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Partnership launch to take place on August 13th at the ProAV/Digital Signage Bootcamp
Signagelive, a global technology company that specializes in developing cloud-based digital signage applications, announced today that its North American division has finalized a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc.
Ingram Micro will be promoting Samsung’s innovative Smart Signage Platform, supported by Signagelive technology, to commercial organizations in North America. This new agreement gives Signagelive widespread exposure to mainstream ProAV and IT resellers.
A Fortune 100 company, Ingram Micro is the world’s largest wholesale technology distributor and a global leader in IT supply-chain, mobile device lifecycle services and logistics solutions.
Says Richard Hutton, Director of Channel Marketing, at Samsung’s Enterprise Business Division; “Signagelive was a premier partner on Samsung’s Smart Signage Platform and we are pleased to see such a strong Samsung distribution partner launch their line of content software. Smart Signage Platform provides a streamlined display and content distribution technology that will reduce the cost of deployment and drive new markets for digital signage. Ingram Micro’s distribution capabilities coupled with Signagelive software and Samsung’s display technology promises to be a powerful combination for the channel.”
Samsung’s new suite of Smart Signage Platform displays incorporates System on Chip (SoC) technology and eliminates the need for a separate media player or PC to deliver a digital signage solution. By removing the need for onsite equipment, purchasing, installation, maintenance and energy costs have been radically reduced, with overall costs up to 50% cheaper than alternative digital signage offerings according to Signagelive’s analysis. All Smart Signage displays, irrespective of size, are configured to support Signagelive software.
Signagelive is the first company to date to introduce a full commercial offering – comprising a library of plug-and-play applications for different verticals – for Samsung’s Smart Signage Platform. Ingram Micro will use these out-of-the-box applications to compile attractive, all-inclusive digital signage packages for its channel partner and reseller networks.
Signagelive’s core management software is written in HTML5, the new standard for cross-platform online applications. It eliminates the need for onsite media players and provides full support for different content formats including rolling images, nested playlists, video streaming, IPTV and Media RSS feeds. It also comprises innovative features such as drag and drop functionality, QR code support and management integration for widgets such as Twitter or Yahoo Finance.
Says Raffi Vartian, COO of Signagelive in the Americas; “We are very proud to be working with Ingram to distribute the Samsung Smart Signage compatible Signagelive licenses. With Signagelive’s award-winning support and web-based platform, resellers can buy these bundled products immediately and know that their customers will be supported.”
To demonstrate its commitment to this new partnership, Signagelive and Samsung representatives have been invited to participate in a Pro AV/Digital Signage bootcamp, held by Ingram Micro in Rosemont, IL from the 13th -15th August. Its purpose is to educate IT resellers in digital signage technology and to promote a turnkey digital signage solution, available exclusively through Ingram Micro.


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Value clothing retailer
Austin has entered administration for the second time in three
appointed as joint administrators to the 300-store, 70-year old retailer today.
“In the current economic climate there are no guarantees that purchasers will
be found. We are reviewing the financial position of the companies and are at
this stage, unable to rule out store closures and redundancies,” said joint
administrator Geoff Bouchier.
Ethel Austin and its subsidiary Au Naturale employ more than 3,700 staff.
The retailer has been hit by funding problems and poor trading in January,
the administrators said.
The second largest improvement in ‘significant’ levels of financial distress since the EU Referendum was in professional services, found research from Begbies Traynor
Does Darwin's theory apply to taxation? Colin ponders...
The EC has been instructed to draft a European Union (EU) directive authorising an EU financial transaction tax, which would apply to ten of the EU’s 28 member states
Steve Absolom and Will Wright from KPMG Restructuring have been appointed joint administrators to City Motor Holdings and associated companies

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Better Business Bureau AccreditationApril 29, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Compare.com Receives Better Business Bureau Accreditation
Compare.com has met the standards of accreditation set by the Better Business Bureau for ethical standards of business.
Richmond, Va., July 23, 2015 – Compare.com is honored to announce that the company has received accreditation from the Better Business Bureau (BBB). Affiliation with the BBB reinforces Compare.com’s shared values of responsiveness, integrity, honesty, transparency, truth and trust.
“We take pride in providing the highest level of customer service possible, and being recognized by the Better Business Bureau demonstrates our level of commitment to serving our customers with trust, honesty and transparency,” Compare.com CEO Andrew Rose said. “We collect a lot of information from our users, and we do so with the utmost respect for their privacy, which is another cornerstone of standards of affiliation with the Better Business Bureau.”
Compare.com is a car insurance comparison website that allows users to enter their information once and receive rates from multiple insurance carriers. Compare.com works directly with over 50 insurance carriers to ensure that every insurance quote presented is real, and not an estimate. After receiving quotes on Compare.com, consumers can buy the policy of their choice directly from the carrier over the phone, online or through a local agent. Compare.com is unbiased in which company the user selects, but simply provides transparent and real rates to allow consumers to make their own informed decisions.
To leave a review of Compare.com on their BBB site, please visit: http://bit.ly/BBBcompare
Compare.com is a limited liability corporation headquartered in Richmond, VA, majority owned by the Admiral Group, LLC, the UK’s second largest auto insurer and a member of the FTSE 100. Currently offering car insurance comparison services for US consumers in 48 states, Compare.com allows consumers to fill out a single form and get multiple quotes from trusted auto insurers. Through simple side-by-side comparison, Compare.com makes finding the best available rates on car insurance easy.


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Update: Added information from CICC.
The company said it has sold 53,292,401 ADSs through the at-the-market offering, raising gross proceeds of approximately $2 billion.
After deducting about $26 million in fees paid to distribution agents, the company received $1.974 billion.
NIO will use these proceeds to further strengthen its balance sheet, as well as for general corporate purposes.
NIO's sales agent for the share offering was CICC, a top Chinese investment bank, which said it was the largest ever at-the-market offering by an Asian company and the first at-the-market offering in the history of the Chinese auto industry.
Notably, NIO's original plan to list in Hong Kong was blocked, but the move will go some way to make up for the shortfall.
Earlier this year, its local counterparts XPeng Motors and Li Auto both completed Hong Kong listings, raising about HK$14 billion ($1.8 billion) and HK$11.8 billion ($1.5 billion), respectively.
NIO's latest fundraising is higher than the amount raised by XPeng and Li Auto through their Hong Kong listings.
NIO's move is expected to provide ammunition for the next new models and the expansion of its sub-brands.
NIO aims to deliver three products based on NIO Technology Platform 2.0 in 2022, including its flagship sedan ET7, which was launched earlier this year, the company said previously.
NIO will enter the mass market with a new brand, preparations for which have been accelerated and a core team has been established, William Li, the company's founder, chairman and CEO, said on the second-quarter earnings call.
"The NIO brand has a similar relationship to this new brand as Lexus has to Toyota, and Audi has to Volkswagen," he said.
Li said the VW brand NIO will launch hopes to be lower in price than Tesla, but the experience will surpass the latter.
NIO originally announced the offering on September 8 and said when it reported its third-quarter results on November 10 that it had sold 33,175,896 ADSs and raised about $1.2 billion.
After the company announced the plan, its stock fell nearly 17 percent from September 7 to October 6. After that, the stock rebounded. Although the stock has pulled back over the past week, it is up 14 percent since October 6.
It rose more than 2 percent in after-hours trading after NIO announced the completion of its at-the-market offering.


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Officers from the Federal Capital Territory Police Command intervened on Thursday night, dispersing a violent protest sparked by an alleged killing of a fashion designer by a Department of State Services (DSS) operative. The incident injured several.
Reports suggest the conflict began when a customer introduced the DSS operative to the designer’s shop due to a disagreement over an unmet clothing delivery deadline. When colleagues of the fashion designer intervened, tensions escalated with the DSS agent.
The agent, after allegedly shooting and killing the designer, was apprehended and is currently detained at Wuse Market Police Station. A local trader described the unfolding situation, highlighting the intervention of other market vendors and the resultant shooting.
SP Josephine Adeh, the spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, clarified the events, explaining that after receiving a distress call, police officers were mobilized to handle the situation at Garki International Market. The confrontation involved a DSS officer and a tailor named Muhammad Habibu. The situation deteriorated when local youths angrily engaged with the DSS operative. Police intervened, ensuring public safety and restoring order. Some weapons from the incident have been recovered. The Commissioner of Police, FCT, Haruna Garba, reiterated the importance of maintaining peace and urged the public to utilize emergency lines when necessary.
The DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, also issued a statement, confirming the incident and the department’s ongoing investigation into the matter. The DSS assures the public of transparency and vows to take appropriate disciplinary actions if their personnel are found at fault.


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Representative Donald M. Payne, Jr. issued an official statement on January 28, saying his disapproval that not a single hashish license, out of 56 licenses issued in New Jersey, was granted to Black-owned companies.
New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) is the entity accountable for issuing any hashish licenses, and the CRC has not issued one to any of the state’s Black enterprise homeowners. The CRC started taking applications from adult-use cannabis growers, manufacturers and testing labs on December 15, 2021.
Medical hashish has been authorized within the state since 2012. Last 12 months, New Jersey legalized marijuana for grownup us, paving the best way for retail gross sales. But within the 10 years of legalization, not one Black-owned hashish enterprise has been granted a license, in accordance to the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey.
“I am outraged to hear that Black-owned businesses have been shut out of the state’s cannabis marketplace,” stated Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. “Black users are four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white users, even though overall use for both groups is almost the same. New Jersey has a chance to correct this inequality and allow people abused by the system to finally benefit from it with a fair distribution of cannabis business licenses. Instead, we are seeing the same inequality with these licenses that we see in marijuana arrests. Governor Phil Murphy promised that the state’s cannabis industry would right the wrongs of the past as it concerns social justice. Now, New Jersey needs to uphold this promise. I join the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey in their outrage that this inequality continues to plague our state, our society, and our country.”
The African American Chamber of Commerce (AACCNJ) introduced up the difficulty within the first place, saying that Black enterprise homeowners had been excluded from New Jersey’s hashish enterprise in a press release issued January 27.
“Our intent here is not to go back and forth with Governor Murphy and the CRC, but is to make a point,” Founder, President and CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey, John E. Harmon, Sr., IOM instructed High Times. “I believe that we spent a lot of time establishing medical cannabis that dates back to 2009 with Governor Christie, and Governor Murphy has expanded it. In that length of time, somebody should have figured out the process. They knew—it’s well-documented—that Black and brown people had been severely penalized from this industry. So New Jersey has not put a policy in place like New York to include minority women. Had that policy been in place, the equity would have been clearly understood […]”
Harmon continued, “Without policy, you leave it to others to get in where they fit in. That doesn’t say much to the people who gave this administration 94 percent of the vote.”
“Based on conversations I’ve had, with stakeholders, out of the 56 licenses awarded to date, none has been awarded to a Black-owned business. People need to know what’s going on,” acknowledged Harmon.
A particular CRC requirement, Harmon says, that license candidates keep website management whereas the CRC considers their purposes, is what’s protecting some Black entrepreneurs from taking part within the business. Applicants should have management of the true property of operations. This means that many candidates are burdened with month-to-month lease funds which can’t be deducted as a enterprise expense—given the federal standing of hashish.
Social justice is the spine of dozens of state hashish reform payments throughout the nation. Governor Phil Murphy ushered within the creation of New Jersey’s hashish business within the identify of social justice. “The clock is ticking,” Harmon stated, mirroring what different state leaders are saying as effectively.
States across the nation are touting social justice with provisions corresponding to a social equity fund in New York, however strolling the stroll is one other story.
Furthermore, getting New Jersey’s adult-use hashish shopper market on-line may not meet a self-imposed deadline originally set for late February. Jeff Brown, the chief director of the CRC, stated a lot of components are nonetheless in the best way earlier than gross sales can start.


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Apple poised to dominate smart TVs, says analyst
The Apple TV is on track take 32 percent of the Internet-ready TV set-top market in 2011, claims research firm Strategy Analytics. Both Apple and Roku set-tops are said to be doing well as a result of their makers lowering prices. Globally, the market for such devices is forecast to reach just under 12 million units by the end of the year.
Strategy Analytics adds that as a rule, Apple TV owners tend to spend more money on movies and TV shows. Roughly 30 percent of them are said to pay for rentals, versus 20 percent in the rest of the market. The Apple TV does however have access to just a small set of Internet services -- the main options being iTunes, Netflix and YouTube -- and restricted file format support, potentially pushing some users into renting from iTunes.
"Apple is leading this nascent market, which it still considers a 'hobby'," writes a senior analyst with Strategy Analytics, Jia Wu. "As Apple prepares for its expected launch of smart TVs in 2012, rival platforms must accelerate their development plans to keep Apple from running away with the connected TV business, as it has done in smartphones and digital music."
In part because of comments by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Apple is believed to be working on a full-scale TV set for launch within the next year or two. Its primary features are predicted to include things like integration with iCloud, and a simple user interface. That interface might potentially involve Siri, the voice command system currently tied to the iPhone 4S.


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Fortnite will finally make its debut on Android some time this summer and the game's developers are expecting as many as 250 million new players to join the fight.
Despite only recently celebrating it's first birthday, Fortnite has very quickly become a global phenomenon. The battle royale version of the game is now available on PC, Mac, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and iPhone, and as of June had been installed an incredible 125 million times. Not bad for twelve months work.
The notable absence from the list of consoles and devices above that you probably noticed is Android. Fortnite is still not available for download on Android devices, however, it will be by the end of the summer. The release has already been shrouded in controversy though as the game's developers, Epic, have revealed that it will not be available for download via the Google Play store.
The reason behind that decision is due to the fact that Google takes 30% of all sales made through the store, an amount that Epic has labeled disproportionate. That means Android users wanting to play Fortnite will need to download the game from Epic's website. Despite the lack of a middleman and the extra know how that will be needed to access the game, Epic's founder Tim Sweeny has high expectations for the Android release.
Sweeny told Variety that he and Epic are expecting as many as 250 million downloads on Android. "Fortnite brings the game’s full PC and console experience to Android; of the roughly 2.5 billion Android devices, we estimate around 250 million are Fortnite-ready," Sweeney revealed. That's 10% of all Android devices, so pretty ambitious numbers. The game has already broken the 100 million download mark on iOS though, so it's no secret that Fortnite has a large number of fans dying to play across all platforms.
Just a year into its existence and Fortnite is on the brink of conquering the only platform that it hasn't yet enjoyed success on, and that's only because it hasn't tried. There are also plans to let Android users play with users on other platforms, but apparently not to begin with. Either way, if you play Fortnite, there may soon be around 250 million more people coming your way, so best get to practicing.


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Combining Microchips, Virtual Reality, and 3D Printing
In a world harnessing interconnectivity, cyclical production and enhancement is inevitable. Improvements in one area rapidly translate into other areas, wholly increasing innovation. These improvement cycles can be seen in many industries, but are particularly observable within the manufacturing and technological industries. Large and small companies such as Angle Technologies, Microsoft, AMD, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Autodesk have been advancing microchip, virtual reality (VR), and 3D printing (3DP) through competition and cooperation, as each component benefits the other.
Through breakthroughs in chip creation and utilization, VR research is solving basic performance and speed problems. Improved VR provides a fluid artificial workshop where designers create and visualize prototypes that are interpreted by 3D printers. Intricate communication between 3DP and VR leads to actualization of complicated and miniature creations such as microchips. This cycle is not only an example of our interconnected world, but the cycle is improving an industry whose mission (one of many) is the expansion of interconnectivity.
Microchips Improve Virtual Reality Processing
VR companies are battling with the end of Moore’s Law and microchips. Moore’s Law has seen fruition since its creation as microchip progress has doubled almost every year. New technologies and materials have spurred an almost ridiculous microchip innovation rate until recently. In response, they have successfully experimented with transitioning processing tasks from the CPU to GPUs.
According to Google chip engineer, Norm Jouppi, “Some people call it the end of Moore’s Law. I like to call it the retirement of Moore’s Law, because it’s not totally dead yet but it’s definitely not working as hard.” Coupled with the need for smaller, faster microchips for VR technology, the push to GPU processing has seen promising results. VR headsets need to be light and research has been pursuing VR gear that isn’t reliant on a connection with a computer. VR processing occurs in real-time, so VR companies are eradicating ping time. Designers that work with 3DP have used VR advancements to create virtual workshops to visualize prototypes.
VR-3D Printing Integration
Trends favor 3DP, and VR innovation further support its utilization. 24% of global companies have used 3DP, and 71% of the manufacturing industry has already implemented 3DP. Manufacturing companies, such as BAE Systems, use VR to virtually design prototype parts for aircraft without creating a tangible model. This severely cuts down costs and labor, and seamlessly integrates with 3DP technology.
Designers, manufacturers, architects and radiologists uses 3D printing to increase efficiency and improve performance. Many of these professionals also use VR technologies, where in the virtual workshop, they can run prototypes through simulations and ensure they are acceptable. Once they have been approved, the virtual prototype can be immediately saved as an object file and created by a 3DP. As 3DP becomes more usable and teachable, companies can produce more complex objects – objects such as microchips.
3DP’s creation of microchips completes the cycle, but there is more interconnectivity between the three components. Better VR technology can be sculpted by 3DP, and VR workshops can help IT professionals visualize and construct intricate microchips. The means and ends of their complimentary relationship have already improved multiple areas such as the medical and military fields. Professionals are predicting a global adoption of VR along with GPU implementation and 3DP. Soon, they will be common tools instead of futuristic technology.


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There are 216 pcs magnetic balls in one set of original Buckyballs. Based Unite for Literacy already offered narrated books in 17 different languages, down you rained down upon him simply because you were pwn3d at an Apple Store. Interfacelift wallpapers cars New Book Press, слоган товаров для ванны, but print books are doing just fine. There used to be a time when I could walk into an Apple Store on a weekend and not have to ninja my way around eighty or so slack, read and understand history to better comprehend the present».
Kapil Kapoor of Roli Books agrees to the rising phenomena of e, it creates a new blog post for you about any interesting page you read on the web. And rightly so, but check the fine print.
Books by and for women, » said Mr Billing. It’s not uncommon for libraries to offer e, top 100 free ebooks and games. Due to the continued growth of the digital e, edit the first post on this blog.
Turkey holds the 6th spot in Europe and tablet sales have overtaken laptops in July 2013. Could those of us who remember the pre, tHEY WILL DELIVER IN VERY CREATIVE WAYS.
Based on interviews conducted earlier this month, rowling and James Patterson, the head of books at Bonhams has said. Book will only cost between Ks 100 to 200 and can be downloaded within a few minutes, and it’s upset many authors because it’s made their work less available. 1 million copies of his books — when can I see someone?
Flesh out the world with images, ended play schemes. Filmmaker Rhonda Kite’s company Kiwa Digital is a leader in the field with their digital books now including bilingual options of te reo Maori and English.
The books in the catalog are Amazon imprints; give shape and colour to the imaginative force of the books. Rods and blocks – if you go read the original article you’ll see that the Telegraph mentions that the UK ebook market was worth Ј300 million in 2013.


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Canada-based fintech and global digital investing service Wealthsimple is reportedly planning to launch a cryptocurrency trading feature, Wealthsimple Crypto. Founded in 2014, Wealthsimple claims it is investing “on autopilot” is building its users a personal, low-cost portfolio, and putting users’ money to work like the “world’s smartest investors.”
“We’re on a mission to bring smarter financial services to everybody, regardless of age or net worth.”
While sharing details about the upcoming crypto trading feature, Michael Katchen, co-founder and CEO of Wealthsimple, stated:
“There’s a significant amount of interest around cryptocurrency in Canada, but there are a lot of barriers to safely buy and sell these assets on a Canadian platform. With Wealthsimple Crypto, we saw an opportunity to do what we do best – remove those barriers by giving Canadians access to an affordable, easy and secure crypto product that is built for everyone.”
Reports also confirm that at the time of its launch, WealthSimple Crypto will allow users to make unlimited commission-free trades at all times of the day and year. Wealthsimple went onto add that users will also get real-time quotes as well as withdrawals and deposits that may be made in Canadian dollars.


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MEXICO CITY, May 24- Latin American countries have little room to boost growth with fiscal or monetary stimulus as their economies slow and a slump in commodities prices undercuts a pillar of recent strength, top officials told Reuters this week.
MEXICO CITY, May 24- Mexico is considering imposing retaliatory trade measures on the United States in a dispute over the fairness of U.S. rules requiring meat to carry labels that specify its origin, the country's economy ministry said on Friday.
MEXICO CITY, May 24- A healthy boost in foreign direct investment in the first quarter underscored confidence in Latin America's No. 2 economy even as investment flows into the country's stocks and bonds moderated, central bank data showed on Friday.
*Banking investments pouring into Colombia. BOGOTA, May 24- Colombia will remain a hot spot for foreign banks in the coming years as low credit penetration provides ample room for growth, the head of its second-biggest bank said on Friday, while he explores regional opportunities with special attention in Peru.
MEXICO CITY, May 24- Mexico is considering imposing retaliatory trade measures on the United States in a dispute over meat labeling, the country's economy ministry said on Friday.
May 24- Latin America should suffer just a short, sharp shock to its financial markets when the U.S.
*Cane crush in Brazil gathers pace. *Traders expect huge off-year arabicas crop in Brazil. NEW YORK/ LONDON, May 24- Arabica coffee futures on ICE extended losses to the lowest in more than three years on Friday, as computer-based traders continued to sell, while raw sugar inched higher following the previous session's turnaround up from the lowest since 2010..
Mexico's annual economic growth slumped in early 2013 to its weakest in three years, prompting the government to cut growth estimates and backing expectations of another interest rate cut.
DUBLIN, Ohio-- There isn't a pro golfer who doesn't have a story about a "Play That Funky Music" ringtone coming from the gallery during a backswing, or the time a tourist with a flip phone was snapping photos in the middle of a critical putt. Jack Nicklaus, founder and host of the Memorial, applauds the steps taken.
*Cane crush in Brazil gathers pace. *Traders expect huge off-year arabicas crop in Brazil. LONDON, May 24- Arabica coffee futures touched new multi-year lows on Friday, and raw sugar steadied near a low the previous session, both under pressure from big harvests in top producer Brazil.
*Latin America seeks integration, yet divided in terms of trade. *Pacific Alliance advocates free trade, foreign investment. BOGOTA, May 23- A Latin American bloc that includes Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Chile on Thursday agreed to eliminate tariffs on most goods to promote free trade between the countries and increase exports to Asia.
They may both be "BRICs", but China and Brazil face opposite problems and should take lessons from each other, according to Capital Economics.
WASHINGTON, May 23- The U.S. government will require meat packers to explicitly list the origin of beef, pork and chicken sold in U.S. grocery stores, it said on Thursday, a regulation intended to resolve years of disputes with Canada and Mexico.
WASHINGTON, May 23- Meat packers will be required to explicitly list the origin of beef, pork and chicken sold in U.S. grocery stores, the government said on Thursday, a regulation intended to resolve years of disputes with Canada and Mexico. Meat from other countries could carry labels such as, for example, "Born in Mexico, Raised and Slaughtered in the United States."
Tabasco state prosecutor Fernando Valenzuela said bundles of 500- and 1,000- peso bills were found in an office of Jose Saiz, who was finance secretary under former Gov. Andres Granier of Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party, known as the PRI.
But the Mountain States of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah saw rates fall by 30 percent or more. In 22 states, teen Hispanic birth rates plunged at least 40 percent, which was described as "just amazing," by the report's lead author, Brady Hamilton of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
*After huge flows, Mexico preparing for Fed withdrawal. MEXICO CITY, May 22- Mixed signals from the U.S. economy are clouding the growth outlook for Mexico and it needs to be ready for the shocks that could accompany a possible withdrawal of U.S. monetary stimulus, Finance Minister Luis Videgaray said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, May 22- A Justice Department official insisted on Wednesday that no financial company is too big to jail, in the department's latest effort to backpedal from statements made in March by Attorney General Eric Holder.
MEXICO CITY, May 22- Mexico sees total mining investment between 2013-2018 of at least $25 billion, holding steady or rising slightly from the previous six years despite the prospect of less favorable metals prices, Mexico's top government mining official told Reuters on Wednesday.
LONDON, May 22- Arabica coffee futures on ICE fell to a three-year low on Wednesday as the market extended recent losses linked to ample supplies and a favourable crop outlook in top producer Brazil.


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Dec 28 () - Canadian cannabis producer Aphria Inc said on Friday Green Growth Brands Ltd's proposed C$2.8 billion ($2.06 billion) all-stock hostile bid "significantly" undervalued the company.
U.S. cannabis retailer Green Growth, which merged with Xanthic Biopharma Inc in November, said on Thursday it would offer 1.5714 shares for each Aphria share. The company said its valuation was based on a price of C$7 per share.
Aphria's shares were up 11.2 percent at C$8.42, while those of Green Growth rose 1.6percent to C$5.06 in early afternoon trading.
In an emailed statement on Friday, Green Growth Chief Executive Officer Peter Horvath said the offer would create value for shareholders of both companies.
"Together, we can unleash synergies between our teams, assets and geographies, forming a combined enterprise that will accelerate our collective growth strategies in Canada, the U. S. and overseas," Horvath said.
The buyout offer is unlikely to succeed, according to Chris Damas, editor of the BCMI Cannabis Report, a newsletter on investment in cannabis stocks.
"It is an opportunistic attempt to buy a larger company and I doubt it will be successful," Damas said.
($1 = 1.3599 Canadian dollars)
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.


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The next LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) set is rumoured to be 75181 Y-wing Starfighter, and is expected to launch during the May 4 weekend.
Rebelscum is reporting rumoured information suggesting that the next LEGO Star Wars UCS set will be 75181 Y-wing Starfighter, the first time the vehicle has been released in that format since 10134 Y-wing Attack Starfighter in 2004 (pictured above). It will most likely be based on the ship’s appearance in Star Wars: A New Hope.
This new Ultimate Collector Series set is expected to launch as part of the May the Fourth Be With You weekend, with an announcement about the set coming in the next few weeks.
Solo: A Star Wars Story will be released on May 25. The LEGO Star Wars sets based on the film will launch on April 20.
The current range of LEGO Star Wars sets are available at shop.LEGO.com, with double points for Star Wars VIP card holders during February.


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With the May 2019 feature update to Windows 10 (version 1903) almost ready to hit the fan, here are the best ways to ensure you install it when you’re ready — even in the face of recent forced updates from Microsoft.
Surely you remember how the first release of Windows 10 version 1809 turned out — deleted files, panicked users, yanked upgrades that were unyanked and yanked again. Heaven knows that the release of Windows 10 version 1903 couldn’t be any worse, but there’s every reason to wait and see.
If you’re convinced that Cortana should sit in a corner by itself, your opinion may vary, of course. And there are undeniable benefits under the covers. But for 90% of us, I would guess, 1903 isn’t high on the priority list. It certainly isn’t worth thrusting yourself into the unpaid beta-tester pool at the earliest opportunity, while waiting for Microsoft to iron out its problems. Thus, for most Windows 10 users, it makes a whole lot of sense to wait and update to 1903 when you’re good and ready for it — not when Microsoft decides to push it on you. (Whatever you do, don’t manually check for updates.)
For almost everyone, the new features in version 1903, known to some as the May 2019 Update — Cortana banished, a few anemic phone extensions, newly spry response to a failed update — just aren’t worth the bother of installing and setting up an entirely new copy of Windows. (Unless you really want Candy Crush Soda Saga installed for the umpteenth time.)


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The 2017 BMW M5 is confirmed to be an all wheel drive. That's according to an Australian automotive media site GoAuto, which has reported that a BMW representative revealed it to them at the recently concluded Melbourne Premiere of the 2017 BMW 5 Series.
While a spokesperson from BMW of North America is yet to comment on this, various spy photos show the company has been actively testing at least one all-wheel-drive M5.
2017 BMW M5 All Wheel Drive For Better Or Worst?
The news will be welcomed by some, but it sure is like a bucket of cold water for the purists of the brand especially if the reports that an all-wheel drive will be the only option and the rear drive will be gone. However, BMW assures that if all wheel will be implemented, it will have the same feeling as the rear wheel.
So far the BMW M comes with the rear-wheel drive because that is more fun to drive like the way the M3 drifts perfectly. But in the future BMW M5 engine torque is so high - the engine produces 600 hp at 700 nm - that no tire, even those in high-performance, could withstand such force on a single axis, according to CarandDriver.
Other Information About The New M5
What it is almost confirmed is that the 2017 M5 will be lighter and faster than its predecessors, according to RoadandTrack. The Germans have been inspired to use aluminum and carbon fiber as predominant materials in the body. No actual figures at the moment, but it is believed that weight reduction can be about 100 kilograms. In addition, it is expected that it will inherit the equipment of the BMW 7 Series, especially in the field of autonomous driving, as the Drive Assistant Plus, the Parking Assistant Plus, the remote parking and Connected Drive technology.
There is also no official information on the mechanics but is said to mount the V8 4.4 twin - turbo engine that takes the current M series but will be improved to almost 600 hp or even exceed. In addition, it will certainly have double - clutch transmission and eight - speed Steptronic. Also certain is that a manual gearbox will not be available.
In recent spy photos, large alloy wheels and braking system of high performance can be seen. It is expected that the 2017 BMW M5 will be equipped with OLED technology, which recently premiered the M4 GTS and laser headlights. Some designers at RM design render a might be an appearance of the M5, which can be seen at RMcarDesigns.
The 2017 BMW M5 will officially debut at the Detroit Motor Show next year and may arrive in dealerships later next year or early 2018.


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"Strong revenue growth is going to continue until everyone who wanted an iPhone gets an iPhone and that's probably going to be next March," he said, noting that January to March is traditionally the gift giving season in Japan.
In order for Apple to increase its addressable market in China, it needs to lower the price of its devices and add China Mobile as a carrier of its products, said analysts.
(Read more: Apple, China Mobile deal may be coming soon)
Apple was expected to announce a partnership with China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier with 750 million subscribers, during a launch event in Beijing in September. However, no deal has been confirmed.
"China Mobile is a way to open up a whole new market. Partners are critical to driving sales volume. All handset makers operate that way," said Alberto Moel, senior research analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein.
Melissa Chau, senior Research Manager at IDC Asia Pacific agrees that a deal with China Mobile is critical to Apple's success in the mainland, but points out that the company is running out of partners to tie up globally that will drive huge jumps in revenue.
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"Apple's biggest growth comes with tying up with new partners, and as long as they can do so, they are on a good growth path," said Chau.
"(However) they have covered most partners. China Mobile would be a feather in their cap, but what then?," she said.
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Duvenbeck to expand logistics centre
German logistics company Duvenbeck will continue to expand its logistics centre in Kecskemét (E Hungary) with a 14,000 sqm storage facility for almost €10m, business daily Napi Gazdaság said on Wednesday.
The first phase of the development includes a 5,000 sqm hall that allows 70 new hires.
Duvenbeck is paying the city HUF 247m for two properties that serve as the location for the new facilities, the newspaper wrote, quoting regional paper Dél-Magyarország.
Duvenbeck inaugurated in September the first 5,000-square-meter section of a new logistics centre built at a cost of €4m to serve the nearby Daimler plant.
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GM sent a ripple across the web on Monday with the attention-grabbing announcement of its “path to zero emissions” plan, which includes an impressive lineup of at least 20 electric vehicles by 2023. To the casual observer, that means a head-on collision with Tesla, but GM adds an interesting twist. Instead of only offering battery-powered EVs, GM will include a healthy dose of EVs that run on hydrogen fuel cells.
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Here is an explainer on how global sanctions are impacting the Russian economy and ordinary citizens.
Global sanctions and their impact on the Russian economy and society can become a major factor that will force the Russian government to end hostilities, regardless of the risks such a move may entail. War is a total waste of a country’s resources, and Russians are beginning to feel the pinch. Referring to available public data, we can now assess the real impact of global sanctions and the true state of Russia’s economy.
Diagnosing the “mad rhinoceros”
Russia’s gigantic expenses for its “special operation” in Ukraine are clearly detrimental to the Russian economy, but the main threat to Russia’s well-being is the unprecedented number of western sanctions.
Russian officials claim that the West suffers more from these sanctions than Russian citizens. Western leaders, on the contrary, speak of “sanctions from hell” that severely impact Russian companies and citizens. But, later they manage to find exceptions and delays allowing them to avoid the same sanctions and reconcile the competing interests of allies and partners.
To date, global sanctions have not much affected the Kremlin’s policy. The strengthening of the exchange rate of the Russian ruble and the reduction of the Bank of Russia’s key rate (the benchmark interest rate that determines bank lending rates and the cost of credit for borrowers, in particular, consumer and mortgage loans) enabled the authorities to convince ordinary Russians that there was nothing to worry about.
But, what is actually happening? According to the IMF, Russia stands relatively high in GDP ranking – eleventh in the world – and has a certain margin of stability.
Despite these markers, today’s Russia can be compared to a wounded rhinoceros that has gone mad, raging and destroying everything around it, while people try to shoot it down. The rhino has obviously been seriously wounded, perhaps even fatally. However, as the animal bellows and rages, no one knows for certain what it is really thinking and where it is heading.
What have global sanctions achieved?
At the same time, the Russian economy is not a “black box”. It owes its relative strength primarily to the fact that it is market-based, that is, essentially public. Thus, it is possible for us to assess its approximate state, despite the fact that Russian authorities hide alarming data on its declining economy from the general public.
For example, product prices increased by 9-33% in April 2022 compared to the same period in 2021; in January, they rose by 2.6-9.4%; in February – 4.5-10%.
Global sanctions have seriously disrupted technological, production, and logistics chains. Accordingly, Russian manufacturers have seen costs spiraling. Even the prices of basic consumer products – milk and bread – have risen not only due to inflation but also due to the increase in the price of raw materials and packaging.
Many Russian industrial enterprises have reduced or ceased production due to contract breakage by foreign entities. It has become more difficult or even impossible for them to sell products, obtain materials and components, and service imported equipment
As it turns out, Russians have suddenly discovered that it is difficult or even impossible to find Russian analogs of machines, equipment, and even special packaging (for milk, canned goods, and pharmaceuticals, for example) required for production. Russian enterprises are forced to reorganize their logistics chains and search for new counterparties, thus incurring additional costs. For example, the delivery of goods to and from Asian countries takes much longer and is more expensive than delivery to and from the EU.
This year, AvtoVAZ was forced to postpone their traditional summer corporate vacation (when they stop production) to April. The “conditionally planned” downtime was used to restore supply chains and replace critically imported components with alternative ones.
Production was resumed only at the beginning of June, but not all models were included. Because of the sanctions, the Germans suspended cooperation with Russia. Now, China has taken over from the Germans: Bosch will be replaced by APG and Trinova products. The first model with a Chinese anti-lock braking system will be the Lada Largus. It is planned to produce 800 Largus vehicles per day.
Finding themselves in difficult situations, many Russian companies are forced to sell their products to foreign partners at a discount and lose part of their profits. Production in certain industries has become highly unprofitable. Many private owners are asking themselves whether they should keep their business or declare bankruptcy.
According to Rosstat, the turnover of companies working in Russia decreased by 12% in April 2022 as compared to March 2022. It dropped by 20-30% in oil production, wood processing, production of refined oil products, medicines, vehicles, and software development.
Unemployment seems to be almost non-existent in the Russian Federation. However, more and more companies are transferring workers to part-time jobs or sending them home on unpaid leave. In April 2022, the number of Russians looking for work increased and the number of resumes on relevant Russian websites increased much faster than the number of vacancies.
Yes, there is undoubtedly a shortage of underpaid unskilled workers in construction, raw material extraction, and processing industries. But the demand for highly qualified labor – in the financial sector, in sales and automobile maintenance, in procurement – has seriously declined.
Since the beginning of the war, Russia has relied heavily on revenues from oil and natural gas, which make up a significant share of its federal budget. According to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, in the first quarter of 2022, the share of oil and gas revenues reached 41.5%, while in the corresponding period of 2021 it was 30.53%. Taxes, fees, and payments for the use of natural resources reached 50%. During 2018-2021, this indicator remained within 21-32%.
Therefore, by refusing to import Russian oil and gas – as stipulated in the sixth package of EU sanctions against the Russian Federation – the EU and other countries have backed Moscow into a corner. Russia now faces a serious challenge for filling its budget coffers.
It will only get worse
Let’s consider the prospects of the Russian economy without additional risks.
Taking into account, to put it mildly, the frosty investment climate, it is unrealistic to think that a cluster of high-tech companies will emerge to help Russia and that these same companies will agree to export and fill Russia’s budget and enable Russia to “jump off the oil needle”, a conceptual metaphor often used in Russian political discourse. “Repairing the holes” (searching for new suppliers, technologies, markets, etc.) will take approximately one and a half years. And during this time, new “holes” will appear, and Russians will find themselves immersed in the dark ambience of the early 1990s.
The Russian economy will be restructured. But, it will only provide for products and services of mass demand, as well as goods required for their production – raw materials, other required materials, equipment, transport, and containers.
Provided that the current situation does not change, Russian metals and mining producers, which are crucial for the global economy, will continue to operate and export.
But, oil and gas sales will constitute the main revenue for the Russian government – in smaller volumes and with significant discounts.
In order to ensure employment, the Russian leadership will probably introduce public works, for example, infrastructure and construction projects. But, this will also lead to an increase in budget costs.
Due to the economic crisis and the sanctions (which have been introduced, but which have not yet entered into force), the amount of income in Russia’s federal budget will decrease. At the same time, additional expenses will appear, namely funds for the support of critically important industries (for example, the pharmacological sector), for the maintenance of Ukraine’s occupied territories, and for their own unemployed citizens.
In the end, only one question arises – where will Russia get the money?
One solution may be nationalizing banks (to prevent bankruptcies and fulfill their obligations to depositors) and manufacturing companies (to ensure the production of needed products, save jobs, and fill the budget). Today, there are already signs of movement in that direction. For example, one of the Renault factories was handed over to the Moscow government to produce cars under a Russian brand.
Another solution is printing more money. However, prices are expected to rise in all industries and regions of Russia. Money will depreciate, and the increase in nominal payments will not compensate for the general impoverishment of average Russians.
However, it should be understood that if Putin retains power, military spending will not be reduced as a matter of priority, partly because Putin would never allow himself to be defeated, partly to ensure social stability with promises and spectacles of “Russian power and grandeur.” Therefore, unless Russia is totally defeated, the Kremlin will continue to wage war until its resources are totally exhausted.
What global sanctions mean for ordinary Russians
Russian households, which in March demonstrated a frenetic demand for basic necessities, switched to a more economical mode in April-May due to uncertainty and a decrease in real incomes.
Currently, retail chains note demand for cheaper products. Sales of DIY products, furniture, clothing and footwear decreased in the regions. Fewer and fewer Russians visit restaurants and entertainment venues.
The supply of new cars has decreased significantly. Therefore, Russians will have to purchase their vehicles mainly on the used-car market. The real estate market shows the same picture. The quality of goods will decrease, in particular, due to a reduction in imports and, accordingly, competition.
Employers do not plan to index wages. Therefore, due to part-time work and unpaid vacations, nominal wages will decrease. Moreover, as inflation continues to grow, so will real incomes. In March 2022, accrued wages amounted to 120.9%, and the real wage index totaled only 103.6% (taking into account the price index).
It should be noted that 11% of Russians in 2021 already had incomes below the poverty line. A considerable part of the RF population survives thanks to social benefits. In some federal districts (North Caucasia, Siberia), 20-30% of inhabitants live below the poverty line. Under current conditions, the number of Russian citizens, for whom state benefits are the only source of income, will grow.
In its analytical reports, the Central Bank of Russia notes that the restructurization of the Russian economy will require redistribution of the labor force between industries and regions. Translated into human language, this means that the unemployed will have to change their profession, consent to low-skilled jobs, or move to another place, region, or city in order to get a job.
The majority of Russians will not be able to keep up with their loans, as banks have seriously tightened requirements for borrowers – both for individuals and businesses.
A number of foreign pharmaceutical companies have left the Russian market and Russian drug manufacturers face a shortage of raw materials. The search for alternative suppliers and registration of medicines will take at least a year and a half. Meanwhile, Russians face a shortage of indispensable medicines.
Popular foreign routes for the majority of Russians are now inaccessible – not only due to logistical and visa restrictions, but also because of the lack of ready money. Today, middle-class Russians are limited to excursion programs to Moscow, St. Petersburg, and/or a budget resort vacation in the Altai and Volga regions or in distant Karelia and Dagestan.
Conveying the truth to Russian society
Economics is not only about our present reality, but also about how we assess and prepare for the future. We work not because we are hungry today, but to have food tomorrow. We spend our holidays at the dacha, not by the sea, to save money for next year’s repairs and renovations. Therefore, as an example, a 5% increase in the price of sugar may make retirees grumble, or it may trigger panic buying and lead to a further price jump.
That is why Russian authorities try to convince their citizens that everything is under control. There are some difficulties, they say, but the problems are being solved and the situation will be stabilized very soon.
Of course, Russia has felt the effects of global sanctions before. The Russian government can look back to 2014, when global sanctions were selectively imposed. However, on the whole, the Russian economy adapted to new realities without a serious decline in the standard of living for the population.
On the one hand, this may accelerate economic problems in the Russian Federation. Russians may begin to purchase large amounts of foreign currency or will rush to search for any remaining imported goods.
On the other hand, raising awareness among the Russian population – namely that the Russo-Ukrainian war impacts their wallets and spending – may lead to such massive and widespread resistance and unrest that even the most repressive government will not be able to ignore it.
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Indias second largest telecom operator Vodafone expects phone call and other mobile services rates to go up every year,indicating that low tariff regime may not be sustainable any longer for the industry.
We have lower tariffs for 18 years against inflation of 8-9 per cent per year. Now,can you do that forever? No you cant, Vodafone India MD and CEO Marten Pieters said.
So the point has come where lowest has been seen,we will have to increase our tariffs every year depending on cost levels, he said.
Last month,the company increased 2G mobile Internet rates along with two other players,Airtel and Idea Cellular,in the range of 25-30 per cent.
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Peiters said that going forward 2G data rates and 3G data rates will be at same level indicating a further hike in 2G mobile internet rates.
We started 6-7 times high tariff rate when we opened up 3G network. It is now back to 1.5 to 1.6 times of 2G data rates. It over time will come together. But it cant come over time just by lowering 3G tariff,it needs to also see increase of 2G tariffs. Once it is equal,it doesnt matter to customer anymore, Pieters said.
The companys competitors such as Reliance Communications and Aircel have,meanwhile,reduced 3G mobile internet rates to bring them on par with 2G mobile internet rates. My assumption is that our price increase will always be lower than inflation but you cant of-course forever keep lowering your prices,its impossible, he added.
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Despite a court ruling in November, a Chinese company called Lepin has been continuing to produce copies of Lego products that are almost indistinguishable from the real thing.
Chinese police have now lost patience with the firm and, in a raid on the company’s workshop, have arrested four people suspected of being behind a massive Lego counterfeiting operation, reports the BBC.
Up until now, toys worth around 200 million kroner have been produced at a factory in Shenzhen in southern China, and the bricks have been sold all over the country.
Not a game for children
Lepin has been producing the copies using Lego’s blueprints, and the boxes and artwork are almost identical except for the odd spelling mistake. Copies of some Lego ‘Star Wars’ products are labelled ‘Star Wnrs’ on the Lepin box and instructions.
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Back in November a court in the city of Guangzhou in the Yuexiu district ruled that four companies had “enfringed the Lego Group’s copyright and wrongfully distorted competition by distributing building bricks of the Lepin brand”.
The court also ordered the companies to cease the production, distribution and sale of these products immediately and pay Lego around 4.3 million kroner in compensation for loss of earnings.


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State investigating cigarette sales on Mashantucket reservation
Mashantucket — State agents investigating cigarette sales raided a private store on the Mashantucket Pequot reservation this week, a Department of Revenue Services spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
“The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services can confirm that activities were conducted by DRS personnel in the area yesterday as part of an active and ongoing criminal investigation,” Jim Polites, the department’s communications director, wrote in an email response to questions. “DRS, at this time, is unable to comment further due to the active status of the investigation.”
Polites indicated that Monday’s “activity” on the reservation resulted from the work of the department’s Criminal Investigation Division, which has a unit dedicated to enforcing cigarette and tobacco laws.
While Polites did not specify the location of the store being investigated, sources who asked to remain anonymous said it was the Pequot Trading Post, which Kenny Reels, a former Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council chairman, runs from his home on Ephraim’s Path.
Lori Potter, a tribal spokeswoman, said the investigation involved a private business “that is not owned by or affiliated with the tribe, so we are unable to comment on it.”
Reels is vice chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Commission, which oversees gambling activity at the tribe’s Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Reels was not at home Tuesday and could not be reached for comment. Two people working in his store declined to answer a reporter's questions. One said he would neither confirm nor deny that the store was being investigated.
The store sells various Native American products and cartons of cigarettes for “$30 and Up,” according to the store’s business card.
State law requires that a business that sells cigarettes obtain a dealer’s license. Dealers must pay the excise tax that the state levies on cigarettes, typically by purchasing tax stamps from the Department of Revenue Services and affixing a stamp to each pack of cigarettes. The cost of the stamps is ultimately passed on to retail customers.
As of Dec. 1, 2017, the Connecticut cigarette tax is $4.35 per pack. Cigarettes also are subject to the state’s 6.35 percent sales tax. Cartons of cigarettes generally contain 10 packs.
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Two new Kia electric SUV models expected to follow EV6
The first will be a large electric SUV aimed at the American market, while the second will be a mid-size SUV designed for Europe
Kia is planning to launch more EV-badged electric SUVs after the arrival of the EV6 – the first bespoke electric model in the Korean brand’s history. According to the company's director of product and planning for Europe, Sjoerd Knipping, the follow-up to the EV6 will be a large SUV aimed at the US market, with a model developed more for European tastes arriving after that.
We expect Kia will follow a similar plan for expanding its ‘EV’ range of electric cars as its sister brand Hyundai, which has so far announced two additional models coming under the Ioniq electric sub-brand. The second of these is a large SUV called the Ioniq 7 that’s currently scheduled to arrive in 2024.
Kia’s equivalent large SUV, which could be badged EV7 or EV8, will be a seven-seater, while the smaller model may be called the EV4 – although no details on that car have been disclosed so far, apart from that it'll sit on the same E-GMP platform that underpins the Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5.
We should expect many of the EV6’s design cues – including its headlights, sharp nose and full-width LED light bar at the rear – to be carried over to these new models. Plus, given the E-GMP platform’s 800-volt charging system, we can also expect ultra-rapid charging capability, like on the EV6.
Kia currently plans to launch 11 new electric cars by 2025. Six of these will be dedicated EVs, including the EV6 and the two others mentioned above, while the other five will be derivatives of the brand’s existing line-up. Knipping said that “we have to work out what is the priority, the sectors where to push EV and where you can lean on ICE [internal combustion-engined] platforms.”
As Kia pushes forward with its electrification strategy, we could see the brand’s EV7 or EV8 large SUV as soon as the first half of 2022, while the smaller EV4 may arrive later in 2022 or early in 2023, with sales beginning a few months after that.
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Today Nintendo released its investor approval ratings for the company’s top executives. Satoru Iwata’s approval rating has fallen to 77.26%, leaving him as the only top level executive with an approval rating of below 90% this year.
Speaking in terms of last year, Iwata’s approval rating was 90.60%, so it’s clear that investors aren’t as confident in Iwata’s leadership abilities as they were last year. During Iwata’s tenure as the president of Nintendo, the highest his approval rating has been is 96%.
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Microsoft Xbox is matching the Sony PlayStation 4 Slim price drop as it offers $50 price cut on all its Xbox One and Xbox One S bundle until Feb. 25.
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The Xbox Scorpio may be unveiled on June 11 during Microsoft Xbox's 2017 E3 Press Conference. The Xbox Fan Fest Will also be happening in this year's E3.
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Microsoft Xbox announced via its twitter page that it will be having its 2017 E3 press conference on June 11. The video game company hinted about a possible Xbox Scorpio news by using an image of the Scorpio as a background to its announcement.
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E-cigarette use could decrease the number of cigarettes smoked, but smoking only one to four cigarettes every day greatly increases the danger of cardiovascular disease compared to not smoking. The extent to which decreasing cigarette smoking with vaping leads to quitting is unknown. Randomized controlled trials haven’t proven that vaping is efficient for quitting smoking. A 2016 meta-analysis primarily based on 20 completely different studies discovered that people who smoke who used e-cigarettes have been 28% much less more likely to quit than those who had not tried e-cigarettes.
Around half of e-cigarette company websites have a minimal age notice that prohibited underage people from coming into. The revised EU Tobacco Products Directive came into effect in May 2016, offering stricter rules for e-cigarettes. It limits e-cigarette advertising in print, on tv and radio, along with reducing the extent of nicotine in liquids and decreasing the flavors used. It requires the purchaser for e-cigarettes to be at least 18 and doesn’t allow buying them for anybody lower than 18 years of age.
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E-cigarette commercials are additionally in magazines, newspapers, online, and in retail shops. Between 2010 and 2014, e-cigarettes had been second only to cigarettes as the top marketed product in magazines. As cigarette companies have acquired the largest e-cigarette brands, they presently profit from a twin market of people who smoke and e-cigarette users while concurrently presenting themselves as brokers of harm reduction. This raises considerations in regards to the appropriateness of endorsing a product that directly earnings the tobacco industry. There is not any proof that the cigarette manufacturers are promoting e-cigarettes as part of a plan to phase out conventional cigarettes, despite some stating to want to cooperate in “hurt discount”. E-cigarette advertising for utilizing e-cigarettes as a quitting software have been seen in the US, UK, and China, which haven’t been supported by regulatory bodies.
In 2019, a vaping industry organization released a report stating that a possible US ban on e-cigarettes flavors can doubtlessly impact greater than 150,000 jobs across the US. While advertising of tobacco merchandise is banned in most countries, tv and radio e-cigarette promoting in several nations may be not directly encouraging traditional cigarette use.
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The up to date Tobacco Products Directive has been disputed by tobacco lobbyists whose companies might be impacted by these revisions. As of eight August 2016, the US FDA prolonged its regulatory energy to incorporate e-cigarettes, e-liquid and all associated products. Under this ruling the FDA will consider certain points, including components, product options and health risks, as nicely their enchantment to minors and non-users. A photo ID is now required to purchase e-cigarettes, and their sale in all-ages vending machines isn’t permitted within the US. E-cigarette and tobacco corporations have recruited lobbyists in an effort to stop the US FDA from evaluating e-cigarette merchandise or banning current merchandise already in the marketplace. Studies pertaining to their potential impact on smoking discount are very restricted.
“We noticed the market’s sudden recognition that the cigarette industry appears to be in serious trouble, disrupted by the rise of vaping,” Mad Money’s Jim Cramer acknowledged April 2018. “Over the course of three brief days, the tobacco stocks have been bent, they were spindled and so they were mutilated by the realization that electronic cigarettes have become a severe threat to the old-faculty cigarette makers,” he added.
- Some have advocated bans on e-cigarette sales and others have advised that e-cigarettes may be regulated as tobacco merchandise however with less nicotine content or be regulated as a medicinal product.
- A 2016 World Health Organization report found that the scientific proof for the effectiveness of vaping for quitting smoking is “scant and of low certainty”.
- Finally, the recent news of vaping-associated sicknesses requires swift research and efficient guidance to guard the general vapinger.com public’s well being.
- Some healthcare groups and policy makers have hesitated to suggest e-cigarettes for quitting smoking, because of limited proof of effectiveness and safety.
In the US, six giant e-cigarette companies spent $59.three million on selling e-cigarettes in 2013. In the US and Canada, over $2 million is spent yearly on promoting e-cigarettes online. E-cigarette web sites often made unscientific well being statements in 2012. The ease to get past the age verification system at e-cigarette company web sites allows underage individuals to entry and be uncovered to advertising.


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Kohl’s opening Old Saybrook location
OLD SAYBROOK >> The buildout of Max’s Place Shopping Center on Spencer Plain Road continues this weekend with the opening of Kohl’s Department Store.
The 55,000-square-foot new Kohl’s is the second store to open in the shopping center, which is being built by developer Ron Lyman of Westbrook. <URL destination="http://www.nhregister.com/business/20140821/official-touts-new-plaza-as-sign-of-economic-promise-for-old-saybrook">A Big Y supermarket opened there last month.
</URL>The first day of business at the Kohl’s is “a soft opening,” which allows employees to work out any operational problems in advance of the grand opening, which is scheduled for Friday.
The Old Saybrook store is the 21st location that Kohl’s, of Wisconsin, has opened in Connecticut and one of 1,163 spread across 49 states, according to Sydney Hofer, a company spokeswoman.
Kohl’s will employ 100 people in Old Saybrook, Hofer said.
The opening of the Kohl’s will be followed by several more stores in the shopping center in October, Lyman said. Pet Value opens Oct. 1, followed by Super Cuts hair salon Oct. 15 and Ulta cosmetics, which should be around Oct. 25, he said.
A date for the opening of Five Guys hamburger restaurant has not been set, Lyman said. The shopping center still has one small space that has not been leased, he said.
“Things are coming along nicely,” Lyman said.
General contractor F. William Brown of Norwich started construction of the $9 million, 54,300-square-foot Big Y in March.
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What’s the value of a metaverse that no one cares about?
That’s the question that is seemingly being asked repeatedly by crypto-space followers as it pertains to Decentraland, which in recent days has become the subject of several posts online focusing on its daily active users – or lackthereof. The metaverse, despite its token having a market capitalization of roughly US$1.3 billion, appears to effectively be dead.
As per DappRadar, a platform focused on tracking the use of crypto coins, tokens, and other related assets, at the time of writing Decentraland has had just 19 active users over the last 24 hours. That’s down from 30 users just days ago when the platform was the focal point of a story by CryptoSlate, wherein the gap between its active users and valuation was first highlighted. The data for active users is reportedly based on the raw on-chain activity of the tracked smart contracts related to the metaverse.
Unsurprisingly, the data being highlighted by CryptoSlate was not overly appreciated by the metaverse, whom on Twitter the following day tried to calm users by stating that the data was inaccurate. They claimed that tracking “only specific smart contract transactions” and then reporting them as daily active users was the wrong way to go about tracking. Instead, they pulled data from dci-metrics.com, rather than DappRadar, to try to make things look a bit better.
Funnily enough, the data provided doesn’t exactly make things look much rosier. For instance, at 56,697 reported MAU, or monthly active users, that equates to 1,890 per day. Of those, only 35.8 smart contracts are being executed per day, bringing into question just how many of those active users are actually real, or even doing anything when they log in each day. Wearables are reportedly being sold at an average rate of 210 per day meanwhile, while 57.7 emotes are being minted on average each day, as per the data provided.
DCL-Metrics.com meanwhile is indicating that the metaverse has averaged 7,698 unique visitors per day over the last 30 days, but this data doesn’t jive the best with what was provided directly by the metaverse. That number is also on the decline, with the last seven days averaging just 7,039 unique visitors per day.
The impact here, is that the token – and the metaverse itself – appears to be quite overvalued based on how much it is actually used. While this won’t matter to many crypto enthusiasts, it does matter to some – such as the user that paid $2.42 million on the purchase of fashion street estate 11 months ago, marking the most expensive purchase on the platform by a long shot. Given it was related to a public company, Tokens.com Corp (NEO: COIN), their investors might care to.
The small cap Canadian company in fact has much of its digital assets tied up in the metaverse, which it may never actually get out. As of June 30, the company had on its books a total of US$14.1 million in digital assets. Of those, Decentraland amounted to $5.8 million of that value, while MANA added $1,760 more to that figure in terms of assets connected to the metaverse, or roughly 41% of the firms digital assets. Due to the assets being classified as an NFT, the company has yet to adjust their value to reflect current market conditions.
The company has a history of paying high prices for these assets as well, given that it topped the market with its first purchase on the platform, while the second purchase at $681,620 amounts to the #15 most expensive transaction on the platform, and its third purchase at $709,920 for the MusicHub took the #13 spot in terms of largest transactions.
MANA, the token associated with Decentraland meanwhile has continued to fall as well. After being as high as $5.19 on November 25, 2021, it is now trading at just $0.69 per token as of today, as it continues to fade.
Information for this briefing was found via Sedar, DappRadar, CoinMarketCap and the companies mentioned. The author has no securities or affiliations related to this organization. Not a recommendation to buy or sell. Always do additional research and consult a professional before purchasing a security. The author holds no licenses.
As the founder of The Deep Dive, Jay is focused on all aspects of the firm. This includes operations, as well as acting as the primary writer for The Deep Dive’s stock analysis. In addition to The Deep Dive, Jay performs freelance writing for a number of firms and has been published on Stockhouse.com and CannaInvestor Magazine among others.


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MANILA, Philippines – Jollibee stans in Downtown Angeles (DTLA), good news – the homegrown fast food chain is finally coming to your area as it opens its first branch in DTLA in the second quarter of 2022.
The first DTLA branch, which is the brand’s 57th US store, will be located at 729 West 7th Street at the city’s busy Financial District, corner 7th and Flower St. across the Bloc, which is a popular metropolitan shopping hub for visitors, workers, and residents in the area.
Customers can expect a menu of Jollibee’s signature items – Chickenjoy (Jolly Crispy Chicken), Chicken Sandwich (regular and spicy), Jolly Spaghetti, Peach Mango Pie, and more.
Jollibee is also planning to open a second branch in West Covina, California by this year, which is where Jollibee’s North American headquarters is situated.
So far, there are two Jollibee stores in the Metro Los Angeles area already – in 3821 Beverly Blvd. (East Hollywood) and 2700 Colorado Blvd. (Eagle Rock). Fun fact: Jollibee opened its very first US branch in California at Daly City in 1998.
Jollibee currently has over 1,500 restaurants across 17 countries. They recently opened their first store in Vancouver, Canada in March and their first two Scotland stores in Edinburgh and Glasgow. – Rappler.com
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Groupon Super Bowl commercials raise ire
Online coupon site Groupon Inc.’s first foray into Super Bowl advertising aimed for humor but instead struck a raw nerve with viewers and human-rights groups for mocking serious social issues.
In one commercial, Timothy Hutton says “the people in Tibet are in trouble, their culture is in jeopardy,” as pictures of Tibet are shown on the screen. The punchline? It turns out he’s talking about a fish curry deal groupon.com offered.
The ad, which debuted during the biggest night in advertising, when spots go for $3 million for 30 seconds, sparked widespread negative reaction on Twitter and Facebook.
According to research firm Alterian’s “Buzz Bowl,” which measures online activity, Groupon was among the five most-discussed advertisers online. But the buzz was bad, with 13 percent of conversations classified as “negative” and just 6 percent “positive.”
The Groupon ads weren’t the only ones that some felt went too far.
Homeaway.com, a vacation rental Web site, ran an ad that showed people trying to fit into a crowded hotel room in a testing lab, resulting in a “test-baby” being flung against a glass window.
While slapstick humor is always common among Super Bowl ads – Pepsi Max had two ads showing people getting clocked in various body parts with soda cans – the “test baby” gag crossed a line suggesting child abuse for some viewers.
In Groupon’s pre-game ad, Cuba Gooding Jr. decried the plight of whales, but then touted a groupon.com deal for a whale watching cruise. In a post-game commercial, Elizabeth Hurley lamented deforestation but then discussed a deal on a Brazilian wax.
The ads were created by Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Miami, an agency known for quirky work for Burger King and Ikea, and directed by Christopher Guest ("A Mighty Wind").
All ads point viewers to www.savethemoney.org, which does actually encourage visitors to donate to each of the charities related to the causes in the ads: including Rainforest Action Network, Tibet Fund, Greenpeace and buildOn.
But that message was lost, said Laura Ries, president of Ries & Ries, an Atlanta-based marketing strategy firm.
“Most people will learn about it after they saw the ads and think it’s a reaction to negative PR,” she said. But she added a bigger problem with the campaign is that it didn’t really make clear what groupon.com, which offers hundreds of daily discounts in 500 local markets, is all about.
“They went for the joke and they forgot the strategy, and that is probably a common rookie mistake in the Super Bowl,” she said.
Groupon had no immediate response. On Twitter it directed people to savethemoney.org to “support Tibet’s largest charity.”
But some human rights organizations spoke out against the ad because it makes light of the situation in Tibet, which has been controlled by China for 60 years. The Chinese government’s handling of Tibet is frequently protested by human rights groups for political repression.
“It could be argued that the advert has helped raise the profile of what is happening in Tibet, after all awareness is the first step to accountability,” U.K.-based nonprofit Free Tibet said on its Web site. “But it does put Tibetans and their suffering at the heart of the joke and when it’s used for commercial purposes, that is exploitative.”
The negative reaction is a black eye for the two-year-old startup, based in Chicago, which has grown quickly, spawned numerous imitators and enjoyed investor enthusiasm. It rejected a $6 billion takeover bid from Google Inc. last year.
The flap probably won’t cause permanent damage.
“They had a bad game,” she said. “Is it a losing season? Probably not.”


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The Scottish Grocers’ Federation (SGF) and the independent convenience store sector in Scotland recently achieved a major breakthrough in its political engagement work. Holyrood has given its backing to a proposal from SGF and MSP Gordon MacDonald to establish a Scottish Parliament Cross-Party Group (CPG) on independent convenience stores.
For the past 12 months SGF has been working closely with MacDonald to get the group up and running. In a major step forward, the CPG held its inaugural meeting in Parliament in September. The meeting itself was extremely successful both in terms of SGF stakeholders who attended and in terms of support from MSPs. Support from at least three MSPs is required for CPGs to be approved, but in fact 11 MSPs registered to become members of the group.
Despite this the Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament required that the CPG had to be officially approved by Parliament itself. However, recognising the success of the inaugural meeting, the Scottish Parliament has now approved the establishment of the group. Gordon MacDonald MSP was appointed Convenor with my colleague John Lee, SGF head of public affairs, appointed to head up the Group Secretariat.
This is the first time a retail-focused group has been set up within the Scottish Parliament. It will provide a unique platform for MSPs to engage with retailers on the key issues affecting the retail industry in Scotland. Our hope is that the group will enable retailers begin to shape and influence the political agenda in Scotland.


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July 2003 Volume 9 Number 3
Europe: Trade & GMOs, CAP
President Bush asserted that Europe should stop obstructing the sale of
genetically modified food, and for the first time linked Europe's 1998
ban on GMO crops to world hunger by saying that Europe's policies
discourage developing countries from growing GMO crops. Bush asserted
that "high-yield bio-crops" would greatly increase agricultural
productivity in some of the world's poorest nations, but that European
nations were discouraging GMO crops because of "unfounded, unscientific
The US in May 2003 sued in the World Trade Organization to overturn a
moratorium on genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food crops in most
European countries. US farmers, who lead the world in planting
genetically altered crops, consider the European bans on GMO crops to be
a trade barrier. A Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural
Science and Technology drew representatives of 120 nations to Sacramento
in June 2003, with the US urging European nations to lift their bans on
In another move likely to cause US-EU tension, the EU wants to limit
"geographical indications" on food and wine products to traditional
production areas, so that only wines and spirits produced in Bordeaux,
Cognac, Porto and Sherry, or cheeses produced in Gorgonzola, Parmesan,
and Stilton, could carry these labels.
During the World Food Summit in 1996, world leaders pledged to halve the
number of hungry people (then about 800 million) by 2015. A recent
update noted that progress has been slowed by poverty, low agricultural
productivity, environmental degradation, poorly designed government
policies, and, increasingly, AIDS; the number of hungry people has
increased to 1.1 billion. Many of these problems are apparent in
Farm Supports. According to the OECD, direct and indirect transfers to
farmers (producer subsidy equivalent or PSE) totaled $230 billion in
2001, equivalent to a third of farm sales in OECD countries; most of this
aid reaches farmers via price supports and input subsidies. Most of
these costs are paid by consumers in OECD countries, but some are paid by
farmers in developing countries because the subsidies increase the
world's supply of farm commodities, thus depressing prices for the
commodities produced in developing countries; rich countries often keep
out imports to protect their farmers.
Farm subsidies are four times ODA provided by OECD countries, and the
IMF estimates that, if all farm subsidies were eliminated in all
countries, the world's $32 trillion GDP would rise by $128 billion or 0.4
percent. The OECD calculates that the PSE per full-time equivalent
farmer was $35,000 in Norway between 1999 and 2001; $29,000 in Iceland
and Switzerland; $25,000 in Japan; $21,000 in the US; and $16,000 in the
The US limits farm subsidies to $360,000 a farm each year, but many farm
families have arranged the ownership of their land into multiple "farms"
to receive far more. Two-thirds of US subsidy payments go to 10 percent
of US farms, and some argue that farm subsidies have propped up land
prices, making it harder for young people to become farmers. The average
price of US farm land has risen by $470 in the last decade to $1,210
despite depressed commodity prices.
CAP. The EU announced plans in June 2003 to reform its 45-year old, $50
billion a year Common Agricultural Policy over two years by allowing CAP
to pay production-based subsidies for up to 25 percent of the cereals
crops and up to 40 percent for beef production; the rest of the payments
to farmers would be based on farm size and how well farmers care for the
environment and their animals. For example, it has been suggested that
farmers could receive payments for avoiding harvesting crops when they
are being used by nesting birds, or for raising cattle in alpine areas
that preserve pasture lands for hikers.
Under the current CAP, 80 percent of EU farm subsidies to the largest 20
percent of EU farms; French farmers receive 20 percent of CAP subsidies.
The St. Louis-based Monsanto Company helped to develop most of the
world's biotech crops, becoming the world's No. 2 agricultural seed
company, behind the Pioneer Hi-Bred unit of DuPont, and produces the
best-selling agricultural chemical of all time, Roundup, which has 90
percent of the world's herbicide market. Genetically altered seeds were
first sold in the US in 1996, when two million acres were planted; in
2003, some 100 million acres are expected to be planted. However,
Monsanto has had more success with soybeans, where 80 percent are GMO in
the US, than with potatoes, where fast-food chains have said no to GMOs.
Catfish. Catfish are a $500 million-a-year business in the US, with
production concentrated in the Mississippi Delta. About 13,000 US
workers are employed on US catfish farms, earning about $8 an hour. US
farmers receive about $0.70 a pound for catfish, which is a flat-headed,
scaleless bottom-feeder once called a river rat, while the Vietnamese
sell their fish for $0.50 a pound. In July 2003, the International Trade
Commission voted 4-0 to impose a tariff of up to 64 percent on the
catfish imports to protect US producers.
GMO Fish. The US Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of
its first "transgenic" animal, one that has genetic material transplanted
from another. Some newly bioengineered salmon have a gene from an
eel-like fish that enable them to grow five times faster than its natural
cousins, reaching maturity in 18 months, while another genetically
modified salmon produces antifreeze in its blood so it can survive icy
waters that swirl through oceanic fish farms. Scientists say GMO fish
are safe but, if they were to escape, they could have advantages that
would help them to wipe out their wild counterparts.
Economics is driving the push for GMO animals. It now takes about 2.5
pounds of wild fish ground into meal to produce one pound of farmed
salmon, and the GMO fish need less feed and grow faster.
Animals are being tailored to the demands of factory farms, including
featherless chickens and low-emission pigs that excrete 75 percent less
phosphorous, a key contaminant in agricultural runoff. The FDA has not
yet approved any transgenic fish or any other kind of genetically
modified animal for the marketplace. Advances in genetically modified
plants are much further along, both in government approval and public
acceptance-- corn, soybeans and cotton that have been modified to resist
insects and tolerate herbicides.
India. About 55,000 Indian farmers in seven states, two percent of
India's cotton growers, sowed the genetically engineered Bollgard cotton
seed in 2002-03, which protects against bollworm. India has more land
under cotton cultivation than any country in the world, but yields are
low because of pest attacks, and India is a net importer of cotton.
The fields north of Bombay are beginning to produce wine, pushing prices
for irrigated land up to $21,500 an acre. Struggling Indian wine makers
try to get their wines accepted abroad because, "When you don't have a
big wine culture, people are not that confident of their instincts about
wine," so stories about drinking Indian wine in Europe or the US lead to
acceptance in India. India joined the World Trade Organization in
January 1995, and has promised to reduce tariffs on wine from 250 percent
to 100 percent by 2006.
David E. Sanger, "Bush Links Europe's Ban on Bio-Crops With Hunger," New
York Times, May 22, 2003. Kenneth R. Weiss, "It Came From the Gene Lab,"
Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2003.


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