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An IT specialist working for the U.S. National Science Foundation has pleaded guilty to theft of government property for redirecting more than US$94,000 in government funds for his personal use, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a controversial software patent case after a federal appeals court ruled that an abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer system.
An estimated one in four user applications sent from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' HealthCare.gov to insurance providers have errors introduced by the website, including missing applications, an official with the agency said Friday.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will aim to conduct auctions to sell spectrum now held by television stations to mobile broadband providers in mid-2015, the chairman of the agency said Friday.
The U.S. government has a huge image problem worldwide as it promotes Internet freedom on one hand and conducts mass surveillance on the other, potentially creating major problems for U.S. technology companies, a former official with President Barack Obama's administration said Thursday.
The developer of a popular flashlight app for Android devices has agreed to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that it shared users' geolocation information with advertising networks and other organizations without permission.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill meant to discourage so-called patent trolls from filing multiple infringement lawsuits or demanding licensing deals over the objections of some groups representing small inventors.
A congressional hearing Wednesday on the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov was largely a forum for Republican critics of U.S. government involvement in the health-care industry and other large social programs.
The top product results in Google's Shopping service frequently feature products with higher prices than those listed on competing online shopping services, according to a complaint filed by longtime Google critic Consumer Watchdog.


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OnePlus has issued a lot of fixes to its ‘Nord’ smartphone via a new update. This update is marked as OxygenoS 18.104.22.168. It brings quite a few bug fixes, along with a new Android security patch for May 2021.
OnePlus separated this update’s changelog into System, Network, Camera, and File Manager sections. Pretty much every single entry is about bug fixes, save for two, so we’ll talk about those two first.
New OnePlus Nord update issues a lot of fixes, and it brings a new security patch to the phone
One highlights a new Android security patch for May 2021, which we’ve already mentioned. The other one is in the ‘Network’ section, and it says that OnePlus improved the speed of the Wi-Fi connection.
Now, in regards to ‘System’, OnePlus fixed the issue which caused the card coupon to not be available as a widget. Missed calls also won’t be marked as call answered on another device in call logs. OnePlus also highlighted various smaller fixes here, which improved overall system stability.
Quite a few camera-related bugs have been squashed
The company issued quite a few fixes to the camera as well. The abnormal preview display issue in Nightscape Tripod mode has been fixed. The same goes for the issues in which the camera became unresponsive when setting the profile photo in ‘Contact’.
Frame drops issue with videos have been fixed as well, and the occasional issues with the Flash effect have been fixed as well. The delay issue when switching to the front camera under Time-lapse mode has also been taken care of.
The last entry in the changelog has to do with the ‘File Manager’. The company fixed the abnormal display issue while copying files to OTG storage.
This update is already out, it’s rolling out to the OnePlus Nord users as we speak. It’s a staged rollout, though, so it may take a while for you to get it. You’ll likely get it within the next couple of days, though. The update size is 420MB, in case you’re wondering.

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Business Travel Show has appointed its first advisory board in a bid to
add weight to its buyer offering and to ensure topical content for its
The committee will provide comment and advice on plans for the exhibition on industry trends, issues and key topics facing UK and European travel buyers.
will include advice on conference content and relevant ideas for
research studies for the Centaur Exhibitions-organised show on 5 and 6
February 2013 at Earls Court.
The board members are Alison Churchill, Christian Martin, Simon Andrews and Jef Robinson from the UK, Anton Goth and Ruediger Bruss from Germany and Soraya Wongatsoi.
“Going forward, the board will be our eyes and ears in the industry and at the show,” said Business Travel Show Event Director David Chapple.
“They will attend and experience the event as hosted buyers, providing us with valuable first-hand feedback that will be used to refine our offering to the buying community year-on-year, ensuring we continue to provide them with the ultimate learning, networking and sourcing opportunities.”
Alison Churchill was delighted to be a part of the advisory board for 2013’s Business Travel Show.
“This is one of the biggest shows for the business travel community and provides a huge insight into the marketplace for new and experienced travelbuyers/managers alike,” she commented.
“I’m looking forward to helping shape the content of 2013’s show and making this one of the best yet.”
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Plitt Seafood Forms Strategic Alliance with Euro USA
Chicago, IL - North Elston Seafood Partners (NESP), owners of Plitt Seafood, announced their joint venture project with Euro USA, a company based out of Cleveland, Ohio. Euro USA is an importer and distributor of specialty products, seafood, Pat LaFrieda meats, and wines to the Midwest and Mid Atlantic United States, reports www.megafishnet.com with reference to Plitt Seafood.
Recently, Euro USA has been looking towards expanding into the Chicago market, while Plitt Seafood has been working to streamline services to their customers in the Midwest.
Plitt will continue its daily service to restaurants and businesses in its distribution areas under the Plitt Seafood brand. The alliance enables them to offer Euro USA's products to their customers in addition to the fresh and frozen seafood they currently provide. "By working with Euro USA, we're gaining many years of expertise in the specialty food and meat industries, while maintaining our seafood identity," stated John Livaditis, Plitt Seafood's Chief Executive Officer. "Our focus continues to be on bringing the best quality seafood to our customers. In aligning Plitt with Euro USA, we can offer them a wider range of products, and while keeping our focus on premium fish and customer service."
Additionally, sustainability is a main concern for both Plitt Seafood and Euro USA. According to NESP, the alliance provides both companies an opportunity to expand business, while minimizing their carbon footprint. "Working together will allow us to remain as environmentally friendly as possible as we continue to expand our distribution area," commented Duff O'Donnell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Euro USA. "Both Plitt and Euro understand the importance of sustainability in our markets. This joint venture allows both companies to keep that focus while making smart business moves."
Euro USA was founded in 1986 as importers and distributors of premium quality foods, seafood, Pat LaFrieda meats, and wines from throughout Europe. Currently, their inventory includes a variety of 6000 specialty products. The company's existing distribution region ranges from the Midwest to the Mid Atlantic with offices in Cleveland, Ohio and Sterling, Virginia.


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Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Friday said that the firm's mobile wallet business was only a curtain-raiser and the payments bank would be the main show.
"We should be a bank (payments bank) by this month-end. Wallet was a curtain-raiser for our business. Payments bank will be the show," Sharma said at the India Today Conclave held in Mumbai.
Ruling out competition with brick and mortar traditional banks, he said that the company does not need to compete with them.
Paytm targets to reach a customer base of 500 million by 2020.
Post-demonetisation, Paytm saw a surge in its customers owing to the digitalisation push by the government.
Adding that start-ups were now being acknowledged as business models, he said, "With Start-up India, it is being celebrated. Talent is coming in, to work at the start-ups," he said.
Sharma said that technology cannot be undermined and in the next two-three years the country should have 400-500 million smartphone users.
"Smartphones have not reached people because telecom network at... places was not there. It's a problem of telecom network, not of costs or technology," he said.


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An estimate 20 cats have been allegedly killed by a popular brand of cat food that was stripped from Pet Barn shelves earlier this month.
Cat lovers are now demanding answers after the Best Feline Friend canned cat food line allegedly caused a growing number of family pets to fall gravely ill and die.
Support group member Jenny Ackland said her 12-month-old cat died after eating the BFF cat food line in the weeks leading up to Easter.
“It all happened in stages, first he seemed lethargic, then he went off his food and then he became desperately ill,” she said.
“It’s been three weeks since the Weruva BFF cat food recall occurred and cat owners from around Australia whose cats became ill or died are still awaiting confirmation of the cause.
“Every day there are new reports established in our social media support group that show yet more cats have passed away or have been euthanized.”
Australian Veterinary Association confirmed they were now investigating numerous vet complaints about the product.
Spokeswoman Rena Richmond said the neurological damage is possibly linked to the toxicity of pet food or deficiency.
“If your cat is exhibiting signs such as strange head or eye movements, wobbling, repeated circling or difficulty in walking you should take it to your vet for assessment,” she told the Herald Sun.
The BFF range is made in the US and distributed through Petbarn outlets across the country, but has since been pulled from the shelves.
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The three types of Amazon buyers — and how other e-tailers can lure them away (AMZN)
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. That’s the strategy e-tailers will have to adopt if they want to compete with Amazon. To fight back against the e-commerce giant’s expanding dominance, other online retailers must understand exactly why and how customers are buying on Amazon — and which aspects of the Amazon shopping experience they can incorporate into their own strategic frameworks to win back customers.
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Poultry, eggs, grains and mixed fodder are the key products of Ukrainian agricultural exports to the EU
In the nearest future poultry, eggs, grains, mixed fodder and straw briquettes as alternative fuel, may become the key products of Ukrainian exports, supplied on the EU market within frames of establishing of the free trade zone between Ukraine and the EU, declared Ihor Shvaika, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, on June 27.
According to him, other agricultural products are being certified to date.
While speaking about the possible structure of exports to the EU, the Minister stressed that in fact it has already been formed, as in April 2014 the EU unilaterally opened its customs border for Ukrainian exports. Some part of quotas from the EU will be filled, some part - not. At the same time, the Minister noted that several agricultural enterprises tried to enter the EU market even since 2005.
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Foxconn Electronics has given up marketing graphics cards under its own brand and has rearranged its Channel Service Division (CSD) shifting the majority of the 9,000 employees, mainly related to production, to its OEM division. Around 500, mainly sales and marketing related, staff remain in CSD, according to Young Liu, special assistant to the CEO.
Foxconn CSD recently included white-box netbook and smartbook businesses under its operation, and will take a conservative attitude toward its own-brand motherboard business, Liu noted.
The company expects to ship 6-7 million own-brand motherboards in 2009 after the staff reorganizations, up from five million in 2008. OEM shipments will reach around 30 million units.
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A Florida man has spent $7,000 defending himself in a defamation lawsuit filed by the subject of his negative eBay review.
Michael Steadman’s legal funds have dried up, but the Miami-Dade County Court lawsuitagainst him is still pending.
It all started when Steadman bought a $44 time clock for his welding business from Miami Beach seller Elliot Miller.
Steadman says the clock arrived in three pieces of varying models that didn’t fit and couldn’t stamp a card, as advertised.
He returned it and got a refund through PayPal, but wanted to warn others.
On Miller’s profile he wrote, “Bad seller; he has the ethics of a used car salesman.”
In return, Steadman received a $15,000 lawsuit alleging he ruined Miller’s reputation and 100 percent satisfaction rating.
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3D Systems Execs Discuss “Phenomenal Partnership” with SOLIDWORKS, Roadmap to Seamless 3D Printing Experience
Some companies dip their toes in to new technologies and endeavors, while others cannonball straight in the deep end. For 3D Systems, entrenched as it is since the very beginnings of 3D printing development, there is no choice but to go all in — and under the focused and aggressive leadership of CEO Vyomesh Joshi (VJ), the company continues to charge forward to not only go all in, but work to be an all-in-one solutions provider. During last week’s SOLIDWORKS World 2018 in Los Angeles, 3D Systems introduced 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS.
“We are looking to have management of the whole process, seamlessly, the movement from physical to digital. Those interfaces are where design happens. We want to really create experiences,” VJ said during the SWW press conference introducing the partnership.
“With 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS, we think about how do we enable our customers to create lattice structures, we want to make this smart… we want to take this to SOLIDWORKS.”
Partnering with SOLIDWORKS and its parent company Dassault Systèmes brings 3D Systems’ well-known software to the fingertips of a broader audience of designers as the companies work to enhance adoption of 3D printing and further advances in design for additive manufacturing (DfAM).
During the press conference, SOLIDWORKS CEO Gian Paolo Bassi noted that while there had been many partnerships announced over the week, he wanted to be sure to help attendees understand what makes this one unique.
“I was very impressed by Geomagic, by 3DXpert; there is a strong digital strategy, a consistent digital strategy here,” Bassi said. “In the end, though, it’s all about the part: Can we make this thing? This is important to us in providing software to our customers: Can they get the job done? This is a testament to the openness of this industry.”
He continued, noting that 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS offers big opportunities: “This is a big message. We need to do our work, too. We have mesh capabilities, sketch and extrude, and we had to expand our geometric capabilities. …Metal 3D printed parts can have better properties than forged or cast parts.”
Vice President of Software Products Roy Sterenthal noted at the event that the intent is to allow for making “more shapes more ways.”
“The first thing is to change the mindset. With custom tools, lightweight parts, part consolidation, surface textures — we are giving designers more geometric structures to create. You don’t have to be an expert to work with 3DXpert,” he said.
There’s a lot behind this partnership, and sitting down for a conversation with VJ and Sterenthal offered an opportunity to not only unpack this announcement, but gain a deeper understanding of 3D Systems’ strategic approach.
“This is a phenomenal partnership,” VJ said in opening. “There are several key messages behind our collaboration here. First, we are giving SOLIDWORKS customers the ability to design more shapes more ways, to achieve the applications they’re looking for. Next, we are addressing gaps in SOLIDWORKS. Roy and his team have worked to provide capabilities so SOLIDWORKS would be 3D printing-smart and -enabled. Finally, we are focusing on the customer journey. We are educating the market; what really enables designers to create more is removing barriers — getting to customers is very important.”
Sterenthal noted that he and his team worked to develop 3DXpert as an all-in-one solution for metal additive manufacturing. I’ve had the opportunity to see the software in action before, and experience how the tools it allows for in design provide a strong basis for designers.
“This is for the professional user, built on CAD systems, with a hybrid engine, functionalities, and workflow,” Sterenthal said. “We have been working the last few months with the SOLIDWORKS team, finding where there were gaps, discovering the capabilities we could bring — such as the ability to create new shapes, volumes, and surface textures. We have come to minimize complexities.”
The 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS add-on was created as a standard package that every SOLIDWORKS subscriber can download, he explained. However, when a user wants to go beyond that standard offering to more advanced capabilities, upgrades are available for the fuller experience. All capabilities are available for experimentation and evaluation through SOLIDWORKS, but to actually export a project or use it for manufacturing, the add-ons must be bought from 3D Systems.
“We are looking at this from the point of view to democratize additive manufacturing for users,” Sterenthal continued. “Then they will gain experience, buy more printers, and the industry will grow. At the same time, this is moving software, and we have good offerings in that respect.”
At this point in our conversation, VJ pointed to a slide he had used in earlier presentations showing the proccess taking the customer through the design process to the 3D printer. Currently, there are a lot of steps between customer and finished 3D print job, which is holding up understanding and adoption. The primary driver behind integration with SOLIDWORKS is to ease the way for a seamless SOLIDWORKS customer experience, VJ underscored.
“We are taking all that to make a seamless experience for customers. There are more than half a million customers here, and we want to be a part of that. This is the power of the partnership,” VJ told me.
“From my perspective, we start with the customer. They can achieve what they want to create, and the more we can do that for each customer use case, the better off we are. We want to really fulfill that vision around additive manufacturing. This partnership is intended really to connect all experiences. Remove all these barriers and the growth will come.”
It was an important driver for the partnership from VJ’s point of view that SOLIDWORKS’ Bassi and Dassault Systèmes CEO Bernard Charlès shared this customer-centric vision. He noted that in speaking and working with Bassi and Charlès, he was further reassured of this partnership being powerful.
For VJ, the power of a partnership comes down to three elements that must be tested in order for it to provide the appropriate value:
- Do we have a common vision?
- Clarity of contribution each party is bringing
- Alignment from CEO to individual contributor
“If we do not pass those three tests, a partnership may be interesting, but it is not fascinating,” VJ said. “It must drive the fundamental: how will it benefit the customer? The clarity must be there, and the demarcation of what we bring and what the partner brings. It can’t be about the benefit of 3D Systems and not the benefit of the customer. The customer must be delighted.”
Having passed these tests with flying colors, the work with SOLIDWORKS brings value to each of the partners and brings a solution to a wider audience of designers. The next step forward will be real-world adoption; 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS is available now, and the team from 3D Systems are looking forward to seeing penetration amongst the SOLIDWORKS customer base as a clear understanding of benefits begins to take hold.
“We want this to be the software of choice for the SOLIDWORKS customer,” Sterenthal told me.
As adoption picks up and users work more with 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS, the 3D Systems team are hoping to see a progression. The second objective, VJ said, is that users will soon learn enough about capabilities that they will want to use the advanced features.
“We want to crawl, then walk, then run,” VJ explained of his hopes for penetration in SOLIDWORKS.
The long-term vision, in which 3D Systems’ offering takes off at a run, is important for the team — as is not getting there in a rush. Working organically and growing through use is important as all of the technologies at play here — metal 3D printing, DfAM, this partnership — are at early days.
“It’s the beginning of additive manufacturing; there’s so much more room to grow,” Sterenthal noted.
Ultimately, VJ said that they are looking to a similar long-term vision for all their assets, bringing the slide back into the conversation. They are “creating an entire ecosystem” designed to streamline the customer experience.
In the coming months, we can expect to hear more from 3D Systems as they continue to work with Dassault Systèmes and share core values — including an emphasis on education. This is “an interest in common for both companies,” VJ told me, and noted that we should be paying attention to 3D Systems’ presence at the upcoming Lab Day in Chicago.
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But the contest, which began in October 2006, has already produced an impressive legacy. It has shaped careers, spawned at least one start-up company and inspired research papers. It has also changed conventional wisdom about the best way to build the automated systems that increasingly help people make online choices about movies, books, clothing, restaurants, news and other goods and services.
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These girls now have the tools to create lasting change, starting with their families and then transforming entire communities and beyond. When [Centre for Development and Population Activities] gives women training and support, [they] give them the power to cause change around the world.
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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has finally spoken directly about Rayman Legends and the reason the title went multi-platform earlier this year. According to Guillemot, low Wii U install base is to blame. The company felt if the title was exclusive, it wouldn’t sell enough, despite being a stellar title. For this reason, the game was ported to PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. Guillemot believes this move was the best decision for both the development team and gamers.
“What happened was that we saw the Wii U was not going to sell enough of those games. The game is going to be fantastic, and we didn’t want those creators to wind up in a position where even after making a fantastic game, they didn’t sell well enough.”
Guillemot also mentions that the development team has taken the extra time to improve the game both on the Wii U and the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles, so gamers no matter their platform will receive a fantastic entry into the Rayman series.
This is understandable, as Ubisoft is a third-party developer and they’ve already supported the Wii U with one launch exclusive. Until Nintendo can create compelling first-party titles to sell systems, third party developers will likely continue to release multi-platform games.
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Hawaiian Telcom rating lowered
Standard & Poor's Rating Services
said yesterday it lowered its corporate credit rating for Hawaiian Telcom Communications Inc.
to CCC+ from B-. The downgrade is based on the rating agency's assessment that the company's liquidity won't be sufficient to service debt and fund operations through 2009.
The Honolulu-based telecommunications company had about $1.1 billion in debt outstanding as of June 30. Standard & Poor's outlook is negative.
Island Air furloughs 5 employees
Interisland carrier Island Air
said it furloughed five, or less than 2 percent, of its 300 employees yesterday because of lighter seasonal travel.
"We beef up during the summer months and are restaffing and adjusting to respond to the next travel season," outside spokeswoman BJ Whitman said.
She said the seasonal shift is a typical industry practice.
Young Brothers system to debut
Interisland ocean shipper Young Bros. Ltd.
said yesterday it will debut a state-of-the-art freight processing and shipment tracking system called FACE
, standing for freight and container equipment.
The system is part of a 10-year, $186 million plan to improve its equipment and infrastructure and will be introduced during the next few months.
It will be able to track containerized shipments, provide e-mail notification of the shipment's availability and allow for a single shipment number.
Isle agricultural workforce down
Hawaii's hired agricultural workforce totaled 6,200 workers during the July 6-12 survey week, down 2 percent from a year ago, according to the state Department of Agriculture.
There were 1,150 field pineapple and sugarcane workers, down 4 percent from the same week a year ago. The average wage was estimated at $13.33 an hour, 4 percent higher than 2007.
Fresh papaya production drops
Hawaii fresh papaya production is estimated at 2.4 million pounds for June, declining 16 percent from May, but increasing 8 percent from a year ago, the state Department of Agriculture said Monday.
Output for the first half of 2008 is estimated at 15.8 million pounds, 15 percent more than a year earlier. Growers reported hot and dry weather for June as well as an increase in pests.
Trans-Pacific codeshare OK'd
said yesterday that it has government approval to expand its codeshare flights with Delta Air Lines
on all Northwest trans-Pacific flights. Northwest will also add Delta to three of its Narita-Asia routes.
Effective for travel beginning Aug. 30, expanded Northwest and Delta codeshare markets include trans-Pacific travel from Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Honolulu. The expanded codeshare markets will augment existing trans-Pacific codeshare flights from Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
JAL requests Hawaii rate hike
, the parent of Japan Airlines, said Monday it has filed an application with the Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to revise its fares for travel from Japan to the U.S. mainland and Hawaii by 10 percent. The increase would be apply to Japan departures starting Oct. 1, subject to approval.
Fares for travel from Japan to Africa, Asia, and the Middle East would increase by 5 percent. The company said it is battling an "extraordinary increase in operational costs."
Superferry hauls 125,000 people
The Hawaii Superferry
said yesterday that it has transported 125,000 passengers since starting service in August 2007.
Calvin Poouahi from Wailuku, who traveled on the Alakai yesterday, was the ship's 125,000th passenger.
Passengers have traveled on more than 400 voyages, Superferry President and CEO Tom Fargo said in a statement.
The Alakai seats up to 800 passengers and carries approximately 200 vehicles. The ship sails daily between Oahu and Maui.
TEST DRIVE: Ford Motor Co. employee Andrew Sarkisian, above right, smiled after driving a 2009 Ford Focus Monday at Ford's proving ground in Dearborn, Mich. The company is trying to boost employee confidence by letting them drive the vehicles it hopes will pull the automaker out of a sales slump.
Promotions / new hires
» Mana Means Advertising and Public Relations has announced the following new hires:
* Rose Begonia as public relations associate.
* Ryan Brant as graphic designer.
» KHNL-TV NBC8 and K5 has announced the following promotions:
* Barbara Scott to local sales manager from senior account manager of KHNL/K5. Her previous jobs include senior account manager at Hawaiian 105 KINE, KGMB 9, XtremeRadio 104.3 and Krater 96; and sales manager at Pacific Business News and Hawaii Business Magazine.
* Deryl Seino to sales research director. He joined in 2004 as a sales assistant and will also continue his duties as sales and marketing executive for KHNL/K5.
» Advantage Rent A Car has named Kevin Lake as general manager in Hawaii. He replaces Karl Taylor, who will return to the mainland to manage the new Advantage Rent A Car location opening in Tuscon, Ariz. Lake is currently general manager at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and will oversee the Maui and Honolulu rental locations starting Aug. 18.
» Kona Brewing Co. has announced the following new hires:
* Jennifer Dunn as vice president of finance. Her 18 years of finance industry experience include senior financial analyst for Ocean Kayak in Ferndale, Wash. and vice president of finance at Kettle Foods in Salem, Ore.
* Grant Marcouillier as brewery representative. His eight years of food and beverage industry experience include contemporary marketing representative at Anheuser Busch Sales of Hawaii.
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Shipments under open account credit terms will help the exporters access the appropriate finance and back-to-back payment would be settled on receipt of final payment on maturity, ICC-B President Mahbubur Rahman said.
The open account credit policy is a modified version of financing under factoring and supply chain to exporters against their export with external payment undertaking.
Bangladesh Bank's circular issued on June 30 last year on "Conditional open account transactions" is a good initiative, Rahman said.
However, the only introduction cannot ensure benefits. All stakeholders need to work to optimise benefits, said the president of International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICC-B).
The facility offered under the change policy has been in operation for the last seven months. "I understand that the exporters still prefer export through letters of credit instead of open account," Rahman said.
"We all know that the Covid-19 outbreak, which is still continuing, has shocked international trade. As a result, the serious challenges of international trade transactions are getting translated into the disruption and shrinkage of trade finance; the main driver of economic development."
Rahman made the comments in his written speech in a webinar on "Global Awareness on Open Account, Export Transactions and Recent Policy Changes in Bangladesh" on March 18.
Traders, exporters, and importers are facing difficulties with preparing, shipping, and receiving goods; making and receiving payments; cancellation of orders and commitment failures; huge cash crunch and failure to comply with lending institutions' obligations, he said.
In this evolving and increasingly uncertain environment, banks, traders, and policymakers have become anxious and skeptical about the interpretations of 'certain situations of commitment failures' within the regulatory frameworks and guidelines.
According to the ICC Global Trade Finance Survey 2020, global trade flows have trebled from $ 6.2 trillion to $18.1 trillion by end of 2019 – a growth now widely acknowledged as having been enabled by trade financing.
Trade finance is the oxygen that keeps trade flows alive particularly for emerging markets like Bangladesh.
According to Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), due to Covid shutdown, international buyers have either cancelled or suspended $3.16 billion worth of shipments involving 1,142 factories affecting 2.26 million workers.
In fiscal year 2019-20, export earnings have registered a sharp decline of nearly 17 per cent at $33.67 billion due to cancellation and/or reduced export orders of garments, which accounts for 84 per cent of total national exports and 14 per cent of gross domestic product.
During July-February period of the current fiscal year, export receipts have declined 1.45 per cent year-on-year to $25.86 billion as the surge in Covid pandemic continues to ravage demand.
With the celebration of 50 years of independence, Bangladesh has stepped into a new journey as it qualified to graduate into a developing nation from a least developed country (LDC).
Until 2026, the country will continue to enjoy the trade benefits as an LDC.
However, after graduation Bangladesh will lose the benefits for LDCs, such as soft loans and export facilities.
Around 70 per cent of Bangladesh's export is conducted under preferences given by some developed and developing nations under the LDC criteria. According to experts, export market diversification will be a major challenge for Bangladesh in post LDC era.
Simplicity and lower costs are among many advantages of open account trading but there are risks if things do not go right, said Syed Nasim Manzur, former president of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI).
The export credit guarantee scheme needs to be worked out to reduce the cost, he said.
Steven Beck, head of trade and supply chain finance of Asian Development Bank, said ADB continues to work with the central bank and ICC-B in the transition period from LC to open account.
Prashanta Banerjee, professor and director of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management, presented a keynote paper on "Bangladesh Bank Policy on Open Account Export Transactions and its Impact on Exporters during July 2020 to February 2021.
Rubana Huq, president of BGMEA, said there is a need for underwriting the risks of Bangladeshi manufacturers right now considering Covid-19.
"So we are facing two aspects here, one we are welcoming open accounts for selling credit. On the other hand, we are exposing ourselves to further vulnerabilities."
She said they are going to propose buyers credit rating in order to balance the two sides.
Huq also said Bangladesh has $8 billion receivable at this point.
Muhammad A (Rumee) Ali, chairman of ICC Bangladesh Banking Commission and CEO of Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre, and Md Fazlul Hoque, former president of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, also spoke.


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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Redbox, a leading entertainment company, today announced it will partner with FreeWheel, a Comcast Company that provides global technology solutions for the future of television advertising, to integrate programmatic technology across Redbox’s free streaming platforms. Through this technology, advertisers will be able to easily access and buy Redbox inventory – both nationally and locally— and target specific audiences.
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STAFFORD, VA (March 8, 2024) – Crimson Coward Nashville Hot Chicken celebrated its recent opening with a Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, March 9. The second location in Virginia, the Stafford restaurant, is located in the Embrey Mill Town Center at the intersection of Courthouse Road and Austin Ridge Drive. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held the day prior on March 8 at 10 a.m.
During the March 9 Customer Appreciation Event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the first 25 guest orders received three chicken tenders for free. Following that, all customers received 20 percent off of their in-store order until 3 p.m. Guests could also sign up for a drawing to receive prizes of Apple iPads, a bicycle, or sets of Bluetooth earbuds. The winners were selected by a random drawing and did not need to be present to win.
“Crimson Coward Nashville Hot Chicken brings with it a reputation for quality and customer centric service, and their decision to make Stafford County their home is a testament to our local business landscape,” remarked Dr. Pamela Yeung, Garrisonville District, Stafford County Board of Supervisors. “Today, we celebrate the ribbon cutting of Crimson Coward, as well as the economic opportunities and job creation that this establishment will bring to our county. Congratulations to Crimson Coward on this exciting milestone, and we look forward to seeing the positive impact your establishment will have in Stafford.”
“We are so proud to extend our Crimson Coward chicken joint into Stafford as the second restaurant in Virginia,” shared Nabil Asad, store owner and franchisee who also runs the Woodbridge, Va. location. “The local support has been amazing, and we’re excited to offer free food, discounts, and the potential for prizes as a way to show our appreciation to the people of Stafford.”
Crimson Coward plans to open 50 additional stores in the Washington metropolitan area with the Stafford store being the second on the East Coast for the Los Angeles-based restaurant. Every Crimson Coward Nashville Hot Chicken joint offers a variety of hand cut, marinated chicken meals and tempting homemade sides and is dedicated to creating a unique dining experience with an open kitchen design. It begins with fresh food cooked in front of guests and made to order so every meal is hot and tender. Each piece of the fresh never frozen chicken is breaded and finished with the heat level of the guest’s choice: country, which has no heat, mild, medium, Crimson-hot, and Burrrrn Baby Burn for those looking to fire up their taste buds.
The discounts did not apply to online or delivery orders, which were unavailable during the March 9 Customer Appreciation Day event 11:00am – 3:00pm.
Crimson Coward Nashville Hot Chicken has been a destination for Nashville hot chicken fans since 2019. Launched in California and now with seven and an additional 200 planned nationwide by 2027, Crimson Coward is quickly living up to the hype and bringing quality hot flavor to fried chicken connoisseurs everywhere. Only premium, all-natural, non-GMO chicken free of hormones and antibiotics from the most reputable farms are served with daily made fresh signature sides. Visit www.CrimsonCoward.com.


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CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WECT) - We have all had food delivered to us at some point of our lives and now, a store in Carolina Beach is offering a beer delivery service to those lounging on the sand.
Starting Friday, John Childers, the owner of the Brew Thru store in Carolina Beach, will begin delivering the alcoholic beverage to beachgoers at Freeman Park.
"I hope they are going to be excited," said Childers.
The state allows beer delivery if you have an off premise permit, and Childers even got permission from the Carolina Beach town council.
"We are going to be real careful to make sure everything is by the book," explained Childers.
Those who are thirsty will just have to pick up a phone and call the store, (910) 458-2739, to place an order.
Not everyone is okay with the idea, especially those in law enforcement.
"If you are making easier access to individuals in a location that are drinking and making it easier for them to get alcohol, it's going to enhance other crimes," said Lt. Harold Adams with the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office.
The inaugural delivery will be made to Freeman Park Friday afternoon at 1:00.


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By MARTIN GEORGE
Monday, July 23, 2012
A new independent toy shop has reported a successful first weekend following an official opening by the mayor of Swaffham.
Henchman’s took over the premises on Lynn Road opposite Asda left vacant when Neil’s Cards closed after more than four decades.
Run by Swaffham couple Keith and Sandra Sandle, it offers games, educational activities, crafts, puzzles, soft toys, T-shirts and collectables.
Mrs Sandle said: “We opened the doors at 9am on Saturday in glorious sunshine. We had a fantastic day in which the people of Swaffham and surrounding towns and villages came out in force to support our new venture.
“Everyone has been very positive about the shop and at one point we had a queue of people waiting to get in because the shop is quite small. We couldn’t have asked for more and it’s lovely to meet people of all ages who love to play games.”
She said the shop has a good day on Sunday July 22, despite it not being a farmers’ market day, and would continue to open on Sundays as well as Tuesday to Saturday.
For more information, see www.henchmans.com or contact Mrs Sandle on 07881 461865.


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Ever since Apple told Google it wouldn’t include a pre-loaded YouTube app on new iPhones anymore because the license to do so had expired, the two companies have totally not been best friends anymore. Upping the fight ante this time around is YouTube’s owner Google, which launched a new YouTube app for iOS just in time for the expected iPhone 5 announcement tomorrow.
Times used to be, an iPhone customer bought a phone and voila — there was YouTube already downloaded onto it. But the two companies have been increasingly in competition in all things technological. Going forward, YouTube says it’s going to release its own app for any Apple products in the future, notes the Washington Post, pushing the former pals even farther apart.
Apple is jabbing back, by announcing that it’s going to have its very own maps app on the newest version of iOS, instead of using Google Maps.
Something that could be good both for YouTube and its users — with the new app, YouTube will be able to show recommendations for stuff you might want to see based on what you’ve watched in the past. That will keep people engaged with the product and, as Google likely hopes, even more entrenched in all of its products across the board.
Along with the new app for iOS systems in general, there will also be an app that is specifically meant to be used on the iPad as well. One familiar sight that won’t be going anywhere soon — ads on YouTube videos are here to stay. As long as it’s free, we gotta pay somehow.
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Dimapur, March 30: DC Dimapur, Anoop Khinchi, IAS has limited the duration of retail shops selling essential commodities in Dimapur from 9 am to 2 pm with effect from April 1 onwards till further notice.
This is in partial modification of the order dated 24th March, which has allowed shops to open from 8 am to 2 pm.
In an order issued today, the DC said the new order was necessitated with a view to contain and prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to have more effective monitoring system.
However, pharmacies and medical shops will remain open from 9 am till their normal business hours.
The DC informed that general public to do their shopping at the time periods allotted.
The DC warned that any person violating the order will be prosecuted under Disaster Management Act 2005, besides legal action under IPC. (Page News Service)


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BOWIE, Md. — Matthew White, director of tire service for the Tire Industry Association (TIA), will be a keynote speaker at the Latin American & Caribbean Tyre Expo in Panama City, Panama, July 23-25.
Mr. White’s presentation—“TIA Tire Technician Training: Tire Safety Starts Here”—is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. July 24 in the Salon Portobello on the second floor of the ATLAPA Convention Center in Panama City, TIA said.
Also, the association will have a booth (#M734) at the expo, which will be manned by Mr. White and TIA Executive Vice President Roy Littlefield.
This marks the fifth anniversary of the expo and the second year of TIA’s participation in it, according to TIA. In 2013, the expo attracted more than 3,000 tire dealers from more than 85 countries, it said.
Titan International and the United Steelworkers union have petitioned the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Commerce seeking relief from OTR tire imports from China, India and Sri Lanka. What’s your opinion?
|I wholeheartedly support their action – something needs to be done.||
|I think it’s a bad idea that could inevitably tie the hands of domestic tire makers.||
|I oppose any duties against tire importers—they only raise costs for distributors and make it harder to obtain inventory.||
|I’m kind of on the fence and not sure what’s right, but need more information before deciding.||
|I don’t really care whether or not relief is granted.||
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BlackBerry Ltd. is considering spinning off its messaging service into a separate unit, the Wall Street Journal said, quoting people familiar with the matter.
The subsidiary would be called BBM Inc., the newspaper said.
BlackBerry has been shifting executives to the BBM team and working on other offerings beyond messaging, including some tools already available to BlackBerry users, like video chatting, the newspaper said.
The company is also considering making BBM available for desktop computers, the daily said, quoting a person familiar with the matter.
A BlackBerry spokeswoman said the company cannot comment on rumor and speculation.
The company said earlier this month it was weighing options that could include an outright sale.
BlackBerry's shares fell about 2 percent to C$10.72 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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Last year OPPO released OPPO RX17 Pro and OPPO RX17 Neo on the European market. Yes! The smartphone came to the European market with the name OPPO R17 and R17 Neo because of legal problems with the name. Now, OPPO is facing the same thing again.
The smartphone manufacturer from China is preparing to patent OPPO Reno Z and Reno F at the EUIPO body, the European Union Intellectual Property Office. This means, Reno Z mid-range OPPO will be coming soon on the European market along with devices that seem to be more affordable handsets.
OPPO Reno Z itself was packed by OPPO with back panels such as its brothers, OPPO Reno and OPPO Reno 10X Zoom. It’s just that OPPO Reno Z has a bangs screen on the front, different from OPPO Reno and Reno 10X Zoom with a “shark fin” selfie camera.
OPPO also secretly released OPPO Reno Z at the end of May 2019 with the Helio P90 chipset from MediaTek. Interestingly, OPPO also embed this 6.4-sized AMOLED display technology and inserted the fingerprint under display capabilities.
Currently the smartphone is only available in China in four color choices, including the eye-catching Coral Orange. Reno Z is sold for CNY 2,499 or around IDR 5 million. It is estimated, when it arrived at the European market the price was not much different.
While Reno F is the moniker that we saw for the first time. Not a few who suspect, this smartphone is OPPO K3 for the European market. Even so, OPPO has a tendency to launch new smartphones, so it’s no wonder that it’s a totally different handset.
Or, it could also be one way for OPPO to patent and protect the Reno brand. Now, we will continue to wait for OPPO’s breakthrough in the Benua Biru market through the new smartphone that will be announced, especially from the OPPO line of the Reno Series.


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HOUSTON—TransCanada successfully restarted its Keystone pipeline Sunday after U.S. government officials reversed their Friday decision barring the company from reopening the line.
The 1,300-mile Keystone pipeline, which transports crude oil from Alberta to Cushing, Okla., had been shut after leaking 10 barrels of oil in Kansas on May 29. Flow will be gradually ramped up in the coming days, the company said late Sunday.
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When investing in cryptocurrency, the volatility of market caps is to be expected. With that in mind though, it still comes as a surprise that less than a year after almost hitting the 20k level, Bitcoin (BTC) is on its way to the top of the cryptocurrency market once again, breaching the $8,200 mark back in July after a seven-month slump, per CNBC.
The rise and fall of Bitcoin
2017 was a crucial year for the largest cryptocurrency. After years of stagnancy, it was suddenly thrown into the middle of the spotlight and in a grand fashion. Occupying a 66 percent share of the total market for cryptocurrency from September up to December, BTC was on top of its game back then. It was reaching all-time highs on a daily basis, and it sparked renewed interest in an industry that people usually scoffed at before.
It reached its peak of $20,000 on Dec. 17, 2017, but this is where things started to downshift.
For the first time since September, BTC dropped below its market share of 50 percent and kept plummeting ever since. The cryptocurrency then hit rock bottom on Jan. 13, 2018, hitting an all-time low of 32.45 percent.
For most people, the main reason for this almost 18 percent decline is BTC’s price, which at the time was at its highest. This could have intimidated investors who don’t have the money to spend, who then resorted to cheaper digital coins, like Ethereum.
For an average investor looking to enter this market, cheaper coins are the better option, and it happened that a large percentage of the cap for the entire cryptocurrency market was distributed among more affordable coins.
When asked about this decline, ThinkMarkets chief analyst Naeem Aslam told Cointelegraph, “We [ThinkMarkets] did research where we looked at the performance of [the] top five [coins] on a quarterly basis with a $100,000 investment distributed by market cap, [we found that] quarterly gains are up to 68 percent. You are much safer by investing in the top five coins by market cap instead of going out there and being exotic.”
Another possible reason for BTC’s price crash is its decentralized nature, which can be used for malicious activities such as fraud.
However, in what can be seen as an effort to recover from its worst year yet, the digital coin gained a two-month high over this recent weekend.
According to CoinMarketCap, the price of the cryptocurrency reached past $7,700. It’s still long ways off its peak market value in 217, but the increase marks BTC’s first time recording consistent price gains since April, where it successfully increased its value by over $1,000, per The Independent. And considering that authorities are now more lukewarm with digital currency transactions, BTC might unlock its potential as a real-world currency in the remaining months of 2018.
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Traditional Hong Kong crafts in Sai Ying Pun celebrated by pop-up museum and app guide: we take a tour
Old-school craftsmanship and colourful characters still exist amid the hipster cafes and high-end restaurants of changing Sai Ying Pun, and a new pop-up museum and app show visitors the best of the area’s surviving past
Sai Ying Pun on the northwest part of Hong Kong Island has become more gentrified over the past few years, with hipster bars, cafes and high-end restaurants taking root after the MTR opened a station there in 2014 as a part of its Island Line extension.
Striking a balance between old and new is a constant battle across similar areas in the city, and conservationists have expressed fears that Sai Ying Pun’s old-style charm will fade as urban renewal increasingly knocks at its doors.
But two organisations are making sure people don’t forget the vital role that traditional crafts businesses play in the area.
iDiscover, an organisation with a mission to keep local heritage alive through stories shared via online guides and apps, and Sai Ying Pun community group Magic Lanes have launched the SYP Neighbourhood Museum, a two-week pop-up that started on June 30 on Sheung Fung Lane. An app-based neighbourhood guide has also been launched, and a colourful foldable map illustrated by local artist Carmen Ng, featuring 26 sites highlighting local cultural heritage – all hand-picked by locals – is available to buy.
Among the featured sites are Tuck Chong Sum Kee, a company that makes food steamers from single pieces of bamboo; Kwong Lam Kee, a homewares store selling items including hand-painted enamel pots and vases; and a tailor shop run by Lee Zam-kee, who still repairs clothes with his reliable vintage Singer sewing machine.
Last week the Post joined iDiscover’s project manager Stephanie Cheung for a stroll around the neighbourhood to visit four of the sites featured on the map. We met the faces behind the places, hearing stories about how they fear their crafts will disappear in a hi-tech age, and the changes they have witnessed in their neighbourhood.
Tin Bo Lau
Walking into this colourful joss-paper workshop off Eastern Street is something of a spiritual experience, with the red glow from the traditional envelopes and paper creations lighting up the room and everything in it.
The workshop is filled with paper offerings, bamboo frames and sheets of paper, with a giant paper boat offering commissioned for a funeral taking up most of the centre space.
“I’ve been offered HK$25 million [US$3.2 million] for this 800 sq ft [74 sq m] space,” says owner Ha Chung-kin, who has been practising paper craft-making for 30 years. “Not many people can turn that down, which is why a lot of joss-paper shops on Queen’s Road West are selling out. I’m staying put because my children are in the business and we are proud of what we do.”
Ha’s boundless creative energy is evident as he flicks through his camera phone filled with images of sculptures as diverse as Ferraris to a roasted pigeon on a plate. And no project is too big. In 2017, he and his crew created the world’s largest hanging lantern (more than five metres wide and nine metres high), breaking the previous Guinness World Record.
Shop C, Basement, Tung Cheung Building, 1-11 Second Street
Pak Kee Bakery
The lunch crowd happily fill their trays at this favourite neighbourhood bakery, lured as they have been by the smell of freshly baked bread and pastries.
“Customers come from as far as Yuen Long [in northern Hong Kong] just for my goods,” says Master Liu, a baker for more than 45 years, about his popular tuna buns, preserved egg pastries, pineapple buns and mochi.
“A lot of domestic helpers shop here. They fill up their luggage with my pineapple buns to take back to the Philippines.”
The bakery moved to the neighbourhood in 1990 but has been forced to move to different locations because of rising rents.
“When I was in Centre Street the rent for a 1,300 sq ft space was HK$15,000 a month. Now it’s HK$60,000.”
G/F, Yee Fung Court, 101 Third Street, Sai Ying Pun
Kwan Hing Kee
Organised chaos is the best way to describe Mrs Kwan’s bean curd store on Third Street. Bags of grain sit next to trays of eggs in the back of the store, while the shelves are stacked with tinned food. Turtles and cats casually stroll around.
Mrs Kwan’s family store has been in Sai Ying Pun for 90 years. “I aim to keep prices low and quality high,” says the 65-year-old.
Its signature product is tofu pudding (it makes its own ginger juice) and it also stocks produce including fermented tofu paste and soy milk. As we leave the shop she passes me a bottle of soy milk – it’s so fresh, light and smooth. I will be back.
65 Third St, Sai Ying Pun. Tel: 2549 8625
Yu Kwen Yick
Shelves of brightly coloured bottles of Yu Kwen Yick’s famous chilli sauce line the walls of its shop on Third Street. Framed photos of the family business, which has been around for almost 100 years, hang proudly on the wall.
“Everyone has a connection with our sauce,” says Antony Yu about the product that is a fixture on the tables of restaurants and homes throughout the city.
Yu’s grandfather founded the company in 1922 after migrating from the city of Shunde in China’s Guangdong province. He started selling the sauce from baskets hanging from a bamboo pole he carried around the neighbourhood.
“We don’t add preservatives to our sauces – my grandfather didn’t have it in the recipe and we like to keep it that way,” Yu says about the brand’s products that also include chilli oil, classic chilli bean paste and chilli soy sauce.
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Spore RPG Will Be Revealed at Comic Con on July 24
According to the Organizers of the San Diego Comic Con, they updated their panels and listed a new entry to the Spore series.
According to the panel, EA Maxis will reveal a “a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore.”
There are a few options to what this could possibly be, one of which is Darkspore, this title was trademarked back in May, while the second option is a Spore title for consoles and PC, that was announced during EA’s financial call to investors in February.
Comic Con will be unleashed during July 22-25 at San Diego.


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Published: February 9, 2020 on our newsletter Security Fraud News & Alerts Newsletter.
It’s rare that we hear of hackers being brought to justice. But finally, a hacker targeting large companies since 2015 was finally caught. British resident Grant West, 27, was apprehended by the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU) and a treasure trove of stolen data was found in his home. Among the discoveries was an SD memory card with 78 million usernames and passwords as well as 63,000 credit and debit card details. West sold the data underground for Bitcoin and other e-currencies that are untraceable. The MPCCU arrested West in 2017 after its two-year investigation into the hacker dubbed “Operation Draba.” He was recently ordered to pay back over $1.1 million in Bitcoin to the victims of his crimes.
This cybercriminal was prolific in his hacking efforts and is believed to be behind massive data theft operations. Authorities found evidence West was a culprit who used email phishing scams on the websites of companies including Uber, T-Mobile, Groupon, and Just Eat. Although the Just Eat online food service hack failed to steal customer data, it alone cost the company over $200,000 in damages. A laptop belonging to West’s girlfriend was also discovered with the financial information of over 100,000 individuals. Perhaps not exactly an upstanding citizen, West was also found selling marijuana to online customers as well as selling “how to” kits to aspiring hackers.
When the gavel finally came down on West, he was ordered to spend 10 years and eight months in jail. The charges covered 10 counts of criminal acts including conspiracy and possession of criminal property. The judge ordered his e-currency accounts to be confiscated, totaling almost $1 million to be distributed to his victims. Should West refuse the confiscation, it would add an additional four years to his sentence.
Always have your guard up when reading email messages. Suspect phishing if anything in a message seems strange. Don’t open email attachments or click links from unknown senders or if you are not expecting to receive them, regardless of who the sender may be. Typos and improper grammar use are also tell-tell signs the email may be phishing. And if you do need to click a URL, be 100% certain it’s the correct spelling of it. In other words, watch out for typosquatting. If you are ever not sure, don’t click it and ask for assistance.
The fact that email phishing was the tool of choice for West to steal epic amounts of data should be a wake-up call to us all. It’s yet further proof of how important practicing anti-phishing tactics can be. Doing so can save countless unsuspecting individuals from becoming victims to criminals like West and the many others like him.
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Linxens, a French manufacturer of micro-connectors for smart cards, has purchased Smartrac's Secure ID & Transaction (SIT) division, a maker of Radio-frequency identification (RFID) products, for an undisclosed amount.
Amsterdam-based Smartrac is a manufacturer of RFID products and IoT solutions, and enables businesses to identify, authenticate, track and complement product offerings.
Smartrac's SIT division offers RFID components for government-issued documents (eIDs, ePassports, eDriving Licenses), payments, transportation, loyalty and access control.
Under the agreement, the combined company will focus on shared programmes to accelerate new product development, and is expected to generate over EUR500m in revenue.
The transaction, which is subject to regulatory clearance, is expected to complete by the end of 2016.
Linxens CEO Christophe Duverne said: "We intend to leverage our portfolio of innovative products and solutions to become the go-to one-stop shop for secure smart card connectivity solutions for contact and contactless systems.
“We are both innovation leaders in our own fields, so combining our innovation skills will allow us to envision the future of secure smart card connectivity technologies to deliver best-in-class products to our customers.
"A local presence delivers major benefits for our customers. With a more global footprint, we can better respond to changes in market demand, and further improve our understanding of customer needs in the context of specific local market requirements," Duverne added.


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Microsoft Signs Android Licensing Deal With LG
Microsoft is taking another pawn from the chess board with Korean phone-maker LG. The two “have signed a patent agreement that provides broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio for LG’s tablets, mobile phones and other consumer devices running the Android or Chrome OS Platform”.
Exact terms of the agreement, as in previous cases, were not unveiled. We can only guess licensing fees and based on those we can conclude that Microsoft is making a truckload of money out of Google’s Android. However, intellectual property has to be protected and Microsoft is holding a lot of patents. Maybe other companies should consider Microsoft (and its partners’) move and finally end to courtroom saga!


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NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon failed to properly record work-related injuries at warehouses in five states, a federal agency said Friday while announcing it issued more than a dozen citations during its investigation into business course.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it issued 14 citations during inspections over the summer at six Amazon warehouses in New York, Florida, Illinois, Colorado and Idaho.
The citations related to failing to record or misclassifying injuries and illnesses, failing to record them in a timely manner and failing to provide the agency with ‘timely’ records of such matters , OSHA said. The e-commerce giant, which earned more than $33 billion last year, faces around $29,000 in penalties.
Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a prepared statement that the company is investing millions in a “robust safety program” to protect workers.
“Accurate record keeping is a critical part of this program and while we recognize that there may have been a small number of administrative errors over the years, we are confident in the numbers we have reported to the government,” Nantel said, adding that the company was pleased OSHA acknowledged that “all alleged violations are ‘other than serious’ and involve minor infractions.”
Seattle-based Amazon has long been the subject of criticism over its worker injury rates, which the company itself has admitted to be above the industry average in some cases. Earlier this year, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that while the company’s data shows injury rates for its delivery people and couriers were below average, injury rates his warehouse workers’ injuries were higher than those of his peers.
Labor and safety experts have criticized how the company tracks the productivity levels of workers who pack and put away packages and say the fast-paced warehouse environment could contribute to higher injury rates. Amazon said it has no productivity quotas and only evaluates its employees against their peers.
The quotes are from referrals that were made to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Nicholas Biase, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York, said the office’s Civil Division and OHSA are investigating the potential safety of workers at Amazon warehouses and “possible fraudulent conduct designed to conceal injuries from OSHA and others”. The prosecutor’s office encouraged former and current Amazon employees to report security issues directly to them.


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Finally competition has arrived for the Tata Nano car, which is India’s cheapest car selling under 3000 US$. Bajaj Auto Ltd; world’s second largest motor cycle maker unveiled a new car or an AutoRiksha today. The car named as RE-60 has 200 cc rear mounted, low emission engine and a fuel efficiency of between 35 to 40 Km per litre. The engine is a new water cooled DTSi 4 (Digital Twin Spark Ignition) valve and would give a maximum speed of 70km per hour.
The managing director of Bajaj Auto says that he may export this car first to SriLanka before selling it to India. The car has such low emission that it emits only 60 grams of carbon-di-oxide gas per km.
The engine for the car is state-of-the-art and environment friendly. The car is frugally engineered and would be produced at three-wheeler plant in Aurangabad, in the coming months.
Bajaj Auto ltd. have not announced the price yet, which is not likely to be crucial factor if India’s Nano experience is recollected. The Nano sales numbers are no where near expectations and present two wheeler owners have simple refused to change over to a four wheeler. The Nano has therefore become just one of the choices for second car.
That is why perhaps Bajaj Auto chairman wants to sell his car in SriLanka and not in India, where selling is likely to be very tough.
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SEATTLE (CBSDFW.COM) – A recall has been issued for more than 250,000 Bodum French coffee presses sold at Starbucks online and in stores.
Starbucks Corp. is voluntarily recalling the presses because, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the “plunger knob can break and expose the metal rod,” causing cuts and stab wounds.READ MORE: 99% Of Texas Electric Generation, Transmission Facilities Pass Winterization Inspection, ERCOT Says
Produced in partnership with Bodum, the Starbucks eight-cup French presses, which were made with recycled parts, have a cylindrical glass beaker with a screen and plunger held in place by a plastic gray frame with a locking lid and gray handle and knob.
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The Seattle-based coffee chain has received a total of nine reports of injuries — eight in the U.S. and one in Canada. The recall affects some 263,200 coffee presses in the two countries.
The items were sold between November 2016 and this past January, for about $20, according to the CPSC.MORE NEWS: School Districts Across North Texas Close Due To Surge In COVID-19 Cases And Teacher Shortages
Refunds, in the form of a store credit, are being issued, but the presses cannot be returned at local stores.
Anyone who purchased one of the presses can contact Starbucks at (888) 843-0245 between 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. C.T. Monday through Friday or on the Starbucks website to get refund information.


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Ever faithful to its adventurous history of taking new paths and breaking down barriers, the Jeep brand is set to sail into the future of mobility with an electric evolution of its award-winning SUVs. Now, the new Jeep Renegade and Jeep Compass 4xe vehicles with plug-in hybrid technology are available in selected European markets.
ElectraMeccanica, a designer and manufacturer of electric vehicles, announced the final features of its production intent Generation 3, single-seat SOLO EV.
The DOE recently launched the Energy Storage
Grand Challenge, which will focus on the development of new energy-storage
technologies. It’s part of the $158-million Advanced Energy Storage Initiative
proposed in the 2020 federal budget’.
Power Integrations, a manufacturer of gate-driver technology for medium- and high-voltage inverter applications, has launched a new gate driver for 750 V-rated IGBTs.
AIWAYS, the Shanghai-based personal mobility provider, will reveal the European version of its all-electric U5 SUV and new business model at the 2020 Geneva International Motor Show in March.
Nissan and Uber have signed a deal to support the introduction of 2,000 all-electric Nissan LEAFs for drivers who use the Uber app.
Volvo Cars has now formally opened order books for the XC40 Recharge P8 AWD, the company’s first fully electric car based on the best-selling SUV, in selected markets.
Groupe Renault announced the official launch of the INCIT-EV project, in collaboration with 32 partners in Europe. This project aims to promote electromobility via user-centric experiments of innovating charging technologies for electric vehicles.
Getting an internet connection in your car is far simpler than it ever used to be. Not so long ago, you'd need to buy a costly portable modem and pay for a monthly 3G data subscription, which was often slow and with limited coverage.Now though, thanks to widespread 4G coverage, generous (or even unlimited) data plans, and smartphones that turn into portable hotspots in an instant, it's never been simpler, or cheaper, to get your car online.Read More:
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Attention West Coast retailers looking for fantastic sourcing opportunities for the second half of the year: the summer California Marketplace Temporaries trade show will be held July 21-24, 2017 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Make your plans and register now!
Christina Bell-Davis, Vice President, Gift & Souvenir for Urban Expositions, tells Independent Retailer, “For summer, we’re bringing all of our temporary exhibitors together under one roof with the key goal of showcasing even more of the trend-forward designs, impulse items and Southern California styles that can help retailers set their stores apart –in one easily accessible location.”
The easy flow of the exhibitors in the World Style section of the show allows buyers to effortlessly shop the selection of popular wholesale products and supplier deals. As in the past, the California Marketplace Temporaries are once more scheduled within a date pattern that avoids conflicts with other industry shows. In fact, the summer show coincides with the LA Mart Permanent showrooms: LA Gift & Home Market Week. To ensure that attending buyers have easy access to both locations, Urban Expositions has simplified the registration process. One ExpressPass registration badge will give buyers access to both show venues. Complimentary shuttle service will be available between the LA Mart and Los Angeles Convention Center, as well as between the associated host hotels as an added buyer convenience.
The summer market exhibitors showcase an array of fashion, home décor, fair trade and hand-crafted goods, all available for immediate delivery and ordering – from around the globe in a high-energy marketplace setting. “Our show attendance draws heavily from Southern California and other parts of the western region and these retailers, like all retailers, are searching for those new, different and undiscovered resources that can attract new customers and sales,” says Bell Davis.
Buyers attending this show will find a wide array of wholesale suppliers representing top brands, artisans and emerging leaders in categories including Gift, Trend LA, Makers’ Market – handcrafted items, World Style, Jewelry, Personal Style, Boardwalk, Souvenir and Resort. In short, this powerful combination of suppliers is sure to offer retailers a buying experience not to be found anywhere else.
The California Marketplace Temporaries will be held at the Kentia Hall in the Los Angeles Convention Center, July 21 – 24, 2017. For more information on the California Marketplace Temporaries show, please visit www.california-marketplace.com or call 800-318-2238.
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NetEase is a minority shareholder in Bungie since 2018, and the main reason behind the Chinese company’s move is probably tied to do the US studio’s desire to expand to mobile gaming too. Now TheGamePost spotted a LinkedIn profile of one of the NetEase Games’ artists that mentions the fact that they’ve helped develop “an unannounced FPS mobile game” in cooperation with Bungie.
Although we strongly suggest taking this with a grain of salt, it’s highly possible that Bungie is truly working on a mobile game with NetEase, especially after the studio CEO, Pete Parsons said that the Chinese giant has “a significant amount of experience in mobile we don’t have.” He also added that the partnership between the two companies will allow Bungie with “incubate new ideas.”
The rumored mobile game is unlikely to be a port of the critically-acclaimed Destiny 2, but rather a brand-new title in the same universe. Until then, feel free to pick up and play Destiny 2 on your mobile via Microsoft’s cloud if you’re an Xbox Game Pass member.


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The much-anticipated cryptocurrency created by Senegalese-American star and philanthropist Akon that will be used as the primary currency in his $6 billion Akon City in Senegal has launched. The akoin cryptocurrency (AKN) began trading against BTC and USDT on the Bittrex Global crypto exchange on Nov. 11.
The akoin cryptocurrency has also launched in Mwale Medical and Technology City (MMTC) as a pilot for Akon City. The MMTC is a $2 billion metropolis centered around a 5,000-bed medical and technology complex located in Kenya’s Kakamega county, its website describes.
Julius Mwale, the principal investor of Mwale Medical and Technology City, said in a podcast interview on Blockdown 3.0 that the complex is expected to be fully completed by the end of this year, adding:
We’re going to use exclusively akoin by the end of 2021.
He explained that there are currently 35,000 residents and over 2,000 merchants, and the akoin cryptocurrency system will be implemented for them all. He is confident that by the end of next year, there will be more than 20,000 workers whom will be paid in the akoin cryptocurrency.
“We are expecting to do an initial 30,000 transactions starting next month,” Mwale continued. Residents will be able to swap between the akoin crypto and large mobile minutes, m-pasa, and the U.S. dollar, he detailed. After the initial 30,000 transactions in 30 days, a credit card will also be launched so that merchants that accept Visa or Mastercard will be able to accept akoin. The system will then be scaled up to facilitate 1.5 million transactions a month. He elaborated:
That’s 5,000 workers for 1.5 million transactions a month after the initial 30,000 [transactions].


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On our latest trip to Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park we spotted some new towels, shirts, and pins that overhaul the park’s merchandise with a refreshed Disney aesthetic.
Mickey Mouse Blizzard Beach Towels – (Two for $22, $26.99 Regularly)
The new Mickey art style continues to show its prominence throughout the parks.
Long Sleeve Blizzard Beach SPF Shirt (Blue and White) – ($49.99)
Keep yourself protected from the scorching rays of the Florida sun with a shirt that offers skin protection.
Blizzard Beach T-Shirt – ($24.99)
Blizzard Beach Kid’s T-Shirt – ($19.99)
Blizzard Beach Pin – ($9.99)
In addition to all the new swag, Blizzard Beach is now selling reusable bags (ranging from $1 to $2), much like the various resorts began selling earlier in the week, along with Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
What do you think of the new merch? Be sure to let us know in the comments!


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Lagos – The Lagos State Government on Thursday, announced its plan to host the 1st ever International Coconut Summit in Nigeria, Oct.22-23, to tap into the global economic opportunities of the coconut value-chain.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Olayiwole Onasanya, made the disclosure during the inauguration of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) members for the planned event in Lagos on Thursday.
“The summit will increase awareness and sensation on economic potential of coconut value chain; attract high net worth investors into coconut value chain and provide platforms for stakeholders in the value chain to network.
“Ensuring that Nigeria taps from the global economic opportunities of coconut value chain; exposing stakeholders in the coconut value chain in Nigeria to best practices and boosting the foreign exchange earning of the country through coconut potential,” he said.
Onansanya also said that Lagos State is naturally blessed with avalanche of coconut resources of 180km coconut belt, two million trees and large domestic and trans-border markets.
According to him, the state also has innumerable coconut value chain actors with a net worth of N100 billion of trade annually.
He called on LOC members to leave no stone unturned and work in the spirit of comradeship to ensure the success of the summit.
Onansanya said that the state government’s attempt to remove the long chain of bottlenecks in the coconut sub-sector of agriculture informed the promotion of sustainable coconut production, utilisation and commercialisation of the commodity.
He said the ministry, partnering with the Lagos State Coconut Development Authority (LASCODA) and other agency, was rehabilitating coconut grooves and belts, provide ding seedlings, empowering coconut processors among others.
“These achievements call for the organisation of the International Coconut Summit which will be driven by the LOC and hopefully, these references will guide the members.
Meanwhile, Mr Toyin Suarau, Commissioner for Agriculture on behalf of Gov. Akinwumi Ambode inaugurated the LOC and promised total support to ensure the success of the summit.
Ambode said: “The proposed summit is unique in the sense that it is the first of its kind in the country that will be focusing solely on coconut value chain development.
“I equally want to emphasis that choosing you to serve in this committee is not by accident but due to your relevance and capabilities to add value to coconut development in Nigeria.
“Be rest assured that the necessary support from our end will be available and accessible to the committee at all times,” the governor promised.
The General Manager of LASCODA, Mr Dapo Olakunlehi, in his vote of thanks, said that the authority and members of the LOC were ready to work hard to achieve a memorable summit.
He also said that planning for the event had commenced in earnest and thanked the Commissioner and Permanent Secretary for their support.
Mr Tokunbo Habeeb, a Director from the Raw Materials Research and Development Council(RMRDC), who is also a member of the LOC,said that the council would support summit.
NAN reports that other LOC members were drawn from LASCODA, NIFOR, FMARD, Ministry of Agriculture-Agribusiness, NACPPMAN, ALSCOP, FIIRO, LCCI, and NACCIMA among others.
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Work progressing on shopping center
By Matt Shaw
Published in News on June 30, 2005 1:45 PM
Berkeley Commons shopping center should be open for business by the end of September, the construction manager said Wednesday.
The project has had several delays because of bad weather since construction began in January, but it is now on schedule, said Richard Cordrey, a project superintendent with the John S. Clark Co. Inc. of Winston-Salem.
"We're setting steel, laying concrete, doing the roofing and starting stucco work," Cordrey said in a telephone interview.
The shopping center, minus the outparcels, should be complete by Sept. 12; that's when it will be turned over to the merchants to complete the interiors, he said.
"Usually they'll be ready to open within two weeks or so," Cordrey said.
The tenants are Ross Dress for Less; T.J. Maxx; Bed Bath & Beyond; Old Navy; Rack Room Shoes; and Ruth 22, a clothing store. The shopping center has around 140,000 square feet.
The Clark company is not building the outparcel buildings. One will be a Chick-fil-A restaurant, while a contract is still being negotiated for the other site, Cordrey said.
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As part of a new promotion, Charter Communications’ voice customers in California can place unlimited calls to landlines in Mexico.
The promotion also includes up to 250 minutes of calling to cell phones in Mexico with the Charter Phone Unlimited plan in California and a subscription to the Triple Play PaqueTV Plus package.
Triple Play PaqueTV Plus bundles Charter phone, TV and Internet service with the popular Latino View Spanish-language programming package.
“Adding Unlimited Calling to Mexico is another way that we are increasing the value of our phone service," said Carl Leuschner, Charter's vice president of Internet and phone products. "Most competitors charge incrementally for Mexico calling, with costs close to $40 per month. Charter is offering that same value at substantial savings to our California customers."
Charter’s all-digital project is also underway in Southern California. With new all-digital networks in Long Beach, Glendale and Burbank, Charter customers now have access to more than 180 high definition television channels including Fox Deportes, Galavisión and HBO Latino.
With digital set-top boxes, Charter customers are gaining VOD access for every television in their homes. More than 10,000 VOD options, including more than 1,800 HD titles and many Spanish-language selections, are now available.


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Hunger Games distributor Entertainment One hits bullseye as it announces dramatic surge in profits
The Hunger Games distributor Entertainment One announced a dramatic surge in profits thanks to the success of its TV projects, but it said fierce competition at the box office had held back its film division.
The group reported a 654 per cent rise in profits to £18.1million in the six months to September 30, up from £2.4million in the same period last year.
During the period it increased its stake in the holding company behind popular children’s show Peppa Pig to 85 per cent. It also bought a 51 per cent stake in The Mark Gordon Company, which produces TV medical drama Grey’s Anatomy.
Hot shots: The Hunger Games distributor Entertainment One reported a 654 per cent rise in profits to £18.1million in the six months to September 30
But Entertainment One said film sales fell 22 per cent to £196.4million after it released 38 fewer films than last year.
Chief executive Darren Throop said the glut of Hollywood blockbusters from rivals had led to ‘lower activity’ for the group’s film business.
Its film releases are typically smaller so the company had to choose between trying to battle the blockbusters or waiting for a quieter period. It decided to push back some release dates to next year.
Shares were up 4.3p to 229.9p. The dividend was increased to 1.1p from 1p a share.
The latest Hunger Games movie, Mockingjay Part 2, stars Jennifer Lawrence (pictured) in the leading role.
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US California’s egg market settles after housing mandate
The state’s egg prices continue to trend like other shell egg markets after implementation of its cage-free law Proposition 12.
Because the California egg market is already 100% cage free, the industry continues to look to the state for financial insight.
The current state and future prospects of the California egg market were discussed by Economists Andrei Rjedkin and Angel Rubio during the Egg Market Forecast webinar organized by…


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An Israeli pharma-tech company Syqe Medical has announced the creation of the first-ever metered-dose cannabis inhaler, Arutz Sheva reports.
Syqe Medical presented the device on Thursday. It has been approved by the country’s Minister of health and is now seeking FDA approval.
The product will be distributed in Israel before any other country by Teva Pharmaceuticals, who has an exclusive deal with Syqe for the marketing and distribution of the drug in the region, Calcalist reports.
The company has raised a total of $83 million and the device has been in development for the past eight years, undergoing numerous clinical trials and regulatory screening processes before it was approved for sale, Syqe’s founder Perry Davidson was quoted saying.
The device uses a unique delivery method that Syqe says “provides symptom relief in minutes,” and its “unprecedented dosing precision achieves maximum relief while avoiding any undesired psychoactive effects.”
Although technically any patient with a medical cannabis licence may purchase the inhaler, which the company says will be delivered to patients’ doors, it may not be accessible to many. The device is priced at a costly NIS 1,950 (approx. CAD$711).
“Almost 80% of cannabis patients inhale the plant,” Davidson said. “For too long, physicians who wish to treat these patients have been without the most basic clinical knowledge on dosing, efficacy and adverse events of cannabis… This launch marks the beginning of a new chapter in pain treatment, one in which physicians can confidently prescribe precise dosages of cannabis.


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Capacity in malls in Abu Dhabi has been reduced as part of a raft of new restrictions designed to slow the spread of Covid-19.
Malls across the emirate must operate at no more than 40 per cent of their maximum capacity, according to a notice issued to retailers seen by The National.
Gyms will be limited to 50 per cent, while restaurants and coffee shops must admit no more than 60 per cent of their capacity.
All staff working in malls must wear gloves and masks at all times under the rules, which were issued by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development.
Employees of cafes in the capital confirmed the move, saying they were informed of the change on Friday and took steps to comply.
On Friday, Vox Cinemas announced it had been ordered to close its screens in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain "until further notice", as part of the new guidelines.
Customers said they were turned away from the Vox Cinema in Yas Mall on Friday by staff who said the company had received a notice instructing cinemas in the emirate to shut.
A message on the company's Instagram account said: "In compliance with the government-mandated closure of cinemas in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, Vox Cinemas will be temporarily closed from Friday, 5 February until further notice.
“We will be back soon, so please stay tuned for updates on reopening.”
The new restrictions follow a series of measures announced by Dubai in recent days and weeks to curb the spread of Covid-19.
They included cutting seating capacity in various venues including cinemas, entertainment and sports complexes to 50 per cent.
But the closure of cinemas and reduction in capacity at malls, gyms, restaurants and coffee shops are the first such measures to affect Abu Dhabi since last summer.
The emirate closed all stores except supermarkets and pharmacies as the virus spread last spring, but it slowly unwound the restrictions over the summer as new cases ebbed.


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Mark Fields’ ouster as CEO of Ford yesterday is another example, if anyone needed one, of just how hard it is to lead a company in the midst of disruptive change. The auto industry is actually riding the waves of three separate disruptions, all at the same time: electric engines, ride sharing, and autonomous vehicles. Fields enthusiastically embraced all three, investing in a Silicon Valley research center, becoming a regular at the CES tech fest, and talking of making Ford a “mobility company,” with one foot firmly in the present and one boldly in the future.
But shareholders weren’t buying it. The stock was down 40% since he became CEO, and Tesla recently surpassed Ford in market cap—despite the fact that Ford made $4.6 billion last year, while Tesla lost more than half a billion. (Here’s what Fields told Fortune recently about that.) Apparently, the markets will listen to Elon Musk’s futuristic musings all day long, but Fields’ were seen as a distraction from the business at hand. Company chairman Bill Ford told the Wall Street Journal he feared the “one foot in today one foot in tomorrow” mantra may have splintered the company culture. “We don’t want competing groups,” he said. “We don’t want one group to feel like they’re the cool group and the other group is left out.”
There’s lots of coverage on this this morning, but my favorite is this piece from Wired. It notes that while Fields talked of making Ford a “mobility” company, the company’s efforts sometimes “felt like tactics in search of a strategy.” And it’s unclear how naming the head of its “smart mobility” unit, Jim Hackett, to replace Fields will solve that.
“If there’s one takeaway from Ford ditching Fields,” Wired concludes, “it’s that in our current transportation environment, ‘mobility’ isn’t so much a strategy as it is a euphemism for ‘we have no idea what’s happening next.’”