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The United Kingdom’s leading anti-smoking organization, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), has released a report detailing the use of vaping products in England, Scotland and Wales. The report is based on a survey of 13,000 adults and has been widely publicized in British media.
ASH reports that there has been a large increase in the number of people who vape in Great Britain, with 4.3 million current vapers in 2022, a 19.4 percent increase from 3.6 million in 2021. Further, more than half (2.4 million) of current e-cigarette users in the 2022 survey had switched entirely from combustible cigarettes to vaping.
Unlike the United States, the public health establishment in the United Kingdom is quite relaxed about adult e-cigarette use, and the report was greeted with enthusiasm by the anti-smoking group. ASH’s deputy chief executive, Hazel Cheeseman, is quoted as saying that the increase in smokers switching to vaping was “great news.” Even the reported rise in never smokers taking up vaping does not overly concern Cheeseman, who said that vaping among this group tended to be “rare” and “experimental.”
Furthermore, ASH revealed that fruit flavors are the most popular flavor used by U.K. adult vapers, with 41 percent of those surveyed using them. Menthol is next most popular at 19 percent. Interestingly, only 15 percent of respondents claimed tobacco as their main flavor of choice. E-cigarettes are available in a wide variety of flavors in the U.K. with little or no consternation from the government, government-funded health organizations, public health charities and non-government organizations. All recognize that flavors are important to vapers in distancing them from the taste of combustible tobacco.
In their press release, ASH declared that a “vaping revolution” had occurred over the past decade. This came quickly after an ASH briefing on youth vaping in the U.K., which was endorsed by several high-profile public health bodies and in collaboration with regulatory experts and academics. The briefing quashed media claims that youth vaping risks becoming a potential “public health catastrophe” leading to a “generation hooked on nicotine.”
All this is a far cry from the approach taken by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and a plethora of U.S. public health groups. These organizations routinely exaggerate the potential harms of vaping and shriek about a “youth vaping epidemic” that has largely subsided.
The U.K. government subsidizes e-cigarettes, the National Health Service recommends them to smokers who cannot quit using other means, there is cross-party political support for vaping, and health charities endorse them. Vape shops can even be found in some hospitals.
In the United Kingdom, people who smoke have the choice of thousands of different vaping products, flavor choices and nicotine strengths, which are greatly succeeding in tempting many away from combustible tobacco and onto consuming nicotine in a far safer manner, as the latest ASH data show.
This is because manufacturers in Britain need only notify the regulatory body which vaping products they intend to market, ensure they are free of certain harmful ingredients, and ensure they are sold only to adult smokers to help them quit.
By contrast, the FDA is preventing the United States from enjoying a “vaping revolution” similar to that of the U.K. by only authorizing a handful of vaping products made by three companies, all of them only in tobacco flavor. This is in complete disregard to governments worldwide that recognize that vaping is at least 95 percent less harmful than smoking and that there have been no reported deaths from nicotine vaping use anywhere in the world since their introduction 20 years ago.
So why is the FDA taking such an over-precautionary approach to vaping, peddling dangerous misinformation at every opportunity? This has resulted in the United States essentially forgoing the huge public health benefits enjoyed by the British population thanks to its establishment’s embrace of harm reduction when it comes to nicotine use.
In light of what’s happening across the Atlantic, why should the American public be deprived of revolutionary reduced-risk nicotine products by the bureaucratic narrow-mindedness of the FDA, its embarrassing bungling of regulating the sector, and its craven capitulation to highly funded prohibitionist groups?
The American public is badly served by the FDA’s incompetence, while the U.K. is actively acknowledging and embracing tobacco harm reduction. Adults who smoke in America deserve better than a regulatory agency that has lost sight of its prime purpose — saving lives, not petty politics.


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CBD Oil can cure COVID-19?
Main question with the current pandemic outbreak today.
In the wake of the global outbreak of coronavirus or COVID-19 across late 2019 and 2020, a variety of treatments or preventative measures have been suggested for use in fighting the disease.
Some substances (such as hydroxychloroquine) have been substantiated by initial clinical trials or at least anecdotal cases.
But many claims about “COVID-19 cures” have unfortunately been made for alternatives, including that CBD oil can cure COVID-19, which have yet to be substantiated by either studies or anecdotal evidence.
The government reacts
In the US, bureaucracies including the FDA, and media consumer watchdog groups have been pushing back against unproven or fraudulent claims made for COVID-19 therapies.
The New York Attorney General’s office sent a complaint letter in February 2020 to a Utah CBD oil vendor over some advertising statements that crossed the line, commenting that “by misrepresenting the effectiveness of products against COVID-19, companies like Finest Herbalist are giving consumers a false sense of security, putting their very lives at risk.”
In April, the Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission likewise took enforcement action against former NFL player Kyle Turley’s CBD company over unsubstantiated claims that its products can cure the corona virus.
While some of these cases may involve a crass intent to make a profit in the midst of crisis, part of the issue is there is an unfortunate tendency towards overstatement about CBD’s potential effectiveness for specific conditions, based on promising data about its general impact on wellness.
CBD Advocacy May be Hurt by Over Statements
CBD advocates may jump from citing the positive benefits identified for its use in reducing anxiety and inflammation (for which there is evidence), to asserting it can be successfully applied it as a specific therapy for situations such as COVID-19, for which there are no confirming clinical trials.
And even if CBD oil had a peer-reviewed study establishing its efficacy for treating the virus, that would not establish that a specific brand name product containing CBD oil had been proven to be effective (as the study used generic CBD, not the brand variation).
FDA and FTC have strict rules requiring the brand name to prove itself, not merely cite or rely on tests based on a generic version of the key ingredient.
Opponents of alternative health have often seized upon this distinction or loophole to dismiss the positive case made for supplements and other natural-based remedies.
Critics casually accuse CBD oil promoters of fraud on this basis, when often all they did was overzealously project its implications as a therapeutic remedy for illness based on general evidence, without having specific studies confirming a particular brand was effective for that condition.
CBD oil supporters should, therefore, be much more careful in the current contentious and oppositional atmosphere about exactly what is being claimed for the substance.
So, what are the beneficial effects of CBD oil?
Because serious studies on the subject are still lacking, the answer must remain conditional: cannabidiol could have positive effects on many health problems, reducing anxiety and stress, acting as an anti-inflammatory, and significantly improving the quality of sleep.
It would reduce the impact of pain in people who suffer from chronic diseases (such as irritable bowel or fibromyalgia).
Proof and substantial info in form of medical trial that CBD Oil can cure Covid-19 there are very few or none.
According to the testimonies of consumers themselves, taking cannabidiol products such as CBD oils tends to produce relaxing effects, which explains why these oils are used more and more as dietary supplements.
These beneficial effects, if not accepted uniformly, have however led certain pharmaceutical companies to design and launch CBD-based drugs.
Can CBD oil cure diseases?
Again, the lack of studies on the question prevents any concrete answer. In addition, the current state of legislation does not allow cannabidiol to be treated as a medicine: it is, at best, a dietary supplement.
What we can say is that CBD, used in addition to a healthy lifestyle (physical activities, reduced-fat diet, etc.), can only have positive effects, if not on health, at least on well-being.
It should not be forgotten that CBD oil is above all a vegetable oil.
Like all oils, it maximizes its share of benefits by providing the body with the elements it needs to function normally, in particular essential fatty acids.
This broad range and scope of effects should be how its defenders advocate for CBD.
Which way for CBD oil from here?
New innovative modes of administration should emerge in the coming years as there are many scientific types of research and applications of CBD (e.g., energy drinks, CBD suppositories, CBD patch, CBD aerosol), which will make CBD oil more accessible to a larger population.
This should naturally lead to product makers being able to afford to sponsor rigorous studies that better establish therapeutic health benefits of CBD for both general wellness and for treatment of disease, whether the trials use brand or generic cannabidiol.
The additional modes of administration, oral, sublingual, and topical, also offer promise in providing choices to the consumer, as well as speed in its bio-availability.
It is easy to imagine that the effects of CBD, which are rapid by inhalation, can be appreciated in the event of a crisis, on the other hand, the ingestion of CBD, orally (especially in the liposomal form), or sublingually, by the duration of effects and the savings achieved is rather positioned as a bottom-up.
The oral and sublingual routes allow precise dosing with regular doses, and food supplements based on natural hemp extracts guarantee an entourage effect.
Researchers are interested in hemp seed oil in many areas, such as the prevention of cardiovascular disease as well as its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
It is also recommended for digestive disorders, skin problems, especially eczema.
Advocates also hope for the de-scheduling of CBD in America, since its current Schedule 5 status technically makes it a controlled substance at the national level, which is creating delays in making it fully available to the public without limitation. For more, you can read here.
With time, this will lead to greater conventional acceptance of CBD oil’s benefits, without the sensational claims until real medicals trials are done to establish does CBD oil can cure COVID-19 or any other disease.


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Stockholm, Sweden – Apiro, a provider of mobile
entertainment services in northern Europe,
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service for the local branch of major record label Universal Music Group.
Aspiro’s music service launched in beta last year in Norway, with music retail chain


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Buffalo Japan sent out a press release this morning, announcing two new BDXL compatible 16x Blu-ray Disc writers. Based on what appears to be the LG BH16NS40 or WH16NS40, the internal BRXL-16FBS-BK and external BRXL-16U3 are capable of 16x BD-R, 12x BD-R DL, 6x BD-R LTH, 2x BD-RE and 2x BD-RE DL writing speeds. On top of that, the drives can write to triple- (100GB) and quad-layer (128GB) BD-R media at 6x and triple-layer (100GB) BD-RE media at 2x.
The BRXL-16FBS-BK and BRXL-16U3 come with authoring and playback software from CyberLink as well as DiXiM BD Burner 2013, which lets you burn copy-protected digtal content directly from DTCP-IP enabled DLNA devices on your home network. The BRXL-16FBS-BK and BRXL-16U3 are scheduled to ship in early December and are expected to retail for about 21,000 Yen ($255US) and 26.565 Yen ($322US), repsectively.


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Jif Peanut Butter is encouraging inventive home chefs to enter their best-loved original recipes featuring the iconic peanut butter brand in the Jif Holiday Spread Recipe Contest at www.Jif.com. Those who take part have the chance to win one of two $10,000 kitchen makeovers. The competition runs through Jan. 17, 2011.
Jif users can enter submissions in one of two recipes categories: savory or sweet. Recipes must include a minimum of two tablespoons of any Jif variety and provide at least six servings. One grand-prize winner in each category will win $10,000 to use toward a brand-new kitchen.
“Jif Peanut Butter is already a favorite part of everyday menus, so it’s a natural fit to include it in holiday recipes that create memories and family traditions for years to come,” said Maribeth Badertscher, VP, corporate communications at the Orrville, Ohio-based J.M. Smucker Co., the manufacturer of the brand. “We look forward to seeing all of the ways that consumers are making crowd-pleasing holiday creations with Jif Peanut Butter this season.”


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According to a research report by market analyst firm Canalys, global tablet shipments tripled year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012 with Asian Pacific countries being the second largest region by shipment volume behind the U.S.
By contrast, Europe, Middle East and African (EMEA) regions saw the slowest growth year-on-year with only a 180 percent increase from this time last year.
According to the report, global shipment of tablets accounted for 19 percent of all client PC shipments, up from 7 percent one year ago. North America took the biggest shipment volume with 36 percent of PC shipped in the region. Asia Pacific received 5 million tablets in the first quarter of 2012, while the EMEA only took 4.7 million in the same period of time.
Canalys Analyst Tim Coulling attributes the lag in Europe to a struggling economy, decreasing job creation and massive government debt. While Europe is suffering economic woes, Asia Pacific is experiencing something of the opposite relating to its financial condition. “Contrast this to booming economies in the Asia Pacific region and the rapid rise in middle income households, particularly in China,” said Coulling. “These present vendors with the greatest opportunities for growth.”
Coulling also pointed to lack of content for why Europeans are slower to adopt tablet use. He said that content availability is a key driver for tablets. In the U.S., tablet owners can stream media content from services like Netflix, Hulu, XFinity, Apple, Google and Amazon. The complications surrounding negotiating digital rights and multiple language adoptions make it difficult for companies to deliver similar services consistently in Europe.
Apple rose to the top of the tablet market again with record sales of the iPad in the fourth quarter of 2011 and an estimated 58 percent share of the global market. Canalys research analyst Michael Kauh pointed out that Apple’s performance in Asia Pacific is particularly interesting because of the 252 percent growth in iPad shipment even though the new iPad shipped earlier in North America and Europe.
“Amazon’s rise in the pad space is testament to the need for a compelling content proposition. You cannot succeed by focusing on device specifications alone,” Kauh said.


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The global forecasting firm Oxford Economic has predicted that India's economic growth is likely to lose momentum in the October-December period of the ongoing financial year (April 2020 to March 2021). This forecast comes at a time when major companies in the country are announcing their quarterly results, which were characterised by huge losses.
According to Brand Finance India, a brand valuation consultancy, the country's most well-known 100 brands are likely to lose 15 percent of their brand value. Here's a look at the top 7 companies in the news which are reporting huge losses.
1. Aviation - Indigo
India's largest private airline IndiGo, which recently cut its workforce by 10 percent citing financial woes, has reported a net loss of $379.2 million in the April-June period of financial year 2020-21. The airline had registered net profit of $160.4 million in the corresponding quarter in 2019.
The operations of the airlines were severely affected by the lockdown measures, which temporarily suspended flights between 25 March and 25 May, when only domestic operations were allowed to resume.
The year-on-year revenue of the airline plunged 91.9 percent during first three months of current financial year that ended in June. The low-budget carrier had said in a press release that the cost-saving efforts of the company were not yielding sufficient results to offset the decline in revenues.
2. Automobile - Maruti Suzuki
Maruti Suzuki India, the country's largest automaker, has reported a loss for the first time in the past 15 years as production was marred by the Conoravirus pandemic and the economic restrictions induced by it.
The automobile firm has posted a net loss of $33.30 million in the Q1 of financial year 2020-21. The firm had reported a profit of $191 million last year in the corresponding months.
The company said that the slump can be attributed to a lower sales volume due to weaker demand for automobiles during the pandemic and supply chain disruptions during the two-month lockdown.
3. Telecom - Bharti Airtel
Indian telecom firm Bharti Airtel has posted a net loss of $2,124 million in period of April-June. In the corresponding period last year, the firm posted a loss of $382 million.
While the communication company has stated the adjusted gross revenue settlement, in accordance with a Supreme Court order, had led to such a massive loss, the firm also mentioned that there had been "slower" net additions in the number of 4G customers in the first three months.
"Data traffic growth surged by 73% (year-on-year) even as 4G net additions slowed down to 2 million, due to supply chain shocks in the device eco system," said Gopal Vittal, Bharti Airtel’s chief executive officer for India and South Asia.
4. Tyre Major - CEAT
Global tyre manufacturer CEAT, one of the leading producers of tyres in India, posted a net loss of $4 million for the first three months of current financial year. Last year, for the same duration, the firm had reported a $10 million-profit.
The firm stated in the report that due to the lockdown in April, the fiscal year had started at Zero. However, the company called the period challenging but better than expected.
5. Steel Industry - ArcelorMittal
Global steel major ArcelorMittal has pegged its Q2 net loss at $559 million for the financial year 2020-21. The company, formed in 2006 with the takeover and merger of Arcelor by India's Mittal Steel, uses a January-December fiscal year pattern.
The world's largest steel manufacturer called the quarter ended to June the most difficult period in its history. However, the multinational registered a $447-million net loss in the corresponding quarter of the last financial year as well.
Company CEO Lakshmi N. Mittal stated that the demand for steel was considerably affected due to the coronavirus pandemic.
6. Reliance Industries
Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries (RIL) reported a 40.5 percent dip in pre-tax profits (PBT) on Thursday in three months period ended in June as the pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns hit the energy and retail businesses.
“The severe demand destruction due to global lockdowns impacted our hydrocarbons business but the flexibility in our operations enabled us to operate at near normal levels and deliver industry-leading results,” Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of the company said while expressing satisfaction over some positive aspects of this difficult period.
7. Retail - Dabur India
Citing lower operation revenue, India's FMGC major Dabur registered a 6.18 percent decline in its consolidated net profit at $45 million in the Q1 of financial year 2021. In the corresponding quarter last year, the company had posted a net profit of $48 million.
The firm stated that the pandemic brought the business to a standstill and it entered the "position of crisis". Dabur is currently focused on revamping its capacity to deal with the challenging business environment.


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Former FDA commissioner plays his hand on CBD regulationFormer FDA commissioner plays his hand on CBD regulation
Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb lays out a pharma-friendly pathway for CBD in a Washington Post op-ed.
July 31, 2019
When Scott Gottlieb stepped down from his post as Food and Drug Administration commissioner in April, one of the biggest supplement industry disappointments was the loss of a government voice calling for a pathway for CBD to become a legal dietary supplement.
Gottlieb’s July 30 CBD op-ed piece in the Washington Post suggests such beliefs may have been a “be careful what you wish for” moment.
Many supplement industry executives watching the market in its current state would likely have trouble disagreeing with the headline, “The CBD craze is getting out of hand. The FDA needs to act.” But Gottlieb, now an investor in what the byline disclaimer describes as “biopharmaceutical companies,” offers a more questionable set of ideas in the body of the piece.
He starts with some simple statements. The former commissioner makes the true but widely disregarded observation that “much of the product is illegal under current law,” and offers the clarification that the 2018 farm bill legalized growing and selling hemp but did not greenlight putting CBD into food. He reminds readers that the “one legally available purified form of CBD” remains Epidiolex, a pharmaceutical drug the FDA approved last year.
None of that is new and much of it was probably said by Gottlieb more than once during his FDA tenure. Back then, he promised “a path” to legal CBD outside the pharmaceutical realm. What’s more clear now is what path he might have mapped out. And it’s not likely anybody in the supplement industry would be eager to go skipping down it.
While Gottlieb does propose that the FDA “can approve the sale of some CBD products immediately,” it doesn’t sound like that when you read further. The mechanism of which he speaks is new dietary ingredient notification; and Gottlieb makes it clear that one NDI would not cover the wide market. He suggests Congress pass legislation allowing the FDA to skip establishing regulation that all players could use and instead it would “rely on petitions filed by individual, prospective producers.”
Given that such petitions would have to include toxicity studies, the NDI route gets very expensive, very quickly. One could say that such a requirement will shake out the less responsible players—and the industry needs some of that—but if it pares down the industry to a very few players, we’re not sure what that does besides make the pharmaceutical companies Gottlieb is consulting for very happy.
Laced through his piece are hints that betray a pharma-first agenda. He suggests the framework be “expressly unique to CBD” to ward off “supplement makers seeking a back door to add other drugs to foods.” Does “other drugs” mean Gottlieb is calling CBD a drug?
It looks that way. He also writes, “Any path to allow CBD to be added to food products needs to preserve the incentive to study the compound in rigorous clinical trials to prove its therapeutic potential as a medicine.” “Preserve the incentive” sounds a lot like preserving CBD as a drug. Blessed with FDA’s drug-approval status, GW Pharmaceuticals could likely start suing CBD supplement makers now. If additional pharma players with patents and approved drugs come into the market, that likelihood and the firepower behind it only increases.
To be sure, not all of what Gottlieb offers sounds like a deliberate ploy to boost pharma’s fortunes. But many of his recommendations already apply to dietary supplements. When he suggests such criteria as “good manufacturing requirements, demonstrating traceability, adhering to safe levels for the purity and potency,” it should be noted that all of that could and should be enforced on all products covered under FDA’s mandate.
His other suggestion, that CBD be added to supplements and food “only in very low concentrations” is more interesting. It’s something that’s being discussed and even expected in the supplement industry. What “very low concentrations” turn out to be, of course, could be a problem. Concentrations on the market now are so much lower than the Epidiolex prescription form that the risk of the FDA imposing something of market-killing severity seems low.
Still, Gottlieb’s earlier mention of liver toxicity is worth mentioning here. The toxicity issue comes up around the prescription strength dosage, 100s of milligrams compared to the 15-20 in most CBD products. And yet, Gottlieb warns, “if you eat CBD in your breakfast, lunch and dinner, you could get a toxic dose.”
Put simply, you’d have to be a big eater.
Against all that, any nostalgia for Gottlieb’s hand at the tiller to guide the future of CBD in foods and supplements seems naïve now. To be clear, the market needs clarity. It’s disappointing that so many companies are not waiting for that clarity to come. We’ve called it a “wait and see” strategy without the “wait” part. Some of them are being careful and conscientious, but many are not.
So far, the FDA has seemed willing to kick the can down the road. CBD is largely being treated as any other supplement can be expected to be treated. Don’t make any outrageous claims and don’t skimp on GMPs and the FDA is likely to reach for lower hanging fruit.
Such enforcement might be ill-defined, but if it were consistent, that would be what the CBD market needs. Indeed, it’s what the whole supplement industry needs. But Gottlieb seems to be talking about special rules for CBD that could hold the market back in the wrong ways.
And that’s a path few in the supplement industry are likely eager to tread.
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Sony revealed late last year that it would be changing its smartphone strategy to work on high end handsets. While that meant the Xperia Z flagship range, the company also planned to work on exciting new high end devices that fit into the mid-range. The now officially launched Xperia M5 fits that bill, as will the Xperia C5 Ultra when it launches next month. Back to the M5 for now as this seems a very impressive mid-range smartphone.I have been particularly critical of Sony's recent design for its flagship line, deeming it too incremental although I cannot deny the overall premium quality. While it would be great to see Sony update the flagship smartphone in terms of aesthetics, it is hard to find any fault with the lower end Xperia M5. Simply put it looks stunning, the premium finish of the Xperia Z series looks better on a device that has no right boasting it... however subjective that opinion may be. The Xperia M5 offers a solid high end spec sheet for a price that is thought to be just shy of $400 (Sony has not officially announced price or release regions/dates). However, this past week the scene has changed and what we expect from a $400 device may look more like a Moto X Style or OnePlus 2 (under $400). Sony devices can typically be found cheaper than their list price, but nevertheless can the Xperia M5 compete in a market that now has two flagship quality smartphones in its price band?
Luke Jones is the Managing Editor at MobileBurn.com and is the person you need to speak to about the content on the site. Luke studied creative writing at degree level before carving out a reputation as a freelance tech writer. He settled here at MobileBurn, where he reviews devices and contributes to the news, as well as overseeing the site's content and direction.


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SEATTLE — Amazon says it is hiring more than 2,500 full-time workers at shipment centers around the U.S.
However, investors on Wednesday were thinking more about UBS' lowering of Amazon stock to "neutral" from "buy" -- so shares fell, down 3.6% in afternoon trading to $348.85.
Amazon.com announced that the jobs are available in Chester, Va., and Petersburg, Va.; Coffeyville, Kan.; Columbia, S.C.; Dupont, Wash.; Murfreesboro, Tenn.
"Today, we're excited to announce 2,500 full-time jobs, bringing new employment opportunities to local communities across the country," said Mike Roth, vice president of North America operations, in a company statement.
The world's largest online retailer says last year it hired more than 20,000 people at its fulfillment centers, with more than half starting out as seasonal workers. Amazon says the median income for people working at its order-fulfillment facilities is higher than at traditional retailers.
The Seattle-based company had 117,300 full-time and part-time employees at the end of 2013, according to a regulatory filing.
UBS lowered its rating on Amazon stock on concern about revenue from the company's "Prime" customers, who are eligible for pricing deals and extra services.
Contributing: The Associated Press.


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By Maureen Ojinaka
Commercial activities have resumed in earnest in Enugu after the Yuletide, with markets, banks and other business activities operating normally, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
A Correspondent of NAN who went round Enugu metropolis on Monday, reports that there were normal vehicular and human movements on major roads, while some traders, said they had fully returned to commence their regular businesses for the year.
Mr Uche Nnamdi, a trader, who deals on women’s wears at Ogbete Main Market, explained that he decided to open his shop for business on time due to COVID-19 second lockdown rumour.
“I returned early this year to open my shop for business due to the second COVID-19 lockdown that I am hearing,” Nnamdi said.
Mrs Eugenia Ani, another trader at Garki Market, said she had to opened for business earlier, following her inability to make much profit from her cosmetics’ business as a result of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Ani added that she started early because she also needed to pay for her children’s school fees in this month.
“I opened early this year because of COVID-19 pandemic which made many traders to remain indoors for several months last year and my children’s school fees will be paid this January.
“In fact, every expenditure I make in my family is from this my shop,” she said.
Also, a bank customer in one of the commercial banks, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she came to pay for her children’s school fees to avoid rush when schools resume.
“This is the best time to pay for children’s fees because customers are not many in banks now, when compared to the population of customers expected by next week,” she said.
Similarly, most shopping malls in the metropolis were seen opened for businesses. (NAN)


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Airbnb is the title sponsor at the U.S. Conference for Mayors in Indianapolis, a gathering of hundreds of mayors from across the country that began on June 24. As part of the company's sponsorship package, room key cards at the JW Marriott that is hosting the conference feature advertising for Airbnb–-which is ironic, considering that hotel interest groups have been the company's most committed opponents.
An Airbnb spokesperson confirmed that the hotel key advertisements were part of the sponsorship package.
At the conference, Airbnb Head of Global Policy and Public Affairs Chris Lehane argued that Airbnb is a good economic partner, saying 13% of hosts from ten of the largest cities in the U.S. report that their income from hosting has helped them avoid eviction or foreclosure. SK


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High-end interiors firm Carden Cunietti to sell off 20 years’ worth of treasures
WANT to get your hands on a lamp destined for the home of an A-lister? Ever wondered what a rock star’s rug would look like? Now’s your chance as Carden Cunietti, an interior design firm to the stars, is offloading two decades’ worth of furniture.
Since founders Audrey Carden and Eleanora Cunietti set up their antique furniture shop in west London, they’ve built up quite a collection of spare treasures. Now, as a 12-person consultancy creating interiors for the likes of Robbie Williams and Annie Lennox, they need to catch up on 20 years’ worth of tidying, so they came up with the idea of holding charity sale The Spring Clean.
“When we get furnishings shipped in, some things arrive damaged, in the wrong colour, or we’ve made a mistake in the order somewhere,” says Carden. We’ve accumulated so much of this stuff over 20 years, and we just keep thinking we’ll use it some day. The truth is, we don’t.”
A lot of items are bespoke one-offs that simply didn’t make the final cut, meaning they’re sitting in perfect condition in the warehouse.
“We’ve got one rug that’s 17ft by 14ft that we had custom-made for this huge house. Most people don’t have space to put that in their house, so it’s just sitting in storage, looking brand new. We thought, we couldn’t be the only ones that have all this stuff. So we called everyone we knew and got them involved, too.”
Carden and Cunietti now have a committee of nine high-end designers behind The Spring Clean, all donating furniture that’s been lying in storage. Proceeds will go to the Kids Company, which provides support to vulnerable young people in inner cities.
Expect hundreds of items from lamps, sofas, cushions, curtains, artworks, fabrics, bespoke lighting, photography and beds. “Where a lampshade might have been £300, we’re going to be selling them for £30. We’re pricing to sell, really,” says Carden.
The Spring Clean takes place at Londonewcastle Project Space, 28 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch on Friday 30 May and Saturday 31 May from 10.30am to 6.30pm.


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Amazon reported higher than anticipated gross sales and earnings within the March quarter regardless of persistent inflation and a weakening financial surroundings that analysts had feared would lead to softer spending amongst customers and enterprise cloud prospects.
Revenues grew 9 per cent to $127.4bn, forward of forecasts of $124.6bn, in keeping with S&P Capital IQ. Gross sales at Amazon’s on-line shops have been flat at $51.1bn, however topped forecasts of $50.4bn.
Income at Amazon Net Providers, its cloud unit, grew 16 per cent to $21.4bn, forward of forecasts for $21.2bn. Amazon chief government Andy Jassy stated AWS prospects have been “spending extra cautiously,” however added: “We like the basics we’re seeing in AWS, and imagine there’s a lot development forward.”
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Luke Evans has announced that he’s going on tour in support of his debut album At Last, which entered the UK charts at 11 on Friday.
The actor/singer will play four shows in April 2020 kicking off in Birmingham before heading to London, Cardiff and Llandudno.
“As some people know, it’s been my dream throughout my life to record and release an album. And now that the response to my debut album At Last has been so brilliant, I’m finally getting a chance to fulfil another dream of mine……to go on tour and perform these songs to my fans. I can promise that I will be delivering an entertaining show for everyone, with a few surprises in store,” enthuses Luke about touring for the first time.
The full tour dates are:
26th April Birmingham Symphony Hall
28th April London Palladium
29th April Cardiff St. David’s Hall
30th April Llandudno Venue Cymru Arena
Fans who order At Last from Luke’s official store https://lukeevans.lnk.to/store will receive access to an exclusive 48-hour priority ticket fan pre-sale. Fans who have previously bought the album from the official store will automatically be eligible for the presale.
The pre-sale will open at 10am GMT on Wednesday 4th December and will remain available until tickets go on general sale from 10am GMT on Friday 6th December from https://ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net/r3NJy.


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Business owners in a small town in England have trashed their own coffee shop to make a big statement to their customers about the impact of their actions.
Customers of Otto’s Coffee Shop in Sevenoaks, Kent, arrived one day in April to find they couldn’t enter, as the store was filled knee-deep with rubbish—15,000 discarded disposable coffee cups the owners had picked up around town over the course of a month.
Dubbing it “the walk of shame”, any customer who requested a disposable cup had to wade through the sea of used cups, while those who brought their own reusable cup were served at the door.
In a bold move, since May, the cafe has only sold to customers who bring their own reusable cup.
In an Instagram post, they (very bluntly!) explained their decision to take such drastic action.
“After some harrowing research we decided we couldn’t wait for our local council to pull their finger out of their arse, so we said #fuckthecup & took a pretty chunky risk to demonstrate that it can and should be done differently,” they wrote.
“There has been some very difficult conversations, we have lost some customers, there has been lots of lessons to learn VERY quickly, but overall we have received an unbelievable & overwhelming amount of support.
“Thank you to every-one who has burst through the doors with your #reuseable cup in hand. Thank you to all the business’s & individuals that have advised us & showed your support. Thank you to those of you that patiently let us explain what we are trying to achieve & left with a #reuseable cup in hand.”
In addition to ditching disposable cups, the cafe has its milk delivered the old-fashioned way—in glass bottles which are washed and refilled by the local dairy. They even collect the foil seals from the bottles for recycling.
Their coffee packaging is also 100 per cent recyclable, as the business aims to fulfil its mission to put “planet before profits”.


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If the number of gadgets above seems excessive, then you should see the rest I have stowed in my drawer.
All in, I have seven or eight active tokens – I’ve lost count – used to log on to online banking accounts. Some, I think, are expired, while others I don’t even remember are for which accounts.
I may be a minority among online banking users here in Singapore, but certainly the number of tokens that slowly add up these days can be bewildering for users who have more than a single bank account.
I have one for my personal account, another two for a current account for my sole proprietorship and another two for another company account. That’s not counting a couple of others for a joint account with my wife.
Having lots of bank accounts doesn’t mean you got lots of money in them, unfortunately. But it does get you saddled with lots of tokens these days, and it’s a hassle remembering which one is for what.
OCBC’s corporate accounts, for example, require one person to process online payments and another to approve it. While this safeguard is understandable, it applies even if you are the sole proprietor – you have to log in twice, separately, to transfer money to someone online. And that means logging in with the right tokens.
A few months ago, I had keyed in the password on the wrong token several times and ended up being locked out from the online accounts. I ended up writing a cheque, as I’ve always done.
Sadly, the situation isn’t going to improve, even though more people are being issued even more tokens these days.
About 23 per cent of Singapore users have two such authentication devices, also known as two-factor authentication (2FA) devices, according to a survey released earlier this year.
Some 14 per cent had four devices, while less than one percent – one respondent out of 500 surveyed – had eight devices. The study, carried out from March to August this year by Assurity, also revealed that the main concern for those who had more than one device was carrying too many devices.
The company, a government-owned outfit set up two years ago , has an agenda, of course. It provides OneKey, a token that promises to unify all the tokens out there, by linking log-ins for banks, brokerages and even schools through one central point.
The promise, however, is a long way from being fulfilled, despite the initial lofty aims. So far, government services are yet to be connected via OneKey. Many simple transactions such as checking your CPF balance still require only a simple online password.
The bigger issue is the private sector, in particular, banks. The big local banks – DBS, OCBC and UOB – have all invested early in 2FA technology. They were pushed to do so by the monetary authorities after the high-profile hacking of several user accounts years ago.
As a result, they could be unwilling to join any national programme, such as OneKey, by ripping out what already works. They each issue their own tokens today.
Another reason could be branding. Anyone who has tried partnering a bank will tell you they always think a customer “belongs” to them. They won’t surrender any relationship with a customer by letting in a third party.
Together, that has meant that the universal token, as pushed by the Singapore government, has taken very slow steps in the past two years to make things more convenient for users.
Since December 2011, only 14 service providers have joined the OneKey programme. Banks number only two – RHB and ICICI – though the list also includes a number of securities trading firms, such as CIMB Securities and MayBank Kim Eng.
More encouragingly, the nationwide system has got traction in areas such as Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Here, users gain access to school resources by logging in with an OneKey token.
Well, at least the young are using an universal token. The hope is that they will demand for change from the current system, where you can be saddled by so many tokens you end up just giving up on things.
That will be the ultimate backlash against a technology that is meant to empower users and protect them from online fraud.
In the years ahead, these tokens will become more sophisticated too. This year, for example, new tokens sent to you have enabled you to “sign” or approve a sensitive transaction, such as a money transfer. In the past, you were just flashed a simple password to log in.
When the next technology upgrade is considered, you’d hope that banks here will think of moving to a universal token, instead of going it alone again. At least offer an option to users who prefer to log in via the nationwide system.
Not only does that save costs for banks, it could mean the difference between a customer actually using a token and throwing it in a corner to look for the cheque book instead.


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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Retailer group SBF, owner of the Centauro store chain, raised its proposal to buy Netshoes. In a market communication, the group advised that it has raised its offer to around US$108,7 (R$435) million, the equivalent to US$3.50 per share.
The new offer comes after Magazine Luiza has also announced an increase from its initial proposal to US$93 million, equivalent to US$3 per share.
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Top 7 most valuable US tech companies – Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, Tesla and Nvidia picked up a combined $3.4 trillion in market cap last year.
Despite the global epidemic and the wider economic crisis, the market capitalization increased among the top 7 tech companies. This information has come up in a report of the media CNBC.
The year 2020 was not poisonous for everyone. The highlight of the outgoing year was the massive rise of technology companies. The position of big technology companies has become bigger in this catastrophic year.
In the last year, sales of Apple’s iPhone soared, Microsoft’s product value rose, Amazon’s e-commerce business flourished, Facebook and Google’s ad business flourished, Tesla’s share price soared, and chipmaker Nvidia’s market value doubled.
Tesla’s share price has risen ninefold in one year, raising the market capitalization of the electric car maker from $76 billion to $669 billion.
Tesla’s business took a 360-degree turn in the third quarter of the year, even though car sales were cut off at the start of the Coronavirus. Tesla added the most points to the S&P 500 index in the US capital last December.
Nvidia’s market capitalization has risen to $323 billion this year. It has taken place as the 7th technology company in the United States.
In addition, the place of the 16th largest US company is now theirs. And the rise of Apple is even greater. About $1 trillion a year.


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The Russian delegation at the second China-Russia Expo opening in China’s Harbin on Monday will represent 18 regions and will comprise about 4,000 people, Nadezhda Agirova of the Ministry of Industry and Trade told TASS.
"The exposition will feature presentations of 18 regions, including Buryatia and Sakha-Yakutia," she said. "It is impossible to highlight one stand, as each of them is specific and attractive."
"Our multi-national country is reflected not only in the design, but also in the presented projects."
"The total number of participants will be about 10,000 people, among them about 4,000 from Russia. They represent 103 countries and regions," the organising committee said earlier. "This figure includes 129 government, trade, economic and diplomatic delegations from 41 countries and regions across the globe."
Guests of the Second Russia-China EXPO will see models of Russian newest combat and civil aircraft, Nadezhda Agirova told reporters.
"The exposition will present all spheres of industry - aviation, engine construction and others," she said. "Visitors will see models of Sukhoi SuperJet-100, Su-30, Su-35 and T-50."
Representatives of the Russian engine producing companies will represent their latest achievements, for example an industrial engine designed on the basis of an aviation engine, which may be used for gas pumping aggregates, she said.
A total of 1,279 companies and organizations are expected to take part in the Expo.
The second China-Russia Expo will be held in Harbin between October 12 and 16. The Russian delegation will be led by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. The exhibition will be attended by representatives of Russia’s regions that are actively developing economic ties with China.


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Yes, smartphones can be fun, no doubt about it (Flappy Bird, anyone?). But there's more to them than that. Take EyeNetra, for example: this young startup has come up with a smartphone-based service that offers on-demand vision tests. With Blink, people don't have to pay a visit to the optometrist to get a routine eye exam -- it comes to them. The newly launched service isn't meant to replace any optic emergencies that may arise, however; instead, it simply provides a test to determine if someone needs prescription eyeglasses.
For $75, Blink sends a technician to your home (or office) with a set of smartphone-compatible tools -- including the one pictured above, which is reminiscent of a VR headset. Then, in matter of minutes, your sight data is collected and the results get sent to a certified optometrist. And if turns out that a prescription is needed, it will be sent right to your email address. Unfortunately, Blink is only available in New York City right now, but the company does expect to expand its on-demand offering to other places in the future.


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The Office of Fair Trading is set to launch an inquiry following the announcement of Allied Domecq's plan to sell its 3,600-strong pub estate to Whitbread. There is concern that the deal, which would leave Whitbread with more than 7,000 outlets, is concentrating pub ownership in even fewer hands.
In addition, Whitbread's plan to dispose of its brewing interests is expected to lead to further concentration of production. This consolidation has reached such a peak that many industry figures are drawing parallels with the situation in the late 1980s, when the dominant influence of the big six brewers prompted the Government to introduce the Beer Orders to dilute their power.
Philip Shaw, an analyst at Panmure Gordon, said: "The Government has not looked at the way that companies acquiring huge numbers of pubs can tie tenants into tight supply agreements."
His is one of a number of voices calling for an update of the Beer Orders, which are generally judged to have failed to prevent restrictive practices in the industry.
The Office of Fair Trading will decide next month whether to recommend an investigation by the Competition Commission, formerly the Monopolies & Mergers Commission.
The Campaign for Real Ale has already asked for a referral, and the OFT is seeking submissions from other interested parties.
The 1989 Beer Orders forced the big brewers to sell many of their pubs to reduce their influence. However, the rules only apply to companies that also brew beer. There is no limit to the number of pubs that emerging pub companies like Punch Taverns, Pubmaster and Enterprise Inns can own.
However, Giles Thorley, who runs the Unique Pub Company's 2,641 outlets, denies that the emergence of big pub companies has impaired choice. "Our pubs can choose from any of the top four lagers, Carling, Carlsberg, Fosters and Heineken," he said.
There is also concern that smaller, regional brewers are struggling to survive.
On Friday, East Anglia's Greene King announced an agreed bid for Morland of the West Country in a deal that is believed likely to mean the closure of the latter's brewery in Abingdon.Reuse content


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Heralding even greater collaborative working in the enterprise world, Google revealed this morning that it has launched Google Groups to Google Apps Premier and Education Edition users.
“Yet within most businesses, especially large corporations, the software hasn’t evolved much over the last decade. While traditional business technologies give companies the necessary security and controls, they do so at the expense of rapid innovation. Businesses shouldn’t have to make this compromise.
“This is one reason why customers are so enthusiastic about Google Apps. It offers enterprise-grade security and control while letting businesses instantly tap into a swift stream of innovation, based on services tested by hundreds of millions of people around the world.”
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Sheth revealed that Google has launched more than 100 improvements to Google Apps in the last year, and the pace of innovation continues to increase.
“Today, we’re happy to announce the launch of Google Groups to Google Apps Premier and Education Edition users. Google Groups is one of our most widely used applications, enabling everyone from the local hiking club to the family next door to create mailing lists and discussion forums.
“Now employees within a company can create groups for their departments, their teams or their projects. Employees can use these groups as mailing lists, but they can also share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, calendars, videos and sites with groups, instead of many individual recipients.”
Sheth said that in using the new features, users can choose to receive communications directly to their email inbox, in a digest format, or in the Groups forum view, and can access all the information in the groups archive, without the intervention of an IT administrator.
“Google Groups is a boon for IT administrators, too. After enabling the new service from the administrative control panel (add “user-managed groups”), users can start managing their own groups without burdening administrators for support. Administrators can still set group policies and manage other group settings.
“Google Groups is just one of the many consumer features that we’ve tailored for the enterprise since we launched Google Apps for businesses nearly three years ago, and we’re looking forward to bringing more innovation to our customers in the months and years ahead,” Sheth said.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall of about 2 million at-home COVID-19 test kits made by the Australian-based biotech company Ellume.
The federal regulatory agency says the test kits may produce "false positives" due to a manufacturing defect. The company first informed the FDA about the defect in some lots in October.
On Wednesday, the FDA said it had identified additional lots that have been affected by the manufacturing defect. The defective tests were manufactured by Ellume between Feb. 24, 2021 and Aug. 11, 2021. So far, 35 false positives from these tests have been reported to the FDA.
The FDA described the recall of the Ellume tests as "the most serious type," known as a Class I recall.


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Cheeseburgers and chocolate milk will no longer be offerings in Happy Meals at McDonald’s restaurants.The cuts are part of a move by McDonald’s Corp. to offer healthier options for children. By 2022, McDonald’s plans to offer more balanced meals, simplify ingredients, be more transparent with Happy Meal nutrition information and employ responsible marketing to children across 120 markets.
By the end of 2022, at least 50% of Happy Meals listed on menus in each market will meet McDonald’s new Global Happy Meal Nutrition Criteria of 600 or less calories, including 10% of calories from saturated fat, 10% from added sugar and 650 mg of sodium. Currently, 28% of Happy Meal combinations in 20 markets meet the new nutrition criteria, McDonald’s said.
To reach its nutrition goal, the company will add, reformulate or remove menu offerings from the Happy Meal section of the menu board. For example, McDonald’s Italy launched a new Junior Chicken sandwich, featuring grilled chicken.
McDonald’s restaurants in the US will see these Happy Meal changes this year. In June 2018, 100% of Happy Meal combinations will contain 600 calories or fewer and will be 100% compliant with the added sugar and saturated fat criteria and 78% compliant with the new sodium criteria.
As part of the nutrition overhaul, Happy Meal menus will list only three entree choices: hamburger, 4-piece Chicken McNuggets and 6-piece Chicken McNuggets. The cheeseburger will only be available at customer request. Additionally, the company will replace the small french fries with a smaller size in the 6-piece Chicken McNugget meal, decreasing the calories and sodium in the fries serving by half.


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2014 is getting shaping fairly nicely as The Year of the Smartwatch, and with Samsung already having announced the Gear 2 and Equipment Fit at stay month’s Mobile Globe Congress, we’re anticipating at the very least 2 of the mobile market’s various other big stars to jump on the bandwagon in the coming months. As well as the Apple ‘‘ iWatch, ‘which has been referenced in numerous leakages and principles running back a couple of years now, Google likewise rumored to be developing a smartwatch of its own. Today, for the initial time, we’ve an idea into its purported specs.
Wearable tech has actually been propelled into the spotlight of late, with Google being among the huge names associated with this collective push. In unveiling and ultimately beta-releasing its Glass face computer system stay year, it has actually long considering that been deemed a formality that a Google smartwatch would likewise be in the offing from the Android manufacturer, and thanks to a tweet by known leaker Evleaks, we now have a genuine idea of its tech. specifications.
Even though certain products, such as the Nexus array, release under Google’s own marketing, the search giant usually assigns a partner to take treatment of the manufacturing process. LG, the Korean company behind the Nexus 5 mobile phone launched late last year, is also mentioned to be behind its successor, and, as we heard earlier on this month, has been charged with making the Huge G’s inaugural smartwatch.
That previous report indicated that the Nexus 6 and brand-new smartwatch would certainly release contemporaneously, in similar style as Samsung fell the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Equipment alongside each other back in September, and while Evleaks’ tweet does not hypothesize on a release day or also offer reference of the Nexus 6, it does note of LG’s involvement the moment more.
When it comes to the specs themselves, the smartwatch might supposedly load in a 1.65-inch IPS screen with a 280×× 280 resolution, as well as 512 megs of RAM and 4GB of storage area.
One of the primary concerns that some color-display smartwatches have actually come across hitherto — — especially in the situation of the Galaxy Gear – – is excess electric battery drain, therefore if Evleaks is once more precise with its claims, it will certainly interest see if the tentatively-named ‘‘ Nexus’ smartwatch will certainly have the ability to deal with a full day’s usage.


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China's Luckin Coffee sets terms for U.S. IPO, to raise 480 mln USD
Chinese coffee startup Luckin Coffee announced the deal size of its proposed initial public offering (IPO) on Monday, planning to raise 480 million U.S. dollars in the U.S. equity market.
125th Canton Fair concluded with total export turnover of 29.7 billion USD
The China Import and Export Fair, known as the Canton Fair, China’s largest trade fair, concluded its 125th session on Sunday May 5th in Guangzhou, reporting a total export turnover of 199.5 billion yuan (about 29.7 billion U.S. dollars).
【GZ】 Grade-A office and retail markets both see new supplies in Q1
While a Grade-A project in Pazhou was completed and added approximately 68,000 sqm of offices to the market in the first quarter of this year, the Lisheng GrandBuy Plaza in Liwan opened for business and provided 37,000sqm of new supplies, according to Savills, a global property agent.
Tourism, consumption boom during May Day holiday
China witnessed a tourism and consumption boom during the May Day holiday, running from May 1 to 4 around the country.
China's tech hub Shenzhen to build 7,000 5G stations
South China's technological powerhouse Shenzhen is expected to build about 7,000 5G base stations this year, local authorities said Saturday.
6 projects worth RMB 13.4 billion break ground in Nansha’s Mingzhu Bay
Six high-profile enterprises including Guangdong Transportation Group, Yuexiu Group and China Venture Capital Research Institute held a groundbreaking ceremony for their new headquarters in Nansha’s Mingzhu Bay on April 25th.
Nansha adopts multiple strategies to improve international legal services
A mediation committee for intellectual property disputes was officially established in Nansha on April 23th.
Guangzhou-Hong Kong smart manufacturing project settled in Huangpu
Sun Wah Group, a Hong Kong conglomerate signed a cooperative agreement on April 14th with Guangzhou High-tech district, Guangzhou Development District and Huangpu to jointly develop a smart manufacturing special zone and boost Guangzhou-Hong Kong cooperation.
Chinese economy in good shape in Q1
The Chinese economy got off to a good start in 2019 as more indicators showed positive signs of stabilization for the first quarter (Q1) of this year.
Huawei commits 300 million USD annually to basic S&T research
Chinese tech giant Huawei has announced it will invest 300 million U.S. dollars every year over the next five to ten years for funding research in basic science and technology.


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2019 Pioneer Award Winners
Northern Nevada Development Authority announced the winners Thursday of its annual Pioneer Awards. Winners will be honored and celebrated during the 5th Annual NNDA Pioneer Awards and Gala being held...
2019 Nevada SBA Small Business Week Award
The Nevada District office of the U. S. Small Business Administration is proud to announce, the 2019 small business award honorees.
Recognition from Gov. Sisolak
Gov. Steve Sisolak and the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board approved performance-based initiatives for seven businesses to relocate in Nevada or expand their operations, which could create...


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The South African economy has been impacted by the lockdown in global markets in addition to that which impeded domestic economic activities.”
South Africa’s gross domestic product shrank 7% last year compared with a 0.2% expansion in 2019, according to the Q4 2020 GDP report released by Statistics South Africa Tuesday. That’s the biggest economic decline since 1946 or since the end of World War II.
The historic contraction came as restrictions to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic constrained economic activities and trade.
The economy however expanded by 1.5% in the fourth quarter, stronger than economists expected according to Bloomberg. “Eight of the ten industries made positive gains in the fourth quarter, most notably manufacturing and trade. Mining and finance, real estate, and business services were the two industries that recorded a decline in economic activity,” the agency said.
The construction industry growth declined by as much as 20.3% and the manufacturing sector’s overall yearly growth declined by 11.6%. With most people forced to stay indoors for most of 2020, a decline in air travel contributed to a contraction in the transport industry. Only the agricultural sector (13.1%) and government (0.7%) experienced expanded economic growth in 2020.
The severe contraction in GDP last year makes South Africa one of the hardest-hit major economies on the continent in the wake of the new coronavirus pandemic and hard national lockdowns that started in late March 2020. President Cyril Ramaphosa last month eased some of the restrictions on the economy, which was in a recession even before it confirmed its first Covid-19 infection last year.
South Africa’s economy is stuck in a long downward cycle of high fiscal deficits and anemic growth. A faster economic rebound to pre-Covid-19 levels is needed to rein in debt successfully.
Similarly, Nigeria, the region’s largest economy surprisingly grew by 0.11% in Q4 2020 while economic growth slowed by just 1.9% for the whole year. The price of Nigeria’s dominant source of foreign exchange and government revenue, crude oil, was hammered by global lockdowns.
The South African economy is more vulnerable to the pandemic as it is more integrated into the global economy. Exports constitute 14.2% of Nigeria’s GDP while it is 29.8% of South Africa’s economy per World Bank data. The South African economy has thus been impacted by the lockdown in global markets in addition to that which impeded domestic economic activities.
The impact of the pandemic on Nigeria’s economy has been mainly in terms of lower volumes of oil exports. For instance, the United States slashed its Nigerian crude oil imports oil by 11.67 million barrels between January to May 2020, compared to what it bought in the same period of 2019. Local oil production dropped in Q2 2020 to its lowest since 2016 – when Nigeria endured a full year of negative growth.
Nigeria’s larger agriculture sector, 21.91% of GDP as opposed to the 1% share of the South African economy, has also aided growth. Agriculture is significantly less contact-intensive than manufacturing and services, hence production and exchange have largely continued.


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Maserati’s 100th anniversary is a milestone for the marque and its most passionate collectors.
So this is lidia,” Doug Magnon says, waving his arm at a silver Maserati in the center of the showroom that holds dozens of his cars. Lidia is a 1963 3500 GTI, the first Maserati that Magnon ever bought and one of the 30 he now owns. Lidia represents everything he loves about Maserati, from the grace of its engineering, to the power of its engine, to the personal touch of the autoworker who cared so deeply about the car, he emblazoned it with L-I-D-I-A—his girlfriend’s name, Magnon likes to think.
That name sat unread in the undercarriage for at least 45 years until Magnon bought the GTI in 1995, drove it home, and eventually started restoring it. He found the letters welded beneath the driver’s-side door. “It really inspired me that each one has its own character, own reason in history for being,” Magnon says. “All the people who were involved in the cars put their heart and soul into it.” Now Magnon does too—into Lidia and into a collection of Maseratis that has grown to be the largest in the country, with one of each production car ever brought to the United States.
Maserati turns 100 this year, and with that anniversary has come a renewed interest in the iconic Italian automaker. It will be a featured marque at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in August, and the company plans events around the world to celebrate the milestone. Magnon and other collectors welcome the chance to show what makes a car that has long lived in the shadow of Lamborghini and Ferrari so special. In fact, one of Magnon’s cars, a 1951 A6G 2000 by Pininfarina, is in the Pebble Beach competition.
“The auction companies are certainly geared up for it at Monterey. We are on a very conscious level,” Don Rose of RM Auctions says of the Maseratis on offer at sales surrounding the Pebble Beach Concours. RM’s top lots on August 13 to 15 will include a 1963 Maserati 5000 GT with coachwork by Frua ($2.2 million to $2.9 million) and a 1959 3500 GT Spyder prototype by Vignale ($1.1 million to $1.5 million). “We have sought out some of the rarest and most precious models—some prototypes and special one-off, coachbuilt cars—in anticipation of a surge at Monterey.”
Maserati is rolling off of a series of strong showings. At the Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza in Italy in May, a 1956 Maserati 450S owned by the Swiss collector Albert Spiess won best in show. Last year, a 1955 300S Sports-Racing Spyder sold for $6.8 million, a record for the marque. “They’ve been thought of as undervalued for a long time compared to Ferrari, which has become sort of the gold standard of this appreciating market,” Rose says. “The question was, until recently, are Maseratis going to be perennially undervalued, or are they going to have their day in the sun? They are clearly now having their day in the sun.”
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That day has come after a long, stop-and-go history. Brothers Alfieri, Ettore, and Ernesto Maserati founded Maserati in Bologna in 1914. Looking for ways to improve the reliability of engines, Alfieri invented a new spark plug that used mica as insulation. Many innovations followed, from the way the brothers constructed the rear ends of their racecars to adapt to different tracks, to their 16-cylinder racing engine, to the famous “Birdcage” design—200 steel tubes welded together, which made for a chassis that was extremely rigid yet light.
Sales from the spark plug provided revenue as the brothers modified and repaired racecars before eventually building one of their own in 1926. Called the Tipo 26, it won the first race it entered. From there, Maserati forged a racing legacy that still resonates today, with its first world record in 1929 and dominance in the golden age of auto racing in Europe. Driving a Maserati, Wilbur Shaw won the Indianapolis 500 in 1939 and 1940, and Maserati grabbed the F/1 championship in 1954 and 1957, with Juan Manuel Fangio, one of the all-time great drivers, behind the wheel.
The company started selling road cars in 1947, and it focused on that end of the business completely after it pulled out of racing in 1957. But while Maserati took its cars out of the race, it did not take the race out of its cars. Enthusiasts say the company’s devotion to racing can be seen—and felt and heard—in every corner taken faster than drivers think they should. Magnon’s 1975 Khamsin, for example, remains a joy to drive nearly 40 years after it was made because Maserati learned from its racecars to put the engine tight against the firewall to achieve the proper balance between raw power and delicate control.
Geoff Sanderson, a Maserati collector in Tennessee, sees a direct line from the ingenuity that propelled Maseratis to victory to the engineering that makes it possible for his 17-foot-long Quattroporte to perform like a sports car with the comfort of a sedan on Tail of the Dragon, an 11-mile stretch of highway at the Tennessee and North Carolina border with 318 curves. “Muscle cars have always been stoplight-to-stoplight, drag strip–type things,” he says. “But life is not a straight line.”
The Maserati brothers sold the company in 1937 to Adolfo and Omar Orsi, and it has changed hands several times since then. The company endured a down period from the mid-1970s until the early 1990s, and Maserati abandoned the American market from 1989 to 2001. But Maserati, now owned by Fiat, has emerged to face its next 100 years as healthy as it has ever been.
The company rolled out the Quattroporte VI to favorable reviews last year and plans to start selling its first SUV next year. Drew Alcazar, CEO of Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auctions, says strong new releases bring attention to vintage models, “illuminating things they’ve done in the past.” Maserati expects to sell 35,000 cars this year and is aiming for 75,000 by 2018—figures unthinkable just a few years ago. Still, that is a small number relative to most marques, and Maserati will never be a mass-production machine.
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Maserati’s v-8 engines create a deep, throaty growl, with a hint of a sports car’s high-pitched whine. And when Magnon shows off his collection, he fires them up, one at a time. Each one is slightly different, like the god of automobiles singing scales. He moves through his warehouse adjacent to the Riverside International Automotive Museum in Southern California, which he founded. Magnon has an unwavering devotion to authenticity. It baffles him when someone paints a car something other than its original color. A few years ago, when he found out the carpet that lines the floors of older Maseratis was no longer available,
he commissioned a loom to re-create the exact pile.
His 1963 Quattroporte is a stunner. But when he found it, the car had sat unused for more than a decade, as its previous owner had decided against fixing its brakes and let it languish. As Magnon restored it, he learned the car had once been painted two colors—blue on one side, cream on the other—so when it was put on a carousel at a car show, buyers could get an idea of what each color looked like. The half-and-half paint job also allowed the media to get shots of a blue car and a white car while only photographing one. The QP still makes a good story: The fastest sedan of the 1960s, it carried Maserati’s first production V-8 engine and was the first four-door vehicle Maserati ever made. Around the same time, Ferrari and Lamborghini toyed with the idea of making a four-door. “But at the end of the day, neither dared cross the line,” Magnon says. There were only a few hundred made that year, and according to the Quattroporte registry, Magnon’s is the oldest one in the world.
Next he stops at the brilliant yellow Khamsin. He cranks the engine, lets it warm up for a minute. As he sits in the seat, door open, left leg on the showroom floor, right leg tapping the pedal, the Khamsin awakens into a snarling temper tantrum. This baby is heading out for a ride. Magnon coasts out of the warehouse and into the sunlight, gently maneuvering out of the parking lot and into the street—where he is not so gentle. The car leaps from zero to 60. “The performance of this car,” Magnon says above the engine, “stands up to any contemporary car of today.”
To prove his point, at 70 mph, he steers with only two fingers on the wheel and the toes of his flip-flops on the gas, brake, and clutch. Brakes are usually only worth mentioning when they do not work, but the Khamsin’s brakes catch like a fall into a hammock. Sixty to zero is as much fun as zero to 60. Well, of course not. But the brakes really do work nicely.


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Islamabad: The gold price in Pakistan recorded a trivial fall on Tuesday as the price declined by Rs 150 per tola and was sold at Rs 146,000.
According to the All Sindh Sarafa and Jeweller Association, the price of 10 gram 24-karat gold also dropped by Rs 129 and was sold at Rs 125,171.
Last week the price of gold recorded an overall gain of Rs 4,100, or 2.96%, per tola.
Meanwhile, silver prices in the domestic market remained unchanged at Rs 1,540 per tola and Rs 1,320.30 per 10 grams today.
It should be noted that the gold price is standing below cost and is cheaper by Rs 3,000 per tola compared to Dubai.
In the international market, bullion prices gained by $4 per ounce to settle at $1,733 as cautious investors weighed economic risks against hawkish signals from Federal Reserve officials ahead of a central bank symposium this week.


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Following the release of its Daikin Residential Controller app in January 2020, Daikin has now launched a new version of the app with voice control.
Users can now control their heating and cooling systems hands-free through the app via a smart speaker or virtual assistant. The app with voice control includes integrations with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, intuitive functions such as scheduling temperature and operation mode, a tailor-made control function to control all heating and/or cooling units and a monitoring feature for a clear overview of performance and energy consumption.
The app is also linked to Daikin’s after-sales service called Stand By Me. Daikin’s connectivity platform supports professional installers, end users and organisations such as social housing providers. The platform allows for an easy administration of multiple connected installations as well as Cloud-based direct access to remote metering and monitoring.
Patrick Crombez, general manager, Heating and Renewables at Daikin Europe, said: “The app is part of the end-to-end solution we want to offer our customers: heating, cooling, ventilation, energy optimization and controls.”


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What you need to know
- Zane Lowe launched a new podcast on Apple Podcasts.
- "The Zane Lowe Interview Series" features his interviews with famous artists.
- The first episode is an interview with Lady Gaga.
Apple Music's Zane Lowe, who regularly interviews groundbreaking artists on his show on Beats 1 Radio, has announced that he is bringing all of those interviews to a new podcast on Apple Podcasts.
Lowe announced the new show, called "The Zane Lowe Interview Series", on Twitter today. He says that the podcast will be where all of his artist interviews for Apple Music live.
Hey I'm excited to share that I now have a new Podcast series where these conversations will live ongoing. You can hear my latest with @ladygaga alongside others right now on @ApplePodcasts 🎙 https://t.co/2wEeuWfTtH— Zane Lowe (@zanelowe) May 29, 2020
The show's description lets fans know what to expect from the show: a deep dive into the lives of some of the most iconic artists.
"One thing that today's biggest artists have in common: They all speak with Apple Music's Zane Lowe about their lives and the stories behind their songs. Hear why he is the interviewer the biggest stars open up to in these candid, in-depth conversations, now available in full on Apple Podcasts."
The first episode of the show to launch its new format features an interview with Lady Gaga, who is close to the release of her next album, Chromatica.
"Ahead of the release of Chromatica, Lady Gaga sat down for a socially distanced chat with Apple Music's Zane Lowe. In a wide-ranging conversation, they discussed making music as a form of therapy ("my way of dealing with pain is that I write songs"), working with collaborators like Ariana Grande ("this friendship blossomed"), and what she plans to do after the quarantine is lifted ("I'm probably going to go to every gay club that I can find, and hug and kiss every human that I come in contact with")."
You can check out "The Zane Lowe Interview Series" on Apple Podcasts.
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An Oakland iPhone alert shocked many iPhone users today as officials pushed out a mass alert to the iPhone and Android devices to help track down a 35-year old suspect who took an older black man and a teen hostage after robbing a convenience store.
Police issued an Amber Alert that arrived on many iPhones and Android devices in the Bay area sounding very loud alerts that caused confusion and terrified some users, especially those in public places who heard loud alerts sounding throughout a mall or shopping center.
The iPhone Amber alert asks citizens to look for a 35 year-old male that may be in a 2001 red Infinity QX4 SUV with a California license plate 6JFM648. At this time the suspect is still loose and may have a knife. Anyone that spots this vehicle or the man should call authorities immediately.
Many users report hearing the loud alerts in public places and reacting with surprise or fear about the ear-splitting noise that the Amber Alert sound makes on the iPhone or Android devices. If more than one device is in the room users will very likely hear multiple loud noises in succession. Depending on the device the sounds may come through in silent mode.
Twitter user reactions show many users in public reacted with surprise to the iPhone Amber Alert, and at least one reaction claims everyone promptly ignored the information. Currently searches for iPhone Amber alert on social media show these reactions as well as some users sending messages to friends who were in the area to make sure they are OK.
Just experienced the iPhone Amber alert for the first time. I finally understand why everyone was saying how terrifying it is
— Amanda Sienkiewicz (@ajsienkiewicz) February 11, 2014
That amber alert scared the crap out of me on my iphone but at least its letting everyone aware of it.
— The Dark Knight (@spaceship1991) February 11, 2014
this new iphone amber alert sound actually made me clench my butthole. what the hell
— hiro antagonist (@steppinlazer) February 11, 2014
everyone on this bus with an iPhone just got an amber alert at the same time, and everyone ignored it. the system works.
— Jake Boxer (@jakeboxer) February 11, 2014
This might sound mean but i skip all them tweets that talk about amber alert! I dont be tryna annoy somebody wit somethin that annoy me.
— Trey (@Treysmith_21) February 12, 2014
iPhone Amber Alerts and Android Amber alerts are a fast way for government officials to draw attention to missing children and can play a key role in tracking down a dangerous suspect and saving a life, so many officials appreciate this new feature, but it is possible to turn the Amber alerts off.
Here is what to do when you get an iPhone Amber Alert. To turn iPhone Amber Alerts off, go to Settings -> Notification Center -> Scroll all the way down and toggle AMBER Alerts off. This will stop any future alerts. This same are lets you turn off Emergency Alerts.
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Starbucks was targeted with some retaliatory backlash by a pornography website after a decision affecting its stores.
The porn site YouPorn.com reportedly aimed at getting revenge by announcing a ban on all Starbucks products from its offices beginning in the new year, according to the Washington Examiner.
That move was apparently triggered by Starbucks’ decision to block access to pornographic websites on all of its stores’ Wi-Fi hot spots effective as of 2019.
“The vice president of YouPorn, a free pornographic video-sharing site and one of the 200 most-visited websites worldwide, responded by sending a memo to staff banning Starbucks products from company offices starting Jan. 1, 2019.”https://t.co/NiM2JrK55i
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) November 29, 2018
“To ensure the Third Place remains safe and welcoming to all, we have identified a solution to prevent this content from being viewed within our stores and we will begin introducing it to our US locations in 2019,” a Starbucks representative told Business Insider on Wednesday.
Following moves by companies like McDonald’s, Subway, and Chick-fil-A, which began to use filters to block pornography on store Wi-Fi in 2016, Starbucks announced it would do the same. But there was apparently no follow-through from the global coffee giant and an online petition – which has generated nearly 27,000 signatures – called out the company for breaking its promise.
“Apparently, Starbucks cares more about providing paper straws to protect the environment than protecting kids and patrons on its public WiFi! Starbucks broke its promise to filter pornography and child sex abuse images, despite its public announcement it would voluntarily provide safe WiFi in its restaurants nationwide … an announcement more than 2 and-a-half years ago!” the petition stated.
Starbucks announced it would finally make good on its promise, and apparently YouPorn took it personally. The highly trafficked free pornographic website, which was launched in 2006, issued its own announcement in response.
— XBIZ (@XBIZ) November 30, 2018
Twitter users found plenty of humor in the retaliation by YouPorn.
YouPorn has banned all Starbucks products from its offices in retaliation for Starbucks banning anyone from using free in-store Wi-Fi to watch porn.
Yeah, you read that right.https://t.co/ZbP46OJXwl
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 30, 2018
A new kind of revenge porn
— sami (@SamiYewman) November 30, 2018
I’m sure Starbucks is devastated. Totally right and overdue decision by Starbucks kids are in Starbucks.
— American Carnage (@Cynfulfan) November 30, 2018
??? somebody call the barista, because Starbucks just got ROASTED. Touché YouPorn https://t.co/e0Ta6zAu4m
— Lis Smash (@LisSaunders) November 30, 2018
This will later be known as the great coffee and porn trade war.
— Michele Morrow (@michelemorrow) December 1, 2018
Yeah..I feel like Starbucks will be largely unaffected by this..lmao
— t (@dopaminediscord) November 30, 2018
Not sure for what I should be amazed, that people are watching Porn in public or that youporn has offices with an S added to its end..Didn’t know these sites are this popular pic.twitter.com/n4pFpAY7Ot
— VK (@vkadroit) November 30, 2018
This is peak 2018
— Stephen Thompson (@StephenfromAZ) November 30, 2018


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They were never as cool as the Apple stores and now the Palm retail shops are no more, the company said.
Palm announced it was closing 8 standalone Palm stores and 26 stores found inside Airport Wireless outposts. The move was aimed at narrowing the focus of the company to better compete.
“We continue to focus our company around core business initiatives and are consolidating more resources behind fewer programs in order to compete most effectively and build world-class, category-defining mobile solutions,” the company said.
It’s the latest sign that the struggling maker of Treo smartphones is trying to reshape its business. The company, which received an infusion of cash and leadership from investor Elevation Partners last year, has been under the gun to turn around its fortunes, which have slipped in the face of competition from Research in Motion’s BlackBerry devices and the Apple iPhone.
The move will help the company focus on getting out its next operating system, which will be based on Linux. That is an important milestone for Palm, which has let its Treo operating system grow old.
Speaking of Treos, Palm also announced earlier this week that it will provide cash rebates to Treo 600 and 650 owners whose handsets were replaced or repaired at least twice. Qualified owners will receive rebates of $75 for an old Treo 600 and $50 for a Treo 650, good toward a new Palm device. The rebate stems from a settlement of a 2005 class-action suit. Palm said it will also repair any Treo 600 or 650 that hasn’t failed twice, but is outside of the original warranty.


text: FXStreet (Delhi) – Elsa Lignos, Senior Currency Strategist at RBC Capital Markets, suggests that the markets will be keeping an eye on the release of Canadian retail sales and CPI data which are out today. Key Quotes “Our economists are a tick above consensus for headline CPI (RBC: 1.1%y/y, cons 1.0%). We see the decline in gas prices more than offset by a 0.3%m/m gain in core CPI. Core CPI is supported by seasonal increases in motor vehicles and clothing, outweighing a seasonal drop in travel services (-5%m/m). Core CPI should remain at 2.1%y/y (cons 2.0%). The outcome should not move the needle for the BoC, which has consistently seen underlying inflation at 1.5–1.7% of late, looking through temporary impacts from lower oil prices (headline lower) and CAD depreciation (headline/core higher).” “Meanwhile, our economists look for retail sales to beat expectations on the core measure (RBC: 0.4%m/m, cons -0.4%) even if the headline disappoints. Core sales should be supported by solid employment growth in 2015 so far and possibly a delayed impact from retroactive child care benefit payments in late July. The 0.3% m/m gain expected on a volumes basis would be consistent with 2.5% q/q saar GDP growth in Q3 (RBC Economics tracking and BoC forecast). WTI is hovering just above USD 40/bl again, and with USD underperforming overnight, CAD was dragged down in sympathy. AUD/CAD has broken above the 200dma for the first time since August but we still like it a lot lower on a 3-to 6-month horizon (holding a 0.90/0.85 put spread expiring in March 2016).” For more information, read our latest forex news.


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Mars to Debut M&M's Commercial During Super Bowl XLVI
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. -- Mars Chocolate North America will premiere a brand-new M&M's commercial during Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5. The 30-second spot, set to air during the first quarter of the game, will mark the candy brand’s second appearance in a Super Bowl.
"We're very excited to have M&M's featured during one of the world's largest parties," said Debra A. Sandler, chief consumer officer, Mars Chocolate North America. "Snickers will prove to be a tough act to follow, but we're confident our M&M's spot will have everyone talking on the morning of Feb. 6."
Previously, Mars achieved success at the Super Bowl with a Snickers commercial that was part of its "You're Not You When You're Hungry" campaign. The company plans to announce more details about the new Super Bowl commercial in January.


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Samsung is preparing for the introduction of the Galaxy S22 family. The most ambitious member of the family, the S22 Ultra, is on the agenda with a new main camera feature.
A new leak is emerging every day for samsung’s new flagship series S22, which is expected to be unveiled in February. The S22 Ultra, which will delight Note lovers with its design and pen, is here with a new main camera feature. An interesting claim has emerged for the model, which is expected to come with a much better camera.
Will the Galaxy S22 Ultra main camera offer macro support?
Samsung has been featuring self-made sensors codenamed HM, especially in its flagship series, for nearly two years. According to a newly revealed claim, Samsung will feature macro shooting on the main camera. However, there is talk of some kind of software support for this macro shooting feature.
This mode, which is included in lines of code allegedly belonging to the S22 Ultra noticed on a Korean site, is similar to the macro mode in Oppo. If this leak is true, there’s a chance that this software support will work retroactively.
However, the S22 Ultra will feature a more software-advanced ISOCELL HM3 sensor. The Ice Universe account, famous for its accurate leaks on Twitter, will also be much better in terms of color and brightness with the S22 Ultra’s new AI software, the 108 Megapixel HM3 sensor.
<string name=”detail_enhancer_button”>Detail enhancer</string>
<string name=”detail_enhancer_guide”>Turn on Detail enhancer to capture even more detail.</string>
<string name=”detail_enhancer_setting_toast”>Detail enhancer : %s</string>
Ice Universe even revealed that it has seen the first examples of the S22 Ultra showing photo quality. However, the user explained that he could not share these examples.
Galaxy S22 Ultra and its emerging features
Many features of the smartphone have leaked so far. On the display side comes a curved AMOLED panel that can deliver 6.8-inch QHD+ (1440 x 3200) 1800 nits of brightness. On the processor side are the Exynos 2200 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 incorporates 1 3.0 GHz Cortex X2 and 3 2.5 GHz Cortex A710 cores for high performance. The Cortex A510, known as the efficiency core and with low power consumption, operates at 1.8 GHz.
The Exynos 2200 has a core running at 2.5 GHz clock speed, three performance cores running at 2.52 GHz, and four efficiency cores running at 1.73 GHz clock speed. Both processors were produced by Samsung with a 4 nm processor architecture.
The smartphone will come with two different RAM options, 12 GB and 16 GB, while on the storage side there will be 128 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB options.
Powered by a 5,000 mAh battery that supports 45W charging speeds that can be charged via USB-C, the device will run the Android 12-based One UI 4.0 interface as soon as it comes out of the box.