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“Super Star”Adele performs tracks from her new album “30“, and sits down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey on the new concert special airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
The Grammy Award winner and superstar singer “Adele”is making her return with “One Night Only” , a new concert special airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ tonight.
The special will be Adele’s first televised concert since Adele Live in New York City, which aired on NBC in 2015. The new primetime, two-hour special is billed as an outdoor concert performance, filmed at the legendary Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.
Adele is set to perform both her chart-topping hits, and songs from her highly-anticipated upcoming album, 30, which is set to be released on November 19 — just six days after Adele: One Night Only. Among the songs on the Adele concert setlist will be a performance of “Easy On Me,” the first single off 30.
How to Stream Adele New Album 30 Online?
After the concert special premieres, you’ll have to wait a few days, but eventually you’ll be able to stream Adele’s 30 on services like Amazon Music 3 months free.
When is Adele Concert Online ?
Want to watch Adele’s performance and interview with Oprah on TV? The new Adele special, One Night Only, airs on CBS tonight, Sunday, November 14 at 8:30pm ET / 8pm PT (note the earlier start time for those on the West Coast).
If you’ve been wanting to see Adele live, this is the closest you’ll get to a concert performance before any sort of tour for 30. You’ll be able to watch the Adele special on CBS with your basic cable package, but you can also stream the concert special and interview online from your own couch.
How to Watch Adele Concert Online ?
If you want to watch the the Adele Concert online, you’ll need to sign-up for a subscription to Paramount+. Pricing for streaming service starts at just $4.99/month (about the price of a cup of coffee, and much cheaper than a concert ticket), or $9.99 for an ad-free subscription. This gets you instant access to stream Adele: One Night Only online, on your phone, TV, tablet or computer.
Your subscription lets you watch Adele Concert online on Paramount+, in addition to the entire Paramount+ library of TV shows, movies and originals (such as their catalogue of Star Trek shows,The Good Fight and even the recent iCarly reboot). Paramount+ says it currently has more than 30,000 episodes of programming available to watch online.
How to Stream Adele Concert Online Free?
If you want to watch Adele Concert Online free, you can sign-up for a Paramount+ free trial, which gets you a week of free streaming on the service. You can use the 7-day free trial to watch Adele: One Night Only for free, before canceling your subscription or continuing on at the $4.99 or $9.99/month price.


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Here is a list of stocks shaking up the markets today, with particular focus on NASDAQ and OTC small caps. The top gainers based on percentage:
MTP 11.60% – News: Provides trading update
GRWG 8.84% – News: Las Vegas store officially opens
MTNB 5.00% – News: Raises $13.5M from exercise of warrants
BSGM 3.77% – News: Issues shareholder letter
CRTN 3.64% – News: Reports persistent growth in network transformation
FH 3.37% – News: To ring the Nasdaq opening bell January 23 to celebrate closing of XpresSpa acquisition
FNMA 2.38% – News: Chief economist comments on 2017 outlook
BLDP 2.25% – News: Subsidiary Protonex’s power manager products attain commercial export status
SINO 2.24% – News: Enters strategic cooperation agreement with China Ocean Shipping Agency Qingdao Co., Ltd.
CRNT 2.20%– News: Mobile operator in India selects Ceragon’s IP-20 Platform, places $60M+ order
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Samsung Semiconductor recently announced to delay its DRAM production capacity expansion plan. According to the original plan, Samsung will increase its monthly production of 30,000 DRAMs this quarter. The plan is now postponed until the end of this year. According to analysis by supply chain people, DRAM prices will remain stable until end of this year as Samsung's capacity expansion is delayed and market supply is limited.
The price of DRAM has soared for nine consecutive quarters. The dynamics of the three major manufacturers such as Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron will be the key to the next market trend. According to recent market trends, DRAM prices have been stable, mainly because manufacturers have added new capacity.
It is understood that Samsung originally planned to expand production on the second floor of its LINE 16 plant, and build a new production line with a monthly output of 65,000 pieces. In the first half of the year, it completed the first phase of production increase of 35,000 pieces per month.It was originally planned to increase production capacity by 30,000 units during this quarter, but the plan has been decided to be postponed until December this year.
Samsung did not disclose the reasons for delaying the expansion. According to industry analysis, memory chip is the largest source of Samsung Group's revenue, accounting for 78% of the Group's total profit, of which more than 70% comes from DRAM. In the DRAM supply and demand structure, the original supply gap has recently narrowed, leading to recent price trends stable. Samsung considers that if it increases production by 30,000 pieces per month, it will change the supply shortage of the original DRAM market, resulting in oversupply and DRAM prices will fall.


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Huawei’s smartwatches already have a foothold in the market, with shipments of wearable devices overtaking Xiaomi and Apple in the second quarter of this year, according to IDC.
A few days ago, other media first exposed the news of Huawei Watch GT2 Pro.
Last year, Huawei released the Watch GT2, followed by the more sporty GT2e, and now the GT2 Pro is almost ready to make its debut.
The biggest attraction of GT2 Pro is that it is the first time to add wireless charging function. It supports Qi standard and is compatible with a wide range of applications. The battery capacity of the GT2 Pro is also set at 455mAh and can last up to 14 days.
Other parameters include 32MB RAM, 4GB ROM, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, 50m water resistance, etc.
The GT2 Pro still features a rounded dial, OLED panel, 454×454 resolution, a 1.39-inch dial, and a seemingly optional 46mm diameter.
The Huawei Watch GT2 Pro is said to be released soon and will be priced at 280 euros (about 2,200 yuan) in Europe. Combined with Huawei’s previews, it is highly likely to be seen in the new product international launch event on September 10.


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Chris Lewis Talks Supply Chain Transformation in Forbes
Date: Aug 07, 2020
In a feature with Forbes, ADUSA Supply Chain President Chris Lewis discussed Ahold Delhaize USA companies' innovative efforts to integrate and
Lewis spoke to Forbes contributor Steve Banker about the scale of the and discussed how it's another way ADUSA’s supply chain is leading innovation in the grocery retail industry.
During the interview, Lewis discussed the important role technology plays in the transformation, highlighting key advancements, such as the construction of two fully automated frozen warehouses in partnership with Americold, the deployment of an AI-enabled forecasting and replenishment technology RELEX, a new transportation management system, an upgraded warehouse management system and more.
"Moving to a self-managed supply chain will enable ADUSA’s supply chain to reduce costs for the local brands it serves, improve speed to shelf, deepen relationships with vendors and better position our companies' distribution centers in the communities they serve," Lewis said. "These changes will enable us to take advantage of financial and strategic value within procurement, logistics and warehousing to provide the freshest product through the most advanced, efficient delivery network in the grocery industry."
You can read the full article here.


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The Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY will be the support series for the FIA Formula E championship.
If you’re currently in the market for a new vehicle, here are five technologies to look for to help make your time on the road safer and less stressful.
Global recruitment campaign proves successful as Jaguar Land Rover hires first engineer.
Continental’s exclusive available 3.0-litre twin turbo V6 engine, is designed for smooth, responsive quiet power.
While many people may think they can safely talk on the phone and still concentrate fully on the road, science says otherwise.
Discovery SVX will be the first Land Rover assembled by hand at the Special Vehicle Operations Technical Centre when production begins in 2018.
Acclaimed by Enzo Ferrari as the most beautiful car in the world, the Jaguar E-type now combines breathtaking beauty with zero emissions for the first time.
At International Motor Show visitors from the GCC will get to experience hands-on the most anticipated automotive launch in the region
Commitment to electrification demonstrated with new electric models from Jaguar’s past, present and future at inaugural Tech Fest event.


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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Decrease by Nearly 1 Million Metric Tons
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Demonstrating its continued commitment to sustainability excellence, the U.S. Postal Service recently published its 2011 Annual Sustainability Report which highlighted achievements, including a 7.4 percent decrease in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a fiscal year (FY) 2008 baseline. The reduction of almost 985,000 metric tons of CO2 is equal to removing nearly 200,000 passenger vehicles from the road for a year.
"These results illustrate the Postal Service's commitment to reduce our GHG emissions 20 percent by fiscal year 2020," said Thomas G. Day, chief sustainability officer. "Our 'leaner, greener, smarter and faster' conservation efforts have placed us more than one third of the way to our goal and when the Postal Service is more efficient, everyone benefits."
"The Postal Service's vision is to be a sustainability leader by building a culture of conservation throughout the Postal Service, and implementing sustainable business practices by engaging employees, customers, suppliers, mail service providers and federal peers," added Day.
America's largest retail network of 33,000 buildings — totaling 280 million square feet — takes a lot of energy to run and the Postal Service is aggressively working to reduce energy consumption with cutting-edge energy auditing systems. The Utility Management System and the Enterprise Energy Management System measure and track energy use and are valuable tools helping the agency reach its goal to reduce energy use 30 percent by 2015.
"World-class energy management practices helped the Postal Service decrease energy use by 8.6 trillion Btus from our baseline, more than 25 percent. This is an amount equal to the average energy used annually by approximately 90,000 American households," concluded Day.
Other factors supporting the Postal Service's positive GHG results are:
- Green employees — more than 400 Lean Green Teams produced significant results in energy reduction and resource conservation.
- Green information technology — consolidation of data centers into two locations, maximizing energy efficiency.
- Green vehicles — nearly 41,000 alternative fuel-capable delivery vehicles, including compressed natural gas, ethanol, propane, bio diesel, hybrid and electric three-wheeled vehicles. Between 2005 and 2011, USPS has increased its use of alternative fuels 128 percent.
- Green mail delivery — more than 8,000 "fleet of feet" walking routes, more than 60 bicycle routes and nearly 75,000 "park and loop" routes, where carriers deliver mail on foot after driving to neighborhoods.
USPS also helps customers calculate and reduce their own carbon footprints. Visit usps.com/green and the usps green newsroom to learn more about the Postal Service's sustainability initiatives and the Go Green Forever stamps.
This year, the 2011 Annual Sustainability Report can also be found on Slideshare at:
The Postal Service has won numerous environmental honors, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) WasteWise Partner of the Year award in 2010 and 2011, the EPA's National Partnership for Environmental Priorities award in 2011 and the Climate Registry Gold award in 2011.
USPS participates in the International Post Corporation's Environmental Measurement and Monitoring System, the global postal industry's program to reduce its carbon footprint 20 percent by 2020 based on an FY 2008 baseline.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation — 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office™ Boxes. The Postal Service™ receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com®, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world's mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. In 2011, Oxford Strategic Consulting ranked the U.S. Postal Service number one in overall service performance of the posts in the top 20 wealthiest nations in the world. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
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“Or you can just buy a Tesla.”
That was Elon Musk’s terse response to President Biden’s plan to build 500,000 EV charging stations across the U.S.
The public feud started a year and a half earlier, in August 2021, when Biden hosted an EV manufacturer summit at the White House.
Tesla TSLA is the dominant U.S. EV manufacturer, manufacturing two out of every three U.S. EVs in 2022.
No other company comes close.
From January 2020 through March 2023, there have been 2.2 million EVs sold in the United States.
Tesla accounts for roughly 54% of all sales.
Yet President Biden passed over Tesla, choosing instead to meet with only Ford and GM. “It seems odd Tesla wasn’t invited,” Musk tweeted.
Six months later, President Biden tweeted another Tesla snub: “Companies like GM and Ford are building more electric vehicles here at home than ever before.”
Musk shot back twice, with his typical elementary panache:
“Starts with a T, Ends with an A, ESL in the middle.”
Then: “Biden is a damp sock puppet in human form.”
Sitting presidents generally dislike being called damp sock puppets.
So two weeks later, the Biden administration announced the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (NEVI). It included $7.5 billion in funding for the buildout of EV charging across the U.S.
But there was one crucial stipulation…
To qualify for funding, EV chargers would have to work with EVs “from more than one automaker.”
Famously, Tesla’s Supercharger network with ultra-fast chargers spanning the U.S., only works with Teslas.
It wasn’t just directly aimed at excluding Tesla from funding; the program was an attempt to dethrone Tesla as the de facto EV monopoly in the U.S.
“There is no doubt [that NEVI] threatens Tesla’s competitive advantage. That is actually the entire point of the program.” – Chris Harto, a senior policy analyst at Consumer Reports
A Charging Standard by Any Other Name
Tesla moved quickly.
In November 2022, a tiny, crowd-funded EV startup called Aptera announced they were adopting Tesla’s charging standard.
Now there were two automakers that could charge at Tesla chargers, and Tesla qualified for a portion of the $7.5 billion in funding to continue building out its own charging network.
Almost immediately, the White House changed the terms and conditions.
Suddenly, chargers would have to include a single specific charging standard: CCS. That’s the charging standard used by nearly every EV manufacturer, except Tesla.
In a rare move for him, Musk caved (ever so slightly) to ensure access to federal funding.
Biden tweeted: “Elon Musk will open a big part of Tesla’s network up to all drivers.”
In reality, Musk gave up almost no ground. Tesla only agreed to make at least 3,500 of its Superchargers “available to all electric vehicles.” That’s less than 20% of the total network.
Meanwhile, Tesla prepared a serious counterattack…
When Tesla began manufacturing EVs in 2012, there was no EV charging standard. So Tesla created its own, simply dubbed the “Tesla charging connector.”
And now it was time for a brilliantly strategic rebrand: the “North American Charging Standard,” or NACS.
Tesla made the newly minted NACS standard completely open and encouraged any manufacturer or charging network to make chargers or cars with NACS.
Now, Musk knows that the best time to play a trump card is immediately after your opponent plays theirs.
Biden played the CCS trump card, thinking he could put NACS out of business.
There’s only one problem…
Musk’s trump card is not a charging standard. It’s a massive charging network.
Adopt or Die
The No. 1 concern with buying an EV? Charging.
But no car manufacturer other than Tesla has access to a nationwide fast-charging network.
Building out a similar network would take years and cost billions.
Those are years and billions car companies don’t have.
Ford, for example, is investing its entire market cap into EVs — and losing $3 billion a year doing so.
Which is why Ford was the first domino to fall.
In May 2023, Ford committed to integrating NACS ports into their EVs. The move instantly doubled the number of fast chargers available to Ford drivers nationwide.
In June 2023, GM also agreed to adopt NACS. Elon had successfully locked 75% of U.S.-manufactured EVs into Tesla’s new charging standard.
And the two companies Biden used to taunt Tesla — GM and Ford — were now indebted to Tesla.
More importantly, a tipping point had been reached.
Rivian, Polestar, and Volvo announced in quick succession that they would also be adopting NACS charge ports.
The major U.S. chargepoint operators, including Blink, Chargepoint, FLO, EVGo, and Electrify America, have all already committed to building out NACS chargers.
CCS support in North America is fading fast, which means that any auto manufacturer that refuses to make the switch will all but guarantee their buyers will have difficulty finding chargers in the future.
Far from the government funding putting Tesla out of business, Tesla is now able to use the government funding to put the government standard out of business.
On June 27, 2023, SAE International announced it will move to standardize the NACS connector.
The North American Charging Standard is now, officially, the charging standard of North America.
Never Bet Against America (Unless You’re Betting on Elon Musk)
Several states, including Texas and Kentucky, are bucking federal authority and joining Team Tesla. They require chargers to provide NACS access to receive federal funding.
So, let’s review:
- Tesla ended up with access to the $7.5 billion in federal government funding.
- Tesla established its own charging standard as the de facto North American charging standard.
- And Tesla eliminated its EV charging network competition once and for all.
All in one fell swoop. And that’s not all.
Within a decade, the move to NACS is expected to be making Tesla an extra $5 billion in annual revenue.
Tesla is investing in continuously expanding its charging network, extending its incredible moat.
Elon won, Joe. It really would’ve been easier to buy a Tesla.


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FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Daimler AG surged on Monday after the German carmaker said that its third-quarter cash flow and earnings will exceed market expectations.
Citing preliminary data, Stuttgart-based Daimler DAI (DAI) said third-quarter earnings before interest and taxes were 470 million euros ($701 million).
Analysts had expected an EBIT including items of 150 million euros, though the profit before interest and tax in the year-earlier quarter was 648 million euros.
Revenue amounted to 19.3 billion euros, down from 23.8 billion euros. Year-to-date, sales of Mercedes-Benz cars have dropped 16%, but the downturn has abated of late, with sales in September down just 5%.
The industrial business generated a free cash flow of 2 billion euros in the third quarter, Daimler said in a statement.
"These figures surpass analysts' consensus estimates of which the group is currently aware," Daimler said of EBIT and cash flow.
Shares of the company rose 7% in U.S. trading.
Of its two main businesses, Mercedes-Benz Cars division will have earnings before interest and taxes of 355 million euros, while Daimler Trucks will have a loss of 127 million euros.
Analysts had forecast Mercedes-Benz Cars to have a profit before interest and tax of 256 million euros and a Daimler trucks loss of 206 million euros.
"Overall, these numbers are likely to lead to solid hikes to consensus forecasts," Nomura International analyst Dorothee Cresswell said. "The read across for the rest of the sector is also positive, particularly for the likes of BMW and Volvo, whose business models are most comparable."
The carmaker said it anticipates a positive free cash flow in the industrial business for the full year 2009. Daimler's net liquidity was about 6.7 billion euros as of the end of September.
Daimler will publish further details of its quarterly financial statements on Oct. 27.
The carmaker's New York-listed shares have surged 37% over the past three months.


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The best-selling drug Humira (adalimumab) now faces competition in the United States after a 20-year monopoly. The first adalimumab biosimilar, Amjevita, launched in the United States this past January 31, and this month, seven additional biosimilars became available. These drugs have the potential to lower prescription drug prices, but when and by how much remains to be seen.
Here's what you need to know about adalimumab biosimilars.
What Humira Biosimilars Are Now Available?
Eight different biosimilars have launched this year with discounts as large at 85% from Humira's list price of $6922. A few companies also offer two price points.
|Biosimilar||Company||Discount from Humira||Launch Date|
|Amjevita (adalimumab-atto)||Amgen||5%; 55%||January 31|
|Cyltezo (adalimumab-adbm)||Boehringer Ingelheim||5%-7%||July 1|
|Hadlima (adalimumab-bwwd)||Organon/ Samsung Bioepis||85%||July 1|
|Hulio (adalimumab-fkjp)||Biocon||5%; 85% (unbranded)||July 3|
|Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz)||Sandoz||5%; 81% (unbranded)||July 1|
|Idacio (adalimumab-aacf)||Fresenius Kabi||5%||July 3|
|Yuflyma (adalimumab-aaty)||Celltrion||5%||July 2|
|Yusimry (adalimumab-aqvh)||Coherus||84%-85%||July 3|
Three of these biosimilars — Hadlima, Hyrimoz, and Yuflyma — are available in high concentration formulations. This high concentration formulation makes up 85% of Humira prescriptions, according to a report from Goodroot, a collection of companies focused on lowering healthcare costs.
Cyltezo is currently the only adalimumab biosimilar with an interchangeability designation, meaning that a pharmacist can substitute the biosimilar for an equivalent Humira prescription without the intervention of a clinician. Forty-seven states allow for these substitutions without prior approval from a clinician, according to Goodroot, and the clinician must be notified of the switch within a certain timeframe. A total of 40 states require that patients be notified of the switch before substitution.
However, it's not clear if this interchangeability designation will prove an advantage for Cyltezo, as it is interchangeable with the lower concentration version of Humira that makes up just 15% of prescriptions.
Most of the companies behind these biosimilars are pursuing interchangeability designations for their drugs, except for Fresenius Kabi (Idacio) and Coherus (Yusimry).
A ninth biosimilar, Pfizer's adalimumab-afzb (Abrilada), is not yet on the market and is currently awaiting an approval decision from the US Food and Drug Administration to add an interchangeability designation to its prior approval for a low-concentration formulation.
Why Are They Priced Differently?
The two price points offer different deals to payers. Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) make confidential agreements with drug manufacturers to get a discount — called a rebate — to get the drug on the PBM's formulary. The PBM keeps a portion of that rebate, and the rest is passed on to the insurance company and patients. Biosimilars at a higher price point will likely offer larger rebates. Biosimilars offered at lower price points incorporate this discount up front in their list pricing and likely will not offer large rebates.
Will Biosimilars Be Covered by Payers?
Currently, biosimilars are being offered on formularies at parity with Humira, meaning they are on the same tier. The PBM companies OptumRx and Cigna Group's Express Scripts will offer Amjevita (at both price points), Cyltezo, and Hyrimoz (at both price points).
"This decision allows our clients flexibility to provide access to the lower list price, so members in high-deductible plans and benefit designs with co-insurance can experience lower out-of-pocket costs," said OptumRx spokesperson Isaac Sorensen in an email.
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, which uses a direct-to-consumer model, will offer Yusimry for $567.27 on its website. SmithRx, a PBM based in San Francisco, announced it would partner with Cost Plus Drugs to offer Yusimry, adding that SmithRx members can use their insurance benefits to further reduce out-of-pocket costs. RxPreferred, another PBM, will also offer Yusimry through its partnership with Cuban's company.
The news website Formulary Watch previously reported that CVS Caremark, another of the biggest PBMs, will be offering Amjevita, but as a nonpreferred brand, while Humira remains the preferred brand. CVS Caremark did not respond to Medscape's request for comment.
Will Patients Pay Less?
Biosimilars have been touted as a potential solution to lower spending on biologic drugs, but it's unknown if patients will ultimately benefit with lower out-of-pocket costs. It's "impossible to predict" if the discount that third-party payers pay will be passed on to consumers, said Mark Fendrick, MD, who directs the University of Michigan Center for Value-based Insurance Design.
Generally, a consumer's co-pay is a percentage of a drug's list price, so it stands to reason that a low drug price would result in lower out-of-pocket payments. While this is mostly true, Humira has a successful copay assistance program to lower prescription costs for consumers. According to a 2022 IQVIA report, 82% of commercial prescriptions cost patients less than $10 for Humira because of this program.
To appeal to patients, biosimilar companies will need to offer similar savings, Fendrick added. "There will be some discontent if patients are actually asked to pay more out-of-pocket for a less expensive drug," he said.
All eight companies behind these biosimilars are offering or will be launching copay saving programs, many which advertise copays as low as $0 per month for eligible patients.
How Will Humira Respond?
Marta Wosińska, PhD, a healthcare economist at the Brookings Institute in Washington, DC, predicts payers will use these lower biosimilar prices to negotiate better deals with AbbVie, Humira's manufacturer. "We have a lot of players coming into [the market] right now, so the competition is really fierce," she said. In response, AbbVie will need to increase rebates on Humira and/or lower its price to compete with these biosimilars.
"The ball is in AbbVie's court," she said. "If [the company] is not willing to drop price sufficiently, then payers will start switching to biosimilars."
Fendrick reports past financial relationships and consulting arrangements with AbbVie, Amgen, Arnold Ventures, Bayer, CareFirst, BlueCross BlueShield, and many other companies. Wosińska has received funding from Arnold Ventures and serves as an expert witness on antitrust cases involving generic medication.
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Letting fans and consumers name new products — or even babies — sounds like a great idea on paper, but it doesn’t work online.
That’s something that NBA player and former Golden State Warriors star Nick Young could learn the hard way after inviting his 472,000 Twitter followers to help him name his third child. “Thanks and help us come up with names that start with N,” he tweeted on Tuesday — and hundreds of suggestions have come pouring in.
Some are genuine, with many calls for plays on his name (Nick or Nicole, after his own name, for a boy or girl, respectively, as well as many calls for Noah, Nico, Nova, Nadia and Nixon.) But plenty of tricksters are also throwing suggestions like Napster or Nohandles on there, as well as plays on his “Swaggy P” nickname like “Nwaggy” and “Nwaggy P.”
“For celebrities or influencers with a large following, polling or crowdsourcing new products, product (or child) names or even content ideas from fans can be a really fun way to engage and bring them into your world,” Sakita Holley, public relations strategist and CEO of House of Success PR, told MarketWatch. “Making fans feel seen or heard, through crowdsourcing or reposting/sharing their content, can be a catalyst for building a stronger connection between both the brand or individual and the fan.”
But the internet can also bring out the worst in trolls. When web developer Stephen McLaughlin also decided to crowdsource the name of his daughter in 2014 by creating the website NameMyDaughter.com, the overwhelming winner was “Cthulhu,” as in horror writer H.P. Lovecraft’s tentacle-faced monster. The couple selected the second place winner, Amelia, instead.
And when brands give customers free reign to suggest their own monikers, you get a soccer franchise named Footy McFooty Face or a $243.3 million polar research vessel named Boaty McBoatface.
No, really. SoccerCity San Diego, a group that was looking to bring a Major League Soccer team to the city, opened up naming the team to a Facebook poll in 2017. The most-voted name by a landslide was Footy McFooty Face, which had 6,000 more votes than San Diego Surf. SoccerCity San Diego did not got with “Footy,” however. It also failed to get the necessary support needed to join the MLS.
These internet tricksters were clearly inspired by the infamous incident of the National Environmental Research Council calling on the public to christen its new vessel in 2016 with a #NameOurShip marketing campaign. Someone suggested Boaty McBoatface, and the web — which collectively has the maturity of a seventh grader — buoyed the ridiculous title to the top with 124,109 votes. The NERC vetoed the popular vote to name the boat the Sir David Attenborough instead, but it had to appease the crowds by naming a mini-submarine Boaty. And so the ridiculous name floats on.
Greenpeace also launched an online naming contest a decade before to name an endangered humpback whale it had just tagged. Alas, “Mister Splashy Pants” net 78% of the vote, drowning out more serious suggestions like “Aiko,” “Aurora” and “Shanti.” The A.V. Club reported that one voter realized that a person could submit two votes per second by disabling cookies, and so spammed the poll for 38 straight minutes. Many Reddit users also supported “Splashy.” Greenpeace compromised by recognizing the humor in the situation and calling the whale “The Splashy-Panted One.” (It helped that the publicity around the contest’s naming debacle made such a splash that it helped convince the Japanese government to call off its plans to hunt 50 whales.)
When NASA hosted a poll to name a module on the International Space Station in 2008, “Colbert” (as in Stephen Colbert) won handily. While NASA named it Tranquility (after the landing site of the Apollo 11 mission that put the first man on the moon) instead, it did name a treadmill in space the “Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill” (or, C.O.L.B.E.R.T.). Colbert’s moniker has also topped naming contests for a bridge in Hungary and a Michigan junior ice hockey team mascot in 2006. Hungary didn’t observe the win, but the Michigan’s Saginaw Spirit team did eventually call their mascot “Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle.”
Marketing experts warn that there’s a risk of alienating customers if you just scrap the popular vote, however. “When firms conduct online polls, people frequently submit ridiculous entries; and with social media, those entries will go viral,” Michael Norton, a Harvard Business School professor, wrote in a paper about the pros and cons of consumer votes in 2018. “But even when firms never guarantee that consumers will choose the winner, consumers infer an implicit contract and are upset when that contract is violated.”
“As soon as firms introduce voting, they are implying a different relationship: ‘We are working together on this,’” agreed fellow Harvard professor Leslie K. John, who co-wrote the report. “Therefore, consumers believe their votes should be counted equally.”
One way to mitigate receiving offensive or ridiculous responses is to present a preselected list of acceptable names for people to vote from, rather than host an open ballot to write in their own candidates. That’s what the Philadelphia Zoo did when it said the public could name a new baby gorilla in summer 2016. While it was inundated with tweets demanding that the little one be named Harambe, Harambe Jr. or Harambaby to honor the Cincinnati Zoo gorilla shot and killed earlier in the year, the only votes that actually counted were the ones that chose from the zoo’s list of suggested names. Thus, the baby gorilla was ultimately named Amani, which means “peace” in Swahili. Crisis averted.
Or, you can cherrypick some options from the customer suggestions without publicizing the actual number of votes for each. “If you love one that only one person suggests, you can include it without offending anyone,” Norton wrote.
Norton and John also recommend that any person or brand crowdsourcing a name be very clear about how they will be considering the consumers’ votes, and whether this is a one-time contest, or if they will be asking for public feedback again in the future. (Their research found that customers value consistency, and when a company took voting opportunities away after allowing them to weigh in once before, the participants had a lower approval for the company compared to those who got to keep voting on things, or those who were never invited to vote on something for the company at all.)
And brands can set up a screening process where only actual customers vote (versus anyone on the internet who comes across the poll) by requiring a voting code to weigh in, which will be attached to products that people purchase.
Holley also warned that brands or individuals who use crowdsourcing for any kind of business venture should “tread lightly,” and possibly offer some form of incentive or compensation if a fan’s idea could end up making them money. This could help “avoid future claims that said-fan has a stake in that venture,” she said.


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A top Costco Wholesale executive confirmed the big-box retailer has no plans to change the price of its $1.50 hot dog-and-soda combo at its stores despite months of decades-high inflation.
Costco CFO Richard Galanti reiterated the cheap price point on the fan-favorite deal would stay in place during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Thursday.
An analyst asked whether Costco was adjusting prices in other parts of its business to maintain sales margins for its hot dog-and-soda deal and other value offerings.
“Lightning just struck me,” Galanti joked when the combo was mentioned. He added that higher-margin businesses such as gas and travel sales help Costco maintain its value deals.
“Those things help us be more aggressive in other areas, or as you mentioned, hold the price on the hot dog and the soda a little longer – forever,” Galanti added.
Costco and other retailers have hiked prices over the last year, passing along the higher costs of commodities and goods to consumers. Inflation has slightly declined in recent months but was still hovering at a hotter-than-expected 8.3% in August.
Galanti estimated that price inflation at Costco was about 8% during the fourth quarter, with increases “a little higher on the food and sundries side.”
Costco doesn’t have any immediate plans to hike its membership fees, according to the executive. Annual membership dues at the retailer currently start at $60.
Still, Galanti noted that membership price increases were likely at some point in the future. Costco has generally hiked its fees roughly every five to six years.
“Our view is, is we are confident in our ability to do so and at some point, we will. But it’s a question of when, not if,” Galanti said.
Despite the inflationary environment, Costco topped analysts’ expectations in the fourth quarter. The retailer posted quarterly revenue $72.09 billion and earnings per share.
But shares still fell more than 4% in trading Friday after executives noted a decline in gross margins.
Costco executives have famously avoided hiking prices in their food courts, especially for the hot dog-and-soda combo, regardless of changes in the economy.
In July, Costco CEO Craig Jelinek delivered a one-word answer when asked on CNBC whether prices changes were being considered for the deal.
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Former Conbraco Industries President and CEO Carl Mosack died Sunday, Aug. 13 at the age of 86.
Mosack started his professional career with Consolidated Brass Co., working in various positions until becoming president in 1967.
The company, now known as Conbraco Industries, grew under his leadership from $1 million in sales to more than $180 million. The Mosack family has led the privately held company for three generations. The company was acquired by Aalberts Industries in 2010. Mosack was directly responsible for the original launch of the Apollo Valve in 1968. That product transformed the company from a specialized manufacturer to a world-class market leader.
Mosack, who spent two years in the Air Force, also was committed to supporting the American workforce, keeping all manufacturing in the Carolinas as employment grew to more than 1,000 people.
He is survived by his wife Romelia Adams-Mosack, his children Kathi Mosack Dantzler (husband, Bill), Cal Mosack, Carole Mosack Lee (husband Chris), Glenn Mosack (wife Hollie) and numerous grandchildren. Glenn Mosack is the current president and CEO of the Apollo Flow Controls umbrella of brands (Lasco, Apollo, Elhkhart, Shurjoint). Cal Mosack is the senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions North Americca for parent company Aalberts Industires.
Apollo Valves was the recipient of the 2016 Supply House Times PVF Ring of Honor award.
A service to celebrate Mosack’s life will be held Friday, Aug. 18 at Sharon Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the building fund at Sharon Presbyterian Church or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.


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BMI View: after the negative impact of exchange rate reforms enacted in February 2015 became clearer in H115 we made a downward revision to the forecast for Venezuela's consumer electronics market. The reforms are effectively a devaluation and will have a negative impact on IT market growth in 2015 by dramatically increasing the cost of imported products, solutions and components. Additional economic challenges in 2015 include inflation forecast at almost 75% and GDP to contract by 3.6% in real terms. Meanwhile, t he push by the government to implement the 'fair price' law in H114, which restrict ed vendor margins to 30%, means vendors face continued political as well as economic risk factors. The law adds to a hostile business environment and exacerbates existing challenges for vendors including currency weakness and economic, political and security risks that are weighing on purchasing power and consumer confidence.
Headline Expenditure Projections
Computer Hardware Sales: USD917mn in 2014 to USD360mn in 2015. Sharp contraction forecast in value and volume terms in the PC market in 2015 due to the impact of currency reforms, which raised the cost of imported PCs and components. AV Sales: USD934mn in 2014 to USD532mn in 2015, -43% in US dollar terms. Demand for flat-panel TV sets hit by currency weakness and we expect the market will continue to contract beyond 2015 as digital camera volumes decline due to the proliferation of smartphone ownership.
Handset Sales: USD1.21bn in 2014 to USD1.25bn in 2015. The relative strength of local handset manufacturing and operator subsidies will help to absorb some of the impact of devaluation, resulting in stronger performance compared with the other consumer electronics segments.
Key Trends & Developments
The impact of the government's February 2015 currency reforms has become clearer through H115, with the early evidence that it has been a major disruption to the local consumer electronics devices market. The shift from the Sicad to Simadi exchange rates effectively quadrupled the cost of imported devices and components for local assembly - hitting the supply of devices from global and regional vendors, as well as disrupting the operations of Venezuela's large local assembly industry. There were reports in H115 that price rises for PCs far exceeded the rate of wage inflation in Venezuela - even for devices from socially oriented local vendors such as VIT and Siragon. Meanwhile, there were also reports that shops were not able to offer PCs due to shortages of goods, a development BMI believes likely to be derived from the negative shock of component price increases. In recent less severe periods of challenging economic conditions, the local Venezuelan PC and handset markets were insulated from the worst effects of crisis, but in 2015 devaluation has been too severe and as a result we forecast a sharp decline in both market value and volumes.
The government response to economic crisis does offer some cause for optimism, with increases in local PC assembly and component manufacturing targeted through a range of measures. In April 2015 some details of Venezuela's introduction of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) were released, with electronics one of the sectors targeted by the government hoping to attract investment and technical expertise. The most prominent partners are Chinese IT vendors. In addition to the SEZ development, there are also initiatives underway to modernise existing assembly operations. For instance, in May 2015 a Chinese delegation began working with the Canaima (notebooks for education) production facility in La Carlota, Caracas, to automate the production process and enable increased output. Meanwhile, ZTE, agreed in January 2015 to a target of 6mn handsets to be produced annually through its Vtelca joint venture and Samsung Electronics (the first signatory to the fair price law earlier in 2014) invested in local production back in November 2013 as part of a conciliatory approach to dealing with the government. BMI believes the economic and political environment in Venezuela will present unique challenges, but there is medium-term potential for the industry to expand to meet a greater portion of local demand and possibly increase regional exports by pairing local labour with international expertise and capital.


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Oculus Rift—the virtual reality headset that promises to revolutionize the way people look silly while watching movies and television—has yet to be made available to the public. However, the hardware gained a lot of buzz earlier this year after Facebook spent $2 billion to buy the company behind it, promising a future where scrolling through comments of your Facebook wall is more real than your waking life. Now San Francisco-based studio Jamwix has released the first feature film built to work with the Oculus Rift: Banshee Chapter, a low-budget horror flick produced, oddly enough, by Zachary Quinto.
The original, non-virtual reality version of Banshee Chapter was actually released last December, where it made a minor splash on VOD services. Shot in 3-D and loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “From Beyond,” it follows a journalist searching for her missing friend. Eventually, the journalist finds herself caught up in a conspiracy involving government-sponsored, mind-altering drugs. At some point, there are monsters.
According to director Blair Erickson, the technology Jamwix used to repurpose Banshee Chapter for the Oculus Rift could be used with any 3-D film, so there might be additional movie releases for the hardware before its rumored debut during the summer of 2015. Meanwhile, Jamwix has already made the Oculus Rift-compatible version of Banshee Chapter available to download for free. Seeing as how few people besides developers currently have access to the hardware, this gesture is of limited use. However, those who want a look into the future of film are invited to download it, place their faces a few inches from the screen, and behold the horror.


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This has to move parallel. Madras Cements has around million tonnes of untapped limestone. We saw the opportunity of putting up grinding unit in West Bengal, which we did. There has been a progressive increase in the toll rates and the number of points.
This led to the vehicles being stranded within the plants for as long as two to three hours severely impacting the dispatch capacity.
Logistics cost in India is going to come down a efficiency b technology is the key c mechanisation is another area d last but not the least, people should know the right cost. Would you look at expanding outside the South.
The only State where it is not growing is Andhra Pradesh. The domestic cement industry has been making continuous efforts to cut its logistic costs. Railways haul about 40 per cent of cement, what are the bottlenecks there. We saw the opportunity of putting up grinding unit in West Bengal, which we did.
Foodgrains and fertilisers will have to be moved in a big way, not only cement. Given India's unique demography, coastal shipping and inland waterway is the best and the most eco-friendly medium of transportation as compared to road or rail.
In cement, per se, volumes have gone up and in spite of all these limitations the thrust is to move towards better services. Even at Rs a bag, it is only Rs 7 a kg. Even at Rs a bag, it is only Rs 7 a kg. Such projects alone will be able to handle the huge cargo.
These country run factories ensure cement at a backed rate and for that reason create massive opposition for the SMEs. Roads are cheaper up to a lead of km, over which it is railways.
About 3 per cent of the gross revenue is spent on inward logistics while outward logistics accounts for another bulk of 15 per cent. The next step involved deployment of sensors at all the weigh bridges to bring in automation. At the time when the industry was entering into the downside of the cycle, with profit margins coming down to per cent from per cent, better logistics management proved beneficial to many of the cement manufacturers.
The company has a capacity of 12 million tonnes a year — nine million tonnes in Tamil Nadu and the rest in Andhra Pradesh. The industry will have to join hands and take up a pilot project. Cement makers prefer roads for shorter distances. They can have only grinding units.
The financial profitability of a unit relies upon on operational performance other than a general demand for supply scenario in the region. But the problem is logistics. Cement is a high volume, low value commodity.
Apart from investors, the large infrastructure projects were also entered by it which converted cement industry into a higher growth trajectory. It poses the biggest challenge to our sustained growth as well as the largest opportunity to rise as an economic powerhouse.
We are looking for opportunities, but we are not getting mining lease. We did not get one blockage in the line and the job went without a hitch. Essay about Cement Logistic Challenges With the Cement industry showing a downward trend in profit margins, better logistics management proves beneficial to many of the cement manufacturers.
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Former CEO of FCA, Sergio Marchionne, dies at 66
The automotive industry lost a legend today – Sergio Marchionne, CEO of FCA, died this morning at the age of 66 (July 25, 2018). Known as the “Man in Black” who saved not one, but two failing automotive companies, Marchionne was a man with many hats. Over the past decade, Marchionne’s tireless competitive spirit and transparency earned him multiple roles: Chairman and CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Chairman and CEO of Ferrari, Chairman of Maserati, and Chairman of CNH Industrial. Those who knew and worked with Marchionne described him as a confident leader with an incredible work ethic.
Early Life + Career
Born in Chieti, Italy in 1952, Marchionne emigrated to Toronto at the age of 13. As a result, he had a dual Canadian and Italian citizenship and was fluent in English, Italian, and French. After studying numerous subjects at Canadian colleges, he earned himself a Law Degree in 1983 and a Masters of Business Administration in 1985. He was recognized as an Accountant, Tax Specialist, Attorney, and Business Strategist. However, it wasn’t until Marchionne arrived in the automotive world, that he rose-to-fame.
Fiat, who was hanging on by a thread in 2004, suffered a tremendous $2.5 billion loss on the center of auto operations that very same year. After gaining the attention of Gianni Agnelli, the former president of Fiat, Marchionne moved to Europe and was given control of Fiat. He was able to negotiate a $2 billion payment given by General Motors in order to settle previous contractual obligations with Fiat and then invested $10 billion euros to develop 20 new Fiat models in four years.
Later in 2009, the Fiat Group saved the Detroit automaker, Chrysler Group LLC, by buying a 20 percent stake. Following this, the government allowed and financed $6.6 billion so Chrysler could quickly emerge from bankruptcy. Marchionne’s plan was to invest in new products, while Fiat and Chrysler shared vehicles, engines, and factories. His goal was to get the companies strong enough to enter the private capital markets and decrease their high-interest debt from the government. By 2011, Marchionne had taken full control over Chrysler and immediately met with several dealers in Las Vegas promising that Fiat Chrysler would invest and improve products, only if dealers promised in return to invest in stores and embrace the best operating practices with consumers. By 2014, Fiat gained full ownership of Chrysler.
“What I found was … a company that had been run by a foreign entity for a long period of time, that had taken all of its wares on the way out. In 2006-2007, it had been flipped over to financially competent – but industrially incompetent – private equity investors who has run it for a period of time and then run into a brick wall in a crisis. What we ended up looking at [when Fiat arrived] was empty cupboards in terms of technology and product. And so we started from scratch.” – Sergio Marchionne.
Marchionne was known mostly for his extreme dislike for Electric Vehicles. He constantly protested against them and considered them a waste of money. However, as a result of Maserati taking such a hit in sales due to Tesla, Marchionne finally gave into electrifying his Jeep, Ram, Maserati, and Alfa Romeo lineup. On July 2nd, he announced his 5-year plan to invest $10.5 billion to develop new electric and hybrid vehicles, before his retirement in April of 2019.
Sadly, he wouldn’t see his plan come to fruition. On July 21st, after Marchionne suddenly stepped down from his position, he went into a coma after suffering an embolism while undergoing an operation for an invasive shoulder sarcoma. “Unfortunately, what we feared has come to pass. Sergio Marchionne, man and friend, is gone.” Says Fiat Chrysler Chairman, John Elkann. His death sparked numerous tributes from his automotive rivals, proving once more that although he was known to be outspoken and controversial, he truly has made a significant impact in the automotive world.
“What a person has done during his life should not be measured by what he has achieved for himself, but rather by what is left behind for others.”
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New York Fashion Week show spotlights police brutalityLatest
Last night, New York fashion designer Kerby Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss used his Spring 2016 runway show to focus on a different, much darker and groundless trend making news headlines and sparking protests: The treatment of black men and women by the police.
His fashion show opened with ghastly videos of police violence—including the choking of Eric Garner, Marlon Brown being run over by a patrol car, and the overly aggressive use of force on the teenage girl at the Texas pool party—accompanied by a series of interviews and commentary, from fashion critic Robin Givhan, Usher, Emerald Garner (the daughter of Eric Garner), Nicole Bell (the fiance of Sean Bell), and fashion designer Mark Ecko. According to the AP, not everyone was open to his unconventional fashion statement and some fashion insiders opted out of attending. Jean-Raymond told the news organization:
“I’m black, I’m a designer, I’m living in a time when this is happening,” he said. He added, “You’re 28 years old, you’re watching kids younger than you who are being killed by grown men who claim fear as an excuse.”
Jean-Raymond almost decided not to show his clothes at all and just end the show after the mini-documentary was over, forcing his audience reflect. But like the “They Have Names” T-shirt he released last season, featuring the names of the victims of police violence, the clothes that he sent down the runway yesterday made a statement, with the help of contemporary artist Gregory Siff. There were Doc Marten-like boots with the names of police brutality victims, and splattered red paint resembling blood. A green military-style jacket with the words “Breathe, Breathe, Breathe,” and boots with “I Can’t Breathe” written all over them. A white laser-cut perforated jacket with a heart and red paint running down the back, also resembling blood.
Last season, at Chanel’s Spring 2015 runway show, there was a staged feminist protest before the show ended; but that attempted statement felt like an empty capitalization off of the resurfacing of feminism. Jean-Raymond’s approach came from a place of experience—according to The Huffington Post, the designer was stopped and frisked by the New York City police 12 times as a teenager—and the urge to make others aware. The Pyer Moss show might have made some attendees uncomfortable, but left a lasting impression on an issue that’s continuing to affect black lives.
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Google has lifted restrictions on YouTube from showing Swaziland’s famous reed dance which features bare-breasted women. A representative from Google was quoted saying that they decided to remove the restriction on the videos because “it was not its policy to restrict nudity in such instances where it is culturally or traditionally appropriate”.
The move was in response to a campaign led by Lazi Dlamini, the head of TV Yabantu, an online video production company which produces content that “protects, preserves and restores African values”.
Its YouTube channel which launched in 2016 had been adding 3,000-4,000 new subscribers every month until the platform started to flag its content as inappropriate. It also put a label on the channel advising advertisers that its content was “not suitable for most advertisers”.
According to Mr Dlamini, he had contacted Google to say that he was simply reflecting the cultural values of his community but the company said that the content violated the platform’s standards. He then organised a series of protests, working with more than 200 cultural groupings from Swaziland. It included at least a dozen women who posed bare-breasted with placards that read “Google are racist” and “my breasts are not inappropriate”.


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SEONext was launched by Justin and Mark Blackhurst and university friend Vaibhav Kakkar in 2009.
It is based in the Sharp Project creative cluster, in east Manchester, and specialises in helping clients boost their web traffic.
Since being founded, the firm has grown its turnover to more than £1.5m.
The firm filed a trade mark application for the SEONext brand with the Intellectual Property Office in June 2011.
But five months later, high street retailer Next raised an objection, saying it encroached on its own IP rights.
Justin, Mark and Vaibhav vowed to fight the case, saying their name was so well known, it would be damaging to the business if they had to stop using it.
Now, the Office has ruled in SEONext's favour and Next, which has more than 500 UK stores and employs 58,000 people across the globe, has not challenged the decision.
Mark said: “The SEONext moniker has formed the foundations of our success.
“In just four years, we’ve gone from an initial investment of £4,500 to annual turnover of £1.6m and our brand name is synonymous with high quality SEO services.
“Our growth plans for 2013 are aggressive and simply wouldn’t facilitate a name change, so we welcome the ruling and look forward to developing the brand further.
“In this instance, David really has beaten Goliath.”
Mark, a former corporate lawyer, appointed Manchester-based trade mark and patent attorneys Wilson Gunn, to challenge the objection raised by Next.
Tim Rose, from Wilson Gunn, added: “A trademark can be the single most effective marketing tool for a company, so this is a very pleasing result for SEONext.
“Typically the complainant has 28 days to challenge the decision, but Next has accepted the ruling, which means that Mark and the team can press ahead with their business delivery plans.”
SEONext offers clients a range of services, from search engine optimisation and pay-per-click to web design.
It has offices in India and Miami, America, and has more than 250 clients in the UK, including a mix of household brand names and SMEs.
SEONext also has plans to open an office in Dubai this year.
Next declined to comment.


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June 18, 2020 | 16:43
The East Asia Business Council (EABC) has recently convened its 47th meeting in an online format, attracting representatives from 13 East Asian nations, including 10 ASEAN member states and their three partners of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
January 27, 2020 | 10:00
The year 2020 is expected to bring about both opportunities and challenges for Vietnam to soar higher. High-profile experts provide their musings and expectations about how the country can grow even more prosperous in the years ahead.
December 18, 2019 | 11:41
Vietnam’s business environment has seen remarkably improvements, said Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Vu Tien Loc at a conference on December 17.
November 14, 2019 | 11:48
Combatting corruption was a big challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises in many countries, especially in Vietnam where 98-99 per cent of enterprises fell into that bracket, said Vu Tien Loc, president of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), at a workshop in Ha Noi on Wednesday.
July 25, 2019 | 11:53
The increasing number of businesses becoming operational again since the beginning of this year indicates positive economic development prospects, said Vu Tien Loc, chairman of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).
July 02, 2019 | 19:57
Improving corporate governance capacity is a major challenge for businesses, especially small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) when joining the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), requiring the Government to have policies and mechanisms to facilitate their operation.
May 01, 2019 | 19:00
Vu Tien Loc, chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, talked with VIR’s Khanh An about the giants in the private sector who will become the next pillars of the economy.
January 21, 2019 | 08:55
The Seminar on Business Legislation gave a picture of business law in Vietnam, reviewing the regulations that have a great impact on the business community.
July 05, 2018 | 17:25
Vietnam’s economy can be re-defined by focusing on the effective exploitation of four megatrends affecting the country’s sustainable and competitive development.
June 30, 2018 | 10:16
Though new media platforms such as social media have become increasingly popular, mainstream media remains the major channel to promote the growing business community in Viet Nam, speakers said at a forum held on Friday in HCM City.
May 24, 2018 | 10:28
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will be the backbone of international economic and trade commitments for Vietnamese businesses...
February 25, 2018 | 10:51
VCCI chairman Vu Tien Loc believes that the new Decree No.15/2018/ND-CP will provide energy and momentum for firms in Vietnam.


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There is this small fear some gamers have that - with the rise of multiplayer titles and live-service projects - focused single-player games are going to dwindle in numbers. After all, it's hard to deny that games like Call of Duty: Warzone and Apex Legends make their respective publishers a huge amount of money. However, although there are these huge, complex multiplayer games out there that we can (and do, in our millions) all play for free, gamers still want and love single-player titles - just ask Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order makers Respawn Entertainment.
In a tweet spotted by GamesRadar+, Respawn happily announced to its fans that not only has it released the next-gen upgrade to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order but the game has been a massive success to boot. The post says: "As of today, more than 20 million players worldwide have played Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order across all consoles, platforms and subscription services." That's a lot of Jedi, right?
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You should note, though, that this doesn't mean 20 million copies sold - it means 20 million players. The difference is that there are many of those 20 million who played the game through Xbox Game Pass and EA Play. Though there will be a chunk of players who paid full price for the title, subscription services are becoming a popular way to experience triple-A titles.
Xbox Game Pass especially has stormed the gaming space, offering a huge selection of gaming experiences, from indie to triple-A on consoles, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and PC. Though PlayStation might have the upper hand on new-gen titles like Returnal and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart right now, Xbox certainly offers amazing value for money. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order almost certainly wouldn't have reached this huge number of players without Game Pass.
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Alibaba Group launches in Russia of its own payment service Alipay, one of the largest such instruments of transactions in the world. This was stated by the representative of the company.
Chinese payments on $1.7 trillion
Payment service Alipay (through Ant Financial Services Group is part of Alibaba Group) was established in 2004 to make payments on one of the platforms of China — Taobao, but then she was connected to all the group’s major projects, including AliExpress, one of the leaders of Internet trade in the world. The principle of the service in the implementation of online payments is that the buyer sends money for the product not the seller, but the Alipay service, which “saves money” until confirmation of receipt of order. For payment in offline-store retail outlet requires a special terminal — mobile office. Today the system has more than 450 million confirmed users. According to souchrediteli Alibaba’s Lucy Peng, in 2016 using the service was carried out to 175 million transactions per day (71% using mobile devices). According to the report of the Association of Better Than Cash Alliance, in 2016 with the Chinese payment system users transferred $1.7 trillion (in 2012 — $70 billion). For comparison, another popular payment service PayPal in 2016 passed the transaction at $354 billion (approximately 16 million transactions per day), the system was 197 million users.
Plans Alipay within the next ten years to increase the number of users to 2 billion, and to increase the share of foreign users to 60%.
The fare on the bus using Alipay
Photo: Xu Kangping / Xinhua / Zuma / Global Look Press
Payments after the tourists
To use Alipay are primarily holders of cards issued by Chinese banks. Only in India, Korea and Thailand Alipay through working with local payment services provides and with the other cards.
The development of Alipay, offline and outside of China due to the increased number of Chinese tourists in the world. According to the National tourism administration of China, in 2016, the flow of tourists from China amounted to 122 million people, which is comparable to the number of actually having the passport of the population. According to the forecast of the administration, by 2020 the number of tourists from China will increase to 200 million people. Thus, according to the study Hotels.com about the behavior of Chinese tourists, the main factors when choosing a country to travel is the level of penetration into the infrastructure of the Chinese language and the ability to use for the calculations of the Chinese payment services and systems. Today payments through Alipay accepted more than 100 thousand trade organizations outside China, including popular among Chinese tourists Harrods and Printemps.
In the Russian shops for amber
The first partner of Alipay in Russia, which in late April will feature the first retail outlet with terminals for the operation of the service will be Modelbank (works mainly with small businesses), told representatives of the Bank and “Alibaba Russia”. The first retailers who will start accepting Alipay will be sellers popular among Chinese tourists goods — a network for the sale of amber “amber Russian”, Souvenirs, Russian and Soviet hours, located in the center of Moscow. “Now the technology start-up preparing several Moscow companies. All businesses working with Chinese tourists. They are located mainly in the area of Old Arbat, the most attractive to this audience. Among the first customers there are several jewelry shops, souvenir shops, watch shop, several hotels and hostels”, — says Maxim Mitusov, head of the “Modules” and the project Manager. By the end of the year Modelbank plans to sell 3-5 thousand devices that will be able to accept payments Alipay. The service also provides payment acceptance at the site “AliExpress Mall” (Russian goods).
In addition, in the near future the company plans to expand collaboration with shops of luxury goods and duty-free shops in Moscow airports. “According to our estimates, tens of thousands of outlets in Russia are interested in increasing sales to Chinese tourists,” — says Director of Alipay business development in Russia and the CIS Bogdan Zadorozhniy. The ability to purchase via the usual for Chinese tourists of means of payment will have a positive impact on the Russian small and medium businesses, which are involved in the tourism sector, said the CEO of “Alibaba” mark Zavadsky. To be localized for Russian users, Alipay, you first need to recruit a sufficient number of such partners, and to establish the procedure of interaction with them, he says.
Payment for goods in store using Alipay
Photo: Huang Zongzhi / Xinhua / Zuma / Global Look Press
Chinese tourists are the leaders in terms of expenditure in travel. In 2016, they spent about $261 billion, which is 12% higher than in 2015, according to preliminary data from the world tourist organization at the UN. For comparison, tourists from the United States who find themselves in second place, spent in travelling almost twice less — $122 billion Russia is not among the top destinations for Chinese people, but the number of tourists recent years has increased. By the end of 2016, the number of trips taken by Chinese people to Russia grew by 15% compared to 2015, and amounted to 1,288 million Among the most visited cities — Moscow and St. Petersburg. While Siberia and the far East-growing areas given the cross-border business activity in the region, said Alibaba.
The average expenditure per tourist trip from the Chinese is $4,000 per person, said Bogdan Zadorozhniy. According to the head of the program China Friendly Anna Sibirkina, tourists from China are very committed to traditional financial products. “We notice that they respond positively to the Chinese UnionPay cards in Russia,” she says. While Sibirkina doubt that the possibility of payment services through Alipay will be the reason for the growth of the tourist flow, but the Chinese guests “appreciate the desire to make the stay of the tourist comfortable.” “This could be a good marketing tool, but just one of many”, she added.
Over the past year, as told earlier, the representatives of the largest shops selling luxury goods, Chinese tourists are two to three times increased volume of purchases in Russia. To further increase tourist spending many of the shops began to hire staff with knowledge of the Chinese language and receive certificates on reception of UnionPay. But new “wave” of demand, retailers expect after the introduction of the tax — free return of foreign tourists of any sums paid in the form of value added tax. Its introduction is expected in October 2017.
Alibaba is increasingly conquering the Russian market, says Executive Director of the Association of companies the Internet-trade (AKIT) Artem Sokolov. However, he doubts that the release of the new payment service will be reflected on the Russian Internet-stores, he says. This, according to him, on the contrary, will lead to increased competition in the payment market. This may result in reducing the cost and improving the quality of all services both for retailers and for consumers, says Sokolov.
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New Jersey, future home of Amazon’s second headquarters?
New Jersey is among the locations considering a proposal to be home to online retailer Amazon’s planned second headquarters – which could mean 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in investment, though will likely take a big package of tax incentives to land.
Both major parties’ would-be governors appear to be on board with the bid.
“We strongly believe that no state in the union is better suited to be Amazon’s new home than New Jersey. Period, full stop,” said Democratic nominee Phil Murphy.
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, as secretary of state, has led business recruitment efforts that has already helped the state add around 13,000 Amazon jobs at eight current and future locations, said campaign spokesman Ricky Diaz.
“New Jersey is in the hunt for the Amazon headquarters precisely because of the work Kim Guadagno has done to reach out to the business community and recruit Amazon jobs here. They have a large footprint in New Jersey and would be a natural fit for a headquarters,” Diaz said.
Gov. Chris Christie’s Economic Development Authority is analyzing the opportunity. Jersey City, Newark and New Brunswick have said they’d like to be part of it. Proposals are due Oct. 19, but the company’s decision won’t come until 2018, when New Jersey will have a new governor.
“This goes beyond politics. I want to see Amazon invest and grow in New Jersey, period. And in that respect, we’re reaching out to the administration,” Murphy said. “This is bigger than any of us. It’s bigger than politics.”
Diaz said Murphy’s plan for $1.3 billion in higher taxes on the wealthy, businesses and marijuana purchases would hurt the cause.
“If Phil Murphy becomes governor, we can kiss opportunities like this goodbye because of his promised tax increases – $1.3 billion dollars in higher taxes, and that’s just what he’s admitting,” Diaz said. “We know that because of all of his promises, taxes are going to go up even higher. Business, income, sales taxes, taxes that directly impact Amazon in a negative way if they’re increased like Phil Murphy wants to see happen.”
Amazon wants to be near a university producing technical talent, with mass transit options and proximity to major highways and an international airport with daily nonstop flights to Seattle, San Francisco, New York and Washington.
Those sorts of things, New Jersey can provide. An affordable quality of life, including housing, might be challenging.
But Murphy said attracting Amazon’s second headquarters would strengthen New Jersey’s innovation and infrastructure economies – areas which he said the state has lost some of its historical advantages but can “dominate” again.
“We want to get this right. We want to get the innovation and infrastructure economies right,” said Murphy. “And we want to strike at the end of the day deals that make sense for everybody, all sides of the bargain, most importantly the middle class in this great state.”
Murphy talked about the prospects for Amazon’s headquarters for 8 minutes Monday on a conference call but took no follow-up questions from reporters.
Amazon is encouraging one proposal per metropolitan area – so not only would Jersey City, Newark and New Brunswick need to work with the state on a plan, which could include multiple potential sites, but the metropolitan area also includes parts of New York. Similarly, any South Jersey prospects share a metropolitan area with parts of Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia.
Amazon says its second headquarters will add as many as 50,000 full-time employees over 10 to 15 years, with average salaries exceeding $100,000. It would be a more than $5 billion project.
The company is focusing on metropolitan areas with more than 1 million residents, which covers nearly all of New Jersey. It seeks urban or suburban locations that can retain or attract strong technical talent, so the state’s public and private universities would be important in that regard.
It prefers to be within 30 miles of a population center and within 45 minutes of an international airport that has daily direct flights to Seattle, New York, San Francisco and Washington. It wants to be within 2 miles of major highways and arterial roads, and it wants direct on-site access to rail and bus routes.
Eventually, it wants up to 8 million square feet of building space on a roughly 100-acre campus, in addition to the minimum of 500,000 square feet from existing buildings it wants to start.
It seeks a “stable and business-friendly environment.” And it makes no secret about seeking an incentive package as part of selecting a location.


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BerryReview has been sent in an image of what their tipster is claiming to be the BlackBerry Storm 3. The device is reported to have a 3.7-inch display and 8 GB of internal memory; no processor, touchscreen, or other specifications were given. If the image is in fact real, we’re unclear as to why RIM would put an optical trackpad on a full-touchscreen device… your guess is as good as ours. Take a look at the above image and let us know what you think. More →
If you have an older model iPhone, and are envious of the HDR photographic-prowess of the iPhone 4, there is still hope; albeit hope with a fairly long list of prerequisites. iPhone tinkerer Will Strafach has tweeted that he: “Made a Cydia tweak to allow HDR photos on 4.1 for the iPhone 3G and 3G[s].” So, when that rumored iOS 4.1 jailbreak is released you can take your jailbroken, iPhone 3G or 3GS and get the HDR goodies. There are a lot of “ifs” and “whens” in there… but it’s better than nothing. More →
Today, T-Mobile announced a new, cost-saving feature for those that have family plans and progeny called Kids Are Free. As T-Mobile explains, “With Kids Are Free, new and existing T-Mobile customers who sign up for a qualifying family plan through Nov. 2, 2010, receive free add-a-line service on up to three lines of their plan until 2012.” The press release cites a Pew Research study that found 75% of children between 12 and 17 now carry a cell phone. The limited time offer is good until November 2nd and customers will be responsible for paying all taxes, fees, and activation charges on the free lines. “The Kids Are Free promotion is the latest effort from T-Mobile to ensure families are united with compelling and affordable mobile services,” stated the press release. You can hit up T-Mo’s website for more information. The full release is after the break. More →
Photo enthusiasts take note, as Adobe is rolling out the official retail version of Lightroom 3 today. Available as a public-beta since October 2009, the latest, official version of Lightroom features a brand new processing engine that improves performance and offers an enhanced, easier to use UI. Noteworthy features include: support for DSLR video files, improved noise reduction, lens correction and sharpening tools, and tethered shooting (with select Nikon and Canon cameras). Lightroom 3 is available for both Macintosh and Windows systems with a price point of $299; an upgrade licences retails for $99. You can grab a copy of this latest offering directly from Adobe today, or from a third party retailer in the near future. More →
Sure it’s not quite as exciting as the Satio that the FCC poked and prodded last month, but we’re happy to see another sexy Sony Ericsson phone pass through the halls of the FCC all the same. We’re even happier considering this little guy is sporting AT&T and Rogers’ brand of 3G. Sure we’ve known the Aino would rock WCDMA 850/1900/2100 MHz since it was announced back in May but seeing it slide past the FCC means it could launch any time now. For a quick refresher, the Aino features a portrait sliding form factor, quad-band GSM/EDGE and tri-band WCDMA, a 0-9 keypad, 3-inch 240 × 432 pixel touchscreen, 8.1 megapixel camera with an LED flash and 16x digital zoom, aGPS, Bluetooth, social networking integration, microSDHC and PS3 integration. Hit the jump for some more pics of SE’s sweet upcoming slider posing seductively next to every phone addict’s favorite LYRA ruler.
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Many would say the worst is behind us where the recession is concerned but gaming giants Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft would probably disagree. An industry that stumped analysts and remained strong throughout the recent turbulent economic climate is finally beginning to feel the impact of the wave of reduced spending that has attacked most industries in recent history. Video game sales began declining slowly in March but NPD Group has just released June numbers that show a slightly more alarming drop than we’ve been seeing over the past few months. US sales in June dipped a substantial 29 percent YoY — a record drop — and consoles sales were down a whopping 38 percent. Long story short, an industry that held strong on the back of Nintendo’s Wii and DS/DSi is looking like it may finally be approaching relative saturation. The odds of another Wii-like breakthrough reaching market any time soon are slim to none but something better happen in the near future to woo gamers back into opening those wallets. Drops in console pricing are rumored but still not confirmed, though we have little faith that minor price adjustments would have the kind of impact the industry needs to rebound significantly.


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According to Automotive News and confirmed by a BMW spokesperson, BMW AG has told about 150 employees in Munich to stay at home for 14 days under self-quarantine after a colleague tested positive for the coronavirus.
The report says that the employee who tested positive was taken to hospital after he visited a doctor on Sunday. He is doing well under the circumstances, BMW said.
The reported worker had not traveled abroad and was working in the automaker’s FIZ research and development center in Munich. During his time at work, he was in contact with about 150 other employees.
The affected premises were closed off and disinfected and operations are continuing without restrictions, BMW said.
The last week has been extremely challenging for the automotive industry. The coronavirus has shut the doors of the Geneva Motor Show and forced automakers to move online their launches and unveils. BMW will be hosting their own stream on Tuesday to unveil the BMW Concept i4.
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According to a leaked file that was posted on WikiLeaks last month, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo wants Toyota Motor Corp. to “amicably” settle the unwanted acceleration recalls and to make sure that the trade disputes are not rekindled. Officials are concerned about stoking a trade friction.
There had already been a diplomatic tension between the U.S. and Japan even before Congress had interrogated Toyota President Akio Toyoda. In fact, there were thousands of new diplomatic cables dumped online last August.
This leaked file provides a glimpse on how the Toyota crisis hit a diplomatic nerve and how Japanese officials continue to dread the trade fights during the 1980s and ’90s.
The leaked file also reveals that Japan’s then-Transportation Minister Seiji Maehara told U.S. Ambassador John Roos during a meeting on Feb. 10, 2010, that the government is seeking an assurance that Toyota’s issues will not weaken U.S.-Japan relations or lead to trade difficulties. Maehara added that the U.S.-Japan bilateral relationship is the “cornerstone of Japanese international policy.”
Japan’s transportation chief asserted that issuing recalls wasn’t a negative thing, says Autonews. Rather, he believes that it was the responsible choice. The U.S. ambassador stated that the governments shouldn’t allow Toyota to have an impact on bilateral relations.
He said that Toyota has to “stay ahead of the issue.” Critics didn’t like Toyota’s slow initial response to complaints on unintended acceleration. Toyota later issued the recall for millions of cars from late 2009 to 2010 to resolve possible floor mat entrapment and sticky pedals.


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In May, it became known that HTC is working on an unusual project Exodus – a smartphone with a blockchain. The company created for it a separate website, on which published new information.
It became clear that this smartphone will be used as a “cold” storage – the so-called computers or devices without Internet access, which store keys for cryptocurrency. This allows you to protect yourself from hackers who can hack a device or steal a password and steal your money remotely. Apparently, the smartphone Exodus will have a separate chip, which will store crypto wallets data in a protected form.
It also became known that the announcement of the smartphone is scheduled for the fall of 2018. Already now you can register on the site of Exodus and receive all information about the novelty.


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Powerscourt Distillery has announced a new release called Fercullen Falls, which is a blend of malt and grain whiskeys.
Fercullen Falls has a high malt content, and has matured in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels. The grain is in a combination of ex-bourbon and new heavy char oak casks.
The whiskey is bottled at 43% ABV.
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Head of whiskey for the distillery John Cashman said, "With this release, The Powerscourt Distillery is heralding the start of a new era for the distillery with the inclusion of malt whiskey distilled right here in Powerscourt. As a proud Wicklow man, it is wonderful to be part of the first (legal!) whiskey distilled in Wicklow in over a hundred years. The team has worked very hard to develop and deliver Fercullen Falls Blended Irish Whiskey and we are very pleased with the results.”
Head distiller and blender Paul Corbett said, "The 50% malt content in the blend adds to the complexity and depth of flavour, which is very different to what other blended Irish whiskeys are offering."
Caroline Gardiner, head of marketing, said, "This new core expression from Powerscourt Distillery will ensure our whiskey is relevant to a new generation. A consumer audience which is driving the growth of Irish whiskey, seeking quality, not quantity."
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Subblime is a website where YouTube personalities can share lists of their favorite things a la Pinterest.
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a ban on plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers that sell perishable food items.
Anschutz Entertainment Group has signed a joint venture with MGM Resorts International to develop a $350 million, 20,000-seat arena near the Las Vegas Strip, MGM announced Tuesday.
Shares of Staar Surgical Co. jumped 11 percent on Tuesday after the maker of implantable eye lenses said it had received regulatory approval to sell a product in Korea and Argentina.
Mattel Inc. on Tuesday announced a series of new or extended licensing agreements for properties it either owns or licenses, including Thomas the Train and Monster Jam.
MPG Office Trust, Inc. has completed the sale of what was once one of its crown jewels, downtown L.A.’s U.S. Bank Tower.
In Tuesday trading, the Dow Jones industrial average closed up 138 points to 15,318. The Nasdaq rose 30 points to 3,482. The S&P 500 rose 13 points to 1,652.
The Port of Long Beach posted a 17 percent increase in cargo volume in May, its highest level in nearly three years.
American International Group Inc. on Monday said that it has given a Chinese consortium until the end of July to complete the $4.8 billion purchase of International Lease Finance Corp., after the consortium missed a Friday deadline.
Motorcar Parts of America Inc.’s fiscal fourth quarter loss more than quadrupled as the company took an $84.7 million write-off of its failed acquisition of a Canadian parts maker.
The California Department of General Services on Monday said it had sold a vacant 1.9-acre parcel in the Los Angeles Civic Center district for park development.
Executive search firm Korn/Ferry International reported higher net income in its fourth quarter ended April 30.
MannKind Corp. said it has completed the second of two additional trials requested by the Food and Drug Administration for its inhaled insulin pipeline product.
In Monday trading, the Dow Jones industrial average closed up 109 points to 15,180. The Nasdaq rose 28 points to 3,452. The S&P 500 rose 12 points to 1,639. The LABJ Stock Index rose 1 point to 163.
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. will bring its feature film characters to the small screen in a deal to produce original content for streaming through Netfilix Inc., the companies announced on Monday.
Culver City network Fullscreen announced Monday that it has raised a Series A round of financing from Chernin Group, Comcast Ventures and WPP.
GenCorp on Friday completed its acquisition of storied San Fernando Valley rocket-engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne.
Mob Science is known for "Legends: Rise of a Hero," a game where players try to rescue a captured princess by slaying monsters.
CBRE Group Inc. on Friday said it has acquired full ownership of Sogesmaint-CBRE, a property and asset management specialist primarily operating in Belgium.
American States Water Co. said that its Golden State Water subsidiary has acquired Rural Water Co. in San Luis Obispo County.


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WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — Erin Thorne is an expert in paranormal fiction, and on Saturday, she'll bring that knowledge to Westborough's Tatnuck Bookseller.
The Sturbridge, Mass., native will be at the 18 Lyman St. store from 10 a.m. to noon signing copies of her new book "Behind the Wheel."
"I'm currently working on a fantasy trilogy, and there's a horror novel on the back burner as well, loosely based on part of my childhood," said Thorne on her Facebook page.
Thorne is also the author of "Deals Diabolical" and "Diane's Descent," both of which are available online.


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Mom Detective answers a question from a member in California: “I like to use those dishwasher pods in the disposable clear packs, but I want to make sure they break down in the environment. Do they?”
Articles by Amy Ziff
Mom Detective answers a question from a member in Louisiana: What bug spray ingredients are safe, and which should be avoided, especially for kids?
Mom Detective answers a question from a member in Georgia: “What is the safest sunscreen?”
MOM DETECTIVE answers two questions from a member in Michigan: “Is it possible to have microplastics in your sweat?” and “Can a person consume too many microplastics?”
MOM DETECTIVE answers a question from a member in Maine: “What is currently being done at the federal and state level to outlaw PFAS (forever chemicals)?”
From head to toe, your winter gear may be covered with PFAS “forever” chemicals.
A new study found that babies had over 10 times the amount of microplastics particles in their feces compared to adults.
A new report identified over 10,000 chemicals in the manufacturing and production of plastics. The report, with its worrying long list of chemicals, gives us a glimpse at the problem, and a place to begin to find solutions.
A recent study found that nearly half of cosmetic products tested contained toxic “forever chemicals” – per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS).
Here are spring cleaning tips for safe and effective toxic-free home cleaning.
COUNT DOWN by Shanna Swan warns that everyday chemicals from products and foods are harming our fertility and reproductive health.
Studies report that plastics are a severe threat to our children’s health. Here’s why and what to do about it.


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A decide overseeing a bunch of builders in search of $200 billion from the Apple App Store go well with has dominated, handing a defeat to the builders preventing in opposition to what they referred to as Apple’s “tyrannical greed.”
In a 34-page ruling, Judge Edward Chen dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Apple used monopoly energy to exclude apps that it did not like from the App Store, to learn its personal “institutional partners.” Chen dominated that the builders didn’t establish a market that Apple exerts monopolistic management.
Specifically, the builders tried to outline the market as each the “smartphone market” as an entire, and the “iOS institutional app market.” Five different markets have been cited as being “downstream” as nicely, based on a report by Courthouse News on Thursday, however the decide dominated that the classifications all “failed to pass muster” and have been unclear.
“Plaintiffs fail to define that area of effective competition in which they compete,” Chen wrote in his ruling. “They are not smartphone manufacturers. Nor do they provide any other basis for the court to find that the market of U.S. Smartphones is the area of effective competition’ for plaintiffs’ claims.”
Furthermore, the decide declared that the markets that the builders cited have been “single-brand markets” the place Apple was “inherently and necessarily” the one participant.
The builders’ lawyer has pledged to struggle on, calling the ruling “baffling.” An attraction is anticipated.
Any attraction would possible take years. Success sooner or later appeals will possible require quite a lot of antitrust legislation modification to make the Sherman anti-trust legal guidelines apply on this case, in addition to a victory on attraction within the Epic versus Apple case — neither of which appear more likely to occur within the short-term.
The long-running authorized dispute between Apple and the developer of “Coronavirus Reporter,” got here to a head in early July, 2021. The developer withdrew its antitrust case that it filed earlier, and refiled it as a category motion one alongside different builders.
“Coronavirus Reporter” and a second firm, Calid Inc, joined forces to symbolize “themselves and all others similarly situated.”
The submitting tried to attract comparisons with Apple, and the decades-old profitable anti competitors case in opposition to Microsoft and browser bundling.
“Apple, by breathtaking comparison, has secured its position as the wealthiest company in the world by committing all of those enumerated crimes under the guise of popularity and commitment to quality,” the mixed submitting stated. “There can be little doubt that Tim Cook sought to compensate for the tragic loss of Steve Jobs – and his gift for innovation – by seeking reckless profits on the heels of the success that Apple enjoyed with the iPhone.”
These two builders wished to redefine the Sherman Act to make the App Store chargeable for not making all iPhone customers conscious of some builders of free apps. In the submitting, the builders stated that free apps symbolize “a major component of the ecosystem and a significant source of lost ‘person-years’ of work.”
The “Coronavirus Reporter” developer restated its earlier complaints that Apple blocked its COVID app unjustly. Apple stated that the developer’s complaints about it have been “cavalier.”
Apple blocked the app citing the builders’ inadequate medical background. “Coronavirus Reporter” notes that it counts a head NASA heart specialist amongst its group, and now believes that Apple selected to advertise a distinct free app as a substitute.
“About one month after rejecting [our] app, Apple permitted several employees at a London teaching hospital to distribute a COVID app on the App Store that functioned nearly identically to Coronavirus Reporter,” continues the submitting. “That competing app obtained the so-called first mover advantage, and is currently used by five million individuals daily.”
The go well with referred to as for at the very least $90 million in damages for each considered one of an estimated 500 apps that have been allegedly “suppressed or rejected.” The whole damages requested for “approaches $200 billion when ten years of $99 developer fees are factored in.”
The go well with additionally wished the creation of an “independent, and impartial App Court,” to forestall anti-competitive conduct.