particular when exchanging into fiat currency or purchasing goods and services. This column suggests it is hard to find arguments supporting the cryptocurrency’s current valuation. Even if the financial stability risks of a Bitcoin collapse could be contained, the burst of the bubble would imply painful losses for many retail investors and society at large. A blockchainis a database maintained communally and that reliably stores digital information. The original blockchain was the database on which all Bitcoin transactions were stored, but non-currency-based companies and governments are also trying to use blockchain technology to store their data.
- Orchestrated by Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, the Eurogroup, the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the €10 billion bailout is hoped to fortify the flagging Cypriot economy.
- In other words, Forbes would be including you in their annual list of the world’s richest people.
- The news adds to speculation that Paypal is becoming more favorable towards Bitcoin, and may eventually integrate it into their own payment processing system.
- Most important, in contrast to money in a bank account, when a Bitcoin is gone there is essentially no way to get it back and no insurance covering its loss.
- Fourth, the vested interests of large Bitcoin holders and financial service providers might have led to increased lobbying activities.
Over the following weeks, further restrictions slowly strangle the Chinese cryptocurrency markets, as exchanges repeatedly try to find innovative, lasting ways to stay in operation, and prices around the globe sink dramatically. Bitcoin price jumped after China’s government threw its backing behind the digital coin’s underlying ledger technology. China’s President Xi Jinping said Beijing will increase investment in blockchain technology. An official with China’s central bank also said blockchain technology can help with commercial banks’ risk control and ease borrowing difficulties for smaller businesses. PayPal has entered the cryptocurrency market, announcing that its customers will be able to buy and sell Bitcoin and other virtual currencies using their PayPal accounts. Bitcoin surged to a fresh record high of more than $63,000, as investors awaited the highly-anticipated stock market debut of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. Coinbase went go public on April 14 through a direct listing that valued the company at as much as $100 billion. Crypto investors are hailing the company’s stock market debut as a major milestone for the industry after years of skepticism from Wall Street and regulators.
What Was Bitcoin’s Cheapest Price?
A fork referring to a blockchain is defined variously as a blockchain split into two paths forward, or as a change of protocol rules. Accidental forks on the bitcoin network regularly occur as part of the mining process. This fork is subsequently resolved by the software which automatically chooses the longest chain, thereby orphaning the extra blocks added to the shorter chain . On 2 July 2020, the Indian company 69 Shares started to quote a set of bitcoin exchange-traded products on the Xetra trading system of the Deutsche Boerse. In October 2013, the FBI seized roughly 26,000 BTC from website Silk Road during the arrest of alleged owner Ross William Ulbricht. Two companies, Robocoin and Bitcoiniacs launched the world’s first bitcoin ATM on 29 October 2013 in Vancouver, BC, Canada, allowing clients to sell or purchase bitcoin currency at a downtown coffee shop.
What was the cheapest Bitcoin ever?
Bitcoin’s first price was $0.
It’s simply to point out that the big gains in Bitcoin will likely prove fleeting as the enterprise shift to blockchain takes longer than expected. Lastly, there’s continued excitement about future upgrades that’ll improve the network and, hopefully, increase adoption. For instance, the long-awaited Taproot upgrade occurred this past weekend. Taproot will boost Bitcoin’s privacy, allow for complex (i.e. smart-contract-based) transactions at a cheaper cost, and combine multi-signatures transactions into one, which’ll reduce data stored on the blockchain and help scale the network. On 19 December 2017, Yapian, a company that owns the Youbit cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea, btc-usd filed for bankruptcy following a hack, the second in eight months. They used the exchange’s software to sell them all nominally, creating a massive «ask» order at any price. On 12 March 2013, a bitcoin miner running version 0.8.0 of the bitcoin software created a large block that was considered invalid in version 0.7 . This split resulted in two separate transaction logs being formed without clear consensus, which allowed for the same funds to be spent differently on each chain. The exchange rate fell 23% to $37 on the Mt. Gox exchange but rose most of the way back to its prior level of $48. Bitcoin gains more legitimacy among lawmakers and legacy financial companies.
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The bigger block group called their currency Bitcoin Cash and effectively doubled the holdings of anyone who owned Bitcoin before August 1st. For example, if you have 10 Bitcoins before August 1st, you would now have 10 Bitcoins and 10 Bitcoin Cash. Bitcoin’s mining difficulty saw its second largest drop in history, with a -15 percent adjustment. Satoshi, bitcoin’s smallest unit, is now added to Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press, has officially added the word “Satoshi” to its database. But some crypto-bloggers have complained that their videos have not been restored after several days.
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Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, believed Bitcoin could positively transform the way we use money by ending our reliance on inflationary fiat currencies, like the US dollar, and central banks. Conservative predictions of Bitcoin say the cryptocurrency will reach $100,000 by 2023, but more bullish crypto enthusiasts say $250,000 isn’t far from sight. Major financial institutions are also throwing their own predictions into the debate, with JPMorgan predicting a long-term high of $146,000 and Bloomberg predicting it could hit $400,000 by 2022. Despite the volatility, these early rumblings were enough to persuade Nelson Merchan, CEO of the blockchain events firm Light Node Media, to look into crypto. A college student at the time, Merchan first bought Bitcoin when the price was around $600. Bitcoin has a much more extensive track record compared to other cryptos, though it’s still in its relative infancy compared to the 200+ year history of the U.S. stock market. In only 12 years, this cryptocurrency has gone from having no monetary value to surging above $60,000 for a brief period. And for investors who got in during the early days and have held on, the returns have been absolutely remarkable.
The country plans to build «Bitcoin City,» which would operate as the world’s first cryptocurrency-based city. One of the first tangible items ever purchased with the cryptocurrency was a pizza. Today, the amount of bitcoin used to purchase those pizzas is valued at about $100 million. Then there is Erik Voorhees, who founded the bitcoin gambling site Satoshi Diceand sold it for 126,315 BTC, worth about $24.7 million at the current bitcoin price. The software released by Satoshi set out the basic rules for Bitcoin and the computer network on which it lives. Unlike other forms of money, which are controlled by governments and financial institutions, Bitcoin operates on a decentralized network of computers that no one institution controls. Recently, though, many programmers working on Bitcoin have said the system in its current form is not a particularly good way to pay for things. They argue that it is best designed to serve as a sort of scarce commodity, like digital gold, allowing people to keep their money outside the control of governments and companies. Since Bitcoin was first conceived in 2008, thousands of other virtual currencies, known as cryptocurrencies, have been developed.
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The first real-world Bitcoin transaction occurred in May 2010, where 10,000 Bitcoins were used to pay for two pizzas, valuing each Bitcoin at a fraction of a cent. Today, the value of this amount of Bitcoin would be nearly $550 million. Whether you’re looking for a special sign-up offer, outstanding customer support, $0 commissions, intuitive mobile apps, or more, you’ll find a stock broker to fit your trading needs. That means 286 Bitcoins would be worth approximately $15.6 million today, assuming you held on to them for the past 10 years. At the start of May 2011, Bitcoin was trading for approximately $3.50 (that isn’t a typo). So, $1,000 would have bought approximately 286 Bitcoins, not counting any transaction costs.
Institutional cryptocurrency platform Bakkt will begin testing its first product, physically-delivered bitcoin futures on July 22, the company announced in a blog post on June 13. India’s supreme court overturned an April 2018 central bank order barring banks from providing services to crypto companies. The Reserve Bank of India had, in its diktat, assumed that virtual currencies posed a systemic risk to the banking system. Even safe-haven assets, like Gold, Silver, and Bitcoin were not able to withstand the widespread coronavirus stock market crash on March 13, driving investors towards the safety of cash. The funds were seized from bank accounts held by Canton Business Corporation, a New Zealand-registered company managing the exchange.
Hackers with unauthorized access to the exchange’s hot wallets had stolen roughly $60 million in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and MonaCoin. To celebrate Bitcoin’s 10 year anniversary, long-time Bitcoin advocate and successful investor Trace Mayer proposed that the community start an annual tradition of a crypto bank run on exchanges – to be known as Proof-of-Keys. The idea was to get as many cryptocurrency users and investors to withdraw all funds from wallets that they did not hold the private key to. FCoin, a crypto exchange that adopted the controversial «trans-fee mining» model, has paused trading and withdrawal as it reveals a shortage of crypto assets worth up to $130 million. The price of cryptocurrency XRP plunged after the SEC filed a lawsuit alleging that Ripple Labs, a blockchain company that supports the digital currency, sold more than $1 billion of XRP virtual tokens without registering with the agency. According to the SEC’s lawsuit, the duo ignored legal advice that the cryptocurrency could be considered an investment contract and therefore was a security. Increased money printing in response to the pandemic has also benefited bitcoin, as investors with more capital looked to diversify their portfolios. The success of the world’s first crypto amid the market ups and downs of 2020 and 2021 led to more interest and investment in other cryptocurrencies and digital assets. At other times, bitcoin exchanges have shut down, taking their clients’ bitcoins with them.
When Bitcoin started out there wasn’t really a price for it since no one was willing to buy it. The first time Bitcoin actually gained value was on October 12, 2009 when Martti Malmi, a Finnish developer that helped Satoshi work on Bitcoin, sold 5050 Bitcoins for $5.02. Your access to 100s of data vendor profiles, sample data, and dashboards with the latest in leading indicators. By comparison, gold, one of the best-performing commodities of 2020, added 38 percent to its value from the low in March through December, setting an all-time high of US$2,060 per ounce in August. Created to counter the 2008 financial crisis, bitcoin has weathered extreme volatility, spiking to US$19,650 in 2017 before spending years locked below US$10,000.


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A few days ago we reported on a less-than-ideal situation over in India, where users who won Nexus 7s in Google's/Nestle's KitKat contest were receiving the 2012 model instead of the "new Nexus 7" as advertised. Naturally, users were outraged and insulted by this gesture and spoke out against both companies. Today, Nestle has taken to its KitKat India Facebook page to let users know that it plans on righting this wrong. Read More
Shortly after Android 4.4 hit Nexus devices, a new beta of the popular Nova Launcher home screen added UI elements borrowed from the Google Experience Launcher. Now that version has hit the Play Store with some refinements and additional features. While the Google Now integration isn't possible with a third-party launcher, this is about as close as you'll get to the Kitkat look without going stock.
You'd have to look twice to tell Nova from the stock Google Experience Launcher – the icons, fonts, and colors are all reproduced here, but with the fully customized Nova settings underneath. Read More
Wild CyanogenMod 11 nightlies first appeared on Nexus devices just under a week ago, and they were followed up only a day later by builds for a slew of other devices. Still, many devices are still waiting for their share of KitKat. Today we can strike two more off that list - Sprint's LG G2 (ls980) and the Samsung Galaxy Express (expressatt).
CyanogenMod 11 may have been around for nearly a week now, but don't let that give you a false sense of confidence. Read More
Just when you thought Google couldn't drop any more Android news today, the Sony Xperia Z Ultra has appeared in the Play Store as a Google Play Edition device. This phone runs Android 4.4 KitKat on a big 6.4-inch screen and will cost you $649.
Google only started the Android 4.4.1 update last week, but it looks like a new hotfix is already good to go, as 4.4.2 showed up for Nexus devices in the last hour. So far, we've seen it on the Nexus 4, Nexus 5, and the Nexus 7, but it's probably safe to say the Nexus 10 is not going to be far behind. Update: Nexus 10 confirmed too.
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Google pushed out Android 4.4.1 last week with the build number KOT49E. We spotted the OTA files for all the Nexus devices shortly thereafter and all was well with the world. Well, until today. Sprint has just posted on its support forums and update page that Nexus 5 users can expect an update on their devices today with build number KOT49H – that's slightly newer than the build we got last week. Read More
T-Mobile customers with the Galaxy Note II, your day has finally arrived: the Jelly Bean 4.3 over-the-air update is finally rolling out, according to this XDA thread. Samsung's Galaxy S4, S III, and the Note II have been getting the same update on other American carriers, but T-Mobile is behind the leaked release schedule (though not by much). The Note II is the last Samsung phone on T-Mobile scheduled to get the update, at least for the moment. Read More
Android fans in India were happy to be included in KitKat's international Android 4.4 promotion and have the chance to get their hands on the 2013 Nexus 7. However, the prizes being sent out are not exactly as advertised. Instead of receiving the 2013 Nexus 7, winners in India are getting the old 2012 model. A multinational corporation not living up to its end of the deal? Surely you jest.
Winners of the Nexus 7 tablets in every other country were given the new Nexus 7, and those prizes mostly shipped out weeks ago. Read More


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Fredericton’s Potential Motors is preparing to build and sell its own electric off-road vehicle in a bid to demonstrate the value of its control system software, with a prototype already built and set to be publicly revealed next quarter.
Chief Executive Sam Poirier said in an interview that the offering will be a ground-up design meant to showcase the potential benefits of electrification in off-road vehicles, which are almost exclusively still hydrocarbon-powered. And in a press release, Potential said the vehicle will be a “side by side” — essentially a car or extremely small truck built for off-roading, often with an open-air cabin.
“We believe that there's an opportunity for a new segment of off-road vehicles to emerge, that’s not hindered by how off-road vehicles have always been built in the past,” said Poirier.
“Electric architecture can open up new ideas in terms of design … that I believe people in the off-road community will be really delighted by.”
Founded in 2018 by a team of engineering students from the University of New Brunswick — Michael Barnhill, Nick Dowling, Isaac Barkhouse and Poirier — Potential’s main business is developing software to help control off-road EVs. Electric vehicles rely on software to manage functions like modulating how much power is sent to the wheels, how the vehicle responds to steering input and the behaviour of adjustable suspension systems.
The Potential side by side will be sold in low volumes. Poirier said that although the vehicle will generate revenue, it is also meant to act as a proof of concept for possible licensees of Potential’s technology.
“The goal is to be a craft vehicle maker, where we are producing low quantities as a showpiece for the technology that we're developing,” he said.
Asked about how the company would manufacture its off-roader and whether it would be a joint project with an established brand, Poirier said he could not comment yet, but would make an announcement later this year.
Last month, Potential raised US$3.2 million or C$4.07 million from investors that include Montreal- and Toronto-based Brightspark Ventures and Marc Benioff’s TIME Ventures.
TIME Ventures was a new investor in the latest raise, with existing investor Brightspark leading the round. Existing shareholders Build Ventures and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation also re-upped their stakes. Build is based in Halifax and run by General Partners Patrick Keefe and Rob Barbara.
Iin what Poirier considers a significant coup for the company, it has hired 25-year industry veteran Michael Uhlarik as its new head of design. Uhlarik has worked as the editor in chief of a motorcycle trade publication, as well as for Bombardier as a Project Leader for Advanced Concepts and as Head of Design for Vancouver-based electric motorcycle company Damon Motors.
So far, Poirier’s team includes 21 people and he is hiring for another five roles, listed on Potential’s careers page. The job openings are:
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FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., July 1, 2015 – Drivers cruising along the 405 freeway in Orange County saw a new look to Hyundai Motor America’s headquarters in Fountain Valley, Calif., this week. To promote its newly inked sponsorship deal with the NFL, Hyundai used projection mapping technology to display the Hyundai and NFL logos over a football field background on the west side of its headquarters. Hyundai’s headquarters faces a section of the 405 freeway that is one of the busiest in the state, with more than 377,000 vehicle trips daily, according to Caltrans.
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The 250-foot-wide by 60-foot-high image is displayed utilizing 10 18k Lumen projectors and will run on the building all evening from Monday to Wednesday, June 29 to July 1.
Hyundai Motor America moved into its Fountain Valley campus more than 20 years ago, shortly after it began selling vehicles in the United States. Hyundai demolished its old building in 2012 and completely re-imagined the facility, which today is more than double the size of its predecessor, to reflect 500,000 square feet. The two-year construction project, valued at about $200 million, was a commitment to Hyundai’s long-term future, allowing for company growth and investment in the local economy.
Advantage International helped negotiate the NFL deal and coordinated the projection mapping for Hyundai.
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Hyundai Motor America, headquartered in Fountain Valley, Calif., is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co. of Korea. Hyundai vehicles are distributed throughout the United States by Hyundai Motor America and are sold and serviced through more than 830 dealerships nationwide. All Hyundai vehicles sold in the U.S. are covered by the Hyundai Assurance program, which includes the 5-year/60,000-mile fully transferable new vehicle limited warranty, Hyundai’s 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain limited warranty and five years of complimentary Roadside Assistance. Hyundai Blue Link Connected Care provides owners of Hyundai models equipped with the Blue Link telematics system with proactive safety and car care services complimentary for one year with enrollment. These services include Automatic Collision Notification, Enhanced Roadside Assistance, Vehicle Diagnostic Alert, Monthly Vehicle Health Report and in-vehicle service scheduling.
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Tamaqua woman cited for theft
Tamaqua police have cited a woman following a shoplifting incident at the Family Dollar, 137 N. Railroad St.
Naomi Ellison, 30, of 266 W. Cottage Ave., Tamaqua, was observed placing several items beneath the stroller she was pushing. The four items she attempted to leave the store without purchasing were valued at $24 in total.
She was cited for retail theft.


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OMEGA, the iconic Swiss watch brand, hosted the second edition of the OMEGA Trophy at DLF Golf and Country Club, Gurugram. The event celebrated OMEGA’s passion for golf and watches. The 18-hole tournament attracted seasoned golfers and watch enthusiasts while Abhishek Bachchan added glamour to the luxury-oriented occasion. The Seamaster Summer Blue collection was featured and all the watches displayed had a common theme — an ode to the sea.
A golf enthusiast at the OMEGA trophy tournament taking his shot
Fredric Nardin, vice-president, sales, OMEGA South Asia, expressed his excitement at the event saying, “We are thrilled to host the second edition of the OMEGA Trophy in India. India is a significant market for us, particularly given that its consumers have a keen sense of quality and heritage. With its emphasis on precision golf, it is a game that strongly resonates with OMEGA and is a part of our DNA. We are happy to be able to share our passion for the game with our customers from across the country.”
The day ended with festivity and winners of the OMEGA Trophy were Mik Young Jung and Prathmesh Mishra in the women’s and men’s categories, respectively. OMEGA has displayed its dedication to the sports industry through multiple ventures, the key one being the OMEGA Masters in Switzerland, for which the company has been a title sponsor since 2001.


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Motorway trials of autonomous HGV platoons have begun after the project stalled during the start of the pandemic. The consortium behind the trials told motortransport.co.uk this week that the trucks are on the roads and are likely to be spotted on motorways over the summer. However, consortium member the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) added that the various routes taken by the platoons would not be released “for safety reasons”. A TRL spokeswoman said: “The on-road trials will run for nearly […]
Freight Software subsidiaries Brands Forward Computers and BoxTop Technologies are to exhibit at Multimodal 2021, which is to run from 19 to 21 October 2021.
London-based freight forwarding and supply chain finance company Beacon has attracted funding from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Northumberland-based transport management software provider Mandata has acquired Returnloads.net as part of the company’s diversification plans.


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MUMBAI (Commodity Online): India-based integrated edible oil company, K S Oils Limited (BOM:526209) posted strong financial performance for the first quarter ended June 2010-11 hitting a total turnover of Rs.10.30 billion.
The turnover for the June quarter was up 13.56% from Rs.9.07 billion during the corresponding period of the previous year.
The company’s net profits rose 2.64% to Rs.505.1million for the quarter against Rs.492.1 million recorded during the corresponding period of the previous financial year.
Ramesh Chand Garg, Chairman, K S Oils said, “Strong consumer demand for healthy oil is helping us to grow steadily. Domestic demand for food items like edible oil will continue to increase with a rising demographic population of health conscious young Indians looking at healthy options in the edible oil segment. Our quarter results also show that our retail led brand strategy is bearing fruits.”
During the quarter, K S Oils strengthened its presence in North India with a distributor led retail push in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. It added 43 new distributors during the quarter, strengthening the company's network to 1,313 distributors, it said.


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With instant photography on the rebound, the Polaroid Lab is a wacky idea whose time may have come. It’s a shiny, tightly framed snapshot of a couple of friends of mine, posing as we share a booth at New
The Sega Genesis Mini is the best plug-and-play console since the SNES Classic Edition came out in 2017. This new micro-console comes out September 19 for $80. It includes 42 games and two wired controllers
Fitbit’s latest smartwatch, the Fitbit Versa 2, goes on sale September 15 for $200. I’ve been testing the watch for the past week, and while that’s not enough for an extensive review, it’s enough to draw
We know Google is always listening. Now it’s watching, too. With the new Nest Hub Max, a smart speaker with a screen, Google is adding an eye to its talking artificial intelligence. When I flash my palm
Three key changes improve the foldable phone's structure to make it more durable. At last, Samsung is ready to unveil the refined Galaxy Fold. After an embarrassing initial rollout earlier this year that
Blame the overaggressive marketers. Last year, they claimed that 5G cellular networks would launch with unthinkably fast speeds, putting home broadband power into your pocket even before there were use
Delay after delay created plenty of buzz for the JBL Link Bar review. This Google Assistant soundbar is a Chromecast-enabled smart speaker with full Android TV functionality. There’s little it can’t do.


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After starting the day on a firm note, the Indian markets drifted into the red in the morning trading session and then traded in a range bound manner since. The BSE-Sensex closed lower by about 50 points or 0.2%, while the NSE-Nifty ended lower by about 23 points or 0.4%. BSE Mid Cap ended the day with marginal losses. Smallcap stocks were however in favour today as the BSE Small Cap Index closed higher by about 0.2%.
Stock markets in other parts of Asia ended the day on a firm note with Hong Kong and Japan up by about 0.01% and 0.7% respectively. The rupee was trading at Rs 62 to the dollar at the time of writing.
Stocks of auto ancillary companies ended the day on a mixed note with Rico Auto, Bosch and Amara Raja leading the losses while FAG Bearings and NRB Bearings led the gains. As per a leading business daily, auto component supplier Bosch is shutting its plant at Jaipur for a period of two days. As per reports, the reason for doing so is the current slowdown in auto sales volumes. The company has stated that this move is being done to align the production with the demand for products and avoid any build-up of inventory. The company's plant at Jaipur manufactures injection pumps which are used in diesel engines. Given the long slowdown in auto volumes such a move by an industry leader does give an indication of how grim the real picture is. As per the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), domestic passenger car sales volumes came in lower by about 8% YoY in November this year. Sales of commercial vehicles were down by 29% YoY to as compared to last year. It may however be noted that Bosch's stock has been on a tear in the past few days on news of its parent company looking to hike stake in the Indian company. The same news led the company's stock to touch its all time high price of Rs 11,500 (intraday) a few days ago.
Stocks of automobile companies ended the day on a weak note with Bajaj Auto, Mahindra and Mahindra and Hero Motocorp leading the pack of losers. It is reported that Tata Motors is working on making changes to its Nano brand by launching the improved variants which are aimed at taking away the tag of the car being the world's cheapest vehicle. As per the company spokesperson, the company is working on making the transformation, and is working to ensure all fundamentals are in place. This includes trying to make the vehicle an aspirational one. In FY14, the company averaged about 1,111 units a month. It is aiming to reach 10,000 units a month within the next year to year and a half. Also the new variants of the vehicles will be priced in the range of Rs 1.75 lakhs to Rs 3.25 lakhs. These variants also will include CNG and diesel models, in addition to the petrol models. Given these price points, it would be in competition with some of the largest selling vehicles in the country.


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OK, so this is going to be a touchy subject. Regardless of how HTC is currently doing, they do have a massive fan base and one which would love to see HTC back to its best. Of course, this is also Nexus and that in itself, is a difficult place to venture without expecting massive criticism. At the core of the question, HTC is not actually a company that currently needs saving. Yes, their last proper flagship device, the One M9 did not take to the market in the way that many had hoped. However, those who actually owned the device will tell you that it is a great device. So while the One M9 did not set the world alight, if the One M10 lands when it is supposed to and makes a proper impact this time, then HTC will be back in the game. Then there's the whole HTC Vive and Vive Pre business. While HTC are a little tight-lipped on the finer details – like the price, they do see to be taking virtual reality extremely seriously. HTC's own Cher Wang was recently reported implying that they view virtual reality as a more important industry than smartphones. If that sentiment is in any way true, then a new Nexus smartphone (or two) from HTC is unlikely to make any meaningful difference as HTC has already moved on to the next big thing.
But, and this is a very big BUT, this is Nexus. And regardless of everything else, making a Nexus device does have an impact on a manufacturer. While the impact is not necessarily in financial terms – as a Nexus device is not exactly the big selling devices some would like to believe, what Nexus devices do, is make a statement. They are Google's proof of concept and always employ hardware which is primarily designed to emphasize the software running on the device. And last year proved exactly how a Nexus device can make a big branding difference.
Up until recently, Huawei remained one of those brands which people knew the name of better than they actually knew the company. However when it was announced that Huawei would be making the next Nexus, suddenly people began paying far more attention to them. Not only was this a more of an unknown company than some of the other Nexus partners, but it was also the first time Google had called upon the services of a Chinese OEM. A move which many questioned in the build-up to the release of the Nexus 6P. In fact, right before the device was properly unveiled, many were still criticizing the Nexus 6P and what had been dubbed its ugly bump. You don't hear too much about the bump now, as since it arrived the Nexus 6P has quickly established itself as the hottest device around. A bump people are now proud to show off. Not to mention, a bump which inevitably led to Huawei closing out 2015 as one of the biggest manufacturers around.
So, while building a Nexus smartphone won't necessarily guarantee a company big returns on their bottom line, it is extremely high profile and puts the name very much out there. While HTC do not really need publicity which leads to greater brand awareness, they do need some good publicity to counteract the heavily criticism they have endured over the last year. So bringing to market a Nexus smartphone could be just what injects the momentum back into the HTC bandwagon. Not to mention, if the company also brings to market a truly great M10 then they will close out 2016 with a winner at the start of the year and a winner at the end of year. More than likely, two of the biggest devices of the year. And that's not even taking into consideration, the third (2nd Nexus) smartphone that could be on the horizon.
Of course, whether it is a mistake or not will be largely dependent on the actual device(s). So what do we know about a possible HTC Nexus? Well, nothing really. In fact, depending on who you ask, the idea of HTC being the manufacturer behind the next Nexus is quite unlikely and the truth is, there is no evidence to suggest that HTC is actually onboard. However, there are two tips which have come through. The first tip, the one which has started the whole rumor ball rolling in the first place, is that HTC will release two Nexus smartphones, one with a 5-inch display and one with a 5.5-inch display. That is about the extent to the tip. The second tip which came through (the following day) suggested that the two codenames for the devices could be "T50" and "T55". Names which do obviously link neatly to the sizes of the two reported devices. So while the leaks are limited, they do (very superficially) fit together. While some can debate the authenticity of the first leak which came from a tipster via Weibo, the second leak is from a name who is very familiar around this parts. Not to mention, a tipster who already has a proven record when it comes to HTC insider information.
Of course, the biggest skepticism of the rumors is that HTC will make two Nexus devices. A year ago, that would seem utterly unrealistic, although, last year, Google changed the game by releasing two Nexus smartphones. Albeit, by different manufacturers, but two nonetheless. Which immediately does now make the idea of two smartphones this year, so much more plausible. And why wouldn't Google gamble with two by the same manufacturer? If they have faith in HTC to build one, then they presumably have faith in them to build two. After all, much of the design of Nexus devices is largely thought to be Google's doing anyway. They request what they want, what they need and maybe even how they should look and the OEMs bring those requests to life. HTC is a company known to produce physically good quality devices, so it stands to reason that they would bring to market excellent Nexus-built devices. Not forgetting that when it comes to Nexus, HTC is not exactly in unfamiliar or new territory. This is the company who has already produced two of the Nexus range. The most recent of which was the Nexus tablet from 2014, the Nexus 9 and the other Nexus device was the very first Nexus smartphone, the Nexus One.
On that note, the Nexus One, if you want some further food for thought then consider this – Google recently announced the dates for their I/O event. While this was to be expected, they also announced the location for I/O and this was a little more surprising as they had decided to return to Mountain View. Return being the operative word as this is a location they have not used for some time. It was, however, the location of the very first Google I/O. A location-change which is designed to reflect the ten-years since "it all began". If Google is in a reminiscing mood, then maybe it actually makes sense that they would want to partner up this year with the company who helped build the first Nexus…where…"it all began". Makes sense, right? In fact, it could even be suggested that maybe one of the two HTC Nexus devices could be some sort of redesigned Nexus One. A redesign that boasts modern specs and a larger screen – a sort of anniversary edition Nexus One, maybe. That along with the larger and flagship other Nexus. If that is the case, then a year of remembering with Google could be the big plan for 2016.
Back to the question at hand and it is very difficult to know whether HTC building the Next Nexus would be a mistake or not. Yes, HTC has not had the best 2015, but this is a new year and HTC is a veteran Nexus partner. Where the problem could be for HTC, is if the situation arises where the One M9 is considered a 'failure' and the Nexus smartphone(s) are not quite what people had expected or wanted? This is when HTC could be in very deep trouble, as they will essentially have two failures on their hands. Again, three if you factor the 'two Nexus' rumor into the equation. So while building the next Nexus does have the power to help ignite the HTC brand in mobile again, it could also have the power to hammer one more nail into an already troubled mobile brand. The one thing that is clear – if HTC is building even one Nexus smartphone this year, then we have a very big make or break year ahead for HTC.


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Keep bell-ringing till you are 101 years old or unhook 17 bras with one hand in under a minute and your place is assured in the exhibitionist directory, otherwise known as the Guinness Book of World Records.
"People really do the most remarkable things," said Guinness editor Claire Folkard, reflecting on the book that gets 60,000 record claims a year.
"The fascination is just endless," she added, speaking on the eve of the 2004 edition being published in Britain.
Guinness, whose sales look set to top 100 million by the end of this year, even has its own entry as the world's most successful copyright book.
It is only outsold by the Quran and the Bible.
The breathtaking and the bizarre abound in the latest edition from an American woman who boasts the largest breasts in the world to the dog with the longest ears.
American Bernie Barker claims to be the world's oldest male stripper, starting at the age of 60 - he wanted to get in shape after recovering from prostate cancer
Dutchman Niek Vermeulen makes his claim to fame with a collection of 3240 airline sick bags.
Malta has the world's lowest road accident rate. A Russian woman had 69 children.
The book was launched in 1954, brainchild of Hugh Beaver - managing director of the Guinness Brewery.
He was out shooting in Ireland and got into an argument about whether the golden plover ranked as Europe's fastest game bird.
Believing that records sparked pub and bar disputes around the world, he decided the time was right to produce the ultimate reference book for superlatives.
So, almost 50 years on, readers can stand up amongst friends and bore them by confidently proclaiming "Not many people know that.... "


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Chinese automaker MG has confirmed that its all-wheel-drive performance MG4 will be coming to Australia
Around one month ago, MG pulled the covers off its XPower model overseas, which is set to produce 320kW of power and 600Nm of torque.
Powering the flagship MG4 will be a 150kW front electric motor and a 170kW rear electric motor.
MG claims that the new MG4 XPower will be capable of sprinting to 100km/h in just 3.8 seconds – the same claim as the current turbocharged five-cylinder all-wheel-drive Audi RS3.
Although Australian spec is yet to be confirmed, the UK market XPower configuration fits a 61.8kWh (usable) battery with a claimed 150kW DC fast charging time of 35 minutes (10-80 percent).
Claimed consumption for the UK vehicle is 19.0kWh/100km with a maximum range of up to 527kms.
During the launch of the MG4 in Australia, a spokesperson for MG said that the XPower will likely arrive before the end of 2023.
The big signs of the XPower are orange-painted brake callipers, new design 18-inch alloy wheels and exclusive Racing Green paintwork.
Under the skin, the XPower will also feature Dynamic Cornering Control System, which comprises a locking electronic differential and active torque vectoring between all four wheels.
The chassis for the MG4 was designed in conjunction with automotive engineers Applus IDIADA who have also worked on the XPower.
The suspension has also been improved over a standard MG4, now using stiffer anti-roll bars, and a recalibrated spring and damper tune. MG says that the overall suspension is 25 percent stiffer than before.
Ventilated 345mm discs on all four corners of the new MG4 XPower help with stopping distance – the company claims the XPower can stop from 100km/h to zero in 33.9 metres.
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Uncertainty shakes HP profit
The actual figures show that during the fourth quarter of the year HP, which made $2.5bn in the same period, profited by only $239m for the same period this year.
The problem undoubtedly started when former CEO Leo Apotheker decided to refocus the business entirely on software and services plus high-end systems earlier this year. This meant dropping the WebOS tablets and phones, which the company had bought by buying Palm only 12 months previously.
It made sense. There wasn't and isn't much profit to be had from the "box" market unless you have huge quantities like Dell. HP is substantial but Apotheker's vision was that it should get out of the low profit areas and move into more lucrative markets - the same trick pulled off by IBM a few years back.
So he made the announcement and the WebOS devices were sold off dirt cheap. Unfortunately, no matter what he thought, he didn't have the support of the board - so he was uninstated, PCs were reinstated and the company was expected to make an announcement about WebOS last week - and then didn't.
So no, people haven't been buying a lot of HP kit or services. They don't know which way the company's moving - and there's a nasty suspicion around that HP doesn't know either.


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Electronics retailer Peats is to re-open two of its eleven stores and has asked the High Court to appoint an examiner to the business.
The company said in a statement on its website that its flagship store on Parnell Street will reopen on Saturday and that its Rathmines stores has reopened immediately. The company’s website is also to reopen.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Parents who have been fretting over the low levels of arsenic found in apple juice can feel better about buying one of their kids' favorite drinks.
It was another record day on Wall Street - barely.
NEW YORK (AP) - June sales heated up for stores, in a sign that Americans likely will continue to spend during the important back-to-school shopping season.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government on Thursday reported a rare surplus of $116.5 billion in June, the largest for a single month in five years. The gain kept the nation on track for its lowest annual deficit in five years.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The average U.S. rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage rose this week to 4.51 percent, a two-year high. Rates have been rising on expectations that the Federal Reserve will slow its bond purchases this year.
SEATTLE (AP) - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. will start publishing more original comics through its new imprint, Jet City Comics.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits rose 16,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, although the level remains consistent with steady hiring.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft Corp. has decided its entire business needs a new operating system.
NEW YORK (AP) - The price of oil has shot up $11 a barrel in two weeks on rising demand in the U.S. and political upheaval in the Middle East. Gas prices are about to follow.
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market turned quiet Wednesday and just managed to notch a fifth straight day of gains.
NEW YORK (AP) - Apple Inc. milked the popularity of its iTunes store to form an illegal cartel with publishers to raise electronic book prices, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, citing "compelling evidence" from the words of the late Steve Jobs.
NEW YORK (AP) - Ever worry about buying a new phone, only to see a better one come out just two weeks later? Phone companies normally make you wait two years before upgrading to a new device. T-Mobile will now let you upgrade twice a year for just $10 a month.
NEW YORK (AP) - Barnes & Noble Inc. said Monday that William Lynch has stepped down as CEO, effective immediately, as the book retailer continues to struggle with weak sales, big losses and the declining popularity of its Nook e-readers.
NEW YORK (AP) - Cautious optimism about corporate earnings sent the stock market higher Monday.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Regulators want to require eight of the largest U.S. banks to meet a stricter measure of health to reduce the threat they pose to the financial system.
NEW YORK (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it approved an injection designed to melt away double-chin fat.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A top education official said Wednesday that the 16,000 former Corinthian Colleges students who saw their campuses abruptly close this week will automatically have their federal student loans discharged - but only if they agree to forgo any credits they earned at the schools.
CUPERTINO (AP) - The iPhone is still the engine behind Apple's phenomenal success, even if attention lately has been focused on its new smartwatch.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Corinthian Colleges canceled classes Monday and shut down all of its remaining 28 ground campuses, displacing about 16,000 students, less than two weeks after the Education Department announced it was fining the for-profit institution $30 million for misrepresentation.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Western North Dakota farmers this year have agreed to plant 6,000 acres of a crop that can be made into jet fuel.
MOUNTAIN VIEW (AP) - Google paid its billionaire Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt nearly $109 million last year while the company's stock slumped.
NEW YORK (AP) - Fifteen years, one month and thirteen days.
DETROIT (AP) - The nation's largest trucking industry group wants the government to get moving on a rule requiring electronic speed-limiting devices on big rigs.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Country music star Willie Nelson announced plans Monday to roll out his own brand of marijuana, capitalizing on his association with pot and the unofficial stoner holiday, 4/20.
NEW YORK (AP) - This is the last year that the original version of Kraft Mac & Cheese sold in the U.S. will contain artificial preservatives or synthetic colors.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ending years of last-minute fixes, President Barack Obama on Thursday signed legislation permanently changing how Medicare pays doctors, a rare bipartisan achievement by Democrats and Republicans.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The consulting and accounting firm EY is aggressively recruiting on college campuses this spring. The company formerly known as Ernst & Young plans to hire 9,000 graduates from U.S. universities this year, up from 7,500 in 2014. But recruiting isn't as easy as it used to be.
NEW YORK (AP) - Sony's hacking problems aren't over yet.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. spending on prescription drugs soared last year, driven up primarily by costly breakthrough medicines, manufacturer price hikes and a surge from millions of people newly insured due to the Affordable Care Act.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's attorney general has launched an inquiry into 13 major retailers, questioning the practice of keeping workers on call for shifts on short notice and possible violations of the state requirement to pay hourly staff for at least four hours when they report for work.


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French Multinational Bank to Launch a Digital Euro Pilot Using Tezos Blockchain
Blockchain firm Tezos has been selected to spearhead the French central bank’s digital currency pilot program, one of a kind in Europe.
Societe Generale – Forge, a tech startup founded by French investment bank giant Societe Generale, has opted for Tezos to spearhead the central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot program.
The French central bank Banque de France selected Societe Generale – Forge in July after a successful review of applicants in development of a CBDC to ease interbank settlements. France is carrying out an experiment to become the first European country to launch a digital Euro.
Tezos is a peer-to-peer public blockchain that has features such as on-chain governance, capacity to verify smart contracts as well as consensus algorithm that is primed on proof of stake. The blockchain platform comes with a vibrant ecosystem inclusive of research and development offshoot dubbed Nomadic Labs that is located in Paris and will play a vital role for the CBDC piloting. Nomadic Labs President, Michel Mauny explained about the deal:
“The Tezos project, strengthened by its technical capabilities, its adaptability, and its strong community, is already present in various projects, both in France and abroad. We are especially pleased to see this technology selected by Societe Generale – Forge, and to reaffirm, once again, that the quality and expertise of our engineering is rewarded.”
Francois Villeroy de Galhau, Banque de France’s governor, in December last year said that he was optimistic that France will be the inaugural European country to offer digital currency. The governor explained that the central bank is exploring how technology can be leveraged in enhancement of the financial markets more so when it comes to interbank regulations.
Although France seems to be on the forefront in development of a CBDC, other European countries such as Italy, Netherlands and Lithuania are also exploring the idea of CBDC. Additionally, the European Central Bank is also working on trials although details remain scanty.
Currently, Tezos is only one of the handful public blockchain platforms participating in development of a CBDC that could culminate to a digital euro.


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Industrial output in May rose 2.3 percent from the previous month, helped by robust auto production, government data showed Friday.
The seasonally adjusted index of production at factories and mines stood at 105.2 against the 2015 base of 100 — the highest level since 105.6, seen last October — the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in a preliminary report. The result followed a 0.6 percent increase in April.
“We had expected overall production to drop because of the 10-day Golden Week holidays (through May 6) but it was stronger than we had anticipated, which shows that underlying domestic demand is robust,” a ministry official said.
He also attributed the gain to car model changes, which led to production increases.
The Golden Week holiday this year was extended to 10 days, running from April 27 to May 6, to commemorate Emperor Naruhito’s ascension to the throne on May 1.
The government retained its assessment of production, saying it “fluctuates indecisively.” The official said some manufacturers cited concerns about the outlook for demand in China due its ongoing trade dispute with the United States.
Based on a poll of manufacturers, the ministry expects output to fall 1.2 percent in June and increase 0.3 percent in July.
Aside from the auto industry, the electric machinery sector and the information and communication electronics equipment sector also contributed to the gain in production.
Overall, 13 out of 15 business sectors saw production rise, with the transport sector excluding automobiles among those that saw declines in output.
Takuji Aida, chief economist at Societe Generale Securities, said the latest data indicates that “the downward swings in production activities have stopped, supported by strong domestic demand.”
But he also said that the environment surrounding exports “remains weak, with the U.S.-China trade frictions dampening business sentiment of the manufacturers.”
The index of industrial shipments climbed 1.6 percent to 104.3 while that of inventories was up 0.6 percent at 104.4.
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The popular task management, Workast, has $1.85 million in a seed round of funding with a vision of expanding its Slack based task management toolkit to few other messaging platforms as well. The funding was led by Greycroft Partners.
Workast’s Co Founder and CEO Guillermo Gette says, “Built on top of Slack we have been able to acquire users very quickly. One out of every seven Slack paying companies are using us.”
“Work management tools haven’t changed much in the past 10 years and many current products continue to push a model that hasn’t adapted to the way individuals and teams work and communicate in the workplace,” he said in a statement. “With Workast, we are providing a more effective and efficient platform to track the continuous interactions between individuals and teams — across all channels, from messaging to email to voice and video — in a meaningful and manageable way.”
Gette believes that the success of his company is largely attributed to its focus on conversational interfaces and building off that success; expect to see Workast integrate its task management features with Google Hangouts, Microsoft Teams, Stripe and even Cisco’s chat products.
Gette also revealed that Workast will soon roll out a premium label product, which will include reports and analytics, unlimited integrations, guest accounts, templates, custom fields and more
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US video streaming subscription service Netflix is set to launch in France, the Netherlands and Belgium, according to reports in the Belgian press.
The live online viewership figures recorded for the first half of the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year have risen 52% to 75.2 million, from 49.3 million in 2012, according to the twenty20 cricket tournament's digital partner Times Internet.
WhereverTV, the US-based over-the-top (OTT) TV provider, has launched its ArabicTV subscription service to deliver 21 channels live from the Middle East to connected viewers across North America, South America and Western Europe.
German commercial broadcasters VOX and RTL II have taken their catch-up TV services to mobile devices: with the VOX Now app and the RTL II Now app, viewers can now watch selected TV programmes on their smartphones and tablets on-the-go.
The Film Finance Live sponsored TV show, which explores the financing and economics of a various film productions, will be broadcast by Bloomberg on 26-27 May.


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A lot of people have been waiting for the Model X electric crossover SUV for a long time, and we’re now one step closer to the day when deliveries can start (currently planned for the spring of 2015, with new reservations getting delivery around the fall of 2015).
The company is currently taking reservations. It’s a $5,000 deposit for the regular version, and the sold out Signature model was a $40,000 deposit (ouch). The latest news are that there are at least 13,000 reservations, so if you want one, better get in line soon because the wait will only get longer.
Tesla is stopping production at its Fremont plant for two weeks and investing $100 million in new robots and in retooling existing equipment to be able to make the Model X. This change should boost overall production of electric vehicles at the plant by 25%. This is the biggest investment in the factory since it started operating, and the way they’re setting things up, Model X will be built on the same line as the Model S, so they can balance production depending on demand without having to have two separate lines that aren’t operating at full capacity.
Tesla expects to sell around 35,000 Model S in 2014, an increase of over 50% compared to 2013 numbers. Tesla says it wants to make about 1,000 EVs per week at the end of this year, which would mean that it would make at least 50,000 next year if all goes well (and maybe more if they keep increasing the rate of production throughout 2015).
The Model X will be roomier than the already spacious Model S, will have two electric motors driving the front and rear wheels, and it’ll have ‘falcon’ doors that open vertically in such a way that they take little space and don’t bump into things thanks to their clever hinges and proximity sensors.
Elon Musk has recently said that the final version of the Model X that will go on sale has been improved since the electric crossover was first unveiled, and that the new model looks even better.
Pricing hasn’t yet been announced, but it should be in the ballpark of what the Model S goes for, probably a bit more expensive since Model X is a bit bigger and has two motors.


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A new option for fall family fun around Champaign-Urbana
Building on the success of the Boneyard Arts Festival, 40 North and the Urbana Arts and Culture Program have collaborated to create PostMark, a family event series that strives to offer a showcase of Urbana’s art, food, and fun.
PostMark — short for post market — hopes to drive patrons to downtown Urbana businesses on a monthly basis. After a visit to Urbana’s Market at the Square or the Champaign-Urbana Winter Farmers Market, the council hopes that attendees will “make a day of it” and enjoy shopping and dining nearby. Maps will show participating businesses and restaurants.
The “main hub” for PostMark will be the Busey Bank parking lot. During colder months (November-April), PostMark festivities will move to a different indoor “main hub” location each month in downtown Urbana. When the main hub is scheduled to be outside (May-October), a backup location will be secured in case of inclement weather. Winter will call for indoor locations.
The inaugural event will take place on Sept. 9, from 12-4 p.m. It will include live music and balloon art in the streets of downtown Urbana where families can plan to enjoy food specials, art demonstrations and displays, and unique shopping experiences.
The featured PostMark event in October will be the Urbana Fall Fusion Festival (4-8 p.m. on Oct. 7). Look for downtown streets to be closed to traffic but open for fun and entertainment. The Fall Fusion Festival will include face painting, balloons, characters, bubbles, a professional pumpkin carver, a Champaign-Urbana Special Recreation slime station, plus events at the library. Multiple photo opportunities will also be available.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- 7-Eleven Inc. SE, -1.47% and NCR Corp. NCR, +2.10% said Thursday they have signed a 5-year agreement to more than double their advanced-function financial services kiosk program and replace other in-store automated teller machines at various 7-Eleven locations throughout the country. Rollout on the deal, the value of which wasn't disclosed, will start this month. It also includes hardware and software maintenance services and incident management, the companies said.
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Big thuds in Windsor
Just about every driver around Windsor has probably seen them.
If they haven’t, they’ve probably felt them.
The dreaded pothole.
It’s the thud that happens when a car’s tires hit all the potholes that graced the town since three springs storms in a little more than three weeks dropped loads of snow and rain across the state and the Front Range.
While most experts will agree that the moisture was a much-needed welcome after an unusually dry winter, not everything that comes with it is good news.
Just ask Windsor public works director Terry Walker.
“A lot of areas that we filled (Monday), the asphalt around it is in just as bad of shape,” Walker said. “So it doesn’t do any good to do a permanent patch because you don’t know where to start and where to stop.”
Walker said his crews applied about 50 bags of a cold mix patch to most of the potholes in town on Monday. That patch will hold until he is able to decide what, if any, bigger damage there is to the streets.
The quick response by Walker’s department has kept area tire stores quiet where tire damage is concerned.
Don Blakeslee, manager of Family Tire & Auto Center, 1490 Main St., said the most damage he’s seen to cars is coming from nails and screws that are around town from all the post-tornado construction, but nothing from the potholes.
Donnie Stadler, manager at T&T Tires, 728 Main St., and Mike McWhirt, general manager at Pike’s Tire & Auto, 500 Main St., agreed. Both said they have had no customers bring cars in with tire damage from the potholes.
Walker said the most damaged roads were along Main, 7th and Garden streets as well as Eastman Park Drive. His crews fixed everything except the damage on Main, which is the responsibility of the state. Walker has been in contact with the state and crews are supposed to be out to repair any potholes soon, Walker said.
The material used in the patching was material the Town already had on hand, so it won’t impact an already stretched Town budget.
If more repairs such as overlays or complete repavements are needed that weren’t budgeted, Walker said that could end up costing more. But until his crew is able to access the situation over the next few weeks, he won’t know it that’s the case.
“Right now the patches we’re doing warrants just a cold patch,” Walker said. “But we will do more of permanent patch where we can.”


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Hanoi, Jan 2, 2009. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Thursday set out a five-point plan to achieve socioeconomic targets approved by the National Assembly (NA) last year.
Vietnam posted economic growth rate of 6.23 percent last year, lower than the original target of 7 percent as well as 2007’s 8.5 percent.
Dung’s economic blueprint, says that by the end of the third quarter last year, the government had succeeded in containing inflation and stabilizing the macro-economy.
The country has shifted its priority from containing soaring inflation to preventing economic recession, Dung said. The fight against slowing economic growth is even harder than that against inflation considering the limited resources of the country as well as the ongoing international financial crisis, Dung said.
In the face of such obstacles, the government identified its main task as “enlisting the whole society in preventing economic recession, sustaining economic growth, and ensuring social welfare policies.”
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Government of Vietnam Web Portal, Jan 1, 2009.
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A NORTHWICH pub will be serving six new wines during a 19-day wine festival.
The festival wines have been crafted by Matt Thomson, who was named as International White Wine Maker of the Year at the International Wine Challenge 2008, and also New Zealand Winemaker of the Year 2008.
The six wines have not previously been served at The Penny Black on Witton Street, and will complement up to 15 additional wines that will be available during the festival.
The festival at the Wetherspoon pub runs from Wednesday, June 10 until Sunday June 28 inclusive.
All of the wines will be sold at £2.20 for a 175ml glass, £2.89 for a 250ml glass and £7.69 for a bottle.
Pub manager Roger Cazaly said: “The six new wines have been sourced for the pub from one of the world’s leading winemakers, who has crafted the wines himself.
“They have not previously been served at The Penny Black and I am confident that customers will enjoy the opportunity to sample them.
“Our range of festival wines will be on a par with those served in restaurants and hotels, however they will be sold at a more affordable price.”


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LG announced a couple of months ago that they have plans to release 5 more Android devices by the end of 2011 and one of them was LG Prada K2.
The time has come for LG and Prada to join hands in a release event which will take place on December 14 in London, United Kingdom. Both parties been together before as this is not the first smarthphone release in a joint venture.
LG Prada K2 due to feature a 4.3-inch WVGA IPS LCD display with 480x800p resolution, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera built on an 8.8mm thin chic and very stylish body. K2 runs Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system under the hood.


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The digital revolution creates an environment of profound changes within companies. Technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT) gain more and more space within companies, increasing the number of services and providers. In this scenario, a company that has not prepared for this new stage of the world industry may encounter data storage problems and very slow processes. Click here to know about bitcoin exchange.
The great challenge of the current market is to find ways and technologies to handle that amount of information, but at the same time track and protect its products along the production chain.
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Another common problem is digital fraud. It is estimated that, worldwide, they cause around 5 billion dollars in losses. According to figures, there is a 60% increase in cyber-attacks in Latin America in the last year, with countries like Brazil, Argentina and Mexico at the helm, with an average of 45 attacks per second throughout the region.
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A technology that emerged more than 10 years ago, with the function of making cryptocurrency transfers, may be the solution: the Blockchain allows the tracking of a product throughout its life cycle, eliminating intermediaries and maintaining encryption at throughout the process
A key factor in the adoption of the Blockchain is its ability to guarantee data security in all the processes involved, since its authentication factors warn when data is exchanged. In the near future, with the era of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and data privacy approaching, ensuring the flow of information in security will be very important to ensure the survival of companies in the market.