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Green poised to join Safeway race
RETAIL tycoon Philip Green looks set to join the race for supermarket group Safeway. Green, owner of department store chain Bhs, is expected to announce his interest as early as Monday.
Weekend reports said he had already secured funding for a possible bid, expected to be worth almost £3.4bn should it go ahead. Green would also seek to recruit former Asda chief Allan Leighton and Arcadia's former boss Stuart Rose to help with the takeover.
He will be the fourth party to join the fray after Morrison's agreed a £2.9bn bid for Safeway less than two weeks ago. Sainsbury's, Asda's US owner Wal-Mart and US buyout giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts have said they are interested.
Details of any potential bid by Green are not known, but it is thought he would have to offer at least 320p a share, valuing the group at nearly £3.4bn. The Safeway stock closed at 305p on Friday.
It is understood that Green has lined up financing for the deal and is being advised by investment bank Merrill Lynch.
The Sunday Times reported that Green would recruit Leighton, chairman of Bhs and Royal Mail. Green would want Rose to run Safeway, the paper added. Rose sold fashion business Arcadia to Green last October.
Safeway confirmed that Green had contacted it asking for financial information that the group had given to Morrison's. 'It's one thing to receive expressions of interest, its quite another to get a formal bid on the table which is acceptable to shareholders,' a spokesman said.
Green was not available for comment. A source close to the matter said Green would make an announcement on Monday regarding his Safeway approach. 'We're still at a very preliminary stage,' the source said.
It is thought any offer would be approved by the Office of Fair Trading as Green's empire does not currently include food retailers. Several rival bidders would be forced to sell stores to secure the OFT's backing.
Separate reports said Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, was planning a £4 a share cash offer. It would also take on £1bn of Safeway's debt, valuing a deal at around £5bn, The Observer said. But an Asda spokesman said: 'We haven't confirmed we are making a bid and are waiting on what the Office of Fair Trading comes back to us with. Any numbers are purely speculation.'
Sainsbury is due to make its submission to the OFT early this week. But it now appears that Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis is resigned to picking up only a portion of Safeway's stores. Davis said: 'The assumption that one person will win everything is increasingly unlikely.'
The original value of Morrison's deal was £2.9bn, but this has fallen to £2.5bn as doubts about its ability to integrate the business hit its share price.
Sainsbury's has said it is considering an offer of 300p a share, valuing it at around £3.2bn, while KKR is understood to be considering offering £3.5bn.
Safeway runs 479 stores in the UK and is seen as the last major acquisition opportunity for those struggling to catch up with Tesco in the cut-throat sector.
Sainsbury's and Wal-Mart would be neck-and-neck with Tesco if they win. Morrison's believes its success would create a much stronger fourth national player.
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The Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association has recognized, Dave Thomason, as their 2018 Restaurateur of the Year. According to the association this award is given to outstanding individuals in the hospitality industry who go above and beyond, raising the bar for excellence in performance, service and commitment to the industry.
Franchise Owner Wins Restaurateur of the Year Award
Dave Thomason, along with his wife, Doneta, and daughter, Danae, of Thomason Bean Co, LLC own 5 Human Bean franchise locations; two in Roseburg and three in Grants Pass, Oregon. They have successfully operated Human Bean drive thrus since 2013. Additionally, Dave boasts an impressive multi-franchise portfolio. His company, Thomason Hospitality Group, LLC oversees 44 operations with a total workforce of 600 employees. In addition to the 5 Human Bean drive thru locations, Thomason also owns 10 Pita Pits, six Elmer’s restaurants, multiple Purple Parrot lottery/deli outlets and since May of 2009, the flagship of his restaurants has been the popular eatery, Taprock Northwest Grill in Grants Pass, Oregon.
Thomason got his start in the hospitality business in at 16, when he was working for a Carl’s Jr. chain in Anaheim, CA and decided to make a career in restaurants. According to the Grants Pass Daily Courier, “By 1995 he owned close to 10 of those burger favorites around the region.” And his portfolio continues to grow. The Courier states, “Thomason continues to look for new locations, and plans a new Elmer’s in Eugene, in addition to more Human Beans in Grants Pass and Roseburg.”
Dan Hawkins, founder and president of The Human Bean, “The Thomason’s are exceptional operators because they are focused on always delivering a quality customer experience. They also are very much in line with The Human Bean philosophy of being positive members of their communities. Dave Thomason has been a member of our Franchisee Advisory Board and working with the entire Thomason family is a real pleasure.” Regarding Roseburg growth, Dan says, “We have already reviewed additional Douglas county locations with Dave and we are excited to grow with them in this very special area of Oregon.”
The Human Bean’s commitment to developing the best drive-thru espresso led us to franchising The Human Bean’s brand and system in 2002. The Human Bean has now expanded to 80 locations in ten states. The Human Bean expects to continue this growth through approved franchisees and have plans to open several more locations in the near future.
You can read more about the Hospitality Industry awards here: https://www.oregonrla.org/hospitality-industry-awards.html

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Solar & EV Expo at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School
NORWAY – Western Maine has seen a booming electric vehicle scene for the past seven years, with hundreds on the road and a growing electric vehicle charging network to serve the community. The National Drive Electric Week Solar & EV Expo hosted annually by the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy (CEBE) played a big part in this transition, giving potential EV owners the chance to try out a range of cars and cars. ‘learn directly from the people who drive them.
This year’s Expo will continue to generate excitement and educate locals by watching, driving and testing electric vehicles, riding e-bikes and attending workshops. Past exhibits have included up to 40 locally owned electric vehicles and e-bikes and hundreds of test drives and rides. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on October 2, as part of National Drive Electric Week.
It will include four interactive workshops: Electric Vehicle 101, Solar 101, The Future of EVs in Maine with Efficiency Maine Trust and the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and Community Solar Options. Introductory information on owning and operating an electric vehicle and switching to solar power will be presented, as well as an update on CEBE’s Community Solar project and information on efforts at the same time. statewide to support the transition to electric vehicles.
This event is free and will take place entirely outdoors in the parking lot of the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in the south of Paris. To protect the health of members of our community, participants are required to wear a mask and keep away from people outside their family, regardless of their immunization status. To test vehicles, people will also need to be vaccinated.
âMaine has an ambitious goal of putting 219,000 electric vehicles on Maine’s roads by 2030 and educational opportunities like this are essential to achieving those goals. We know that getting drivers behind the wheel of an electric vehicle is one of the best ways to encourage people to choose an electric vehicle as their next car. Efficiency Maine is pleased to see CEBE and other community groups maintain the momentum behind electric vehicles by providing hands-on experiences with electric vehicles, âsaid Molly Siegel, Program Manager for EV Initiatives at Efficiency Maine Trust.
There are now more than 1.5 million electric vehicles on the roads in the United States, and a recent survey by Consumer Reports and the Union of Concerned Scientists showed that more than 60% of potential car buyers in the States United are interested in electric vehicles. There are now over 40 models available in the United States, with most of the newer models ranging from 200 to 300 miles or more.
âParis Autobarn is proud to have sponsored the EV Expo for five years. Events like the Expo give people a wonderful opportunity to have first-hand experience of driving or driving an electric car. Thanks to the EV Expo, Paris Autobarn was able to put more electric vehicles on the road and in the aisles of people who may never have even thought of owning an electric car, âsaid Tony Giambro of Paris Autobarn.
National Drive Electric Week is presented by national organizers Plug In America, the Electric Auto Association, the Sierra Club and EVHybridNoire. Nissan LEAFÂ® is the exclusive automotive sponsor of NDEW 2021 and Wells Fargo is the exclusive banking sponsor of NDEW 2021. ClipperCreek and Electrify America are silver level sponsors. Edison International and Enel X are Bronze Level Sponsors. IBEW 11 is a green level sponsor.
In addition, Paris Autobarn, Efficiency Maine Trust, Lee Auto Malls, The Nature Conservancy, Natural Resources Council of Maine, ReVision Energy and Garbo-Kane are local sponsors of the event. CEBE has also installed 15 EV chargers in the region to help encourage the adoption of EVs as a means of daily transportation.
As in years past, this year’s event will include information on electric cars and e-bikes, Maine’s current solar policy, how to get involved with CEBE’s Community Solar project, and the opportunity to interact with other people. true electric vehicle drivers and solar owners. Founded in 2013, the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy strives to involve the community in the fight against the climate emergency. They organize, educate, act directly and implement practical and ecological solutions for a just transition to a prosperous and regenerative economy.
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People are staying home because of coronavirus, and what adtivity is better suited for the millions of newly-minted homebodies than watching a whole lot of Netflix?
There’s just one problem: Too many people are watching Netflix in Europe, it seems. Netflix today announced it will temporarily lower bitrates – and therefore, image quality – in Europe after concerns a surge in viewership can could an extraneous burden on Internet infrastructure.
The move appears to have come after European Commissioner Thierry Breton spoke with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. According to a statement provided to Entertainment Weekly, Netflix will reduce bitrates across Europe for a period lasting 30 days.
Netflix did not specify how much it was lowering bitrates or if the lower bitrate would lead to an overall lower resolution. You can play a 4K movie at different quality levels, for instance, much the same way a 1080P movie on YouTube doesn’t look as good as a 1080P movie on Blu-Ray. That said, Breton did make a public appeal for people to watch content in standard definition rather than HD:
Important phone conversation with @ReedHastings, CEO of @Netflix
To beat #COVID19, we #StayAtHome
Teleworking & streaming help a lot but infrastructures might be in strain.
To secure Internet access for all, let’s #SwitchToStandard definition when HD is not necessary.
While the idea seems blasphemous to this pixel-peeping reporter, the lowered bitrate could have a major impact on available bandwidth. “We estimate this will reduce Netflix traffic on European networks by around 25 percent while also ensuring a good quality service for our members,” Netflix told EW.
The company already automatically adjusts video quality based on available bandwidth, but the new remedy would appear to go further.
The company did not say whether it would take similar measures in other parts of the world, but it’s fair to assume it would do so if there is a similar strain on internet infrastructure. It also did not say whether users would be able to manually opt out.
If you’re the type of person who couldn’t care less about the difference between 4K and 480P, maybe now’s a good time to manually reduce your bitrate. On Netflix, you can do so by heading to your Account settings, tapping on ‘Playback Settings,’ and selecting ‘low’ or ‘medium’ under the ‘data usage’ Section.
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The last year’s “big” Windows updates have been real snoring parties. Of course, that does not mean that they have been bad, but on the news front, it has been so thin that tab management in Microsoft Edge has gained headline status. But ahead of this autumn’s Windows 10 update, we still think we can discern a trend break. This is largely due to the fact that there are frequent upgrades in design and user experience – areas that always make an impression.
Microsoft itself has confirmed that Windows 10 is the “last” operating system in its series. The company has embarked on a path consisting of minor updates aimed at a gradual renewal of the operating system. This means that not all updates will be as large or significant, but does not prevent them from being sent out when Microsoft deems it necessary.
With that said, we’ll now take a look at the first rumors that have begun to leak out about this autumn’s Windows 10 update, which has been given the working name Sun Valley. If we are to use Microsoft’s stricter terms, we are talking about version 21H2 of Windows 10. The changes we describe in the article below will most likely (or at least fairly) be included in this one.
Brand new look?
Always familiar Windows Central writes that Microsoft is looking for a major overhaul of the Windows 10 interface. According to the publication, which quotes anonymous sources, Windows 10 has stagnated in recent years and Microsoft should be eager for a fresh start.
The new design will, among other things, aim to peel off icon plotters and emphasize compliance with a new graphic language. According to Windows Central, a lot will be moved from the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen to end up in the Action Center, which is only visible when you actively select it.
Another novelty is rounded corners, which are expected to permeate everything from program icons to buttons and entire window views. It goes against the extremely square look that has characterized the Windows interface since the Metro interface in Windows 8.
The program icons, yes. Microsoft has gradually updated these to a more modern look lately. Recently, we got a sneak peek at how the icons in Explorer go from the beige and worn-out standing folders to more colorful options that also look to be horizontal.
With regard to Start, some changes are also expected. Once again, we consult Windows Central, which means that it should be possible to get a completely new design on the start menu. According to the site, this is a centered layout that includes shortcuts to different parts of the Explorer. As the picture below suggests, the menu bar itself will also be independent, a move we have already seen Microsoft explore in the upcoming Windows 10X. In fact, no more types of menus should slide into the taskbar at the bottom, but appear as “islands”.
News for virtual desktops
The ability to create additional virtual desktops with Win + Ctrl + D and then switch between them using Win + Tab is perfect like this in homework hours. The function allows you to quickly switch between different desks at the touch of a button and keep work and privacy separate. So far, we have only been able to distinguish the virtual desktops with different names, but version 21H2 of Windows 10 goes a step further.
According to Windows Latest, which took part in a developer work of 21H2, we will this autumn be able to change the order of the virtual desktops in the changer view. It will also be possible to change wallpapers on desktops on an individual level, which will definitely make it easier to separate them.
HDR, or high dynamic range, is a display technology that increases the range of light and enables better blackness and contrast conditions. Computer players with an HDR-compatible screen can soon enjoy their PC games with the technology activated automatically. The feature, which is already available in Microsoft’s Xbox consoles, is being fully tested and will support more than 1,000 Directx 11 and 12 games when rolled out sharply.
Better battery check?
Here are some dope new battery usage graphs coming to Windows next year. Really happy to see this after getting used to such features on Android and iOS. pic.twitter.com/0io22kjrt2
– Albacore (@thebookisclosed) December 14, 2020
Our smartphones have long been good at pointing out the biggest battery thieves. Now, Windows 10 laptops may soon have the same features, according to leaked screenshots which was published in December. These are signed technology enthusiast Albacore on Twitter and there is of course no guarantee that the new battery consumption view will reach a sharp launch. But surely it would be smooth with something like this?
If we are to believe Windows Latest, the autumn update of Windows 10 will also make it easier to cut, copy and paste content between different programs. Among other things, it will be possible to paste completely unformatted text, gif images and emojis using Windows 10’s cloud clipping function. You can access Windows 10’s clipping history with Win + V, and this is where the unformatted text should end up.
Fewer unwanted programs
No, Paint 3D was never a great success. Together with 3D Viewer and the Windows folder 3d objects, the program will stop coming pre-installed from 21H2. Once again, it is Windows Latest that stands for the rumor, announcing Paint 3D and 3D Viewer continue to need to be actively downloaded from the Microsoft Store.
Furthermore, Zac Bowden at Windows Central has speculated that Sun Valley will give users significantly more freedom regarding which pre-installed apps and programs should go directly in the trash.
When will Windows 10 Sun Valley be released?
Microsoft’s autumn updates of Windows are usually released sometime during October-November. We expect something similar this year. As usual, it may take much longer than that before all users can be considered to have access to version 21H2 of Windows 10. Until then, we at PC for Everyone will keep this article updated with rumors and confirmed new features.


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Could There Be A New iPhone On The Horizon?
There's some potentially interesting news rolling out for iPhone owners this afternoon, as Apple gears up to introduce.... something.
The Internet is abuzz that the company will introduce new software for the popular smartphone and possibly some new tweaks at its iTunes stores, including a new tiered pricing system for the iTunes App store where users will have options for searching different types of software by price.
As the iTunes store works now, it tends to be the cheapest pieces of App software that climb to the top of the most-downloaded lists at iTunes. Some developers are hoping a new tiered pricing structure would help bring attention to software priced, say, in the $5 range or higher.
Some iPhone users are hoping to see a new "copy and paste" functionality on the device-- where you could, say, copy some text off a Web site and paste it into an e-mail. In a recent episode of his Diggnation podcast, Digg founder Kevin Rose predicted that iPhone will support this feature after today's release of the iPhone 3.0 software.
And that's what the real buzz is about. Some analysts are predicting that some new tweaks to the software development kit provided to App developers suggest that a new iPhone is on the way; some expect a new device by this summer.
The Apple event is at 1 pm, eastern time.
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Berlin, June 5, 2023.- A Consortium of 39 European organisations from 14 countries, including Alastria, launched the new project DOME to support cloud-to-edge infrastructure and services in Europe. The projectis aiming to create a single portal of access for trusted Cloud and Edge services stakeholders, from providers to consumers and with strong focus on user-friendliness, inclusion and equality principles. DOME will take the form of an online catalogue of existing cloud-to-edge based service offerings made available through a federated collection of independent marketplaces connected to the offering of cloud and platform providers.
Cloud computing is identified as a central piece of Europe’s digital future, providing European businesses and public organisations the data processing capability required to support their digital transformation. Delivering on the objectives of its digital strategy, through the EU programmes such as the Digital Europe Programme and the Connecting Europe Facility, the European Commission is proposing actions for building essential capacities that will be achieved by co-investing with Member States in new high-end digital infrastructures and services, and by upgrading and consolidating available capacities at the EU and national level. In this context, the European Commission has stepped up its effort supporting the deployment of the cloud-to-edge infrastructure and services to:
- Improve the availability of highly trustworthy, curated cloud and edge services that serve the interests of crucial sectors dealing with sensitive data, such as the public sector.
- Increase the uptake of cloud-to-edge services among public and private entities alike and in vertical sectors that lag in cloud adoption, such as the European health sector.
- Reinforce the EU’s open strategic autonomy, ensuring that the digital transformation of the economy is undertaken based on secure, fair, inclusive, and resource-efficient infrastructures and services.
“The vision of the project consortium is to create a dynamic ecosystem that unites all Cloud and Edge services stakeholders, including infrastructure, data providers, platform providers, services integrators, certification agencies, and diverse customers from every sector. Our goal is to boost he EU-cloud industry by streamlining current practices and empowering EU customers like never before”, says Giovanni Frattini, Technical Manager at Engineering Ingegneria Informatica Spa, project Leader.
Key assets: Sovereignty,trust and reputation
Satisfying the EU market requirements, the DOME service catalogue quality will ensure its reputation towards building a brand for trusted information, through governance mechanisms and trust-enhanced transactions, aligned with Gaia-X specifications.
DOME ensures unbiased competition and strict vendor neutrality in the positioning of services on the marketplace, offering same business opportunities to all players in a win-win model, being fair and open to all who comply with the rules and requirements in place. This will empower European technology suppliers to develop new digital services and provide state of the art AI enhanced solutions to increase and optimise the productivity of public and private sectors.
For more information, visit https://dome-marketplace.eu/


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By Derek Manky – Global Security Strategist, Fortinet The number of vulnerabilities available to cybercriminals continues to accelerate. But according to one recent report, of the over 100,000 vulnerabilities published to the CVE list, less than 6 percent were actually exploited in the wild. The challenge is that predicting which vulnerability will be targeted next, and which exploit will be used, requires advanced strategies, such as leveraging telemetry data to perform predictive analysis, that many organizations do not have in place. Those organizations without such solutions, and the skilled personnel to manage them, will need to continue to rely on security … Continue reading Endless Zero- Days?
Event at Armani Dubai attracts sponsors and participants across the GCC The digital world’s leading organisations have confirmed their presence at the sixth edition of the ‘Internet of Things 2019’ to be held on the at the Armani Hotel Dubai from the 20thto the 21stof February, 2019 to interact with key decision makers in both the private and the public sector. On board are partners that include Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), Samsung and Careem. Eng. Muammar Al Katheeri, Executive Vice President of Engineering & Smart City at DSOA, said: “IoT Middle East 2019 is an ideal platform to discuss … Continue reading Leading companies on board for IoT Middle East 2019
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She’s revolutionized the world and the way woman walk in it, but this time around, Carrie Bradshaw isn’t the one taking all the street cred.
“I feel very honor bound to the woman who have watched Sex and the City for all those years,” Sarah Jessica Parker revealed during a recent interview on Windy City Live.
“I didn’t want to make a shoe that didn’t stand up to that relationship.”
And that is exactly what Parker has been doing over the past year;
Collaborating with CEO of Manolo Blahnik, George Malkemus, to create a highly anticipated shoe collection, appropriately named; ‘SJP.’
“I wanted to go back in time to the simple shoe,” Parker says of her collection, which launched earlier this month, exclusive to Nordstrom.
“It’s all about revisiting the single sole, and how simplicity can be so gorgeous.”
It seems to be nostalgic that Sarah Jessica has designed and created a shoe for the woman who’ve paid ode to Carrie Bradshaw and embraced her throughout the years...
And finally it’s here!
“First of all, this is the ‘Carrie,’ Parker revealed onset of The Wendy Williams talk show. “We wanted to create colour as a neutral and build a beautiful shoe in Italy, the way they use to be done,” she explains, also emphasizing on being fairly affordable.
“The fact is, sometimes it’s really hard to walk in a single woman’s shoes. That’s why we need really special ones now and then to make the walk a little more fun.”
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Imagine a day designed just for women in mind.
On Sept. 25, that's exactly what 600 women in Bowling Green experienced.
More than 55 exhibitors set-up shop at The Medical Center's tenth-annual Women's Conference.
Booths at the Sloan Convention Center offered free health screenings and vendors with informational packets on various aspects concerning women's well being.
This is Peggy Gray's third year attending the conference and she says every year, she takes away something different from the event.
"There are a lot of issues important to women's health that I think we may know, but we fail to see that it applies to each of us," Gray explained.
Singer and motivational speaker Ladonna Gatlin served as this year's keynote speaker.


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Last year, Oppo A5 was launched in the Indian market with dual cameras and AI Beauty Technology 2.0. Additionally, it features include a 19:9 display with an iPhone X-like notch. Now, the company has launched a 64GB storage variant of the mid-range smartphone. Read more to find about Oppo A5 Price in India, Specifications, and Features
Price and Availability
The Oppo A5 was launched in India at Rs 14,990 for the 32GB storage variant. After several price cuts, it is now currently available at Rs 11,990. The new 64G internal storage model costs Rs 12,990. It will be available through online channels from next week.
|Processor||1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 450|
|Internal Storage||32GB/ 64GB (expandable up to 256GB)|
|Display||6.2-inch display, HD+ (720 x 1520 pixels), 19:9 aspect ratio, 87.9% screen-to-body ratio|
|OS||Android 8.1 Oreo|
|Primary (Rear) Camera||Dual (13MP + 2MP) with flash|
The new smartphone features a 6.2-inch FullView display with HD+ (720 x 1520 pixels) resolution, 19:9 aspect ratio,and an 87.9 percent screen-to-body ratio. It is powered by a 1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor along with Adreno 506 GPU and 4GB RAM. The 32GB/ 64GB internal storage can be further expanded via a microSD card (up to 256GB).
In terms of optics, the Oppo A5 sports a dual camera setup on the back. It combines a 13-megapixel primary sensor (f/2.2 aperture) and a 2-megapixel secondary sensor (f/2.4 aperture). The 8-megapixel front camera comes with an f/2.2 aperture and Oppo’s Beauty Technology 2.0. The company claims that the new feature can recognize 296 facial points.
The new smartphone is backed by a 4,230mAh battery. It offers 14 hours of video playback or 11 hours of gaming support.
- Dual cameras
- AI Beauty Technology 2.0
- Android 8.1 Oreo OS
- ColorOS 5.1
- 4G VoLTE
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth v4.2
- GPS/ A-GPS
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- iPhone X-like notch
- 2.5D curved glass display
- Corning Gorilla Glass
- Textured back panel
- Fingerprint sensor
- Two color options
The dual-SIM smartphone runs ColorOS 5.1 based on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system. Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.2, GPS/ A-GPS, Micro-USB, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The Oppo A5 measures 156.2 x 75.6 x 8.2mm. The 2.5D curved glass display is protected with a coating of Corning Gorilla Glass on top. The textured back panel comes with a diamond finish and a glass protection on top.
The new handset comes in Blue and Red color options. It also features a circular fingerprint sensor.
The Oppo A5 is aimed at the young generation. It comes with multiple advanced features like dual cameras, full-screen display, and a large battery. What do you think of the new device? Let us know in the comments section below.


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Political leaders have focused on their plans to help businesses recover from coronavirus as restrictions were eased across Scotland.
Non-essential retail reopened for business after the latest lockdown, with bars, restaurants and cafes also getting up and running again – although they still have some restrictions in place.
The Tories, however, insisted plans to lift the remaining restrictions could be speeded up “safely” – saying dozens of businesses backed their calls for faster reopening.
The row over the speed at which lockdown should be lifted came as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said this latest relaxation of the rules was “another big step forward in our recovery from the pandemic”.
She stressed: “After a long winter for all of us, I know that people across Scotland are keen to get out there and support their local businesses as they reopen – and I would encourage them to do so, safely.”
The First Minister highlighted SNP plans for a £25m tourism recovery fund, hailing the sector as being “one of Scotland’s crown jewels”.
But she said it was also “one of the sectors hardest-hit by Covid-19”, adding that the £25m fund would help people on low incomes or those who have caring responsibilities enjoy short breaks in Scotland.
Sturgeon also stressed: “As we look toward Scotland’s long-term recovery, we need to decide whether to leave the key economic levers in the hands of Westminster, or if we can take better decisions about our future in Scotland.
“Over the last year, our ability as a government in Scotland to tailor the Covid restrictions and the support available to business to the needs of Scotland has been vital in getting the country to this point.
“It has been essential that the powers have been in Scotland’s hands, and that must also be the case as we move into recovery.”
Labour has also set out its plans to help the tourism sector, with its Great Scottish Staycation scheme, which would allow people to have a third night free of charge in holiday accommodation.
The initiative would operate in the off-peak season, contributing £50 per person to the cost of a third night’s accommodation, capped at a maximum of £100 per room.
To help high street stores, Labour is also proposing to give every adult a £75 pre-paid card, to spend in non-food businesses – with the scheme stipulating that the money could not be spent online.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said: “This last year has been the toughest of our lives, but with some restrictions now lifting we have cause for hope for the future.”
He insisted: “Our bold plans could bring about an economic revival that would reinvigorate our high streets, boost our economy and deliver jobs for the people of Scotland.
“We need to focus on our national recovery, not go back to the old arguments. That’s why Scottish Labour is ambitious about our economic recovery and is committed to building a fairer, better Scotland.”
But Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross hit out at the SNP’s “anti-business approach”.
The Tories said more than 50 businesses had already backed their call for restrictions to be eased at a faster pace, arguing that bars and restaurants should be able to sell alcohol indoors from today.
Ross, who visited a bar in Edinburgh, said: “It’s fantastic to see businesses finally start to reopen after the incredibly difficult year they’ve battled through.
“The success of Scotland and the UK’s vaccine scheme means we can afford to safely speed up the easing of restrictions, and dozens of businesses have backed our calls to bring forward those reopening dates.
“But we can’t afford any more of the SNP’s anti-business approach. It is stifling Scotland’s economy and costing jobs.”
He also claimed the “uncertainty” of a second independence referendum would impact on firms, saying: “Just as businesses start to get back on their feet, the SNP want to cut them off at the knees and put jobs at risk.”
Sturgeon, however, insisted that “Scotland cannot afford for our recovery to be determined by Westminster”, as she called on people to “elect a first minister and a government which is absolutely focused on Scotland’s recovery, and ensure that Scotland’s recovery is in Scotland’s hands”.
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The third-floor boardroom of Urban Outfitters Inc., with its magnificent reclaimed-white-pine-and-hemlock table and its sky-blue view of the Delaware River, has been a busy scene for the soon-to-be heads of hip.
Jeff Spotts couldn't help but bring it up the other day as he walked through a nearby construction site, the renovation of yet another old Navy Yard building for the company's ballooning headquarters: a 54,000-square-foot stunner whose five-ton steel staircase will be its showstopper.
"Every single week," said Spotts - ascending a temporary staircase that looks like a massive Lego prop, rising two stories in what used to be home to Navy plumbers, platers, and riggers - "it seems like there's eight to 10 more people."
They are new employees, he said, who are being corralled into the boardroom for orientation.
"Every week," the senior construction-project manager added, with a breezy confidence that comes of being part of a company that's got game. "It's a good sign."
Urban has 338 Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, and Terrain stores worldwide and two wholesale designer-clothing lines, all growing with what seems like unstoppable, if carefully calibrated, momentum.
Despite the global economic malaise, Urban's international workforce has increased by thousands in recent years, and its headquarters staff has doubled since it moved to the Navy Yard in 2006 from sites across Center City.
Now, the company that got its start as a catch-all shop near the University of Pennsylvania in the hippies-rule 1970s, whose customers today are young, willing, and able to spend on pricey-but-cool wares, is pouring $25 million into yet another expansion at the Navy Yard to keep pace with its ambitions.
The rehabilitation of what will be its sixth building there gives Urban more breathing room and buttresses its growing status as patron saint of the Navy Yard, the former war-machine zip code slowly undergoing redevelopment.
"Urban Outfitters is an absolute cornerstone of everything we're doing at the Navy Yard," said John Grady, executive vice president of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp., which negotiated the latest deal with Urban.
At the start of the year, Urban owned four buildings and leased a fifth, its arrangement since moving there in 2006. In a deal finalized in February with PIDC, the company secured options to own six more.
Urban immediately bought one, Building 25, and began restoring it, paying the city a minimum of $550,000 in return for the multimillion-dollar upgrade, Grady said. It should be shipshape for employees July 18.
But under the terms required by PIDC, Building 25 must also be accompanied by renovation of an idle drydock. Urban is crafting it into a public amphitheater, dining area, and walking path framed by old rail tracks.
Last week, the company began assembling the centerpiece of the 450-foot-long dock: a floating garden. Vegetation forming the letters U-R-B-N will rest on the water's surface, visible from jets approaching Philadelphia International Airport.
Concerts may one day be held around the tip of the dock, where a grassy knoll and steps will form the small amphitheater. Building 25 is on one side of the dock; another massive Urban building that houses employee yoga facilities, a cafeteria, and similar amenities is on the other. An outdoor restaurant for lunch hours will extend onto the dock from the company-owned gourmet cafe already in use.
"The drydock area is going to be spectacular," said David Ziel, Urban's chief development officer. He oversees all construction projects, including new stores and renovations at the Navy Yard.
"It's really the urban version of a park," said Ziel, a former University of Oregon basketball player whose work uniform is sneakers, shorts, and a vintage Phillies T-shirt. He worked for years at Nike and then at the Chico's chain before Urban recruited him to handle its expansion goals.
On Thursday, Ziel was in Miami to receive the American Institute of Architects' sought-after Institute Honor Award for the work Urban has done on Navy Yard buildings.
"Genius," the AIA jury called the cavernous buildings drenched in natural light. Their walls of century-old windows were restored, and chipping paint sealed, giving the campus the same bohemian feel that Urban's merchandise has.
The company; its design team, which included founder and chairman Dick Hayne; and its architect, Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle Ltd., stayed true to that approach for Building 25.
As its stores illustrate, the company adores breathtaking staircases. So Urban installed a steel one that weighs 10,900 pounds and is mostly supported by beams that jut into the side of the wall so it appears to float. To support the weight, 12 pilings of recycled galvanized steel were drilled deep into marshy ground. Each pier was screwed 35 to 40 feet into the earth, in 10-foot sections.
Aesthetic enhancements aside, there is a practical objective to the company's fastidious focus on acquiring and restoring more buildings.
"The employment projections are big," Ziel said. "That's why we're doing the options."
Sales at Urban's stores and online have increased across the board an average 23 percent a year over the last decade. Last year, it opened 33 stores in North America and Europe, its newest frontier.
Urban's manufacturing is done mostly overseas. But everyone from its chief executive officer down to its designers are at the Navy Yard offices, where the workforce has almost doubled, from 634 in 2006 to an estimated 1,200 by the end of this year, according to departing chief financial officer John Kyees.
The company is opening 45 stores this year - Ziel heads to Europe this week for two planned in the United Kingdom and one in Germany. And in 2011, it plans to launch two new brands: a still-unnamed wedding store and a chain that will showcase its Leifsdottir clothing line.
Urban is exempt from paying various taxes by being in one of the Navy Yard's Keystone Opportunity Zones. Through 2025, it will not have to pay state corporate taxes or city real estate, business privilege, and sales taxes, Grady said, but its employees must pay the city wage tax. He said he believed the company was paying back in many other ways.
"Urban Outfitters is a perfect example of a company that has now invested $140 million of their private capital in the renewal of these assets," he said.
CEO Glen T. Senk said it was exciting to report to work at the Navy Yard - as exciting as building any new store within the company.
"It's always a very emotional, thrilling moment to build things," said Senk, who was installed a few years ago as part of a succession plan for company founder Hayne.
What happens when Urban runs out of things to build?
"I don't think we'll run out," Senk said. "It's a big world."
Go to http://go.philly.com/urban for more coverage of Urban Outfitters, including photos.


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Roku this week announced the expansion of its advertising business to Mexico. Roku launched its advertising business in 2012, in the US.
“We are excited to bring our advertising business to Mexico, a market where Roku has already seen great traction and where streaming is becoming mainstream,” said Mirjam Laux, Vice President, International Platform at Roku. “Our goal is to help advertisers and content partners invest for a world where all TV and all TV ads will be streamed.”
As part of Roku’s advertising launch, the company has partnered with Entravision to serve as the company’s advertising partner in Mexico to work with advertisers interested in advertising through the Roku platform.


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After last week's big run-up, an average gallon in the L.A. area rose only a little over a penny, to $3.256, according to the government survey. The increase was much smaller than in other parts of the country, especially in the East where refinery problems have jacked up prices. Still, prices are higher than at any time in two years. Oil analyst Philip Verleger tells NPR that crude prices, now in the $88-a-barrel range, are not likely to hit $100 next year, as some have forecast. He sees prices heading down.
The economic impact of oil price increases has diminished over the last 30 years. And this increase is just not that big nationwide. The interesting thing is if one looks at data on how consumers spend money, they have been cutting their expenditures on gasoline in absolute numbers for the last three years. Gasoline consumption in October, in terms of expenditures, was less than it was in the October the year before. And it'll go down further as consumers buy more and more of these new, more efficient vehicles. In actuality, the slowdown in car sales - dropping to 10 million units in 2009 - really slowed the improvement in U.S. fuel economy. If consumers buy more, that will be presumably involve many more car sales. And that will get improved fuel and consumers will be using less.


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Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector Sells 13,418 Units in India During March 2020
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES), a part of the USD 20.7 billion Mahindra Group, today announced its tractor sales numbers for March 2020.
Domestic sales in March 2020 were at 13,418 units, as against 18,446 units during March 2019. Total tractor sales (Domestic + Exports) during March 2020 were at 13,613 units, as against 19,688 units for the same period last year. Exports for the month stood at 195 units.
Commenting on the performance, Rajesh Jejurikar, Executive Director, Auto & Farm Equipment Sectors, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. said, “We have sold 13,418 tractors in the domestic market during March 2020.The month was disrupted as business was hugely impacted by the lockdown just before the start of festive days in large parts of the country. In compliance with the regulations, the anticipated retail surge and billing totally stopped in all states. The Central Government has taken timely initiatives for the farming community in the form of specific relief packages. We hope this will help bring in momentum for tractor sales, after the lockdown ends. In the exports market, we have sold 195 tractors.”
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We’re generally seeing good earnings, though inflation leaves its mark … when the S&P is likely to break out of its trading range … steer clear of the new bitcoin ETF
In yesterday’s Digest, we provided real-world examples of the soaring costs of commodities and consumer items.
As you’d expect, price inflation is leaving its fingerprint on the Q3 earnings reports as well as your wallet. Plus, supply chain bottlenecks are exacerbating this upward price pressure.
In this week’s Strategic Trader update, our technical experts, John Jagerson and Wade Hansen, offered two examples of how this is impacting corporate bottom-lines:
The CEO of Caribou Coffee (part of Panera Brands Co.) said on Tuesday that they are stocking up on cups, lids, straws (which are in especially short supply), and hot sauce packets. It is possible that the company may even pull back on expansion plans as construction costs are up 10%.
The Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) reported on Tuesday and despite stellar revenue growth, the company took a hit because gross margins are down on higher commodity and shipping costs.
So, despite the fact that PG reported topline growth that was double what analysts expected, the stock was down following the release.
In today’s Digest, let’s dig deeper into the Strategic Trader update. John and Wade tackle inflation and forecast where the market goes over the next couple weeks. Plus, there’s more earnings analysis. And they even detail why the new bitcoin ETF, BITO, is going to be a money pit (it has nothing to do with bitcoin itself).
Lots to cover, so let’s jump in.
***The push and pull of earnings and inflation
To date, Q3 earnings have largely come in strong. But inflation is definitely showing up in the numbers and the more we see its fingerprints, the more it makes traders nervous.
Here’s John and Wade’s take:
The current feedback loop has traders on edge, specifically with supply chain disruptions and inflation.
On the bright side, demand is high enough that prices are rising naturally. That can be frustrating for consumers, but it’s common in a growth environment.
However, because supplies are still constrained, inflation is rising faster than it would normally.
So, what do inflation and nervous traders mean for upcoming market direction? After all, earlier this morning, the S&P 500 set a fresh record high – will it prove to be a ceiling or a launch pad?
Back to John and Wade:
In our view, the mix of growth, inflation, and supply chain issues will likely keep the S&P 500 at or below its prior highs through the end of the month.
Our original assessment last month that the head and shoulders pattern would “fail” was justified, but a breakout much beyond the prior high before November seems unlikely.
John and Wade explain that this near-term, muted market action is due to traders wanting to see more retail earnings reports. How those numbers come in, and what C-level executives reveal about inflation and supply chain issues will provide far more color on broader economic health.
From the update:
Although the PG report is helpful, most retail companies won’t be reporting for a few weeks, and we think investors will wait for more data about the global supply chain before making any big changes to the outlook.
Our plan is to remain cautiously bullish but with a focus on large-cap value as a hedge against uncertainty.
***Using Netflix as a clue for how to play upcoming big tech earnings
John and Wade switch gears in their update, turning to Tuesday’s earnings announcement from content streaming giant, Netflix.
From their update:
The company surprised on top and bottom line: They added more subscribers than expected, however, the stock dropped at the open on Wednesday.
Although the corollary between NFLX and the rest of the tech sector isn’t perfect, NFLX’s fundamental performance bodes well for tech overall. But the bearish reaction to the report indicates that volatility is likely to continue.
John and Wade find the selloff confusing but point out that stocks frequently drop after earnings when they are at a high. This is usually because of profit-taking and the “sell the news” reflex that overwhelms buyers.
But John and Wade suggest we use this as a clue:
We should watch the reaction over the next few days to see if the stock pops back up on dip-buying, which will help us plan for the reaction to more tech reports later this month.
As I write Friday, Netflix has indeed popped. It’s up 5% since the start of Thursday’s trading session.
Clearly, there’s still strength in big tech.
***Meanwhile, if you’re looking for bitcoin exposure, think twice about investing in BITO
On Tuesday, the ProShares bitcoin-linked exchange-traded fund made its official debut with the ticker BITO.
As we noted in the Digest that day, we love what this ETF signifies in terms of mainstream crypto adoption, but we don’t recommend BITO as a way to play bitcoin.
Below, John and Wade explain why. Keep in mind, the problem they identify is a reality of many futures-based ETFs, so go into such investments with eyes open.
Regardless of how investors feel about Bitcoin, the new ETF is likely to be a money pit. This has nothing to do with Bitcoin itself; it has everything to do with the structure of the ETF.
Like many commodity ETFs, the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) buys Bitcoin futures contracts which are the assets of the fund. Those futures expire and have to be rolled over by the fund on a regular basis, which is the source of the issue.
You can buy shares of BITO, which gives you a small percentage ownership of the underlying portfolio of Bitcoin futures. However, very often, the new futures contracts that are purchased to replace the old are more expensive than those that are expiring, which is called “contango.”
In other words, under usual market conditions, this type of futures-based ETF turns into a slow-bleed of value.
John and Wade provide an example using the popular oil ETF, United States Oil Fund LP (USO). From 2016 through the start of the pandemic in 2020, USO underperformed the price of oil by a whopping 72%.
Now, a moment ago, I wrote that this contango dynamic is prevalent in usual market conditions. But occasionally, it works to the advantage of traders.
Back to John and Wade to explain:
It is sometimes possible for the new futures contracts to be less expensive than the old ones, which is called “backwardation.” That situation works in favor of investors in the ETF, but that tends to be the exception rather than the rule.
As of this writing, Bitcoin futures are in contango, which we would not expect to change in the short-term.
If investors are determined to invest in the crypto currency, we recommend avoiding the futures-based ETFs until they re-enter backwardation.
***This is when the market will likely break out of its trading range
Earlier, we noted that John and Wade believe it’s unlikely the market will break out of its trading range before November. The reason for this is the anticipated lack of needle-moving market data.
Yes, earnings next week will offer more insights into inflation, hiring, supply chain issues, and whatnot, but those data points are likely to be mixed – keeping the S&P bouncing around its current range.
Back to John and Wade on when this could change:
Investors will need to wait until the next Fed meeting (November 3) and labor report (November 5) before we expect to see any economic data that could move the market to break out of its trading range.
We’ll keep you up to speed on earnings, inflation, and the Fed here in the Digest.
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The monthly Humber Bridge Farmers’ Market is set to return to the bridge viewing area in Hessle, on Sunday 1st June from 9am to 1pm.
Featuring more than 100 stalls selling the best in seasonal, regional produce, and a dedicated section for arts and crafts, the event has become the largest of its kind in the region and is attended by in excess of 5,000 people monthly.
Last month’s market saw the launch of a new vintage bus service, providing novelty transportation between the Humber Bridge Country Park (Humber Bridge Car Park), Barton town centre and Hessle town square on the first Saturday and Sunday of every month.
Neil Marshall, Head of Resources at the Humber Bridge, said:
“We were delighted with the success of the new vintage bus service and we have received positive feedback from our visitors. With summer around the corner, the market is a great place to visit and the new bus service makes the event accessible to even more people in the area.”
At June’s event, market-goers can expect to see an array of seasonal produce on offer – all of which is grown in the region. Wimbledon may not be here quite yet, but it’s perfect timing for strawberries and cream. And that’s not forgetting the other fruit and vegetables that are in season, such as raspberries, rocket, peas, tomatoes, spring onions and watercress.
There will also be an opportunity for visitors to win a £25 gift voucher to spend at the next market, by voting for their favourite stall in the ‘Trader of the Month’ competition. Market-goers can vote by visiting www.facebook.com/humberbridgeevents, or by emailing their nominations to email@example.com
The Humber Bridge Farmers’ Market, which holds accreditation from the National Farmers’ Retail & Markets Association (FARMA), is held on the first Sunday of every month, from 9am to 1pm, and ample free parking is available on site.


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Available from Verizon and AT&T, it will be one of the most affordable 5G phones you can buy in the US.
With affordable and feature-packed offerings like the Moto G Stylus, G Power and G Fast, it’s clear that Motorola thrives in the budget end of the phone market. Now with the new Motorola One 5G though, the Chicago-based company finally figured out a way to combine its budget know-how with 5G connectivity — without the use of an additional accessory or Motorola Mod à la Moto Z4 and Z3.
In the US, the majority of 5G phones are expensive. The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra costs $1,300, the OnePlus 8 Pro starts at $900 and Motorola’s own Edge Plus is $1,000. Even the more affordable midtier 5G phones like the LG Velvet, Galaxy A71, Motorola Edge and OnePlus 8 cost about $700. So it’s really impressive that the Motorola One 5G will likely cost less than $500. At this time Motorola hasn’t locked in an actual price, but the company said that its new phone should come in well under that figure.
The new phone will be available “soon” (no date was given) on AT&T and later in October on Verizon. Each carrier version of the phone supports a different kind of 5G. The Verizon Motorola One 5G supports the carrier’s mmWave flavor of 5G and the AT&T version will have sub-6 5G connectivity.
Like its nearly identical European sibling the Moto G 5G, the Motorola One 5G has appealing specs but also some compromises. It has a 6.7-inch full HD display and is powered by a Snapdragon 765 processor, which is the same one found in the Motorola Edge, LG Velvet and Galaxy A71.
The phone also has a bunch of desirable features, including a big 5,000-mAh battery with support for TurboPower charging, a headphone jack, a 90Hz refresh rate display and six cameras (more on those below). It also has NFC for Google Pay, which is notable because previous Motorola budget phones have lacked this feature in the US. The Motorola One 5G runs Android 10 and will receive one major OS update as well as two years of security updates. That isn’t as good as Samsung’s promise of three years of updates for its Note 20 and new Galaxy phones, but at least you know where you stand.
But to hit that unspecified sub-$500 price, Motorola made some compromises, just like Apple did for the $399 iPhone SE. The screen is an LCD instead of OLED, which typically draws more power and doesn’t have true black colors. It only has 4GB of RAM (these days, most phones at that price range have 6GB to 8GB). Lastly, the phone has a polycarbonate (i.e. plastic) body, which isn’t as premium as a glass design. None of these are necessarily deal breakers in my book, however Motorola One 5G has six — yes, six — cameras.
The One 5G has four rear cameras, including a macro camera that has one of the coolest new features I’ve seen in a long time. Surrounding the macro camera’s lens is a ring flash to illuminate close-up photos. This is especially useful because usually when getting up close and personal with an object, I find the phone’s body casts a shadow over my subject. A ring flash like this has been seen on Canon’s macro lens for its M50 mirrorless camera, but this is the first time it’s ever been implemented on a phone and I anticipate it’ll be super handy.
As for the phone’s other back cameras, the main 48-megapixel camera uses pixel binning to combine four pixels into one. This helps reduce image noise and increase brightness. There’s also an ultrawide-angle camera and a 2-megapixel depth camera for portrait mode photos.
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Honda announced a contract extension with SiriusXM this week, meaning more vehicles like the 2014 Honda Odyssey will be equipped with satellite radio.
American Honda Motor Company announced it has expanded its relationship with SiriusXm Satellite Radio through 2020. This means more Honda models will have satellite radio along with all the other great music options you already get in your Honda vehicle.
During this announcement, Honda said the Accord, Civic, CR-V and Pilot will continue to have available SiriusXM radio. For the first time ever, the Fit, CR-Z and Insight will come with available SiriusXM Radio. It will also be offered in the Acura ILX for the first time ever.
The Honda Crosstour is on MSN’s list of best cars in bad weather. Specifically, Honda likes the EX-L 4WD option powered by a V6 engine. MSN was looking for cars that handle well in snow — trucks and vans were not eligible to qualify for this list.
EX-L was considered because it is the only Crosstour model that offers Honda’s Real Time 4WD. Honda’s Real Time 4WD engages when the system detects you slipping. It transfers power to where you get tire grip. The hydraulically actuated system operates only when front wheel slippage occurs, helping you through terrain that can be tricky to maneuver.
The Green Car Journal nominated 5 cars for this prestigious award. This isn’t an award for future cars — it’s a list of the practical family cars on the road today that are trying to make the world greener and cleaner.
The 2014 Honda CR-V hit the dealership in late summer. Building off the popularity of the previous models, the CR-V should still be the No. 1 choice for drivers seeking the midsized SUV.
So why do drivers love the CR-V? The 5-passenger SUV is known for fuel economy that reaches up to 31 MPG. The CR-V also has all the available options, so everyone in your family will find something to love about their CR-V.


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Amazon Alters its Content Policy, Pulls Books it Deems as ‘Hate Speech’
Amazon embarked on its campaign to stifle free speech and “burn books” by altering its content policy to forbid literature that, in its eyes, promote ‘hate speech.’
The policy change came sometime prior to this week and began its work by removing a book critical of transgender ideology from its digital bookshelf. The book, “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement,” was taken down from the retail giant’s main web store, Kindle servers and audiobook section, without any explanation, even after sitting on its digital shelves for three years largely without controversy.
According to the book’s blurb on the Barnes & Noble website, it “exposes the contrast between the media’s sunny depiction of gender fluidity and the often sad reality of living with gender dysphoria. It gives a voice to people who tried to “transition” by changing their bodies, and found themselves no better off. Especially troubling are the stories told by adults who were encouraged to transition as children but later regretted subjecting themselves to those drastic procedures. “
In speaking with Just the News, the book’s author and political philosopher, Ryan Anderson, said that he received zero explanation from Amazon on his work’s ban. His publisher received no explanation as well. When Just the News reached out to the company for more insight, they simply provided them with a link to the updated content policy.
The content policy through the link provided states that in terms of books, Amazon doesn’t “sell certain content including content that we determine is hate speech…or other material we deem inappropriate or offensive."
Just last August, exposed through a search on the Internet Archives, Amazon’s policy included nothing related to hate speech being banned from its shelves, but rather stated that they “reserve the right not to sell certain content, such as pornography or other inappropriate content."
On that older version of their policy, the company directed users to a page on “guidelines for other categories of products.” The page stated that the company "does not allow products that promote, incite or glorify hatred," but explicitly did not mention anything about books.
Anderson said that although his book “advances an argument from a certain viewpoint,” he “didn’t get any facts wrong, and didn’t engage in any name-calling.”
He also noted that his book received praise from various reputable people in aligned fields, including "the former psychiatrist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a longtime psychology professor at NYU, a professor of medical ethics at Columbia Medical School, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, [and] a professor of neurobiology at the University of Utah."
Why I labeled the issue as “book burning” in the beginning of this article is because that’s exactly what this is! Amazon is getting rid of books on only one side of an argument – the side that it sees as “offensive” and “hateful.”
THEN WHY THE HECK ARE THEY STILL SELLING HITLER’S “MEIN KAMPF” ON THERE?
The Nazis and Communist Soviets burned books they deemed to be detrimental to the power of the far-left parties in office. It’s the same deal and it’s happening right under our noses. Think George Orwell’s 1984.
You see, Big Tech companies, including Amazon, could care less about what progressives and others on the far-left have to say, but when it comes from the conservative side of the spectrum, it gets shut down. They’re openly weaponizing the events that unfolded at the Capitol building on Jan. 6 as an excuse. We could begin looking at examples of those de-platformed from Facebook like Brandon Straka, or Donald Trump and other supporters from Twitter, or Parler from Amazon servers – the but the list would be way too long.
Is the left being banned, though? No.
The day might come when my book “Is God A Republican?” is banned from being sold on Amazon because of its conservative Christian worldview on politics. It’ll be deemed as “hate speech” simply for that.
My two cents is that purchasing digital copies of books is obviously not the way to go, as we’re seeing. They’re way too easily pulled of shelves by the companies. The recommendation is to get hard copies while we still can of the books progressives can and will label as “hate speech.” Who knows, maybe our Constitution might become one of those?
Amazon’s move is just the beginning and a very dangerous precedence set for other retailers and Big Tech companies to follow. Get what you can in hard copy, while you, before the left pulls it from you.


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A fan has created an impressive animation out of LEGOs featuring a mob of glow squid Minecraft. While many games have come and gone over the past decade, Minecraft It continues to be one of the most successful titles on the market, adding new items and mobs from time to time, such as Glow Squid. Due to its popularity, many fans continue to create fan art based on the creatures found in its procedurally generated worlds. This LEGO Glow Squid animation is a perfect example.
The glow squid is a passive species found in aquatic habitats. Minecraft. Interestingly, it was added in 2020 after winning a community vote that determined which new mob would be added to the game. As the name suggests, the Glow Squid has a similar design to a real-life squid, except in a more blocky form. However, this swarm gives off bioluminescence, which makes it quite beautiful to look at underwater and separates it from the regular squid, another swarm that it inhabits. Minecraft.
Although these creatures can be found in dark watery places such as deep oceans, canyons and underground lakes, one fan decided to create a stop-motion animation that features a real-world one. Known as Magpie_Lullaby on Reddit, he shared a video showing a LEGO version of an aquatic mob. In the clip, from Glow Squid Minecraft A transparent rod was viewed above which was moved up and down against a yellow background. Adding to the realism of the animation, the squid’s tentacles move inward and then outward repeatedly as its entire body slowly rotates.
In the comments section, Magpie_Lullaby gave a little more information about how they animated the LEGO model. While some wondered if some kind of software was used to make the clip look sharper and reduce flickering, a Reddit user revealed that none was used to enhance the animation. went. According to Magpie_Lullaby, the only thing they did was “duck under the table” they were animating to reduce the number of shadows visible in the clip. Regardless of the techniques used, Minecraft The community seems to be thoroughly enjoying the animation as it has garnered over 3.4K votes in less than a day.
In other in-game mobs news, Mojang recently held its annual live event for the game, revealing that camels are coming. Minecraft in the future. Also, the latest Minecraft A crowd vote determined that Sniffer would join the list of creatures found in the procedurally generated world at a later date. It will be interesting to see if Magpie-Lullaby chooses to create a LEGO animation based on these new mobs as well.
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Here’s why your Twitter feed is filled with these red flag emojis
The red flag emoji symbolizes a warning in this new Twitter trend.
If you’ve spent any time on Twitter over the last couple of days, no doubt you’ve seen a bunch of posts using the red flag emoji quite liberally. As tends to happen on social media, the emoji has become the subject of a pretty major trend, with its use on the platform skyrocketing over the last couple of days.
So what does it mean? Twitter told CNET that it had seen a 455 percent increase in the use of the red flag emoji over the last week, but why has this particular emoji become so important all of a sudden?
It turns out that a trend has evolved over the last several days of people warning others on Twitter of potential “red flags.” From relationship warnings to general people you should stay away from, people have begun using the red flag emoji as a warning to other people, similar to the meaning of “red flag” in the real world.
The trend started earlier this week, with several tweets covering potential red flags when dating someone. These became so popular, amassing tens of thousands of likes, that it quickly evolved into a much larger trend.
Now, you see users warning against all kinds of potential red flags, like bad tastes in movies:
And of course, as is the case with most trends on Twitter, the brands have begun to capitalize on the hype over the red flag emoji:
But if you put yourself out there as a brand, you always leave the door open for criticism:
The huge boom in popularity of the red flag emoji on Twitter is nothing more than a trend similar to other trends that tend to sweep across social media.
One thing that is important to consider is how those with visual impairments that use screen readers experience this meme. Screen readers capture the entire tweet and a bunch of red flags can make some users’ experiences much more annoying.
Chances are, the entire platform will forget about the emoji in the coming weeks. But do yourself a favor and read through some of the red flag tweets you see out there. You may learn some good advice.
Have any thoughts on this? Let us know down below in the comments or carry the discussion over to our Twitter or Facebook.
- Twitter now lets web users remove annoying followers without having to block them
- Twitter will now warn you if a thread you’re jumping into is about to get spicy
- Facebook finally says no to selling Amazon rainforest land on Facebook Marketplace
- Instagram will start letting users know when its down after last week’s dumpster fire of an outage


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The company that makes London taxi cabs has launched an emergency recall of 400 black cabs after discovering a steering fault. It also suspended its shares and warned its financial poisition would be "unclear" until it had found a way to fix the fault.
Manganese Bronze, which has been making black cabs since 1948, said it had been forced to recall the cabs and suspend all sales of its TX4 model after drivers reported serious problems with the power steering.
The Coventry-based company - which manufactures the cabs in China - warned investors that the suspension of sales would have a "very material and detrimental" impact on its cash flow.
The steering fault is just the latest problem to beset Manganese, which is 20% owned by Chinese car group Geely and has failed to turn a profit since 2007. This summer, just two days after the Spice Girls danced on top of five black cabs at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics the company revealed a £3.9m black hole in its accounts.
Manganese's UK sales dropped 9% last year to 1,502 taxis. The company's shares, which were suspended at 10p valuing the company at just £3m has, have fallen 70% in the past year. Just five years ago, they were changing hands at more than £8 each.
It is not the first time Manganese has been forced to launch an emergency recall of the TX4 model. Four years ago it called back 5,000 of the early TX4 after some of them caught fire.
John Russell, chief executive of Manganese Bronze, said there had been two incidences of drivers "struggling to steer the vehicles correctly" due to the failure of the hydraulic system that powers the steering.
Russell said that in both incidences a circlip, which holds hydraulic fluid pipes in place, had either fallen off or been damaged. "[This means] you get very erratic performance of the hydraulic fluid in the power steering, which results in odd characteristics [to the steering]," he said.
In both cases the drivers had been able to wrest back control of their vehicles and, Russell said, the fault had not led to any injuries.
He said Manganese engineers had examined the vehicles "and came to the conclusion that we did have a problem".
The company immediately began the recall and some of the affected vehicles are already off the streets. Russell said all owners and drivers of affected cabs were being contacted by phone and by letter.
Russell said he was unable to say what had caused the problem or how long it would take to fix it. "We know that drivers aren't earning a livelihood if they can't drive. That is a real issue, and we aim to get them back on the road and earning money as soon as possible," he said.
"We are not going to have a witch hunt. We want to find a solution the root cause. Then we will discover who is to blame, and questions will get answered."
However, Russell pointed out that the company had recently contracted a new Chinese company to supply its steering box. "We firmly believed that we had a better supplier, and we went through a very thorough test evaluation," he said. "We are very disappointed."
He said Manganese holds a contract with the supplier that "covers warranty and negligence, and that contract will come into play".
The company is also suffering from growing competition. Mercedes-Benz began selling its Vito cab in 2008 and now supplies almost a third of the capital's 22,000-cab fleet.
"We are having a real tough time of it," Russell said. "But we are one of the great British icons and so we will continue to power on.
"Despite various attempts to build a better taxi, no one has made a better one than ours."


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Steemit recently announced that it has exceeded 1 million users.
The reality behind Steemit
It is a content platform based on blockchain technology, with two peculiarities: not only does it pay its users who create quality content, comment on it and share it, but the payment is made using a cryptocurrency called STEEM.
Specifically, the votes given to each content are converted into Steem tokens and Steem Dollars (SBD), that in turn can be converted to bitcoin or, if you prefer, fiat currency.
As confirmed by the numbers cited in the blog, Steemit.com has more transactions than any other crypto: 250 thousand visitors a day, a million daily transactions, created by 60,000 unique accounts that interact daily with the network.
Growth over time
Moreover, these statistics do not count the numerous DApps (decentralized applications) that use Steem’s blockchain (dtube, busy and dlive as first examples) and that in turn offer large user bases.
Looking back at two years ago, the comparison is astonishing: in 2016, in fact, the platform did not go beyond 2,000 users, while today it has just exceeded one million.
But the comparison with other big names such as Ethereum is merciless: ETH, which reaches a market capitalization of 70 billion dollars, can boast 33,000,000 unique addresses and it is good to remember that the habit of creating a new address for each transaction, sent or received is widespread among crypto users.
Steem’s approach is different, with a capitalization of around 800 million, users generally have only one account, which makes Steem’s numbers particularly realistic.
“As the only protocol on top of which entrepreneurs are building applications that “real people” can use, Steem is also helping to legitimize the cryptocurrency ecosystem as a whole. Applications such as busy.org, d.tube, and dlive.io are the kind of websites that people are familiar with and comfortable telling their friends and family about. Instead of cryptocurrency being some abstract concept that people hear about on the news, Steem turns it into something real, thereby helping to bring attention to other legitimate projects in the space.”


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Samsung Releases New Galaxy S IV Teaser Video
It’s been one week since Samsung released its first teaser video for the Galaxy S IV, and a lot’s happened since then. A couple days later, we saw some screenshots leak, attempting to confirm new GS4 features, and earlier today we got what might be the first real looks at the hardware itself. We knew from that first video that Samsung would be planning a follow-up, and today, with only three days to go until the company’s launch event, Samsung follows up with the next installment.
Once again, we don’t get much in the way of info on the phone itself, besides some commentary from young Jeremy that the Galaxy S IV is “beautiful,” his favorite color, “unreal,” and “totally amazing.” At the least, Jeremy has been able to keep the GS4’s secret safe.
The series is set to continue, presumably as Jeremy is tasked with bringing the smartphone to Samsung’s launch event. We’ll be looking forward to that new installment over the next several days.


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E- commerce gaint Amazon which employees more than 1.3 million people has reported that nearly 19000 employees have tested positive. Though the number is lower when compared with the number of people employed with Amazon it is still significant.
To counter this Amazon has increased testing 50000 in a day across it’s 650 sites. Though Amazon has said that it is doing everything that it can to safeguard employees the safety measures and lack of info regarding affected individuals has been severely criticized. But one good thing is that employees affected with Covid are getting extra time off with full pay.


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Limitless Consulting and Marketing INc. CELEBRATES 2024 GLOBAL RECOGNITION AWARD™
Limitless Consulting and Marketing Inc. Receives 2024 Global Recognition Award
Limitless Consulting and Marketing, under the strategic guidance of CEO Anthony Malascalza, has been recognized with a 2024 Global Recognition Award for its exceptional contributions to the marketing industry and its pioneering efforts in promoting sustainable energy. The company’s innovative approach to representing electric and natural gas suppliers within the deregulated energy space has transformed traditional marketing strategies and significantly contributed to adopting eco-friendly energy solutions. This commitment to sustainability and a proven track record of success underscores the reasons for this prestigious accolade.
Limitless Consulting and Marketing has effectively driven consumer awareness and adoption of green energy alternatives through strategic alliances and cutting-edge campaigns. The company’s relentless pursuit of innovation and excellence has redefined industry standards, positioning it as a trailblazer in sustainable marketing. The award highlights Limitless Consulting and Marketing’s unique blend of visionary leadership, environmental stewardship, and outstanding performance in generating over 5000 weekly new clients, showcasing the impact of its strategic initiatives on the market and the environment.
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Limitless Consulting and Marketing’s leadership in the sales and sustainability sector is marked by its remarkable revenue growth of 3000%, a testament to its effective marketing strategies and role in transforming the landscape of sustainable energy promotion. The company’s dedication to innovation is evident in its approach to reshaping consumer perceptions and behaviors towards eco-friendly energy solutions, establishing it as a key player in driving the industry forward. This award recognizes Limitless Consulting and Marketing’s ability to navigate and lead in the competitive and ever-evolving marketing industry.
The company’s strategic partnerships with electric and natural gas suppliers have been instrumental in its success, enabling it to leverage state-of-the-art technology and innovative campaigns that resonate with today’s environmentally conscious consumers. By prioritizing eco-conscious practices and sustainability, Limitless Consulting and Marketing distinguishes itself from competitors, offering unparalleled results while making a significant environmental impact. This approach has contributed to the company’s exceptional growth and solidified its reputation as a leader in promoting sustainable energy adoption.
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Limitless Consulting and Marketing’s receipt of a 2024 Global Recognition Award is a significant milestone that celebrates the company’s achievements in the realms of innovation, sustainability, and social responsibility. The award recognizes the tangible impact of the company’s initiatives on the environment and the industry and underscores the importance of visionary leadership in driving positive change. Limitless Consulting and Marketing, under Anthony Malascalza’s guidance, has set new benchmarks for excellence, demonstrating that success in the business world can be achieved while adhering to principles of environmental stewardship and social responsibility.
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Minneapolis, January 19, 2024 – Outsell and Foureyes are thrilled to announce a strategic partnership poised to revolutionize customer engagement in the automotive industry. This collaboration harnesses Foureyes’ groundbreaking technology, integrating seamlessly with Outsell’s Customer Engagement Platform powered by AI Assist™, to provide dealers with unprecedented insights and communication capabilities.
“Dealers are rightly insisting that they need their technology partners to work better together and leverage their first-party data in more and better ways,” said David Steinberg, Founder and CEO of Foureyes. “This partnership gives dealers greater data access and delivers positive outcomes to their customers and bottom line.”
The combination of Foureyes’ patented website tracking and Outsell’s Converter Suite of Products amplifies engagement behavior signals for dealer customers by an impressive 67%. Identity Resolution, driven through website activity collection, will launch timely omnichannel personalized communications, increasing customer engagement by over 30%.
Converter Suite: A Game-Changer in Customer Engagement
The Converter Suite of Products marks a pivotal step in the customer engagement ecosystem, combining expanded shopping activity insights, machine learning models, and automated omnichannel personalized communication. This comprehensive system, integrated with the dealership CRM, ensures a seamless customer experience, from engagement to transaction.
Mike Wethington, Outsell’s Founder and CEO emphasized, “This is an expansion of our commitment to delivering innovative solutions that simplify complex data integrations. Making it easy for our dealer partners to be 100% customer-centric has been at the core of our business for the past 20 years. We are excited to partner with Foureyes as we expand the Outsell Customer Engagement Partner Ecosystem.”
Exclusive NADA 2024 Promotion: 20% Discount for Early Adopters
Outsell is offering a limited-time 20% discount on the Converter Suite for early adopters who sign up between February 1 and 4 at NADA Conference 2024. Visit Booth #4801W or contact the sales team at firstname.lastname@example.org before February 4th to secure this exclusive offer.
Foureyes is an automotive data platform providing sales enablement applications that help dealers convert more leads to sales. For more information, visit foureyes.io.
Outsell is the automotive industry’s leading Customer Engagement Platform, dedicated to helping dealerships unlock the power of their first-party data for customer retention, increased gross profit, and improved marketing efficiencies. For more information, visit outsell.com.
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I am sure most of you have seen what is happening in NE. with all the flooding, but are you watching what has happened in the Eastern Dakotas with all the snow? Do you know there are over 16 states that have been affected by the winter weather and the flooding? WA state lost over 18000 dairy cows to a blizzard. There have been a lot of cattle lost in these states in addition to all that has been lost in CO. and WY.. CO. alone has lost over a million calves this winter. And in the eastern Dakotas and Minnesota, more than 20 inches of snow remains on the ground which still has to melt. This is absolutely devastating and the sad part is it isn’t even over yet.
Add this to all the cattle that had to be sold this past summer and fall because of the drought. It takes several years to rebuild a herd and that is if a person is willing to start over ( I know it is going to take us a while to rebuild and not sure we will get back to the old numbers). Couple this with all the farmland that is under water right now that will probably delay planting and that is if they are able to plant at all this season. In addition to all the small farms and ranches that are quitting because they can’t afford to farm or ranch anymore.
Farmers have lost massive amounts of corn, wheat, and soybeans to the flooding. Thousands of acres of farmland are still underwater and they won’t be able to plant them in time this year. In addition to seed grains for animal feed.
I found this on FB
Nebraska is the #1 state in the US for state percentage of agland (91% of NE land is farm/ranch). Nebraska is the #2 state for beef production (just behind Texas) and ethanol. It’s #3 in corn, and 50% of our wheat crops are exported. And it’s #4 in the US for contributed Ag exports to the world market.
Nebraska Ag made the US 7.2 Billion dollars in sales of goods on the global market, 25 Billion dollars to the Nebraskan economy, and 104 Billion dollars to the United States GDP last year.
This is just NE. That doesn’t even account for all the food production from all the other affected states. All these affected states produce a massive amount of our food and grains to feed us and our animals with.
And if it isn’t bad enough the National Weather Service is now telling us that it is just the beginning. With the massive amount of snow, we have had this winter once it starts to melt off the flooding is going to get way worse. They are also saying we are going to also have above normal perception for the next three months. Added to the rain we are already getting.
With all these cattle gone, the farmland gone or unplantable, and if you add in all the regulations that N.M. & Co are trying to put on the oil and gas industry I feel like we are headed for some very hard times The food production is going to be way down this year ( and likely for a few years to come). Prices at the store are going to start to rising and more than likely will keep rising for some time. And in addition to food, I think fuel prices are going to start going up ( I hope I am wrong). Please get stocked up as much as you can while you can at lower prices. (and if by some chance it doesn’t happen you just don’t have to go to the store for a while).
Please if you can even if it is a bare minimum start stocking up on food get that deep pantry filled while you can still halfway afford to. I have a very bad feeling that things are going to get real ugly soon. So for the sake of your family put back a little and as I said above it turns out to be nothing the worst thing that will happen is you won’t have to go to the store for a while.
If money is tight here are some ways to save money 201 ways to save money so you will have a little extra for some extra food and this is how to fill a pantry on a tight budget Deep Pantry on a tight budget. Also here is a list of basics to have on hand if you have these you can cook just about anything Basics of a well-stocked Pantry.
What is happening right now is heartbreaking please keep all the people affected by all this in your prayers.
I am going to edit this to add a comment that was made when I first posted this.I really want you all to see just how dire things are going to get. Thanks NRP for commenting this


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Back in late March, Nvidia told us that cheap Tegra 3 tablets that will go for as low as $199 or just P8,600 will come in the very near future, possibly within the year. We were hopeful, yeah, but also guarded and speculative since quad-core tabs are not really something every Juan could have. Now, the graphics chip maker seems to tell us to believe while revealing what is called the Kai platform which will make this a possibility.
Fact is, Nvidia is already currently working on the uber-cheap versions of today's quad-core bad boys. The company's VP, Rob Csonger, said recently that Kai is not only about hardware or a single device, it's actually a platform or system that will make Tegra 3 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered devices more available to everyone, and at the same price range compared to the Kindle Fire while also being much more powerful. Nice!
However, not much tech details were revealed so we guess we'll have to stay tuned for those. On a related note, cheaper quad-core tablets like the $249 (about P10,800) ASUS ME370T (which looks to be the one on the left on the top image) and the rumored $199 Google Nexus tablet have been reported. That means a masa-friendly Tegra 3 slate is not out of the picture. It will come, but when? Nvidia says maybe before 2012 ends. The operative word there is maybe but, for now, that's good enough for us.


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Unilever switches some ingredients to adapt to commodities shortage
As commodities - from crude oil to sunflower oil - remain in short supply, Britain's Unilever (ULVR.L) has changed the ingredient makeup for some of its products like deodorants and packaged food to cut costs and mitigate supply constraints.
The ability to switch ingredients and materials, something consumer goods manufacturers traditionally find difficult, became even more valuable after Russia's invasion of Ukraine led to commodity prices hitting multi-year highs.
In April, Unilever boss Alan Jope said the company had begun altering some of its recipes so it could use rapeseeed oil instead of sunflower oil, which had become scarce since the invasion.
Ukraine typically produces about half the world's exports of sunflower oil.
According to Unilever's head of research and development, Richard Slater, the maker of Dove soap and Knorr stock cubes is not stopping there.
"Globally, there was a shortage of silicon so we were looking at our deodorant and making sure that we looked at the formulations there...to use less ingredients that are under pressure," Slater said in an interview.
Unilever, which makes Rexona, Dove, Axe and Lynx deodorants, dealt with this issue last year, he said.
In its home and beauty care businesses, the company has also been trying to reduce its products' reliance on petrochemicals and make them more sustainable.


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When it comes to setting themselves apart, small studios have one especially effective tool in their arsenal.
The most important things to know when shopping for a new laptop, hybrid, or Windows tablet.
"It's officially Christmas," says one teary-eyed Tweeter -- watch the John Lewis ad that has become a British Christmas tradition.
A man in Sweden has become the first recipient of a mind-controlled prosthetic arm that is directly interfaced with muscle, bone and nerves.
Keep your credit card details away from prying eyes and avoid fraudulent transactions with these tips for shopping online.
Seven test pilots demonstrate an X-Men-like ability to steer an airplane through a flight simulation with surprising accuracy.
The famed Israel psychic has a theory on why some iPhones bend, and he's out to prove it. Hint: it doesn't involve the phones' grade of aluminum.
Your search for an unusual and creepy Halloween mask is over early this year. Just slap an alien with joysticks over your noggin.
Using cutting-edge technology that reads brain waves, patients with ALS are regaining some control of their lives.
The city's Castro Theatre, known as much for its colorful organ concerts as its quirky film offerings, will house a massive $700,000 pipe-digital hybrid featuring a sample library used in the film industry.


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iTunes has selected Mercury artist Easton Corbin’s Top 10 hit “A Little More Country Than That” as this week’s “Single of the Week.” The song is available as a free download through February 22. iTunes is also touting Easton’s self-titled debut album by giving visitors the option to pre-order the record for the next two weeks, which marks the first time the online retailer has ever presented such an opportunity. The pre-order also comes with a bonus acoustic audio track of “The Way Love Looks,” a song from the album written by Corbin, Carson Chamberlain and Mark D. Sanders.
Corbin holds the title for the highest-charting male debut single for 2009 and continuing into 2010, and the single is the best-selling debut single from an upcoming 2010 release, with nearly 119,000 units sold. Easton Corbin hits stores March 2nd.
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Asia and Africa-focused impact investor LeapFrog Investments has recruited Biju Mohandas as a partner and global co-lead for healthcare.
Mohandas will work closely with Felix Olale, partner and healthcare co-lead, as well as Michael Fernandes, co-lead for Southeast Asia. He will be based in Kenya. LeapFrog’s healthcare program focuses...
GLP, a regional logistics platform that makes private equity investments in ancillary businesses and technologies, has launched its debut Vietnam fund with USD 1.1bn in commitments.
Generation Asia Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Roy Kuan, formerly Asia managing partner at CVC Capital Partners, has raised USD 200m through a US offering.
India’s M2P Fintech, a software provider that connects banking infrastructure to consumer-facing technology platforms, has raised USD 56m in Series C funding led by Insight Partners.
BRV Capital Management has led a KRW 170bn (USD 140m) Series C round for Green Labs, a Korea-based agricultural technology start-up seeking to digitalise the food production value chain.


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The bad news: Russian Hill corner bistro Mason Pacific (1358 Mason at Pacific) is closing at the end of July. The good: Until then, starting on Tuesday, July 25, the restaurant will offer a special 3-course menu for $49 and 50 percent off bottles of wine on its market list. Glasses of vintage burgundy are also half off.
Mason Pacific has had its share of ups and downs, and wine director Eric Railsback says the team wants to bid farewell on a high note. The restaurant weathered a kitchen fire from which it reopened almost exactly a year ago, returning with a new head chef, Max Mackinnon. But after a 2-and-a-half star review from the Chronicle and a Michelin Bib Gourmand nod, Mackinnon split in December. Mason Pacific’s current chef is Justin Wright.
Now, owners Jay and Shannon Thomson are winding down their restaurant to focus on their family and other business projects. After their final service, on the 30th, the space will be available for private rentals.