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Spammers Using Twitter to Cash-In on Iran and new iPhone Topics
The history of spamming will tell us that popular stories or hot-off-the-press news is gold for spammers. In recent activities discovered by security researchers, spammers are using the popular Iran election stores and news about Apple's newest iPhone 3.0 software or iPhone 3GS release to flood Twitter with misleading tweets.
No doubt that Twitter and the iPhone are some of the most talked about "things" of this year. Many times cyber criminals will uses these "popular items" to their advantage and that is just what they are doing.
Spammers are sending out a slew of Twitter messages that say things like, "iPhone OS 3.0 Just Launched. Here are 20 Things To Do With It". In addition, Twitter messages similar to this, are being posted by hacked Twitter accounts. The messages are apparently popping up when the popular search terms related to the iPhone is entered. Then they message may redirect you to a malicious site that may ultimately prompt the download of a .Zip file that contains malware.
Not only is the iPhone topic raiding Twitter messages by hackers, but the spammers are using the Iranian election as a popular topic to gain attention and increase the chances that unsuspecting computer users clicking on their tweet.
Is this anything new?
Nothing about these tactics is really new except for the new news topics used by the spammers lately. The use of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook have risen to unprecedented levels even so to the point of abuse by hackers and spammers is common nature. Even so, some companies are restricting or banning the use of popular social networks such as Twitter and Facebook due to the fact that they are the culprit of spreading new viruses which could harm corporate networks.
To top it off, fake invitations to join Twitter are being sent out by spammers as well. The possibilities are almost endless for these hackers if something isn't done very soon. Both Twitter and Facebook are aware of various threats that could spread malware and they have already advised users to use caution and have provided a page to report spam messages or senders on.
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VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) -The governor of Washington state is telling British Columbians to ignore most of the fear-mongering about the pending decriminalization of recreational pot in Canada.
Jay Inslee offered some advice after meeting with Premier John Horgan in Victoria on Tuesday.
“We have demonstrated, as has Colorado, relative success in being able to decriminalize and not choke our criminal justice system with criminal infractions, but rather have a well-regulated system that can have good education of our young people about this particular material and also, give people a good consumer product that’s safe. We’ve largely, I think, succeeded in those endeavours.”
He adds pot dispensaries should be located far away from children.
“That’s an important thing to figure out, but the most important thing is you can have something that reduces the strain on the legal criminal justice system and does not result in undue usage by your youth and that’s the most important lesson I would share.”
He also says limits need to be set on who’s allowed to sell pot.
“Things that we’ve learned along the way is paying attention to the amount of distribution outlets. The relationship between the retail outlets and growing operations is something you need to pay attention to. We’ve had to change some of our rules in that regard. Our retail limitations to keep retail outlets away from schools was a good idea and has been largely successful.”
Inslee adds Washington and Colorado both have well-regulated systems that don’t require a lot of extra policing.
“Well, I think there is some instructive lessons from Washington state. Perhaps, the most important is that the fears that many had about rampant, youthful use of marijuana if it was decriminalized have not been realized in the state of Washington and that’s the most comforting news.”
Earlier, Inslee delivered a speech about climate change being the greatest challenge facing the Pacific Northwest.
The last time a governor from Washington addressed the BC legislature was 1984.

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Everybody chews gum. It passes the time and can leave a fresh taste in your mouth. However, as the whole world does it, it leaves a lot of gum on the streets when people spit it out. In order to reduce the waste, city marketing organization Iamsterdam, designer Explicit Wear, and sustainability company Gumdrop have collaborated to design a shoe from the recycled gum.
The shoes are called Gumshoes and the sole is made up of recyclable compounds called Gum-Tec produce by Gumdrop, and these compounds are made up of 20% gum. “We discovered gum is made from a synthetic rubber. And by breaking down these properties, we were able to create a new type of rubber,” says Anna Bullus, managing director and designer at Gumdrop.
According to the project, roughly 3.3 million pounds of gum make it onto Amsterdam pavements each year, and that costs the city millions of dollars to clean up. The project uses around 2.2 pounds (1 kg) of gum for every four pairs of Gumshoes.
The gum recycled into shoes was scraped from the streets in Amsterdam. The Gum-Tec compounds are initially formed as granules and are then moulded into the sold of the shoe, which also has a map of the city. “We started looking for a way to make people aware of this problem […] That’s when the idea began to create a product people actually want from something no one cares about,” a spokesperson for the collaboration, Jonathan Van Loon, said in an email to The Verge.
According to Van Loon, these compounds are just like rubber and even smell like gum but don’t have the stickiness of gum. The project claims that these are the world’s first pair of sneakers made from gum. Only the sole incorporates gum, the rest of the shoe is made up of leather.
The collaborators are trying to look for a way that would allow users to recycle and replace the sole after they have worn out. They wish for the project to expand to other major cities and want to introduce an easier and more sustainable way for people to get rid of their chewing gum.
The shoes are available in bubblegum pink or black and red. They’ll be available in June for about $232. Would you be interested in owning a pair of Gumshoes? Let us know in the comments. You can watch the shoes in the video below:


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By: Press Release | AAM
NEW YORK (May 15, 2013) — As part of an ongoing relationship, the Alliance for Audited Media is partnering with Econsultancy for Integrated Marketing Week in New York City.
Integrated Marketing Week is the premier event for cross-channel marketers. From June 10 through 13, more than 3,000 of the world’s leading marketing minds will come together to dive into how to best incorporate new technologies with offline and online data to create successful campaigns.
AAM is leading a panel, Integrated Media Planning in a Fragmented Market, on Wednesday, June 12. The panel features:
· Mike Gallic, Associate Publisher, Marketing Director, Bonnier Technology Group
· Gregg Hano, CEO, Mag+
· Eric John, Vice President, Digital Services, Alliance for Audited Media
Panelists will explain how the publisher, advertiser and tablet platform have worked together to execute across multiple channels. They will examine what makes the integrated publisher/buyer relationship successful with real results and why it has worked. AAM’s Eric John will also share an inside look into one of the underlying issues—the reliability of digital metrics.
“We look forward to partnering with Econsultancy on Integrated Marketing Week and encourage all of our members to attend,” said Andrea Levy, AAM’s director of advertiser/agency business development. “Integrated marketing can be a real sweet spot for our members, and we are happy to provide them with this worthwhile opportunity.”
Econsultancy CEO Ashley Friedlein added: “Econsultancy is happy to again be working again with the Alliance for Audited Media, this time as media partners for Integrated Marketing Week 2013. This week-long event, organized by Econsultancy and the DMA, is bringing together over 3,000 of the top marketers to discuss and learn how to develop the integrated marketing expertise we all need to compete and succeed on a global scale.”
Integrated Marketing Week is June 10-13 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W. 18th St., New York. AAM is offering members a special discount to attend the event. The full agenda is on the IM Week website.
Members who would like the AAM promo code or more information should contact Andrea Levy at 212-867-8992 ext. 27. Registration is available here.


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We’re mostly spectators in this season’s rabid partisan battles. We don’t generally condemn particular political candidates or take a stand on where various wind farms and Wal-Marts should or shouldn’t be located. Ask us whether we back Proposition 158 and the answer is a polite “no comment.” Yet, there are times to put objectivity aside…and we are taking a stand against any attempts by the chicken wing industry to de-emphasize actual wings in favor of boneless wings (generally derived from breast meat.)
Wingstop, backed by Roark Capital Group, sells plenty of the real deal (entitled Regular Wings.) But the company has launched its first-ever national promotion, and it’s not for an actual wing. “Boneless Blitz Bundles” will be promoted via TV ads, e-mail and in-store efforts. The 25-piece variant, which includes boneless wings and the relevant accessories like fries and veggie sticks, is $19.99.
Wingstop, which has over 460 locations, says that “in just over a year since we introduced boneless wings, they have quickly become a fan favorite.” The company said “approximately 20 percent of sales come from boneless wings and football season seemed to be the right time to introduce bundles.” So, it appears that Wingstop is giving the people what they want – but we are unimpressed when we occasionally hear the claim that classic Buffalo wings are difficult to eat. Aren’t they worth the effort? Diners who fear hard work and sauce-on-shirt incidents can always turn to simpler fare like salads. (For a representation of the bone-averse point of view, here’s a wing review from the Spokesman-Review newspaper that invokes John Waters’ “Serial Mom.”
Wingstop, which Roark bought for about $80 million to $90 million earlier this year, has grown rapidly. The Richardson, Texas, began franchising in 1997. And we concede that the chain has done quite well even without the advice o wing purists. The company announced Oct. 4 that third quarter same-store sales rose 1.9%, marking 29 quarters in a row of positive comps. Even more impressive was the company’s April announcement that it surpassed the 2 billion wing-threshold. Let’s just hope that when they hit 3 billion, Wing Wraps won’t be a factor.


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January 2, 2018
On Dec. 21, the UFCW called on the National Chicken Council (NCC), the voice of the poultry industry, to set higher industry standards and stop the use of incarcerated and exploited labor by their member companies. In a letter to the NCC, UFCW International President Marc Perrone called on the NCC to take the lead in establishing a clear industry standard and give consumers confidence that their chicken is produced without these inhumane practices.
“This is not responsible or moral behavior,” said Perrone in the letter, “and as a leading voice of the poultry industry, it would make a difference if the National Chicken Council condemned these practices publicly and insisted on all of your member companies to do the same by agreeing to a code of conduct that puts an end to this reprehensible behavior.”
While more than 70,000 hard-working members of the UFCW family work in the poultry industry and earn better wages and benefits, the conditions in nonunion plants are far worse. A recent Oxfam report highlighted the struggles faced by nonunion poultry workers, including wearing diapers at work because they are routinely denied bathroom breaks. In addition, the industry has repeated problems with the use of incarcerated labor, underage workers and workers with disabilities being paid less than a minimum wage.
“The fact that some of your member companies have continued to operate in such an irresponsible manner is bringing shame upon the entire poultry industry and devaluing the skilled work of hundreds of thousands of hard-working men and women,” said Perrone. “This disgraceful practice also damages the reputation of responsible companies and our members who have good jobs working in poultry plants.”
You can read the entire letter here.


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GroupM says it’s the industry’s first Demand Side Platform (DSP) advertising solution for mobile media. The platform enables display advertisers to dynamically measure, value, buy and optimize placements on a real time, impression-by-impression basis, with machine-learning algorithms based on success in achieving a brand’s desired goal.
Unlike existing mobile advertising solutions that optimize primarily on click-throughs, the newly-launched solution provides advertisers with the ability to control media investments based on downstream consumer activity on mobile applications and across branded mobile sites. It also allows GroupM, parent company to WPP media agencies Maxus, MEC, MediaCom, and Mindshare, to manage its mobile buys more directly and allocate investments more efficiently.
GroupM’s mobile unit, Joule, will lead the initiative, which will be integrated with GroupM’s new B3 Mobile solution developed by WPP’s Media Innovation Group, to further the company’s efforts to collect cross platform data and insights. B3 Mobile offers insights into digital channel integrations as well as advanced analytics across both mobile display and smartphone applications. It also helps build, target and optimize mobile audiences.
“The mobile DSP integrates the most advanced dynamic bidding system combined with sophisticated analytics to bring about the highest level of media effectiveness, efficiencies and insights,” said Rob Norman, CEO of GroupM North America and Global CEO of GroupM Interaction. “We have consistently kept our clients at the forefront of mobile innovation and we recognized the need to continue to make bold, strong investments in technology to keep them ahead of the curve.”


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DAILY MORNING NOTE | 22 February 2023
Singapore stocks traded flat on Tuesday (Feb 21) amid softer trading sentiment in the region. The Straits Times Index (STI) fell 0.1 per cent or 1.89 points to 3,306.86. Across the broader market, gainers narrowly beat losers 241 to 240 after 1.63 billion securities worth S$781.42 million changed hands. Across the broader region, major Asian markets were mixed on Tuesday. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 1.7 per cent, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 declined 0.2 per cent and South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.2 per cent.
Wall Street stocks finished decisively lower on Tuesday as angst over more Federal Reserve interest rate hikes in the pipeline added to the hit from retailers’ lackluster forecasts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 2.1 per cent lower – down nearly 700 points – at 33,129.59. The broad-based S&P 500 shed 2.0 per cent to 3,997.34, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 2.5 per cent to 11,492.30.
Stocks to watch: Nanofilm Technologies
Nanofilm Technologies posted a 43.6 per cent drop in net profit to S$25 million in the six months ended Dec 31, 2022, down from S$44.3 million the year before. This was mainly due to a fall in revenue during the second half of FY2022, along with an increase in some expenses. Earnings per share for H2 FY2022 stood at 3.8 Singapore cents, down from 6.71 Singapore cents in the same period a year ago. Revenue for H2 FY2022 fell 16 per cent to S$126.1 million, from S$150.1 million last year. Administrative expenses during the same period rose 27.8 per cent to S$24 million.
Mainboard-listed vehicle inspection company Vicom on Tuesday (Feb 21) posted a 2.4 per cent increase in net profit to S$13.1 million for the second half ended December 2022, from S$12.8 million the previous year. H2 revenue grew 6.3 per cent to S$55 million, from S$51.7 million in the year-ago period. This brings full-year earnings up 5.7 per cent to S$26.2 million, while FY2022 revenue was 7.3 per cent higher at S$108.3 million. Earnings per share (EPS) rose to S$0.0738 for FY2022, from S$0.0699 in FY2021.
Agribusiness group Wilmar International posted an 8.6-per-cent rise in net profit to US1.2 billion for its second half (H2) in the six months ended Dec 31, 2022, up from US$1.1 billion in the same period a year prior. All its key business segments reported higher profits, along with higher contributions from associates and joint ventures, and lower tax rates, Wilmar said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday (Feb 21). Earnings per share stood at 19.8 US cents in H2 2022, up from 18.1 US cents in the same period in 2021.
Sembcorp Industries on Tuesday (Feb 21) posted a 54 per cent increase in its net profit for H2 ended Dec 31, 2022, to S$358 million, from S$233 million for H2 2021. The group attributed the improved profits to higher contributions from its renewables and conventional energy segments. Earnings per share for the energy company also rose 54 per cent to 20.09 Singapore cents for H2 2022, from 13.06 Singapore cents for H2 2021. Sembcorp’s H2 turnover grew 3 per cent to S$3.9 billion, from S$3.8 billion.
Flag carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) posted record operating profits for its third quarter (Q3) on the back of robust demand for air travel across its network. Operating profit for the three months ended Dec 31, 2022, rose 11.4 per cent to S$755 million, up from S$678 million in the second quarter – which was itself a quarterly record then. Net profit for Q3 rose 12.7 per cent to S$628 million, up from S$557 million in the preceding quarter. Earnings per share stood at 10.3 Singapore cents in Q3, up from 8.6 Singapore cents in the second quarter.
Rex International Holding will report a loss for its FY2022, because of lower volume of oil sold. The company says it expects to incur a loss for the year ended Dec 31 2022 but a strong positive EBITDA, positive cash flow and strong cash position for the year. The lower volume sold was because of production stoppages, so as to undertake upgrades of the production facilities between Feb and April last year. Additional “unforeseen” factors in June and November 2022 affected production as well.
Dyna-Mac Holdings has reported earnings of $10.1 million for the 2HFY2022, 4.2 times higher than the earnings of $2.4 million in the same period the year before. The higher earnings were attributable to several factors including the higher revenue for the half-year period, higher gross profit margin, higher other income and lower finance expenses. Earnings for the FY2022 also surged by 138.7% y-o-y to $13.4 million. 2HFY2022 revenue increased by 47.1% y-o-y to $167.4 million due to higher progress achieved for the projects carried out during the period and the FY2022.
Qualcomm on Tuesday (Feb 21) said it is launching a paid cloud software service to help companies that use its chips keep tabs on goods as they move through the supply chain. The San Diego, California company is the world’s biggest provider of chips that help smartphones connect to mobile data networks. But Qualcomm has used its wireless communication speciality to enter other markets where devices need to talk to the Internet, such as automobiles and factories. Qualcomm Aware, as the new service is called, works with Qualcomm chips that go into tracking devices for shipping containers, pallets, packages and other parts of supply chains to help companies track where their goods and materials are.
Tencent Holdings is in talks with Meta Platforms to distribute its Meta Quest line of virtual reality (VR) headsets in China, three people familiar with the matter said. The talks between Tencent and Meta started last year and have continued in recent months, according to one of the sources who has direct knowledge of the matter, adding that the talks remain early stage and details have yet to be agreed. Tencent and Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday (Feb 21). The people declined to be identified because the talks are not public.
Walmart struck a cautious note in its economic outlook for 2023 on Tuesday as the retail bellwether forecast full-year earnings below estimates and warned that tight spending by consumers could pressure profit margins. Higher US consumer prices and loftier costs for rental housing and food have raised fears among executives that the US Federal Reserve could further lift borrowing costs to cool domestic demand, leading to an economic downturn in the second half of the year. Walmart forecast earnings of US$5.90 to US$6.05 per share for the year through January 2024, below analysts’ estimates of US$6.50 per share, according to Refinitiv IBES data, as the company continues to battle price hikes from many of its product suppliers.
Coinbase Global, the biggest US cryptocurrency exchange, reported a fourth-quarter revenue decline that was less than forecast by analysts. Fourth-quarter revenue was US$629.1 million, higher than the average analyst estimate of US$581 million. It had US$2.5 billion in revenue during the year-earlier period. The net loss in the quarter was US$557 million, while trading volume missed estimates. The company expects first-quarter subscription and services revenue between US$300 million and US$325 million.
Porsche Automobil Holding has smashed records in the Schuldschein market on its debut, borrowing 2.7 billion euros (S$3.9 billion) in the largest-ever deal for the German debt. The offering this month, which was initially marketed at only 500 million euros, pulled in about 120 investors including European, Asian and American banks, pension funds and insurers. It shows enduring demand for anything related to the sports car marquee, after Porsche’s stock offering last year was Europe’s biggest in a decade.
Holiday Inn owner IHG missed full-year revenue expectations as it was impacted by Covid-19 curbs in China, while a US$750 million share buyback did little to cushion a drop in its share price on Tuesday (Feb 21). While the tourism industry is gradually recovering from the aftermath of the pandemic, hotel chains have seen an uneven recovery in China as a rise in Covid-19 infections in the final quarter of the year led to indefinite restrictions. IHG reported full-year revenue of US$1.84 billion and a 55 per cent rise in operating profit from reportable segments of US$828 million, both of which missed expectations.
Source: SGX Masnet, Bloomberg, Channel NewsAsia, Reuters, CNBC, WSJ, The Business Times, PSR
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P&O in £150m Stena buyout
HUNDREDS of jobs are under threat after P&O announced plans to close ferry services between Dover and Zeebrugge as part of a £150m buyout of its joint-venture partner Stena. It is also to end loss-making routes out of Felixstowe.
The shipping group, headed by long-term chief Lord Sterling, is buying Stena out of its 40% ownership of the cross-Channel P&O Stena Line venture started in 1998 to fend off competition from the Channel Tunnel.
P&O is paying £150m in cash for Stena's stake but the Swedish shipping line will receive a further £3.6m in dividends for 2001.
However, as part of the plans to take control of its Dover services, P&O said it is to shut the loss-making, predominantly freight route to Zeebrugge. The three ferries servicing the Belgian port are to be transferred to its Dover-Calais route. After the retirement of two older vessels, the P&O's leisure and freight services to Calais will be serviced by eight vessels.
P&O's decision to buy out Stena and concentrate on Dover-Calais - responsible for the joint venture's £42m of operating profits last year - is a bid to maximise the P&O brand in the leisure market on the busiest ferry route in the world.
'The acquisition will further strengthen P&O's position in a part of the UK-Continent ferry market that has been consistently profitable and which offers a strong growth opportunity,' it said.
Stena, which before the P&O joint venture owned the old British Rail Sealink services, will sign a non-compete clause to keep it out of the Channel for an as-yet- unspecified length of time.
In a separate initiative, P&O's loss-making North Sea Ferries division said it is to close the Zeebrugge and Rotterdam freight services out of Felixstowe. Five ships are operated on the routes out of the Suffolk port. While two of them are chartered, P&O has opened negotiations to sell the three vessels it owns to Stena to operate on its new service out of nearby Harwich to Rotterdam.
P&O said it is in consultation with union leaders. It is believed 100 jobs are to go at P&O's terminals at Felixstowe and Zeebrugge. There are 600 crew operating the axed services. A spokesman said there will be reductions by natural wastage although it is hoped the majority will transfer to P&O's existing Dover operations or to Stena. The services are expected to close by the end of the year.
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According to rumors, the waterproof smartphone LG V30 will present on August 31, the price will be $699
Yesterday we reported that the smartphone LG V30 should show in August of this year before the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, which is expected on 26 August 2017.
According to new data, which was published by ET News, the first time LG is going to show its new product at the IFA exhibition in 2017, which will be held from 1 to 6 September. The announcement of the device will take place at a press conference before the opening of the exhibition on August 31.
LG V30 should be the first smartphone of this series that will be available for pre-order in a week or two. Sales of the device should begin in September of this year.
The source States that the manufacturer intends to release versions of the LG V30 with 32, 64 and 128 GB of flash memory. The version with 64 GB of memory will cost $ 699.
Predecessors were equipped with a removable battery, but LG V30 is expected to use non-removable battery capacity of 3200 mA•h. the fact that the manufacturer decided to make a waterproof housing, the relevant requirements of the IP68 standard.
LG V30 needs to obtain OLED display, dual camera, Snapdragon SoC 835, 6 GB RAM, 3.5 mm Jack and the new DAC ESS Technology companies, responsible for high-quality sound.


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The iPad Pro may soon be far more useful as a productivity device, at least if a new report is true. A leak alleges that Apple will release a new keyboard for the iPad that features a trackpad, adding the sorely needed functionality that would make the iPad Pro more useful as a laptop replacement. The new keyboard, if it is launched, will join Apple’s existing — and trackpad-free — iPad keyboard.
The leak comes from The Information, which claims that Apple will release the new iPad keyboard with trackpad later this year. The functionality will enable users to control a cursor on the iPad’s screen, making it possible to quickly select text and more without using gestures or the Apple Pencil.
iPad owners have been requesting cursor support for years, but thus far Apple has resisted offering the feature. Things changed slightly last year when users noted the existence of a cursor turned off by default, but that is an Accessibility feature that doesn’t work quite the way you’d hope.
Though Apple has presented the iPad Pro as something capable of replacing your laptop, the actual experience is less than stellar and the lack of a trackpad is one of the biggest reasons. The arrival of a keyboard with a trackpad would be a solid step toward making the slate an actual laptop replacement, at least for users who don’t mind the lack of a hinge.
The new report claims that Apple’s new iPad keyboard will be mass-produced by Foxconn in the near future and that the accessory will likely be revealed alongside the newest upcoming iPad Pro models. The big question now is which iPad models will support the keyboard — will it be limited to the latest and greatest models, or will Apple also make versions available for the older iPad Pro units? Questions also remain over whether the coronavirus outbreak may delay any plans the company has in place.


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Most frequently asked questions about Maritime Industry
In the press conference of 14 December, the government has announced that the so-called evening lockdown will be extended until Friday January 14, 2022. This extension does not affect Maritime Industry on May 17, 18 and 19, 2022 in Evenementenhal Gorinchem. Trade shows are allowed as they are so-called flow events where people are constantly walking in and out. Besides there is a low risk of contamination because of the short duration of stay. Maritime Industry can be visited with a corona admission ticket. We answer the most common questions below.
You will receive access to the event with one of the followings proofs:
A complete corona vaccination with a European approved vaccine. In the Netherlands, a vaccination is usually valid from 14 days after you have been fully vaccinated. Were you vaccinated with Janssen on or after August 14, 2021? Then your vaccination in the Netherlands is valid after 28 days.
An evidence of a positive corona test from a minimum of 11 days and a maximum of 180 days ago.
Negative test result:
A negative test result less than 24 hours before your visit to the event. Both a PCR and antigen test are valid.
A covid-pass is mandatory from the age of 13. From the age of 14, visitors need to show a covid-pass and a valid identity card (can also be a passport or drivers license).
European countries have agreed that every country must have a system for a Covid-pass. They call this the EU Digital Corona Certificate (EU DCC). International exhibitors and visitors can enter the exhibition floor with their covid certificate.
A covid-pass is mandatory from the age of 13. From the age of 14, visitors need to show a covid-pass and a valid identity card (can also be a passport or drivers license)
The Corona Check takes place before the entrance.
The Corona Check applies to everyone who visits the event:
- Visitors (from the age of 13)
- Exhibitors (stand crew)
- Employees at Easyfairs
No, because the occupancy rate is low during those moments. In addition, the open doors provide extra air circulation.
Yes, the Corona Check takes place every event day. Even if you leave the exhibition floor in the meantime, a new check is needed.
The safety of visitors, exhibitors and our own staff is our top priority. We are delighted to be able to open our doors again, but at the same time we want to keep the risk of contamination as low as possible. Moreover, a negative test is only valid for 24 hours. That is why we have decided to set up a permanent corona control that has to be passed at all times before entering the exhibition floor. We hope for your understanding for this safety measure.
No, it’s not possible to visit the event without a valid Covid-pass.
Yes, visitors from the age of 13 need to show a covid-pass and a valid identity card (can also be a passport or drivers license).
The situation will be judged again by the Dutch government on January 14, 2021.
It is mandatory to wear a face mask at trade shows till at least January 14, 2022. Meaning, you have to wear a face mask when you are moving on the exhibition floor.
It is mandatory to keep 1,5 meter distance from others till at least January 14, 2022. The situation will be judged again by the Dutch government on January 14.
The mandatory closure time of 17:00 hours for trade shows applies till at least January 14, 2022. The situation will be judged again by the Dutch governement on December 14, 2021.
Sanitizer stations will be placed at various points on the exhibition floor, so that you can disinfect hands according to your wishes. Furthermore, there will be the possibility to disinfect hands at every stand. In addition, we have further optimized our air treatment systems, which helps limits the transmission of respiratory infections such as COVID-19. Plus, there is now an even healthier and more pleasant indoor climate in our exhibition halls.
The role of a tarde show is very important in many ways. There are several sectors in the Netherlands that have experienced the negative consequences of the coronapandemic. The Dutch government therefore sees trade fairs as the drivers for the recovery of the economy. This is where supply and demand come together, tomorrow’s innovations are presented and the Dutch business community meets. There are industries that realise up to 40 per cent of their annual turnover at fairs. Trade fairs are also indispensable for other service providers, such as stand builders. The local and regional economy also benefits when a trade fair or event takes place, such as hotels, taxi services and restaurants.
Recently, we conducted a large-scale survey among visitors to trade fairs taking place this autumn. In total, more than 6,000 respondents took part. This showed that 90% of the visitors intend to visit fairs again this autumn.
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Microsoft is apparently bringing a 'beloved franchise' to Windows 8 platforms - but what could that franchise be?
Microsoft is reportedly working on a new OS update, currently codenamed 'Threshold,' that will unify services and development across all of their devices.
Microsoft demonstrated the 'power of the cloud' earlier this week, by streaming 'Halo 4' gameplay to a low-end Windows PC and a mobile phone.
Microsoft has unveiled their new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 line of tablets, which include a faster processor, better battery life, and the new Windows 8.1 OS.
It's been a long time coming, and now Microsoft has made it official - MS Points will soon be replaced by a cash-based currency system.
Blizzard Entertainment announces a small project with big aspirations, 'Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft'; a free-to-play, cross-platform card game that promises the same level of epic gameplay as their bigger titles.
A new rumor suggests that Microsoft might be developing two different Xbox 720s for launch -- one geared for the hardcore gamer and one intended for more entertainment-focused user.
The newest trailer for 'Angry Birds: Star Wars' has been released, and it once again focuses on how George Lucas' rich universe will be altered to accommodate Rovio's game.
When asked to certify 'Minecraft' for Windows 8, creator Markus Persson stated he'd rather have the game not run on it at all then be certified for the operating system.


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THERE is hope for motorcyclists mourning the imminent demise of the mighty Hayabusa, the one-time undisputed monarch of straight lines.
Suzuki is working on a 1440cc replacement for 2019 according to reports in Japanese motorcycle magazines – which are usually accurate with their predictions – as well as Italian site Insella.
The ‘GSX1400R’ Hayabusa is expected to have a new chassis with semi-active suspension and cornering ABS, and debut around the 20th anniversary of the arrival of the original 1340cc iteration, which went on sale in 1999.
Suzuki made an unusually low-key showing at last autumn’s motorcycle exhibitions, with no new models expect the SV650X, a restyled version of the existing SV650. It followed a major Suzuki launch in 2018, of the new GSX-R1000.
Without more model debuts soon, it won't just mean fewer new bikes from Suzuki but a smaller line-up altogether. Several high-performance models, notably the GSX-R600, GSX-R750 and Hayabusa, have yet to be updated to meet emission limits that were introduced for new models at the beginning of 2017. All three remain listed on Suzuki’s UK website but sales will be from existing stock.
Suzuki sources in the UK have long maintained that the Japanese factory would not allow such a brand-defining model as the Hayabusa to go to the wall, making a replacement a certainty.
As long ago as 2015, Suzuki hinted that a new Hayabusa could be in the pipeline with the unveiling of the weird-looking ‘Concept GSX’ pictured above.
A capacity hike would take Suzuki in the opposite direction to Kawasaki, which has squeazed 200hp out of 1000cc by supercharging its latest sports-tourer, the just launched Ninja H2 SX.


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June 10, Kunming: Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiyutheen addressing the 9th China-South Asia Business Forum in Kunming, Yunnan Province said China has become Sri Lanka's second largest supplier of goods and the forthcoming FTA with China signifies the strategic importance of bilateral cooperation efforts.
"China has emerged as the second largest supplier to Sri Lanka accounting for 17% of Sri Lanka's total imports. The China-Sri Lanka Bilateral relations have been upgraded to strategic partnership and the forthcoming FTA remains an integral part of this historic partnership," said Minister Bathiyutheen addressing the forum on June 07.
Minister Bathiyutheen was addressing the 9th China-South Asia Business which is held as part of the second China-South Asia Expo and 22nd Kunming Fair.
"Sri Lanka has been participating in this fair since 2007 when this was held for the first time in Beijing. Sri Lanka requested China to host this as an annual event and welcomed the proposal to hold the fair in Kunming from 2008. Thereafter in 2009, 64 Lankan companies took part in this exhibition and today I am delighted to note that 118 companies and businesses from Sri Lanka are participating this year" said Minister Bathiyutheen addressing the event.
He added that the companies represent such sectors as tea, gem and jewelry, arts, crafts and handicrafts, coconut fiber, herbal products, and even gem cutting and polishing sector.
The Minister expressed Sri Lanka's "profuse gratitude and appreciation for the continuous support extended by the government of China to Sri Lanka to promote bilateral trade exchanges, in particular, identifying new export avenues with new partners in Yunnan Province through this international level exposition."
Minister Bathiyutheen said Sri Lanka imports a substantial quantity of raw materials and intermediate products and the total trade turnover between the two countries which stood at US$ 658.94 million in 2005 has increased up to US$ 3.084 billion by 2013, registering almost five-fold trade growth.
He thanked the Chinese government for extending fund assistance to develop Sri Lanka’s much needed export-oriented critical infrastructure such as highways and ports and airports which are essential components in realizing the committed vision of President, Mahinda Rajapaksa.
In the recent times, he said it is significant that China - Sri Lanka Bilateral relations have been upgraded to strategic partnership and the forthcoming FTA remains an integral part of this historic partnership.
Also joining the panel session were Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Executive Director of the Pakistan Council on China Fazal ur Rahman, President of Chamber of Commerce and Industry, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation -SAARC Ismail Asif, and Head of the Yunnan International Exhibition Bureau Li Jiming.


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Entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens have recently begun to worry about the rising inflation in Ukraine. Learned by the bitter experience of previous years, everyone fears a rapid total rise in prices for goods and services in the country. Probably, no one wants to go through trials with double-digit percentages of price increases, as in 2017-2018, and even more so to face their one and a half-time rise, as happened in the turbulent 2015.
Concerns arose among our contemporaries back in January against the backdrop of cautious statements by economists about a possible acceleration of inflation in Ukraine in 2021. They strengthened a little later—when in February the State Statistics Service released data on a significant increase in consumer prices for the first month of this year. And recently, these fears have finally grown into a stable suspicion. Especially after the NBU for the first time in the past 2.5 years made a decision to raise the discount rate, and the State Statistics Service for the second time this year have announced a significant increase in the consumer price index.
What is so extraordinary happening now in the domestic economy? And can it somehow threaten production processes or domestic affairs? Or maybe we shouldn't be distracted by such a financial rustle at all?
Rising inflation threat
Let us recall that the monetary policy of Ukraine at the legislative level presupposes the achievement and maintenance of price stability in the state. And this stability, in turn, should be ensured by low stable inflation. The rates of the latter are determined in the National Bank's Roadmap for the transition to inflation targeting, and every year this benchmark, starting from 2017, has been approved in the Basic Principles of the country's monetary policy.
However, a retrospective shows that over the four years of the introduction of the inflation targeting regime in Ukraine, our own inflation was by no means low. After all, its average value during this period reached almost 9% (estimated by , according to the State Statistics Service). Developed countries try to keep inflation at the level of 1-3%, while for developing countries the figure is usually set a few percent higher.
At the same time, inflation in Ukraine during 2017-2021 did not stay at a stable level either. For 49 months, it was only three times within the target range for the medium term, that is, in the corridor of 5% ± 1%. This happened only in November and December 2019, as well as in December 2020. In the remaining 46 months, inflation "jumped" outside the corridor. The amplitude of its fluctuations over 4 years was considerable—from 16.4% in September 2017 to 1.7% in May 2020 (compared to the corresponding month of the previous year). It was not possible to achieve even the softened transitional target markers determined for the first years of the inflation targeting introduction in Ukraine, that is, 8% ± 2% and 6% ± 2% at the end of 2017 and 2018, respectively. Each time, actual inflation was noticeably higher than these markers.
And this time, in the first two months of this year, inflation is again above the target. First, the State Statistics Service reported 6.1% inflation in January, and on March 9—the acceleration of inflation in February to 7.5% in annual terms. Most likely, according to official statistics, food and energy products are becoming more expensive this year. For some items, prices are growing against last year by 30—60%.
The uptrend will, unfortunately, intensify over the coming months.
"In the middle of this year, the growth of consumer prices will reach peak values," Deputy Governor of the National Bank Yurii Heletii says.
Experts explain such a rise in inflation by the growing prices for raw materials and energy resources, the weakening of the hryvnia and the increase in the minimum wage since January by 20%.
There is also a rise in prices on world markets. For nine months in a row, the UN FAO has reported a rise in food prices around the world. From May last year to February 2021, the FAO food price index rose 25 points, reaching a record high of 116 points over the past seven years. It is no coincidence that now in the community of economists, with the participation of specialists from the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve System, discussions are underway about the threat of the current price surge developing into a new wave of high inflation in the world economy.
Attempts to build positive expectations
The National Bank of Ukraine is trying to assure the public that in our country, despite a significant increase in inflation in the first two quarters, this year it will not jump over the level of 9%, and in the second half of the year it will even begin to decrease. By the end of 2021, according to forecasts of the international agency Fitch Ratings, inflation in Ukraine will be fixed at 6.9%. And only in 2022, the National Bank plans to return inflation to the target corridor of 4—6%. Although quite recently, during 11 months of 2020, it was much lower and did not go beyond the 1.7—3.8% range.
Such chaotic significant inflation variations, and even with significant upward deviations, negatively affect the expectations of the domestic economy subjects. Back in the Q4 of 2020, the National Bank admitted that the enterprises it surveyed expected consumer prices to rise by an average of 7.9% in the next 12 months. At the same time, 20.8% of respondents were preparing for an increase in prices for the year by 7.6—10%, and every tenth enterprise—for an increase of at least 15%.
Probably, now, after the National Bank increased the discount rate to 6.5% on March 4 and the State Statistics Committee reported on March 9 about the acceleration of growing prices for consumer goods to 7.5%, expectations of both enterprises and households will worsen significantly. Especially after the NBU management forecasts regarding further rising inflation growth during the first half of 2021.
Now the bankers are trying to convince everyone that inflation will certainly return to the target range, and this will happen no later than mid-2022.
"The new crop entering the markets, the exhaustion of the effect of a low comparative base for certain goods and an increase in the discount rate will gradually unfold inflationary dynamics," the top manager of the National Bank, Yurii Heletii assures.
It should be noted that if it is "deployed", then it will really be deployed gradually, since all these factors will work no earlier than autumn—winter. The NBU itself has repeatedly emphasized earlier that the change in the discount rate has a greater effect on the inflation rate for 9—18 months. But today, few people look that far. The majority have focused on the spring-summer issues of the current year. And they must do this under the pressure of negative inflationary expectations.
At the same time, it is precisely the expectations that are perhaps the most important factor for the real containment of inflation. They can be even more effective than their own discount rate, experts say.
Recently, the director of one of the leading departments of the NBU publicly admitted that actual presence of inflation in the target range is not the main goal of inflation targeting. Like, the real goal is to build confidence in the central bank and in "anchored" inflationary expectations. According to the banker, the lower the expected inflation rate, the lower it will actually be.
So, the National Bank has stepped up a campaign to build confidence in the effectiveness of the inflation targeting regime. Last year, in fact, was lost, and now they have remembered the problem of trust in their monetary policy and in their own institution. And in the media, lulling interviews and author's columns of the NBU board members have flashed.
But they are perceived mainly as a formal implementation of the February recommendations of the National Bank Council:
"Given the inflation in Ukraine has predictably exceeded the target deviation range of 5% ± 1% in 2021, to enhance the communications of the National Bank to substantiate the admissibility of such changes."
At the same time, this tactic is quite consonant with the proposal of Managing Director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva regarding the tools for dealing with the current economic crisis.
In her recent blog post on the threat of a "big gap" in the Covid era and the likely further lagging behind most developing countries of the G20, she notes:
"Central banks need to be careful in communicating their plans for monetary policy to prevent excessive volatility in financial markets in their countries."
Forecasts and possible consequences of monetary tightening
The state is moving to a tight monetary policy. The 6.5% discount rate in March is not the limit. The NBU declares its readiness to raise it in the future.
"The National Bank is ready for a more decisive increase in the discount rate to limit fundamental inflationary pressures, stabilize expectations and bring inflation to the target."
Deputy Governor of the National Bank
The experts believe that in April this year the discount rate may rise to 7%.
Such a policy of curbing prices at the same time can lead to negative consequences. In particular, to an increase in the cost of financial resources, a reduction in business lending by commercial banks, etc.
Long-term preservation of the discount rate at 6% and its recent increase instead of relieving tension in financial markets, on the contrary, has only strengthened it, the Chairman of the NBU Council, Academician Bohdan Danylyshyn is convinced.
In particular, it has provoked a deterioration in the transmission of the key rate in the government securities market and does not contribute to the restoration of lending in our country. Not least for this reason, the level of lending to the domestic economy on working loans is one of the lowest in the world, the expert notes.
It is clear that only the discount rate tools and awareness-raising activities are not enough. The economists advise the National Bank to make broader use of the entire arsenal of monetary policy tools. Including overnight resources and incentive refinancing programs. The experts also advise to strengthen coordination between monetary and fiscal policy, improve interaction between the NBU and the government of the country, so that banks eventually increase investments not in foreign assets and government securities, but mainly in the real economy.


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‘Michaeled’ bags, ‘Okly’ sunglasses; how counterfeiters are using "brand codewords" to get around marketplace filters (Blog)
Sellers of counterfeits and imitation products on various online marketplaces are adopting brand-based keywords to avoid being caught by search filters implemented to identify and remove listings for fake goods. While the use of keywords is an extra hurdle that brand owners must overcome when enforcing against counterfeits, it also demonstrates the extra effort that sellers must now go to due to additional rights protection mechanisms being implemented by e-commerce platforms.
Trump Administration's first Special 301 Report slams Canada and Mexico for inadequate border enforcement against counterfeits (Blog)
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has published the 2017 Special 301 Report, the first released under the Trump administration. While Pakistan and Spain are complimented for “positive momentum” behind their IP regimes, the report knocks a number of jurisdictions including neighbours Canada and Mexico for what it deems to be ineffective border enforcement against fakes.
In an exclusive interview with World Trademark Review, the CEO of the International Trademark Association (INTA) speaks about its increased activity in the anti-counterfeiting arena, and expands on current and future activities in this regard. He also notes that partnerships are being sought with other IP and non-IP organisations, but only when there is “mutual respect” between the parties.
Rise of the Instagram counterfeit educators: Yeezy Busta on exposing celebrities for wearing fakes and why brands should hook up with influencers (Blog)
A new generation of anti-counterfeiting advocates are spreading the word about fake goods on social media, often gaining hundreds of thousands of followers in the process. One of the most respected in this fledgling scene, Yeezy Busta, has spoken to World Trademark Review about the support he’s received from adidas and the need for high-profile brands to work with influencers to “make wearing fakes socially unacceptable”.
Amazon announces expanded anti-counterfeiting programme, but claims arise of fakes being part of Amazon Marketplace's own inventory (Blog)
E-commerce giant Amazon has confirmed that it is expanding its anti-counterfeiting programme to allow rights holders to register their logos and intellectual property to expedite the removal of counterfeit listings. The move follows criticism over a perceived increase in fakes sold by third parties on the Amazon platform in the last 12 months. However, recent claims have emerged that Amazon itself has counterfeit products as part of its own inventory.
Exclusive survey reveals IACC member sentiment: broadly positive but concerns linger over transparency (Blog)
An exclusive survey, conducted in the past fortnight by World Trademark Review, has revealed that members of the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition have a mostly positive opinion about the organisation and its trajectory. But while its programmes were rated highly by survey respondents especially in regards to training and lobbying efforts concern was expressed around the organisation’s leadership and a perceived lack of transparency.
Alibaba-backed Indian marketplace Paytm Mall lacks dedicated IP infringement reporting mechanism; brand owners urged to push for change (Blog)
A new marketplace platform, Paytm Mall, launched in India last month and has lofty expansion plans as it bids to become a major player in the Indian consumer shopping space. However, the marketplace which has been financially backed by Alibaba Group to the tune of around $170 million appears to have a number of IP infringing listings and currently no dedicated mechanism in place to report them.
Leading e-sports players must take trademark protection seriously or risk losing ownership of their gamertags (Blog)
The e-sports industry is growing at a rapid pace and its most successful professional teams are starting to form effective brand protection strategies. However, two IP lawyers in the space warn that many individual players are ignoring the risks posed by the failure to protect their gamertags.
Alibaba calls out persistent IP abusers receives criticism for "blaming the victims" (updated) (Blog)
Alibaba Group has taken a hard line against users that file false or misleading IP infringement complaints, claiming that 24% of all complaints it receives are deemed “malicious” and “a drain on the group’s efforts to stamp out counterfeits”. Highlighting its strong stance on the matter, it confirmed it had barred one company from lodging complaints due to repeated misuses of its complaints platform. However, one commentator claims that the problem is of the ecommerce giant’s own making.
Consumers know counterfeits are unethical but enjoy “thrill of the hunt” when shopping for fakes, study finds (Blog)
A psychological study into the thought process of Chinese consumers who purchase counterfeit goods has revealed some startling motivations which dictate counterfeit consumption. An author of the study has told World Trademark Review the revelations should call into question the effectiveness of anti-counterfeiting awareness campaigns which focus on moral arguments against buying fakes.
eBay expands on plans for “network of professional authenticators” in fight against counterfeiters (Blog)
Online marketplace giant eBay will launch an authentication program entitled eBay Authenticate later in the year in an effort to “boost consumer confidence when purchasing high-end merchandise”. Talking to World Trademark Review, an eBay spokesperson confirmed the company will be “working closely with brands” on the initiative. One commentator, however, fears that the move will do little to quell the availability of fakes.
Swarovski praises Alibaba Group suing counterfeiters; JD.com takes swipe at rival’s “lax IP enforcement” (Blog)
Following a raft of coverage on Alibaba Group’s unprecedented decision to sue two vendors that sold fake watches on its Taobao marketplace platform, Swarovski has released a statement praising the move. The online giant has pledged more such actions but the response hasn’t all been positive, with e-commerce rival JD.com telling World Trademark Review that counterfeiters will continue to “flock” to Alibaba platforms and accusing it of “lax IP enforcement”.
Taobao returns to USTR's Notorious Markets list; Alibaba CEO speaks of "disappointing moment for all of us" (Blog)
After a four year absence, an Alibaba Group platform has re-appeared on the annual Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets list and its CEO subsequently sent a strongly-worded email to staff, seen by World Trademark Review, urging stakeholders to continue undeterred in the “all-out war against counterfeits”.
Trademark implications of Brexit, Trump and Samsung Note 7 crisis feature in our most-read list of 2016 (Blog)
As 2016 draws to a close, it’s time to take a look back at the blogs which received the most reads in the past 12 months. Our list includes the brand value hit of Samsung’s Note 7 crisis, Alibaba’s spat with Chinese ecommerce rival JD.com and trademark applications attempting to commercialise the Panama Papers, Brexit and the once-popular ‘meme’ Be Like Bill.
Brand owners and shipping firms sign “historic declaration” to fight counterfeits; reaction suggests this is just the start (Blog)
Representatives from a number of global shipping companies, logistics firms, anti-counterfeiting organisations and multinational brand owners signed a declaration of intent last week aimed at preventing the maritime transportation of counterfeit goods. While described as “historic” by those involved, commentators say success will require a line-up of projects to curb the billions of dollars of counterfeit goods being shipped around the world.
EU customs seizures skyrocketed in 2015; concerns raised that counterfeit issue being ‘massively underestimated’ (Blog)
The European Commission’s latest annual report into EU customs enforcement has found that the level of suspected counterfeit articles detained by authorities rose by 15% year-on-year, with the number of applications for action up by a startling 59% across the same time period. While the estimated value of the detailed articles totals nearly 650 million, one expert claims the report could be massively underestimating the scope of the problem.
Dot Trademark Registry ups brand protection credentials; lines up discussions with Chinese online platforms (Blog)
A new generic top-level domain for the Chinese word for ‘trademark’, ‘.商标’, has attracted over 7,000 brand-related registrations since it launched last year. In a bid to bolster its primary selling point of being a trusted online space in China, the registry’s general manager has confirmed to World Trademark Review that it is lining up discussions with major online platforms to encourage brand promotion of the domain in a bid to help Chinese consumers find authentic goods and services.
An investigation by World Trademark Review has uncovered new tactics being implemented by counterfeit sellers in response to more stringent anti-counterfeiting policies on online marketplaces. It is another reminder of the daunting task faced by both brand owners and online marketplaces in the battle to stop fakes and the ever-evolving methods being used by those who sell counterfeit goods.
“Help us help you”: international trade groups lay out anti-counterfeiting demands to Alibaba (Blog)
A coalition of international brand and trade groups has sent a letter to senior figures at Alibaba Group highlighting continued concerns around the implementation of effective anti-counterfeiting measures on its platforms. While the letter includes scathing criticisms of some of the currently available tools decrying the processing of non-good faith notices as “woeful” it offers a number of practical recommendations on how the online giant could improve.
ECJ intermediary decision is a victory for brand owner collaboration; REACT reveals more to come (Blog)
Last week, the European Court of Justice confirmed that operators of physical marketplaces could be held liable for the sale of counterfeit and other illicit goods by market traders. While deemed a significant win for IP owners, the decision also demonstrates the effectiveness of joint-party legal actions with experts telling World Trademark Review that they strongly encourage more precedent-setting collaborations.
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Fetco warns of recession, urges action
Govt told to increase stimulus, debt limits
published : 23 Jul 2021 at 04:30
newspaper section: Business
writer: Nuntawun Polkuamdee
Paiboon Nalinthrangkurn, chairman of the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (Fetco), has urged the government to accelerate economic stimulus and temporarily raise the public debt ceiling to 70-75% of GDP, or borrow an additional 800 billion to 1 trillion baht to help the country weather the pandemic.
He said the Thai economy could slip back into recession because of the government's failure to achieve its vaccination target and herd immunity by this year as expected.
The economic risk of the pandemic will remain until the majority of the population has been vaccinated, Mr Paiboon said.
Without herd immunity, the coun- try's planned reopening in October may fail and the current lockdown may not be the last, he said.
"If the government fails to contain the outbreak within a month, the lockdown may be extended through August," said Mr Paiboon.
"The Thai economy has a high chance of falling back into a recession. Thailand will become one of a few countries whose economy will be in a slump while others recover. This would mark the first time since the Tom Yum Kung financial crisis in 1997 that the Thai economy is in a recession for two consecutive years."
He said the main factors delaying economic recovery were slow vaccine procurement, ineffective pandemic control measures, inadequate economic stimulus packages from the government, and emphasis on reactive rather than proactive measures.
"It's good the government is trying to maintain fiscal discipline by avoiding raising the public debt-to-GDP ratio beyond the recommended ceiling of 60%," said Mr Paiboon.
"However, in times of crisis when purchasing power is dwindling, people lack income and small and medium-sized enterprises are going bankrupt, fiscal discipline should be eased to help the economy recover as quickly as possible."
The measures to stimulate the economy must be effective and applicable. The budget must be adequate and distributed promptly, he said.
Countries that have succeeded in turning their economies around such as the US have used this approach to restore the economy.
Despite declines in other sectors, Thailand is fortunate to have a strong export segment to sustain the economy and prevent too deep a slump, said Mr Paiboon.
However, if infections among factory workers keep rising, exports may be at risk of a slowdown, depriving the Thai economy of a supporting pillar during a wobbly period, he said.
Mr Paiboon suggested for the rest of the year, the government should expedite spending of the remainder of the 1-trillion-baht loan from the Royal Decree, and inject 500 billion baht from the Loan Act into the economy through additional stimulus measures.
The new measures should focus on easing employers' burden in paying wages and increasing consumer purchasing power.
"Looking forward, additional government stimulus packages will remain a staple of recovery plans for some time," he said.
"Even after 70% of the population has been vaccinated, the tourism and service sectors, which are integral parts of the Thai economy, are likely to take at least two years to return to normal."
Mr Paiboon said the government needs to act by temporarily raising the public debt-to-GDP ceiling to 70%-75% to accommodate the rollout of a fiscal policy and borrowing an additional 800 billion baht to 1 trillion baht to help the economy survive the prolonged pandemic.
New stimulus measures may be necessary, he said.
"Accelerating the procurement of high-quality vaccines is certainly the most important supporting factor for the economic recovery," said Mr Paiboon.
"However, the use of fiscal policy is equally essential to help the Thai economy recover as soon as possible."


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By Chris King • 24 January 2021 • 5:16
Del Boy's Three Wheeler Car From Only Fools And Horses Up For Sale .
DEL BOY’S Three Wheeler Car From Only Fools And Horses Up For Sale, and you know it makes sense
One of the three-wheeler cars used by Del Boy Trotter in BBC TV’s ‘Only Fools And Horses’, a yellow 1972 Reliant Regal Supervan III, is up for sale, complete with ‘Paris, New York, Peckham’ and ‘Trotters Independent Traders’ written on the side of it.
The car even has the tiger-striped interior, and a blow-up doll – recalling the famous ‘Danger UXD’ episode – in the back for more authenticity, along with a ‘Tax in the Post’ paper in the windscreen, and a set of fluffy dice, and for no extra, a roof rack, holding a market traders’ suitcase.
There were six similar vehicles used throughout the run of the show, and previous ones have sold at auction for as much as £37,000, with a spokesman for Silverstone Auctions, Warks, saying that as it is an early version then it could fetch more than £40,000.
Sales manager at Silverstone Auctions, Gary Dunne, said, “This is one of half a dozen original Reliants that featured over the 22-year span of Only Fools and Horses, and the second in which we have had the honour of selling”.
He added, “Going under the hammer in our first sale of 2021, this will certainly be one of the star cars in the sale. It is a great opportunity to own a slice of British comedy history. To anyone considering buying this, our message would be, ‘Cushtie, you know it makes sense'”.
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IN A RATHER depressing market conditions, Ashok Leyland has gained a market share of 3 per cent even while its target segment, the medium and heavy commercial segment, suffered a sales drop by 25 per cent. “New products, brand establishment and better network coverage have helped us sustain growth,” pointed Vinod K Dasari, Managing Director. With a drop in the traditional MHV, newer products Dost and the ICV segments helped maintain market share. Since its launch, Dost has built a 19 per cent market share with sales of about 35,000 vehicles.
Though the market during the first half of the year is expected to be 10 per cent less than last year, it is expected to go on growth mode from the second half. ALL plans to tap the potential with new product launches and expanded network connections. “Our network grew by 26 per cent in two years and we have 450 full service centers pan India,” pointed Dasari. Apart from the Ashok Leyland brand, brand Dhoni has also added to the sales mileage. What was once a 60-65 per cent sale mainly from southern markets three years ago, it has shifted gear to better distributed sales across the country.
UII’s premium and profits increase
POSTING AN increase in premium income by 13 per cent and profit by 36 per cent, Chennai based United India Insurance Company Ltd had managed to improve the claims ratio to 84.61 per cent. Better underwriting practices and claims control measures deployed throughout the process have helped maintain the niche even during the current turbulent times. “Even after making a provision of Rs 431 crore for pension and gratuity liabilities, profits stood at Rs 527 crore and the premium income at Rs 9266 crore,” said Milind Kharat, Chairman cum Managing Director UIIC.
The company plans to continue its focus on the retail, MSME and rural sectors. With the recent budget focusing on increasing insurance penetration, UII plans to expand its footprints across tier 4 and tier 5 cities by opening 530 micro offices and employing 25,000 insurance agents. The Rs 600 crore premium Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme, rolled out last year covers 1.24 crore families across the state, has been valuable.
“UIICs net worth grew by 9 per cent and our investment income stood at Rs 1777.41 crore,” said S Surenther, Director and General Manager. The premium income was made up by: motor 36.58 per cent, health 28.52 per cent and fire 12.10 per cent.
Bosch sets up greenfield plant
SUBRAMANYA ULLAL, Managing Director, Bosch Electrical Drives India Private Ltd, said that the company expected the net sales to cross Rs 200 crore this year as against Rs 157 crore last year. The Chennai plant has moved from the rented facility at Guduvancherry to a greenfield site spread over 10 acres at Oragadam. Built at an investment of Rs 120 crore, the plant has capacity to manufacture 22 lakh windo
w-lift motors, 700,000 wiper systems and 500,000 thermal systems to leading automobile manufacturers that include Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Renault Nissan, Mahindra and Mahindra and Volkswagen.
India’s auto electrical market is estimated at Rs 800 crore and Bosch has a market share of 20 per cent. In the employee strength of 260, women’s share is 90 per cent.
Manfred Baden, Chairman, Bosch Electrical Drives India Private Ltd., was hopeful that the automobile market would revive in the coming year. With India as base, the company plans to foray into Russia and other emerging markets.
New India domestic premium crosses Rs 10,000 crore
NDIA ASSURANCE has crossed the Rs 10,000 crore premium mark: with domestic premium income of Rs 10,038 crore and overseas’ of Rs 2467 crore. Profits increased from Rs 179.31 crore in 2011-12 to Rs 843.66 in 2012-13. To sustain the momentum and fuel growth, the company plans to introduce more products and focus on overseas markets. “In the current fiscal we will be focusing on Qatar, which is a big market. Canada will be a re-entry and also Myanmar. With our Indian market focus on rural arena, we plan to open more micro-offices in tier III and IV cities and also launch an online platform for motor and health policies,” said Chairman cum Managing Director, G Srinivasan. The company has set up a target of Rs 15,000 crore premium income for the current year.


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Lenovo has expanded its Yoga series lineup with the launch of Yoga 6 convertible laptops in India.
The company says that the new lineup features a unique hybrid design of metal and soft-touch materials wrapped in Blue fabric.
It is powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 series mobile processors and comes with a 360-degree hinge.
Other features of the laptop include a privacy camera shutter, 18 hours battery life, AMD Radeon graphics and more.
Lenovo Yoga 6: Price and availability
Lenovo Yoga 6 is available for pre-orders on Lenovo.com at a starting price of Rs 86,990 and is set to go on sale starting March 10 onwards via Lenovo.com, Amazon and Flipkart.
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Destiny sales reach $325 million in five days
New shooter sales set record in worldwide sell-in
Activision has announced that Destiny sold-through more than $325 million worldwide in its first five days, according to Chart-Track, first parties, retail customer sell-through information and Activision Blizzard internal estimates.
According to Bungie, Destiny players logged more than 100 million hours of online play by the end of the first week and participated in 137 million activities.
The new sales come in addition to the more than $500 million that the publisher made as of day one, last week.
Destiny is in stores now for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, and PS4.


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Apple has hit 50 billion app downloads through its App Store, the firm confirmed.
The new milestone comes just months after Apple hit 40 billion downloads – in January of this year – having notched up nearly 20 billion downloads in 2012 alone.
Apple launched the App Store for iOS devices in 2008, following the release of the first generation of iPhone in 2007.
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Just because abortion might be legal in some states does not mean abortion pills can be on full display. Republican officials from 20 states sent the anti-abortion pill message to pharmacy giants recently, and on March 3 Walgreens told NPR it was going to comply. The drug will not even be distributed through the mail. Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia are the states where the practice will cease. Abortion is legal in Alaska, Iowa, Kansas and Montana, but Walgreens is not ready to distribute the drug in those states.
The group of Republican attorney generals, mostly operating in states where abortion is illegal, delivered a warning to several pharmaceutical retailers that selling abortion pills could lead to legal action.
“Abortion pills are far riskier than surgical abortions, according to established scientific consensus,” the letter stated, “mail-order abortion pills also invite the horror of an increase in coerced abortions. When abortion drugs are mailed or consumed outside a regulated medical facility, the risk of coercion is much higher — indeed guaranteed — because there is no oversight.”
Back in January, the Food and Drug Administration gave retail pharmacies the green light to get certified to distribute the drug. Walgreens is still working through the certification process and is taking steps to sell the drug where it is legal and operationally feasible. The pill of choice is mifepristone, which also is used to help with miscarriages and for a while was only dispensed via specialty offices and clinics. In December 2021 the FDA allowed doctors to prescribe the drug via telehealth appointments and deliver it through the mail.
Walgreens and CVS carried a much different tone about mifepristone distribution two months ago, when they announced they would begin offering the option to customers.
“We intend to become a certified pharmacy under the program,” Walgreens said in a statement. “We are working through the registration, necessary training of our pharmacists, as well as evaluating our pharmacy network in terms of where we normally dispense products that have extra FDA requirements and will dispense these consistent with federal and state laws.”
A few weeks later, Rite Aid announced it would carry mifepristone in a limited amount of stores via mail order.
“We continue to evaluate the requirements for pharmacy certification, pharmacist training, and product availability as we determine the timing for dispensing mifepristone,” Rite Aid said in a statement provided to Supermarket News. “We are committed to ensuring equitable access to customers prescribed this product.”


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Apple will begin accepting pre-orders for its fourth-generation Apple TV on October 26, 2015. Apple CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal that the new digital media player will begin shipping "by the end of next week".
The Apple TV 4 includes all new features not found on its predecessor, such as Apple's voice assistant Siri, its own App Store and universal search. The remote control has also been redesigned with a glass touch surface, dual microphones and the ability to use motion controls for playing video games.
You can a see a Apple TV 3 and 4 comparison here.
The Apple TV 4 is $149 for the 32GB model, and $199 for the 64GB model. Pre-orders will be available through apple.com on October 26. The Apple TV 4 will also be available at Apple’s retail stores and Apple authorized resellers after its official launch.
Cook talked about a variety of topics at the recent WSJDLive 2015 event. The Apple CEO revealed that approximately 6.5 million users decided to stay with Apple Music after their free trial period ended, and he hinted that more health-related functions are coming to the Apple Watch. Cook once again declined to reveal how many Apple Watch units the company has sold saying, "we don’t want to give information to competitors".


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It’s time for more news on that one game we’re happily complaining about right now, and that’s – obviously – surveillance 2.
After a rocky start that consisted of overloaded servers, a controversial SMS protection system, multiple DDoS attacks, and many other bugs, Blizzard is trying to make amends by offering players a digital goodybag.
Even then, this digital goodybag certainly hits the mark when it comes to making amends with gamers. In a recent tweet on the Overwatch account, Blizzard said, “When the launch of #Overwatch2 is bumpy, you make it up to the players. In addition to bug fixes and stabilization advances, we have goodies to share with all players.”
When #Overwatch2 The start is bumpy, you make it up to the players 😤
Besides bug fixes and stabilization advances, we have goodies to share with all players
🚑 Health pack weapon tag
🏴☠ Cursed Captain Reaper
🎉 2x Match XP weekends
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– Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) October 11, 2022
And what does this goody bag contain? A health pack weapon tag and the Cursed Captain Reaper skin. That’s it. Overwatch 2 players will also be inducted 2x Match XP weekendsbut is it really Blizzard’s idea to apologize to its players?
Overwatch 2 players had to deal with queues of up to 40,000 players and server disruptions at launch. Some players could not access the game due to using VOIP or prepaid phones and some of those who were able to get into games still found majority of their characters blocked.
The lucky few who managed to get into games without being overly affected by any of these issues would then have to deal with things like a broken Bastion Ultimate or a broken Tord kit; Both heroes have since been temporarily removed from the game.
I’m not saying Overwatch 2 players are more entitled to an apology from Blizzard than they are to a weapon charm and cosmetics for a hero (we could have at least gotten a Mercy skin, c’mon), but it’s probably the least Blizzard could do. Double XP weekends are going to be fun and all, but given the terrible progression in the game right now (you would currently have to play 260 weeks or spend £130 to have all of Kiriko’s cosmetics), I don’t see it all making that much of a difference .
https://www.vg247.com/blizzard-gives-away-overwatch-2-reaper-skin-and-double-xp-weekends-to-make-good-for-launch-issues Blizzard is giving away Overwatch 2 Reaper skin and double XP weekends to make up for launch issues


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Turkey's Central Bank launched a "Digital Turkish Lira Cooperation Platform" to help facilitate the establishment of a digital currency, the office announced on Sep. 15.
It said no final decision has been made about a digital Turkish Lira currency and that the results of the first phase of the pilot study will be announced in 2022.
The top financial authority wants to expand its current infrastructure for payment methods, the official statement said, adding that it has included digital partners in the work being done for the new practice.
The Central Bank inked deals with arms manufacturer ASELSAN, software company HAVELSAN and the Informatics and Information Security Research Center of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) which will carry out the research.
The first phase of the pilot study will asses the digital currency's sufficiency in economic, legal and financial requirements, the Central Bank added.


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Operating from thirteen locations across Europe, America and Asia, API’s packaging solutions enable companies across a wide-range of industry sectors including premium drinks, confectionery, tobacco, perfumery, personal-care, cosmetics and healthcare to empower their brands on the shelf and in the hand.
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The high-end hospitality group, founded in London in 2001, will cease its involvement in Stack at The Mirage, Fix, Yellowtail, Lily Lounge at Bellagio, Alibi Ultra Lounge and Herringbone at ARIA on 31 May 2019.
These will remain under the control of MGM Resorts International, which held management agreements with the company.
Hakkasan will continue to run its eponymous nightclub and restaurant, as well as five other nightclub and lounge sites in Las Vegas.
The company says this “strategic transition” will allow it to “develop further dining and lounge concepts for the future unrestricted by exclusivity within Las Vegas”.
"Hakkasan Group's continued focus is on strategic global expansion in key destinations around the world, and we look forward to bringing new hospitality concepts to market," says Michael Ryan-Southern, chief financial officer of Hakkasan.
Hakkasan was launched in London by Alan Yau, founder of the Wagamama chain. The group now operates c.50 sites worldwide, including its eponymous Cantonese restaurant brand and Yauatcha dim sum concept.
Hakkasan has five London restaurants, three of which hold a Michelin star.
The group posted a pre-tax loss of £33m for the year ending 30 June 2018, though this is down from a £112m loss reported the previous year.


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2022 Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza to feature new 9-inch infotainment screen
The model and feature information for the upcoming Maruti Suzuki Brezza has leaked ahead of its formal introduction on 30 June. On Thursday, Maruti Suzuki announced that the forthcoming 2022 Brezza sub-compact SUV would also receive an upgraded 9-inch SmartPlay Pro+ infotainment system. The company has continued to highlight the feature upgrades within the vehicle.
While it has already been confirmed that the 2022 Brezza will feature a pop-out Heads-Up Display (HUD), 360-degree camera, and will be the first-ever Maruti model with a sunroof, the main infotainment screen is still likely to receive the most attention. Maruti Suzuki has been clearly focused on updating its models with the latest technology on offer in the automotive space.
Along with a redesigned display screen, the new Brezza will also have quality audio tuned by Arkamys' "Surround Sense." Other features anticipated for the vehicle include ambient lighting, a chilled glove box, a multi-layered dashboard, and support for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
We already know that the 2022 Brezza will be available in four trim levels, LXI, VXI, ZXI and ZXI+. The top three variants, with the exception of the basic LXI, are likely to receive automatic transmission choices.
The Brezza will continue to be a petrol-only model and is expected to be driven by a 1.5-litre K12C petrol engine that develops 103PS and 138Nm of torque under the hood. Pre-bookings for the car are already underway.
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Ticketing app Dice launches in the US – in LA and New York
British ticketing app Dice has been expanding in Europe for some time, but now it’s targeting the biggest music market of all: the US. The app is now available in the US with a roster of concerts initially in Los Angeles...
March 5, 2019
London venue Troxy goes mobile-only with Dice partnership
Troxy is one of London’s independently-owned music venues, and has hosted the likes of Pixies, Black Coffee, Disclosure and The The in recent years, as well as a number of industry award ceremonies.
August 30, 2018
Dice rolls with Kanye West album-launch ticketing partnership
Kanye West’s listening events in Brooklyn, Miami and Chicago for his new album ‘Ye’ were understandably focused on the music. But there was a tech aspect too: West’s team and marketing agency 1AM worked with British...
June 11, 2018
No-booking-fees ticketing app Dice now adds booking fees
One of the key selling points for ticketing app Dice has always been its promise not to charge booking fees for its mobile tickets. Now the company has changed its policy, and has been explaining the decision to customers...
February 19, 2018
Mobile ticketing startup Dice expands to the US
British startup Dice launched its music-ticketing app in September 2014 focusing initially on London. Since then it’s expanded its net of concerts across the country. Now Dice is launching in the biggest (but also the...
September 29, 2017
Dice Girls Music Day returns as a two-day event
British ticketing startup Dice is planning another ‘Girls Music Day’ event for 16-24 year-old women with ambitions to work in the music industry. This time round, it will actually be ‘days’ – a two-day event...
March 23, 2017
Dice reveals its 2016 Live Award nominees
British ticketing startup Dice has announced the nominees for its third annual Live Award, which highlights emerging artists in the UK and Ireland. This year’s nominees are Bonzai, Pumarosa, Loyle Carner and Nadia Rose....
November 14, 2016
And the winners of the Music Ally Digital Music Awards 2016 are…
From The 1975 and Run the Jewels to Dot Blockchain and Dice, tonight’s Music Ally Digital Music Awards showcased some of the most inventive artists, startups and people in the digital world. Our second awards were held...
October 26, 2016
Analysis: what’s the real cost of secondary ticketing?
Chance The Rapper, Iron Maiden, Mumford & Sons, Pixies and more are getting louder and louder about what they see as the scourge of secondary ticketing. They feel fans are being fleeced and a stand has to be made. Beyond...
October 5, 2016
Dice adds personalised gig recommendations section
British live-music startup Dice is adding more recommendations to its app. The company has beta-launched a new section for the iOS and Android app called Discovery. “With so many quality events on Dice and so much insight...
September 27, 2016
Last-minute ticketing firm Gametime raises $20m
We’re in the middle of a flurry of funding rounds for ticketing businesses, with UK firms Dice and Songkick both having recently taken new investment. Now they’ve been joined by US firm Gametime, which has announced a...
September 26, 2016
Dice CEO talks ticketing, discovery and beating the touts
“I had no idea what Crowdmix was. We had people meet with them and they left saying they didn’t know what it was either.” Phil Hutcheon, CEO of ticketing startup Dice, has just seen his own company raise $6m of Series...
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Whether you’re taking on a dungeon or swapping adventure stories in a tavern, life in Tamriel is always more fun with friends. Watch our latest This is The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited video for a taste of what awaits when you explore Tamriel with allies.
In the second installment of our This is The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited video series, we explore the variety of activities you can enjoy with friends in ESOTU. From the Alliance War in Cyrodiil to Trials and dungeons to World Bosses and beyond, fun and adventure are always right around the corner when you team up with allies. Watch the video to learn more!
Arkham Insider Episode 2: In this episode, we bring you exclusive new gameplay of Dual Play Combat in Batman: Arkham Knight, as Batman and Nightwing team up to take on Penguin’s thugs. We also answer some questions from Arkham community super-fan CabooseXBL.
Arkham Insider is a new video series direct from Rocksteady Studios, bringing you exclusive new gameplay, developer insights and a look behind the scenes on the development of Batman: Arkham Knight.
Coming June 23, 2015, Batman: Arkham Knight is the epic conclusion to Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Trilogy.
The long awaited Final Fantasy 15 demo made its debut back when the release of Final Fantasy Type-0 came in March as bonus content. Square Enix has announced that a second version of Final Fantasy 15 will be coming out in June.
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There will be a large amount of improvements made to the game due to fan feedback. It will feature a new targeting system, better camera and dodging controls. New stable frame rate, along with other improvements to the game.
You can expect to see Final Fantasy 15: Episode Duscae 2.0 in the first week of June.
Hayakawa explained that Konami will be focusing on Mobile games in the future, which maybe a possible option, to bring current Triple A titles to the mobile platform.
“Following the pay-as-you-play model of games like Power Pro and Winning Eleven with additional content, our games must move from selling things like ‘items’ to selling things like ‘features,’” according to the translation. “We saw with these games that even people who buy physical games are motivated to buy extra content. The success of Power Pro especially has motivated us to actively push more of our popular series onto mobile than ever before.”
Konami hopes to bring Metal Gear Solid V and Winning Eleven to Mobile eventually:
“we are always thinking about how to push our franchises onto mobile there too. With multiplatform games, there’s really no point in dividing the market into categories anymore. Mobiles will take on the new role of linking the general public to the gaming world.”
We will have to see how this developing news will affect Konami in the future. Will this be the turn, to change the ideas from consumers. We will have to wait and see.


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Mumbai-based logistics services company Leap India has secured about $13 million in a Series B funding round led by new investors IndiaNivesh Growth Fund, Sixth Sense and TCI Ventures.
The investment is understood to include participation from existing backers Mayfield and Rishabh Mariwala, the manager of domestic family office Sharp Ventures. It comes as the approval of a reformed goods...
Morningside Venture Capital, a China-focused early-stage VC firm that used to manage only US dollar-denominated funds, has closed its first renminbi vehicle at RMB1 billion ($143 million).
TPG Capital has agreed to acquire a controlling position in Vietnam Australia International School (VAS), facilitating an exit for existing backers Mekong Capital and Denmark-based MAJ Invest.
Apax Partners has agreed to invest $388 million in Guotai Junan Securities as the largest cornerstone investor in the Chinese brokerage’s HK$16.5 billion ($2.1 billion) Hong Kong IPO.
Consumer-focused GP ClearVue Partners has led a RMB200 million ($30 million) Series B round of funding for I Believe, a Chinese convenience store operator.