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The Canadian singer was spotted out and about on Tuesday in Paris, where she's attending the haute couture shows, wearing what is easily one of the most iconic jewels in film history.
Okay, fine, it's a replica—plucked from Vetements’s spring 2020 show. Still, it made for a moment. The rest of her look—an ultra-trend oversized blazer and a T-shirt that reads “I Heart Paris Hilton"—was also from the brand.
It's not even the first time Dion has paid a fashion homage to Titanic while wearing the brand. She famously wore Vetements's oversized hoodie with the movie's poster featuring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in July 2016...to Haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris, no less. We sense a theme here.
Dion also wore a replica of the Heart of the Ocean necklace to the 1998 Oscars, when "My Heart Will Go On" was nominated—and won—Best Original Song.
Her latest outfit was relatively laid-back, considering her recent Fashion Week style record. As we've mentioned, she lives, breathes, and cries couture—and she's dressed to the nines, whether she's sitting front row or casually leaving her hotel. And our hearts will go on for it.


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Med City News -- Following a February warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Anulex Technologies has had to adjust by having a round of layoffs.
President and General Manager Tim Miller declined to say how many people were let go but acknowledged that such letters were “extremely disruptive to business. ”
The Minnetonka, Minnesota-based medical device company develops products for soft tissue repair.
The FDA had granted Anulex a 510(k) approval for the Xclose soft tissue repair system to be used for general and orthopaedic surgery. But after the company did a post-market study to see how Xclose performed when used to repair the annulus, the FDA took offense because the company had not applied for an investigational device exemption prior to doing so.

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How many times a week do your employees leave the office to grab a decent cup of coffee from a High Street coffee chain? According to recent data from Mintel, spending in UK coffee shops is predicted to hit £4 billion in 2020 as consumer’s continue to enjoy hot drinks out of home and away from the office.
For many, drinking coffee has become a lifestyle experience. But what if you could capture that ‘experience’ in the workplace by creating an inspiring, next-gen office café in-house? With coffee such a pain point for many workers, providing a premium coffee experience at work is vital to attract and retain top talent.
Coffee research specialists, Allegra say that the UK coffee scene is currently in its “fifth wave”, with the focus on coffee shops offering a more refined experience, as well as a selection of good quality food. But is it possible to create a premium coffee experience in the office to rival the High Street? We think so!


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China has cemented its position not only as the global leader in PC production but also an avid consumer, with sales set to surge 13 per cent in 2012 - more than twice the worldwide average. The latest stats from market watcher IHS iSuppli predict shipments of 83.6 million units this year, up from 73.9 million units in 2011 and …
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Volkswagen Group Canada has shaped Electrify Canada, a new association that will build an ultra-fast electric car approach stream (DC) charging network opposite Canada, slated to be operational in a second entertain of 2019.
“The Canadian electric car marketplace is growing, formulating a good need for charging that is fast, accessible and accessible in pivotal locations,” pronounced Daniel Weissland, CEO of Volkswagen Group Canada.
The initial devise includes designation of 32 EV charging sites nearby vital highways and in vital metro areas in B.C., Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. Each site will have 4 chargers on normal and use non-proprietary DC quick charging technologies.
Charging energy will operation from 150kW to 350kW for a approaching longer range, incomparable battery vehicles entrance to marketplace and will also broach 50kW charging energy to support today’s EVs from all automotive manufacturers.
The automaker did not contend how many it will cost to build a network.
When asked how many drivers will be charged to use a use stations, VW Canada orator Thomas Tetzlaff said: “We haven’t gotten to that turn of fact yet.”
“Those sum will follow,” he said.
Electrify Canada will conduct a rollout and ongoing operation of a network, operative with internal vendors to locate, build and work a network.
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The complement will support all automotive brands to assistance safeguard all EV drivers have entrance to these chargers, regardless of their choice of manufacturer.
Tetzlaff pronounced owners of stream eGolf will positively benefit, though there’s a new era of electric car entrance built on a purpose-built e-platform called MEB.
“We won’t see a initial one until about 2020 though it will be in Europe before that,” he says. “However we motionless because wait? Let’s get people meditative electric by combining a new company.”
Volkswagen also owns a Porsche and Audi brands.
Porsche orator Patrick Saint-Pierre says a complement will support a Taycan, a sedan somewhat smaller than Panamera that is partial of a Mission E program.
“We will see it in 2020,” he said.
Audi has a e-tron plug-in hybrid, though a association has affianced to have 20 electrified vehicles, many of them pristine electric, by 2025.
Audi orator Cort Neilsen was taken for comment.
Not a settlement
A VW spokesman, in response to a reporter’s question, pronounced a beginning was not a outcome of any authorised allotment stemming from VW’s tellurian emissions intrigue scandal.
“Volkswagen Group Canada recognizes that a Canadian electric car marketplace is flourishing rapidly, formulating a good need for charging that is fast, accessible and accessible in pivotal locations,” VW pronounced in an e-mailed response.
“Electrify Canada is ancillary this plan to assistance safeguard that all EV drivers have entrance to these chargers, regardless of their choice of manufacturer. We wish to take a care position in ancillary foundation infrastructure by providing this pivotal EV adoption enabler to a Canadian market.”


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Ask and Ye shall receive. According to Jezebel, “a well-placed source” said Kanye West might finally get to see his girl Kim Kardashian on the cover of Vogue.
West has been begging Anna Wintour to put Kardashian on the cover for months. Wintour, being Wintour, didn’t seem to be interested in the idea. Eventually West escalated things from begging to pestering. Last week he even interrupted Wintour during lunch to protest the idea that Lena Dunham was more deserving of a Vogue shoot than Kardashian.
We didn’t think it could be done, but apparently West has finally wore Wintour down. There is one caveat though. The source merely said Vogue photographers were “in LA shooting her RIGHT NOW.” There’s no mention of Kardashian grabbing the cover.
Despite the lack of a cover specification, you would think at this point Wintour is just going to give it to Kardashian so Wintour can live her life in peace. Until North West gets a little older, that is.


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We already knew that chances were good that the HTC Touch Diamond was headed to Rogers Wireless. But pricing was a bit of a mystery. It still is but less so thanks to the latest print issue of UR Magazine, a magazine that Rogers sends to its Rogers Wireless subscribers (not that I’ve ever seen it on my doorstep but that’s another issue).
The latest issue reveals that the HTC Touch Diamond will sell for CAD$599.99 without a service contract.
What about a release date and subsidized pricing? Don’t quote me on this but the HTC Touch Diamond should land at Rogers in early November. It will sell for CAD$249.99 with a three-year voice and data contract.


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Japan's Toyota won't construct vehicles at its British processing plant the day after Britain exits the EU as a component of measures to deal with any disturbance from a conceivably messy Brexit.
The auto segment, Britain's greatest exporter of products, has been one of the most vociferous adversaries of a no-deal Brexit, cautioning that generation would be hit with taxes, frontier delays, and new bureaucratic issues, destroying the reasonability of plants.
PM Boris Johnson has guaranteed that Britain will exit the EU on Halloween with or without an arrangement.
Toyota produced over 8 percent of Britain's 1.52 million vehicles a year ago at its Burnaston processing plant in Derbyshire and started the generation of its new Corolla model there prior this year.
British vehicle industrial facilities are incorporated into supply chains which can extend the world over and work in the nick of time assembling forms which mean a few sections arrive minutes before being placed onto vehicles moving off generation lines.
Toyota stated no volume would be reduced from the delay in yield.


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India achieves $400 billion goods exports target for first time
“India set an ambitious target of $400 billion of goods exports & achieves this target for the first time ever. I congratulate our farmers, weavers, MSMEs, manufacturers, exporters for this success. This is a key milestone in our Aatmanirbhar Bharat journey. #LocalGoesGlobal,” Modi said in a tweet.


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Ripple has certainly signed no shortage of deals over the past few months. Two deals the company hasn’t been able to sign, however, are with two of the United States’ largest cryptocurrency exchanges — Gemini and Coinbase.
Ripple may be making friends all over the world, but it’s been unsuccessful gaining traction on US-based exchanges.
According to Bloomberg, four unidentified insiders, who are knowledgeable of the situation, claim Ripple offered financial incentives to popular US-based cryptocurrency exchanges Gemini and Coinbase.
One Ripple executive reportedly offered a $1 million cash payment to Gemini to list XRP, which preceded various other attempts to persuade the Winklevoss twins’ cryptocurrency exchange to list the third largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization — including offering to pay rebates and cover associated costs.
Insiders have also reported that Ripple offered to lend Coinbase more than $100 million worth of XRP, in addition to offering to let the popular San Francisco-based exchange pay back the loan in either XRP or USD — potentially allowing Coinbase to reap massive profits following the appreciation of XRP’s value.
Of course, both Gemini and Coinbase turned the company down — and both declined to provide further information to Bloomberg on the matter.
Ripple has denied the accuracy of the claims reported by Bloomberg. Stated company spokeswoman Emmalee Kremer:
Regardless, Ripple has always been transparent about our focus on building and growing a strong XRP ecosystem. We want XRP to be the most liquid digital asset possible to enable faster, cheaper global payments.
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What’s keeping Ripple’s digital currency XRP off Gemini and Coinbase is the fact that the company is centralized — despite repeated claims that it works with decentralized technology. The fact that XRP is controlled by a single company, however, is undeniable and may potentially mean that Ripple’s cryptocurrency falls under the classification of a security — which requires a license from U.S. authorities.
Should XRP gain such a classification, it would become entirely unattractive to cryptocurrency exchanges at present — as both securities and the exchanges that offer them are subject to significantly more strict regulations.
Had Gemini and/or Coinbase accepted Ripple’s payment to list the cryptocurrency, they would also be subject to a steep penalty. Jesse Overall, an attorney at Clifford Chance, told Bloomberg:
Listing on an exchange is the integral part of the process of facilitating an unregistered, unlawful, illegal securities issuance to people who are not allowed to buy.
Thus, it seems as if XRP will have little luck getting listed on Gemini or Coinbase in the near future — at least until it solves its very real centralization problem.
What do you think of Ripple’s failure to get listed on popular US exchanges? Do you think the company’s centralized nature is a problem? Let us know in the comments below!
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It’s been nearly five weeks since workers went on strike. Looking for a new contract and benefits, they’ve been picketing outside of many Verizon stores including one location in Hadley. But a new report by the CDC shows that nearly half of all Americans only have a cell phone. A nearly 3 percent increase since 2014.
Only 7 percent of households only have a landline, but here in western Massachusetts, there are many small hilltowns that don’t get cell service. Tanya Rapinchuk, who lives in Worthington said that “Where I live, cell phones don’t work. So it’s absolutely necessary to have a landline if you want to get a phone call. And we have line workers always because we have a lot of trees up there and storms that effect our phone lines, so it’s important to me.”
It’s not just cell phone towers. There are nearly 50 towns that are part of the WiredWest initiative, which is working to bring high speed internet to rural towns that don’t have it. Underserved Hampshire County towns include Chesterfield, Goshen, Huntington, Chester, Worthington, Cummington, Plainfield and Middlefield.


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What Corporate America is doing about guns
As the nation debates the best ways to curb mass shootings, America’s biggest companies are reconsidering their relationships with the gun industry.
Why it matters: The manufacturing, selling and transportation of guns is a complicated supply chain that touches much of corporate America, including retailers, banks and shippers. These corporations don't face partisan gridlock and can take action on guns swiftly, but the moves of a few companies won’t have the effect that new laws would.
What's happening: Companies are facing pressure from employees and customers to cut ties with the gun industry as mass shootings become deadlier and more frequent.
- Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pledged “thoughtful and deliberate” responses to the weekend’s shootings, but the company said it would make no further changes to its gun retail policies. [His note on LinkedIn followed an exhortation by New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin to use the company's massive leverage to curb gun violence.]
- Apple CEO Tim Cook called on lawmakers to "come together to address this violence for the good of our country."
- The Business Roundtable — corporate America's trade group, headed by JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon — told Axios: “We are deeply saddened by the events in El Paso and Dayton, and strongly denounce the senseless violence and any movements that fuel hate and intolerance, which have no place in our communities, businesses and country.”
Yes, but: No major companies announced concrete gun policy changes in response to this weekend's mass shootings. Cloudflare's CEO did say it would no longer host 8chan, a breeding ground for violent extremists where the El Paso shooter posted his racist manifesto.
Here’s what corporate America has already done:
On the retail side:
- Amazon and eBay have banned the sale of all firearms on their platforms. And Shopify doesn’t allow the sale of semi-automatics and silencers, among other weapons.
- Salesforce has stopped selling its e-commerce software to gun sellers.
- Square prohibits sales of firearms or ammunition with its point-of-sale system, as does Apple with Apple Pay (though this policy applies only online, not in stores).
- Walmart stopped selling assault rifles in 2015 and requires people buying guns to be 21, and Dick's Sporting Goods has taken all assault-style weapons off of its shelves.
- Starbucks, while not a gun retailer, requested in 2013 that customers in states with open carry laws not bring guns into its cafes, though it stopped short of banning firearms outright.
In financial services:
- Citigroup, in the wake of Parkland, Fla., mass shooting last year, placed restrictions on its business customers, saying they couldn't sell guns to people who were under 21 or who hadn’t passed a background check.
- Bank of America followed Citi, saying it would stop lending to gunmakers that manufacture AR-15 rifles (then caught flak for a prior loan that involved Remington).
- BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, said it would build 2 new "gun-free" investment funds that excluded companies that make and sell civilian guns.
- Delta and FedEx have both stopped offering discount packages to the National Rifle Association.
But, but, but: Smaller gun shops and gun shows make up a much larger piece of the vendor pie than big retailers do, and a lot of transactions take place in cash — well outside the purview of big business.
And companies that do take a stand sometimes face accusations of hypocrisy:
- BlackRock, through its passive investment funds, is still the biggest institutional owner of firearms stocks American Outdoor Brands and Sturm, Ruger & Co., as Bloomberg notes.
- But BlackRock said it would use its influence to engage with these companies on business practices.
The other side: A number of companies are making decisions not to wade into the gun debate.
- Visa's CEO, Al Kelly, told the New York Times last month: "Our job is not to lecture people about what to do or what to buy. And the minute you give on guns, then what about soda? What about fur coats? What about birth control pills? What about? What about? What about?"
- J.P. Morgan Chase has not adopted a formal policy that limits its business with gun manufacturers and gun-adjacent companies. Dimon defended the policy and said the bank has a "very small relationship with gun manufacturers," all of which face a "thorough review" before the bank does business with them.
The bottom line: The actions of these giant companies — which critics deride as too little, too late — have failed to stop the proliferation of gun violence in America.
- "Getting individuals companies one by one to adopt policies is not nearly effective as a national law that applies to every company all at once," Adam Winkler, a professor at U.C.L.A. School of Law, tells Axios.
- "But while these piecemeal methods are not that effective, they do provide a rallying point for gun violence prevention advocates and they can make a small difference at the margins."
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect that Starbucks discourages gun owners from bringing their weapons into its stores (but does not ban guns).


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Kathmandu, July 30
Industrialists have appealed to the government to revive a quantity restriction imposed on the import of sugar arguing the country itself has sufficient amount of sugar for a next few months.
They view that the government should bar the traders from importing sugar till the Dashain festival, which is around two months away.
Earlier, owing to sugar factory owners’ request, the government last year had imposed a restriction on the import, which expired on July 16. Now, they want the government to revive it.
Shashi Kant Agrawal, president of Nepal Sugar Producers’ Association, says his organisation has written a letter to the government requesting to consider their demand citing the domestic industry has sufficient stock for next three months.
Meanwhile, the government has hinted that it would not heed the request this time.
Commerce Secretary Kedar Bahadur Adhikari says the government has not launched any discussion about their request. He clarifies that no decision can be taken based on their opinion only as it is a matter of public concern.
Likewise, officials of the Ministry of Finance say the demand is not likely to be met this time as the government’s previous decision about the restriction had turned controversial. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had publicly acknowledged that he was duped by the businesspersons.


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“The DAWN Report is more sensational than substantive. The report suggests that of the 136 million emergency room visits in a year, less than two one-hundredths of a percent are allegedly associated with energy drinks. Of that amount, 42 percent were by someone who had admitted to consuming alcohol or taking illegal substances or pharmaceuticals. In addition, we know nothing about the overall health of these individuals, if they had consumed other caffeinated products, taken medications or accurately self-reported any of the above. Nor do we know what symptoms or incidents brought them to the ER in the first place. Without this information it’s impossible to understand the actual role – if any – of energy drinks in these hospital visits.
“This report does not share information about the overall health of those who may have consumed energy drinks, or what symptoms brought them to the ER in the first place. In fact, it shows that 42 percent of the reported ER visits were by someone who had admitted to consuming alcohol or taking illegal substances or pharmaceuticals. However, there is no way to assess whether any of the remaining individuals chose not to report this fact, and the consumption of those substances along with energy drinks means the energy drinks may be irrelevant. Additionally, there is no basis by which to understand the overall caffeine intake of any of these individuals – from all sources, from coffee or other caffeinated products.
Importantly, caffeine has been deemed safe for consumption by the FDA and most mainstream energy drinks contain about half the caffeine of a similarsize cup of coffeehouse coffee.”
“We may be in a new year, but there is nothing new about the ways our critics try to attack our industry. This research is nothing more than an abstract – it has not been peer-reviewed, published or even, at the very least, presented at a scientific meeting. Furthermore, neither this abstract nor the body of scientific evidence supports that drinking soda or other sweetened beverages causes depression. Thus, promoting any alleged findings without supporting evidence is not only premature, but irresponsible.”
"It’s important to note that the series of articles in the British Medical Journal exhibited a clear bias by overlooking widely accepted research on sports drinks. Furthermore, suggesting that industry-funded nutrition-related scientific studies may bias conclusions fails to look at the merits of the science in those studies and disregards the integrity of the peer-review process enforced by the highly regarded scientific journals.
Importantly, we know hydration is essential for good health, and science clearly shows that the water, carbohydrates and electrolytes in sports drinks provide significant hydration and athletic performance benefits. Furthermore, our member companies' marketing makes it clear that these functional beverages are formulated for athletes and those who are physically active. However, sports drinks – which are available in a range of calories - can also be an option for those who are working out, training, exposed to high temperatures or simply seeking refreshment as part of an active and healthy lifestyle."
In response to "Emergency Department Visits Involving Energy Drinks," a paper appearing in today's issue of The DAWN Report, the American Beverage Association issued the following statement:
On America Recycles Day and every day, the non-alcoholic beverage industry is committed to further minimizing its environmental footprint by reducing, reusing and recycling.
"Our industry's commitment to recycling shows not only through our 100 percent recyclable packaging, but also through our efforts to minimize waste and to support recycling programs," said Susan Neely, American Beverage Association president and CEO.
In response to "Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Incident Cardiovascular Risk Factors: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis," an abstract released today and to be presented on Wednesday at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2011, the American Beverage Association issued the following statement:
"By looking at data from 2004 and 2007, this study ignores the dramatic changes in the school beverage landscape achieved by our industry over the last five years, making it effectively useless. In fact, by offering only juice, low-fat milk and water in elementary and middle schools, with the addition of lower-calorie and portion-controlled beverages in high schools, the signatory companies drove an 88 percent reduction in beverage calories shipped to schools since 2004. President Clinton called this ‘breathtaking progress' and applauded industry for its' ‘good faith and aggressiveness' in implementing the guidelines."
"The people at our member companies - many of whom are parents themselves - are delivering on their commitment to advertise only water, juice and milk on programming for children under 12. In fact, recent research supports that there has been a dramatic change in food and beverage advertising during children's programming, with advertisements for soft drinks decreasing by 96 percent between 2004 and 2010 alone. This report is another attack by known critics in an ongoing attempt to single out one product as the cause of obesity when both common sense and widely accepted science have shown that the reality is far more complicated."
America's non-alcoholic beverage industry is comprised of some of the most innovative and well-respected companies in the world. Our presence is felt in every corner of every community in America - from our products in the aisles of neighborhood stores, to our local delivery drivers who distribute them, to our support of local food banks, community initiatives and more. We're an industry that takes extraordinary steps to be part of the solution, whether it's helping meet a community need, doing our part to address childhood obesity or making our calories more clear for consumers.


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BJ Novak, the godfather of Mindy Kaling’s children, will surprise them this Christmas by dressing up as Santa!
BJ Novak is the godfather of Mindy Kaling’s two cute babies. He’s no less than a Santa Claus now. Mindy did a video chat last night. Fashion designer Tory Burch faced the video call. He is a 41-year-old star of the office. He will dress up as Saint Nicholas to surprise their cute babies.
The chemistry between BJ and Mindy is too hot!
BJ left a flirtatious comment on Mindy’s Instagram page. Her cover photo was too sexy for Vogue India. Tory, who is now 54, is very interested in the subject. He asked Mindy about Christmas traditions. She replied that having children is really fun.
That’s because you have the opportunity to design interesting things. You can plan what to do with them for the whole year. Mindy has decided to carry out complex setups. She will have her daughters helping her make the cookies in the kitchen.
How is the celebration during this pandemic?
They are going to make cider. In the meantime, BJ entered the hall dressed as Santa Claus. However, Mindy is Hindu and BJ is Jewish. For them it was a cultural appropriation to become Hindu. She never means business, but said all of this with a happy laugh. Mindy just wants her daughter to be in the grove.
The Grove is an upscale outdoor mall in Los Angeles that Santa Clauses frequent. But this time even Santa Claus is taking precautionary measures because of the pandemic and won’t arrive this year. The plan is very complicated! Mindy and her daughter have to keep them busy by making cookies in the kitchen this Christmas!


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Dulux-owner to roll out global paint positioning
By Alex Brownsell, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 03:30PM
AkzoNobel, the owner of Dulux, is to align its portfolio of paint brands under a single "premium" global positioning, to inspire consumers to decorate their homes.
The company owns 14 paint brands, including Dulux in the UK and Asia, Coral in Brazil and Flexa in the Netherlands.
Although each brand name will be retained, they will all operate with a single visual identity and positioning based on the strapline 'Let's Colour'.
A predominantly dark blue and white logo, with a multi-coloured 'flourish', has been created by branding agency Design Bridge.
The branding has already been rolled out in a handful of markets, including Canada, South East Asia and India, with the UK and Europe to follow over the coming months.
The updated identity will appear in a further 15 markets during 2012.
Sucheta Govil, global head of marketing for decorative paints at AkzoNobel, said the company wanted consumers to alter their perceptions of its paints from products that they "need" to use to products they "want" to use.
"Generally speaking, we are not a category that consumers [approach proactively]. They tend to paint or decorate when they have to. We need to inspire people," she added.
Govil also said that AkzoNobel plans to increase its advertising investment in all markets by about 15%, in an effort to cement a "leadership position" in the paint category.
According to Govil, individual country marketing teams will be given the freedom to carry out local activity.
"I'm a firm believer in global scale and leverage, with local flexibility," she added.
In the UK, Dulux is currently promoting the 50th anniversary of its sheepdog brand mascot.
In June, AkzoNobel hired Bartle Bogle Hegarty to develop a global communications strategy for Dulux and its sister brands.
The account had previously been handled by Euro RSCG London, which was responsible for the launch of the 'Let's Colour' positioning under former chief marketing officer Kerris Bright.
This article was first published on marketingmagazine.co.uk
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Popular Maine Seafood Restaurant to Open 2 Locations Inside Fenway Park
Although Luke technically opened his first location in New York back in 2009 as a tiny lobster roll shack, it only made sense for him to bring his brand up this way, as a Maine native.
Despite its expansion to over 40 locations across the US and internationally, Luke's Lobster remains true to its roots, as you can expect their lobsters to come fresh directly from the Maine coast. Luke opened his first year-round, full-service restaurant here in Portland, Maine, back in 2019.
Conveniently located at the end of the historic Portland Pier, locals and tourists have been enjoying the quintessential seafood dining experience, savoring fresh Maine seafood and a view of Casco Bay to go along with it.
The rapid expansion of Luke’s is now continuing. Soon, the aroma of freshly caught lobster is set to waft through the iconic Fenway Park.
According to News Center Maine, Luke’s Lobster will be the official lobster roll of the Boston Red Sox, with two locations opening inside the stadium.
A Fenway Frank and a beer have gone hand in hand for many years, but this year, the concession stands will look a little different. Fans will now be able to savor the flavors of Maine's prized crustacean without ever leaving the stands.
At the time of this article, I haven’t been able to find any information that states what will be available from Luke’s traditional menu, but what you can definitely expect is their famous lobster rolls and clam chowder.
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TechnologyMar 09, 2014 11:07 AM By Tim Parry
Personalization was one of the underlying themes of eTail West – and it seemed whatever track of sessions you attended, there was talk about how retailers are personalizing the ecommerce experience for their customers. Here are three examples that stood out.
TechnologyMar 05, 2014 3:16 PM By MCM Staff
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As we wrote late Friday, Apple’s iPhone manufacturing is determined by delivery components, particularly chips, from Taiwan to China. Nevertheless, Speaker of the Home Nancy Pelosi’s journey to Taiwan made China really feel threatened. The Folks’s Republic of China (PRC) apparently felt that the “One China” Coverage advocated by the States was being outmoded. This coverage makes the US acknowledge that China is China and that Taiwan belongs to the nation.
Apple will produce the iPhone 14 sequence in China and India concurrently for the primary time
China, as we famous final evening, requires shipments of chips and different provides despatched to assemblers resembling Pegatron and Foxconn (two of the corporations that assemble the iPhone and different gadgets in China) to make it clear that they got here from “Taiwan, China” or ” Chinese language Taipei”. Apple, in a troublesome place, is urging its suppliers to play China’s recreation.
Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner visited the Foxconn meeting line the place the iPhone is manufactured
With the traces of the iPhone 14 about 5 weeks away from being offered, 9to5Mac famous that the person who is aware of what soup shall be served within the Apple cafeteria on this date in 2023, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, has issued a brand new report. Kuo says that for the primary time, Apple plans to start out manufacturing of at the least one of many 2022 iPhone 14 fashions in China and India on the identical time.
The TF Worldwide analyst famous that Apple usually begins manufacturing of latest iPhone fashions in China and after just a few months begins rolling them off the meeting traces in different nations resembling India and Brazil. Need an instance? (Rattling, what a tricky crowd!) Okay, it wasn’t till final April, about seven months later. Apple has launched the 2021 iPhone 13 lineup, some manufacturing of which has begun in India. A number of weeks later, meeting of the road started in Brazil.
However right here is the primary factor to recollect. Apple’s iPhone manufacturing in nations aside from China is usually used to fulfill demand in these particular nations. In India’s case, Apple was trying to keep away from a onerous import tax that might make its telephones much more costly in a creating nation. Kuo claims that Indian manufacturing of the iPhone 14 just isn’t for world consumption and couldn’t make up for any short-term shortfall in China anyway.
Nonetheless, the dependable Kuo says the explanation for this resolution is because of geopolitical points (resembling China-Taiwan rigidity) that might play havoc with the well timed supply of chips and different provides from Taiwan to Apple’s contract producers in China. As well as, Kuo believes that the simultaneous manufacturing of the upcoming iPhone 14 sequence in a number of nations is an “necessary milestone for Apple”.
Apple was keen to cut back its dependence on China and it was just a few years in the past that the US USA they started charging import taxes on shipments from China, a flawed coverage that the administration operating the nation on the time incorrectly mentioned was elevating some huge cash for the nation. US Treasury. The reality is that the tariffs have been paid by American corporations like Apple or, worse, American shoppers within the type of greater costs.
Vietnam could possibly be the reply
Chances are you’ll recall that in some way the iPhone escaped being hit with the tariff though one other impacted different Apple merchandise imported from China. The explanation you may not bear in mind that is due to Apple’s resolution to pay their very own taxes so they do not have to lift their costs. However Apple and different US corporations that import their merchandise from China have to develop a contingency plan in case China turns into too unstable or the subsequent US administration brings again those that enacted the tariff and mischaracterized it to the general public.
Apple has definitely been exploring plans to maneuver manufacturing out of China, however it’s not that straightforward to do. A rustic should have enormous amenities, educated staff and entry to a provide chain. One nation that has at all times appeared as a possible alternative for China is Vietnam. Samsung produces some gadgets within the nation and can even begin manufacturing semiconductors there beginning subsequent 12 months.
Apple already makes AirPods within the nation and can quickly make the iPad in Vietnam together with the AirPods Professional 2 every time that as-yet-unannounced product turns into a actuality.


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PMA Australia-New Zealand and Produce Plus Magazine are delighted to announce the finalists for the PMA-Produce Plus Marketer of the Year Award 2018.
Now in its seventh year, the premier award for marketing excellence in the Australasian fresh produce and floral industries attracted an impressive range of entries from all points of the value chain, with the judges having their work cut out to select the following five finalists:
- •The Flavorite, Costa and Perfection Fresh marketing teams for the ‘Australian Truss Tomatoes’ campaign which aimed to increase awareness and consumption of truss tomatoes over the peak summer period.
- •Zespri’s 2017 ‘Life’s Tastier When You Go for Gold’ Australian marketing campaign that successfully increased awareness and trial of Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit.
- •Favco Fruit and Vegetable Company and Fresh Partners Australia for the ‘Avocado Retail Ready Six-Pack’ campaign, which saw the launch of a new value-added avocado multi-pack.
- •Sydney Markets’ marketing team for the ‘Fresh for Kids’ campaign, which continues to combat low levels of fresh fruit and vegetable consumption within primary school aged children, more than 20 years after it first launched.
- •T&G Global’s marketing team for the ‘Lotatoes Potatoes’ campaign, which successfully segmented a market for a new lower carb potato offering.
Each entry was assessed on how compelling the campaign was, its unique features, how appropriate the marketing tools were to the product and target audience, how well it was targeted at the particular market segment, and evidence of its success.
“Narrowing it down to just five finalists was no easy task for our panel of judges, who were amazed by the depth of entries we received again this year,” explained Produce Plus editor Matthew Jones. “It just goes to show the quality of marketers we have in our industry at the moment.”
CEO of PMA Australia-New Zealand Darren Keating added: “It’s great to see the hard work, creativity and strategy that all of these businesses have put into their marketing activities. Congratulations to our 5 well deserving MOYA 2018 finalists who were chosen from a strong field of entries.”
PMA Australia-New Zealand and Produce Plus congratulate this year’s finalists and thank all of the nominees for their impressive entries. A report on the five finalists features in the upcoming Winter 2018 edition of Produce Plus, with the finalists also showcasing their campaigns on the trade show floor at Hort Connections in Brisbane on 20 June.
The winner of the seventh PMA-Produce Plus Marketer of the Year Award will be announced at the Hort Connections Gala Dinner later that evening.


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A digital divide between Latino Americans and white Americans may be closing, but a divide still exists between native- and foreign-born Latinos, according to a report issued Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center.
The report, which examined technology consumption habits, defines foreign-born Latinos as those who were born in another country to parents who were not American citizens, including people born in Puerto Rico. (The island is a commonwealth of the United States whose residents are, in fact, citizens.)
Over all, more than three-quarters of Latinos in the United States used the Internet in 2012, a 14 percentage point increase from 2009, compared to 87 percent of whites, according to the report. Half of those who said they used the Internet were born in the United States; 79 percent of those who said they did not use the Internet were foreign born.
The vast majority of the Hispanic population, 86 percent, own a cellphone, while 49 percent own a smartphone, according to the report. The percentages are similar to those for whites (84 percent own a cellphone, 46 percent own a smartphone) and blacks (90 percent own a cellphone, 50 percent a smartphone).
In contrast, 76 percent of foreign-born Latinos do not own cellphones and 58 percent of those who do not own a smartphone are foreign born.
Language also played a role in technology adoption among American Hispanics. According to the report, 72 percent of Latinos who use the Internet are either bilingual in Spanish and English or English dominant. On social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, 60 percent of those who use such sites do so mostly or entirely in English, 29 percent mostly or entirely in Spanish and 11 percent in both languages.
Faced with rising royalty costs, Pandora will limit the amount of free music that its users will have access to on mobile devices.
In a blog post on Wednesday, Tim Westergren, the founder and public face of Pandora, said that a limit of 40 hours a month on mobile devices would take effect this week for its free service. The change, he said, would affect less than 4 percent of its more than 65 million regular customers, since its average listener spends about 20 hours a month on the service.
To continue listening, Pandora’s mobile users can upgrade to its $36-a-year paid version or switch to listening via computer. A spokeswoman for the company said the move was most likely temporary, but that it had no plans for lifting the limit.
The reason Mr. Westergren gave was the rising cost of its music licenses. Its per-song royalty rates have increased 25 percent over the last three years, he said, and are to go up 16 percent over the next two years.
“After a close look at our overall listening,” he wrote, “a 40-hour-per-month mobile listening limit allows us to manage these escalating costs with minimal listener disruption.”
The much-discussed arrival on Wednesday of the all-new BlackBerry smartphone and operating system, which have been deemed crucial to the future of its parent company, will be accompanied by a huge marketing campaign that is being described as the largest in the company’s history.
The campaign, with a budget estimated at more than $200 million, will include work from six agencies and the first-ever Super Bowl commercial for the BlackBerry brand, which is to appear during Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday.
In addition to the Super Bowl spot, there will be other television commercials, print and online ads, promotions, public relations efforts, events, a partnership with arts and cultural figures like Alicia Keys, a presence in social media and elaborate digital demonstrations in real time of the new offerings.
The spending will be the most ever for the company “by a long shot,” said Frank Boulben, chief marketing officer at the parent company, which on Wednesday changed its name from Research In Motion to BlackBerry, part of a corporate-wide re-branding.
Although “marketing success is not measured by how much you put into it,” Mr. Boulben said during an interview in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, referring to the size of a budget, the goal in this instance is for “a hugely impactful campaign.”
Verizon Wireless on Thursday won unanimous Federal Communications Commission approval to move forward with its $3.9 billion purchase of airwaves from the country’s largest cable providers.
An F.C.C. panel voted 5 to 0 to allow Verizon Wireless to expand its wireless data networks by tapping into the mostly unused airwaves of Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Cox Communications. The Justice Department approved the agreement last week, but advised that certain consumer-friendly adjustments should be made.
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“This purchase represents a milestone in the industry, and we appreciate the F.C.C.’s diligent work to review and approve the transaction,” Dan Mead, president and chief executive of Verizon Wireless, said in a statement.
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Wearables, such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, have been very popular in the last two years with consumers, but the hype about the devices is waning and the technologies behind them are becoming more commoditized, which will likely inspire changes and evolution in the devices themselves. One big coming change is the expected development of stand-alone personal wearable communication devices that will likely incorporate many devices into one starting in 2020.
Those are some key conclusions in a new report, “Wearable Technology 2016-2026–Markets, Players and 10-Year Forecasts,” from research firm IDTechEx.
In 2016, the global market for wearables is worth more than $30 billion, with more than $11 billion of that coming from smartwatches, fitness trackers and similar devices, according to the report. Through 2018, IDTechEx expects the global market to grow 10 percent annually to more than $40 billion, followed by a rise of 23 percent to more than $100 billion by 2023. By 2026, the growth rate in wearables will slow to 11 percent, reaching a total of more than $150 billion a year, the report states. The study includes some 39 types of wearable product lines, including smartwatches, fitness trackers, smart eyewear, smart clothing, medical devices, headphones, hearing aids, basic electronic watches and more.
A big factor in the expected change and growth will be the increasing commoditization of wearables as devices become more commonplace and prices drop due to additional vendors entering the market and retail pressures, James Hayward, a co-author of the study, told eWEEK.
The wearables marketplace has roots in the first appearance of Google Glass in 2012, with the hype of wearables starting in 2013 and peaking in 2014 and 2015, the report states. “Now the hype has shifted, with more specific focus on sub-sectors, including virtual reality (VR), mixed reality and more,” according to the report. “As such, while we view the generalized hype around ‘wearables’ as over, the hype around wearable technology products will sustain as the fashion and trends in language evolves.”
Wrist-worn fitness trackers are still selling well, with global wholesale sales of about $1.5 billion today, but average retail prices have been falling by about 50 percent every six months over the last two years due to commoditization, the study states.
Wearables that have a positive future, according to the report, include VR and augmented-reality (AR) devices, as well as “mixed-reality devices that cross between the two. More than 1 million VR devices will be sold in 2016 around the globe, and the market is expected to grow at a rate of 73 percent through 2020, the report states. AR devices trail in adoption and technology, but are expected to grow into millions of sales by 2019 and tens of millions by 2021.
Smartwatches are hampered in the marketplace because they continue to be tied to smartphones for many of their capabilities, the report states. “Increasingly, we believe that smartwatches will move away from being a smartphone periphery and move towards being their own interchangeable device within a wider ecosystem of devices.”
With all of this turbulence in the marketplace, that’s where stand-alone personal wearable communication devices will come in, Hayward told eWEEK.
“It could be a watch, or it could be a box” that uses a radio beacon to link a user’s data and personal information to their device at all times, he said. “What will it take for it to grow is that a user’s central needs will have to be able to be filled” using the device.
The wearable communication device would essentially be a hub that can be worn or carried by a user, said Hayward. “We deliberately keep the definition fairly broad” since it could eventually take a wide variety of forms as they are created.


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Game's on at Sainsbury's
The Game's On campaign which increases the profile of game meat is reaching a new audience as it joins forces with Sainsbury's.
From now on all the packaging of Sainsbury's new Taste the Difference range of game will feature the Game's On logo.
Sainsbury's has been working closely with British Association for Shooting and Conservation's (BASC) Game's On initiative over the last few months in preparation for the launch of its new range of game meat products which will include pheasant and partridge. BASC's director of operations Simon Hamlyn, who is responsible for the Game's On campaign, said: "Both Sainsbury's and Game's On have identical views on the subject of animal welfare, ethics and high standards, and we very much endorse Sainsbury's plans to increase the profile of game as a wild, nutritious food source.
"I am delighted that the Game's On logo is associated with such a well know consumer brand as Sainsbury's."
Ben Hills, product technologist at Sainsbury's added: "In line with our customers demands we have produced a portfolio of products that sit within our Taste the Difference range with support from Game's On.
"These products will satisfy both our customers and our own expectations for providing fresh, tasty, healthy and safe food with the highest standards of animal welfare."
Sainsbury's will launch its range of game meat products through the 'Taste the difference' brand on October 20th.
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CREWE, VA (WRIC) – Watts’ Towing in Crewe is used to responding to accidents. What they never expected was to be responding to their own. But that’s what happened this past summer when a Walmart truck driver crashed into their business.
“Man, it made me sick,” said Ray Watts. He and the rest of his family couldn’t believe their eyes. Walmart is known for rolling back prices, not rolling over rollbacks.
“It was a mess,” said Harold Ray Watts Sr.
In an instant, a Walmart tractor-trailer took out a fleet of tow trucks parked at Watts’ Towing in Nottoway County.
“Right there, just like that, all the trucks were gone,” said Harold. He and police tell 8News the driver of the Walmart truck had a medical emergency, lost control and ran off the road plowing into five tow trucks parked in a line under the now-damaged Watts sign.
“It was like dominoes into each one,” he said.
Ray, who now runs the business for his dad, Harold, says it was a crushing loss. The estimate stands at about $700,000 to $800,000 in damages.
“All of them are totaled,” explained Ray. A new wrecker alone can cost $300,000.
Eight months later, Walmart has yet to cover the costs.
“They ain’t paid us a penny,” said Harold. Harold and Ray say they’ve heard very little from Walmart since the accident. Harold told us, “We’re haven’t heard from them at all – they give us the runaround and all, you know.”
Ray tells us at one point Walmart asked them to hide their truck. “They wanted me to cover it,” he said. “They didn’t want anybody to see it.”
So Ray told us he towed the Walmart truck to their distribution center. “I carried their trailer. No, I haven’t gotten paid for that neither,” he said.
Walmart declined our request for an interview. In a statement, Walmart told us, “We have been and continue to negotiate in good faith with the company’s representative.”
In the meantime, the damage and debris still sits on the Watts’ lot. Pointing out the debris, Ray said, “That’s the telephone pole and the fuel tank knocked off the truck.”
He has tried to fix up one the trucks, but he’s lost business.
“That’s what we make our living with,” said Harold.
Ray had to take out a loan to buy another wrecker.
“There’s no reason they shouldn’t pay us,” said Harold.
Since 8News began looking into this case, we’ve been told Walmart has been more responsive and recently contacted Watts’ lawyer. Their lawyer told us that working with insurance adjusters, when there’s a lot of damage, can be a long process. However, he also admits this case been dragging. We also learned the Watts’ just received an apology letter from Walmart.


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SXSWeco, like many others, is a conference about ideas, issues, solutions and lessons learned. There are many entities (NGOs and local governments, etc.) present to participate on panels about issues like ocean conservation, prosperity in the face of climate change and future-proofing cities, but there is a strong underlying idea at SXSWeco about effecting change: business plays a key, if not the most important, part. To complement the efforts of these other entities, we need the power of business, and its ability to motivate individuals.
Keynote speaker, Adam Werbach, talked about his early work as an activist, leading the Sierra Club at just 23, and his migration toward working with businesses, most notably when he decided to work with Walmart in 2006. This led to a wave of criticism and even not-so-subtle threats. But now, it seems completely logical for these disparate groups to come together, bringing their various strengths to bear on the global issues at hand, a relationship that first-year SXSWeco keynote speaker, The Nature Conservancy's Mark Tercek, also strongly advocates.
"Walmart has taken the stigma away from sustainability," Werbach said. "However, we shouldn't let Walmart or any other company simply rest on its laurels."
So, as we hold businesses accountable for their sustainability efforts, encouraging them to continually raise the bar on their goals, sustainability, as a whole, needs businesses to make strides in order for there to be real change.
"Business needs to be part of the solution to create a more shared and durable prosperity. But many people don't know it is supposed to be part of the solution. A large and growing community of people believe that it is part of the solution...It's less about what business is doing poorly, we're not coming at it from the perspective of 'shame on you, business,' it's more that we are challenged, collaboratively, with large, growing and sometimes seemingly intractable problems... Increasingly, governments and NGOs are necessary, but insufficient to the task. That leaves us with businesses as the only actors that have the capacity and scale to respond to those challenges..."
Gilbert and co-founders of B Lab, Bart Houlahan, and Andrew Kassoy, are businessmen, not activists, and started B Lab to "create a better world through business." As they educate other businesses on how to become certified B Corporations, that goes a long way toward effecting change in business (their influence is 15,000 businesses strong, according to Gilbert). Gilbert explained that the real progress came from participants' willingness to take their survey.
"On every line of that survey, we give people a chance to give us feedback and comment on the question, the survey, anything they want. I think our success comes from us listening to them," Gilbert said.
Robin Chase, one of the founders of Zipcar, learned that amazing things could happen when corporations and individuals came together. After leaving Zipcar, a company that distributed cars throughout a metropolitan area for people to use for an hour or a day, Chase founded Buzzcar in Europe. With Buzzcar, car owners themselves would rent their cars to individuals for a day, a week or a month. Her current way of thinking, Peers, Inc., brings out the best in corporations and individuals, but she has learned a lot about how they need to work together and compromise to be successful, but when it works, the possibility of scale is limitless. In a company, she says, there might be 100 people working on innovation, but with a peer-to-peer network, there can be hundreds or thousands.
The principles of the sharing economy and peer-to-peer interaction give people the power to effect even more change than they could individually. As people are giving away items (yerdle), utilizing cars between many users (Buzzcar), and invite guests to share their home (Airbnb), each transaction has the potential to take cars off the road, infuse more money into local economies, and reuse items that used to sit on a shelf. Multiply that by thousands, and real change is taking place.
"No matter how many smart people are in the room, there are many many more smarter people outside this room," Chase said, although the quote originated elsewhere.
Businesses in all industries have the power to effect change, from Walmart to B Lab to Zipcar, each with its own approach. Some companies are showing huge numbers conserving energy, water and natural resources, while others are investing in their workers by treating them well. The more innovative ways businesses think to reach out to and motivate people, the more we will see change.
Andrea Newell has more than ten years of experience designing, developing and writing ERP e-learning materials for large corporations in several industries. She was a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and a contract consultant for companies like IBM, BP, Marathon Oil, Pfizer, and Steelcase, among others. She is a writer and former editor at TriplePundit and a social media blog fellow at The Story of Stuff Project. She has contributed to In Good Company (Vault's CSR blog), Evolved Employer, The Glass Hammer, EcoLocalizer and CSRwire. She is a volunteer at the West Michigan Environmental Action Council and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. You can reach her at firstname.lastname@example.org and @anewell3p on Twitter.


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MOBILE phone technology business2ergo Group
has China in its sights for expansion as it continues an aggressive growth strategy.
The firm, which has moved its headquarters from Rossendale to Salford Quays' Media City, is also keen to build on partnerships in India, where it has access to 300 million mobile phone users, as well as Australia and Latin America.
Joint chief executive Neale Graham unveiled the company's plans as 2ergo posted a 16 per cent rise in profits for the first half of the year.
Its technology enables companies to run text and voice message competitions, supply news alerts and casino games, and it has introduced products to allow firms to create mobile marketing and advertising campaigns.
Profits for the six months to February 28 surged from £1.5m to £1.72m despite a slide in revenues. Turnover fell 37 per cent, from £17.8m to £11.2m, but this was because 2ergo deliberately began to shift from low-margin partnerships with wholesale resellers in favour of direct sales.
The company also incurred a one-off impairment charge of £3.2m relating to the fall in value of its shareholding in spinout businessBroca
, which it has bought back.
Analyst David Toms, ofNumis Securities
, said 2ergo had posted a strong set of interims and urged investors not to be too distracted by the fall in revenue. The group's US business saw revenues rise 40 per cent, from £766,000 to just over £1m, and it posted maiden profits of £112,000.
2ergo, which employs 65 at its headquarters and 100 in total, has a cash pile of £9.6m and is looking for acquisitions.
Joint CEO Barry Sharples said: "The global recession continues to generate opportunities for 2ergo as it focuses on providing solutions that improve productivity for clients, in addition to the growing requirement from global media players to harness mobile technology to provide cost-effective methods to reach their targeted audiences.
"The recession should also assist in the execution of our growth strategy.
"Our strong financial position should allow us to complete transactions ahead of competitive bidders."
Shares gained three per cent, or 3.5p, to 120.5p.


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The announcement videos would have been using a super high end PC. Really high end. One far more expensive than any normal consumer would ever own. Now they're showing footage from the PS4, a real world console that costs $400. It's hardly surprising there are differences.
A new next-gen console. That looks like shit. Compare that footage to something like this from Sleeping Dogs.


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Board-game buffs may wish to head over to the Delray Beach Mall this weekend. The place is likely to look like an aisle from Toys 'R' Us, as the the South Florida Gamers Association will hold a display from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. It will feature life-sized exhibits of games manufactured by Milton Bradley and others.
At the same time, children can participate in the mall's monthly Kids' Club. Hollie Bell, the clown, will entertain and children can make an Irish Potato Puppet. The club is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Children 3 to 12 are welcome.
The mall also is sponsoring a contest to win a date with Latin recording artist Gerardo. To enter, fill out an entry form from the mall between Saturday and March 17.
A St. Patrick's luncheon will be on March 17 from noon to 2 p.m. where S.E.A. Coast band will perform and the dream date winner will be announced.
Gerardo, whose hits include Rico Suave will sign autographs at the mall on March 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. The mall is on Federal Highway, just north of Linton Boulevard.
Exhibit on breast cancer unveiled
On Thursday, the "The Face of Breast Cancer" exhibit was unveiled at The Gardens of the Palm Beaches.
The exhibit attempts to personify the breast-cancer statistics by featuring 63 women who have died of the disease. The photo collection, a project of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, will be open to the public for the first time in Florida. It runs through March 20.
The exhibit is part of the mall's breast cancer awareness drive. From Monday to March 20, symposiums will be held at the mall. For more information on the Breast Health Symposium, call the Center for Breast Health at 881-9200.
The Gardens is on PGA Boulevard, one mile east of Interstate 95.
Easter festivities start Saturday
Easter festivities begin on Saturday at the Boynton Beach Mall with a bunny breakfast at 9 a.m. at the Treats Food Court.
At 10 a.m., bunny fans can take photos and hop a ride on the mall's train. Tickets are $5 and include a buffet breakfast, a special giveaway, a ticket to the Little Palm Theater's A Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Later Saturday, there will be a spring fashion show from 2 to 4 p.m, on the Macy's Concourse. The mall is on Congress Avenue, just north of Old Boynton Beach Road.
At the Malls runs on Fridays in Palm Beach Plus. It lets you know what's going on at various area malls. Future columns will keep you informed of mall activities, new stores, restaurants and shopping tidbits.
We'd also like to hear your comments about malls and ideas for this column. Send information to A.D. Burch, At the Malls, Sun-Sentinel, 3333 S. Congress Ave. Delray Beach, Fla. 33445.


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There is an interesting take in Natural News about the parallels between freedom of speech regarding human rights being outlawed in China, and freedom of speech regarding the values of nutritional supplements in the USA. Something similar is happening in most of the European Union. I believe we need to be on our guard - exactly as we would be if the matter concerned human rights. These are also our rights.
The following short excerpts only give you a brief idea of the article:
Like China's government at the Olympics, the FDA has outlawed free speech by nutritional supplement companies, threatening them with fines, business interruptions and even jail time for their founders if they don't remove all text from their websites and product packaging that seeks to inform consumers about the genuine health benefits provided by their products.
For example, last year the FDA sent threatening letters to 29 growers of cherries, warning that they could not place links on their websites linking to scientific studies documenting the health benefits of cherries. Allowing consumers to be informed of the scientific truth about cherries, it seems, was simply intolerable by the FDA. Any company that linked to a scientific, peer-reviewed study showing cherries to be natural anti-inflammatory foods would be sued by the FDA and put out of business, the letters warned.


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Home Depot warns on full-year results
Citing slowing housing market, gas price inflation and higher interest rates, nation's No. 2 retailer says sales and earnings gains should be at low-end of earlier guidance.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Home improvement retailer Home Depot edged past analysts' forecasts for second-quarter results Tuesday, but warned on its full-year results, citing a challenging second-half of the year.
"As you know the economic indicators are mixed. Unemployment and wage levels look healthy. But discretionary dollars are becoming repair and remodel dollars." CEO Robert Nardelli said during the company's conference call with analysts.
Indeed, retail industry analysts have cautioned that a slowing housing market coupled with gas price inflation would likely hurt home improvement retailers and consumer spending overall.
"Because of a challenging second-half, we're planning conservatively overall but not in our retail business," Nardelli said.
"Home Depot's future is starting to look more like that of other big retailers: store experience, customer service, merchandising, exclusives, and layout," said Richard Hastings, senior retail sector analyst with Bernard Sands.
"With the real estate market certainly slowing down, contractor sales growth at Home Depot could suffer, so the solution would come only from growth in other merchandise and services to existing home owners."
Despite concerns about a slowing spending environment, Nardelli said Home Depot had drawn up an aggressive game plan for capital expenditure investment in the second half.
He said the retailer had earmarked $350 million to improve both "shopping experience" at its stores and adjust to customers' focus on repair and remodeling projects.
These steps include increasing staffing hours in stores, completion of self-checkout in all locations and the introduction of an enhanced 24-hour 1-800-Home, customer service hotline.
The call was monitored via Web cast in New York.
Said Hastings, "Home Depot has the resources to invest into technology and staffing, all of which could impact margins in the short-term while providing opportunities for profitable growth later on. Much of this outcome will depend upon the liquidity of the household sector which is looking increasingly challenged going into 2007.
For the second quarter, Atlanta-based Home Depot earned $1.9 billion, or 93 cents a share, excluding special items, up from $1.8 billion, or 83 cents, a year earlier.
Analysts surveyed by earnings tracker First Call had forecast EPS of 92 cents.
Sales rose 17 percent to $26.03 billion from $22.31 billion a year ago. Sales growth in Home Depot's services segment outpaced overall retail sales. Services sales grew 10 percent to $1 billion in the quarter while retail sales grew 5 percent to $22.6 billion.
Home Depot also reinstated its policy of reporting same-store stales, which is a key retail performance metric that measures sales at stores open at least a year.
The company's same-store sales slipped 0.2 percent in the second quarter. Average sales ticket during the quarter increased by 4.2 percent to $59.98.
Analysts and Home Depot investors were surprised and angered by the retailer's decision to stop reporting same-store sales last quarter. The decision hurt the stock and resulted in harsh criticism and questioning of Nardelli's management style.
For the full year, Home Depot said it now expects sales and earnings to be at the low-end of its guidance and same-store sales to be fault or slightly negative in the second-half of the year.
The company said in January that full-year sales would grow 14 to 17 percent and its earnings per share 10 to 14 percent.
First Call now forecasts full-year EPS of $3.04, which would be a 12 percent gain.
The nation's No. 2 retailer also reported it has received certain lawsuits related to its stock option procedures, and that its board of directors will conduct a review of its historical stock option practices.
The company had previously disclosed that the Securities and Exchange Commission is reviewing its options practices.
Home Depot repurchased 58 million shares in the second quarter. Since 2002, the company has repurchased 349 million, or approximately 17 percent, of its outstanding shares.


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Epic Games has been fighting it out with Google and Apple in the courts for more than a year now. The legal battle started when Epic Games challenged the in-app purchase policy of Google and Apple’s app stores with its launch of a version of Fortnite – Epic’s world renouned game – that included its own in-built system for in-game purchases. Following the release, both Apple and Google promptly removed Fortnite from their app stores citing breach of rules, causing Epic Games to sue the two platforms. Epic Games’ legal filings from this week claim that Google formed an internal task-force to tackle the problem of Fortnite evading Google Play Store and its fees.Read More
In May 2021, Google’s YouTube App crossed a whopping 10 billion downloads with the second-highest downloads from India. That is more than the current population of the world, 7.9 billion. Android phones contain a Google suite of Apps one of which is YouTube, which could also be a reason for the high number of downloads.
This has moved apps like Facebook to the second position with 7 billion downloads. With a 1 billion difference, WhatsApp is at 6 billion downloads. Other common apps like Messenger are placed number 4 with 5 billion downloads and last in the top 5 is Instagram with more than 3 billion downloads. While Snapchat and TikTok continue to grow in the number of downloads per day with over 1 billion and 2 billion downloads respectively.
Google is currently working on a redesigned multitasking feature that enables Android 12 to open app pairs for users. Read More
Google Maps for Android has introduced a new feature that allows users to set a specific language for the app that may differ from their general device settings based on the preference of the people.
As stated in a report by 9to5Google, users can choose a different language for Google Maps For example, even if their phone’s language settings are in English, they can choose the Hindi language for the app for better use. Read More
A visit to the Googleplex in Mountain View is totally incomplete without a gift shop visit along with taking a picture with the Android statue and Stan. The Google Merchandise Store can be browsed online luckily, and a compiled list of the best gifts that should be bought is mentioned in this article. Read More
Breakout rooms are being introduced by Google Meet, although, presently, the availability G Suite Enterprise customers for Education. As much as breakout rooms seem like a really interesting feature, the accessibility is only for Enterprise for Education as we speak. Workspace, Essentials, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, and Enterprise Plus customers, as well as G Suite Business and Enterprise for Education customers, are getting breakout rooms ensures Google. Workspace Business Starter, G Suite Basic, Education, or Nonprofits do not have the availability to it yet. Read More
“A new way to bank in Google Pay.” Google grandly announces Plex accounts. Google Plex will span over options from banks and credit unions including checking and saving accounts. The just-arrived new Google Pay app is available for both iOS and Android users. Once the app has been set up, through an info screen, users are welcomed with a greeting “Banking meets Google.” Read More
Amidst the I/O developers conference on Tuesday, Google announced smart displays with Google Assistant will soon be hitting store shelves in July, adding another extremely helpful device to bring ease to our daily lifestyle. Read More


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The growth slows down, how does the IC packaging and testing industry fill the short board?
Recently, China Semiconductor Packaging and Testing Technology and Market Annual Meeting was held in Wuxi. With the theme of “integrated innovation, intelligent manufacturing, collaborative development, and shared win-win”, industry experts and scholars focus on the core of the semiconductor packaging and testing industry, and discuss the hot issues of advanced packaging technology, packaging and testing technology, equipment and materials. .
China's packaging and testing industry is slowing down
5G+AI brings a new round of development opportunities
According to the statistics of China Semiconductor Industry Association Packaging Branch, the growth of IC packaging and test industry in China has slowed down in 2018. The sales revenue of packaging and testing industry increased from 181.66 billion yuan in 2017 to 196.56 billion yuan, up only 8.2% year-on-year.
By the end of 2018, there were 99 IC packaging and testing enterprises of a certain size in China, a slight increase year-on-year. The annual productivity growth rate is obvious, reaching 25%.
Liu Wei, chairman of the China Semiconductor Industry Association Packaging Branch, said in his speech that with the advent of the 5G and AI eras and the continuous advancement of enterprise technology, as an important part of the IC industry chain, the packaging technology field is welcoming. Come to a new round of development opportunities.
Revolutionary changes in 5G communications, big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things, automotive electronics, medical, industrial automation, smart cities, etc., will further drive the growth of semiconductor emerging markets.
In the guest speech session, Liu Wei pointed out that there is still a big gap between China's IC packaging and testing industry and the world-class level. In the future, we must continue to vigorously strengthen innovation and construction. Driven by the emerging market of 5G+AI, with the strong support of the country and the efforts of the enterprise itself, the future development of the integrated circuit industry should build a global cooperation platform through integrated innovation, intelligent manufacturing, coordinated development, and shared win-win. Improve the research and development capabilities of independent core technologies, strengthen personnel training and management innovation, strengthen and expand, and promote the high-quality development of IC packaging and testing industry.
Solve card neck problems
Achieve high quality innovation and development
At the annual meeting, Ye Tianchun, the head of the National Science and Technology Major Special Project 02 expert group, said that during the golden period of the past decade, China's packaging and testing industry has completed the process from catching up to entering the world's forefront. In the new round of planning, the packaging and testing industry will solve the problem of the card neck by 2035, achieve high-quality development and highlight innovation.
Ye Tianchun believes that China's IC industry has entered a new stage and established a relatively complete technical system and industrial strength. Under the current situation, what is most needed is strategic determination. We must dare to adhere to the effective practices proven by practice and improve and improve them.
The problem of "short board" cannot be dealt with in isolation and passively. It must be systematically planned. It is necessary to improve the overall ability and establish the local advantages to form a competition check and balance.
Independent innovation is not "innovation by itself", and open cooperation must be adhered to. The key lies in how to exploit the potential of the Chinese market, open up new space, master core technologies, and move from the low end of the value chain to the high end in the global industrial division of labor.
In the development of the integrated circuit industry, the “three-chain integration” of the industrial chain, the innovation chain and the financial chain is the only way. China needs a more professional investment and financing platform and more relaxed credit policy support.
Opportunities and challenges coexist
The packaging and testing industry presents a new trend
Data show that global integrated circuit industry sales fell by more than 14% from 2013 to 2019. According to the statistics of China Semiconductor Industry Association, the sales growth of China's IC industry in 2013-2019 is about 7%.
China's integrated circuit industry has shown rapid development momentum, but at the same time it also faces the adverse effects caused by internal and external factors such as insufficient accumulation of its own and weak integration of value chain. Insufficient genetics, inheritance and patience; weak industrial base, difficult to catch up in the short term; insufficient R&D expenses, difficult to form economies of scale; weak and small industries, enterprises face homogenization competition; lack of talents in the integrated circuit field, restricting industrial development.
When Zhao Haijun, CEO of SMIC IC Manufacturing Co., Ltd. spoke, he shared five points on the development trend of IC packaging and testing industry. First, Moore's Law dividends are gradually losing, but the complexity of the system will continue to follow the original track. Go on. Second, the cost of the learning curve of process technology is too high. A large chip can be divided into several small chips to produce, and the yield rate is greatly improved, and the upgrade is completed in advance. Third, the development cost of the new generation of large-chip full coverage is too high, and the reuse of the original node design IP can save cost and time. Fourth, monolithic performance is a serious loss in functional combination, requiring a multi-chip solution. Fifth, different Chiplets need to be designed together, and OSAT can provide public IP.


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There is a brand new way to send flowers in Miami. Kalla.com, a new Miami-specific site upon which you can buy stylish floral arrangements, is barely two weeks old. Still the new service has had a busy week. On Thursday, they held a posh launch party at Soho Beach House. The next day, Kalla launched a temporary pop-up shop at Azul Boutique in Merrick Park to give shoppers a first hand look at their creations until April 13.
The bouquets feature original, designer vases, tight, unique arrangements with a style that is sure to be readily identifiable once the city’s “ladies who flower” get the chance to send and receive. Another identifiable factor? The big beautiful box they come in which can readily include gourmet chocolates and vintage wines.
“The floral industry has become saturated with generic arrangements and an assembly line approach — particularly when it comes to online and mass market retailers,” Kalla’s lead floral designer Addie Flynn says. “We wanted to bring a hand-crafted, personal connection back to flower delivery — while at the same time offering products that are incredibly unique and modern. Every relationship and occasion is different, so the craft and thoughtfulness that goes into each Kalla delivery makes it all the more meaningful,” Flynn adds.
The flowers and the site are so great, both giving and receiving will be a pleasure, and we certainly hope you get to do both.


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May 21, 2009 – NEXON Europe, the European publishing arm of world’s leading online game company NEXON Group, celebrates the 2nd anniversary of its free-to-play, online RPG MapleStory Europe ( http://maplestory.nexoneu.com) with a huge update of new events and content.
This legendary hit-MMORPG with more than 92 million worldwide users offers a completely different gaming experience with its eye-catching graphics, distinctive community features and rich game-play contents. Launched in May 2007, the European version quickly joined the global popularity with more than 1 million registered players, the count yet increasing steadily.
“The last two years of service were exceptionally surprising and appreciative at once,” says Sung Jin Kim, Manager at NEXON Europe. “We are deeply grateful to our loyal and ever-supportive fans,
and dedicate our evolving success to them. In return, we have an extensive list of new, vibrant contents lined up for this year alone, today’s patch being one of them. Our players can definitely look forward to enjoying even more fun throughout the coming summer and beyond.”
The festive agenda for the 2nd anniversary celebration includes:
- 2nd Anniversary Event Quest: “Raising Sprouts”
This special 3-week event quest hands out special flowerpots with a tiny sprout. The mission is to raise the sprout well which will be rewarded with various items.
- Special appearance of “Cake Boss Monster”
“Cake Boss Monster” is making a special, random visit during the 3-week festive period, and is only to be seen once every hour.
- Maple-Hat Quest
A special event-quest for players to earn and upgrade the exclusive “Maple Hat” item.
- GM Event
The GMs will run special events and summon monsters during peak play-hours (6pm-7pm) on June 4th, 2009.
- Double Event
EXP and item-drop ratio will be doubled during the festive weeks on specific days for a set period of time.
- Item Upgrades
Maple Hat and Maple Weapons obtained through monsters can be upgraded using Maple Leaves.
Temporary special events being only a part of today’s update, MapleStory Europe also features a striking new content, the anticipated “Monster Carnival”. Players are invited to team up and to participate in a whole new idea of competition party-quest, where they can summon monsters to attack the opposing team and use various skills to either help themselves or to harm their opponents. During the battle, each team will gain Carnival Points (CP) which can be turned into various attacking or healing skills – but they’ll have to be used wisely and well proportioned, as the team with more CP at the end will win the battle and be rewarded respectively.
Furthermore, Maple Coins can be collected during the battle which can be turned into various luring items for everyone.
Additionally, a special “Welcome Back Event” welcomes former players who haven’t logged into the game since March 1, 2009, with exclusive gifts and benefits for the home comers and their friends to help with a quick catch up from their break.
Further updates include new cash items such as the mystic “Dragon” pet, new hairstyles and special pigmy items.
MapleStory originally launched in South Korea in April 2003 and quickly went on to become one of the most successful online games of all time, with over 92 million registered accounts across the world. MapleStory Europe launched in May 2007 and counts more than 1 million registered players, offering gamers in Europe the chance to play MapleStory in five different languages – English, French, German, Spanish and Dutch.
For further information on MapleStory Europe and to sign-up for the game, please visit http://maplestory.nexoneu.com.
Established in March 2007, Nexon Europe is the European publishing arm of Nexon and has brought the worldwide hit casual MMORPG “MapleStory” to Europe in May 2007.
With the recent launch of the anticipated First-Person-Shooter “Combat Arms”, NEXON Europe has aggravated the position of a promising publisher in Europe. For more information on NEXON Europe and our games, please visit our official website at www.nexoneu.com and our blog http://blog.nexoneu.com.


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By Tiffany Arnold (Germantown.patch.com, 8/15/2011)
Montgomery County Police have identified several suspects in connection with an apparent flash mob theft at a 7-Eleven in Germantown late Saturday.
Investigators have released surveillance footage Monday afternoon with hopes of identifying more people.
Nearly 30 people simultaneously entered the 7-Eleven at 13001 Wisteria Drive and stole snacks, police said in a press release Monday. Police said the suspects — some of whom had their faces covered — remained in the store for about a minute before exiting as a group.
While investigators have identified some of the suspects, police have asked that anyone who may recognize any of the suspects in the video to contact the 5th District Investigative Section at 240-773-6200. Callers may remain anonymous.
(Original) Montgomery County Police are investigating a flash mob theft Saturday at a 7-Eleven in Germantown.
More than 20 young people simultaneously entered the convenience store at around 1:30 a.m., leaving with snack items such as candy, soda pop and chips, said Germantown 5th district Cmd. Luther Reynolds.
Apparent surveillance footage obtained by NBC Washington shows a stream of young people — some of the smiling and laughing — entering the convenience store and leaving with out paying.
“To have that many people descend on a store, like a mob mentality, like it’s some kind of joke, I cannot say I’ve ever seen anything like that before,” Reynolds told Patch. “It’s embarrassing to our community.”
Reynolds told Patch that police have already begun to identify suspects. The exact location of the store had not been released because the store’s owner is afraid of being targeted, Reynolds said.
Continue reading “Flash Mob Theft Reported at Germantown 7-Eleven” at Germantown.patch.com.


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