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Monitor your bank accounts, change your passwords, advises Sony PlayStation
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Sony PlayStation is advising customers to tighten password security and keep a watchful eye on bank account statements following a PlayStation Network security breach and a week's worth of downtime.
PlayStation believes that data obtained during the April 17-19 breach includes names, land and email addresses, birthdates, usernames, passwords, and answers to additional security questions.
The company "cannot rule out the possibility" of credit card information having been taken - numbers and expiration dates, but not the additional security codes found on the back of cards.
"When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password," advises the company in a note posted to PlayStation websites and emailed to PSN users.
"Review your account statements," "monitor your credit or similar types of reports" and "be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information," the note continues.
Christopher Boyd, a senior threat researcher for IT security firm GFI Software, told Relaxnews that the breach was "extremely serious" and that Sony had "no option but to go into full damage control mode" by shutting off the network following discovery of the intrusion on April 20.
"Keeping an eye out for unauthorised payments on credit and debit cards is a good idea for all users, but it's crucial that anybody reusing passwords across multiple accounts changes all their logins to be on the safe side."
One preferred method for choosing a new password involves taking a favorite phrase and making the first letters from each word the basis for the password. Additional numbers and symbols can be introduced for further security.
PlayStation expects "to restore some services within a week," wrote Patrick Seybold, senior director of Corporate Communications, on April 26.
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Effective June 12, 2017, speciality chemicals supplier Cabot said it will increase prices on all carbon black products in its reinforcement materials segment sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Despite efforts to offset the costs, Cabot will implement price adjustments in the range of €50-80 per MT, in addition to any applicable feedstock index-related adjustments, for rubber carbon black products.
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IBM suffered major setbacks in the nation’s capital last week after it botched a systems switchover and was taken to court by a local council over a data management matter. On Monday 2nd November IBM was set to take control of the Congestion Charging system from previous operators Capita. However, whilst the transfer of the payment system was in process, a catastrophic crash occurred. This prevented customers from making payments via the online system for 9 hours, causing considerable frustration for those affected.
IBM has called the lengthy breakdown an ‘interruption’ which it says was caused by a major upgrade to the payment system which occurred in unison with the switch-over. Customers who could not make the Congestion Charge payments online were forced to use either the mobile payment service or to make their payments at one of the many retail outlets in and around London.
Transport for London was forced to apologise on behalf of IBM and assured its customers that no one would be improperly penalised as a result of the recent crash. Sources inside TfL claimed that some customers could be issued with incorrect penalty notices. It was also claimed that IBM had not undertaken the necessary planning in order to ensure a smooth changeover, though these allegations have yet to be substantiated.
The downtime further detracted from the reputation of the IT giant after Southwark Council began the process of claiming £700,000 in damages from IBM just three days earlier. The allegations levelled at IBM include claims that they failed to provide the council with a satisfactory Master Data Management system. It was also alleged that IBM failed to act on the findings of a review which identified the key areas of failure within the MDM system.
In response to the lawsuit, IBM stated that it regards the allegations as founded on false evidence and that it will be refuting any limitations to its services during the ensuing legal proceedings. Whether these events will tarnish the reputation of a trusted brand within the capital remains to be seen, but IBM has certainly had its data management skills brought under the glare of the media spotlight.


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The plan, which incorporates data from the Nielson Company and was paid for by a $20,850 grant from the Highlands Council, will next be reviewed by the Economic Development Commission and presented to Borough Council for adoption.
Joe Dispenza, president of the High Bridge Business Association, said he’s pleased with the study. “It looks like we’ll be able to market High Bridge as a great place for recreation and open space, which it is.”
Mayor Mark Desire said the plan will help the borough attract new businesses and benefit existing businesses by identifying areas where improvement is needed.
“The future of economic development in High Bridge will be a balance of capitalizing on and protecting our natural assets, while concentrating on the downtown and other areas in need of redevelopment,” he said.
The study states that the borough is “almost built-out,” but identifies areas for potential improvement.
The largest opportunity for growth is full-service restaurants, according to the plan.
While residents within one mile of the borough spent more than $3.4 million on full-service restaurants in 2010, less than $1.5 million of this amount was spent at borough restaurants.
“If High Bridge is to be promoted as a destination for recreation, then restaurants, coffeehouses, dessert shops and a bakery make sense,” said Dispenza. “It would give people somewhere to relax immediately after hiking or biking or playing golf.”
Other businesses identified as having room for growth are optical goods, personal care, sporting goods, book stores, shoe stores and jewelry.
Only two categories — car dealers and liquor stores — are marked as not having room for economic growth in the borough.
The average annual household income, according to the study, is about $100,540. In 2010, residents spent an estimated $56,440 outside of High Bridge, about four times the amount spent at businesses within the borough.
The study indicates that more parking spaces are needed near Main Street to provide access to downtown shops, which is a goal of the Economic Development Committee.
“I found the report to be a great validation of what different groups already envisioned or are working toward,” said Adrienne Pavan, vice-chair of the EDC.
During the Jan. 24 public hearing, former mayor Al Schweikert asked the Planning Board to vote against accepting the plan, because he said it omitted some areas of commercial and industrial development potential.
EDC Chair Brent Dugan said the plan should be adopted. “It basically fits the EDC guidelines already established, and since it’s to be considered a ‘living document,’ any issues arising can be dealt with in the future, including Dr. Schwiekert’s concerns,” he said after the meeting.
To view the plan, go to the document library at highbridge.org and choose “Sustainable Economic Plan Existing Economic Conditions draft.”


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It’s finally Friday, which means it’s time for your Mandatory Gaming Fails of the Week round-up. This is where we compile all of the big video game fails that happened over the last seven days, and give them the spotlight that they deserve (but probably don’t want). If you find yourself wanting more content like this, be sure to visit Mandatory.com. But now, let’s jump into those fails!
To make the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie “just right,” director Jeff Fowler has tweeted that the film has been delayed until 2020. The new target release date is February 14, 2020.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes have been removed from Belgium. These Nintendo mobile games are no longer available for purchase, due to the way that both titles implement microtransactions through loot boxes.
Make too many purchases on the Epic Games Store and you could be blocked, some users have found. Twitch streamer Patrick Boivin says that he bought five games during the recent sale, which was apparently enough to trigger the lockdown.
Following an Executive Order issued by President Trump, Huawei has had its access to Android removed. The Chinese technology manufacturer’s ban stems from allegations that it undermines “US national security or foreign policy interests.”
Turney Tenny, also know as the streamer “Tfue,” is suing his gaming organization Faze Clan for allegedly illegal contract terms. Turney’s attorney has described the contract as “grossly oppressive.” Previously, the Fortnite streaming sensation had tried to leave the clan, but his termination was rejected with the claim that he was still under contract.


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Microsoft has today announced a 10-year agreement that will keep Call of Duty on the Boosteriod platform once the company's $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard clears. This would be the latest such agreement following similar deals with Nintendo and Nvidia's GeForce Now.
In the United States, the FTC has taken Microsoft to court over the deal, while the CMA in the UK and EC in Europe are also looking at the merger with scrutiny. Much of the concern comes from the possibility of Microsoft using the Activision franchise to stifle competition by making them exclusive to Xbox Game Pass.
Sony has been vocal about this concern. The company admits Call of Duty is irreplaceable on PlayStation. It is worth noting that Activision has other major franchises, such as Candy Crush, Diablo, and Warcraft.
Still, Call of Duty is the jewel in the crown and Microsoft has been vocal about its intentions to keep the franchise available across platforms. Deals with Nintendo, Nvidia, and now Boosteroid seems to match that commitment.
Boosteroid is the largest independent cloud gaming providers in the world and has 4 million users.
“We believe in the power of games to bring people together. That's why Xbox is committed to give everyone more ways to play their favorite games, across devices,” says Phil Spencer, CEO of Gaming, Microsoft. “Bringing Xbox PC games to Boosteroid members, including Activision Blizzard titles such as ‘Call of Duty' once the deal closes, is yet another step in realizing that vision.”
Microsoft hopes such agreements will show regulators it plans to promote competition. While a similar agreement is on the table for Sony, the PlayStation company remains unimpressed. In fact, Sony has recently claimed Microsoft could purposely reduce the quality of Call of Duty on other platforms.
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Licensed pubs and restaurants can now serve cocktails in their to-go orders.
The province says the new changes to the liquor regulations will allow the sale of single-serving, pre-mixed drinks as long as it is bought with a meal.
These changes add on to the recent changes that permanently authorized the delivery of alcohol.
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“We’re continuing to open up new revenue stream opportunities to help our hospitality sector rebuild in the wake of the pandemic,” said Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General. “At the same time, appropriate safeguards will be in place to protect public safety and prevent minors’ access to liquor.”
According to the B.C. government, pre-mixed drinks will need to be packaged properly so they can be transported lawfully.
Drinks must have a label that includes the type and amount of alcohol in the drink and a list of all other ingredients. The province says only adults who have completed Serving It Right training will be allowed to deliver cocktails with food.
The B.C. government says the changes will help businesses get extra revenue and give consumers more options.
Both Ontario and Alberta have allowed cocktails-to-go since December 2020 and the province says they haven’t noted any public safety issues.
People purchasing drinks for delivery are required to provide two pieces of identification to prove they are of legal drinking age.


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Most of the executives who have appeared on CBS's hit series Undercover Boss so far have, understandably, been the heads of their companies. The idea is that the boss goes undercover, learns what it's like at the bottom and makes changes accordingly. But the next honcho scheduled to appear on Undercover Boss isn't really the boss. For that matter, he isn't the President, or even the CEO. On Sunday, the reality show will feature Steve Phelps, head of marketing at NASCAR.
In this week's episode, Phelps will hide his identity -- like past undercover bosses -- and will take time away from the head office to change tires, paint stripes and face all the low-end work that it takes to keep the rubber meeting the road. Viewers will get to watch the organization's chief marketing officer pose as the fictional Kevin Thomas, supposed winner of a promotional contest, on the small screen. Among other jobs, Phelps will work in a pit crew, cook food in a concessions stand and perform track maintenance.
However, unlike most of the past undercover bosses, Phelps doesn't have direct decision-making power over many of the workers that he'll be shadowing. This marks a significant departure for the series. Until now, one of its central conceits has been that each week's anonymous exec has direct hiring and firing power over the ordinary workers that he or she briefly interacts with.
Admittedly, marketing is vitally important for NASCAR, which reported a slump in ticket sales earlier this year, and Phelps -- who worked for the National Football League for 15 years -- is very highly regarded. But the decision to go with NASCAR's head of marketing, instead of its CEO, president or even chief financial officer, is an odd one.
Why Pick Phelps?
According to NASCAR, it selected Phelps because its CEO and president are both highly recognizable. But that explanation doesn't really hold water: Previous undercover bosses have grown facial hair, changed their glasses and even worn wigs to hide their identities. It seems like a crew cut, a pair of nonprescription frames and a set of muttonchops could easily hide CEO Brian France's identity.
And it's a shame that France won't be on Undercover Boss. He's a pretty fascinating guy. After inheriting the company from his father in 2003, he helped transform NASCAR racing from a regional sport into a global brand that sanctions races in 39 states, Canada and Mexico.
He has used the company as a springboard to build a media empire with consolidated TV and radio rights, including a prominent promotional company that represents Halle Berry and Goodyear Tires, as well as a marketing juggernaut that brings in more than $2.2 billion per year. In 2006, Time magazine named him one of the century's most influential people. A year later, it honored him as one of America's best sports executives.
But on another level, Phelps's casting makes perfect sense. Undercover Boss, after all, has been a marketing bonanza for many of the featured companies, a fact that hasn't been lost on its many critics. If, as many commentators have argued, the show is little more than a publicity stunt, then who better to represent a company than the man in charge of its public image?


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Bralirwa has decided to equip its staff members with Samsung Galaxy Tabs with the value of about 500,000 frw, as a motivation.
The new technologies, fully equipped with data processing programs will help double up the staff effort and make data storage easier.
This new initiative includes the use of tablet computers by the sales and marketing team to collect information from the field and send it to the head office or departments they report to.
The commercial business analyst of Bralirwa, Theirry Nshuti, said this is a new way of doing things for Bralirwa. As a leading company, our biggest concern is to care for our customers and to do this there in a need for quick decision-making.
"We believe in investing in our staff with new innovations that also motivate them to enjoy their work," said Jonathan Hall, the managing director of Bralirwa.
The Tabs will be given to each of the 20 Bralirwa's sales executives and 6 sales managers across the country.
Hall said that, in the past the sales team was using notebooks and binders to compile and store information from the field, but with the newly introduced technologies, sales executives and managers with will be able to collect and file data direct to the main serve at the head office from wherever they are.


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Ubisoft today confirmed its open-world game Watch Dogs delayed until spring 2014, pushing it back at least five months from its original November release date. News of the Watch Dogs delay is the most shocking info to hit the gaming news wire since Don Mattrick left Microsoft to head Zynga. Ubisoft’s fantastic-looking game was originally scheduled to ship alongside the PS4 and Xbox One, with a PS4 Watch Dogs bundle being one of the most-popular such bundles available from Amazon.
Speaking of those PS4 bundles, an Ubisoft representative told GameSpot, “Our partnership with Sony remains strong and we will have more details to share about the specific benefits of this partnership for PlayStation customers at a later date.” The statement came from an Ubisoft rep in the UK, but the bundle had been offered in North America as well, so it’s certainly something Ubisoft will address. We’ll have more in that regard as we learn it.
Hearing that Watch Dogs delayed until Spring arguably puts a damper on the next-gen gaming scene this holiday season. Initial impressions of the game seemed decent, but it wasn’t until E3 this year and Ubisoft’s end-of-demo multiplayer reveal that enthusiasm for Watch Dogs really took off.
In addition to announcing Watch Dogs delayed by several months, Ubisoft also said its next-gen racing game The Crew has also been delayed. The Crew did not receive a specific updated release date, but Ubisoft has pushed it into its next fiscal year. That means The Crew release date will occur sometime after April 1, 2014. Our guess is it will hit the PS4, Xbox One and other platforms in May, to avoid being overshadowed by E3 2014 buzz in June.
Speaking about determining whether to push back The Crew and decide that Watch Dogs delayed until 2014 was a good idea, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said “Our long-term goal is to win the next generation. The tough decisions we are taking today to fully realize the major potential of our new creations have an impact on our short-term performance. … In a context of growing successes for mega-blockbusters, the additional time given to the development of our titles will allow them to fulfill their huge ambitions and thus offer players even more exceptional experiences.”
Does hearing Watch Dogs delayed until spring 2014 make you less excited about the next-gen consoles? How about Ubisoft’s decision to push back The Crew? It’s an interesting reminder about how two new consoles, the Xbox One and PS4, can be affected by the decision of a third-party publisher. At least this time the delays affect both systems, putting them on equal footing. Sound off in the comments below.


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LAS VEGAS - International Security Conference and Expo, April 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
eInfochips, a global product engineering company; The Kroger Co. (KR), one of the world's largest retailers and Wincor Nixdorf (WIN), one of the world's leading providers of IT solutions and services to retail banks and the retail industry today introduced a new enterprise IT architecture called Retail Site Intelligence (RSI). This architecture for stores of the 21st century uses ZigBee® wireless mesh networks to integrate long battery life sensors, hand held devices, point-of-sale devices and video management software into a next generation platform for retail applications such as loss prevention, store automation and analytics. The companies will demonstrate the RSI video management solution in booth #6141 at ISC West 2014.
"Retail Site Intelligence is, above all, about Customer 1st innovation. We are leveraging technology to help customers have the best possible shopping experience in retail stores, whether by more easily finding the products they want or saving time at checkout," said Chris Hjelm, Kroger's Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. "We expect Retail Site Intelligence to be the cornerstone of the technology infrastructure for Kroger stores in the future."
Innovative Products and Commercial Solutions
The introduction of the RSI architecture, and the deployment of new retail business solutions by Kroger, culminates two years of global collaboration between Kroger and eInfochips to develop the underlying technology products for Stores of the 21st century. The results of this phase of development are new wireless devices (cameras, scanners, scales, and more to come) featuring ZigBee wireless technology, and Vigil360, a new video management software kernel designed specifically for RSI.
Commercial versions of the RSI solutions being piloted by Kroger will be available later in 2014 with support and customization services delivered globally.
"Retail Site Intelligence is an exciting new frontier for retail business solutions," said Brian Baker, Vice President, Professional Services at Wincor Nixdorf, Inc. "As always, our solutions will represent world-class customization, integration, deployment and support services."
Retailers who want to conduct a pilot run of an RSI solution can register at www.retail-site-intelligence.com.
Live Demo at ISC West
Representatives from eInfochips, Kroger and Wincor Nixdorf will be demonstrating RSI products and applications including a new handheld bar-code scanner used by shoppers, and a loss prevention application using the world's first video camera which serves as both a video camera and a ZigBee Access Point. The new camera is easily integrated into a store's IP network for better camera network scalability and support.
According to John Osborne, Chairman of the ZigBee Alliance, "The new products introduced by eInfochips, Kroger and Wincor Nixdorf will fit perfectly into the ZigBee Retail Services ecosystem. Their ZigBee Certified products will support a fully integrated ecosystem of technology suppliers, merchants, and distribution centers in providing a standard way to purchase, fulfill, automate and monitor the purchase and delivery of goods. Using our open, global standard will bring the benefits of Internet of Things for retailers and their customers."
"Most IT products are developed by design teams insulated from the user and application," said Frank Berry, founder and senior analyst, IT Brand Pulse. "Kroger's hands-on involvement in the development process has yielded products that are innovative and tailor made for digitized store environments."
Parag Mehta, the CMO at eInfochips added, "Our collaboration with Kroger to develop products for their Retail Site Intelligence Initiative embodies the trend of businesses partnering with technology companies to develop intellectual property for a sustainable competitive edge. The results of the Retail Site Intelligence project demonstrate why this trend is gaining momentum."
Kroger, one of the world's largest retailers, employs more than 375,000 associates who serve customers in 2,640 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia under two dozen local banner names including Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Harris Teeter, Jay C, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs and Smith's. The company also operates 786 convenience stores, 320 fine jewelry stores, 1,240 supermarket fuel centers and 38 food processing plants in the U.S. Recognized by Forbes as the most generous company in America, Kroger supports hunger relief, breast cancer awareness, the military and their families, and more than 30,000 schools and grassroots organizations. Kroger contributes food and funds equal to 200 million meals a year through more than 80 Feeding America food bank partners. A leader in supplier diversity, Kroger is a proud member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber's Million Dollar Club.
About Wincor Nixdorf
Wincor Nixdorf is one of the world's leading providers of IT solutions and services to retail banks and the retail industry. The main focus of the Group's comprehensive portfolio is on business process optimization, especially in the branch operations of both sectors. We also apply the expertise we have gained from our core business to related industries such as postal services and service station networks.
About the ZigBee Alliance
ZigBee® offers green and global wireless standards, connecting the widest range of devices to work together intelligently and help you control your world. The ZigBee® Alliance is an open, non-profit association of approximately 400 members driving development of innovative, reliable and easy-to-use ZigBee® standards. The Alliance promotes worldwide adoption of ZigBee® as the leading wirelessly networked, sensing and control standard for use in consumer, commercial and industrial areas. For more information, visit: www.zigbee.org.
eInfochips is a global product innovation partner recognized for technology leadership by Gartner, Frost & Sullivan, NASSCOM and Zinnov. eInfochips has contributed to 500+ products for top global companies, with more than 10 million deployments across the world.
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We round up Apple’s information from its huge WWDC keynote, Wirecard’s CEO is arrested and Facebook acquires another VR studio.
Here’s your Daily Crunch for June 23, 2020.
1. Here’s anything Apple introduced in the WWDC 2020 keynote
Apple announced a range of variations for iOS 14, like widgets and an automatically sorted app library. It is also rolling out a new characteristic referred to as Application Clips — small, quickly, lightweight mini-apps that really do not need a down load.
Also mentioned: New updates to iPad OS, AirPods, Apple Observe, privacy, HomeKit and MacOS.
2. Apple is building its very own processors for upcoming Macs
One extra huge piece of news from the virtual keynote: Tim Cook dinner officially introduced that the business will be generating its possess processors for its desktops and laptops — a person of the biggest modifications in the company’s extensive computing background. As has been rumored for years now, Apple is shifting absent from its reliance on Intel, onto its possess ARM-based mostly chips.
3. Immediately after its billion-euro implosion, Wirecard’s former CEO is arrested for fraud
Braun turned himself in to German authorities on the similar working day Wirecard admitted that $2.1 billion the business had reported on its harmony sheet did not exist. He has since been produced on €5 million bail.
4. Facebook acquires VR studio guiding ‘Lone Echo’
Facebook has been on a game studio acquisition spree over the earlier calendar year, purchasing up developers behind some of the most preferred VR titles. That craze continued with the company’s acquisition of Prepared at Dawn Studios, the developer guiding the Lone Echo games, one particular of Oculus’ most prosperous sequence.
5. Pricey Sophie: What does the Supreme Court’s DACA choice necessarily mean for employers?
Sophie Alcorn discusses what the recent Supreme Courtroom choice suggests for recruitment and retention, and how tech firms can assist colleagues who will need immigration protection. (Further Crunch membership required.)
6. French get hold of-tracing app StopCovid has been activated 1.8 million instances but only sent 14 notifications
Downloads are a single matter, but StopCovid hasn’t led to a great deal of notifications. Only 68 StopCovid buyers have declared they’ve been identified COVID-19-good in the app, and in the finish, StopCovid has only despatched 14 notifications about the previous a few weeks.
7. Hulu announces a new provide-focused ad format referred to as GatewayGo
This helps make fantastic on Hulu’s assertion at the commencing of the yr that it would be rolling out adverts that are much more transactional — so viewers can act on an advertisement appropriate absent, and advertisers get a concrete measurement of an ad’s impression.
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Official release date isn’t until June 6th, but apparently Buy.com and other sites are already shipping it … and direct-from-layout-file PDF copies (hmmm. Interesting….) have been pirated and are now apparently available via torrent sites — so I guess it’s safe to say that 4th Edition D&D is now out there.
I suppose, then, that it’s OK for me to go ahead and admit that I’ve had the rulebooks for about three weeks now.
I’ve read the rules — and, at first blush, I like them. I haven’t had an opportunity to try them out in play yet, though.
For what it’s worth, Adamant Entertainment will be doing 4th Edition fantasy products.


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Mark Russell, the CEO of electric truck maker Nikola Motor Company, recently took aim at Elon Musk's passion project, the Cybertruck — and he didn't mince words about his most prominent competitor.
"A lot of people didn’t like the look of the Cybertruck, including me," Russell told CNBC in a recent interview. "I think it looks like a doorstop, but they got lots of reservations for it, so more power to them." Oh, the shade!
But credit where credit is due: Russell also revealed that his company was inspired by the Cybertruck to build its pickup truck competitor, the Badger.
"A year ago we didn’t believe we would be building a pickup truck," he told CNBC. "We had built several off-road vehicle prototypes and had a concept for a pickup truck. We didn’t intend to do anything with it until we saw the Cybertruck.
Nikola recently started taking reservations for the Badger, an electric pickup that can come with an optional hydrogen fuel cell for an extended range.
Nikola has risen to become a worthy competitor in recent months, at least in the eyes of investors. Share values for the Tesla competitor surged in June following a reverse merger, making it more valuable than both Ford and Fiat-Chrysler.
Musk has been a vocal critic of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the past, striking up a feud between the two CEOs. "Fuel cells = fool sells," Musk tweeted in June, mocking the carbon neutral fuel concept, adding that it's "staggeringly dumb."
"If it turns out nobody wants to buy a weird-looking truck, we’ll build a normal truck, no problem," Musk said on the "Daily Drive Podcast," as reported by Teslarati on Monday.
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In spite of a Consent Decree from the US FDA and a comprehensive restructuring programme
Getinge Group reported a high level of activity once again in the final quarter of 2015. The firm says this quarter is usually its strongest and order intake grew organically by 1.2%, primarily driven by a 'very strong performance' in its Infection Control business, which includes disinfection and sterilisation equipment.
For the full-year, the Group’s order intake also rose organically by 1.9%.
Net sales displayed a positive trend, growing organically by 4.3% during the quarter, also driven by the strong performance of Infection Control, the firm said.
The Group also grew by 1.8% organically for the full-year compared with the year-earlier period and has now passed annual sales of SEK30bn (€3.2bn; US$3.5bn).
EBITA before restructuring, acquisition and integration costs fell in the quarter to SEK1.92bn.
Alex Myers, CEO and President of Getinge Group, said the firm was continuing to focus on its remediation programme to enhance its Medical Systems’ quality management system.
In the autumn, the firm saw 'several positive signs that we are on the right path', said Myers, including a successful FDA inspection of its new plant in Merrimack, New Hampshire in the US. During the quarter, a third-party inspection was also carried out in Hechingen, Germany, under the terms of the Consent Decree between Medical Systems and the US FDA put in place on 3 February 2015. The inspection indicated that additional measures needed to be implemented at the production unit, said Myers.
'We are in continuous and transparent dialogue with the FDA throughout the process and a more detailed analysis is currently being performed to determine the financial consequences that this may entail,' he said.
In parallel, the firm has made personnel changes in Hechingen and strengthened the local quality organisation by bringing in experts from its other sites.
We are continuing to invest in innovation and product development and in 2016 we will present a number of new products
The Group also expanded its product offering in its Infection Control business during the quarter and entered the low-temperature market with the acquisition of Stericool, a Turkish company, and also signed an exclusive global distribution agreement with Canadian company TSO3, an innovator in sterilisation technology for medical devices.
'We are continuing to invest in innovation and product development and in 2016 we will present a number of new, attractive products for the market,' said Myers.
Getinge also sold the loss-making manufacturing company MK Metallkomponenten, which specialises in metal processing, so as to streamline its supply chain and focus on the core competencies of its production activities.
The organisational changes are moving along according to plan and Myers said the firm established a new management structure at the beginning of this year to carry out the changes necessary 'to enable restored margins and reignited growth'.
Going forward, in the EMEA region, the Group expects 'slightly positive' growth, which is also its assessment of the Western European market. 'Slightly positive gorwth' is also expected in the Americas region, with demand in the North American market expected to increase slightly, while challenges in Latin America remain. In the Asia/Pacific region, growth prospects are expected to be favourable, with a particularly positive outlook for South-East Asia and India, although China remains difficult to assess, the firm said. Overall, volume growth is expected to be positive in 2016.
The financial consequences of the Consent Decree with the FDA, excluding the costs for the remediation programme, are expected to fall in 2016 compared with 2015 and will have a negative impact of approximately SEK130m on the Group’s 2016 operating profit.
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Despite the general sense of doom and gloom due to the coronavirus, Truro, Cornwall, is keen to give residents and commuters something to be cheerful about with a special festive illuminations.
This year the Trafalgar Roundabout, which is the main roundabout into the city and the home of the famous hedgehogs, will be transformed with a Cathedral Christmas light installation.
During the festive period the roundabout, which last year was name best roundabout in the UK, will be home to a spectacular lit-up model of Truro Cathedral.
The new Christmas lighting, which is part of Truro’s City Centre Christmas Lights Scheme, is 4.5m wide, and its tallest spire measures 3.8m high.
The light installation is one of the first to be delivered as part of Truro’s £750,000 Accelerated Fund award from the government’s Towns Fund, announced in September.
The Towns Fund is aimed at unleashing economic growth potential with a focus on regeneration. Truro is one of 101 British towns selected to bid for investment for up to £25 million, and Truro Town Deal Board is currently developing projects and an investment plan for submission in January.
The Cathedral Christmas Light motif will be featured in Truro’s first Virtual Christmas Lights Switch-on which is being streamed at 6.55pm on Wednesday 18 November via Pirate FM’s Facebook page.
Carole Theobald, chairman of Truro Town Deal Board, said: “Truro’s Christmas lights are an important part of the economic picture in the city.
"It’s been a tough year for our businesses and retailers, so this is a welcome funding award to continue to invest in our lights displays. Truro BID have commissioned this beautiful light installation which will help draw people into the city for years to come.”
Alun Jones, Truro BID manager added: “We thought that a Christmas light motif in the shape of the cathedral would be perfect for our great little city, so we were delighted to receive the Accelerated Fund Award. Along with additional new lighting in the city centre, the Cathedral Christmas Light will bring some welcome festive cheer to Truro this year.
“It’s more important than ever to support Truro’s shops and eateries this festive season.
"Both the cathedral installation and the city centre lights will be lit up daily in the late afternoon from Thursday November 19.
"Once lockdowns restrictions are lifted, we urge people to come to Truro for their Christmas shopping and enjoy all the festive lights.”
There will be three late night shopping Wednesdays from 9 December, where the main shopping streets will be closed to traffic until 9pm to giving people space to shop, eat and drink if the second national lockdown restrictions end on December 3.
Truro’s City Centre Christmas Lights are funded and installed by Truro Businesses Improvement District (BID) via the BID levy contributions from around 400 Truro Businesses, along with donations from both Truro’s Town Crier Lionel Knight and his wife Carol Knight.
Truro BID said it funded the installation of the Cathedral Christmas Light onto Trafalgar Roundabout and in future years will continue to fund the installations and maintenance of the spectacular light.
All of the Truro’s Christmas Lights will be illuminating the city until the twelfth night on Tuesday 5 January 2021.
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Standing for input/output and “Innovation in the Open”, the annual Google I/O developer conference explores the latest in technology, web, and mobile. Held at San Francisco, this year’s event sees some major upgrades to Google’s Android platform, new projects from the ATAP team, and some nifty VR.
While there’s no announcement yet on what the new sweet-inspired name will be, we do know the next upgrade from Lollipop will be headed our way later this year. Google says it’s a back to basics as they focus on polishing existing features and fixing bugs, but there’s also plenty to get excited about.
- Android Pay: compatible with running on KitKat and above, the function lets you walk into stores and tap on an NFC terminal to pay for products. The service creates a virtual account number so your actual number isn’t shared with the retailer, and will work with existing card companies like Mastercard and Visa. Developers will be able to utilise in-app options to make purchasing easier.
- Google Now on Tap: already a strong contender in the virtual assistant front, the beefed up algorithms will see users get better contextualised information on what’s running on users’ phone screen. Restaurant suggestions while you’re having a text conversation or finding info about a YouTube clip you’re watching; say ‘OK Google’, followed by the question, and like magic the answers appear.
- Power and charging: M will be providing up to two-times longer standby time, as a new function named ‘Doze’ uses motion detectors to figure out how long since you last used the phone, and reduces background processes accordingly. Users can still receive alarms or notifications regardless. A newUSB Type-C connection will also provide faster charging, as well as use your phone as a mobile battery for things such as a Bluetooth headset or camera battery.
Internet of Things
Two new pieces of software were announced – Brillo and Weave – which will allow the company to power connected devices. Brillo is an Android-based IoT operating system, while Weave is an API standard, or the communication layer. This is the announcement that could tie Google as the standard bearer for the whole of the IoT movement.
- Brillo: taken down a notch on requirements so it runs with minimal footprint, it will contain Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy. It’ll work with Nest, Thread, and its natural Android platform means a huge number of developers and device manufacturers will be able to take advantage.
- Weave: the “common language” that allow devices to talk to each other, this could be what sets Google as the authority on the IoT movement. While just the basic infrastructure to connecting devices, it has the makings of a cornerstone. Weave’s full stack will be ready to go at the end of the year for developers to start mucking around with it.
Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP)
Showing up on the second day, Google’s infamous ATAP team presented three new projects in the form of Soli, Jacquard, and Vault, as well as a hands-on demo of Ara and Spotlight Stories.
- Project Soli: a tiny radar sensor powerful enough to detect and understand fine finger gestures, at the size of a pinky-nail.
- Project Jacquard: introducing “multitouch sensors” into textiles, ATAP developed not only the sensors, but also the conductive yarn (in multiple colours) to adapt to the fashion industry. Looking like normal pieces of fabric, we could soon be changing Spotify playlists just by running fingers along a jacket’s cuffs. Google also announced a partnership with Levi’s to bring wearables to fashion.
- Project Vault: a microSD card that has some seriously heavy encryption. Basic premise is the ability to enable encrypted communications on a real-time custom OS – by inserting the card into a device, users can access an encrypted OS to better secure photos, chats, emails, and other important information. 4GB of data, powered by an ARM processor, contains NFC technology and antenna, and it also works with all systems including Android, Windows, OS X and Linux.
- Project Ara demo: it aims to produce highly modular smartphones, where hardware functionality in a phone can be pieced together like Lego bricks. It allows users to swap out malfunctioning modules or upgrade old ones, and at this conference audiences saw the first real-world version of an Ara phone.
- Spotlight Stories: these were introduced last year as short films that provide a 360 degree experience on users’ smartphones using an app, but now the first live-action film has been created. The short film, “Help”, is directed by Justin Lin, the director behind entries 3 to 6 in the Fast & Furious franchise.


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TEWKSBURY, MASS. — Wellness Natural Pet Food announced April 30 it is doubling down on pet food donations to assist animal shelters and pet owners in the United States during COVID-19. The company will provide 136,000 lbs of dry pet food and 46,000 lbs of wet pet food for Best Friends Animal Society shelters in Los Angeles, Calif., Kanab, Utah and a community south of Houston, Texas.
"Now more than ever, our pets need to feel that they are cared for,” said Camelle Kent, chief executive officer of WellPet, LLC, the maker of Wellness Natural Pet Food. “Here at Wellness, our priority is making sure that pets' bowls remain filled with high-quality, natural food and we're committed to supporting pet parents and shelters who need a helping hand to make this happen. We applaud the work of Best Friends and are honored to be a teammate by supplying more food where it is needed most as the impact of COVID-19 continues to evolve."
Wellness Natural Pet Food operates a philanthropic subsidiary, The Wellness Foundation, which entered a partnership with Best Friends Animal Society during SuperZoo in 2019.
The company and Best Friends Animal Society cited dramatic social shifts caused by shelter-in-place orders and financial repercussions of COVID-19 as a reason to support animal shelters and pet owners, as well as encourage fostering and adoption at this time.
"If you can adopt or foster an animal, that is the best thing you can do to help right now,” said Julie Castle, chief executive officer of Best Friends Animal Society. “We're not surprised, but are still in awe of how our community, partners and animal lovers everywhere have stepped up to consider the safety and wellbeing of our animals during this time. We're grateful for our partnership with Wellness Natural Pet Food to ensure that our animals not only find a home but do so with a full belly of nutritious food."
On April 15, Wellness Natural Pet Food donated two truckloads of pet food, weighing more than 33,000 lbs total, to the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB). This was in addition to the 300,000 pet meals the company had previously donated to local community groups supporting at-risk companion animals over the last month.
Read about other pet industry companies giving back to support people impacted by COVID-19.


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Interactivity and sense experience to the fashion label’s retails outlet, Alice Blackwood discovers
February 22nd, 2010
Sportsgirl has come far since launching its colourful brand into a decidedly grey post-World War market circa 1948 – and it hasn’t missed a beat yet.
The popular fashion brand remains young at heart, tapping into the ever-changing whims of the youth market and re-inforcing its eminence within the fashion retail industry with the opening of a Super-Flagship Store at Chadstone shopping centre in Melbourne.
Designed by UK design consultancy HMKM, the 750m2 retail space – a veritable department store – changes the landscape of retail design as we know it, engaging with the consumer in a highly interactive and sensory way.
While Sportsgirl is an Australia-only brand, it has a ‘world class’ reputation – and the new retail space needed to reflect that, says Sportsgirl’s Chief Executive Officer, Elle Roseby. “We wanted an exciting, ever-changing retail environment which is incredibly flexible.”
Integral to this brief, says HMKM’s Managing Director, Alison Cardy, was to transform the space from a blank shell into an enticing destination for ‘Sportsgirl fashionistas’ and their aspiring acolytes.
Having worked with clients such as Selfridges and Harrods, HMKM was well versed in the requirements of top-end retail and, taking into consideration that the store would be part of a shopping centre, they recognised the need to stand out in a living, breathing way.
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Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale (NYSE: TSN) on Monday reported an income loss of $97 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2023.
It's the company's first quarterly loss since 2009, a significant reversal from the $829 million in profit that Tyson reported in the same quarter a year ago. On a per-share basis, the loss came to 28 cents, down from a profit of $2.28 per share a year ago.
The performance surprised Wall Street, with analysts polled by Zacks Investment Research predicting a profit of 81 cents per share.
Revenue in the second quarter was $13.13 billion, a small increase from $13.12 billion a year ago and below Wall Street's estimate of $13.6 billion.
Tyson revised its 2023 revenue outlook down from $55 billion-$57 billion to $53 billion-$54 billion.
The news was received poorly by investors. Shares of the company were down about 16% midday Tuesday. For the year to date, shares were down about 20%.
"While the current protein market is challenging, we have a strong growth strategy in place and are bullish on our long-term outlook,” Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King said. “We saw strong performance in our branded foods business and continue to be laser-focused on meeting customer needs and planning the future with them.
“Through our growth strategy, focus on margin improvement, and proven leadership team, I am confident in our ability to capture the opportunities in front of us and create long-term value for customers, team members, and shareholders.”
King said the tough economic environment was a “highly unusual situation” because all three of the company’s main segments — beef, chicken and pork — had the same market stresses at the same time. Lower demand and decreased value of individual protein cutouts were exacerbated by higher costs caused by inflation.
John R. Tyson, the company’s CFO, said the challenging market conditions would probably continue through the end of the year. King said Tyson Foods was focused on dealing with the variables it can control with a long-term view for growth.
“I would say this quarter was not a surprise to us,” King said. “We knew Q2 was going to be challenging and it was. I've talked about the fact that I've never seen this highly unusual situation where Beef, Pork and Chicken were all experiencing challenges at the same time. Many of these are macro in nature.”
The beef segment reported sales of $4.6 billion, down from more than $5 billion a year ago. The company reported no operating income, which had been $638 million a year ago.
The chicken segment reported sales of $4.4 billion, up from $4.1 billion. Operating income was a loss of $258 million, down from a positive $198 million.
The prepared foods segment reported sales of $2.4 billion, up from $2.39 billion. Operating income was $241 million, down from $263 million.
The pork segment reported sales of $1.4 billion, down from $1.6 billion. Operating income was a loss of $33 million, down from a positive $59 million.
The international segment reported sales of $639 million, up from $565 million. Operating income was $1 million, up from a loss of $2 million.
“Tyson is an iconic company with a broad portfolio of products and powerful brands that has been a recognized leader in protein for nearly 90 years,” King said. “We've been through market cycles before. I've been through them before myself and we've always come out stronger on the other side. We have the right strategy, seasoned leadership and team members in place to do it once again. Our vision is to deliver sustainable top line growth and margin improvement.”
Tyson Foods has announced several cost-cutting measures in the past months. In April it said it would eliminate 15% of the company’s leadership positions and 10% of its corporate roles.
The previous month, it announced it would close poultry plants in Van Buren and Glen Allen, Virginia. The plants employed more than 1,600 workers.
In October, Tyson Foods announced its OneTyson initiative to bring 1,000 executives from satellite offices in the Chicago area and South Dakota to Springdale. Most of the executives, as many as 90% of the Chicago offices according to The Wall Street Journal, declined to relocated.
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Foot Locker (NYSE:FL – Get Rating) had its price target reduced by Guggenheim from $60.00 to $50.00 in a report published on Monday, The Fly reports.
Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of Foot Locker from $36.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a hold rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 21st. Bank of America cut their price objective on Foot Locker from $45.00 to $36.00 in a research note on Sunday, May 21st. Williams Trading downgraded Foot Locker from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research report on Sunday, May 21st. Evercore ISI dropped their price target on Foot Locker from $60.00 to $45.00 in a research report on Monday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Foot Locker from $48.00 to $38.00 in a research note on Sunday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of Hold and a consensus price target of $38.80.
Foot Locker Price Performance
Shares of NYSE FL opened at $25.82 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 0.46. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.01 and a beta of 1.23. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $39.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is $39.39. Foot Locker has a 12 month low of $23.85 and a 12 month high of $47.22.
Foot Locker Announces Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 14th will be paid a $0.40 dividend. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.20%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 13th. Foot Locker’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 62.02%.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Tower Bridge Advisors purchased a new stake in Foot Locker during the 4th quarter worth approximately $227,000. Toronto Dominion Bank acquired a new position in shares of Foot Locker in the third quarter worth $4,113,000. Autumn Glory Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Foot Locker during the fourth quarter worth $441,000. Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Foot Locker in the fourth quarter valued at $1,547,000. Finally, Citigroup Inc. raised its stake in shares of Foot Locker by 6.0% in the fourth quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 160,800 shares of the athletic footwear retailer’s stock valued at $6,077,000 after acquiring an additional 9,150 shares in the last quarter. 95.06% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Foot Locker Company Profile
Foot Locker, Inc engages in the retail of athletic shoes and apparel. The firm uses its omni-channel capabilities to bridge the digital world and physical stores, including order-in-store, buy online and pickup-in-store, and buy online and ship-from-store, as well as e-commerce. It operates through following segments: North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and Asia Pacific.
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Lebanon Digital TV News
Lebanon's CableVision to launch IPTV with Meatel, Alpha Networks, Amino, Broadpeak and Viaccess
Sep 16, 2018 – Lebanon's CableVision is soon to launch an IP-based entertainment service that has been integrated by Meatel and enabled by a service delivery platform from Alpha Networks, Amino client devices, Broadpeak’s CDN and Viaccess’ security suite and media player.
News categories: Broadpeak, Viaccess, Alpha Networks, Amino, Cablevision, Fabrice Bellanger, Arnaud Alvarez, Pascal Birot, Bart Vanderostyne, Bassam Jaber, Samer Elia, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Lebanon, Media Player, Mobile, Set Top Box
Zain launches iflix service across Middle East and Africa
May 22, 2017 – Zain Group and iflix have announced the launch of iflix’s service across several of Zain’s markets. This follows the announcement earlier in the year whereby Zain and iflix formed a joint venture entity, ‘iflix Arabia’.
News categories: Zain, iflix, Scott Gegenheimer, Mark Britt, Apps, Bahrain, Digital TV, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, OTT, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
Amazon Prime Video launches globally
Dec 14, 2016 – Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced that Amazon Prime Video is now available to customers in more than 200 countries and territories around the globe. Customers can watch on Android and iOS phones and tablets, Fire Tablets and LG and Samsung smart TVs.
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Nine countries in the Arab world have IPTV providers
Jun 16, 2015 – In April, fourteen service providers in nine countries in the Arab World offered IPTV services. Research by the Arab Advisors Group revealed that GCC countries had the largest number of IPTV providers in the region.
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Pay TV growing fastest in the MENA region
Apr 26, 2015 – According to IHS (NYSE: IHS), 2014 was another year of substantial growth for the pay TV market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with pay TV revenues jumping from €702 million in 2013 to €873 million in 2014.
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Lebanon's Cyberia/IDM chooses Motama servers for Live TV
Sep 2, 2014 – Motama has announced that the Live TV service to be provided by Lebanese ISP Cyberia/IDM is being built by system integrator Digidata based on Motama servers. Live TV is targeted at TVs, tablets, laptops and mobile phones.
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Susan Yardley, a 20-year spa and wellness industry veteran, launched Global Spa Resources (GSR) in September 2020 to address the spa and wellness industry's most pressing challenges. The platform addresses issues ranging from product procurement, vendor identification to talent recruitment—all common issues that weigh heavily on managers' time.
GSR allows professionals to find vendors using the vendor directory, which features some of the top names and most promising up-and-comers in the spa and wellness product sector. GSR also streamlines the talent acquisition process, with a recruitment division and database featuring industry talent looking for work across more than 70 countries.
"We are delighted to bring Global Spa Resources to industry owners and managers across the globe as a comprehensive solution to some of their most pressing problems," said Yardley. "Our intuitive platform helps industry professionals gain back their time and alleviate headaches common to running a successful spa and wellness facility. We are proud to support hotels and independent businesses from concept, to pre-opening, to ongoing operations and help them achieve their goals."


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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Seoul City Invites Shoppers to the Seoul Grand Sale
The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Tourism Organization invite shoppers to the ‘Seoul Grand Sale 2010’ which runs from 21 July to 12 September. Visitors to the ‘Seoul Grand Sale 2010’ can enjoy large discounts at over 5,000 stores and companies which will participate in one of the world’s best shopping festivals.
The Seoul Grand Sale was introduced in 2008 to boost Seoul’s image as one of the most desirable destinations for international shoppers and to heighten Seoul’s shopping tourism competitiveness with other cities in Asia. The shopping festival has evolved over the years and this year’s festival will welcome local and international shoppers with some improvements.
The number of companies participating in the Seoul Grand Sale jumped dramatically. Last year, 810 stores covering beauty, shopping, food, culture, tourism, health care and accommodations participated in the annual shopping festival but this year over 5,000 stores are participating. Local and international shoppers are expected to enjoy substantial benefits during the shopping festival period as popular stores such as convenience stores, duty free shops and even coffee shops will also be participating.
The Seoul Grand Sale 2010 will also expand its scope this year. The Seoul Metropolitan
Government said this year’s festival will not only feature various events such as a grand opening ceremony and street events in Seoul’s major tourism zones. The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to distinguish the festival from a simple bargain event and make it a fresh mixture of tourism, culture, and shopping.
To lure shoppers from around the world and make their stay in Seoul more comfortable and convenient, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will launch a social media ad campaign. This year, the city government plans to make the best use of domestic and international social media networking sites such as blogs and Twitter for promotion. It will also strengthen its promotion efforts on its YouTube page since videos from last year’s festival were well received by international shoppers.
Last but not least, the Seoul city government will provide special coupons for the top 20 popular chain stores in the shopping, food, and tourism sectors. The government will provide shoppers with mobile coupons and a special membership card for use at the “Big 20” stores, in addition to the paper discount coupons. To target a growing number of smartphone users, the city government will also launch an augmented reality application that will enable shoppers to locate stores easily and efficiently with their phones.
An official with the Seoul Tourism Organization said “The Seoul Grand Sale 2010 will benefit a variety of groups as it will revitalize domestic demand and the tourism industry, offer special price markdowns to local and international shoppers, and grant participating stores a chance to improve their visibility internationally and raise their revenue in sales in the off-season.”
“The Seoul city government will work hard to prepare for the shopping festival so that people who visit Seoul during the 54-day festival in the future will be fascinated by Seoul’s alluring points.”
Full details regarding participating stores and how to obtain coupons are available from the Seoul Grand Sale 2010 website www.seoulgrandsale.com General travel information can be obtained from the official travel website for Korea www.visitkorea.or.kr
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Burger King will purchase Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons for $11 billion, the company has confirmed. But the company won't just stake a northern claim, but will relocate its headquarters to Canada, thereby legally avoiding its tax bill, though the company insists it's not about the taxes.
The corporate headquarters of the new company will be in Canada. The two brands will continue to be run as stand-alone chains, with Burger King still operating out of Miami.While the new corporation will be headquartered in Canada, Behring says Burger King and Tim Hortons will stay distinct operations and BK will continue to be operated out of its current Miama, Florida base.
Some analysts have suggested that Canada's lower tax rates stand to benefit Burger King over time. But Burger King said that's the not main motivation for the deal.
During a conference call with analysts and investors, Burger King Executive Chairman Alex Behring stressed that international growth possibilities are driving the deal. He noted that 3G Capital, the investment firm that owns a majority stake in Burger King, has turned the hamburger company into one of the fastest-growing chains since buying it in 2010. He said that experience will be applied to Tim Hortons.
"It's not being driven by tax rates," Behring said.
Those assurances might fall on deaf ears with BK's customers, who are ripping the corporation on its Facebook page, vowing boycotts and calling the company a "traitor," "tax cheat" and "un-American." It might be a good deal for the company on taxes, but the backlash at home—the same backlash that was a factor in Walgreens deciding against inversion—will have to be overcome.


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Kendrick Lamar is giving fans a lot to be excited about lately. After curating, producing and appearing in the Black Panther album that came out last week, the rapper just announced that he’ll be doing pop-up shops throughout the European leg his tour.
Lamar will open eight shops, starting in Germany Thursday (Feb. 15) in correspondence with his 14-stop European DAMN. tour. Each one is only up and running for either one or two days, and while ficial opening times have yet to be posted for all locations, the first Frankfurt shop may fer some insight with its listed hours 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time.
What’s going to be available in the shops has yet to be revealed, but fans can likely expect the same DAMN. clothing that was sold on the U.S. tour, as well as some “exclusive” presumably location-based items. For those not in Europe, most K. Dot’s merch has been restocked on the merch page the Top Dawg Entertainment site.
Check out the Frankfurt flyer, as well as a full listing the pop-up shops to hit Europe below.
DAMN. Pop-Up Europe Locations
Frankfurt, Germany – February 15
London, England – February 20
Rotterdam, Netherlands – February 22 to February 23
Paris, France – February 24
Antwerp, Belgium – February 27
Copenhagen, Denmark – March 1
Oslo, Norway – March 2
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20 Feb Expert Jon Cartu Claims – Mist Expands Vision of Universal Standards-Based Indoor…
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mist Systems, a Juniper Networks company and a leader in secure AI-driven networks, announced today new ecosystem partner integrations that leverage ultra-wideband, Wi-Fi radar (sensing), LiDAR, Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) and batteryless Bluetooth LE tags to deliver advanced use cases for indoor location with high accuracy and exceptional scale.
“We are excited to build on the previous success of our location solution, including placement as a visionary in the recently announced 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Indoor Location Services, with new use cases that leverage state-of-the-art ultra-wideband, Wi-Fi, LiDAR, ESL and Bluetooth LE technologies,” said Bob Friday, CTO of Mist Systems. “It takes a robust ecosystem to bring indoor location to stores, hotels, hospitals, campuses and other AI-driven enterprises, so we are excited to be working with the best vendors in the industry to make this a reality.”
The following table summarizes Mist’s new technology partnerships which will help customers accelerate their business success across multiple location technology areas.
Boosting Accuracy with Ultra-Wideband Radio Technology
Ultra-wideband (UWB) has the promise of becoming a standards-based technology that can be the cornerstone of a real-time location system (RTLS). It delivers higher-accuracy location to address additional location use cases for customers, including those for Industrial IoT (IIoT), healthcare, enterprise, logistics and retail environments. Mist has been working with Inpixon, Quarion and Sewio, three leading location and positioning technology providers and is integrating their UWB anchors and tags within the Mist AI-driven enterprise solution. UWB can enable sub 1-foot accuracy when properly deployed and will enable Mist to address new use cases in the safety and high-value asset tracking areas.
“Sewio is excited to work with Juniper and Mist in order to extend our UWB technology to our common customers and integrate our real-time location system with Mist’s innovative AI-driven platform to achieve greater efficiency, profitability and safety within facilities across the many verticals and use cases we serve,” said Milan Simek, CEO and Co-founder at Sewio.
“This partnership integrates Mist’s innovative AI-driven platform with Quarion’s IIoT solution to boost worker safety and improve operational efficiencies within manufacturing facilities, expanding our UWB technology and providing tangible benefits to our common customers,” said Aric Pryor, CEO at Quarion Technology.
“Inpixon has been working with Mist and their customers with our indoor mapping product line for some time and have extended our collaboration to leverage the synergies of Mist’s AI-engine and Inpixon’s UWB technology to address new use cases that require higher location accuracy,” said Adam Benson, CTO at Inpixon. “Together, our solution will enable new customer segments to take advantage of indoor positioning for use cases such as shelf-level asset tracking and others across retail, healthcare, manufacturing and enterprise environments.”
Minimizing Operational Costs and Complexity of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
As more customers across many industries continue to expand their use of BLE tags for asset tracking, driving down the operational costs and complexity becomes more critical. To address this, Mist, with its Virtualized BLE (vBLE), is working with Wiliot to simplify ongoing operations and initial system deployment with machine learning on a converged Wi-Fi, BLE and IoT access point to eliminate manual calibration while leveraging innovative battery-free tags that harvest energy by recycling radio signals.
“Part of the value of Wiliot’s sticker-sized battery-free Bluetooth sensor tags is the ability to leverage existing Bluetooth infrastructure. Mist was born with Bluetooth at its heart, so the adoption of Mist by some of the world’s biggest brands and its ability to precisely locate our low-cost intelligent tags makes for a compelling partnership,” said Steve Statler, SVP Marketing and Business Development at Wiliot.
Leveraging Wi-Fi Sensing for Clientless (Device-Free) Location
Wi-Fi sensing is an innovative technology that can eliminate the need to deploy tags while bringing visibility into occupancy, motion and traffic flows within enterprise, healthcare and hospitality environments. It is complementary to other location technologies such as BLE or UWB while addressing several use cases that those technologies cannot easily address.
“We are very excited to be working with Juniper and Mist in order to extend Wi-Fi sensing technology and leverage the Mist AI-Driven enterprise Wi-Fi infrastructure to solve customer challenges. We are already working with many customers to address new clientless (device-free) location problems in the security, safety and patient care areas and are looking to expand to use cases that we can solve with our technologies,” said Michel Allegue, CTO and Co-Founder at Aerial Technologies.
Modernizing the Corporate Campus and Increasing Safety with Indoor Mapping
By leveraging machine learning technology in concert with pervasive Wi-Fi, BLE, UWB and/or LiDAR, one can provide sub-two-meter accuracy for the mapping, asset location and occupancy use cases. The partnership between InnerSpace and Juniper Mist enables high value enterprise applications for the corporate campus across real estate utilization, employee experiences, operations and security and safety. InnerSpace leverages the Mist SDK to transform any space into a Smart Building and can also provide public safety and first responders with enhanced situational awareness to identify the location of civilians in the event of emergencies.
“With Juniper’s Mist wireless solution rapidly expanding its footprint in public and private spaces, it integrates with our indoor location solutions to enable our shared companies to radically transform the corporate campus,” said James Wu, CEO, InnerSpace. “Together, we will be able to offer companies the ability to fundamentally change their business with new customer and employee experiences, create new streams of revenue and to do so quickly and at scale.”
Simplifying Electronic Shelf Labeling (ESL) Deployments for Retail
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Cornflix TV will use newly-raised capital to expand its team and ramp up marketing
Singapore-based video streaming platform Cornflix.TV has announced it has closed a six figure seed round from 500 Startups, PT SEA, and Formation 8 partner Dr. Wong Mun Yew.
The newly-raised capital will be used to expand its team and ramp up marketing efforts.
Created by Co-founders Lee Ken Ming and Sudhan Raj of Peas in a Pod— who also built Singapore’s leading movie tickets booking app Popcorn — Cornflix.TV curates videos from top global media brands including TechCrunch, Mashable, Wired, Buzzfeed, Redbull, Vevo, Jimmy Kimmel, Ellen and Michelle Phan.
There are over 500 channels in categories such as News & Business, Tech, Food & Drink, Sports, Music and Entertainment. An official press release said over a million minutes of content are currently available.
“In the same way smartphones replaced feature phones, most TVs today are either already ‘smart’ TVs or can be made smart by connecting our laptops or devices like Apple TV. So we have the smart hardware, but how about the smart content for it? 500 Startups sees Cornflix TV as a critical piece of this massive ecosystem of entertainment, and the Ken Ming’s team as the team to make this happen,” said Khailee Ng, Managing Partner of 500 Startups.
The app is available on the desktop, iOS, Android, Android TV and Apple TV.
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NACA, organizations oppose H.R. 2706, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017. The bill will hamper the efforts of banking regulators to advise financial institutions of warning signs that their customers are engaging in fraud, money laundering, or other illegal activity, putting consumers and financial institutions at risk of serious financial loss. The bill would also promote spurious litigation against regulators and financial institutions when an account is closed.
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