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When the ecstatic Instagram posts started rolling in earlier this week from models celebrating the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show casting announcements, a couple models were notably absent from the social media festivities. Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid were not among the women spotted entering and leaving the Manhattan offices where castings were held, leading many to assume they were not on this year’s lineup. But, as she announced in an Instagram post Saturday night, Bella Hadid, at least, is officially walking in the 2017 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
The first hint appeared on her Instagram stories the previous day—Hadid, swathed in one of the lingerie brand’s trademark hot pink silk robes, mugged for the camera in a short video. Then, on Saturday, she arrived at the Victoria’s Secret casting offices for a fitting—after all the other models already had their go—wearing light-washed jeans, a white bustier and white button down, and white stilettos. Finally, that same evening, she posted another image of herself wearing a simple black bra with a slate-grey silk robe falling from her shoulders. In the caption, she announced the news in the same jubilant manner as her peers like Devon Windsor, Grace Elizabeth, Maria Borges, and others: “I feel so crazy humbled to get the opportunity to be a part of this show again…Walking into the offices this year I felt so happy, healthy, and honored,” she wrote. “I can’t wait for another incredible experience!!! Congrats to all of the beautiful ladies I will be walking beside.” The whole thing, apparently, took less than a day—apparently a foregone conclusion for the woman who had made the biggest news of the previous year’s show.
Last year, Hadid made her Victoria’s Secret debut, walking the same runway as her elder sister—and her ex-boyfriend, The Weeknd, who performed during the show. It was, in essence, the ultimate breakup fantasy: Hadid powered down the runway in luxurious lingerie while her ex boyfriend looked on. In one look, she wore a flinty grey corset and lace bra, a silk chiffon robe billowing behind her; in a second, she wore a blue, crystal-embellished long-sleeved top and underwear with feather details. All this is to say, Hadid’s second outing on the Victoria’s Secret runway—reportedly in Shanghai this year, in lieu of last year’s Paris—has a lot to live up to.
It’s good to know that, while Hadid is re-devoting herself to equestrianism and putting in substantial hours as the new face of Bulgari, she’s still making time for one of the glitziest fashion events of the year. And Hadid’s tardiness serves to show there’s still time for Gigi and Kendall to join in on the occasion, too.


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SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Algoma Steel's (TSX: AGA) fourth-quarter profit fell to $50.4 million from a year-ago $55 million on lower volumes and weaker steel prices.
The Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., based steelmaker said late Wednesday the profits amounted to $1.57 per share on sales of $418.4 million and compared with $1.38 per share on sales of $477.6 million.
"As expected, the fourth quarter was full of challenges as inventory rationalization at the service centres and high imports resulted in softer market conditions and a corresponding reduction in volumes and lower steel prices," stated president and CEO Denis Turcotte.
"We remain cautiously optimistic going into 2007 as there are early indications that service centre inventory levels are beginning to decline with both volumes and pricing responding accordingly."
Steel prices averaged $721 per ton in the fourth quarter as compared to $774 per ton in the third quarter and $751 per ton in the fourth quarter of 2005.
Steel shipments totalled 534,200 tons for the fourth quarter, 48,300 tons lower than the fourth quarter of 2005.
Net income for the year ended Dec. 31 was $221.8 million or $6.06
per share compared to $239.6 million or $6 per share in 2005, due primarily to lower average steel pricing and lower coke shipments.
Sales totalled $1.94 billion for the year, versus $1.92 billion in 2005.
Shares in Algoma closed at $37.70 on the TSX Wednesday, up 14 cents before the results were announced.

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Canadian Solar Incorporated (NASDAQ: CSIQ) has announced a supply agreement with Real Goods Solar, a large residential installer, where Canadian Solar will supply up to 40 MW of high-performance solar modules to power a range of commercial and residential installations in the US.
“Canadian Solar is proud to partner with Real Goods, a leader in bringing solar to the residential market, with a reputation for high quality customer service and customer satisfaction,” said, Alan King, general manager of Canadian Solar USA.
“We are excited to team up with Canadian Solar, and have been impressed with the quality, performance and reliability of the company’s panels and its commitment to excellence,” said Bill Yearsley, CEO of Real Goods Solar.
Canadian Solar’s modules have been awarded key international certifications attesting to the rigours of the company’s formal inspections and testing.
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Even when a memorandum of understanding signed by the parties only runs until Nov. 15, Saab said that the negotiations between its owner, Swedish Automobile, and two Chinese investors will continue. Saab spokeswoman Gunilla Gustavs said that talks are ongoing over the structure of the takeover deal. It was three weeks ago that the Chinese companies, Pang Da Automobile Trade Co. and Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Co., signed a memorandum of understanding with Swedish Automobile. They agreed to pay 100 million euros ($142 million) to purchase all of the shares in Saab.
This is the replacement of the first rescue plan proposed by Youngman and Pang Da, which had both agreed to take a combined 53.9% stake in Swedish Automobile for 245 million euros ($340 million).
According to the court details unveiled at the end of October, the Chinese companies said that they will put in over a half a billion euros ($709 million) additional capital into Saab as part of its goal to make the automaker more profitable by 2014.
But General Motors Co., the former owner of Saab, contradicted the deal and said it won't continue to license its technology to Saab after the proposed ownership change. This strategy could end plans to sell the brand. Gustavs said that the talks continue in the hopes that a “workable solution” will be reached. [source: AutoWeek]


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DigitalCommerce360.com will bring together all e-commerce brands of Vertical Web Media, including Internet Retailer, Top500Guide.com, B2B E-Commerce World, and Internet Health Management.
Shoppers with a high broadband connection in June could visit an apparel retail site in an average of 6.02 seconds, Gomez says. Mass merchants had the fastest low broadband access at 22.03 seconds.
For the second consecutive month, apparel and accessories merchants delivered the best response time to shoppers with a high broadband connection, says Gomez Inc.
Shoppers with a high broadband connection in June could visit an apparel retail web site in an average time of 6.02 seconds, Gomez says, compared with mass merchants (6.73), computers and electronics retailers (6.74 seconds), and specialty merchants (8.02).
When a site is accessed by a low broadband connection, mass merchants provided the fastest average access at 22.03 seconds, Gomez says. The next fastest web retailing category for low broadband response time was apparel and accessories merchants at 22.47 seconds, followed by computers and electronics retailers at 23.18 seconds.


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Virtual reality has grown far more widespread in the last two years, and its uses are expanding. Despite this, most of what we hear about tends to focus on video games. Video games popular all over the world, and the idea of playing in a new, immersive format is enticing for many people. But VR has many other applications, and India has shown interest in exploring a lot of them.
There is already a platform offering VR-based exploration of the country, which is something that people have been taking about for a long time.
Some people like the idea of using VR to check out foreign countries before taking their own trip, while others want to use it instead of actual tourism to “see” beautiful parts of the world without actually having to spend money on travel. Whatever the case, India is packed with destinations that many people around the world would love to see, and virtual reality is making it possible for them to experience these sights like never before.
We’re also seeing an interesting twist on the idea of VR getting involved with the Indian film industry. It has been assumed that entire films will be released in VR in a few years, so audience members can enjoy the action from a real first-person perspective.
Instead of taking this approach just yet, the people behind the movie Baahubali 2: The Conclusion have organized a live virtual reality event that will allow audiences to tune in for a pre-release premiere. It’s giving the red carpet treatment to ordinary fans, and allowing them a unique viewing experience before the project even reaches theatres.
Sticking with the idea of entertainment, there is also significant potential for the casino industry in India to take advantage of VR platforms. In recent years, online casino sites have begun to offer something called live dealer gameplay that allows players to interact with actual human dealers through a video feed. Consequently, live dealer casinos have begun to offer many of the most popular titles, providing a new type of gaming for players everywhere. VR developers are also starting to explore the casino genre, and it’s not hard to connect the dots. India has had a fairly active online casino community for a long time, and with interactive trends like live dealer gaming already becoming popular, it makes sense that VR will soon adopt similar options.
That covers three potentially major categories in travel, film, and digital entertainment. But to end on a more serious note, we’ve also seen early evidence of the Indian military taking advantage of VR technology. The army is trying to get virtual reality simulators in order to train commandos for counter-terrorism operations in certain parts of the country. More than any other developments, this speaks to the incredibly realistic quality of the virtual reality systems that have emerged in the last few years.
Put it all together, and India as a whole appears to be taking full advantage of one of the more exciting technological developments to come along in a while. As India continues to develop as a tech powerhouse it’s will be interesting to see what happens next.


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Salesforce is the University's primary digital constituent outreach platform, and Fanatics uses Salesforce to deliver real-time, AI-powered shopping experiences.
MLB celebrated the day on July 4 with events with every home team, and the Yankees held special activations to raise awareness for ALS.
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Of the fifteen games scheduled to be re-run, not one is older than November of 2017.
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Plastic microfibres found in most bottled waters
March 15, 2018 - The World Health Organisation is to launch a health review into the potential risks of plastic after a major study found tiny particles of plastic in leading brands of bottled water.
“Widespread contamination” with plastic was found in the study, led by microplastic researcher Sherri Mason of the State University of New York at Fredonia, according to a summary released by Orb Media, a U.S.-based non-profit media collective.
Experts cautioned that the extent of the risk to human health posed by such contamination remains unclear.
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Check out which companies are making headlines before the bell:
Walt Disney — The latest "Star Wars" movie smashed box office records over the weekend. That could help Disney bounce back from a Friday rout inspired in part by a BTIG downgrade.
Microsoft — An article in Barron's suggests that the stock could rise 30 percent over the next 18 months thanks to the boost provided by its cloud-computing business.
Tiffany — Jefferies upgraded the luxury goods retailer to "buy" from "hold," calling it a rare opportunity to get a high quality company at a discount.
Baxalta — The drug maker will get a higher takeover bid from Britain's Shire, according to the Sunday Times. The paper said Shire would add 8 billion pounds ($11.9 billion) in cash to the bid, sweetening an all-stock offer in August that at the time was worth more than $30 billion. Separately, Baxalta and partner Momenta said a proposed copy of AbbVie's best-selling immunosuppressant Humira met a primary endpoint in a study.
Joy Global — The mining company's stock was upgraded to "market perform" from "underperform" at FBR, noting the company's strategy moves to cut costs and deal with the ongoing commodity price slump.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group — The Japanese firm has been told by U.S. regulators to improve governance of its American operations, according to sources quoted by Reuters.
Syngenta — Syngenta now has a $44 billion takeover over from ChemChina, according to Bloomberg. That bid is $2 billion higher than a prior offer for the agricultural chemicals firm, but still below the $47 billion bid from Monsanto that Syngenta rejected earlier this year.
General Electric — GE said it expected to announce a decision in January on whether it would move its headquarters out of Fairfield, Connecticut. It's been considering such a move due to recently-passed tax increases by state lawmakers.
BHP Billiton — BHP's Brazilian assets have been frozen by a judge, along with those of its partner, state-owned mining company Vale. That follows a determination by a judge that their joint venture could not pay for damage caused by a dam burst last month.
Comcast — Comcast is considering a bid for British commercial broadcaster ITV, according to London's Daily Mail. The paper said the NBCUniversal parent could bid as much as $16 billion and that talks between the two parties are believed to have taken place. (Disclosure: NBCUniversal is parent of CNBC.)
Live Nation Entertainment — The entertainment company may be interested in rescuing financially strapped music festival promoter SFX Entertainment, according to Reuters. SFX bondholders want that to happen, according to the report, but Live Nation is said to be moving slowly in considering such a deal.
U.S. Steel — The steelmaker reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Steelworkers union covering about 18,000 workers at more than a dozen locations across the U.S.
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Saint Benjamin Brewing Co. in Kensington will close for good month on May 4. The popular brewery, started by Tim Patton and Christina Burris, announced it will be shutting down via Instagram on Monday morning.
The brewery noted in its post, “If you haven’t already heard, we’re closing up shop May 4th. The building was sold and the buyers just aren’t that into us, so we’re getting kicked to the curb. S*** happens, we’ve all been dumped before.”
Saint Benjamin's brewery opened in 2014 and the restaurant and taproom opened in 2016.
Fox Brown, general manager for the taproom, confirmed the news with PhillyVoice. “It’s just a bummer,” she said. “We all live in the neighborhood. I watched everything kind of change around us in the last three years. We just kept getting better and better.”
Brown also confirmed that Saint Benjamin's owner has decided to go in another direction.
While both the business and building were up for sale, Patton sold the building but not the brand. The building's will convert the space into residential units. While there may be space for a restaurant in those plans, Brown said, “definitely won’t be room for another brewery.
Saint Benjamin Brewing Co.'s last week will be Philly vegan week. Brown says they plan to “go out with a bang" for their May 4 closing.
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If you haven’t already heard, We’re closing up shop May 4th. The building was sold and the buyers just aren’t that into us, so we’re getting kicked to the curb. Shit happens, we’ve all been dumped before. BUT- you still have 3 weeks to fill your bellies with all the Green Chile Cheeseburger Empanadas & Old Skool IPA you can fit (amongst other things.) #stbenjaminstaproom #stbenjaminbrew #happyhourphilly #philly #phillyphilly #phillysupportphilly #phillysupportsphilly #phillybeer #craftbeer #drinklocal #drinkphilly #phillyhappyhour #phillydrinks #kensingtonphilly #fishtown #templeuniversity #northernliberties #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin
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When it opened five years ago, Saint Benjamin Brewing Co. was among the smallest breweries in the city, in terms of beer production. By 2016 the brewery had opened its taproom and expanded its brewing systems to increase its capacity 10 fold. Saint Benjamin's canned beers are sold by distributors in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, as well as in New Jersey and Delaware.


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New Delhi, Sep 14 (Calcutta Tube) Ice-cream, microwave ovens, mineral water and dish antenna are among 241 new items in the basket of commodities making up the official wholesale price index, reflecting changes in India’s price line and consumption pattern better.
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma Tuesday unveiled the new index that is used as the main indicator of India’s underlying inflation, as also the rate of change in the wholesale prices of commodities. He said 2004-05 will be the new base year.
The index now has 676 items, against 435 items under the previous series of 1993-94 and 447 items when the base year was 1981-82. The bulk of the items have been added to the sub-group of manufactured products. The other two sub-indices are primary articles and fuels.
‘The new series will give a robust, truer picture of the Indian economy,’ Sharma said at the press conference here to announce the new series. ‘The new basket of items will help in monitoring the price scenario in a better way.’
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia too later echoed Sharma’s view, describing the new WPI as ‘in sync with the latest consumption pattern’ as it included a wider range of consumer items.
‘They have rebased it (WPI) in sync with the latest consumption pattern. It is a better indicator of what the inflation rate is now,’ Ahluwalia told reporters.
The new series is based on the recommendations of a working group that was set up under Planning Commission Member Abhijit Sen, which in its technical report submitted in May 2008 recommended the change of the base year to 2004-05.
A committee of secretaries at a meeting Aug 9 had approved the release of new series of WPI with 2004-05 as its base and directed that it may should be released Sep 14.
The minister said based on the new series for calculating the WPI, India’s annual rate of inflation for August was 8.51 percent, over one percentage point below 9.78 percent rise estimated for July.
‘It is desirable to change the base because over a period of time consumption (pattern) of consumers changes, so any sensible price index should get rebased,’ Ahluwalia said.
‘Updation of inflation (index) was absolutely essential because the earlier index had gone out of range. We should not mind the change at all,’ he further added.
The new series has also altered the weight attached to each commodity group.
Now, manufactured items now has a higher weight of 64.972 as against 63.749 earlier. The weight for fuels has also increased to 14.910 against 14.226. But for primary articles, the weight is down at 20.118 against 22.025.
Officials said in a bid to reflect the actual consumption pattern, the new series drops as many as 200 items sach as typewriters, video cassette recorders, to make a room for items like computers, refrigerators, televisions and video disc players.
The concept of wholesale price index is to capture all transactions carried out in the domestic market. The concept has now been refined to capture the transactions only at the first point of bulk sale.
Officials said the government is also working on a two new indices to reflect the changes in the cost of services — one on financial services and the other on trade and transport.


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Samsung earlier this year acquired Viv, an artificial intelligence assistant from the makers of Siri. The Galaxy S8 is expected to be the first mobile device to ship with Viv features preloaded, and a new report says that’s indeed going to be the case, even if Google might not like it.
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Next year’s Galaxy S8 is going to include a variety of new features for the Galaxy S family, including a brand new design as well as new software tricks. The unofficial features change log includes an all-screen design, better AMOLED display technology, a fingerprint sensor embedded in the screen, a courageous USB-C port that will replace …


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Shoppers who paid a recent visit to an IKEA store in Canada where treated to the antics of monkey is a stylish coat, according to Yahoo! News.
Although it’s not too surprising that a monkey would eventually find its way into an IKEA location, the tiny animal in the sheepskin jacket wasn’t there to shop for home decorations. Apparently the monkey managed to escape from its owner’s car, a feat it followed up with a trip through the retailer’s parking lot.
Security staff at the Toronto IKEA managed to corner the frightened little macaque before placing a call to police.
“At first, I didn’t know what kind of animal it was. Then I was like ‘Oh my gosh, it’s a monkey!” explained Bronwyn Page, who managed to get photos of the monkey before it was apprehended by authorities. “We didn’t think it was real. It was very bizarre to see. I never expected to see that.”
According to The Associated Press, the IKEA monkey was understandably freaked out by the encounter with security guards. Toronto Police Staff Sergeant Ed Dzingala said the macaque was “pretty scared” during the encounter. The animal was apprehended before it got lost inside the furniture store.
Page said people kept trying to call the monkey towards them, which only served to agitated the little creature.
“All the people were trying to call it towards them, but it was very scared, it was darting all over the place. People were trying to get it away from cars,” the photographer said.
Unfortunately for the macaque, the reunion with its owner was ultimately cut short. Since owning a banned animal is against the law, the monkey was later handed over to Toronto’s animal services department.
To check out the monkey hanging around outside of IKEA while wearing a stylish sheepskin coat, be sure to swing by CBC News.


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Credit Union applied False Threats to get Debts and Placed Unfair Restrictions on Account Access
WASHINGTON, D.C. вЂ“ Today the customer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Navy Federal Credit Union to make threats that are false commercial collection agency to its users, such as active-duty military, retired servicemembers, and their own families. The credit union additionally unfairly restricted account access when people had a loan that is delinquent. Navy Federal Credit Union is correcting its business collection agencies techniques and can pay roughly $23 million in redress to victims along side a civil cash penalty of $5.5 million.
вЂњNavy Federal Credit Union misled its users about its business collection agencies techniques and froze consumers out of their very own accounts,вЂќ said CFPB Director Richard Cordray. вЂњFinancial institutions have the right to gather cash this is certainly as a result of them, nevertheless they must conform to federal legislation because they do this.вЂќ
Navy Federal Credit Union is a credit that is federal situated in Vienna, Va. Being a credit union, it gives an array of customer financial loans and solutions, including deposit reports and loans. Account when you look at the credit union is restricted to consumers that are, or have already been, U.S. army servicemembers, Department of Defense civilian workers or contractors, federal federal government workers assigned to Department of Defense installments, and their instant relatives. It’s the credit union that is largest in the nation, with additional than $73 billion in assets at the time of December 2015.
The CFPB research unearthed that Navy Federal Credit Union deceived consumers to obtain them to cover accounts that are delinquent. The credit union falsely threatened serious actions whenever, in reality, it seldom took such actions or didn’t have authorization to just just take them. The credit union additionally take off peopleвЂ™ electronic use of their records and charge cards when they failed to spend loans that are overdue. Thousands and thousands of consumers had been suffering from these techniques, which happened between January 2013 and July 2015. The methods violated the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and customer Protection Act. Especially, the CFPB unearthed that Navy Federal Credit Union:
- Falsely threatened action that is legal wage garnishment: The credit union delivered letters to people threatening to simply simply just take legal action unless they produced re re re payment. However in truth, it seldom took any such actions. The CFPB unearthed that the credit unionвЂ™s message to customers of вЂњpay or be suedвЂќ had been inaccurate about 97 % associated with time, even among customers whom would not make a re payment in reaction towards the letters. The credit unionвЂ™s representatives also referred to as people with payday loans in Louisiana comparable spoken threats of legal action. While the credit union threatened to garnish wages whenever it had no intention or authority to do this.
- Falsely threatened to get hold of officers that are commanding stress servicemembers to settle: The credit union delivered letters to lots of servicemembers threatening that the credit union would contact their commanding officers when they failed to quickly create a re re payment. The credit unionвЂ™s representatives also communicated these threats by telephone. For people in the army, credit rating issues can lead to disciplinary procedures or cause revocation of the protection approval. The credit union had not been did and authorized perhaps perhaps not want to contact the servicemembersвЂ™ chains of demand in regards to the debts it had been wanting to gather.
- Misrepresented credit consequences of dropping behind on financing: The credit union delivered about 68,000 letters to users misrepresenting the credit effects of dropping behind on a Navy Federal Credit Union loan. Lots of the letters stated that customers would find it вЂњdifficult, if you don’t that is impossible get extra credit since they had been behind to their loan. But no basis was had by the credit union for that claim, because it failed to review credit files before delivering the letters. The credit union additionally misrepresented its impact on a credit that is consumerвЂ™s, implying so it could raise or reduced the score or impact a consumerвЂ™s usage of credit. The credit union could supply information to the credit reporting companies but it could not determine a consumerвЂ™s credit score as a furnisher.
- Illegally froze membersвЂ™ usage of their records: The credit union froze electronic account access and disabled electronic solutions for around 700,000 reports after consumers became delinquent for a Navy Federal Credit Union credit product. This suggested delinquency on financing could shut a consumerвЂ™s debit card down, ATM, and online use of the consumerвЂ™s checking account. The account that is only customers might take on the web is to make re re re payments on delinquent or overdrawn reports.
Pursuant into the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB has got the authority to do this against organizations or people doing unjust or misleading functions or techniques or that otherwise violate consumer that is federal guidelines. Underneath the regards to your order, Navy Federal Credit Union is needed to:
- Pay victims $23 million: The credit union is needed to spend approximately $23 million in payment to customers who received letters that are threatening. Many will undoubtedly be qualified to receive redress when they received among the misleading commercial collection agency letters plus they produced repayment to your credit union within 60 times of that page. In addition, all customers whom received the page threatening to get hold of their commanding officer will get at minimum $1,000 in payment. The credit union will contact customers who will be qualified to receive payment.
- Proper commercial collection agency methods: The credit union must produce an extensive intend to deal with exactly just how it communicates featuring its users about overdue financial obligation. This consists of refraining from any deceptive, false, or unsubstantiated threats to contact a consumerвЂ™s commanding officer, threats to start appropriate action, or misrepresentations in regards to the credit effects of dropping behind on a Navy Federal Credit Union loan.
- Ensure customer account access: Navy Federal Credit Union cannot block its people from accessing almost all their records if they’re delinquent on a single or maybe more reports. The credit union must implement procedures that are proper electronic account limitations.
- Spend a $5.5 million money that is civil: Navy Federal Credit Union is needed to spend a penalty of $5.5 million to your CFPBвЂ™s Civil Penalty Fund.


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Fashion forecasters could never have seen this coming: face tattoos are in. Sure, big stars like Lil Wayne have flaunted their face tattoos for years. However, the tattoo trend reached new levels of popularity in 2018, with the rise of inked-up icons like Post Malone. But we've also seen some surprising figures, like Justin Bieber, get in on the trend.
Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber's 22-year-old son Presley infamously got the word "misunderstood" tattooed on his cheek in February 2020. He defended his ink on Instagram Live later and said, "If I thought this was going to ruin my face or I didn't want this, I wouldn't have done it," according to E! News. Now, however, it seems the young model has changed his mind, as he was spotted at the Malibu Country Mart on August 9 without the cheek tattoo.
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — Samsung’s new Galaxy S5 smartphone has become the company’s best selling phone so far.
Meanwhile, the company battles reports that the plastic design of the Galaxy S5 has problems.
Recent reports and blog posts had the company explaining that the phone packs less bloatware than previous flagship devices.
Ads released showed messages that the new phone is “cool.”
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British digital native beauty brand Facetheory gets £10m investment boost
Digital native skincare brand Facetheory has received a £10 million investment from Active Partners, which it will use to fuel growth in the European and US markets, fund research projects and drive recruitment.
Sheffield-based Facetheory was founded by Jamie Shuker in 2014 and says it uses natural, vegan and cruelty-free formulas that are sold at affordable price points, a strategy which has led to substantial revenue growth from £2m to £15m in the past three years.
This is the first time London-based private equity firm Active Partners has invested in the personal care sector. It previously invested in food chain Leon, members club Soho House as well as cycling clothing brand Rapha and outdoor label Finisterre.
Jamie Shuker, Founder and CEO of Facetheory said: “I founded Facetheory on the belief that consumers deserved better for their skin: better ingredients, better results and better prices. I couldn’t be more excited to have Active Partners on board for this next phase of growth, and their deep expertise and experience in building exceptional, ethical consumer brands will be invaluable as we look to further build out our brilliant team and bring Facetheory’s products to a global audience.”
Janice Cargo, an Investor at Active Partners, added: “Today’s consumers don’t just want great skin care products, they want great skin care products that are ‘clean’, natural and that don’t cost the earth. Jamie recognised this and the team has designed the most exceptional range of innovation, ingredient-led, natural products that consumers genuinely love. The brand’s impressive track record and high repeat purchases rates speak for themselves, and this is truly one of the UK’s most exciting and fast-growing direct-to-consumer skin care brands.”


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In a report released earlier this year, the FCA found "several causes for concern" about robo-advice, including concerns that clients were not receiving suitable advice.
Nutmeg, which is a robo-adviser with about 60,000 customers and assets of £1.5bn, reported losses of £12.3m, while Scalable Capital, which has assets of more than €1bn (£0.89bn), reported a loss of £1.3m in their latest accounts.
Meanwhile, Moneyfarm has posted losses of £13.9m despite seeing its assets under management grow by more than 50 per cent to £400m.
Simon Miller, who works at robo-advice firm Scalable Capital, said: "I think the point being made around customer acquisition is an old one which has been documented several times. Particularly at a time when certain robos, including ourselves, are starting to reach the scale and growth rate which will take us past profitability.
"The point around uncertainty and interest rates is of course true but it is true for all firms trying to raise capital as we move into a tighter monetary cycle.
"That said we are well funded and are confident that our business model and our growth so far put us in a strong position. I would also add that we do not rely on a standalone direct to consumer business for our growth. We have a number of business to business to consumer partnerships which are live and contributing significantly to our growth alongside our direct to consumer business."
Scalable Capital has a partnership with ING in Germany which generated €500m (£445m) in AUM the first 8 months, he said.
Toby Triebel, chief executive for Europe at Wealthsimple, said: "Customer acquisition is one of the challenges of not being a 200 year old institution that commands trust because it's big and has been around for a long time, but where new players are standing out is by delivering more affordable and accessible services that are driven by an exceptional customer experience.
"Given the nature of the service we provide, we're focused on building long term trust with our clients which makes growth channels like referrals an incredibly important part of our business model."
A representative of robo advice firm Wealthify said: "The claim that our business model is unsustainable, typically comes fro traditional services that feel most challenged by new providers like us. The truth is that the way consumers are demanding services, including financial services is changing.
"89 per cent of the UK own a smartphone and almost three-quarters of users have at least one financial app on their phone. This demand for digital solutions will only continue to increase, particularly among the younger generations, who will want to manage their banking, saving and investments online via easy to use, smart, intuitive apps."
They added: "The assumption around acquisition is that it’s predominantly expensive above the line activity, when in reality there’s many ways in which we engage with and attract customers. Our app is top-rated in the app store, we engage extensively online, through content and influencers and through our partnership with Aviva – these are just some of the ways we can start a conversation."


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Two years ago, Tencent Games launched PUBG Mobile, a 2 GB free-to-play app that ports the full experience of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds from PC and consoles to your phone.
It’s since become a $1.5 billion-dollar hit, boasting 50 million daily active users and 600 million downloads worldwide. The game’s developer, Lightspeed & Quantum Studios, has partnered with pro athletes, musicians, AMC’s The Walking Dead, Angry Birds, Capcom, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and the Mission: Impossible franchise to help draw in new players — like the 50,000 teams that competed in PUBG Mobile esports last year.
While Tencent recently kicked off the game’s second anniversary celebration with a special event mode and other changes, Polygon spoke to several folks at Tencent, including director Rick Li, about PUBG Mobile’s whirlwind creation and ongoing development.
“We could see the growing popularity of this category in the gaming market, so the project was started with some urgency,” Li says. “The reaction from players to PUBG pushed us to develop the game quickly ... We immediately gathered the top talent in our studio to invest in this project with an all-in attitude.”
It took them four months.
“It was Mission: Impossible every day,” Li says.
Among the biggest of those challenges was getting the original game’s art and environments to load and render smoothly on a mobile device. “We needed to overcome many technical and artistic difficulties,” Li says, “including HDR real-time lighting, simulating ballistic trajectories, and so on.”
Outside of the primary PUBG Mobile team, Lightspeed & Quantum also established a dedicated team “for each difficult feature,” adapting the game first for high-end devices and then working backward to optimize for less capable models. The idea was that you’d want the game to look its very best when possible, but remain fun and smooth for players with lower-end phones.
“The technical teams received two to three years of experience in two to three months,” Li says.
If you’ve never played PUBG, it’s the game that ignited the battle royale craze seen in Fortnite, Apex Legends, Realm Royale, and Call of Duty: Warzone. A hundred players parachute down onto a small hilly island, scramble to find body armor and weapons, and fight to the death until only a single squad (or player) is left standing.
“A lot of users in China don’t have access to PC or consoles, but they still want to play games,” says Neo Liu, Tencent’s head of games publishing in North and South America. “But these days, everyone should have a smart device. So it’s a good way for us to access a big amount of users and, meanwhile, bring the best gaming experience to them. Though it’s not just about transplanting the existing gameplay.”
For one thing, you’re controlling your in-game character with a screen. “You can use a mouse and keyboard to control the character perfectly on the PC,” Liu says, “but on mobile, due to the device’s limitations, there’s a lot of optimization during your gameplay. You don’t need to manually pick up items; you don’t need to manually open doors. And a lot of the controls are simplified, but that doesn’t necessarily sacrifice the fun of the game.” Many players have adopted a variation of the popular “claw” grip that’s been used by people in the competitive shooter and fighting-game scenes for years.
Another way PUBG Mobile differs from the PC and console versions of PUBG is its regular live-ops support, which includes special timed events, variant game modes, all-new maps, and a “Royale Pass” service that lets players pay to unlock cosmetic reward items.
The Royale Pass “combines players’ competitive natures with their desire for personalization,” says Li. “Our version is very different from the PC game, and the objectives and rewards of each stage must be carefully analyzed and considered.” Li adds, “In order to meet the needs of players, we tried a lot of different plans for the Royale Pass. We did a lot of global user research and worked hard to select the best design.”
Li recalls that the team gathered feedback on the Royale Pass in San Diego during the day, in one time zone, and passed that info along to the PUBG Mobile team in Shenzhen, China (where it was still nighttime), and then the developers were able to make immediate changes to the game. A day after the Royale Pass went live, American and European players logged on to discover they were already playing an updated version of the game.
With over 25 million followers across the game’s various social media channels, Tencent is constantly monitoring the PUBG Mobile community, making sure that new adjustments and content updates are having the desired effect on the player base.
On March 15, 2018, PUBG Mobile launched in Canada with a surprise beta on Android. Li says that more than 10 times the number of anticipated users logged on to try and earn the coveted “Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner” victory screen during the testing period. PC players were surprised by the quality of the mobile port.
PUBG Mobile’s first few months drove home the importance of listening to players, tailoring the game and its marketing to specific territories, and making sure users continued to enjoy the game.
“In China, or in this global version, we know how to keep users engaged, how to get lapsed users back, and how to attract new users,” says Liu. “So there’s a lot of live-ops events going on almost all the time.”
“In order to create a fair gameplay environment for players, our security team continues to improve our anti-cheat security system,” Li explains. “From monitoring to banning, we hold a zero-tolerance policy for cheaters. Nearly ninety-five percent of cheating accounts are automatically banned by our system. Other bans are based on player reports, which helps us a lot when making a judgment on certain cases, or when deciding on the punishment to impose.”
Because of these efforts, Li says, reports of cheating have dropped by 90%.
With PUBG Mobile esports continuing to grow — and a 2020 prize pool of $5 million at stake — it’s more important than ever to keep hackers off the battlefield, especially with events being moved online in the wake of the global coronavirus outbreak.
Vincent Wang, general manager of global publishing at Tencent, says Tencent’s esports ecosystem “creates opportunities for ordinary players,” adding that, for many, “PUBG Mobile is more than just a game.”
With new competitive tiers and a larger prize pool for 2020, the team at Lightspeed & Quantum is also working on new in-game functionality, such as a “dedicated esports center” to help with streaming and spectating during live events and online tournaments. (Outside the world of esports, PUBG is bolstered with social-media integration through platforms like Facebook.)
“Beginning this year, the key focus of our team is to help players establish more interesting connections via the game,” says Wang.
“A vital game must grow with the players, so our team continuously plans ahead for the next iteration’s updates and activities,” Li says. “In future updates, we’ll release new maps, gameplay modes, and even more exciting and unexpected collaborations.”
“Every moment is full of challenges, but at the same time, we’re creating happiness for players around the world,” Wang says. “Some players have met their true love through the game; some have developed closer relationships with their families. Others have realized personal dreams or become national heroes. These are the things that make us proud.”


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Social media stories dominated the list of most popular marketing charts and articles in MarketingProfs in 2010.* Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Wikipedia, figured prominently in seven of the Top 10 articles, which also covered subjects such as email, mobile, marketing budgets, and content marketing.
Why do consumer "like" brands? ExactTarget and Co-Tweet answer the question: Although consumers turn to Facebook primarily to connect with friends and fill downtime, product discounts and "social badging" are the most commonly cited motivations for "liking" brands on Facebook, according to a survey released in September 2010.
Over two in five surveyed Facebook users (43%) say they "like," or are fans of, at least one brand on Facebook. Among them, 40% say they like brands to receive discounts and promotions, whereas 39% say they do so to publicly display their brand affiliations to others. By contrast, 23% of consumers who follow brands on Twitter do so for social-badging purposes.
For additional charts and findings, see "Facebook Users Like Brands for Discounts, Social Badging."
So 2010 became the year that mobile was officially given a seat at the adult table. In this study from April, InsightExpress noted that mobile campaigns are emerging as powerful ad channel for marketers, outperforming online advertising by nearly five times across a variety of metrics, including unaided awareness, message association, and brand favorability.
Benchmarked against performance norms developed for online advertising, mobile campaign norms were also 6.0 times higher than online campaign norms in purchase intent, 3.0 times higher in aided awareness, and 2.5 times higher in ad awareness.
For additional charts and findings, see "Mobile Ad Campaigns Are More Effective Than Online."
Email open and click-through rates declined sharply in 2009, especially in the latter half of the year, with performance levels varying dramatically by industry and email list size, according to a study released in July by MailerMailer. If you want to increase your email’s performance, however, consider a weekend mail: The study found that open and click rates tended to be highest on Sundays.
For additional charts and findings, see "Email Metrics: Open and Click Rates Decline."
Guess who was the prettiest girl at the Marketing Ball in 2010? social media is an essential marketing tool that most companies are readily embracing, according to a March study by the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG) and Anderson Analytics. The study found that 70% of senior marketing executives surveyed are planning new social media initiatives during the year.
For additional charts and findings, see "Marketing Execs Dish on Budgets, Social Media, and Favorite Gurus, Brands, Publications."
LinkedIn was a strong leader in this story, but Wikipedia? Seriously? I know. Weird. Anyway, this LeadForce1 study from June said that among social media channels, LinkedIn accounts for the greatest number of referred visitors to B2B websites. But Wikipedia is more effective at delivering relevant and serious leads.
In addition, visitors referred to B2B websites from Wikipedia spend more time on those sites once they arrive—3.22 minutes on average—compared with visitors from Facebook (2.53 min.), LinkedIn (2.50 min.), and Twitter (2.46 min).
For additional charts and findings, see "LinkedIn Delivers B2B Traffic, Wikipedia More Leads."
Looking for real, hard data that can help you match social media tools and tactics to your marketing goals? The State of Social Media Marketing, a 240-page original research report from MarketingProfs, gives you the inside scoop on how 5,140 marketing pros are using social media to create winning campaigns, measure ROI, and reach audiences in new and exciting ways.
Under "circumventing the globe without a navigational system" comes the story that, despite widespread adoption of social media marketing, most companies are without a plan. Most are still learning how to integrate those efforts into their overall corporate strategies: 78% of surveyed companies say they actively use social media, but just 41% say those efforts are part of a strategic game plan, according to a June survey from Digital Brand Expressions (DBE).
Overall, the survey showed that Marketing is in charge of social media: 71% of companies that do work from a strategic plan say the marketing department has primary responsibility for creating and maintaining the firm's social media presence; 29% cite communication departments, and 16% cite the executive team.
For additional findings, see "Companies Using Social Media Without Game Plan."
Chief marketing officers at US companies in March appeared to be an optimistic bunch: Many were planning significant hiring and budget increases over the next two years, according to a survey conducted by Duke University and the American Marketing Association. Overall, CMOs expect marketing budgets to increase, on average, 5.9% in the next year, with social media emerging as a central component of Internet marketing strategies.
For additional charts and findings, see "CMOs to Ramp Up Hiring, Budgets; Double Social Media Spend."
More evidence that email is the social glue comes from this ExactTarget study, released in July: More than 90% of consumers who are a fan of, or "like," at least one brand on Facebook also receive at least one permission-based marketing email per day, and roughly 75% of consumers who follow at least one brand on Twitter subscribe to at least one brand's email marketing.
Many among such consumers are Social Butterflies, one of 12 distinct online personas that describe online motivations.
For additional charts and findings, see "Email, Facebook, Twitter: How Users Engage With Brands."
Twitter is bigger than Facebook for the nation’s largest companies. The use of Twitter among Fortune 500 corporations has nearly doubled: 60% of companies listed on the 2010 Fortune 500 have a corporate Twitter account with at least one tweet issued in the previous 30 days, up from 35% who did so a year earlier, according to research from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. Meanwhile, 56% of Fortune 500 companies have a Facebook profile.
Among the 298 Fortune 500 (F500) companies that have a Twitter account, specialty retailers rank highest in Twitter adoption (23), followed by food, drug, and consumer products companies (22), and insurance companies (20). Below, a partial list of industries with the greatest Twitter presence.
For additional charts and findings, see "Fortune 500 Social Media Use: Twitter Overtakes Facebook."
Content... well, rules, according to this September study from Vocus and Brian Solis. Though most marketing executives (84%) agree there is a correlation between one's ability to drive action (influence) and one's reach, 90% draw a clear distinction between influence and popularity, and cite the quality of content as the most important factor in building influence online, the survey said.
Fully one-half of surveyed marketing execs say creating, posting, and sharing compelling content is the single most important action people or brands can take to increase their influence online, followed by authenticity (31%), and depth of conversation (10%).
For additional charts and findings, see "Content Quality (Not Quantity) Builds Social Media Influence."
*All 10 articles were originally compiled and written by Lenna Garibian, research writer for MarketingProfs. Reach her via email@example.com.
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In SolForge, players build and
customize decks of cards to compete with other players online or against AI
opponents. SolForge is free to play, and players can earn new cards to improve
their decks through gameplay. Over 180 cards are included in the initial
release, providing challenges for players and collectors alike, and additional
cards are planned for inclusion in future updates.
SolForge is a digital collectible game designed by Stone Blade Entertainment in
a partnership with Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic: the Gathering.
SolForge was successfully funded via a Kickstarter campaign last year, resulting
in more than 7,000 backers who contributed $429,000, or 171 percent of the
project's funding goal. Until now, SolForge has only been available as a limited
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In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, people across the United States are finding time to help one another. Dave Baker gave a look at Thursday's good news.
Teachers nationwide are looking for ways to keep their students motivated while remote learning. In Rosemount, Minnesota, two teachers surprised their students with inspirational messages written in chalk on their driveways.
It wasn't just a "See you soon!", each student got a personalized message from their teachers, like "l love your laugh!" or "You are hard-working, loved and missed."
Local businesses are finding ways to adapt to social distancing measures.
For the Grain Brewing Company and Spring Gate Vineyard in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania that means offering beer and wine via delivery. The brewery is also offering takeout and curbside pickup.
Not wanting to see his products go to waste, a Birmingham florist is giving away thousands of flowers to help other local businesses.
Cameron Pappas, who owns Norton's Florist, says he can't make deliveries or operate for now. So, he's giving his roses, daises and mums to restaurants to, in turn, give to customers with curbside sales.
Those are just some of the good news stories making headlines on Thursday, March 26.


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Samsung and Dell, alongside nine other regional manufacturers, have signed a deal to pre-load Microsoft apps on to future Android tablets, allowing Microsoft’s own services to better compete with Google. Apps to be pre-loaded include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive and Skype.
Some specifics of the deal have not been revealed, so we don’t know how much this cost Microsoft, or what devices these apps will appear on, aside from the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. However, we do know that a long list of Microsoft’s services are going to be aggressively promoted.
SangChul Lee, Samsung’s VP of strategic marketing commented on the move, saying: “Our goal is to meet the ever-evolving needs of consumers and business customers and give them more power to discover new mobile experiences. We believe our suite of premium mobile products, coupled with Microsoft’s productivity services, will offer users the mobility they need in their personal and business life.”
OneDrive, OneNote and Skype will come pre-installed on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge flagship devices from Samsung but it looks like Samsung is going to begin allowing users to uninstall pre-loaded apps from now on, so these services won’t be completely forced on to users.
Discuss on our Facebook page, HERE.
KitGuru Says: This is just the latest move from Microsoft, attempting to push its services on to whatever devices its customers are using. Do you guys think the inclusion of Microsoft apps on more devices will help make them more popular?
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Vauxhall has just released official pictures of their new Corsa VXR Nurburgring Edition that's set to go on sale in the UK this May. It's powered by a turbocharged version of the 1.6-liter found in the regular Corsa VXR. By upgrading the ECU software as well, engineers were able to create a total output of 202 hp and 207 lb-ft of torque. The standard Corsa produces 189 hp and 196 lb-ft of torque.
In order to avoid excessive torque steering, Vauxhall has fitted a limited slip differential to the front axle. The car has also been lowered by 20mm at the front and 15mm at the rear. Top speed is reported to be 143 mph and includes Brembo brakes that weigh less than a third of the standard ones. It goes from 0 to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds and pricing is set at £22,295, which is roughly $36,715 according to current exchange rates.


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Mayflex has signed up to sponsor the ‘CCTV Camera Equipment of the Year’ category at the forthcoming IFSEC and Firex awards, which take place in Birmingham on Monday 13th May to coincide with the IFSEC 2013 exhibition.
Mayflex is a leading distributor of IP security solutions and offers an extensive portfolio of products within its security portfolio, including brands such as ACTi, Agent Vi, Avigilon, AXIS, Bosch, Fluidmesh, Illuminar, Mobotix, Milestone, Overland, Paxton, QNAP, Raytec, UTC and Veracity.
Commenting on the sponsorship, Tracey Calcutt, Marketing Manager, said: “We feel that the awards evening is part of the whole IFSEC experience and is a great opportunity to acknowledge those companies and products that have technological innovation and are leading the way in each of their areas. The evening also offers a great opportunity to meet with our industry peers and establish new contacts.”
Calcutt added: “We hope to see a number of IP security cameras within the shortlist for the CCTV Camera Equipment of the Year award. The market for IP cameras is increasing at as substantial rate the benefits and image quality really sets them apart.”
Mayflex are exhibiting on stand C20 in Hall 4 at the IFSEC exhibition that takes place from 13th to 16th May at the NEC, Birmingham. They will have a team of experts on the stand to discuss converged IP solutions, that not only covers the IP security portfolio but also the infrastructure and networking solutions and how Mayflex’s heritage in structured cabling really helps them to understand the IP network.
Gary Harmer, the Director of Sales for IP Security, will be attending the awards evening and presenting the award on behalf of Mayflex.


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An April 17, 2013, fire and explosion at West Fertilizer Co. killed 15 people and devastated the small town of West, Texas.
One year ago, an enormous explosion at a West, Texas, fertilizer plant claimed 15 lives while destroying 120 homes and damaging 200 others across 37 blocks. Take a look back at images of the devastation.
It's time to start thinking of smartphones and USB Flash drives like toothbrushes or razors -- for personal use only.
German security researchers have discovered that USB-connected devices have a fatal flaw. Anything that connects via USB can be repro...


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Holiday Shopping Forecast: Sports Gear A Hot Item
November 22, 2014 - fall Denim
BOSTON (CBS) — The holiday selling deteriorate is about to strike a demoniac pace, and one of a prohibited apparatus this year will be high finish sports gear.
Lauren Blanda of City Sports showed us some of a new apparatus accessible this year. There is an importance on character as good as duty given both group and women wish to wear examination garments all day long.
“The trend that we saw with reward denim over a final several years, where people were peaceful to compensate $150-200 dollars for a span of engineer jeans, now we’ve seen that trend with yoga pants,” explained Blanda.
Another trend this year will be large sales and low discounts. Analyst Ken Perkins of Retail Metrics in Swampscott is awaiting copiousness of coupons and promotions this year, quite for clothes.
“Tons of promotions,” emphasized Perkins. “We’ve already seen them with a comfortable continue in Oct unequivocally spiteful tumble attire sales, and there have been a ton of sales via a mall already.”
It competence be tough to find a good discount on unstable practice monitoring equipment, like a Fitbit, however. 30% some-more units have shipped out this year, though a direct is high. Many now couple directly to a smartphone.
John Kelly of City Sports pronounced these can be a present for someone who exercises on a infrequent basis, or “someone who is intensely into decathlons or triathlons.”
In general, store shelves should be improved stocked than they were during a final several selling seasons. Perkins pronounced watchful for a cost to come down can still be risky, however. “Inventory suggests that we wish to buy progressing than after if we unequivocally wish it.”
Particularly prohibited this year will be anything that is “Frozen”. “Toys, anything that is “Frozen” related, outrageous authorization for Disney, is going to be unequivocally popular,” pronounced Perkins.
One shopper told us she will be out on Black Friday given she unequivocally likes it.
But Black Friday has altered and is no longer a usually time to obstacle a good bargain. Perkins added, “Heavy deals on Black Friday, no doubt about it. But we don’t consider that is a usually time we are going to be means to get them.”
Shoppers should get some assistance from descending gas prices, now about $3.00 a gallon. That’s a lowest they’ve been given 2010 and will be put some-more income in shopper’s pockets.
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Weather conditions have been all wrong for this year's harvest -- droughts and Brazil and Russia, and heavy rains in Canada and Europe. In the U.S., the summer was especially dry in many places. From the recent USDA report:
In the United States, lower-than-expected corn yields have sharply reduced crop prospects. In the EU, where barley accounts for 40 percent of coarse grain production, lower area and yields have reduced the crop by 15 percent to the smallest level in over 10 years.
The pace of the commodities markets has quickened in the last few days, setting price records:
Corn soared the 45-cent maximum limit allowed by the Chicago Board of Trade today to $5.7325 a bushel, the highest price since September 2008, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Oct. 8 cut its harvest forecast for the second time in two months. The December corn futures contract was up 43.25 cents, or 8.2 percent, at $5.715 a bushel at 10:51 a.m. in London. Wheat, soybean, rice and oat futures also rose.The tofu fans in the audience won't get off easy, as soybean production is also forecast to be off, by four percent.
Of course, the shortages and price increases don't stop with the grain, Bloomberg points out. We'll have to cut back on meat, or pay up for it:
U.S. per-capita beef supplies next year will be the lowest since 1952 and pork the smallest since 1976, industry researcher CattleFax said. Hog futures will rise 14 percent by July and cattle may gain 3.6 percent by April, according to a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc., the maker of the 1,360-calorie Baconator Triple burger, and CKE Restaurants Inc., owner of the Hardee's chain, have warned investors they are contending with higher commodity costs.
The wholesale price of U.S. pork bellies, used to make bacon, surged to a record $1.5725 a pound on Sept. 16, government data show. In August, retail bacon reached $4.353 a pound, the highest since at least 1980. Retail ground beef sold for $2.502 a pound, the most in a quarter century.Here's a glimpse of the Baconator Triple, from the Wendy's web site -- I guess it's like an eclipse of the sun, so overwhelming you're not supposed to look at it directly.
Prices can adjust in under a year on grains, because farmers can plant more, and the weather can get back to normal, but it takes several years for the meat markets to adjust to these shorts of shocks, because of the long lead time in building up the herd. Cattlemen are still trying to adjust to sharp rises in grain prices in 2007 and 2008.
The higher food prices could be yet another setback for retail sales, in a period when people are already cutting back, and 41 million Americans are relying on food stamps (an average benefit of $130 a month). (Here's a post from about a month ago on food stamps.)
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TERMOLI – Termoli at “Pizza Doc”, the program hosted by Monica Caradonna and Tinto broadcast on Rai2 and live streaming on RaiPlay on Saturday 27 May at 11.10. “With this initiative, we have the opportunity to make the Italian olive excellence and over 500 Italian cultivars known to the general public, an extraordinary heritage of flavors and values to be safeguarded and rediscovered that characterizes our cultural identity and makes us unique in the world” declared Michele Sonnessa, president of the Città dell’Olio: “We want to make consumers understand how important it is to know how to choose the extra virgin olive oil to put on the table and how much it is necessary to protect the territory from the risk of abandonment, giving new impetus to oil tourism”.
“We are particularly proud to promote our excellence by taking part in “Pizza Doc”. We always enthusiastically take all the opportunities that allow us to show and make known the products of our territory with a great olive-growing vocation – declared Nicola Malorni, Vice President of the Oil Cities – our land is full of surprises and oil tourism can be a further opportunity to get to know the extraordinary natural, historical and gastronomic heritage of the Molise area”.
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Hyundai moves to fix faulty brake lights
Hyundai is today notifying nearly 280,000 customers about a faulty brake light switch.
Although the car company says it is not a product "recall", it plans to replace the Korean manufactured switch in several models made since 2006.
A spokesman says the number of times the switch caused delay in the brake lights illuminating was very small, but it also affected other computer systems connected to the brake pedal.
He says the federal Transport Safety Department has advised the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that the fault is not a safety issue, making a full product recall unnecessary.


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Tyson Foods recalled about 70,000 pounds of breaded chicken strips with possible metal pieces after complaints to the USDA from two people about foreign matter.
The frozen, cooked chicken was shipped to stores nationwide and to Michigan and Washington locations for institutional use, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. The recalled products, produced Nov. 30, 2018, are:
- 25-oz. plastic bags of Buffalo-style chicken breast strip fritters with sauce, showing a best by date of Nov. 30, 2019, case codes 3348CNQ0317 and 3348CNQ0318, and bag time stamps from 17:00 through 18:59 hours
- 25-oz. plastic bags of crispy chicken breast strip fritters, with a best by date of Nov. 30, 2019; case codes 3348CNQ0419, 3348CNQ0420, 3348CNQ0421, and 3348CNQ0422; and bag time stamps from 19:00 through 22:59 hours
- 20-lb. cases of Spare Time Buffalo-style chick breast strip fritters with sauce, showing a best by date of Nov. 30, 2019, and case code 3348CNQ03
The products have establishment number P-7221 on the back of the packages.
There were no confirmed reports of adverse reactions at the time of the recall notice. People should throw away the chicken or return the products to the place where purchased.
Consumers with recall questions may contact Tyson Foods Consumer Relations at 866-886-8456.


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Chipotle says key sale figure rose more than expected
Chipotle says a key sales figure rose more than expected in the first quarter as it works to recover from a series of food scares that had sent customers fleeing.
The Denver-based chain said sales rose 17.8 percent at established locations in the first three months of the year, following a 29.7 percent decline in the year-ago quarter. Sales at stores open at least 13 months had turned positive in December after dropping steeply starting in late 2015. The metric is a considered a key indicator because it strips out the volatility of newly opened and closed locations.
Since the E. coli and other food scares that started sickening people around country more than a year ago, Chipotle has pledged to ensure that its food is safe, offered coupons for free burritos, stepped up advertising and introduced a temporary loyalty program to get people back in its stores. The company also added chorizo as a topping to lure more customers, and said Tuesday that it will start testing a dessert next month.
Chipotle CEO Steve Ells described the dessert, bunuelos, as fried tortilla strips with honey and sugar with an apple and caramel dipping sauce.
For the quarter, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. earned $46.1 million, or $1.60 per share, following a loss in the year-ago period. Analysts had expected $1.29 per share, according to FactSet. Total revenue was $1.07 billion, topping the $1.05 billion analysts expected.
The company has continued building new locations, and ended the quarter with 2,291 stores.
Chipotle shares rose more than 3 percent in after-hours trading.


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German industry groups warned on Sunday, before European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meets U.S. President Donald Trump this week, that tariffs the United States has imposed or is threatening to introduce risk harming America itself.
Citing national security grounds, Washington imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico on June 1 and Trump is threatening to extend them to EU cars and car parts. Juncker will discuss trade with Trump at a meeting on Wednesday.
“The tariffs under the guise of national security should be abolished,” Dieter Kempf, head of Germany’s BDI industry association said. Juncker should tell Trump that the United States would harm itself with tariffs on cars and car parts, he told Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
The German auto industry employed more than 118,000 people in the United States and 60 percent of what they produced was exported. “Europe should not let itself be blackmailed and should put in a confident appearance in the United States,” he added.
German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told Deutschlandfunk radio on Sunday he hoped it was still possible to find a solution that was attractive to both sides. “For us, that means we stand by open markets and low tariffs,” he said
He said the possibility of U.S. tariffs on EU cars was very serious and stressed that reductions in international tariffs in the last 40 years and the opening of markets had resulted in major benefits for citizens.
EU officials have tried to lower expectations about what Juncker can achieve, and played down suggestions that he will arrive in Washington with a novel plan to restore good relations.
Altmaier said it was difficult to estimate the impact of any U.S. car tariffs on the German economy, but added: “Tariffs on aluminum and steel had a volume of just over six billion euros. In this case we would be talking about almost ten times that.”
He said he hoped job losses could be avoided but noted that trade between Europe and the United States made up around one third of total global trade.
“You can imagine that if we go down with a cold in the German-American or European-American relationship, many others around us will get pneumonia so it’s highly risky and that’s why we need to end this conflict as quickly as possible.”
Eric Schweitzer, president of the DIHK Chambers of Commerce, told Welt am Sonntag the German economy had for decades counted on open markets and a reliable global trading system but added: “Every day German companies feel the transatlantic rift getting wider.”


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Shoppirate.in experiences 200% organic growth; all set to mark its presence in Canada and U.S.A by 2014
Pune (Nov 3, 2014): Online shopping is touching new heights in India, and online couponing sites continue to act as key contributors in this tremendous success. Today, 95% of online shoppers search for deals before making a purchase and 74% of these buyers hunt for deals at online couponing sites. Undoubtedly, the business graph of couponing sites is going up. This is probably a primary reason for mushrooming of online deals sites in the recent past. One such deals and coupons sites that’s making news these days is Shop Pirate.
Shoppirrate.in, a four-month old couponing site is already creating waves amongst the users. Thanks to its easy to use interface and all-encompass online portal, Shop Pirate is getting a thumbs up from online shoppers. And this reflects in the figures and statistics as well. The site that is already experiencing a 200% organic growth and is relatively close to its aim of acquiring 20% of the market share in the first year, which comes out to be approximately 6 Cr. INR per year. The segments which are gaining maximum traction include travel, fashion, health and mobile recharge. Furthermore, the team is planning to expand to the Canadian and American markets by the end of the 2014, in the bid to make the venture an international success.
Quoting seamless technology as a reason behind the success of Shoppirate.in, Kulpreet Marwaha, Co-Founder Shop Pirate said, “Online shoppers today want a system that is not only easy to use, but also responsive. We understand the changing technological trends and try to adapt them perfectly. This is why besides offering a fully functional web browser toolbar and website; we also make our presence felt across multiple channels such as mobile, tablet and smart phones. This makes content accessible for the users and keeps them abridged with latest deals anytime, anywhere.”
Besides this, team Shop Pirate also understands the necessity to bridge the gap between e-commerce and m-commerce. And user-friendly mobile sites and apps are the only ways this can be turned into a reality. With 1.75 billion smart phone users across the world, shopping online at attractive discounts is on a rise and with its mobile site and smart phone applications, shoppirate.in is pioneering the cause of mobile shopping. The couponing giant currently has a 100% responsive mobile site and operational apps for iOS and Windows phones. The Android app is in the pipeline.
Shop Pirate is a one-stop shop for online shoppers presently offering over 5000 active offers from over 500 national and international stores which include (but are not limited to) Myntra, Jabong, FirstCry, Nylla, Purpple, Flipkart, EBay, Red Bus, Amazon, Expedia, Dominos, and Yatra. These deals cater to various segments like gadgets, apparels, travel, food items and software. Thanks to the user-friendly UI, shoppers can easily access multiple deals and discount vouchers across various stores without having to switch between the webpages. Moreover, customers are notified about their favorite store deals by a weekly newsletter keeping them up to date about the latest discounts with a single mouse click. Besides this, users can submit coupons and deals they find from other sources and upload on the website. It turns out that Shop Pirate is more than just a coupon site. It is a collaborative effort to earn maximum savings on every purchase.


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- Castore replaces Canterbury at USA Rugby
- Contract covers men’s, women’s and junior national teams
UK sportswear brand Castore has struck a six-year apparel partnership with USA Rugby.
The agreement until the end of 2027 will see Castore provide kit for the senior US men’s and women’s national rugby union sides, as well as all junior national teams. The new apparel will feature at the likes of this year’s Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament and the rescheduled women’s edition of the 2021 Rugby World Cup.
USA Rugby’s kits have previously been supplied by Canterbury.
The deal adds to Castore’s rugby union portfolio, which includes partnerships with Samoa Rugby and English club Saracens. The brand also counts Saracens and England captain Owen Farrell as an ambassador.
Additionally, the pact signals Castore’s latest move into the North American market. Last March, the company added US golfer Patrick Reed to its roster of athlete ambassadors to help support its expansion across the pond.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with another national rugby union team in USA Rugby,” said Pascal Lafitte, director of partnerships at Castore.
“USA have developed rapidly over the recent years, much like Castore, and we look forward to giving their fans something else to get excited about in the build up to Rugby World Cups in 2022, 2023 and beyond.
Ross Young, chief executive of USA Rugby, added: “This partnership is an exciting start to a new year and a new chapter for USA Rugby.
“As we continue to grow on the world stage, we look forward to having a partner that not only delivers a compelling portfolio in design technology, but also one that believes in investing in the growth of American rugby over the next several years.”


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Shortly after releasing its second nonsensical ad featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates last week, Microsoft said it was about to unfold a second round of ads that would focus more on Windows. A few days before, a Microsoft marketing executive had told CNet that the first part of the campaign was just a "teaser," and that it "would have been a mistake, after being silent for so long, for Microsoft to have just come out swinging with a bunch of shop talk."
According to an article by the New York Times, phase two of the campaign may be very different indeed from the sitcom-esque Gates/Seinfeld clips. Later today, Microsoft will release a new ad based around the theme, "Windows. Life without walls." The star? A John Hodgman lookalike who’ll mimic Apple’s famous "Get a Mac" campaign:
What follows is an audacious embrace of the disdainful label that Apple, Microsoft’s rival, has gleefully — and successfully — affixed onto users of Microsoft products: "I’m a PC."
One new Microsoft commercial even begins with a company engineer who resembles John Hodgman, the comedian portraying the loser PC character in the Apple campaign. "Hello, I’m a PC," the engineer says, echoing Mr. Hodgman’s recurring line, "and I’ve been made into a stereotype."
The Times says Microsoft’s ad firm, Crispin Porter & Bogusky, is no stranger to the concept of spinning criticism into a positive ad campaign. In ads for Burger King, the firm reportedly portrayed the consumption of an unhealthy, caloric menu as a "rebellious personal choice."
As the second phase of Microsoft’s campaign unfolds, Bill Gates and celebrities like Eva Longoria, Pharrell Williams, and Deepak Chopra will join "everyday PC users, from scientists and fashion designers to shark hunters and teachers, all of whom affirm, in fast-paced, upbeat vignettes, their pride in using the computers that run on Microsoft operating systems and software." The Times goes on to mention that Jerry Seinfeld will be AWOL "for now."
A raft of blogs, like Valleywag, see the shift in focus as an admission that the original Gates/Seinfeld ads fared too poorly among viewers and assert that the change was unplanned. However, the same blog quotes a Microsoft PR representative as saying the move was planned all along, and "there is the ‘potential to do other things’ with Seinfeld." The rep also pointed out, "People would have been happier if everyone loved the ads, but this was not unexpected." Or was it?


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VoIP and IP service provider MyNetFone (ASX:MNF) is rolling out mobile VoIP services for the iPhone, Android and Symbian operating systems.
The company has launched an iPhone app, and is close to releasing applications for the other two platforms, MyNetFone said in a statement.
The iPhone version is available free from the Apple app store, but requires a subscription to a MyNetFone VoIP account.
Plans are available at a flat fee, or on a per-call basis with no monthly charge. Calls may be made for 10 cents untimed to all Australian landlines, and international calls are priced starting at 1.9 cents per minute.
MyNetFone technical director Rene Sugo said the company was well-placed to benefit from the upswing in 3G take-up in Australia. “We anticipate a high take-up rate of this app,” Sugo said.
The company's apps will allow for recording of conversations, and will be integrated into phones' existing contact lists.
MyNetFone recently added line number porting to its VoIP services.


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Cars and other vehicles have evolved since their inception. Today, automotive manufacturers face entirely different challenges than a decade ago and cybersecurity is one of them.
FREMONT, CA: Today, connected cars are manufactured more than ever, and people are using them on a daily basis. This indicates that hackers and bad actors have a bigger target and can easily manipulate these vehicles. Connected devices are vulnerable as any other internet-connected computer or a smartphone. According to experts, a vehicle’s CAN bus is eminently hackable, and there have been numerous incidents in which hackers took direct control of IoT devices. Complex software used in connected devices not only provides advanced functionality but also offers new opportunities for malware to take over. A hacker stealing a user’s credit card details is not pleasant. However, compromising a vehicle's braking and steering system could cause a passenger or a driver to lose their lives.
The number of reported hack attacks increased six times in 2018, as there were three times more connected devices than earlier. Besides, connected vehicles are a bigger target drawing the attention of more hackers. A repository of data on connected vehicles lists dozens of different attacks such as Tesla 3’s onboard computer hack or an attack on BMW’s infotainment, telematics, and ECUs. Such a repository of attacks can help auto manufacturers to take preventive measures. However, deploying a security measure is tough, as most vulnerabilities are unknown until an attack happens. With increased sales of connected vehicles, more sophisticated and connected attacks are expected.
Attacks on connected vehicles are increased significantly enough to prompt the FBI to issue a warning to issue new automotive cybersecurity standards for self-driving vehicles. OEMs have realized that consumers, as well as regulators, will be looking forward to security. To solve the security problem, OEMs no longer depend on their component suppliers. Instead, they are seeking help from cybersecurity experts. OEMs and security companies are working together and monitoring the network to examine ECU for unusual activity. The FTC and the NHTSA are investigating connected vehicle systems for automotive cybersecurity and privacy issues. The automotive industry had been entirely disrupted since its invention merely a century ago. Today, the problems that concerned manufacturers, OEMs, and drivers are altogether different than a century ago. Over the next decade, the vehicles will evolve even more, and with evolution, automotive cybersecurity will become a challenge for manufacturers.


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By not shopping around for mundane family items, Britons could be losing out on one thousands of lbs each year, new figs indicate.
According to determinations by Alliance & Leicester, 16 million consumers (more than a 3rd of the population) are paying too much for basic grocery stores such as as breadstuff and milk. Meanwhile, 62 per cent of Britons make not shop around for mundane items, in direct contrast to the three per cent who claim they make not trouble oneself to seek for competitory trades on flights or electrical products. However, the fiscal services supplier asserted that by searching for low terms on day-to-day goods, people could be able to do "decent savings" - which in bend may well assist them to ran into place loans refunds and service other demands on their spending.
In addition, research from the house also revealed that shoppers are willing to pay more than than twice the typical terms for an mixture of mundane goods. For the cost of a pint of milk, six eggs, a loaf of breadstuff of bread and a battalion of four lavatory rolls, the nation's shoppers are willing to splash out 16 million lbs more than necessary. Overall, 78 per cent of grownups are prepared to pay more than than they have got to for a loaf of breadstuff of wholemeal bread, with 47 per cent ready to make the same for a pint of milk.
Ross Dalzell, director for nest egg at Alliance & Leicester, claimed that shopping around for the competitively-priced mundane points could assist alleviate fiscal pressure levels on consumers in the long-term. This, in turn, may assist them to pay off loans and other word forms of adoption with greater easiness or salvage towards major purchases in the future. He said: "When it came to larger ticket points like a new car, digital photographic camera or vacation flights, the resonant response was in favor of shopping around, with just a few per cent saying that they wouldn't make so. There's clearly still a mismatch for people when it come ups to thought about disbursement big amounts of hard cash in one spell and making littler purchases on a regular basis.
"It's a common misconception that some people can't salvage anything - anyone and everyone can do some savings, even if it's simply by making certain you pay a sensible terms for the rudiments in your weekly shop. Economy even a little amount is an accomplishment and well deserving it. The nest egg you do could even be set towards your adjacent holiday, or a long-awaited day out for the family."
And as a survey uncovers consumers have got seen a rise in grocery store costs over the last year, such as overspending on mundane points may be placing additional strain on their money management. In research carried out by the Royal Depository Financial Institution of Scotland in April, Britons are paying 5.6 per cent more on nutrient shopping then they were a twelvemonth ago, while those on the continent have got witnessed a rise of 1.9 per cent during this period. However, for those who are concerned about their ability to pull off their finances taking out a low-rate loan could be one manner of relieving such as anxieties.


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ZAMBOANGA CITY – Personnel of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), backed by policemen, arrested three people selling rubbing alcohol and hand sanitizers online at exorbitant prices in this southern port city, an official said Thursday.
The arrest came after the DTI, in coordination with other law enforcement agencies, said it has strengthened its monitoring on the prices of basic necessities amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) onslaught.
Col. Tom Tuzon, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-9 (CIDG-9) chief, said the three suspects were arrested in an entrapment operation around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Sitio Talungung, Barangay San Roque, this city.
Tuzon identified the arrested suspects as Arnel Salih Santos, 33, of San Roque; Arman Graciano Plateros, 32, also of San Roque; and Maria Azha Solis Arroyo, 32 of Vitali, this city.
Tuzon said the suspects were arrested in an entrapment after they sold alcohol and sanitizers at exorbitant prices to an undercover policeman in Sitio Talungung, Barangay San Roque.
The suspects yielded 120 bottles of sanitizers, 31 bottles of 150-milliliter of hygienic and ethyl alcohol, and P500 marked money. They were detained at the headquarters of the CIDG-9 in this city.
Charges for violation of Republic Act 7581 as amended by RA 10623, otherwise known as the Price Act, will be filed against the suspects, Tuzon said. (PNA)


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FTSE 100 preview: Shares bounce on US data
The FTSE 100 is seen opening higher on Wednesday as investors cheer better-than-expected results from the world's biggest chipmaker Intel Corp.
Recovery: Share are expected to rise after falls yesterday.
The benchmark FTSE 100 closed 56.02 points lower at 5,154.15 on Tuesday, slipping below the 5,200 level which it surpassed for the first time in more than 12 months on Monday.
Ex-dividend factors will knock 1.54 points off the index on Wednesday, with British Land, Smith & Nephew and Tesco all losing their dividend attractions.
After the US close, Intel Corp reported quarterly earnings and revenue that surpassed Wall Street estimates, results that suggest the technology sector's recovery is gaining steam.
Investors will watch earnings from JPMorgan Chase, scheduled for release on Wednesday, with numbers from Citigroup and Goldman Sachs due on Thursday, and Bank of America and General Electric on Friday.
A key US Senate committee endorsed a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Tuesday, gaining the support of an influential Republican and delivering President Barack Obama a victory on his top domestic priority.
Investors will eye the UK jobless report, with claimant count unemployment seen rising by 25,000 in September, after a 24,400 increase the previous month.
The ILO unemployment rate for June to August is seen moving up to 8% from 7.9% in May to July.
After that, the focus will shift to US September retail sales and publication of the minutes of the Sept. 22-23 FOMC meeting.
Rio Tinto raised its production guidance for iron ore this year by between 5% and 7.5% to 210-215m tonnes, after reporting a 12% jump in third-quarter output.
Pharmaceutical giant Shire and generic drugmaker Sandoz settle all pending litigation concerning Adderall Xr(R).
Royal Bank of Scotland is considering a government-backed plan to give up all 312 of its RBS-branded branches in England and Wales in a move to satisfy European authorities, the Financial Times said on Wednesday.
JJB Sports has informed shareholders that the Serious Organised Crime Agency and HM Revenue and Customs are examining the activities of former executives, reported the Daily Telegraph.
There will trading updates today from Burberry Group, Diageo, Experian and Punch Taverns.
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A volcano that is oozing, spewing and exploding on Hawaii’s Big Island has gotten more hazardous, sending rivers of molten rock pouring into the ocean Sunday and launching lava skyward that caused the first major injury.
Kilauea volcano began erupting more than two weeks ago and has burned dozens of homes, forced thousands of people to flee and shot up ash clouds from its summit that led officials to distribute face masks.
The Florida Keys is still recovering after last year’s Hurricane Irma.
The storm brought torrential rains, 130 mile per hour winds, and knocked down boat slips and buildings in its path. Weddings were postponed and so were dreams of vacationing in a place where Hawaiian shirts and shorts are considered perfectly acceptable “semi-formal” attire.
Even so, I’m happy to say that the island I grew up on (Tavernier and Islamorada, specifically) is back in business and magical as ever. Summer is off-season and I can bet renovated hotels will be offering plenty of discounted rates and special packages in order to revive tourism in the Keys.
Alaska Airlines passengers will soon notice something different when they order in-flight cocktails or coffees.
No, the airline’s not changing a crucial ingredient. But those plastic stirring sticks? They’re about to go the way of paper tickets and empty middle seats.
Alaska Airlines will phase out plastic stirring sticks in favor of compostable versions made of white birch. Citrus picks will switch from plastic to bamboo.
From 1995 to 2012, the annual number of tourists going to Japan increased from 3.3 million to 8.4 million, a growth rate of about 6% each year.
And then, the deluge.
In its most recent report, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) estimates that about 28.7 million tourists visited Japan in 2017. This increase, a change of more than 20 million over just five years, is the largest ever recorded by the organization, which keeps statistics going back to 1995. The UNWTO considers any overnight stay by a foreigner a tourist visit.


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The singer's new 27-track country album was released at midnight.
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If you haven't seen the Hulu series The Dropout, here's everything you need to know about Elizabeth Holmes and her multimillion-dollar scam, Theranos.
The Brazilian footwear and accessory brand partners with the New York-based brand to release two new shoes.
Step into spring with a fresh new scent.
In light of co-founder Adam Neumann's recent bid to buy back the company, see how the start-up went from being worth $47 billion to bankrupt in under a year.
Fans speculate that the British megastar is releasing his third album later this month.
After the announcement of her new film Driving Home 2 U, the star has fans excited as she revealed that she's writing her second album.
Energizing an everyday wardrobe, Peter Do presents his Fall/Winter 2022 collection.
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Succession planning remains important priority for companies as Jamie Dimon gets treatment for throat cancer
A throat cancer diagnosis has raised questions about Jamie Dimon, J.P. Morgan Chase’s chairman and CEO. He plans to remain chairman and CEO for an additional five years.
The leadership struggles at the highest levels of American Apparel continue as its board of directors has decided to take action to protect the company’s shareholders.
American Apparel may see a fight among shareholders over the removal of Dov Charney as chairman and his planned removal as the company’s CEO.
The controversial CEO of American Apparel, Dov Charney, has been let go by the company’s board of directors because of allegations of “misconduct.”