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Lots of people talk about the consumerization of IT. Most often they mean consumer-based services that replace enterprise-provided solutions as the preferred method for employees to do their job. I use Yahoo IM for real-time communication, Google search for research, YouTube for posting company videos, and Twitter for blogging about new product developments. Why? Because there is no enterprise-provided service that can do those things better, faster, or more enjoyably, at least for me. No...Read More →
I love mobile apps. Thanks, Apple, for invigorating the mobile app dev community with a platform and a zeal that has finally tipped the balance toward mobile data services. All the mobile players have now been revving their own toolkits and appstores, and pumping loads of marketing dollars to promote this new era. As a consumer, I think this is great. I’ve never had so much choice (though it is increasingly paired with confusion,so someone’s gotta solve that too).
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I’m not so sure recent mobile phone sales trends are much cause for concern.
According to ABI Research, the worldwide mobile phone industry is in decline, marked by an 11.9% year-over-year slide (http://tinyurl.com/nf6lg9).While there are many ways to interpret this data, the first thing that came to mind was an article I read recently in Forbes indicating that the dramatic slow in new automobile sales this country has experienced isn’t sustainable (http://tinyurl.com/...Read More →
CNBC just started a new series this week called “The Good Entrepreneur” (http://www.goodentrepreneur.com). It’s actually a competition to “identify entrepreneurs across Europe with environmentally responsible business concepts.” I’m always happy to see anything that encourages entrepreneurship, especially in down economies.
We were pumped up because CNBC asked our CEO, Bob, to write an...Read More →
I know there are lots of folks excited about the Palm Pre. I’m looking forward to seeing it live too.
But today I’m nostalgic for my old Palm V. Why? Because it’s the device I most associate with my first mobile job, ten years ago, at AvantGo.
On June 30 AvantGo goes away. http://www.avantgo.com
Palm Pre … I wish you the best. AvantGo … thanks for the great memories.Read More →
A friend’s kids just went to college. Their university charges them $10 a month for their dorm room phone, as part of their on-campus living expenses. They, of course, never even use the dorm phone (they are 100% mobile) and their dad doesn’t even know the number. Seems like a waste of money for the school and the student.
Mobility in higher-ed is an open issue right now.A big chunk of campus wireline infrastructure for living quarters is arguably unneeded and under-...Read More →
Intel Research Berkeley has been working on a project called “CloneCloud.” The idea is to offload processing to a cloned copy of the phone that lives in the cloud. Pretty cool. To make it work, you have to clone the data and the full application context of each smartphone and manage it centrally.
The challenge is that the phone now lives in two places – in your hand and in the cloud – and you have to make sure the state of the phone and the state of the clone is...Read More →
Consumers buy more smartphones than companies do. Therefore “personal” buyers are more important than “business” buyers to the smartphone manufacturers of the world. Check out their marketing … it’s all about lifestyle, media, consumer apps. Even RIM is talking more about Facebook than Exchange these days. Enterprise influence must be fading. Seems like a logical conclusion.
Except I think it’s wrong.
There is a hidden subsidy out there...Read More →


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Universal Music signs Tommy Hilfiger
Universal Music has signed up Tommy Hilfiger to produce "rock n roll inspired" clothes for high-end boutiques and department stores.
Bosses at the record label have recruited the celebrated fashion designer in their latest attempts at finding new revenue streams in an industry where the product – music – no longer brings in enough money, reported the Los Angeles Times.
Hilfiger will be drawing on the skills of musicians at the label to engineer clothes and merchandise with a musical edge.
Instead it will be a legitimate and serious effort to tackle the financial problems of an industry that is suffering from the ever-decreasing sales of music.
With musicians at the label including the likes of Lady Gaga, Kanye West and the Black Eyed Peas, all of whom have an active interest in fashion, the partnership is seen as a possibly lucrative venture.
The newspaper reported that this isn't Universal's first foray into the fashion industry. The music company already owns Atmosphere Apparel, a British-based company that develops merchandise for some of its stars, and another UK merchandise company called Bravado.
So far in 2001, that company has seen a "28 per cent uptick" in sales, and expects to log $400 million (£243 million) in sales by the end of the year.
Universal Music is one of the record labels close to securing a deal with Apple to allow the technology giant access to its music for online streaming.
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A-Z of Sunday business news
THIS Is Money reads the Sunday newspapers so you don't have to. Here is our round-up of companies making the City pages this weekend:
Sunday Times: The grocer is to distribute in Europe the fashion range of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, the 15-year old Hollywood stars who have built up a £700m merchandising empire.
The Independent on Sunday: The clothing manufacturer, a former supplier to Marks & Spencer due to report on trading this week, could attract a fresh bid from Alchemy, the venture capitalist that already holds a 29% stake. Alchemy later denied the report.
Sunday Telegraph: The London reinsurance broker is planning a $1.4bn (£920m) float in New York for the first half of this year.
Sunday Telegraph: The pharmacy chain is to axe several overseas stores, particularly in Taiwan, in a shake-up of its international activities.
Sunday Times: The retailer is to tell investors that it will no longer seek to be a High Street chain overseas. Instead it wants to replicate its joint venture with Sainsbury in which it occupies a corner of a store to sell its own-brand products.
Sunday Telegraph: The oil group has secured a £1.3bn bid for a package of exploration and production assets from Woodside, the Australian group 34%-owned by Shell.
The Independent on Sunday: The satellite TV group is to come under pressure from shareholders to justify its reliance on Andersen, the accountancy firm at the centre of the Enron scandal.
Sunday Times: A management team backed by HSBC Private Equity is front-runner to buy the British arm of funeral business Service Corporation International in a deal worth more than £200m.
The Independent on Sunday: Four senior directors will be able from Sunday to share a windfall of nearly £12m, given to them for staying with the catering company since its merger with Granada in 2000.
The Independent on Sunday: The renamed Post Office is close to agreeing a deal with Railtrack that would remove the threat of the mail group shifting UK deliveries from rail to road.
The Observer: The advertising group is facing a £5m legal action from Nick Miles and Hugh Morrison, the senior PR executives fired last week.
The Business: The Swiss financial services group is to shed another 1,000 jobs, 5% of its workforce. London and Asia will suffer most of the cuts at investment banking unit Credit Suisse First Boston.
The Business: The drinks group has revived flotation plans for Burger King after losing patience with the slow progress of a management buyout led by John Dasburg.
The Business: The DIY chain, which owns Wickes and Great Mills, is preparing to float. The group, half-owned by Duke Street Capital, could be worth at least £1.2bn.
Sunday Times: Board member Walter Hewlett is trying to force the computer group's chief, Carly Fiorina, to disclose her wage deal if she pushes through the bitterly-contested Compaq merger.
Sunday Telegraph: The group plans to raise £300m for overseas expansion through a sale and leaseback of its UK hotels.
The Observer: The group is competing with Japan Tobacco in the £4bn takeover battle for German group Reemstma.
The Observer: The electricity group with a £1.3bn war chest is ready to buy assets from Enron, the failed US energy trading giant.
Sunday Telegraph: Builders Kier and Morrison are front-runners in the £50m auction of Laing's property unit.
The Independent on Sunday: Wilf Shorrocks, former chief executive of the collapsed media group, has been accused of 'misappropriating' company expenses for personal use. The charge was levelled by finance director David Newcombe in administration proceedings in the High Court.
The Business: A bid for the developer from former director Manish Chande and consultant Martin Myers could trigger a rival offer from British Land.
Sunday Times: The firm is set to launch a £1bn limited partnership that will contain a portfolio of Government property in London. The plan is part of an attempt to quell City concerns that the firm is underborrowed and vulnerable to a bid.
Sunday Telegraph: Roger Scruton, the right-wing academic, has been dropped as a columnist by the Financial Times following the disclosure that he is paid £54,000 a year as a consultant to the tobacco industry.
Sunday Times: The BT mobile spin-off will miss its deadline next Saturday for its brand launch. The firm had hoped to cash in on the date 02-02-02, but the launch has been put back to the Spring.
The Independent on Sunday: The Japanese bank is to take a £600m dividend from Annington Homes, the company that bought Ministry of Defence married quarters, raising its profit from the business to £730m over the past five years.
Sunday Times: Carnival Cruises is set to raise its offer for the cruise operator to more than 525p a share from 500p. But the offer will carry the pre-condition that Carnival secure clearance from the Takeover Panel to proceed.
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The Business: The sandwich chain is one of the ten best companies in Europe to work for, according to a survey by Fortune magazine.
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Sunday Telegraph: The Hovis bread group is planning to float, perhaps in September, valuing the business at up to £1.5bn. Private equity group Doughty Hanson bought the business from Tomkins for £1.1bn in 2000.
Sunday Times: The aero engine maker has been accused of using state aid to subsidise engine sales by rivals GE and Pratt & Whitney in a formal complaint to the US government.
Sunday Times: Saudi tycoon and arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi has been accused of participating in a share-ramping scam by investors in a US internet company. GenesisIntermedia was a stock market favourite but investors lost millions after the Nasdaq suspended its stock last September.
The Observer: Roger Carr, head of locks group Chubb, is to take over from Sir Ian Prosser as chairman of Six Continents, the leisure giant formerly known as Bass.
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The Observer: Fresh signs have emerged that the brewer was the victim of market manipulation, with details of a bogus 'bid' for the company reportedly circulating in the market ten days before they were fed to UK newspapers.
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Consumer Reports ranks Chevy among the least reliable car companies. Going by 2019 Consumer Reports rankings, Chevrolet ranked 23rd among 29 car brands evaluated. That made Chevy vehicles seventh-worst overall. Looking at the 2018 ratings, Chevy also landed among the 10 worst.
Where are GM engines made? Engines for trucks made in Silao come from GM factories in Flint; Spring Hill, Tennessee; and Tonawanda, New York. U.S. factories supply fuel systems and other components. In total, GM said it has more than 5,000 employees in U.S. plants with jobs tied to production in Silao.
What is the best American car brand? Chrysler is the highest-rated car brand The top contenders on this year’s Consumer Reports list include BMW, Subaru, Porsche, and Honda. Mazda took the number-one spot with an overall score of 80 out of 100. The American car brand that ranks the highest is Chrysler, which surprisingly took eighth overall with 74.
Is Chevrolet a good brand? – Related Questions
Why is Chevrolet so bad?
The company in general makes mediocre vehicles. Quite often their vehicles have quality issues with their electrical systems, and engine mechanical issues, and evap issues. Often you have to buy a whole expensive assembly just to get one new bearing. They have plenty of fans, I mean brand enthusiasts, too.
What percentage of auto parts are made in China?
It has become factory to the world before Covid,” said Jain while also highlighting the share of imports from China in the overall auto component imports. “In the total value chain of about $120 billion, just 4% of the parts are coming in from China. But even if one part is short, you cannot make a vehicle.
Does GM use parts from China?
Auto manufacturer to spend 25% more per year on Chinese components through 2010. Andersson went on to say that 90% of the materials and parts in a locally manufactured GM car are sourced in China — 60% of them from multinational firms and 40% from Chinese rivals.
What is the number one car in the United States?
The Nissan Altima is the most popular car in America, according to Insurify’s analysis. Last year, the Altima ranked third but has since beat out the Honda Accord for first place.
Is Ford more American than Chevy?
In third with an engine and transmission built in U.S. and Canada but still only 65% American comes the Chevy. Now for Second with an engine and transmission both built in the U.S and 75% American it’s Ford. So there you go if you want to buy the most American Pickup Truck buy a Toyota! Didn’t see that one coming.
Who is the richest car company?
Toyota is the Richest Car Company in the world. Toyota has overtaken Mercedes-Benz to become the world’s most valuable automobile company.
Who is Toyota owned by?
Toyota Motor Corp. owns Lexus and Toyota. And it has a stake in Subaru and Suzuki. Volkswagen AG owns Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, and Volkswagen.
Does the pope own 51 percent of General Motors?
Harrison’s most scathing criticism is directed at the Pope, in the lines: “While the Pope owns 51% of General Motors / And the stock exchange is the only thing he’s qualified to quote us.” Contrasting this statement with Harrison’s song-wide message that God “waits on us to wake up and open our hearts”, Allison …
How much is the pope worth?
Net Worth & Salary of Pope Francis in 2021 As of August 2021, Pope Francis has an estimated net worth of about $80 million. He has amassed his current wealth as both a priest and a pope. Pope Francis has served the Catholic Church since 1969.
How did the Catholic Church get so rich?
The Catholic Church became very rich and powerful during the Middle Ages. People gave the church 1/10th of their earnings in tithes. They also paid the church for various sacraments such as baptism, marriage, and communion. The wealthy often gave the church land.
Do Toyota parts come from China?
Are Toyota Parts Made in China? Toyota cars rolled out from US factories get 60% of their parts from local car parts suppliers. Cars produced from Japan factories use 98% Japan-made car parts. Denso has also expanded its manufacturing activities in China, and this is also true for other major car brands and OEMs.
Are Chinese made cars any good?
All of the cars sold under a Chinese car brand offer serious value. In some cases, for example, one of the Chinese utes, you could purchase two vehicles for the price of a mid-tier HiLux. You certainly get a lot of tech and equipment for your money. Resale value.
What is the number 1 selling pickup truck in America?
What is the most popular pickup truck in America? As of 2020, the Ford F-series is the most popular pickup truck in America. Making up 250 per 10,000 vehicles in America, the Ford F-series is the quintessential American pickup. It has been a perennial bestseller and American source of pride.
What trucks are not made in America?
The Ram 1500 Classic is one of the least American-made vehicles. Not only is the 2021 Ram 1500 Classic one of the least American-made vehicles, but it’s the least American-made pickup truck. The Ram 1500 Classic is made at both the Stellantis Warren Truck Assembly, and the Saltillo plant in Saltillo, Mexico.
How much of a Chevy truck is made in America?
In order to be considered “Made in the USA,” at least 50 percent of a vehicle must be produced in the US and Canada. All Chevy trucks fit these criteria, with 62% of Silverado parts and 71% of Colorado parts made in the US or Canada.
What percentage of GM parts are made in China?
GM has neither broadcast nor hidden the fact that the Equinox engine (and that of its twin, the Pontiac Torrent) is made in China. The car’s sticker notes that 55 percent of its parts are from the United States and Canada, 20 percent from Japan, 15 percent from China, and the rest from elsewhere.
What GM vehicles are made in China?
GM has a Shanghai-based joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp Ltd 600104. SS making Buick, Chevrolet and Cadillac vehicles. It has another venture, SGMW, with SAIC and Guangxi Automobile Group, producing no-frills mini-vans, which has started manufacturing higher-end cars.


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GMO's continue to make waves within the food industry. Commenting in a recent presentation, Shelley Balanko, Senior Vice President of Business Development, The Hartman Group notes “Short term, it is important to engage the consumer in conversation and be transparent...even if you are not talking about genetically modified food, be transparent about production so they feel invited into the conversation and they can trust you.”
With 80 percent of snacking now being purposeful, people are being much more deliberate about their choices with an emphasis on foods that aid in energy and weight management. There is "aspiration around wanting to eat more fruits and vegetables," said Melissa Abbott, Vice President, Hartman Group Retainer Services.
When developing food and beverages, Starbucks listens to its customers and drives innovation to respond to their needs. They also cite research from The Hartman Group's Modern Eating study, and note "from savory snacks to smoothies rich in fruits and vegetables, Starbucks continues to evolve its health and wellness options influenced by customer feedback."


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The Android Wear ecosystem has been in a precarious state as of late.
Google has not confirmed the name change, and therefore has not provided an explanation for the speculated move. In version 12.5, which is the latest beta, you can see changes to both the name and logo. In addition, the search giant will also give Wear OS a new logo that resembles that of the Google Assistant.
Google's ambitious Android Wear project has failed to gain traction ever since its inception. In the case of Android Wear, you'll be notified that there's a watch nearby that can be paired with your phone.
Android Wear may rebrand to 'Wear OS' according to latest Google Play Services beta
It seems that this appears when setting up a watch using the Android P Developer preview build doing the rounds. Fashion brands continue to release new hardware running the OS, but it's been a hot minute since a major tech company has put any real time or effort into releasing new products with it.
Google is known for bringing in design customizations and UI changes in Android and its other native apps.
Android wear was launched at Google I/O conference back in March 2014.
Google is rumored to be rebranding Android Wear with a new name and logo as Wear OS, as the operating system occupies a stagnant market for wearable devices. This will clear the confusion about the Wearables in the users and they will be easily paired up with cross platform smartwatches to share different things together. However, the company will soon come up with an official statement regarding the same and we would update you with that.


text: Loxahatchee Groves Elementary School’s students and staff recently participated in a school-wide project, sending more 430 cards to servicemen and women for the holiday season. Students were very excited to be able to send personal messages, give thanks for their service and share well-wishes with one and all. A special thanks goes out to Staples in Royal Palm Beach, which donated mailing labels for the project. Pictured here is second-grader D.J. Reyes making a card.


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Content marketing is becoming one of the most effective means of reaching government buyers. To avoid becoming overwhelmed, start with your buyer.
Market Connections has released its sixth annual Federal Media & Marketing Study™. The report analyzes media usage of 3,700 federal decision makers, as well as their demographics, job function and purchasing habits. Just over one half of the respondents are in a defense- or military-related government agency. [Read more…]


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Viking River Cruises today welcomed the newest additions to its fleet of river cruise vessels at a simultaneous christening ceremony ...On March 24, 2015 / By Chris Owen
On board Viking Hermod on an itinerary titled Portraits of Southern France, Hotel Director Stephen Burnham was excited about visiting ...On March 15, 2015 / By Chris Owen
The 2015 Seabourn Food & Wine Cruise sets sail April 18, and we are counting down the days. (See timer, ...On March 10, 2015 / By Chris Owen
Crystal Cruises has been a two-ship cruise line for quite some time. Considered an ultra-luxury cruise experience, Crystal Serenity ...On March 3, 2015 / By Chris Owen
Anthem of the Seas, now under construction and the second of Royal Caribbean‘s Quantum-class ships passed a major milestone ...On March 2, 2015 / By Chris Owen
Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas will be the world's biggest cruise ship when she debuts with familiar features ...On February 26, 2015 / By Chris Owen
On April 19 we return to Seabourn for the next Seabourn Food And Wine Cruise, a 7-Day Taste Of The Mediterranean sailing from Athens to Monte Carlo.
Follow along live via on Twitter @SeabournCruise and #SeabournFoodAndWineCruise plus SeabournCruise on Instagram
Join us starting May 11 as we make our way to Southampton for a short sailing of the first Viking Oceans ship, Viking Star to be launched from Bergen, Norway on May 15. #VikingOceans is the tag to follow along with viking_cruises on Instagram. It's the first in a new class of ship said to bring 'small ship cruising at big ship pricing'


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No matter what mobile device or platform you use, odds are you are productive due to Microsoft's efforts in the mobile space.
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A new index from the mobile security provider also suggests that iOS has regained its enterprise share from Android, accounting for 69 percent of enterprise device activations.
The Victorian government is dipping into its AU$12 million Technology Innovation Fund to back a program that is aimed at digitising courtroom paperwork and providing a mobile solution for case management and transparency.
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In one of our longest podcasts ever, Kevin and I covered a huge number of new mobile devices. We are excited about current and future products in the mobile space.
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The technology industry is currently in the midst of a shift from client-server to cloud-mobile - a significant change that occurs very rarely, but one that Red Hat is embracing.
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Infor's suite of high-end cloud financial software products include a new user interface, in-memory database technology and more. CloudSuite signals a major shift in the application space. Will CIOs bite?
The iPhone and iPod maker finally made the leap into the mobile payments space with the launch of Apple Pay, an NFC-based contactless payment system.
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According to JLL, CEE’s real estate investment transactional volume for 2018 was in excess of €13.2 billion, with Poland accounting for €7.2 billion, and smashing its previous record from 2006 (€5.05 billion). Poland was followed by the Czech Republic (over €2.5 billion) Hungary (over €1.85 billion, Romania (ca €900 million), and Slovakia (ca €820 million).
“With €13.23 billion in 2018, the CEE commercial real estate investment volume recorded an 11% increase over 2017, and for the third year running set a new record transaction volume for the region. We have seen the most significant volume increase in Poland in 2018 with €7.2 billion traded, a substantial uplift in volumes over previous years. For 2019, we expect continued, strong interest for product in CEE markets although perhaps not quite matching the spectacular levels seen last year. One of the most interesting aspects has been the growth of domestic capital in the Czech Republic and Hungary with 50% and 60% of volumes respectively coming from domestic capital sources. We expect this to continue in 2019. Our current forecast for the full year suggests that CEE regional volumes will total around €11 billion for 2019,” commented Mike Atwell, Head of Capital Markets Czech Republic & CEE, JLL.
Poland leads the way in the CEE market
The Polish real estate investment market continued to grow for the fourth consecutive year with an impressive 2018 year-end result of €7.2 billion traded. This volume was unprecedented and outperformed the previous record for the country’s investment volumes (2006) by almost €2.2 billion.
“2018 was a unique year in Poland for many reasons. It saw a noticeable yield compression in most asset classes. There were almost 100 transactions concluded throughout the year including the biggest retail portfolio sale in the history of the Polish market for €1 billion, the largest number of seven portfolio transactions traded in a single year in the industrial sector, and the highest investment volumes reported in the key sectors: €2.75 billion in the office sector, €2.47 billion in retail and €1.84 billion in industrial assets. It’s the first time in the last few years when office investment volumes outperformed retail and became the first-choice asset class in Poland,” commented Tomasz Trzósło, Managing Director, JLL, Poland.
In addition, around €120 million was traded in the hotel sector.
Retail sector sees largest ever deal in Poland
Following €1.87 billion traded in retail in H1 2018, over €600 million was transacted in the sector in H2 2018, pushing annual retail investments in 2018 to a record high of €2.47 billion. The biggest retail deal in 2018 was the sale of a portfolio of 28 retail properties by ARES/AXA/Apollo Rida to Chariot Top Group for a total amount of about €1 billion. Other key transactions included: the sale of Wars Sawa Junior in Warsaw by PFCEE (a fund managed by CBRE Global Investors) to Atrium European Real Estate for €301.5 million and Galeria Katowicka by Meyer Bergman to EPF for an undisclosed amount.
Prime shopping centre yields, achievable for best-in-class, dominant, major schemes in Poland currently stand at 4.90 percent, high street assets trade at around 4.00 percent, while prime retail parks have recently seen yield compression to 6.80 percent.
Poland’s office sector experiences all-time high investments
In the office sector, for the second time in history, investment volumes exceeded the €2.0 billion mark and reached €2.75 billion, which outperformed 2006’s record volume by over 20 percent.
Key Warsaw office transactions included: the acquisition of Gdański Business Center (buildings C and D) from HB Reavis by SIM on behalf of EPF for slightly above €200 million; the purchase of Skylight and Lumen from Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield by Globalworth for around €190 million; the acquisition of CEDET by GLL Partner on behalf of an Asian client for almost €130 million.
The key transactions in regional cities included the acquisition of the Skanska office portfolio by NIAM for almost €173 million.
Prime office yields in Warsaw now stand at 4.75 percent. Core regional city yields now stand at 6.00 percent.
The best-ever-industrial investments results in Poland
In the industrial sector, volumes reported in 2018 doubled that of 2017 with a record 1.84 billion EUR in traded assets. It is worth noting that 2018’s result was dominated by portfolio transactions, including the Encore Portfolio acquired by Mapletree from Hillwood for approx. €320 million; a Prologis Portfolio acquired by Mapletree for around €260 million; the Och-Ziff Portfolio acquired by Griffin/Redefine for about €195 million; the Azurite Portfolio bought by Blackstone from Goodman for approx. €190 million; a Hines Portfolio purchased by Blackstone for around €140 million.
Prime warehouse yields stand at 6.50 percent with exceptional, long leased assets trading at around the 5.50 percent mark, and Warsaw inner city projects standing at around 5.25 percent.
Hotel investment volumes complete the picture
In 2018, the Polish hotel market recorded approx. €120 million investment volume with the acquisition of a Holiday Inn in Warsaw and Park Inn in Kraków by Union Investment, as well as a portfolio transaction comprising six Puro Hotels located in Kraków, Wrocław, Poznań, Warsaw and Gdańsk, where a 30 percent stake was acquired by LPP.
JLL participating in transactions worth €3 billion”The value of investment transactions involving the JLL advisory in 2018 totaled approximately €3 billion in Poland. We represented funds in some of the most spectacular deals. These included 28 retail properties (Chariot portfolio) on behalf of ARES / AXA/Apollo Rida; Galeria Katowicka – on behalf of Meyer Bergman, Gdański Business Center – on behalf of EPF, Warsaw Spire – on behalf of Ghelamco, Lumen & Skylight – on behalf of Unibail-Rodamco and a portfolio of nine logistics Panattoni properties – on behalf of Redefine/Griffin,” said Tomasz Trzósło.


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Football may not be your bag, we get that. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be dreading next month's Superbowl. With NBC's 3D gimmick and some kick-ass movie trailers, it's time to tune in.
We've already told you about the fact that, because of NBC's plans to transmit the game in 3D, Chuck will be getting a special 3D episode, and during the game itself, upcoming animated flick Monsters Versus Aliens will be running a special 3D trailer, but those are just some of the treats lined up for us three weeks from now according to Variety:
Nearly every studio will push pics during the big game, airing on NBC Feb. 1, with the movie lineup naturally made up of summer tentpoles whose studios hope to appeal to the nearly 100 U.S. million viewers that tune in to the broadcast.
Expect to see brand new trailers for Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (The first footage from the movie to be officially released), GI Joe, Star Trek and Land Of The Lost, in addition to the MvA trailer. And those are just from the studios that have already bought ad time. Still undecided are Fox (who could use the time to pimp X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Warner Bros. (Watchmen — well, maybe — Terminator: Salvation, and the new Harry Potter) and Disney (Race To Witch Mountain), meaning that it could end up being a very interesting afternoon's viewing for movie fans.
Of course, the sports fans may get some enjoyment out of the afternoon as well, but who cares about that?
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Nio (NYSE: NIO), Tesla’s Chinese rival, shares have shot up 240% this year. However the stock has fallen approximately 80% in comparison to last year.
After going public on the New York Stock Exchange two years ago, the company has faced several rough patches, as various executives and one of the founders left. Amid the coronavirus, the company commenced funding talks with the chinese government that led to USD1 Billion from investors and state-backed entities. Additionally, it was able to deliver a record number of 3,740 vehicles in June, exceeding 10,000 for the second quarter.
“We hope in the second half of next year we can begin making some preliminary attempts in some countries that are more welcome to electric vehicles,” William Li, founder and chairman of Nio, told reporters on Thursday according to CNBC translation.
“We hope to begin with Europe,” Li continued. Though he did not specify which countries, he stated that the company is ready to enter major global markets by 2023 and 2024. However, Nio is still nowhere near Tesla’s level.
In its second quarter, Tesla managed to dispatch over 90,000 vehicles globally. Tesla’s stock has skyrocketed more than 378% throughout the year and surpassed USD2,000 a share on Thursday. Elon Musk also strived to expand Tesla to Europe after having done so in China and establishing a new factory in Shanghai.
Due to layoffs, the company now has about 200 people still working in its U.S. office compared to the 600 it originally employed according to Li.


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Retail sales remain off-target
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NEW YORK — Extending a long and disappointing slump, retail sales remained substantially under plan during March, with a same-store gain of 2.2 percent falling way short of a targeted gain of 3.2 percent, according to the widely watched Redbook Retail sales Average.
As in recent months, debt-heavy and penny-pinching consumers did most of their shopping at the nation's discounters, where sales advanced by 3.1 percent, compared to an anemic 0.2 percent increase at department stores and chains. The composite Redbook average rose by 2.2 percent, compared to a target of 3.2 percent.
In the case of discounters and department stores alike, reality, once again, was no match for expectations, and the 3.1 percent increase recorded by discounters came up shy of a target of 4.1 percent. And the virtually flat performance at the nation's broadline retailers - traditional department stores and chains - fell short of a target of 1.3 percent.
"Sales were mixed to slightly firmer in the fifth and final week of March, making for a disappointing, though not particularly surprising, end to a sub-performing month," said Redbook analyst Catlin Levis. "Warm weather was a primary sales driver in the fifth week. Retailers reported strength in a range of seasonal product categories, from spring apparel to fitness equipment, outdoor and gardening tools. Discount stores saw firm business in consumer basics like food and household supplies as well as home-related goods."
Going forward, said Levis, "Following a below-plan March, our preliminary target for April is year-over-year growth of 3.3 percent, which would result in a month-to-month gain against March of 1.6 percent. The Easter holiday, a catalyst for spring business in general, is expected to make its presence felt" during the first week of April, a four-week month on the retail calendar, ending May 5.
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Half of U.S. adults own a smartphone or tablet, Pew survey says
And nearly two-thirds of those owners get news on their mobile device
Computerworld - It's no secret that more people are buying smartphones and tablets, but there's an explosion in ownership going on in the U.S.
Half of U.S. adults now have a mobile connection to the Web through a smartphone or tablet, up sizably from a year ago, according to a survey released Monday by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
The survey of of 9,513 U.S. adults, conducted online from June to August 2012, said 22% of U.S. adults own a tablet, twice the number from a year earlier, while 44% of U.S. adults have smartphones, up from 35% in May 2011.
Pew found that lower-priced, Android-based tablets introduced in late 2011 "brought in a new crop of tablet owners." In the latest survey, 52% of tablet owners said they own an iPad, down from 81% a year ago. Also, 48% said they own an Android device, and about half of those devices (21%) were Kindle Fires. Pew found iPad owners use their tablets more often for news, while Android users are more likely to use their tablets on social networks and then follow news that comes from friends and family.
Nearly two-thirds of those smartphone and tablet owners use them to read or view news at least weekly, which nearly ties other popular activities such as email and playing games on the devices, Pew said.
The survey results have major implications for how news will be consumed and paid for, Pew said. Mobile users don't just check headlines, with 73% of tablet users saying they read in-depth articles at least sometimes, while 61% of smartphone users at least sometimes read longer stories.
The survey also showed there is "continued resistance to paying for content on mobile devices," and more mobile news users have print-only subscriptions than have digital subscriptions.
Pew's survey shows that rather than replacing old technology, "the introduction of new devices and formats is creating a new kind of multi-platform news consumer." For example, 54% of tablet news users also get news on a smartphone, while 77% of tablet news users get news on a desktop or laptop and 50% get news in print. A full 25% get their news on all four platforms.
The survey also indicated that mobile devices are increasing the amount of news people receive. Almost a third of tablet users said they get news from new sources they didn't see in other platforms.
The use of news apps on mobile devices "remains limited," the survey found, and "most people still use a browser for news on their tablet."
Over the past year, more people started using browsers, rather than apps, to receive news. In the latest survey, 60% of tablet users said they mainly use the browser to find news, while 23% get the news mostly through apps and 16% use both equally. In 2011, the comparable numbers were 40% through a browser, 21% through apps, while 31% used both.
Pew also asked respondents to compare mobile news usage with news habits on laptops and desktops and found that 41% of mobile users prefer the conventional laptop or desktop for receiving news. "Even as the population of tablet owners broadens, the idea that we have entered a post-PC era is overstated -- at least when it comes to news," Pew said. "The desktop computer remains an enduring part of people's news consumption -- perhaps because during weekdays it is a work tool."
The poll was conducted in collaboration with The Economist Group.
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Little Italy’s Isola Pizza Bar declared its intention to expand to La Jolla in 2014, and it seems the time has finally come to witness the reveal at the new 7734 Girard Ave. address. According to tipsters, Isola hosted a soft opening last week and will open the doors to the public next week.
Chef/owner Massimo Tennino and team have spent the past year and a half renovating the 2,500-square-foot space, which includes a sidewalk patio. Most recently, the site was occupied by Nosh Delicatessen.
The original location of Isola opened on India Street in 2012. When it debuts, the La Jolla location will have expanded food offerings. Look for thin, wood-fired pizzas and housemade pastas.


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Computex 2020 Officially Cancelled As COVID-19 Claims Another Tech Trade Show
Another technology trade show—Computex 2020—has effectively been cancelled as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic
. Officially, the Taiwan Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and Taipei Computer Association (CTA), the organizes of the annual Computex trade show, say they have decided to "reschedule" the event to sometime in 2021, but that amounts to a cancellation.
It is hard to imagine there being two Computex Taipei events next year. Indeed, the announcement says Computex 2021 will take place from June 1 through June 5 next year, the same dates the trade show was originally scheduled for this year.
Whether anyone wants to call it a cancellation or rescheduling, the bottom line is there will not a Computex trade show in 2020. This is for the best—he organizers note that as of June 11, more than 7,350,000 people across 187 countries have been diagnosed with COVID-19
"During this difficult time, the organizers’ heart and sympathy are with those who are affected around the world. In the meantime, stay strong and fight on. After rolling with the punches, the organizers look forward to see you in Computex 2021 and drive the resilience in the global ICT ecosystem together," TAITRA and CTA said.
Taiwan has reported a relatively low number of confirmed Coronavirus cases (just 443), but even so, the large gathering of people from around the world would have presented an unnecessary risk. It remains to be seen when things will return to normal, or a new normal (whatever that might be), though interestingly enough, the organizers of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) are still planning an in-person convention in January 2021.


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Small firms 'too casual over cyber threat' according to new research
Small and medium-sized enterprises risk being disqualified from bidding for work because of the lack of importance they are placing on looking after their valuable client data, according to new research.
A survey of 175 procurement managers from organisations with more than 250 staff found 70 per cent believe SMEs should be doing more to stop cyber attacks and protect data.
Some 86 per cent said they would consider removing a small supplier if they were hacked, and 94 per cent said cyber security standards were important when awarding contracts.
George Quigley, partner in accountancy group KPMG's cyber security arm, which commissioned the research, said: 'Unfortunately many SMEs still take a blase approach towards cyber security and mistakenly don't see themselves as targets of cyber criminals.'
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Coinbase is the world’s largest bitcoin broker. In the United States you can buy bitcoin with a connected bank account via ACH bank transfer. In Europe you can buy with your bank account via SEPA transfer. Purchases made with ACH take 5 days for the coins to be delivered, while SEPA purchases take less than two days. Coinbase charges a flat 1.
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* Revenue down 4 pct at C$34.8 mln
Nov 5 (Reuters) - Fruit-based juice maker Sun-Rype Products SRF.TO posted a lower-than-expected profit, hurt by pricing pressures and declining sales volumes.
July-September earnings at the Kelowna, British Columbia-based snacks and beverage maker was C$1 million, or 9 Canadian cents a share, compared with C$400,000, or 3 Canadian cents a share, a year ago.
Analysts on average had expected the company, with a market value of about C$97 million, to earn 18 Canadian cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Revenue fell about 4 percent to C$34.8 million, strained by pricing pressures on beverages and lower sales volumes of food products, the company said in a statement.
Sun-Rype shares, which have remained relatively flat since the company bought U.S.-based Yakama Juice on Oct. 5, closed at C$9 on Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange. (Reporting by Gowri Jayakumar in Bangalore; Editing by Unnikrishnan Nair)


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The overriding concern is the left knee, with Dwyane Wade offering an encouraging update on that front. But the focus Tuesday was on the feet, or, more to the point, the iconic image that won't be adorning them anymore. Dwyane Wade and Michael Jordan no longer are a couple. Confirming what has been speculated for weeks, Wade said Monday he no longer will endorse Nike's Jordan Brand. "I did mutually part ways with the Jordan umbrella, with Jordan and Converse," Wade said after testing his sore knee Tuesday for a second consecutive day at Miami Heat practice at AmericanAirlines Arena. "I had great nine years but we have mutually parted ways and I'm moving on." Wade said the departure did not have anything to do with specifically with Jordan, who now owns the Charlotte Bobcats and had made appearances alongside Wade amid their marketing agreement. "We had a great three years. It's just the time. We went our separate ways," Wade said. "I still feel honored to have represented my favorite player of all time and his brand, and the opportunity I was given. I'm not disappointed at all." Wade was careful to remove his sneakers following Tuesday's practice before meeting with the media, handling his interview session in a pair of flip-flops, saying, "I'm just working in my new shoes." He now will become the face of China-based apparel company Li-Ning, with that formal announcement likely to come during next week's Heat preseason trip to China. While Wade declined to confirm the Li-Ning agreement, Heat teammate Shane Battier, who has his own China shoe deal, effectively did.
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H.E. Ambassador Anita Nergaard has been stationed in Singapore for the last 2.5 years. In this exclusive online event, she will give an update on the current situation in Singapore, the measures and solutions by the Singaporean government, and what this means for Norwegian businesses with a strong presence in Southeast Asia.
The webinar starts with a conversation between Ambassador Nergaard and Mr Erik Borgen, Chairman of SNCC. Afterwards, the hosts will answer questions from the attendees.


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The Joint Planning Committee (JPC) of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG has concluded arrangement to hold its 24th summit as industry chieftains are expected to brainstorm on how to move the economy forward.
The theme for this year’s summit is “Poverty to Prosperity: Making Governance & Institutions Work”. The annual Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) is the foremost annual economic forum for policy makers and captains of industry from both public and private sectors of the Nigerian economy as well as the academia, civil society organizations and development partners.
According to a statement from the Group, the Forum provides a unique opportunity for participants to interact and share thoughts on key issues and challenges facing the Nigerian economy.
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Volvo VNR Electric Makes its East Coast Debut
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After making their rounds in California, Volvo Trucks North America’s VNR Electric trucks have landed on the East Coast, finding a home within New York City-based Manhattan Beer Distributors’ fleet of close to 400 trucks. Serving customers throughout New York City, Long Island, and the surrounding counties, Manhattan Beer Distributors commemorated the delivery with a press event co-hosted by the New York City Department of Transportation at its distribution warehouse in the Bronx.
“Economic sustainability and environmental sustainability go hand in hand,” said Peter Voorhoeve, president of Volvo Trucks North America, pointing to the fact that in applications such as distribution and delivery fleets, electrification can benefit all the involved parties. “We will come to a time when the total cost of ownership of diesel and electric trucks will be the same, but until then we need help.”
This help came in the form of funding from New York State’s Volkswagen settlement funds, through the New York City Department of Transportation’s (NYC DOT) NYC Clean Trucks Program. The state’s Volkswagen settlement plan, Clean Transportation NY, was developed to reduce emissions in major transportation corridors, including the Hunts Point area of the Bronx, where Manhattan Beer Distributors is headquartered.
“I don’t think anyone, anywhere on the planet can doubt that climate change is real — it’s a crisis and it’s now,” said NYC DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman. “We are determined to turbocharge the move to electric vehicles and to do everything the city can to facilitate that change.”
This is not the beverage distributor’s first step into the clean tech space. CEO and President Simon Bergson began building his low-emission fleet in the ’90s, which now includes more than 160 Volvo VNR and VNL CNG Class 8 trucks, as well as the five new Volvo VNR Electrics. Manhattan Beer Distributors has also installed three Level 3 DC fast chargers at its Bronx facility that can fully recharge its Volvo VNR Electric trucks up to 80% in a little over an hour, which fits well into its regional routing schedule.


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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to Deepika Padukone: 9 Bollywood celebrities who invested in startups
The Startup India initiative is one of the biggest success stories of the Indian government. Startups are the most modern form of expanding your business.
This is so popular that even some Bollywood celebrities have shown their interest in investing in startups. Here are some startup ventures started by Bollywood celebrities.
One of the talented actresses of Indian cinema, Deepika Padukone has joined hands with the fashion portal “Myntra” to launch another line under her brand "All About You." Established in 2015 with Deepika Padukone and Myntra holding 50% stake each. All About You is a leading women’s wear brand on the platform.
Inspired by his momentous journey as an actor and fitness buff, Hrithik Roshan built HRX - India’s first homegrown fitness brand in 2013. The brand focuses on apparels and footwear. Hrithik is also associated with health and wellness start-up “Cure.Fit.”
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Actress Madhuri Dixit and Bollywood Khiladi Akshay Kumar invested in a startup, which is a smart-tech-enabled, integrated preventive healthcare platform, GOQii, which provides an end-to-end solution for healthcare and wellness products.
Bollywood’s desi girl invested in a Dating App “Bumble,” a US-based dating app. Priyanka Chopra is not only an investor of the app but also a partner and an adviser. A report suggested that Priyanka Chopra was inspired by Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher to make investments in tech startups.
The talented actor has invested an undisclosed amount in “The Man Company” (TMC). However, the founder of TMC said that the actor would not hold any board position. The Man Company is famous for head-to-toe range of men’s grooming products across various categories. Ayushmann Khurrana was also the brand ambassador for The Man Company.
Arjun Kapoor has invested in a home food delivery company “Foodcloud”. Arjun Kapoor said that “My aim at investing in Foodcloud.in is to contribute towards a larger societal purpose of empowering the homemakers to contribute towards their family income.” The platform runs on the premise of home cooks delivering hygienic and home-cooked food to customers from their kitchens.
Bollywood Shahenshah invested in local search engine app “Just Dial.” In 2011, the company signed up the legendary actor as its brand ambassador and offered him 62,794 shares for Rs 10 each.
Anthill Ventures, which funds startups, supports them to scale up their operations, and Baahubali actor Rana Daggubati invested and launched Urban-i. The initiative will help consumer brand startups accelerate their growth. This platform will serve as a strategically designed platform to bring together capital, consumer brands, and celebrities under one platform.
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Former miss world Aishwarya Rai Bachchan along with her mother Vrinda KR has invested Rs 1 crore in Bengaluru-based environment startup Ambee. It provides data about hyperlocal air quality, which is accessible to developers, consumers, health researchers, and media companies.


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All one needs to think about is what happens for instance during natural disasters when phone lines are down, power is out, internet access is unavailable, you need to to buy supplies or food, and a store will only accept cash for transactions.
We’ve seen the chaos created when the ‘food stamp’ system goes down and people with their cards cannot purchase food. At least in the days of paper ‘food stamps’ transactions could still be performed. They went to paperless ‘food stamps’ to fight fraud, yet people just trade food for cash and all manner of other things by using their cards for others. Fraud hasn’t ceased.
Now imagine a paperless society where noone can buy food and supplies during a natural disaster.
Less than a week after India’s surprise move to scrap its highest denomination cash notes, another front in the War on Cash has intensified down under in Australia. Yesterday, banking giant UBS proposed that eliminating Australia’s $100 and $50 bills would be “good for the economy and good for the banks.” (How convenient that a bank would propose something that’s good for banks!) This isn’t the first time that the financial establishment has pushed for a cashless society in Australia (or anywhere else). In September 2015, Australian bank Westpac published its “Cash Free Report”, suggesting that the country would become cashless by 2022. In July 2016, Australian payments firm Tyro
Everyone benefits from a cashless society… except for you.
For individuals, cash still has plenty of important advantages.
Cash is one of the few remaining options for financial privacy that doesn’t create a permanent record of every purchase or transaction you make.
It’s also an easy way to reduce your exposure to risks in the broader financial system.
Think about it– the banking system is full of institutions that never miss an opportunity to demonstrate they cannot be trusted with our money.
Hardly a month goes by without some major banking scandal; they’re caught colluding on exchange rates, manipulating interest rates, fraudulently establishing fake accounts without customer consent (and then charging us fees on top of that).
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The power of social media is making times tough for a Las Vegas restaurant after a viral Facebook post that turned out to not be true.
The post said Frankie’s Pizza near Wigwam Parkway and Eastern Avenue was not allowing customers in if they were wearing a mask.
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“We’re doing everything correct over here,” said owner Stephen Howard.
The Facebook post shows a sign on a business saying no masks are allowed in the business, and if you wear one, you will be asked to remove it.
13 Action News tried tracking down the original post but was not able to do so.
Frankie’s Pizza says the storefront pictured in the post is not even theirs, and that the restaurant has been getting hate calls and messages since Monday.
“Right when we opened up, this morning's first phone call was about the mask and the sign,” Howard said.
Howard recently took over the restaurant a few months ago, and this whole ordeal has complicated efforts to get their business off the ground.
“Come in and mention the sign and we’ll give them 15 percent off because they were coming in,” Howard said.


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Hello and welcome to Protocol Enterprise! Today: what a revenue milestone for Databricks says about the future of enterprise data, Alibaba reports slow but recovering growth in its cloud division, and chip sales data points to a quiet second half for consumer electronics companies.
At a time of global instability and economic concerns, here’s one thing you can bring to the bank: We’re going to be generating more data next year than we have this year.
This means that it is the right time to work in the field of data management, as Ali Ghodsi knows. The CEO of Databricks announced on Friday that his company had surpassed $1 billion in annualized revenue, more than double the $350 million in annualized revenue reported just two years ago.
- Databricks sells what it calls a data lakehouse service, an update of the old concept of data warehouses designed to store lots of rarely accessed but still important information.
- These services were designed for the cloud era, which requires more flexibility and customization than older data warehouses could handle.
- The company also helps other companies manage machine learning and data science activities, which almost every company says they at least want to do, even if they’re just getting started.
But Databricks is not alone in this market.
- Snowflake, which two years ago had the most lucrative IPO in software history, lost some of its luster with Wall Street but generated nearly $400 million in revenue during its tenure. first quarter, a jump of 84% over the previous year.
- Confluent has also had success helping customers process real-time data, which Databricks and Snowflake are also pursuing.
- And, of course, there can’t be a discussion of cloud-based data services without mentioning AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, all of which offer similar services to help modern businesses manage their data.
Databricks has spent much of 2021 answering questions about an IPO, which have understandably faded this year given the correction in corporate tech stocks in the first half of the year.
- But there is no doubt that Databricks is moving in this direction, which will give it the funds and status to make bigger and bigger bets on the future of data.
- Ghodsi told the Wall Street Journal that Databricks is also considering making a few acquisitions, given that it still has a lot of cash in the bank from previous funding rounds.
As companies advance in data-intensive practices like machine learning and observability, they will generate more data than they know what to do with.
- The long-term question for Databricks and its cohorts is what opportunity cloud providers will let them have.
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China’s Alibaba Group announced yesterday that its cloud revenue grew 10% year-over-year to the US equivalent of around $2.64 billion for the quarter ending June 30th. share of the infrastructure services market, and DingTalk, Alibaba’s digital collaboration and application development work platform. The cloud division’s net operating loss narrowed to $193 million from about $243 million a year earlier.
The cloud division’s revenue reflects renewed customer growth in non-internet industries, primarily financial services, public sector and telecommunications, according to a regulatory filing. Cloud growth was offset by lower revenue from Alibaba’s biggest internet-related customer, a public limited company that has been phasing out its overseas cloud services for international business due to “non-standard requirements”. related to the product,” a decline in business from online education customers and easing demand from other Internet industry customers in China, the company said. Non-internet related industries accounted for 53% of Alibaba’s cloud revenue, an increase of more than five percentage points from the same period last year.
Alibaba Cloud introduced a new cloud infrastructure system to power its data centers in June. The cloud infrastructure processing unit is expected to drive performance improvements in networking, storage, security and computing power by offloading virtualization functions from servers to dedicated hardware, the company said. society.
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Haka Tourism Group is Supreme Tourism Award winner
The brainchild of the entrepreneurial Ryan Sanders and a business that has achieved exceptional growth over the past 10 years, Haka Tourism Group, has won the tourism industry’s highest accolade, the Air New Zealand Supreme Tourism Award.
The Awards Programme is owned and organised by Tourism Industry Aotearoa with the awards night put on with the assistance of partners Air New Zealand and the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment.
A media release from TIA says awards judges congratulated Ryan and his team for creating a tourism business that is excelling on every level.
In just over 10 years, Haka Tourism Group has expanded to include small group, adventure, snow and mountain bike tours, upmarket hostels, a specialist educational brand and high end snow tours. This year it is opening its first two hotels.
TIA CEO Chris Roberts says Haka Tourism Group is an inspirational tourism success story that has strong links with the industry’s Tourism 2025 growth framework. Driven by cutting edge digital marketing and brand positioning, the business is growing at an average of 80 percent year on year, with revenues for the next 12 months on track to exceed $17 million.
As part of its Supreme Award prize, Haka Tourism Group receives international air travel to any Air New Zealand destination valued at $10,000 (+GST) to help them grow their tourism business.
Air New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Christopher Luxon says the airline is delighted to support the New Zealand Tourism Awards’ Supreme Tourism Award for a third year.
“As our tourism industry continues to grow, it’s great to celebrate those who are building excellent and innovative tourism businesses and delivering outstanding experiences for our visitors to New Zealand and who are committed to contributing to our country’s reputation overseas.”
Haka Tourism Group also won the JLT & AIG Business Excellence Award – more than $6 million annual turnover, and the epay NZ Tourism Marketing Award.
Founder and sole shareholder Ryan Sanders was recognised for his visionary and influential leadership, winning the Auckland Airport Tourism Industry Champion Award.
Tourism’s most prestigious individual award, the Crowe Horwath International Sir Jack Newman Award, went to the late Earl Hagaman for his outstanding contribution to the industry.
Earl Hagaman co-founded Scenic Circle Hotels in the 1980s. The business rebranded as Scenic Hotel Group in 2009. At the time of Mr Hagaman’s death in May this year, he’d built a portfolio of 18 accommodation properties worth around $200 million.
The New Zealand Tourism Award 2017 winners:
Air New Zealand Supreme Tourism Award
JLT & AIG Business Excellence Award – more than $6 million annual turnover
epay NZ Tourism Marketing Award
- Haka Tourism Group
Auckland Airport Tourism Industry Champion Award
- Ryan Sanders - Haka Tourism Group
Crowe Horwath International Sir Jack Newman Award (outstanding industry leader)
- Earl Hagaman
PATA New Zealand Trust Emerging Tourism Leader Award
- Shayne Forrest – Hobbiton Movie Set
Sudima Hotels & Resorts Tourism 2025 Enabler Award
- Queenstown Resort College
Westpac Business Excellence Award – less than $6 million annual turnover
- Auckland Seaplanes
Department of Conservation Environmental Tourism Award
- Sudima Hotels & Resorts
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment Industry Alignment Award
- Tourism West Coast
He kai kei aku ringa M?ori Tourism Award
- Kapiti Island Nature Tours
ServiceIQ Visitor Experience Award
- Waitangi Treaty Grounds
NZME People’s Choice Award
- Real Journeys
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Flanders aims to restore ferry connection with Scotland
The Government of Flanders is in talks with Scotland to restore the direct ferry connection between Zeebrugge and Rosyth/Edinburgh. This was announced Tuesday morning by Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon during the economic mission in the United Kingdom. The focus lies in the first place on freight traffic, with passenger transport planned for a later date.
Ferry company DFDS stopped offering the connection between Zeebrugge and Rosyth after a fire broke out on the ferry Finlandia Seaways in 2018. DFDS could not find a replacement for the ship and the financial hangover of the accident was too great.
The Flemish government now hopes to restore the connection, which "would lead to great economic opportunities for both destinations", according to Jambon. The talks are ongoing, and the will from Flanders is certainly there, said his spokesperson.
"Every logistics operation costs money, so a direct connection to Scotland can only be advantageous," says Dirk Verlee, the Flemish economic representative in the UK. Moreover, logistics often acts as a motor for economic activity, "the multiplier effect can be great".
Minister-President Jambon wants to make Flanders the gateway to the UK. The Port of Antwerp Bruges - the recently merged ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge - plays a major role in this. The port handles more than 32 million tonnes of traffic between the UK and Belgium and the merger "will enable both ports to respond more quickly and effectively to social and technological developments, such as energy transition, innovation and digitalisation, and to make the supply chain not only more efficient but also safer and more reliable".
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Whispers recently shared the news that Blue Hog Report blogger Matt Campell’s lawsuit against Facebook over privacy concerns had been granted class-action status.
Well, the Little Rock law firm representing Campbell, Carney Bates & Pulliam PLLC, also is handling a potential class-action privacy lawsuit against Google and is involved in several other high-profile data breach cases.
It has, in fact, developed something of a specialty in the area of data privacy, said law firm partner Hank Bates.
“We do a lot in the data privacy setting. We see three categories of cases we’ve done: data breach cases; what I call data privacy; and then data security insurance companies.” As for data breach cases, “We’re involved in the Home Depot data breach, the Target data breach and then the Sony data breach,” Bates said.
“The Target and the Home Depot, they were cases brought by consumers but also cases brought by banks. And we’re on the class-action side representing the banks.”
As for the highly publicized 2014 Sony data breach, Carney Bates is among the law firms representing plaintiffs who allege Sony failed to prevent hackers from obtaining and posting online personal information on thousands of former and current Sony employees.
The hackers, calling themselves the “Guardians of Peace,” locked Sony employees out of the Sony computer network and released embarrassing emails from the likes of producer Scott Rudin (he bashed Angelina Jolie) and Amy Pascal, the Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman who later apologized, saying that emails she exchanged with Rudin were “insensitive and inappropriate.” (Pascal is no longer with Sony, alleging she was fired.)
The Guardians demanded that Sony pull from theaters the movie “The Interview,” a comedy about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The FBI blamed the cyberattack on North Korea.
In its lawsuit against Google, Carney Bates & Pulliam, on behalf of plaintiff Daniel Matera of California, alleges that the company scans private emails sent to and from Gmail accounts. Google analyzes the emails to create data profiles of the email senders and receivers and to target advertising to them based on those profiles, the lawsuit says.
Two California firms, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Gallo LLP, are also representing the plaintiffs in the Google suit.
Bates says his firm has been involved in data privacy cases for about four years. “It basically was an area of the law that I think we were drawn to initially by an interest in the data privacy area, and then after doing several cases, we slowly started building some familiarity with it.”


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Yesterday we told you about a costume company started selling a Kim Kardashian inspired halloween costume from when she was attacked last week at gunpoint.
Now we have learnt that the company have decided to remove the costume for sale due to it being so offencive.
Costumeish’s founder, Johnathon Weeks has spoken to TMZ and said that the outfit caused so much outrage they just had to get it off the site.
Sadly this isnt the first time the site has sold offencive outfits as they also sold Cecil the Lion outfits in the past.
They did the right thing to remove the outfit.


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If you've ever had an inkling in the back of your mind that maybe delivery drivers have tasted your food before bringing it to your home, a new survey conducted by US Foods has revealed that you were probably onto something. Indeed, according to recent findings, a surprising number of delivery drivers admitted to sneaking in a taste of your takeout dinner, so you might want to have a closer look at your next pad thai order. Just sayin'...
According to the new survey conducted by US Foods — a restaurant food supplier and distributor, according to TODAY — about 1 in 4, or 28 percent, of the 500 delivery workers surveyed said that they have "taken food from an order." Uh oh... Now, to be fair, those findings seem to suggest that the other 72 percent of drivers probably haven't eaten from their customers' meals, or least admitted to doing so. Still, 28 percent feels high.
However, when you consider the many stories shared on Reddit of drivers picking up food and not delivering it, a driver taking a small sampling isn't that surprising. Earlier this month, for instance, a man in Pennsylvania ordered ribs from a local barbecue restaurant and found that two out of six of his ribs were reportedly eaten and the rest of them had a bite taken out of them, according to VICE.
Chrissy Teigen has even taken to Twitter to share her experiences. "I think my postmate just ate my 99 cent jack in the box tacos. it says 'delivered at 11:52' but here I am, alone and taco free," she wrote on Twitter in 2017.
In fact, people often to take to Twitter share their delivery experiences. "My Uber eats delivery driver ate my fries," one person tweeted.
"Delivery driver ate my pizza... no joke," another wrote, along with a photo of a pizza with a slice missing.
Another shared, "My Wingstop delivery driver just told me he ate some of my fries on the way here because he was a little hungry, lmfao bro what."
"I'm 90% sure that my Uber eats delivery driver ate the cherry from my milkshake and I only noticed when I got to the bottom," one more shared on Twitter.
Romper reached out to Uber Eats, Grubhub, Postmates, and Door Dash for comment regarding the findings, but did not receive an immediate response.
While this situation isn't completely preventable (unless restaurants used tamper-evident labels to seal the food, as US Foods noted), some of these apps do have policies in place for when this does happen. A representative for Postmates, for instance, told NPR that food tampering cases account for less than .06 percent of the reports it has received, and that the app requires its drivers to agree that the foods arrive tamper-free.
And it's not just the actual food that attracts drivers; the smells are apparently pretty appealing, too. The survey found that 54 percent of drivers are tempted by the smells of the food that they deliver. And, as you might have expected, most customers who were surveyed said they think that their driver eating a few fries from their order is "a pretty big deal" and 85 percent of participants are in favor of restaurants using tamper-evident labels.


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The government has officially launched the Indonesia Eximbank, an agency to help finance exports, particularly by micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
Indonesia Eximbank will boost the number of exporters, which have difficulty securing financing from other financial institutions, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said Tuesday after the launch ceremony.
"We will identify potential exporters," she said.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said she expected Indonesia Eximbank to help diversify exports to new destination markets.
The Middle East, Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are among the new destination export markets, Mari said.


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Apple Inc. has announced its plans to use WebGL technology on its mobile advertising platform iAds. The decision to adopt the 3D Web graphics technology by Apple is contradictory to Google’s decision to avoid it as it deems it too risky to be used.
Apple representatives have made it clear that this technology will not be available publically for the mobile iOS 5 and will remain accessible only for iAds developers who can now integrate attractive 3D flash ads on applications they design and upload to the online Apple store.
With WebGL technology developers can easily integrate 2D and 3D ads on their applications which will be displayed on the user’s iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad devices.
It is unclear as to why Apple is limiting the scope of WebGL technology to advertisements on iOS 5. Although according to sceptics there is a possibility of Apple rolling out this technology to Safari in personal computers.
Apple’s support for WebGL provides little relief to this new technology as security firm Context Information Security along with Microsoft has raised serious doubt about its hard-to-fix vulnerabilities. There is so far no comment from Apple regarding the vulnerability of this technology and the company is keen on pushing forward its idea of integrating it to its iAds platform.


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The French manufacturer APG exhibited at ISE for the first time this year, along with partner company, Active Audio.
Active Audio and APG have a strategic alliance: Active Audio is specialised in public address in the retail and house-of worship installation market, while APG concentrates more on pro audio systems and large scale installations. APG showcased their flagship Uniline line array system but the big news for the group at the beginning of 2019 had to do with an important new development in terms of personnel.
The big news was the appointment of Eric Grandmougin – an audio consultant and engineer who has worked on various audio projects for over twenty years – to the position of Marketing and Customer Service Director for the group.
Grandmougin has worked with APG and other companies helping with complex installations. He has now joined the company since the first of January and his role is to assist the distributors and specifiers with complex projects and to help them submit correct tenders for projects – the right products, quantities, configurations, etc.
By the same token, he will also work closely with Gregory Dapsanse, Marketing & Business Development Director, who manages research and development for APG.
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Remember that rumor we had just before the Galaxy Nexus launch? Yes, about a possible Google Nexus tablet to be announced along with the Galaxy Nexus, which never happened. Well, CNET has some new
details rumors about the same.
According to DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim, the Google Nexus tab will enter production in April and initially around 1.5 to 2 million units will be produced. He also gave some details about the possible specifications of the Google tablet. It will have a 1280×800 resolution 7-inch display as compared to Amazon Kindle Fire‘s 1024×600 display (7-incher again). To compete better with Kindle Fire, the Google tablet will run Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” and be priced around $199 as well.
Google though, is mum on these developments and understandably so. Our source had spoken about a dockable tablet (much like PadPhone) back in October 2011. We cannot rule out that, though things are slightly different now. It will be interesting to know the developments in smaller tablet market, specially considering the rumors surrounding the iPad mini.
Let’s wait and watch.


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The start point for the best source of fleet information
It looks like 2018 is going to be the year that X marks the spot for BMW. Three new X models, the X2, X4 and X7, will arrive in the German firm's showrooms over those 12 months. And before 2017 has even finished, the new X3 is arriving.
In reality, this latest BMW X model couldn't come fast enough. After all, it's currently boom time for crossovers in showrooms, and with a new Audi Q5 and Volvo XC60 already on sale, an older-generation X3 wouldn't have stood much of a chance in the market.
Having said that, it certainly went out with a bang rather than a whimper. 2016 was the X3's best-ever sales year and more than 1.5 million X3s have been sold globally since 2003. In the UK alone, 11,000 new X3s are expected to leave showrooms in 2018.
It's no slouch in terms of fleet appeal either. Despite a slight price rise compared with its predecessor, the higher standard specification - front and rear LED lights, leather interior and Pro Nav in the big-selling M Sport - has helped to boost the residual value.
On the engine front, while BMW will introduce a 2.0-litre petrol engine to the X3 in December, partly to counter any future anti-diesel legislation, there's no question which powerplants will top the sales charts. The 20d is predicted to account for a whopping 80% of all X3 sales, with the 30d taking another 15%, and the remainder taken by the petrol-engined models. Despite the headline-grabbing numbers of the new 360bhp M40i petrol flagship, that model is expected to account for a tiny number of sales.
That's no real surprise, given that the 20d boasts 132g/km emissions (28% BIK) and a 56.5mpg average fuel economy in SE form, while even the 265hp 3.0-litre returns 149g/km and 49.6mpg (31% BIK), sitting in the same tax bracket as the new 2.0-litre petrol with 163g/km emissions.
If there's one obvious missing item from the new X3's engine range, it's any form of electric or hybrid power. That will change, but not for some time, with a fully electric version expected in 2019 and a plug-in hybrid due for 2020.
On the road, the 30d is quiet and refined, and the X3 has taken a noticeable step forward in terms of how it feels on the road. There's much greater solidity than before, something that's underlined by the chunky steering wheel and the exceptional build quality inside.
If there's a downside to that solidity though, it's that, from behind the wheel, you feel every millimetre of its 5cm extra length. This is not a car that you'll be comfortable throwing around like a normal saloon. At times, it can feel rather top-heavy, an issue that's exacerbated by the weighty steering and the high driving position, even with the seat set to its lowest position.
That's a cruel irony in many ways, as the X3 actually has plenty of grip and a sharp turn-in into bends, making it easy to drive with confidence. The only downside is that the high-up feel doesn't allow you to fully take advantage of the grip. However, the pay-off is refinement, with a good ride quality, and road and wind noise well insulated from the cabin.
While the X3's on-road manners are undoubtedly a step up, the interior is a positive leap. Everything from the build quality itself, to the materials used and the clarity of the instruments, push the new X3 head and shoulders above its predecessor. It's also more accommodating, with easily enough space for 6ft-tall adults to sit one behind another, and a good sized boot - 550 litres with the seats up and 1,600 litres with them down.
Overall, the new BMW X3 is easily good enough to rival Audi's Q5 and Volvo's XC60, and arguably out-points them both on some elements. The lack of an immediate BIK-friendly hybrid model might put off some business buyers, but given that the old X3 enjoyed strong sales and this new version is a marked improvement in almost every way, you'd be a fool to bet against it.


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In a surprising turn of events, tech giant Apple has thrown its weight behind the “Right to Repair” movement, a cause that has gained momentum in recent years. This move marks a significant shift in Apple’s stance, as the company has historically resisted such legislation.
The company pledged to provide access to tools and parts needed for repairs and available to independent repair shops and consumers nationwide. Apple’s endorsement of the federal Right to Repair law came as a shock to many industry observers. For years, the company had lobbied against various state-level Right to Repair bills and initiatives. The recent change in direction is seen as a response to growing public pressure and increased scrutiny regarding the repairability of its products.
Meanwhile, Apple’s backing of the Right to Repair movement coincided with government officials also lending their support to the cause. Legislators at both the state and federal levels have been exploring ways to make it easier for consumers to repair their electronics, from smartphones to laptops.
This bipartisan effort has culminated in the proposal of a federal Right to Repair law that aims to set standards for manufacturers to provide customers and outside repair shops with the necessary tools, parts, and information needed for repairs. The government officials backing this legislation see it as a crucial step toward promoting consumer rights and reducing electronic waste.
By allowing consumers to repair their devices rather than replace them, electronic waste can be significantly reduced, contributing to a more sustainable future. Moreover, it empowers consumers to have more control over their devices, potentially saving them money on costly repairs or replacements.
It is noteworthy that a similar comprehensive framework is looked at by the Indian government as well and for this purpose, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs had set up a Right to Repair portal earlier this month. The portal allows Indian citizens to get their electronic gadgets and vehicles repaired without losing a warranty.


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Amazon Prime Day 2017!
Amazon Prime Day 2017 kicks off in just a few hours (9PM Eastern, 6 PM Pacific) and Amazon has already announced quite a few deals that you may be interested in. Amazon promises more deals tomorrow than during Black Friday. Some of the of the deals that have been announced are 50% off the Amazon Echo (only $89.99), $30 off the Kindle Paperwhite, $40 off of the kids Fire HD tablet and $50 off of the August Smart lock.
If you are in need of an Amazon prime membership, you can sign up for a free 30 day trial here.
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Nashville Electric Service (NES) is now offering customers more ways to pay the electric bill. Customers can now pay at local Walmart and Kroger stores by cash, check or money order. A $1.50 fee will be charged by the vendor at the time of payment.
NES customers can also pay online by signing up for E-bill, make a one-time payment online, pay by phone, pay by mail or pay in person.
Information about payment methods can be found at nespower.com/paymybill.