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NOSH, Hamilton’s week of culinary adventures and events, returns for a second year in a row, from October 16 to 22 – presented this year by The Kraken® Spiced Rum. Local restaurants and event venues across the city will open their doors to invite the foodie community to indulge their palate.
Its debut last year saw 53 events – from Chef Wars, to food tours, to local restaurants crafting special menu items and offering unique food experiences. The event planners are confident they will see an increase in its participation this year as many new restaurants are opening up all over the city. Many returning restauranteurs and local businesses are already gearing up for the week, crafting ideas for what they will offer the community this year.
“This week gives us a chance to offer our guests a tasting experience that they wouldn’t normally see on our day to day menu,” says Matt Beasely, Chef of the Aberdeen Tavern. “NOSH has become such an amazing part of Hamilton’s culinary scene. Just being a part of it is fantastic.”
Not only is this a celebration of all things culinary, NOSH also takes place during National Small Business Week – a perfect opportunity to show thanks and support to the ever-growing list of restaurant owners and entrepreneurs in Hamilton. NOSH is still looking for food vendors, restaurants, and local companies to participate. If you are interested, contact firstname.lastname@example.org for more details. The full list of programming will be found on the NOSH website closer to the date. To keep up with the delicious series of events, Like NOSH on Facebook (noshhamont), Follow NOSH on Twitter (@noshhamont) and Instagram (@noshhamont), or visit: noshhamilton.ca.


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Apple Set to Unveil its New iPhone 5 Soon
Last year there were rumors circulating that Apple will release the new iPhone 5 only to find out that it was just a pure speculation and it really disappointed many gadget lovers. This year, rumors on the new iPhone 5 launching are circulating once again on the internet, but it seems like there is a reality to it this time. Many people wonder what it really looks like, what its specifications are, and how it differs from the previous versions. They cannot contain their excitement on this latest gadget that they want to grab one now.
Knowing Apple’s way of surprising its followers and looking at the trend on their previous iPhone launches, we can expect that the new iPhone 5 will be released on the latter part of the third quarter. Last June, during an Apple event in San Francisco which is the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), we had the chance to witness the launching of iOS 6 which is the upgraded version of the mobile OS but never did we hear anything about the hardware (apart from new Macs).
We heard some early reports that the new iPhone 5 will be launched come October this year, almost the same time that it was rumored to be released last year. But it looks like we will get hold of this exciting phone as early as September this year. It is because Samsung will also release its own new phone this year too. Perhaps this is the main reason why Apple might release the new iPhone 5 earlier than the original plan.
In line with the forthcoming launching of the new iPhone 5, multiple sources claim that Apple will unveil their newest product line on September 12 alongside their iPad Mini. Although it is just a mere claim and somehow peculiar that Apple will launch the two new items on the same date, without a doubt many people are already eager to grab it.
The target launching date is getting louder as there is another rumor circulating with regard to pre-orders for the new iPhone 5 are now accepted on the same date that it will be launched. Then stocks are expected on to be delivered on September 21. According to Shaw Wu, a business analyst, the Cupertino firm has lessened the number of orders for this quarter by 20%-25%, ahead of the target release date.
It was also reported that Foxconn will still be the one to manufacture the new iPhone 5. Terry Gou, the CEO of Foxconn, boldly declared that this latest mobile broadband will put to shame the Samsung Galaxy S3. When asked how, he did not emphasize it. Some reports also stated that networks in UK and US are already clearing stocks and schedules ahead of iPhone 5 target release come September.
At any rate, many gadget lovers all over the world are very excited with this latest technological innovation. Mobile companies are certainly trying to outperform each other through a healthy competition and this is good news for all the consumers worldwide because we are given a lot of mobile choices.

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The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said that the key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup known as glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic to humans" in the month of March.
Monsanto called the findings by the team of IARC scientists as "junk science" and called for a retraction.
Monsanto has asked the Intertek Scientific & Regulatory Consultancy to convene a panel of internationally recognized scientific experts to conduct the review of WHO's IARC's work.
The panel of experts include medical doctors, cancer experts, individuals with doctoral degrees and who are specialists in public health, said Monsanto.
Monsanto President Brett Begemann, said, "It has created a lot of confusion. This panel is going to review the data thoroughly, and they are going to make their findings available to everyone for review."
Monsanto is confident in the the safety of its herbicide products, and the review is being done primarily to reassure consumers and others said Begemann.


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In early June, George Sully took action. The Canadian footwear designer wanted to do his part to support the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, following George Floyd’s death under the knee of a Minnesota police officer, by helping to elevate fellow Black designers. So he created the Black Designers of Canada Association, a directory that debuted with a roster of 131 participants, including those in fashion, interiors and graphics, providing an interactive platform that highlights homegrown talent and provides tools to amplify designers.
“We need white Canada’s participation because [the system] wasn’t built for us, for our rise. We’ve always been given the perception that it’s equal for everybody. To get equal footing, we need equal participation,” he says. Sully expects BDoC to eventually expand to 300 members, further dismantling the long-touted excuse that Black Canadian designers don’t exist.
As we’ve seen with the push to shop sustainably, spending with intention and supporting BIPOC-run businesses can lead to meaningful change. That’s something owner of Sundance Harvest Farms, Cheyenne Sundance, has experienced herself. Since last month, as ally awareness has grown, the Toronto urban farmer and food activist’s Instagram following has blossomed to 20,000 from 2,000. “It has translated into selling more produce and selling out quickly. It has also helped with donations for my rural farm,” says Sundance, who is in the process of expanding operations and also runs several educational programs.
“More often than not, a BIPOC-owned brand has come about because something wasn’t serving them, it wasn’t there,” says Bunmi Adeoye, publicist and co-founder of Code Black Communicator Network, an initiative that supports Black communications professionals and has recently identified best practices to overcome anti-Black racism within the industry. “And if it’s not serving one person, it doesn’t mean that it’s just not serving the BIPOC community, it could serve a much wider community of people who don’t feel like they’re being seen,” she says.
Going further together remains a theme that rings through every opportunity to effect change, from retail offerings to media exposure and access to business funding. “With allyship, yes, you’re helping one group, but ultimately you’re enriching your life as well,” Adeoye says.
Here, five ways to shop like an ally:
1. Take an integrated approach to spending
“Look where you commonly spend your money,” Sundance says, who sells organically grown produce weekly at Toronto’s Dufferin Grove Farmers’ Market. She suggests switching from shopping at a large chain store to a small local grocery owned by a racialized family. “If we had more income, that would help create more stability for our communities,” she says, “With anything you choose, those individual choices can make an impact on yourself too, because you’re going to have a relationship with people [you’re buying from].”
2. Seek out Black-owned businesses
You’re only a Google search away from finding a directory of local Black-owned businesses, whether it’s the Black Business Initiative in Nova Scotia or blackownedmb.com, a Manitoba-based site. Education is a huge piece of active allyship work. “A lot of people [say] they didn’t know, so do that homework,” Sully says.
3. Diversify your social-media feed
The shoppable element of Instagram makes it a prime spot to connect with Black-owned brands, Black artists, virtual events that support the Black community and more. Search for new-to-you accounts and ask friends who they’re following. “The algorithm is as strong and weird as ever,” says Adeoye, who has consistently sought out star-powered activists Tracee Ellis Ross and Naomi Campbell for introductions to fresh talent and thought leaders.
4. Amplify the message
If you can’t buy, amplify, Sully says. Likes and reviews, reposting and tagging go a long way to support Black-owned businesses. “We all have platforms, and I think we forget that,” Adeoye says. “Even if you have 100 friends on Instagram, that’s a circle of 100 people you can share something you really love with,” she says.
5. Use your consumer sway to demand change
At the retail level, you can use your voice (and signature) to ask stores to stock and support Black-owned brands. Originating in the United States last month, and designed to reflect American demographics, the 15 Percent Pledge is the brainchild of Aurora James, creative director of the accessories brand Brother Vellies and recipient of the 2019 CAFA international Canadian designer award. The pledge calls on large multibrand retailers to take stock, ownership and action to achieve representation on shelves, and via supplier contracts, for Black and Indigenous businesses that equates to 15 per cent of a total operation. A Canadian campaign quickly followed, with Hudson’s Bay and Indigo answering the call to open up a dialogue. Visit 15percentpledge.ca to show your support and learn more.


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This summer, Romanians preferred to book their travels mainly for August, spent over 300 Euros for flight tickets – second to Brits when it comes of money allocated to travel bookings – and headed for holidays mainly to Athens, Copenhagen and Istanbul, according to data on travelling provided by innovative online travel agency Tripsta.
According to Tripsta’s data for flight travel between June and August, most bookings were made in August (66%), with June bookings having a slight advance over July ones (18,6% vs 15.45%). When it comes of Romanians, the most popular week booked for travels was, this year, the 1st week of August (4-10), compared to last week of August last year, which might suggest they want to enjoy their holidays earlier before the start of a new work and school season.
On the other hand, Brits preferred mid-August (11-17) for travel this year, rather than the last week of the month, as they did last year. On the other hand, Turks and Poles decided their holidays will be in June (9-15) this year, much earlier than last year, when they opted for end of August. This summer, Greeks saved their travels for end of July (21-27) instead of end of August (26-1 Sep in 2013), while Russians delayed their holidays with only one week, choosing the third week of August instead of the 2nd week of the month, as they did last year.
Among Europeans using Tripsta to book their trips for the 3 main summer months this year, Brits spent the most, around 419 euro, but still less compared to last year (when they got out of their wallets over 500 euro). Next in line are the Romanians, with 332 euro for the picked flight in 2014, up from 309 euro last year, followed by Russians (323 euro for a ticket in 2014, down from 345 euro in 2013). Close to 300 Euros is also the amount the Turks (276 euro, down from 208 euro in 2013) and Poles (291 euro in 2014 compared to 302 euro last year) spent for booking their travels, while Greeks spent under Euro 250 for booking their travels this summer (down from 287 euro in 2013).
Brits give more attention to planning when booking their travel tickets and did that almost 2 months (53 days) before departure time this summer, after they needed only 17 days to book a travel last time. Turks and Russians booked their flights 32 days before the actual date of departure, while Romanians, Poles and Greeks needed over a month and a week (between 37 and 44 days) to do the same thing.
When it comes of time allocated for travelling, Greeks decided to spend 12 days and Russians – 13, Poles went with a little over 2 weeks (15 days), Brits decided on 16 days for travel and holidays, while Romanians and Turks allocated the longest period – 17 days – to travelling and holiday s.
In terms of travel destinations, Romanians prefered this year to book travels to Athens, Copenhagen and Istanbul, but also to Lisbon, Vienna, Amsterdam, London and Madrid. Last year, Romanians mainly booked travels to Istanbul and London, Vienna, Amsterdam and Berlin.
Brits chose as their travel destinations, according to the bookings made via Tripsta, New York, Athens, London, Istanbul and Helsinki, Turks had London on their list, along with Moscow, Chisinau, Baku and Amsterdam, while Poles booked travels to Zurich, Belgrade, Atens, Copenhagen and London, but also localones (tGdansk, Krakow and Warsaw). Greeks preffered to book local travels (Thessaloniki, Athens, Rhodes, Larnaca or Heraklion) and same did Russians (choosing mainly Simferopol, Moscow, Sankt Petersburg, Mineralnye Vody and Adler / Sochi).
Tripsta is an innovative online travel agency currently operating in 30 countries. Through its websites, Tripsta offers travelers cheap flights and travel insurance all over the world. It all began in 2005 with the launch of Travelplanet24, the Greek branch of tripsta, when the CEO & Co-founder, Philipp Brinkmann, & Co-Founder Kristof Keim, decided to develop an online booking system and innovative web applications to the niche Greek online travel market. At the beginning of 2010, Travelplanet24 strategically decided to enter new European markets under the brand name Tripsta. Since then, Tripsta focused on brand building, innovation, technology and expansion.
 Data refers to flight bookings made on the Romanian market between June 1st – August 31st 2014


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Maggi gluten free chicken gravy mix launches in Australia
Food manufacturer Nestle Professional has launched a new gluten free chicken gravy mix as part of its Maggi brand range of sauces and gravies.
Nestle Professional said the new Maggi Gluten Free Chicken Gravy Mix “contains real chicken, to add an authentic depth of flavour to all chicken and white meat dishes”.
The Company said its gluten free products are manufactured according to “stringent processes”, and it only partners with suppliers “who can deliver premium quality gluten free ingredients”.
The Maggi brand sauces and gravies have been available in Australia for over 40 years, and other products include sauces and gravies, Asian sauces, noodles, recipe bases, side dishes, stir fry mixes and marinades.
Kellogg’s Australia will be opening Sydney’s first cereal café for one week only this month.
Coca-Cola is now selling its ‘Glaceau smartwater’ in Australia.
Baskin-Robbins is now selling its ‘Winter Favourites’ range which adds a variety of warm cakes to it...
BFree are now selling quinoa and chia seed wraps in Woolworths supermarkets.
Paul Newman’s Own has released two new salad dressings for summer, Zesty Italian and Coleslaw.
Three new cheese products have been added to Maggie Beer’s eponymous range.
Pump Water will continue its partnership with the AFL signing on as the official water of the league...
Beetroot, pumpkin and spinach crackers are the three latest cracker varieties released by Sakata.


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Frontiers of Freedom released the following statement on property rights and condemning the ITC for approving of theft:
Protecting property rights has long been a core mission of Frontiers of Freedom. Our Constitution provided for property rights for physical property and for intellectual property. America became the world’s most innovative and economically powerful nation because our Founders grasped the importance of property rights and created a system that incentivized creativity, innovation and the productive use of such property.
Unfortunately, too many – in various industries and in government – dismiss the importance of IP rights. Too many users of patented technology (like big tech companies) think they should be able to use that technology in their products without paying at all or paying as little as possible. Along with that courts and legislators have taken steps to weaken those protections – causing the US to start losing its place as the world’s innovator.
A decision just last month is particularly egregious. The U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm filed a case against Apple at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) for infringing some of their patents. An administrative law judge (ALJ) of the ITC found that Apple was guilty of infringing these patents, but in an strange conclusion decided not to impose an exclusion order – the one remedy available to the ITC. As Apple imports its phones (manufactured overseas) into the US, the ITC – a US agency – has the authority to impose an exclusion order to prevent them from importing devices that include infringed technology. The possible order would not apply to all Apple phones, btw, in case anyone worries iPhones would suddenly be banned. It would only apply to certain infringing devices. Of course, Apple could stop violating Qualcomm’s patents and there would be no issue.
It is outrageous that a judge can conclude that a company has violated the patent rights of another company but then impose no punishment or remedy whatsoever. The decision sets a very dangerous precedent and only encourages more IP theft by letting would be patent thieves think they can get away without punishment.
Our patent and IP laws work when individuals and companies believe they will pay a price when they violate those laws. If ignored, it encourages patent theft and damages the cycle of innovation that has set America apart! The ITC is one of the key agencies that is charged with enforcing those rights and must let anyone know – including powerful companies like Apple – that the law will be enforced pure and simple.
The ruling by the ALJ is only the first step and we are hopeful that the full ITC sees the importance of enforcing patent law and ensuring that patent infringement is punished accordingly.


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Facebook usage has doubled in just a year from 200 million to 400 million members worldwide. As Facebook celebrates it’s sixth birthday, an announcement came from founder Mark Zuckerberg announcing a “facelift” of Facebook. According to his blog post, “To celebrate six years of Facebook and the 400 million people on the service, we're doing what we like doing most—building and launching products for people. Tonight we'll host a celebration at Facebook headquarters, and we'll release a handful of new things that will improve people's Facebook experience, including a couple that people have requested a lot. “
The actual implementation of the new design across the platform is unclear as only a small percentage of Facebook users actually received the design on the first day. This change seems to be focused on simplifying the user experience and page navigation. It also organizes the page a bit differently and places the most used features more prominently.
Here is the snapshot of the new Facebook Home Page design:
Across the top menu you will find icons that indicate your notifications, messages, and friend requests. When a new notification or message is received you will see a red highlighted number indicating that you have new messages and how many are awaiting your review.
All of the navigation for your homepage and profile areas have moved to the top right of the screen. All of the privacy settings have been moved under the “Account” area drop down on the upper right. There is no longer a separate “Settings” area.
The left menu offers the user a more organized friend and newsfeed area to make it easier to find content from your friends. You can now access all messages, events, photos, friends, applications, games, pages, groups, notes and links in one place.
Instead of Top News and Live Feed in your status update area of all of your friends posts and activities on the platform are now filtered as Top News and Most Recent.
Facebook has spent months in testing and doing research to try and streamline and enhance the user experience. No doubt it will take time for users to adjust to the new platform, and from the looks of it, Facebook will continue to adjust the platform to attempt to make the experience better for it’s users.


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Cattle station sold for massive $35m via online auction
An enormous Queensland cattle station has sold for $35m via online auction - the biggest price fetched under the hammer by one of the country's leading agencies this year.
Eleven bidders registered to bid on the 97,500ha Nardoo cattle station, with the first bid coming in at a whopping $20m.
Ray White Rural Queensland principal Bruce Douglas facilitated the sale which was "the highest under the hammer price across Ray White this year", a company statement said.
"Interest came almost exclusively from larger grazier families around Queensland," Mr Douglas said. "It's good cattle country and very tightly held, properties don't come up very often in the area so buyers jumped on it."
He said the property saw strong interest all the way through the sales campaign.
The massive cattle station sold to a local Cloncurry grazier family.
Outgoing owners Peter and Ann Wollett offered the property up for auction along it is cattle and plant machinery.
The station has a carrying capacity of 8000 cattle and is located 280km north west of Cloncurry.
Among other big cattle station sales in Queensland this year according to BeefCentral was Dooruna 100 west of Moranbah which sold for $27m to Goondiwindi family the Duddys.
As well, Terrica, 56km north west of Stanthorpe, sold in August to Grimwade & Gordon for $14m, it said, while Whyenbirra, 132km south west of St George sold for $4.3m to Robert Woodward in late August.
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McDonald's give former and new CEOs big pay bumps
April 12, 2013 01:26 PM EST
NEW YORK — McDonald's Corp. more than tripled the pay packages last year for its new CEO Don Thompson and the man he replaced, Jim Skinner.
The pay increases from the world's biggest hamburger chain came during a challenging time for the industry.
McDonald's, based in Oak Brook, Ill., gave Thompson a package worth $13.8 million, up from the $4.1 million he received in 2011, according to a regulatory filing Friday.
Thompson had been with McDonald's for more than 20 years and took over in July.
Skinner's pay package went up to $27.7 million from $8.8 million the year before, reflecting a $10.2 million payment as part of his retirement under his contract agreement.
The AP's calculation counts salary, bonuses, perks and stock and options awarded to the executive during the year.
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We don’t want to rub it in or anything, but it’s now a scientific fact that the Nissan Maxima is more reliable than the entire Volkswagen lineup. When it comes to purchasing a used car, shoppers want something that’s sure to last. In an effort to find out which cars truly stand the test of time and remain reliable, the Long-Term Quality Index was founded. According to the founders, the index is based not on opinion, but scientific data.
The index takes into account 550,000 data samples from across the country and measures specific factors that tell you how well a car has performed over its life: mileage, age, and condition. The study removes owner bias – only skilled mechanics and professionals appraise each vehicle’s condition. The index also focuses exclusively on condition and longevity – cars that are 18 years or older or have 180,000 or more miles are considered.
The study found that only a few kinds of vehicles routinely outperform (and outlive) their competitors. As it turns out, Nissan’s reliability is among the best in the world. The study calls Nissan’s ranking as one of the world’s most reliable cars the study’s biggest surprise – but we aren’t the least bit surprised. Maximas seem to last forever.
Based on the study, Maximas model year 2002 and earlier with a 3-liter engine and four-speed automatic offer exceptional long-term reliability. The index reports that 1,038 Maximas out of 4,825 included in the study have driven over 180,000 miles – that’s a whopping 21 percent – versus only 785 Volkswagens out of 14,518 included in the study (just 5.4 percent).
If you’re ready to buy a car that will stand the test of time, consider a Nissan. Stop by James Ceranti Nissan today to learn more about Nissan’s reliability and our long-lasting lineup, including the 2015 Maxima!


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Warmly celebrate the 15 anniversary of Beijing Heliview International Exhibition Co., Ltd. Welcome to visit our website
PAKISTAN AUTO SHOW
The Pakistan Auto Show came into being to provide our industry a platform from the country to showcase its capability and potential to the world. It is a three day event with the entire Auto Engineering Sector assembled under one roof. You can expect Government High ups, Local and International Buyers and manufacturers, Machinery Manufacturers, Raw Material Providers, service providers and much more at the event.
The Pakistan Auto Show 2021, will be taking place from April 2021 at the prestigious Lahore International Expo Centre. Based on previous Auto Show estimates, the Pakistan Auto Show 2021 is expected to draw a crowd of more than 100,000 visitors from parts manufacturers, component suppliers, auto lovers and affluent automobile buyers to get a glimpse of the latest models from the world’s leading automakers in the motorcycle, three wheeler, car, tractor, trucks and buses.


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Swiss food giant Nestlé is set to release a vegan version of its Carnation condensed milk.
The new non-dairy condensed milk is made from oat and rice flour. It will debut in three major UK retailers in September, launching first in Ocado. It will be available in Morrisons and Tesco the following month.
Nestlé’s marketing lead for UK dairy brands, Vittoria Simms, told The Grocer it took the company 18 months to develop the dairy-free product, which she said Nestlé created in order to cater to vegans.
“It has been a challenge for vegans to find suitable alternatives to make dairy or caramel-based sweets treats or desserts, without having to compromise on taste, texture or appearance,” Simms explained.
In March, the company launched a vegan version of Milo—a chocolate malt beverage. The popular cocoa malt beverage previously only featured milk powder. Similar to the non-dairy condensed milk, the plant-based version of Milo is oat-based. It’s also made with soy.
Nestlé Embraces Veganism
To keep up with the ever-growing demand for vegan food, Nestlé is offering more plant-based products.
In 2017, it acquired Sweet Earth, a plant-based meat brand. The company has since grown its vegan meat range with its “bleeding” plant-based burgers. It launched the Awesome Burger, a pea and wheat protein-based patty, and the Incredible Burger. The latter is part of its Garden Gourmet line in Europe.
In May, the company announced it would open its first vegan food facility in China.
The facility will be located in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area. The international food giant said the plant should have its first range of plant-based meat products ready for distribution by the end of the year.
The vegan food facility is part of Nestlé’s $103.58 million plan to grow its manufacturing footprint in China.
Nestlé’s Move Away From Meat and Dairy
Last December, Nestlé announced it would no longer manufacture dairy ice cream in the US. It sold its ice cream business to Froneri for $4 billion. The sale included Drumstick, Häagen-Dazs, and Dreyer’s.
In February 2019, Nestlé revealed it would sell its majority stake in the German-based sausage brand Herta Charcuterie. Instead, it partnered with Burcon and Merit Functional Foods—both Canada-based vegan protein manufacturers—to source ingredients for its plant-based products.
“If you think about today’s announcement on Herta, it really shows how we are positioning the company towards what is benefiting from higher growth and future areas such as plant-based offerings that are very much on-trend with where consumers are heading,” the company’s CEO Mark Schneider said in a release.


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Louis Vuitton, the purveyor of luxury luggage and clothing, is coming to Greene Street, and some in the neighborhood can't wait for it to open. The reason? They want an end to the construction, which they say is blocking the way for people walking along Greene between Spring and Prince Streets.
Work on the interior of the new store, at 114 Greene Street, began about a month ago. On July 11, a high, white wooden construction barrier went up in front, protruding halfway to the curb. The owners of art galleries on either side of it say it's killing foot traffic and hurting business, especially on SoHo's all-important Saturdays.
''We've lost a lot of people who look down from Prince Street, see the wall and don't bother walking down Greene,'' said Neil Zukerman, whose CFM Gallery is at 112 Greene.
Gloria Stricoff, an owner of Stricoff Fine Arts at 118 Greene, agreed: ''Sales are off by 80 percent.''
City Councilwoman Kathryn E. Freed, who drove by the day workers were using scaffolding to put up the wall, said she had seen people walking into traffic to get around it. ''New stores are fine, but they must be aware of local conditions,'' she said. ''SoHo has narrow sidewalks, and on the weekends, it's a zoo, at best. I saw one mother with a baby carriage nearly get hit by a car because she couldn't get by the sidewalk.'' The incident was reported in The Villager, a local newspaper.


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Responding to an inquiry from SGI Europe, Nike has told us that it is centralizing its operations for the Nordic countries in Sweden, while working with fewer retailers in the region. The statement came after we were alerted by subscribers to the fact that the brand was closing down its offices in Denmark and Norway. Its Finnish operations are already steered from Sweden.
“Nike has taken the decision to centralize its Nordics operations in Sweden. While we are not providing numbers, the changes are expected to lead to a net loss of jobs, which is always difficult,” said a spokesman for Nike Europe, adding the following statement:
“Nike has a bold vision to create the marketplace of the future, one closely aligned with what consumers want and need. As part of our Consumer Direct Acceleration strategy, we are doubling down on our approach, serving consumers in the Nordics with Nike Digital channels including Nike.com and apps, Nike stores, as well as a smaller number of strategic partners who share our vision to create a consistent, connected and modern shopping experience.”
“We are building a flatter, nimbler company and more quickly transforming Nike to define the marketplace of the future. We are focused on shifting resources and creating capacity to reinvest in our highest potential growth areas,” the Nike statement went on.
Declining to discuss changes in leadership, the spokesman said he could not confirm speculation that the new Nordic operation may end up being run by Thomas Antonelius. The executive served as sales director for the Nordics out of Stockholm for two years in 2012/14. He subsequently moved to Nike Europe’s office in the Netherlands to serve as football sales director for Western Europe and then as senior director for the team business in Europe.
The reorganization in the Nordic countries is in line with a previous statement made by Nike to us a few weeks ago, in relation to a streamlining of its operations in Germany, with certain still unspecified functions being transferred to Nike Europe in Hilversum. A spokesman for the company said at the time that such a process and the related timeframe will vary in certain markets based on local labour laws, works councils and consultations.”
We have now asked Nike to tell us where else in Europe it is shifting resources, but the spokesman said that he could not comment on this for now. We welcome information on this topic from our subscribers across Europe to provide leads that we can then try to verify.


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Foreign companies in China are becoming a major target for the increase in intellectual property proceedings filed by Chinese companies. The strengthened intellectual property law has opened the door to proceedings, resulting in large damages for violations granted by the courts.
The number of intellectual property-related proceedings filed in China in 2020 has more than tripled in 2016 as Chinese companies have become more protected in their intellectual property rights.
This trend, for example, adjusts China’s intellectual property strategy, where Japanese companies have traditionally focused on dealing with infringements involving Chinese companies to prepare for the risk of being sued by Chinese competitors. It means you have to.
One of the Japanese companies involved in the intellectual property law dispute with a Chinese company is Ryohin Keikaku, a Tokyo-based company that operates a chain of MUJI household goods stores.
After the company’s victory in a trademark proceeding filed by Beijing Cottonfield Textiles and other Chinese companies in July, Kenko Kikuchi, head of the company’s legal and intellectual property division, said, “We will continue to attract attention. “. The court battle lasted two and a half years.
However, Ryohin Keikaku has been involved in more than 10 legal disputes with companies over the “MUJI” trademark written in Chinese characters used in some textile products such as bedspreads and towels. increase. There is no end to the battle for trademark protection of Japanese companies.
Ryohin Keikaku is on the list of foreign companies that have been filed in IP-related proceedings in China. Apple has been sued by a Chinese artificial intelligence company that claims that Siri, a voice recognition technology from a US technology group, infringes its patent.
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“Traditionally, intellectual property proceedings involving Chinese and foreign companies have primarily been related to allegations of infringement by Chinese parties,” said Yoshifumi Onodera, a Japanese lawyer. “But the number of opposite cases is increasing. There are more and more requests for legal advice from Japanese companies (which do business in China),” he says.
The number of IP proceedings in China is on the rise. In 2020, a total of 28,528 cases of infringement of intellectual property rights in fields such as patents, utility models, and designs were heard in the court of first instance in China. This is a 28% increase over the previous year. Copyright and trademark proceedings are also on the rise.
Two important factors are behind the surge in intellectual property proceedings. First, the amount of IP owned by Chinese companies is increasing. China was once famous for its surge in knockoff products and was known as a “counterfeit paradise.” China is not yet short of counterfeit goods, but Chinese companies now have more of their own intellectual property rights to protect.
In 2020, China was the world’s largest source of international patent applications for the second consecutive year, with a total of 68,720 applications. The growing number of technology-oriented companies in China sees IP protection as an important element of their business strategy.
Another factor is the strengthening of intellectual property law. The Chinese government amended trademark law, patent law, and copyright law in 2019 and 2020. The amendment has increased the maximum amount of damage the court can tolerate in these cases. This change also introduced punitive damages. This is given in addition to the actual damages in certain circumstances. Currently, in the case of a serious breach of intellectual property rights, five times the actual damages may be granted.
The revised patent law has reduced the burden of proof of plaintiffs in patent infringement proceedings. According to lawyer Makoto Endo, this will increase the benefits of filing a patent infringement proceeding. In other words, Chinese companies are more likely than ever to sue foreign competitors for IP violations.
This trend has a particularly significant impact on two areas of technology: fifth-generation wireless communication technology and artificial intelligence. The Chinese government is promoting innovation in these areas as it promotes national technology development.
Many Chinese companies are adopting world-leading 5G or AI technology. Mr. Onodera predicts that the number of Chinese lawsuits against foreign companies related to these technologies will increase sharply.
“Japanese companies tend to take longer to strengthen their defenses against the potential risks of litigation,” says Rieko Michishita, a US registered lawyer working in China. According to Mr. Michishita, many Japanese companies that have sued Chinese companies for intellectual property rights infringement are having difficulty defending in court in intellectual property rights proceedings.
When they are proceeding, they can collect evidence and develop strategies for legal struggle at a pace that suits them. However, when they are being sued, they must respond promptly to the actions taken by the plaintiffs. Japanese companies are generally not good at this.
In many cases, Japanese companies do not give significant authority to their local offices in China. These companies can be at a disadvantage while spending time consulting with the Japanese headquarters.
“It’s not uncommon for Japanese companies to panic if they are sued in China and fail to take appropriate action under the law,” says Michishita.
In such cases, Japanese companies embark on a desperate pursuit of wild geese in an attempt to find a local politician or business person who can help them in the proceedings.
Mr. Ichishita warns that companies need to at least perform internal simulations and develop manuals to deal with the proceedings. It is essential to study the relevant Chinese legal process. She says Japanese headquarters and local units need to be jointly responsible for verifying issues that require internal approval and allocating the time needed to address them.
A major Japanese manufacturer with little experience in proceedings in China has filed several patent infringement proceedings against its Chinese rivals. Regarding changes in intellectual property issues, executives at a Japanese company said the proceedings were partly intended as a learning step to prepare for being sued. By working with a local lawyer who has a reputation for intellectual property litigation capabilities, the company aims to become accustomed to the legal process and prompt legal response of Chinese companies.
China has become known as a litigation-oriented society and tends to spread to IP issues. Foreign companies can be the preferred target of proceedings if they tend to be over-prepared to make concessions in business disputes or seek financial solutions to avoid escalation.
It is becoming increasingly important for Japan and other foreign companies, whether plaintiffs or defendants, to plan effective and viable plans and strategies for proceeding with IP proceedings in China. One of the key elements of this is to clearly define the roles played by headquarters and local units.
Version of this article First published by Nikkei Asia on September 22, 2021. © 2021 Nikkei Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Films will debut in spring 2024; staff also revealed
The official website for the anime adaptation of Inio Asano‘s Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction manga announced on Thursday that the adaptation will be a two-part film project. The films will open in spring 2024. The website also revealed a teaser visual.
GAGA Communications announced the anime in March 2022. Production +h. is producing the anime — the first full-fledged anime adaptation of any work by Asano.
Tomoyuki Kurokawa (Psychic Detective Yakumo, Break of Dawn, Dragonar Academy) is directing the films, and Reiko Yoshida (A Silent Voice, Violet Evergarden, Tamako Market) is writing and overseeing the series scripts. Nobutake Ito (The Tatami Galaxy, Kaiba, Kemonozume) is the character designer and chief animation director, Mika Nishimura (assistant art director for Dorohedoro) is the art director, and Taro Umebayashi (Space Dandy both seasons, Yuri!!! on Ice) is composing the music.
The manga revolves around the strange everyday life of the very ordinary high school girl Kadode Koyama, her friend Ouran Nakagawa, and others in a world where a giant mothership has appeared over Tokyo.
Asano launched the series in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine in April 2014. Asano put the manga on hiatus often since July 2014. The manga ended in February 2022, and the manga’s 12th and final volume shipped on March 2022.
The manga inspired a 3D animated promotional video in September 2020. The series won the Best General Manga award at the 66th Shogakukan Manga Awards in January 2021, and was honored in the manga category of the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2022.
Viz Media is releasing the manga in English. Viz Media also published Asano’s previous series Solanin, What a wonderful world!, Downfall, and Goodnight Punpun. Fantagraphics Books published Asano’s horror manga Nijigahara Holograph in 2014, and Vertical Comics published Asano’s A Girl on the Shore manga in 2016. Solanin, A Girl on the Shore, and Downfall all all inspired live-action films.
Sources: Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction anime’s website, Eiga Natalie


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Samsung Galaxy S5 Now Up for Pre-Order in the UK
By Karla Danica Figuerres | March 30, 2014 1:23 PM EST
EE, a telecommunication company, gives return flights for 12 European cities, while Phones 4u is giving away a free Galaxy Tab 3 with the first 1,000 pre-orders. On the other hand, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is now made available for pre-order in the UK ready for release on April 11, as reported in mobilenewscwp.co.uk
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is presently accessible in the market in all high street dealers and mobile marketers, including Carphone Warehouse, Phones 4u, EE, O2, Vodafone and Three. The prices vary relying upon the marketers and dealers.
Some are giving inducement to the buyers when they pre-order and EE is declaring recovery flights to one of 12 European destinations. The cities are Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Nice, Paris, Prague, Rome and Vienna.
Although Phones 4u is giving away a free Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 to the first 1,000 pre-orders, it is also giving a £50 certificate to use at the Google Play Store to all buyers pre-ordering. Yesterday, the dealer launched the Galaxy S5 for live display in 10 stores across the UK. Scott Hooton, Phones 4u chief marketing officer, announced that pre-booking rose to up to five numerals since its official worldwide launch.
"The demand we experienced for the live demonstrations we provided across ten of our stores yesterday shows just how much the public want to get their hands on the new Samsung Galaxy S5," Hooton added.
On the 28th of February and three days into the pre-booking process, Carphone Warehouse stated that the feedback of the costumers for the Samsung Galaxy S5 is over 130 per cent compared to what it get for the Samsung Galaxy S4, and was ahead of what its earlier generations had attained in the entire 10 day period.
"The S5 looks set to become a record breaking handset for Samsung at a key time in the mobile calendar as several major manufacturers launch handsets within weeks of one another. Our early pre-registration figures for this handset were off the charts and we're expecting web traffic this evening to be high as Samsung's loyal fans log on to place their orders at midnight," one spokesperson said.
This fifth generation of premium line of smartphones was revealed at the Unpacked 5 event in Barcelona last February 24, and has something to do with the opening night of Mobile World Congress 2014.
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Downtown Growers’ Market returns to Robinson Park
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Downtown Growers’ Market will return to Robinson Park Saturday morning for its 25th anniversary.
The manager, Danielle Schlobohm, is hoping 2021 is more fruitful than last year.
Sales took a hit during the pandemic — she said just under $2 million were racked up by all vendors in 2019. Last year, the revenue was about $600,000.
“It’s a bummer, but I think at the same time, the fact that we can still support any of those small businesses was just really essential and helpful,” she said.
Last year, the market was delayed for three months and opened in July with a 25% capacity limit. The market only brought in about 70 vendors, a smaller group form its usual 140.
As for shoppers, the typical 500 to 800 per hour was lowered to 300. This year, the capacity limit is up to 33% and can allow for 105 vendors.
“We’ve got a bunch of farmers. We’ve got old vendors, new vendors. Some vendors who weren’t there last year are coming back,” said Schlobohm.
COVID-19 precautions are back too, including:
- Social distancing
- Recommended small groups
- No eating or drinking
- Limit lingering
- No pets allowed
- Follow designated entrance and exit to manage the flow of people
Those will be the rules in place every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon until the season ends in the fall, unless Bernalillo County enters the green tier, then new changes could be made.
“Just take a couple steps back and keep trying to rebuild it,” said Schlobohm.


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“Many of the companies that are now concerned about Trump Administration efforts to fend off Chinese intellectual property theft and address other national security concerns are undoubtedly worried because of the all eggs in one basket approach they adopted toward China.”
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that U.S. companies that see their fortunes tied to China are raising concerns with the White House over a Trump Administration Executive Order that would ban WeChat from the United States. U.S. companies, including Apple, Ford, Walmart, Walt Disney, Procter & Gamble and Intel “are concerned the administration’s action could effectively cut them off from access to the lucrative China market, for example by ending their ability to accept payments or advertise on WeChat.”
Market Potential Mirage
These U.S. companies that want to do business with China at all costs see a huge country with enormous market potential. They cannot fathom being banned from such a target rich environment. They act as if the Chinese marketplace is fair and open, which is simply not the case despite China going to great effort to paint a different picture for the West over the last decade.
These U.S. companies are focused on China because of the more than 1.4 billion people that make up the Chinese population, and the 109 million that have wealth of between $50,000 and $500,000 – a relatively high standard of living – in China. McKinsey predicts that by 2022 the Chinese middle-class will reach a staggering 550 million. If the Chinese market were fair and open, that would mean a great potential for users and subscribers, and a marketplace that dwarfs the United States.
But how does this potential user base allow executives in the C-suite to convince themselves to ignore the very real risks that exist both to U.S. national security and to the long-term security and viability of the very companies that choose to do business in China? They may, and likely would, make money initially, before Chinese partners swoop in to take control and cut them out. Is the short-term gain really worth the long-term loss?
The ‘Greener Pastures’ Mentality
The Silicon Valley giants in particular are driven by C-suite executives who make decisions based on stock price rather than the long-term sustainability and viability of the company. They are unlikely to be in the C-suite of the company they are with today for more than a few years at most before they are on to bigger, better, greener pastures somewhere else, whether that be in another C-suite at another company or eventually when they retire with a golden parachute. With few long-term, single company C-suite executives anymore, why should it be surprising that they think and act to maximize over the short-term? And given that the acquisition of subscribers and customers is such an important factor for the stock market, and stock price is such a critical piece of compensation for C-suite executives, decisions that maximize the stock price are an easy way to keep shareholders happy and to become fabulously rich. Just days ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook became a billionaire.
The stock must always rise mentality causes tech companies to do whatever they can to exploit new markets, gain subscribers and grow a user base. In a desperate search for dot com bubble stock pricing, C-suite executives are not happy with or rewarded for competently running a strong, sustaining company that is securely set up for long-term growth, with reasonable profitability and happy employees. So, they take great risks with their IP and businesses at large, and today that means doing business in China, even knowing that their crown technology jewels are being stolen and it is only a matter of time before their Chinese partner companies take over, or otherwise start to compete against them globally.
All Apples in One Basket
Many of the companies that are now concerned about Trump Administration efforts to fend off Chinese intellectual property theft and address other national security concerns are undoubtedly worried because of the all eggs in one basket approach they adopted toward China. Tech companies, like Apple, have dramatically over-exposed themselves to the Chinese economy as China seemingly opened up.
In January 2019, patent attorney and Apple expert John Kheit wrote an article highly critical of Apple CEO Tim Cook, explaining that as China moves forward with attempts to strengthen its patent system, Apple could find itself “one patent injunction away from not being able to manufacture any iPhones.”
As has become evident during the COVID-19 pandemic, those leveraged on China for manufacturing have additional worries not tied to patent injunctions. Still, Kheit’s conclusion is quite accurate today.
“In the 8 or so years since Cook has been CEO, he should have formulated—and implemented—a real Plan B, C and D for iPhone production,” Kheit wrote 18-months ago. “Apple has all the money… There is no excuse for not trying to advance manufacturing at home.”
Now that there is growing friction between the U.S. and Chinese governments, the long-term lack of a diversification is looking rather short-sighted. Of course, to be fair, some companies were growing tired of China’s intellectual property theft, rising labor costs as the middle class grew, and growing political instability as the country more firmly moved toward a functional dictatorship with President Xi Jinping to remain in power for life after the removal of term limits. But the fragility of the supply chain that was exposed practically overnight due to the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with Trump Administration Executive Orders, show the price of complacency and difficulty in pivoting after all eggs have been placed in one basket for so long.
The Final Straw
Where will manufacturing go? Will it leave China? Obviously, China has the advantage of a highly educated work force with much experience in the precise manufacturing these companies need, making the lack of a Plan B diversification strategy all the more negligent. Still, according to the Washington Post, Japan has set aside $2.2 billion to attract companies, President Trump is making his pitch to have U.S. companies bring manufacturing home, and Mexico is now pitching U.S. companies about its advantages and proximity to the U.S. market.
Ironically, it seems the many years of intellectual property theft did little to incentivize companies to leave China. Safeguarding IP assets has been of peculiarly low priority, which is strange given the rise of Chinese companies now competing against U.S. companies with stolen technology and innovation. But the interruption of supply chains and the Trump Administration saying we cannot tolerate the national security risks any longer may be the final straw.
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This world is full of setbacks, no doubt. However, everything that surrounds Tesla is a source of controversy, doubts and disappointments. So much so that Elon Musk himself has had to come to the fore on social networks to explain why, at the moment, it is not easy to introduce more high-volume electric models, such as the Tesla Cybertruck and the Semi. The summary is: market problems.
Just a few days ago everyone was talking about some surprising words from the CEO of PepsiCo. These statements included the possible delivery of several units of the Tesla Semi to the American soft drink company. Obviously this information came just a few weeks after Tesla itself announced the delay in the development of its first electric truck, at least until 2023. So: how do we reconcile this conflict of information?
“Everything seemed to indicate that the language of the refreshing company had failed, but perhaps not as much as one might expect, writes Javier Gomara in Hibridos Y Electricos. This same weekend, Elon Musk has come out to comment on the statements through his favorite social network, Twitter. Responding to a simple comment, the CEO of Tesla revealed that, although a few units of the Tesla Semi may be delivered in the near future, it is extremely difficult to mass-produce a new electric model. This also refers to the Cybertruck’s production, despite reports that Tesla already is sending out TXT messages and emails to Cybertruck reservation holders preparing them for deliveries.
Please don’t read too much into this. As mentioned publicly, Tesla is constrained by chip supply short-term & cell supply long-term.
Not possible to produce additional vehicles in volume until both constraints are addressed.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2021
It is no secret that the market is going through a delicate stage at the moment. The lack of components, mainly chips, has affected the automotive industry that is already very slow in production. Tesla has been one of the manufacturers that has best weathered the chip storm, but it is beginning to suffer the same problems as the rest of its rivals. This lack of chips causes attention to shift to existing models and not to future products that would cost many more resources to bring to the market.
“It is simple. Tesla wants to focus on its current range while waiting for the market to start to get back to normal. However, that has not been the only excuse scrutinized by Musk himself. While the lack of chips is a problem in the short term, in the long term the drawbacks can come from the lack of battery cells. A problem of the utmost importance and in which Tesla is already working to reverse,” writes Gomara.
The lack of battery cells is not something specific or sporadic. It is estimated that during the next 10 years the market will have a limited production due to the arrival of many more electrified vehicles. Developing and producing a battery like the one in the Tesla Semi is extremely complex. The consumption of resources is very high, and once again Tesla prefers to divert those resources to the current range, to the range that is making money.
It is clear that the Tesla Semi will end up arriving at some point, like the Tesla Cybertruck, but what is also crystal clear is that in the current market situation it is not at all convenient to neglect the present range of products to produce two vehicles the neither of which will give as many results as the Model 3 or Model Y. It is a clear and logical move, and we hope that soon the light will be seen at the end of the tunnel for the production of the Cybertruck and Tesla Semi.
Update: According to a new information shared with Torque News, Tesla may have over 3 million Cybertruck orders by October 12, 2021.
Do yo agree that Model Y will make more money for Tesla than the Cybertruck? By the way, it looks like the Cybertruck may have a new beta version, reports Torque News Tesla reporter Jeremy Johnson.
Armen Hareyan is the founder and the Editor in Chief of Torque News. He founded TorqueNews.com in 2010, which since then has been publishing expert news and analysis about the automotive industry. He can be reached at Torque News Twitter, Facebok, Linkedin and Youtube.


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The news of ofo’s E2-2 round comes amid rumors of acquisition by Didi Chuxing.
Caocao Zhuanche(曹操专车) an electric vehicle sharing company backed by Chinese automaker Geely, has completed a RMB 1 billion ($156 million) series A round from various investors, at a valuation of over RMB 10 billion ($1.6 billion), Sina Technology is reporting. Investors in the round were not disclosed. With the new funding, the company plans to expand in cities […]
Amid rumors of ofo’s acquisition by Didi Chuxing, users are encountering errors when attempting to rent the former’s bicycles through the ride-hailing giant’s app. According to the local media, an error is displayed within the app when scanning an ofo bicycle’s QR code. The message says that the problem has been partially repaired, but Didi cannot resolve […]
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is reportedly closing an acquisition deal of ofo, the last remaining major independent player in China’s bike-rental industry, local media reported citing people familiar with the matter. The source disclosed that Didi already sent due diligence team to ofo over the past two to three weeks. The two parties are […]
As the ride-hailing market in China heats up again, Alibaba-owned AutoNavi (高德地图) also known as Amap has announced that its ride-hailing service Gaode Jiaoche (高德叫车) has gone online, TechNode’s Chinese sister site reports. The move is just another small step for AutoNavi towards building its one-stop mobility aggregation platform. The ride-hailing service is integrated into […]
Ofo’s headquarters have shifted as it faces a reported cash crunch.
The Chinese bike rental firm is reportedly preparing for its bankruptcy reorganization plans.
Chinese ride-hailing behemoth Didi is beta-testing its electric bike rental service in South China, a person with knowledge of the matter told TechNode. Didi is said to have won the initial support of at least three cities. The firm is expected to develop its own bike rental brand, or potentially a separate app, with an access […]
Germany has become the latest market from which Chinese bike-sharing firm ofo will make an exit. The company, which has been plagued by rumors of a cash crunch over the past few months, has adjusted its overseas operations in line with its plans to focus on priority markets. ofo has begun scaling back its international operations […]
Ofo investor Zhu Xiaohu (also known as Allen Zhu) from GSR Ventures is rumored to have sold his shares in ofo to Alibaba for $3 billion (in Chinese). The source is Zhu’s brother-in-law Ou Chengxiao who revealed Zhu’s plans at a public event a few days ago. According to a transcription of Ou’s speech circulating online, […]


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UPS strike? What UPS strike?
That's the pose computer makers are striking as the Teamsters and the United Parcel Service continue negotiations in the walkout's third week. But beneath the public display of cool, some corporate nerves are reportedly beginning to fray as executives cross their fingers in hopes that a tentative settlement reached tonight becomes permanent.
"Companies I've spoken with are not willing to go on the record saying 'lower your numbers,' but they are saying that the strike is starting to have a measurable effect" on earnings, said Kevin McCarthy, equity analyst with Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. "It's starting to be really troubling, quite frankly."
"We've gotten some reports of customers who have seen delays of final delivery, but in terms of moving product there has been no impact and we don't expect there to be," said T.R. Reid, spokesperson for Dell Computer.
Reid said Dell was particularly invulnerable to the effects of the strike because the company shipped less than 20 percent of its goods through UPS to begin with. Other companies more reliant on UPS include Gateway 2000, which by McCarthy's estimate shipped more than 50 percent of its products through UPS.
Alternative carriers pose a number of problems. In addition to being more costly than UPS, they are now overloaded picking up enormous slack. The first day UPS trucks stayed parked in their lots, Federal Express reported an increase of roughly 30 percent in daily shipments. As a result, the company stopped accepting new accounts, restricted orders on existing accounts, and rescinded its money-back guarantee.
"If UPS stops shipping 12 million packages a day it's going to put some strain on the other channels," said Micron Technology spokesperson Denise Smith. But Smith, who said that her company normally relies on FedEx for about 80 percent of its shipping needs, said that more than 90 percent of two-day FedEx shipments of Micron products were arriving on time.
Micron normally uses UPS for less than 10 percent of its shipping, according to Smith.
While most of the attention has been focused on the direct computer sellers, McCarthy warned that indirect vendors--such as Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer, and Compaq Computer--are similarly threatened.
"All product has to be shipped--whether it's from the factory to a house or from the factory to the channel to the store," said McCarthy. Because the indirect vendors have more shipping points, he added, they may be in even more trouble than the direct vendors.
Meanwhile computer vendors continue to keep their chins up.
"We didn't expect the strike would have a serious material effect on our business and don't expect that it will, period," Dell's Reid said.


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Apple has just bought up the talent it needs to make talking toys a part of Siri, HomePod, and its voice strategy. Apple has acquired PullString, also known as ToyTalk, according to Axios’ Dan Primack and Ina Fried. TechCrunch has received confirmation of the acquistion from sources with knowledge of the deal. The startup makes voice experience design tools, artificial intelligence to power those experiences, and toys like talking Barbie and Thomas The Tank Engine toys in partnership with Mattel. Founded in 2011 by former Pixar executives, PullString went on to raise $44 million.
Apple’s Siri is seen as lagging far behind Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, not only in voice recognition and utility, but also in terms of developer ecosystem. Google and Amazon has built platforms to distribute Skills from tons of voice app makers, including storytelling, quizzes, and other games for kids. If Apple wants to take a real shot at becoming the center of your connected living room with Siri and HomePod, it will need to play nice with the children who spend their time there. Buying PullString could jumpstart Apple’s in-house catalog of speech-activated toys for kids as well as beef up its tools for voice developers.
PullString did catch some flack for being a “child surveillance device” back in 2015, but countered by detailing the security built intoHello Barbie product and saying it’d never been hacked to steal childrens’ voice recordings or other sensitive info. Privacy norms have changed since with so many people readily buying always-listening Echos and Google Homes.
In 2016 it rebranded as PullString with a focus on developers tools that allow for visually mapping out conversations and publishing finished products to the Google and Amazon platforms. Given SiriKit’s complexity and lack of features, PullString’s Converse platform could pave the way for a lot more developers to jump into building voice products for Apple’s devices.
We’ve reached out to Apple and PullString for more details about whether PullString and ToyTalk’s products will remain available.
The startup raised its cash from investors including Khosla Ventures, CRV, Greylock, First Round, and True Ventures, with a Series D in 2016 as its last raise that PitchBook says valued the startup at $160 million. While the voicetech space has since exploded, it can still be difficult for voice experience developers to earn money without accompanying physical products, and many enterprises still aren’t sure what to build with tools like those offered by PullString. That might have led the startup to see a brighter future with Apple, strengthening one of the most ubiquitous though also most detested voice assistants.
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Maryland Cookies launches first ad in three years
Burton Biscuits has launched its first TV ad in three years for the cookie brand Maryland.
The £1.1m TV ad campaign, created by VCCP, promotes Maryland chocolate chip cookies and introduces the brand’s new strapline, ‘Bring a little Maryland magic to your cuppa.
Running for four weeks, the ad features a group of loveable, talking, misfit mugs, that look forward to being used when they see the plate of Maryland Cookies, which they hope will be dunked into them.
The TV ads were created by Mark Orbine, Jermaine Hillman and Paul Kocur, and directed by Geoffroy de Crecy. Media was planned and bought by Universal McCann. The production company behind the ad was Friend.
Stuart Wilson, chief marketing officer, Burton’s Biscuit Company said, "The new campaign for Maryland Cookies will bring a little bit of magic to our TV screens this year, starting in January.
"The strong investment behind Maryland will further cement this well-loved brand’s position as the nation’s favourite cookie, and builds on our commitment to on-going investment behind Burton’s power brands."
The ad launches this week.
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Renner Mitsubishi/Kia has closed after Ridgestone Bank won a $1.6 million judgment against the Wauwatosa auto dealership.
A sign on the door of the dealership, 1801 N. Mayfair Road, said it closed unexpectedly. The parking lots are vacant and the showrooms are unoccupied.
An attorney for Ridgestone referred a reporter to a bank executive, who did not return a call.
Renner had been in business for 80 years and was best known as an Oldsmobile dealership. General Motors Corp. discontinued the Oldsmobile line after the 2004 model year, leaving dealerships to focus on other brands.
Ridgestone Bank, Brookfield, filed a foreclosure action against Renner Automotive and its owners in August 2006 in Waukesha County Circuit Court. The bank sought immediate possession of the dealership's collateral on a loan. Circuit Court Judge James Kieffer signed a judgment in May against Renner Automotive for $1.6 million.
In addition to the dealership, the defendants were Joseph Renner, Erica Renner, Thomas Renner and Tracy Renner, Car Guys L.L.C., Renner Imports Inc. and the Joseph and Tracy Renner Living Trust.
Joseph Renner, who was acting dealership principal, said Renner Automotive was hurt by a combination of losing the Oldsmobile line and metro Milwaukee's slowdown in automotive sales the past two years.
"It's been a difficult environment for car dealerships in general," he said.
Renner said his company has sold the Kia and Mitsubishi dealerships and they will re-open in the near future in Wauwatosa. He declined to disclose the buyer or the location.


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Work is already underway on the successors to AMD's C-Series (codenamed Ontario) and E-Series (codenamed Zacate) APUs, and though we won't see the new chips until sometime in 2012 the first details are already starting to trickle out. According to leaked slides obtained by Turkish website DonanimHaber the upcoming Deccan platform -- a follow-up to Brazos for low power devices like netbooks and tablets -- will consist of the 28nm Wichita and Krishna APUs.
These chips will pack up to four Bobcat (x86-64) cores, an integrated memory controller and Radeon discrete-class graphics with DirectX 11 and UVD3 support. AMD is promising up to 20 percent higher processing power, over 25 percent higher graphics performance and up to 30 percent higher compute performance.
Both Wichita and Krishna will use a new FT2 socket as AMD is also cramming the 'Yuba' FCH (Fusion Controller Hub) into the same piece of silicon, making this more of a SoC solution. The Deccan platform will feature up to 2MB of L2 cache, new APM Bi-Directional Turbo Core feature, support for DDR3-1600 memory (including ultra low voltage DDR3 memory) and I/O options such as HDMI, SATA and USB 3.0 / 2.0 ports.
At this point it's unclear exactly when AMD is planning to launch Deccan, though rumors say the new platform might show up sometime around the end of the second quarter in 2012.


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In moving the most precious of goods – the lives of passengers on board of a bus – lays a very special responsibility. But this task is handled by Supercool™ retreads with excellence, as Supercool™ compound is engineered for safety. That’s why Supercool is the best choice for bus fleets in any part of the world.
Today we are proud to announce that we will be continuing our long-standing fruitful partnership with Kowloon Motor Bus (Hong Kong) into 2017! Every year KMB runs a tender to appoint preferred suppliers for their fleet, including retread material for their in-house retreading facility. This year will be the 16th year in a row that Supercool™ retreads are the tyres of choice for one of the biggest bus fleets in Hong Kong.
Quality retreads of course come with quality supporting materials, that’s why KMB is also opting for Speedflex cushion gum that has up to 20% faster curing time and helps to maintain high level of productivity in retreading.
We are humbled and proud to have customers like KMB who understand the importance of long-term investment over a short-term benefit, as well as value the cost of ownership over the cost of purchase. From our end GIIB promises to keep moving the retread market forward with quality premium materials and satisfy the most demanding needs of our customers!


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New Vignette Trailer to Celebrate Alien Isolation Going Gold
To celebrate the fact that Alien Isolation has gone gold, SEGA has decided to release the first trailer from a series of nine. For those who are not familiar with the term, gold means that a game is finished and ready to move on to the distribution process.
The trailer is described as a “very short” one, but it includes everything needed to catch your attention. The game will be released on October 7 and it will be available for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.


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Kickstarter to Launch in Canada This Summer
The expansion into its second-largest market follows rival crowdfunding site Indiegogo.
KARLOVY VARY -- Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter is to expand into Canada later this summer, according to an announcement on its Twitter account.
The crowdfunding platform for new businesses is so far inviting Canadians to submit their e-mail and project category to receive a signal when the site arrives north of the border.
Canadian filmmakers have looked to the crowdfunding service with relish since Kickstarter helped raise financing for a Veronica Mars movie and Zach Braff's Kickstarter campaign for Wish I Was Here closed with nearly $3.1 million in donations.
The move north by Kickstarter follows rival Indiegogo, which has Canada as its second-largest market, last week expanding its payment options for local content creators.
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Peacock is Paying $110 MILLION for One NFL Wild Card Playoff Game
The National Football League has struck a one-year deal with NBCUniversal’s Peacock to carry a playoff game exclusively on the streaming service this coming season, the two parties said Monday.
Terms of the deal weren’t announced, but people familiar with the matter said it is in the range of $110 million. The Peacock playoff game will be in prime time on Saturday, Jan. 13, which is the first weekend of the NFL playoffs, known as Wild Card Weekend.
For context, Apple is paying $250 million annually for exclusive rights to more than 1,000 MLS games.
But Peacock will pay $110 million for one NFL game (or 4 hours of live content).
That’s why the NFL is king in the US.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) May 15, 2023
Amazon pays $1 billion a year for 15 NFL games and Peacock just paid more than 10% of that for one. $110 million. For four hours of content. Football is life.
The last two NFL Wild Card Weekends averaged 20 million viewers. If I had to guess, NBC’s strategy is hoping five million realize that they can watch all the Law and Order reruns they want or cross their fingers people just forget to cancel. The ol’ Planet Fitness model. Make it so cheap and so hard to cancel that you just keep giving them the $10 a month even though you haven’t gone in five years and now live on the other side of the country. You’re doing your part to cover all of the “Free Pizza Mondays.”
Looking at it from a local perspective, this has to be a death sentence for the NBC Sports RSNs. If Peacock is willing to spend $110 million on one football game, then what makes you think they won’t move every Sixers, Flyers, and Phillies game to the platform exclusively? The goal is to increase subs to mitigate everyone cutting the cord. It’s a no brainer and lessens risk as some RSNs are filing for bankruptcy and missing payments to teams. The Phoenix Suns just abandoned their RSN partner and are making games next year available via antenna or digital streaming service.
Break the news to your pops slowly because one, he’s gonna be ornery if the Birds are a wild card team this year and two, he’s gonna be pissed if he already was on the phone with Comcast for two hours trying to cancel that streaming service with the giant rainbow bird. If you want to make it easier I made him a streaming pyramid to make the decision easier as a visual:


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Samsung is preparing to yet again revamp its TouchWIZ UI. The new interface will likely debut with the upcoming Galaxy S5, boasting a number of elements from the recently unveiled PRO tablets. And what you can see here is how that new UI will look like on a smaller screen, thanks to the ever-savvy folks of EVleaks.
It’s obvious Samsung wants to expand on its “life companion” paradigm by including elements of Google Now in its software. The search giant doesn’t let third parties tap into Google Now so we’re guessing the Korean company is starting from a clean slate. Then again, it already has a number of services and may team-up with select companies to present users with relevant information right on their homescreens.
Presented in the form of cards, users will be able to quickly access such information as flight status, fitness/activity information, current location, text messages, sport scores, biking/cycling data, and delivery tracking details. Add S Voice to the mix, and you get a real Google Now and Siri competitor. Plus, we have no trouble imagining a similar interface residing on top of upcoming Tizen smartphones, which should finally be launched this year. More to come, obviously.


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Crystal Dynamics has confirmed they’re working on a new Tomb Raider game, one that will take place after the events of the classic series.
Square Enix has said that they’re going to be celebrating the 25th anniversary of Tomb Raider all year round but they’ve already made their most import announcement: that a new game is in production.
After the middling success of 2018’s Shadow Of The Tomb Raider it wasn’t clear what the future of the franchise might be, especially given long-time developer Crystal Dynamics were, and still are, busy with Marvel’s Avengers.
But it’s now been confirmed they are working on a new game and that it will take place not only after the events of the reboot trilogy but also the classic era games released before that.
In the video below game director Will Kerslake makes it clear that the new game is not going to be released anytime soon and there probably won’t be a public unveiling this year.
He also talks about how difficult it will be to ‘unify’ the timelines of the two series, but rather than Tomb Raider’s generally uninteresting lore what is intriguing is the idea of portraying Lara Croft as a grizzled veteran, which seem to be what Kerslake is implying.
The original Tomb Raider was first released in October 1996 (on the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation version didn’t come out until a month later) but celebrations will be going on all year, with a different game being focused on each month.
On February 1st, the original 1996 title will be the first to be put under the spotlight, with lots of fan art, cosplay competitions, interviews, and the like.
There is the promise of ‘special extras’ throughout the course of the year but no indication of what that means, and surprisingly no mention of the already announced new mobile game.
The newly announced Netflix anime series was discussed though, with the implication being that you’ll hear more about that as the year goes on – even if there’s not much more about the new game.
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The offer gives anyone who signs up the chance to get free pizza without having to buy from Domino's.
To sell the new approach Domino's had Allison, its CEO since July, shoot his first Domino's commercial at Atlanta's family-owned Antico Pizza. "It brought a lot of credibility that he was telling the story," says Trumbull, Domino's VP of advertising.
While the 12-week offer may sound like a gimmick or act of desperation, it comes as Domino's is playing from a position of strength and could extend its dominance over competitors including Pizza Hut, Little Caesars, Papa John's and numerous smaller chains.
Domino's creative agency CP&B is behind the campaign, which also includes the pizza chain's first Tinder ad.


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Patch V3.3.0 is on the way! The latest Fortnite Battle Royale update adds Supply Llamas, Remote Explosives, Blitz LTM and more.
Patch V2.3.0 is on the way! The latest Fortnite patch features the much-anticipated LTM Teams of 20, as well as the newest Burnout outfit and various game performance changes.
Patch V3.1.0 brings the Hunting Rifle and a new point of interest to the map, Lucky Landing. Find the official patch notes right here.
Patch V3.0.0 is now being deployed on live servers and the official patch notes have been revealed.
Patch V2.5.0 adds the all-new Impulse Grenade to the game as well as treasure chests hotspots, Shrines. Other significant changes include buffs to the Scoped AR, the removal of the SMG out of gameplay and also important audio improvements.
New week, new patch! V2.4.2 arrives tomorrow with a new weapon, the Crossbow, Valentine’s Day themed skins and changes to Shooting Test #1.
The next Fortnite Battle Royale patch is on the way! Patch 2.4.0 drops tomorrow, February 1st, and includes a new weapon, the Minigun, spectator count and various bug fixes. Click to read the official patch notes.
A brand new Fortnite Battle Royale update was announced earlier today. Patch V2.3.0 adds a new legendary consumable, the Chug Jug, auto run and various game fixes. Click below to read the full patch notes.
Patch V.2.2.0 “Map Update” is on the way! Discover a new city, underground mine and a number of other brand new locations scattered across the Western side of the map. Biomes are also premiering in this patch, enriching the environment and personalizing each area.


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At least 400 people were infected by Cyclospora parasites in two separate outbreaks associated with Del Monte vegetable trays and McDonald's salads.
There is no evidence that, according to the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two multi-state outbreaks are interconnected.
The CDC reported this week that 163 people in 10 states have laboratory-assisted infections at the outbreak of McDonald's salads. The agency reported 237 individuals with confirmed infections in four states in the outbreak associated with Del Monte pre-cut vegetable trays.
The number of victims is expected to continue to increase, in part because they may need infected people for two weeks or more to develop symptoms. There is also a delay of up to six weeks in cyclosporiasis cases between the first diagnosis of a person and the reporting of a laboratory confirmed disease to the CDC.
Consequently, persons who have become ill after June 7 can not yet be included in the case number of the federal authority for both cases.
Although there is strong epidemiological evidence that the salads and vegetable trays are the source of Cyclospora, FDA officials this week reported that they have not yet identified any specific ingredient in any of the products that is the source of parasitic contamination.
In recent years there have been a number of outbreaks caused by Cyclospora parasites. Most were attributed to fresh produce that was not cooked before being eaten.
Federal officials said they had not received any reports of confirmed deaths in either case.
At least three people who were ill at the outbreak of McDonald's salads had such severe symptoms that they entered the Hospital had to. The 163 victims have disease onset dates beginning on or after May 1 through July 10.
The infected are between 16 and 87 years old. Two-thirds of them are female, according to the CDC.
State health authorities in 10 states have confirmed people with infections. However, one sick person, reported by Florida officials, ate a McDonalds salad from a Kentucky restaurant.
"Anyone who consumed McDonald's salads in Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin was exposed to the pathogen," the FDA research update said.
"The FDA is working with McDonald's to identify the common ingredients in the salads identified by the patients and to trace those ingredients back through the supply chain."
The multinational restaurant chain pulled "salad blends "from about 3,000 stores in 14 states," says the company's website. Of the 3,000 restaurants, at least one is located in the following states: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Missouri.
Del Monte vegetable trays
Of the 237 people with laboratory-confirmed infections associated with del-cut vegetable trays, seven of them had such severe symptoms
Onset of the disease from 14 May to 13 June. The patients are 13 to 79 years old. Fifty-three percent of confirmed patients are women.
"Most sufferers reported that they bought packaged Del Monte Fresh Produce vegetable trays with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and midwest dill, and most people reported buying the trays at Kwik Trip Convenience Stores" the CDC.
Del Monte recalled the affected vegetable trays on June 15. The multinational announced that cut, fresh vegetable products had been distributed to Kwik Trip. Kwik Star, Demonds, Sentry, Potash, Meehans, Country Market, FoodMax Supermarket and Peapod
People with confirmed infections live in Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin
Advice for Consumers
Anyone Who Owns a McDonald & # 39; s salad or any items eaten from the recalled Del Monte vegetable trays and has developed symptoms of cyclosporiasis should consult a doctor and tell their doctors about their potential exposure to Cyclospora parasites.
Symptoms usually include diarrhea, frequent, sometimes explosive, bowel movements. Other common symptoms include loss of appetite, weight loss, stomach cramping / pain, flatulence, increased gas, nausea and fatigue. Vomiting, body aches, headaches, fever and other flu-like symptoms can be observed.
Some people who are infected with Cyclospora parasites have no symptoms. If not treated, the disease can last from a few days to a month or more. The symptoms seem to go away and then return one or more times, making diagnosis difficult.
"The Cyclospora parasite takes time – days to weeks – after going into a bowel movement to become contagious to another person," the FDA said. "Therefore, cyclosporiasis is unlikely to be passed on directly from one person to another."
Cyclospora parasites can contaminate food or drinks, but in the United States, they are most often found on fresh produce, according to federal officials  (For a free subscription to the Food Safety News, click here . )
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What are the Implications of a Brexit for the Online Gaming Industry?
When Britons voted on Thursday, 23 June 2016 to break from the European Union, financial markets went into a frenzy. But it wasn’t only the world’s major bourses, currency markets and commodity markets that went into a tailspin, as concerns mounted over the future of UK/EU-licensed and regulated online gaming companies. For example, the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) quickly became the focal point of the iGaming industry as industry players became concerned about licensing and regulation matters.
However, as it turns out, the Brexit vote is effectively an advisory decision and not a legally binding one. UK politicians, and the new Prime Minister of Britain Theresa May, have vowed to uphold the wishes of the public and will move to take Britain out of the EU in time to come. As it stands, Prime Minister May has no timeline in mind to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to begin the divorce proceedings. This is a necessary initiative which will begin the arduous process of untangling Britain’s complex economic, political and social relationships with EU-countries and the 27-member bloc.
With regards to the online gaming world, many companies are regulated by the Gibraltar authority – a British overseas territory. Among them are companies like PartyPoker, 888 Holdings plc, William Hill and others. Such is the significance of the Gibraltar authority in online gaming that over 30 major licensees claim that jurisdiction as their own. Now however, the threat of a Brexit is throwing the cat among the pigeons since many stakeholders are anticipating problems with the British territory and are considering jumping ship for the MGA – the Malta Gaming Authority in Europe.
Gibraltar garners approximately 25% of its gross domestic product (GDP) from its online gaming operations, and it certainly wants to secure this revenue, regardless of the Brexit outcome. The political uncertainty generated as a result of the Brexit vote has unknown implications, but the Gibraltar Gambling Authority is working overtime to assuage the concerns of licensed and regulated companies that it is business as usual. From the time that Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty is invoked, it will take at least two years for the separation to become effective.
UK Online Bingo Room Moves Ahead with Brand New Platform
Back in the UK, leading online bingo room Sun Bingo is pressing ahead with plans for a relaunch. Now that much of the hype around the Brexit saga has diminished, it is largely business as usual in the UK for the online gaming sector. Sun Bingo will soon be relaunching with a brand new gaming platform courtesy of Playtech. As one of the world’s premier software developers for the online gaming industry, Playtech offers myriad benefits to bingo players such as a friendly user interface, customisable skins, a large progressive jackpot network and all the credibility of one of the top 3 software providers. This is big news for the British online bingo industry, and it is especially significant given that Gamesys and other companies were vying for the Sun Bingo deal.
The bingo division of this leading software giant, Virtue Fusion managed to snag the deal right from under Gamesys’ feet. This new five-year deal is big news for the bingo industry and it will become effective within the next two weeks. First though, players will have to be migrated from the existing platform to the plated platform. Sun Bingo has been in operation for 11 years and has become the leading UK online bingo room with a huge player base. Back in 2008, Sun Bingo signed with Gamesys and dropped its previous provider Tombola. After the announcement was made, Playtech shares on the LSE spiked by 0.44% and climb to 802p on Monday 19 July.


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Warren Buffett, billionaire CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, told CNBC Friday that he hasn’t changed his view on the country’s economic recovery.
“I’m a broken record on this subject but since the fall of 2009, literally, it’s been about 2 percent a year,” Buffett said in an interview on “Squawk Box.”
The U.S. Commerce Department announced at the end of April that the national gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 0.7 percent in the first three months of this year, according to CNBC.
“I don’t think the figures are necessarily accurate when you get to tenths and all of that,” Buffett said, adding that he wouldn’t be surprised if that figure were higher. “It’s not perfect reporting. Now what I see isn’t perfect either obviously.”
Buffett also commented on Apple’s poor iPhone sales last quarter, saying he doesn’t own shares in Apple “because of what I think the