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Louis Cruises Unveils New Destinations in Progressive 2013 Cruise — Featuring Travel to Greece and Turkey Which includes Off-the-Beaten-Path Greek Islands of Chios and Symi
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Titan Ltd strengthens its leadership team with two new key appointments
Tata Group-owned Titan Ltd has strengthened its leadership team with the two new key appointments in the finance and human resources teams.
The company has appointed Ashok Sonthalia as its new chief financial officer and Swadesh Behera as chief people officer, effective July 1, 2021. Sonthalia will replace S Subramaniam, who retired from Titan with effect from June 30.
Commenting on his appointment, Sonthalia in a statement said: “It’s an absolute honour and privilege to be a part of Titan, a company I have long admired for evoking trust and transforming consumer retail experience in India. I am looking forward to working with the team here on executing its strategic growth plans in India as well as in select international markets.”
On his appointment, Behera added: “Looking forward to working with the team whose continuous endeavour has been to build a strong leadership pipeline, future capabilities, an inclusive culture to propel the growth aspirations and making Titan as an employer of choice.”
Sonthalia is a seasoned chartered accountant with around 30 years of in diverse industry verticals, while Behera is an experienced HR leader with rich experience in HR strategies.
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Wednesday, April 28 to Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Amazon Q1 Earnings
- Amazon’s stock price increased by more than 3.5% on Thursday, April 29th after company earnings beat the estimates of analysts.
- Analysts estimated an earnings per share of $9.54 per share and revenue of $104.5B. Amazon reported an earnings per share of $15.79 per share and revenue of $108.5B.
- Amazon reported that Prime Day will take place in June this year, which will help compare second-quarter earnings.Their cloud-computing and Amazon Prime services have also been growing drastically.
Verizon Sells Yahoo & AOL to Apollo
- Apollo agreed to pay roughly $5 billion to acquire Yahoo and AOL from Verizon.
- Verizon, whose main operations are focused within the telecommunications space, had looked to venture into the media space with its acquisition of Yahoo and AOL.
- Verizon’s purchase of AOL and Yahoo in 2015 and 2017 turned out to be ill-fated for the company, who wrote down half of the value of the media brands it acquired in 2018.
- The transaction is expected to close in the second half of the year.
Being Fully Vaccinated Could Mean Traveling to Europe This Summer
Source: European Union
- Under a travel proposal the European Commission released, fully vaccinated travelers from countries with low infection rates and proof of vaccination would be allowed to visit 27 EU nations this summer if approved.
- Those eligible to travel must wait at least 14 days after their last dose of Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, or Moderna vaccines.
- To help governments more easily verify a completed vaccination, the EU is creating a Digital Green Certificate so travelers could prove their vaccination status.
- President Biden proposed the American Families Plan to raise $1.5 trillion by collecting more taxes from Americans who earn more than $400,000 a year. He hopes to expand education, paid leave, and child care services with the tax revenue. (Source: CNBC)
- The FDA decided to move forward with a ban on menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars. 85% of Black smokers use menthol cigarettes, but the FDA says the enforcement of the ban will only address manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and importers, and not individual consumers. (Source: NBC News)
- The US Economy grew at 6.4% annual rate. Federal stimulus money helped create a surge in consumer discretionary spending, and ultra-low interest rates have also spurred Americans to buy homes, revamping the housing market. (Source: WSJ)
- Warren Buffet said in his annual shareholder meeting last weekend that he would most likely choose Greg Abel, Berkshire Hathaway’s Vice Chairman of non-insurance businesses, to be his successor. Buffet is currently 90 years old, while Abel is 58. (Source: Bloomberg)
- Apple and Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, have started their trial on 5/3/21. Epic Games sued Apple after the company pulled its app from the App Store when Epic tried to bypass the 30% cut that Apple makes from app-generated revenue. (Source: WSJ)
- Krispy Kreme filed paperwork for an IPO on May 4th. They first went public in 2000, but filed for bankruptcy and went private after being acquired by JAB Holding Co in 2016. (Source: CNBC)
- Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, signed an executive order that suspends all COVID-19 restrictions, saying that “we are no longer in a state of emergency”. (Source: CNBC)
- Drug stores such as Walgreens, Rite Aid, and CVS are increasing the accessibility to COVID-19 vaccines by allowing same-day appointment scheduling and walk-ins. This is aimed to increase the vaccination momentum that has been experiencing a decline in the past two weeks. (Source: CNBC)
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On Friday, Greenbacks gained value against its counterparts after the positive sales data was released. Retail Sales data indicated the strength of United States economy and also restored the confidence of the investors in the United States economy.
Janet Yellen, Chair of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System said on Wednesday in front of congressional committee that they might consider going back from its plan to increase interest rates by a total one percent in 2016. Moreover, before the meeting started she said that the United States economy is doing well, and it will continue to stay on a path of moderate growth rate. This will further allow the FED to make gradual adjustments in the monetary policy. However, she also acknowledged the risks associated with tightening financial policy that could have a negative impact and result in stock sell off.
Furthermore, Greenbacks gained almost 0.63% against the Japanese Yen after going through a 15 month low to trade at 113.95. Japan’s economic data that was released earlier also showed that the economy had contracted by 0.4% in the last three months. Japanese shares also soared as yen weakened against dollar.
On the other hand, Euro lost 0.44% against the dollar last week to trade at 1.1205. The single currency gained value by almost 0.16% against the Japanese yen, with EUR/JYP at 1.1375. Dollar gained against the Swiss Franc last week, with USD/CHF to trade at 0.9769. US dollar edged almost 0.47% as compared to the Swiss Franc.
Sterling pound compared to the Greenbacks remained steady and the pair traded at 1.4473. As US economy is seen on path of recovery but, World Bank forecasted that the United States GDP growth rate will be at 2.8% in 2016 instead of 3% GDP growth rate, whereas leaving the GDP growth rate of United Kingdom and EU were intact.
Elsewhere, Australian and New Zealand dollar also lost its ground against the US dollar. The Australian Dollar lost almost 0.44% to trade at 0.7076, while NZD/USD pair traded at 0.6619. Chinese trade data that was released earlier also showed that the second largest economy in the world had gone through a rough start in 2016 and its imports and exports had fallen beyond expectations. China’s exports fell by 11.2% and imports fell by 18.8%. US dollar counterpart that is the Canadian dollar also lost value by 0.14%. USD/CAD traded at 1.395.
US dollar Index which measures the collective strength of the Greenbacks against six major currency pair was at 96.37 and it went up by 0.40%. Moreover, the demand for the dollar was underpinned after the retail sales data was released and FED is likely to stay on tightening the monetary policy.
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After 30 years of side-scrolling fun with our favorite blue cyborg, Capcom has announced that the story will continue in 2018 with Mega Man 11!
You know what I’m not getting at E3? A new Mega Man game. However, they are hooking us up with a new Legacy Collection.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is heading to retail shelves in NA in February and also coming with some extra punch on 3DS!
Capcom is giving Mega Man fans the chance to relive the franchise's 8-bit roots thanks to the revamped Mega Man Legacy Collection coming to the current generation consoles later this month. Come inside to find out exactly when you can download it.


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Wavemaker has appointed Gordon Domlija, previously its China CEO, as regional president. In addition, the company has promoted Allison Coley, previously MD of client solutions in Hong Kong, to North Asia CEO, and Rose Huskey, previously MD of client solutions in Singapore, to Southeast Asia CEO.
Domlija will also hold the title of chairman for Wavemaker China and will continue to directly support some key clients, the company said. He...
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Some online retailers can now get the phone number of people who visit their sites and call them while they're still browsing
- Wayfair has acknowledged it sometimes calls customers browsing its site
- StubHub and T-Mobile also appear to have similar programs
- Wayfair says its testing the program on less than one percent of its customers
This week the online furniture retailer Wayfair confirmed the company is testing a new program that allows them to identify the phone number of some of their customers and call them to ‘assist them in the shopping process.’
According to Wayfair, the program is currently being tested with fewer than one percent of their customers, and everyone who receives a call is first sent an email to explain the program.
The program is part of a growing trend of online retailers who’ve begun calling customers visiting their sites to try and encourage them to go through with a purchase.
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The only furniture retailer is testing a new program on less than one percent of its customers where it calls them while they're browsing the website to assist in shopping
StubHub appears to have a similar program to reach out to customers browsing their site, according to a report from CNBC.
Twitter user Adam Markon wrote a post describing his experience with StubHub’s program.
‘Hey. Uh. @StubHub. Did you just *call* me about the tickets I was looking at?‘ he posted today.
‘I don’t ever recall giving you permission to use my phone number this way, and that kind of tracking + immediate action is pretty invasive.’
Earlier this year, Dave Kerpen had a similar experience using StubHub to shop for tickets to a New York Mets game.
He decided all the available tickets were too expensive so he decided to skip the game, but StubHub called him almost as soon as he closed the app, offering him a five percent discount on the tickets.
Online ticket retailer StubHub has called some users after they've browsed for tickets and offered additional discounts
‘It was surprising because I didn’t even realize they had my phone number,’ Kerpen told CNBC.
‘If it startled me, it probably startled most people.’
According to Twitter user Josh G. Johnson, T-Mobile seems to have a similar program.
Ariel Dumas, a popular writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, posted on Twitter about her own shock at being contacted by Wayfair while she was using their site.
‘I’m looking at Wayfair and my phone just rang – an unknown number,’ she wrote.
‘Picked it up, and it was a Wayfair employee saying they noticed I was browsing their website so happy creepy Halloween I guess.’
In a statement to CNBC, a Wayfair spokesperson said they ‘do not make any outbound phone calls based on real-time site activity.’
The company did not elaborate on what kind of site activity or other sorts of customer activity did prompt the calls.
Ariel Dumas, a writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, got a call from Wayfair while she was browsing on their website
Dumas's posts on Twitter drew a number of replies from people who'd had similar experiences with Wayfair and other retailers
A number of people had thought the call from the Massachusetts area code might be a call from Elizabeth Warren so they answered it instead of sending it to voicemail
The office supply store Staples appears to operate a similar tracking program
One potential explanation for how the program works are tracking plugins built into the site, one of which is provided by Neustar.
These user tracking plugins are an inescapable part of browsing the internet today.
Websites have traditionally used these tracking tools to gather information about their audiences to build out their advertising sales.
The tracking tools can log a user’s telephone number if they enter it into a webform on a site where the trackers are active, after which it will be associated with their profile.
Some industry professionals say such programs risk alienating users as often as they encourage them to complete a transaction.
‘The last thing a brand wants to do is scare and turn someone off because they come across as creepy,’ Bryan Forbes of IN Connected Marketing told CNBC.
Security company reveals that trackers from Google are the most common on the internet's top 50 websites
Security company VPNpro has revealed that Google trackers are the most common on the internet's top 50 websites.
After counting up those found on popular websites including Amazon, Reddit and Wordpress they found that Google had five times more trackers on the sites than the runners up.
Its total of 97 third-party cookies was followed by Facebook and Yahoo, both with 18, and Adobe with 13.
Speaking about the results the researcher who compiled the data, Kevin Marlowe, said: 'We all know that the trade off for free content or services is the use of our personal data for advertising purposes.
'However, I think that many people will be staggered by the sheer scale of data collected by many popular websites.
'There really is no need to use so many trackers. Each time a third-party is involved the risk of your information being shared to even more companies increases. This markedly reduces people's privacy and security.'
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Exactech posts 6% revenue growth
Published: Monday, July 28, 2014 at 5:37 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 28, 2014 at 5:37 p.m.
Exactech reported second quarter revenue of $63.9 million, a 6 percent increase over the $60.6 million in revenue in the second quarter of 2013.
Net income for the quarter was $4.2 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, compared to $3.7 million and $0.27 a year prior.
The Gainesville company makes bone and joint restoration products for hip, knee, shoulder and spine surgeries. It trades on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbol EXAC.
Among Exactech’s major market segments, knee implant revenue was flat at $21 million as sales growth was offset by price reductions while extremity implant revenue increased 17 percent to $19 million as shoulder sales gained market share in a rapidly growing market, according to a news release.
U.S. sales were up 6 percent to $42.2 million and international sales increased 5 percent to $21.7 million.
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LONDON (TheDeal) -- European stocks were mixed on Wednesday ahead of the European Central Bank Governing Council weekly call to take stock of emergency funds for Greece, as markets in the Mediterranean country remained closed for a public holiday.
In London, the FTSE 100 inched up 0.08% to 7,025.00, while on the mainland the DAX was down 0.17% at 11,985.36 in Frankfurt. The CAC 40 erased 0.45% to 5,065.60.
Overall, investors appeared to pay little attention to a rise in the German business climate index from the Ifo Institute in Munich. In its fifth straight increase, the reading for Europe's largest economy rose to 107.9 in March -- its highest level since July 2014 -- from 106.8 in February. Manufacturing and wholesaling were both stronger, while the construction indicator continued to fall, albeit from a high level.
But there was plenty of corporate news moving stocks in both directions.
In London, TUI (TUIFY) climbed 3.64% after the tour operator said it remains confident of delivering full-year underlying profit growth of 10% to 15%.
The company, formed in December from the merger of London-listed TUI Travel and German majority owner TUI, said that the winter season will close out as expected, with higher average selling prices in most markets, and said that summer bookings and average selling prices are both up 1%.
TUI plans to give an update on its strategy and growth plans in May.
In Paris, French luxury good makers Hermès International was down 1.38% after posting an operating margin of 31.5% of sales, down from 32.4% a year earlier.
Hermès is also sticking to its 8% sales forecast for this year, as stated in February, when it lowered its annual target from the traditional 10% for the first time in years. All sectors experienced sales growth in 2014 except for watches, where sales dropped 11% amid a market decline, particularly in China.
Despite some disappointing figures on Wednesday, the company said it plans to propose an exceptional dividend of €5 a share, on top of a regular payment of €2.95 a share.
Also in Paris, Accor (ACRFF) , Europe's biggest hotel operator, was down 3.13% after shareholders Eurazeo (EUZOF) and Colony Capital announced plans to sell stakes amounting to 9.65% of the company's shares.
Asian markets were mainly higher, with the Nikkei 0.17% higher at 19,746.20 in Japan and the Hang Seng advancing 0.53% to 24,528.23 in Hong Kong.


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African Mobile Broadband Marketplace Reviewed and Forecast in New BuddeComm Report Now Available at MarketPublishers.com
16 Dec 2015 • by Natalie Aster
LONDON – Growth in mobile broadband use and data traffic remains strong in Africa. Mobile internet traffic in this region is expected to demonstrate a 20-fold increase by 2020, with increased international connectivity being a key factor supporting the growth.
International capacity to the region has grown at a swift pace over the recent years. For instance, it rose by approximately 39.5 percent Y-o-Y by June 2015.
Connectivity in countries located in the north of the region has led the growth, but Sub-Saharan regions have started to seize the share from these countries. Smartphones increasingly gain traction in Africa since network operators currently build out LTE network availability.
Around 50 percent of all smartphones shipped to the region in 2015 were priced at less than USD 100. In the meantime, units produced in Africa are likely to be sold for even less into 2016. 3G and LTE are set to dominate regional mobile connections by 2020, with their combined share being over 70 percent.
In 2014, mobile data revenue amounted to USD 11 billion in the region. The figure is set to grow by two times by 2019.
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Global developer and provider of cellular communications systems Siyata Mobile (TSX.V: SIM) (OTCQX: SYATF) today announced its completion of network approval of the company’s flagship Uniden(R) UV350 in-vehicle phablet with an additional Canadian Tier 1 cellular carrier. According to the update, Siyata anticipates commercial launch in Q3, adding to its growing list of nationwide cellular carrier partnerships in North America. “We are very excited to be working with another one of Canada’s largest cellular carriers to provide their enterprise customers access to the next generation in-vehicle LTE solution,” Siyata Mobile CEO Marc Seelenfreund commented in the news release. “As we continue to build on our carrier partnerships, we are positioning Siyata to be a leading global vendor for innovate enterprise Push-to-Talk Over Cellular devices, while leveraging the enterprise sales teams of the respective carriers to grow our customer base.”
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About Siyata Mobile Inc.
A TSX Venture Top 50 Company, Siyata Mobile Inc. is a leading global developer and provider of cellular communications systems for enterprise customers, specializing in connected vehicle products for professional fleets, marketed under the Uniden® Cellular brand. Since developing the world’s first 3G connected vehicle device, Siyata has been a pioneer in the industry, launching the world’s first 4G LTE all-in-one fleet communications device in 2017. Incorporating voice, push-to-talk over cellular, data, and fleet management solutions into a single device, the company aims to become the connected vehicle communications device of choice for commercial vehicles and fleets around the world. Siyata also offers rugged phones for industrial users and signal boosters for homes, buildings, and fleets with poor cell coverage. Siyata’s customers include cellular operators, commercial vehicle technology distributors, and fleets of all sizes in Canada, the U.S., Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. For more information, visit www.SiyataMobile.com and www.UnidenCellular.com.
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The new crypto coin will come in the form of $RBA RoboApe tokens. These will be unique meme tokens that are operated on a public blockchain within a DeFi exchange platform.
More details can be found at https://ape.roboape.io/register
The announcement of their presale comes as the slumps, sell-offs and even collapses of various cryptocurrencies and NFT systems have dominated news headlines. However, rather than seeing this bear market as a disadvantage, RoboApe believes that these shifts in the market make it the perfect time for them to launch their new Filecoin alternative and their new approach to crypto trading.
In particular, they advocate that for cryptocurrency beginners, the time is now to enter the crypto market for long-term potential profitability. Unlike in the previous bull market, where many small investors were locked out of the crypto market due to its profoundly high prices, new coins launching in the bear market, like RoboApe, offer entry-level opportunities.
Furthermore, unlike in a centralized exchange (CEX), with a decentralized platform like RoboApe, investors and users will retain control over their private keys when transacting on the platform. In simpler terms, RoboApe will use a peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace that connects cryptocurrency buyers and sellers within their actively built and facilitated closed community.
RoboApe’s $RBA will be a deflationary meme coin. As such, it is designed to offer investors and users the opportunity to interact, generate, and manage its financial terms in a decentralized manner. Only 270,000,000 $RBA will be made available during the pre-sale stage.
Interested investors who want to learn more about how the $RBA will work can consult https://roboape.io/en
The developers behind RoboApe have a comprehensive five-stage roadmap for the crypto coin beyond its August launch date. This covers everything from their initial DEX and CEX listing to the launch of their RoboAPE NFT Mint and NFT Marketplace, and ongoing community governance.
RoboApe is a new cryptocurrency opportunity for meme enthusiasts that uses a DeFi platform that is designed to empower the community of token holders and users.
A spokesperson for the developers behind the new crypto coin said, “The RoboApe Token is a futuristic meme token that addresses economic shackles, making growth possible via its sustainable community development and rewarding culture.”
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by Gulf Seafood News staff
Mississippi’s first seafood trail of restaurants has been established by the Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association. “Summer of Seafood 2014” was created to promote restaurants that proudly serve wild-caught, genuine Gulf seafood.
With more than 40 participating restaurants, the Mississippi Seafood Trail is aimed at making it easy for tourists and residents to eat authentic Gulf seafood from establishments along the 62 miles of Mississippi’s Gulf coastline.
Extending from Waveland to Pascagoula, over the summer the trail will offer daily menu specials that showcase fresh shrimp, crab, oysters and finfish caught off South Mississippi’s shoreline. The idea of the trail is to steer people to restaurants that exclusively use local seafood caught by local fishermen.
The restaurant association has also started an interactive website – http://mississippiseafoodtrail.com – encouraging trail diners to take “selfies” and post them on the site. In addition there are regular posts about give-aways at participating establishment.
“We’ll be out at McElroy’s Seafood in Ocean Springs soon to giveaway giftcards and tshirts! Be sure to take your #seafoodselfie to be see on billboards all across South Mississippi!,” said one post.
Mississippi Seafood has also announced a partnership with Extra Table to support an end to hunger on the Gulf Coast. Tickets are being given away to the Mississippi Seafood Cook-Off with a donation to Extra Table.


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Presidents of the United States and China, Donald Trump and Xi Jipping, they were optimistic after today after the truce they sealed in Buenos Aires on Saturday night, an agreement that already has its first concrete result: a major rise in Wall Street's major indices.
Although the tensions still persist, the new climate between the leaders of the two largest economic powers in the world had the first concrete result in Wall Street, it opened today with strong profits and Dow Jones from the industry, its main indicator, is one of the greatest increases of the last time and made little reassurance to international investors, who are still pushing for a definite deal, that we really rejected the specter of commercial warfare.
The New York stock market has made considerable progress last week, reacting with optimism about the progress of negotiations in the US-China negotiations and gaining a slight change in tone from the Federal Reserve authorities: Dow Jones (+5, 16%) has seen its highest weekly growth since 2016 year, and Nasdaq (+ 5.64%) and S & P 500 (+ 4.85%) from 2011.
My meeting in Argentina with President Xi from China was remarkable. Relations with China have taken a big leap forward! Many good things will happen. We are dealing with great power, but China also has a lot to get if and when the deal is completed. Field level!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
December 3, 2018
"Relations with China have made a big step forward, many good things will happen, we negotiate with great power, but China also has much to gain if and when the deal is completed, let's balance the playing field!" Trump promised on his Twitter account.
"President Xi and I have very strong and personal relations; he and we are only two people who can achieve a massive and very positive change in trade and much more, between our two great nations," he said. several days after a bilateral summit in which they signed an agreement to end the three-month escalation of Tarrap's tariffs that began in the middle of the year.
So optimistic was the US president after dinner in Buenos Aires, who already talks about a possible deal with China and Russia to prevent another escalation worrying the world, the military.
"I am sure that at some point in the future, President Xi Jinping and I, together with President Vladimir Putin, will begin to talk about a significant brake on what has become a huge and uncontrolled arms race," he said. on your Twitter.
From Panama, his last trip to Europe and Latin America, Xi again pledged to fight "protectionism" and "open" global economy, but he avoided mentioning the US or Trump.
At a joint press conference with Panama President Juan Carlos Varela, the Chinese president ratified his role as the new world free trade leader and committed itself "to jointly face the challenges of protectionism, promote the release of trade and investment, and promote building an open world economy ".
History of conflict
This war began in July last year, when the United States introduced tariffs for Chinese goods worth $ 250,000 million.
Later, Trump threatened to apply similar measures for another 267,000m euros, which would exceed the value of purchases in China, which in 2017 reached the amount of 506,000m dollars.
In retaliation, China applied tariffs for US products for more than $ 60 billion, nearly half the $ 130 billion, which cost their purchases in the United States last year.
An agreement closed last Saturday suspended for 90 days the US decision to increase from 10% to 25% import tariffs to hundreds of Chinese products.
Despite this progress, fundamental tensions still exist.
Trump has accused China of stealing US technology and demanding that it open up its market for American products and end the requirement for foreign companies to cooperate with Chinese companies for work.
The Republican president has condemned his country's huge trade deficit with China, which last year reached $ 336,000 million and wants Beijing to allow its currency to float in order to provide the expected yuan's appreciation.
China refuses, because the artificially devalued yuan receives great competitive advantages over the United States.


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NEW YORK STATE (WSYR-TV) — On Tuesday, New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced her office was suing Hillandale Farms for price gouging on more than four million cartons of eggs.
Hillandale Farms is one of the largest producers of eggs in the country, and the lawsuit alleges that the company raised its prices up to four times the pre-pandemic amount. Hillandale Farms sells its eggs to major grocery store chains, U.S. military facilities, and wholesale food distributors.
The lawsuit seeks restitution from Hillandale Farms for consumers who bought the eggs at the marked up price.
“As this pandemic ravaged our country, Hillandale exploited hardworking New Yorkers to line its own pockets,” said Attorney General James. “In less than two months, Hillandale made millions by cheating our most vulnerable communities and our servicemembers, actions that are both unlawful and truly rotten. I will always stand up for working people, especially when they are taken advantage of by corporate greed.”
The lawsuit alleges that Hillandale charged the commissary store at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point $3.15 for a carton of eggs in April 2020. In January, it was $0.84. That is just one example of the gouging the AG’s office used.


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Smartphone cameras are getting better every year, but compact sensors still have a lot of limitations, especially when it comes to taking pictures in the dark and zooming. Samsung was one of the first to add a periscope lens to its smartphones for better zoom. With this lens, users can even take pictures of the moon with their phone. But this has become a controversy as some users have questioned whether these photos are indeed real. And I say it is.
Modern smartphone cameras and AI
It is now impossible to talk about smartphone cameras without mentioning improvements made by artificial intelligence. Almost every phone maker from Apple to Google to Samsung uses artificial intelligence to improve the photos users take. Such technology can mitigate the lack of a large camera sensor in many cases.
For example, Apple introduced Deep Fusion and Night Mode with the iPhone 11. Both technologies combine the best parts of multiple images with artificial intelligence to result in a better photo when there is little or no light. The iPhone and other smartphones also use artificial intelligence to make the sky bluer, the grass greener, and the food more appealing.
Some phones do it more aggressively, some less so. But the fact is, almost all of your smartphone photos in recent years have had some sort of AI modification. You’re not actually capturing what you see with your eyes, but what your smartphone thinks will look best in a digital photo.
Photos of the moon taken with the Galaxy S23 Ultra
Taking photos of the moon is quite difficult as it is an extremely distant bright subject. Focusing on it is not easy and you need to set the right exposure to get all the details. It’s even more difficult for a smartphone camera.
You can take photos of the moon with your iPhone if you use a camera app with manual controls, but they still won’t look good due to the distance and lack of wider optical zoom.
One of the key features of the Samsung Galaxy S Ultra phones is the periscope camera, which allows up to 10x optical zoom. Combined with software tricks, users can take photos with up to 100x zoom using these phones. The iPhone is rumored to get a periscope lens in the next generation, but for now, it only offers a telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom (if you have a Pro model).
With such powerful zoom, Samsung is promoting the camera of the Galaxy S23 Ultra, its latest flagship device, as capable of taking photos of the moon. And indeed it is.
Last week, a user on Reddit conducted an experiment to see if the photos of the moon taken with the S23 Ultra are real or not. The user basically downloaded an image of the moon from the Internet, reduced its resolution to remove detail, and pointed the phone at the screen showing the blurry image of the moon. Surprisingly, the phone took a high-quality image of the moon.
The internet was immediately flooded with people and news sites claiming that Samsung phones were taking fake photos of the moon. Has Samsung been lying all this time? Not really.
See how Samsung phones take pictures of the moon
Contrary to popular belief, Samsung is not replacing user-taken photos with random, high-quality moon shots. Huawei phones, for example, actually do this. Instead of using AI, the system uses pre-existing images of the moon to make the final photo. Samsung, on the other hand, uses a lot of artificial intelligence to deliver good moon shots.
Samsung has an article on its Korean website detailing how the camera algorithms on its smartphones work. According to the company, all phones since the Galaxy S10 use AI to improve photos.
For phones with a periscope lens, Samsung uses a “Super Resolution” feature that composites details not captured by the sensor. In this case, when Samsung phones detect the moon, they immediately use AI to increase the contrast and sharpness of the photo, as well as artificially increase the resolution of details in it.
This feature works in much the same way as Pixelmator’s ML Super Resolution and Halide’s Neural Telephoto. You don’t exactly replace your photo with another one, but use a bunch of algorithms to reconstruct it in better quality.
I did the test myself with a Galaxy S22 Ultra, which also has a periscope lens. I used a third-party camera app to take a RAW photo of the moon at 10x zoom. I then took a photo in the same position, but using Samsung’s camera app. If I overlay both images, I can clearly see that they are the same. But the edited version has much more details added by AI to make the photo more beautiful.
What is real and fake photo?
I wrote this article after watching MKBHD’s latest video in which he asks “what is a photo?” As mentioned earlier, all smartphones today – even the iPhone – use algorithms to enhance images. Sometimes this works very well, sometimes not.
I recently wrote about how Smart HDR makes my photos look too sharp and over-colored, which I don’t like. Since the iPhone XS, many users have also complained about how Apple softens skins in photos. Are the photos taken with my iPhone fake? I do not think. But they certainly don’t look 100% natural either.
Samsung has done something really impressive by combining its software with the periscope lens. And if the company doesn’t replace user images with alternatives, I can’t see why that’s a bad thing. Most users just want to take good photos, no matter what.
I’m sure if Apple eventually comes out with a feature that uses artificial intelligence to take better shots of the moon, a lot of people will love it no doubt. And as MKBHD said, if we start questioning the artificial intelligence used to enhance a photo of the moon, then we should question any photo enhancement done by AI.
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New calculations from the company DNV GL show that electric cars have become cheaper worldwide due to sales in Norway. This has contributed to major emission cuts.
In Norway, 10 per cent of cars are electric , while the share in Denmark and Sweden is 0.6 per cent, writes Aftenposten.
Without the Norwegian electric car policy, with zero tax and VAT on purchases and other benefits such as free parking, toll reduction and cheaper ferry tickets, the proportion would have been 1 percent, DNV GL estimates.
The Norwegian electric car boom has pushed down the prices of batteries and electric cars worldwide, and thus increased sales in other countries, says research leader Sverre Alvik in DNV GL.
– New technology, such as batteries, becomes cheaper the more you produce. Then more people in other countries will choose to buy electric cars. We have made calculations that show that the total global CO2 emissions in the period 2010-2050 would have been almost 400 million tonnes higher without the Norwegian electric car policy, he tells the newspaper.
The calculations show that, when global effects are taken into account, the electric car policy is one with the lowest cost measures in Climate Change 2030. The price per reduced ton of CO2 is thus reduced from NOK 1,500 to NOK 250, according to DNV GL.
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GINKAN Inc., the managing company of the token economy based social restaurant review service SynchroLife announced the 2021 SynchroLife Award, revealing the top 100 restaurants in Japan loved by foodies in 2021 along with the top 50 best eaters of SynchroLife in 2021.
Starting December 7th, 2021, GINKAN Inc., the managing company of SynchroLife, and J1 League Soccer Team Kawasaki Frontale launched a victory sale that gives back to local Kawasaki restaurants to celebrate Kawasaki Frontale’s J1 Victory as part of “Meshiagale Kawasaki Project”.
Login to SynchroLife and post your favorite meat dishes using the Japanese hashtag #肉感謝祭 between November 1st, 2021 and November 30th, 2021 to join the “Meat Festival” campaign!
Users also get a chance at winning at 50,000 yen dining gift ticket that can be used at Japanese BBQ yakiniku restaurants throughout Japan every time they spend over 5,000 yen at a SynchroLife partner restaurant.
Check out the details on our campaign website (Japanese language only) to learn more:
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OCTOBER 18, 2021 — Tokyo, Japan
GINKAN Inc., the managing company of the token economy based social restaurant review service SynchroLife will be launching the “Meshiagale Kawasaki Project” with J1 League Soccer Team Kawasaki Frontale starting Sunday, October 24th at the Kawasaki Frontale vs Shimizu S-Pulse soccer game.
Rice lovers unite! Login to SynchroLife and post your favorite foods that go perfect with rice using the Japanese hashtag #米に合う美味いメシ between October 1st, 2021 and October 31st, 2021 to join the “Perfect with Rice” campaign!
Rice can be part of the main dish or just a side, anything with…
Have you treated yourself lately? Post your favorite extravagant solo dining adventures and recommended restaurants with the hashtag #贅沢ひとりご飯 to join the extravagant solo eats campaign!
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, sweet or savory, light or filling! Anything goes if it’s dining you love! Share all your favorite treats for yourself and at the end of the campaign, five lucky reviewers in Japan will be selected to win some luxurious foodie prizes that can be enjoyed at home.
And be sure to check out the special limited time campaign timeline in the SynchroLife app to discover everyone’s recommended solo eats!
GINKAN Inc., the managing company of SynchroLife, the social restaurant review service with a token economy, has announced funding from KDDI Open Innovation Fund (operated by Global Brain Corporation) in the form of a third-party allocation of shares. …


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Microsoft has developed a native version of Teams for M1 and M2 Macs, which the company said would significantly boost performance.
The app currently runs using Apple’s Rosetta 2 emulation, and Mac users will be automatically upgraded with their most recent update to Teams.
“We are rolling out a production grade universal binary version of Teams, which means it will run natively on the entire Mac lineup, including those with Apple silicon,” Microsoft said in a blog post.
“For Mac users, this means a significant boost in performance, ensuring efficient use of device resources and an optimised Teams experience even when using multiple high-resolution monitors during calls or meetings.”
The dedicated Apple silicon version of the app will roll out to users in increments over the coming months.
Earlier this year, Microsoft was working on adding games and virtual spaces to the video conferencing platform.
The addition — which Microsoft was testing in June — could see games like Solitaire, Connect 4, and Wordament added to Teams.
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Tech companies are making inroads by recognizing the benefits of having a diverse workforce.
Technology is changing the world we live in. It’s changing the way we communicate, the way we shop, the way we find love and it’s changing the way we work.
Prices for the Inside Social Apps conference and expo increase at midnight tonight. The event is the largest conference dedicated exclusively to the emerging social apps industry. Meet us in San Francisco on June 6-7.
“The workforce of today is trained for the jobs of yesterday, not the jobs of tomorrow,” said LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner. In a fireside chat at Business Insider’s Ignition 2012 conference in New York City, Weiner explained how recent changes to LinkedIn’s service will impact the long-term growth of the company.
The VidCon three-day conference kicks off tomorrow in LA, celebrating the best in online video, so we thought we’d share with you a little bit about what you can expect, from the inspiration behind the conference to who is going to be there. Organized by the younger Vlogbrothers brother, Hank Green, VidCon is the first conference of its kind, bringing together the most influential people in the online video industry to bask in the glory of the online video world.
Google’s 2007 acquisition of GrandCentral guarantees that the free phone space will continue to grow, adding features that were once impossible for frugal individuals to enjoy.


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'An Insider’s View on How the Pandemic Maximized eSignature Growth' esignature electronicsignatures
From 2021 to 2030, the eSignature market is expected to grow at a nearly 26.6 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) due to the pandemic.
WeSignature Offers eSignature Solutions to Individuals and Business to Sign and Receive Electronically Signed Document.The challenges introduced by the pandemic created a high surge in the use of online signatures as companies found a way to maintain this important function.
Rapid Adoption of Electronic Signature After COVID-19:, the world started working from home. The process of printing, signing, scanning, and emailing a document was not possible anymore. The task that was earlier considered so simple suddenly became difficult.Read more: HackerNoon »
Turkey's talks with Sweden, Finland made little progress on NATO concerns, sources close to talks say
Talks between Turkish officials and delegations from Sweden and Finland this week in Turkey made little headway overcoming Ankara's objections to the Nordic countries joining NATO, and it is not yet clear when further discussions will take place, according to two sources. Read more >>
3 Main Pillars to Achieve Product-Led Growth Through Design | HackerNoon'3 Main Pillars to Achieve Product-Led Growth Through Design' by sametozkale productmanagement productledgrowth
#Decentralized-Intenet Writing Contest: December Results Announced | HackerNoonWith the December announcement, HackerNoon & Everscale bring you a surprise gift. We are extending the decentralized internet writing contest for 3 months.
Billionaires added $5 trillion to their fortunes during the pandemicBillionaires added $5 trillion to their fortunes during the pandemic, according to Oxfam, exacerbating economic inequality as the pandemic pushed millions of people around the world into poverty. That’s what liberal progressive democratic economic policies do. They rob the poor and feed the rich. . 2 years since the start of global biological warfare ❗ I invite to my blog! Covid_19 COVID19 Beijing Chiny BoycottBeijingOlympics
Liz Wheeler is Meghan McCain’s top pick to replace her at ‘The View’“The View” has been in talks for months with a fire-and-fury conservative podcast host who isn’t shy about calling out the radical left, insiders said. Last time I checked she wasn’t a producer on the show so who cares what she thinks… WOWWW!! TheView seriously!!! Candace Owens. That show needs a strong conservative woman if it ever has a chance of picking up viewership from the other half of the country. Just bringing in a woman who is conservative is not enough. Let’s see if they can handle a strong conservative woman for once.
Utah leaders have surrendered to COVID pandemic, the Editorial Board writesEditorial: 'For more than two years now, officials at all levels and in all branches of our government have missed chance after chance to get a handle on this rapidly spreading and evolving virus.' SCOTUS decision about individual rights not workplace safety. FreeDumb extraordinaire Patbagley That’s what happens when you follow an authoritarian madman for your public health advice.
Tips to fight COVID pandemic burnoutPandemic burnout got you exhausted? Consumer Investigator Jason Knowles has this quick tip on how to fight it. Yes yes and yes. Just live your life?
January 7th 2022 The global electronic signature market will grow from USD 4.0 billion in 2021 to USD 16.8 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate of 33.1% during this forecast period. E-Signature is a technology that makes it easy to sign documents digitally or collect signatures from anyone and at any time. The business world, in particular, is turning increasingly paperless by offering a quick way of executing documents. The use of electronic signatures has enabled the sales team to be focused on following up with leads while not worrying about documentation. @ WeSignature WeSignature Offers eSignature Solutions to Individuals and Business to Sign and Receive Electronically Signed Document. The COVID-19 pandemic posed a prominent challenge of being unable to conduct business and carry on interactions in person. With so many countries going into lock-down every now and then since 2020, the endeavor of getting physical signatures has turned entirely impossible. However, this has also opened a new way of closing deals for many businesses by using electronic signature services. The challenges introduced by the pandemic created a high surge in the use of online signatures as companies found a way to maintain this important function. As a result, many companies have digitalised their businesses to ensure that they face no problems in completing important projects. They send online documents and get them signed within a matter of a few minutes. Although electronic signing has been around for many years now, COVID-19 played a role in expediting the adoption rate of this technology. The business world, in particular, is turning increasingly paperless by offering a quick way of executing documents. Online document signing offers a secure and efficient way of approving contracts and other documentation. Rapid Adoption of Electronic Signature After COVID-19: Earlier, the world was used to getting important documents signed by either meeting the other party in person or sending the documents through fax or post. With the emergence and rise of COVID , the world started working from home. The process of printing, signing, scanning, and emailing a document was not possible anymore. The task that was earlier considered so simple suddenly became difficult. It can be easily said that the pandemic introduced a sort of unprecedented forcing function when it came to electronic signatures. Since the acceleration of digital transformation was evident in many previous processes, the adoption of electronic signatures soared. It is now being expected that the global electronic signature market will grow from at a compound annual growth rate of 33.1% during this forecast period. How Does E-Signature Solve the Problem? Electronic signatures serve as a perfect alternative to the physical method of signing documents. This is a technology that makes it easy to sign documents digitally or collect signatures from anyone and at any time. Individuals and businesses can close deals, initiate agreements, and play an important role in all businesses. The seamlessness that electronic signatures bring to the table results in quick turnaround time and streamlined costs related to printing, scanning, and mailing. Different Ways in Which Electronic Signatures Make Business Dealings Easier Are: 1. Sales Cycle The sales cycle is a strategic and important one. It has the ability to determine the profit and loss that a business is making. Sales representatives work hard to convert a lead into a customer. This is a process that requires invoices, proposals, quotes, and other agreements as well. The use of electronic signatures has enabled the sales team to be focused on following up with leads while not worrying about documentation. Everything is done online, and the deal is closed within minutes. 2. Vendor Deals Businesses constantly need to hire professionals for different services. Sometimes it is the completion of a project, and at other times it is the delivery of goods. All these agreements need proper documentation that clarifies the role of all the parties involved, including the time of payments. The use of electronic signatures has enabled business owners to complete all of this important work on the internet. 3. Sales and Purchase Agreement Some purchases require legal documentation involving all parties. The pandemic made it difficult to keep the agreement process going on, as sales and purchase agreements involve excess paperwork. However, the introduction of electronic signatures has made it easy to or anywhere. 4. Human Resource Management Process The human resource management process is yet another thing that takes a lot of time and comes with the signing of multiple documents. These documents can be called letters, social media policies, offer letters, etc. The pandemic made it difficult for human resource managers to hire professionals to fill vacancies. In addition, the on-boarding process was even more difficult as it required sending offer letters, agreements, and policy documents, etc. Ever since businesses opted for e-signatures, streamlining operational processes has been rather easy. In the past two years, it has been seen that the adoption of e-signatures by small businesses has increased all across the world. There is absolutely no doubt that electronic signatures have become the new normal for many businesses and will be the norm in the future. It is estimated that moving forward, there will be a high acceptance of electronic signatures in internal processes and communication in enterprises. The enhanced operational efficiency is likely to reduce costs while positively impacting the growth of the market. Moreover, the ever-growing need for security and authentication because of cyberattacks also contributes to boosting the growth of the market. Important Things to Remember While Adopting E-Signatures: Companies that are looking to adopt electronic signatures must focus on working with reliable and recognized electronic signature platforms. This will guarantee a more reliable and efficient service. Other than this, companies are also encouraged to make sure that their customers understand the legality and validity of the electronic signature process. The automation permission flow helps when you want to collect many signatures dependent on the authority chain. Best security practices and ease of inclusion are highly recommended. It is critical to understand that, even before COVID-19, e-signatures represented an opportunity to improve customer experience and efficiency. However, with the pandemic here and the nature of business being uncertain, organisations must find ways to secure themselves. Customer expectations have increased when it comes to living digitally. Here, you can learn about the 5 major business developments that drive the deployment and adoption of electronic signature technology. Customer expectations for digital interactions and legal acceptance of e-signatures are two examples. There's also a desire to stay competitive, pay more attention to compliance and security, and adapt to the growing use of mobile devices. In times like these, it is entirely on organisations to take a step ahead and give customers a digitally empowered experience with e-signatures. Conclusion We can vouch that electronic signatures are here to stay. The people and businesses that understood the importance of this technology have survived the social and economic challenges that were brought by COVID. At this time, when the world is hit by yet another new COVID variant called Omicron, we don’t know how uncertain the times are ahead. And even when COVID goes away completely one fine day, the world by then will be completely used to operating digitally. Hence, businesses that have not adopted e-signature technology must begin looking for a suitable electronic signature solution as soon as possible. Other than the many benefits that e-signature software can bring, productivity and cost-cutting can change the business dynamics completely. These are the very benefits that can enable businesses to stand out in the future. by


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The ledgers are safeguarding the tracking of veggies, drivers, home keys
TOKYO — The blockchain is said to be bitcoin’s big technological innovation. Think of it as a public, digital, ever-growing ledger that tracks all transactions made with the cryptocurrency and, essentially, vouches for the currency. Now the innovation is being adopted by Japanese agriculture and other sectors.
Osaka-based venture Sivira has established a system in which multiple computers can share and record information regarding vegetables produced in Aya, in the southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki. The records are blockchained together against modification, thereby ensuring that consumers get accurate data on the produce they buy.
For instance, when a shopper buys a package of eggplant, often used in Asian curries, he or she would be able to look at a long set of data, including the farmer’s name, kinds of fertilizers used, planting time as well as the date and time of day the vegetables were delivered to a neighborhood store.
Consumers can access these chronological ledgers by using their smartphones to scan QR codes on packaging.


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The price of bitcoin (BTC) is undoubtedly the most discussed topic within the crypto community. Every day several traders and industry experts analyse the market trying to predict the trend of bitcoin (BTC) and the price it could reach, along with other cryptocurrencies.
In recent months, several pieces of news have invaded the crypto market and the most important is undoubtedly the launch of Bakkt, which will take place on September 23rd, 2019. After having “survived” several statements that declared it “dead“, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation continues to grow day by day, in terms of adoption.
Here are some of the possible reasons why 2020 could be a perfect year for bitcoin (BTC).
1 – Bitcoin (BTC) halving
Bitcoin (BTC) halving is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated events which will take place on May 17th, 2020. As a result, the mining reward will be halved, affecting the overall supply of bitcoin (BTC). This is the third event of its kind.
Litecoin (LTC) has recently also been a protagonist of a halving and has responded positively to this event, increasing its value.
The first time, the mining reward went up from 50 to 25 BTC in 2012. Subsequently, in 2016, it was again reduced to 12.5 and on May 17th, 2020 it will be reduced to 6.25 BTC for each confirmed block. Statistically, and historically, the price of bitcoin (BTC) has always increased when approaching a halving.
2 – Bitcoin and the comparison with gold
Gold has increased significantly in recent years and BTC is not far from replicating the same trend. BTC is referred to as “digital gold” for this very reason and many treat it as a safe haven from traditional markets that are in sharp decline.
3 – Facebook and its cryptocurrency: Libra
Facebook’s cryptocurrency, Libra, which is expected to be launched in 2020, has been instrumental in helping many people learn more about cryptocurrencies. It has certainly drawn a lot of attention to Bitcoin and altcoins, although it differs considerably from BTC in terms of technology and use cases.
But most importantly, there is a regulatory issue. After Facebook’s move, many governments are now thinking about how to tackle crypto and related legislation.
4 – Rising inflation
If we consider Venezuela or Iran, inflation has been a serious threat to several countries in recent years. Bitcoin is far from mass adoption but remains a viable alternative for governments seeking a solution to economic crises.
The inflation rate of Bitcoin is programmed. It is 3.74% per year and cannot change.
5 – Mass adoption
As already mentioned, BTC has a long way to go before it can reach mass adoption. New Zealand, the United States and the European Union seem to be increasingly interested in cryptocurrencies every day. The fact that a country allows salaries to be paid in bitcoin and that they are taxed says a lot.
In addition, there are several companies that are now adopting BTC, from telecommunication and technology to food, tourism and much more.
6 – Bitcoin (BTC): a limited supply
Thanks to the technology underlying the development of Bitcoin Core, the amount of bitcoin is fixed at 21 million. Since it is not unlimited, it has a great resemblance to gold and silver which also have limited quantities (although the quantity is obviously unknown).
Bitcoin can be transferred digitally and very easily. In the digital age we’re living in today, it’s an added value that has the potential to take over with the passing of time.


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Manhattan Beachwear: Building a 21st-Century Swim Business
Kevin Mahoney’s spacious corner office at the Manhattan Beachwear headquarters is still sparsely decorated since his arrival in August. But in one corner stands an artistic homage to his 18 years as the youngest president of The Arrow Shirt Co.
Under a Plexiglas case are suspended three white collars, ranging in size from small to medium to large—a piece created for the shirt company’s 150th anniversary.
Mahoney is a long way from men’s shirts and the East Coast, where he spent the bulk of his career. But five years ago, he moved to Los Angeles to become president of NYDJ (Not Your Daughter’s Jeans) and later the chief executive of the juniorswear and misses clothing company Big Strike until his recent appointment as the new chief executive of Manhattan Beachwear.
Although most of his experience is with men’s and womenswear, his more than three decades in the apparel industry also included a two-year stint at the Amerex Group—the decades-old New York apparel company that not only does outerwear and sportswear but swimwear labels that include Bleu by Rod Beattie, Jones New York and Red Carter.
“I have been in this business 30-plus years, and the last 15 years I have been running a company,” said Mahoney, who took over from Allan Colvin, who founded the company 28 years ago when he licensed the Hobie name for a juniors surf-inspired swimwear line. Colvin went on to create one of the largest fashion swimwear companies in the United States, based in Cypress, Calif.
Nearly seven years after selling the majority of his company to the Cleveland-based private-equity firm Linsalata Capital Partners, Colvin retired.
With seven of its own branded labels, 12 licensed labels and contracts to produce scores of private-label swimwear, life at Manhattan Beachwear is busy for Mahoney, who is embracing everything from sourcing and production to e-commerce and social media in a company that employs about 300 people.
There are many things on his to-do list, but most recently he has been putting the finishing touches on modernizing the company’s 220,000-square-foot warehouse a few miles away in Buena Park.
“It will be finalized in early January and will be a state-of-the-art facility that is highly automated,” he said. “The entire distribution center will be converted to garments on hangers. That is 1.8 million units on hangers. That will be a huge plus for us.”
Every year, Manhattan Beachwear manufactures millions of swimsuits and garments that are sourced around the world. The company owns two factories in Mexico, which account for about 25 percent of production, and does the rest of production in China and Vietnam.
Marna Hann, the longtime owner of Jerrie Shop, with two swimwear stores on Long Island, N.Y., said she carries about 90 percent of the labels made by Manhattan Beachwear. “Their fit is on the money and consistent. They have maintained it for many years,” Hann said, noting she hopes that Manhattan Beachwear’s stellar swimsuit fit continues under Mahoney’s leadership.
Manhattan Beachwear’s best-selling label is La Blanca, which at one time was owned by Apparel Ventures in Los Angeles until Colvin acquired Apparel Ventures in late 2010. The label sells at major department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdale’s and in more than 7,000 doors in the United States, plus it is distributed in more than 24 countries. “La Blanca has been around for 37 years and is constantly evolving,” Mahoney said. A plus-size version was added a few years ago.
Sylvia Bailey, the chief executive and co-owner of Sylvia’s Swimwear in Bellevue, Wash., said she has carried the La Blanca label as long as she can remember. “This year, they brought back the two-button suit, called the ‘Anniversary’ suit, and I think we are going to sell a lot of those,” said Bailey, who carries more than 50 brands at the company’s two stores.
The La Blanca label soon will expand into a lifestyle brand that encompasses innerwear and loungewear. “It will probably launch in 2018,” the new chief executive said.
Covering all demographics
Managing a stable of 19 brands is a challenge, but Mahoney oversaw a host of different juniors and misses labels at Big Strike. Manhattan Beachwear’s own brands, besides La Blanca, are The Bikini Lab for juniors; Green Dragon, a boho resortwear line; Pink Lotus, an activewear line; 24th & Ocean, a misses bathing suit line; and Maxine of Hollywood, a swimwear label for a more mature customer.
Its licensed brands include Trina Turk, Trina Turk Recreation, Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, Polo Ralph Lauren, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Nanette Lepore, Hobie, and Sperry. Manhattan Beachwear recently picked up the Lucky Brand swimwear license with its first season being Cruise 2016.
To take care of all these labels, the company has about 20 swimwear designers, with each brand having its own department on the ground floor of the huge 75,000-square-foot building located in a large industrial park. Vice president of design is swimwear veteran Howie Greller.
The color and style of each room describes the nature of each label. The La Blanca room has swimsuit sketches with more subdued colors, prints and several one-piece silhouettes coupled with stylish bikinis.
The Nanette Lepore room is bright with vivid prints and designs, and the Lauren Ralph Lauren room has swimsuits that gravitate to more stately and sophisticated colors such as navy blue and black.
Nearby is the sewing room filled with 75 sewing machines where garment workers make each label’s samples. Beyond is a cutting table.
In the center of all these rooms is a large space that once housed a ping pong table for workers. Lately, it has been converted into an area for twice-weekly yoga classes.
While Manhattan Beachwear will not reveal its revenues (estimated to be in the hundreds of millions), Mahoney believes there is ample room to grow.
The company is about ready to sign an agreement with a European distributor that will boost the bottom line for all its swimwear labels.
And then there is that space beyond swimwear that Mahoney believes can be tapped. In 2014, Manhattan Beachwear acquired CMK Manufacturing, a Los Angeles venture that made activewear and resortwear under the Green Dragon and Pink Lotus name.
Mahoney is focused on growing that resortwear and loungewear category to fill in when swimsuit sales drop off during the winter months or in between seasons. Each swimwear label has its own cover-ups and resortwear already, but Mahoney would like to create a separate resortwear department that takes care of the design, patternmaking, sourcing and production on a concentrated basis. “We would like to have resortwear done in one compartmentalized business,” he said. “Right now, it is all over the place.”
E-commerce is another major initiative the swimwear venture is focusing on. Believe it or not, some swimwear stores do more than 50 percent of their business online. “I have not seen that figure in my previous work experience,” Mahoney said, noting that many women will order two or three swimsuits, try them on in the privacy of their own home and then return the ones they don’t want. “We have to be aligning with our e-commerce partners to help them,” Mahoney said.
And the company is always looking for new licensing opportunities. “We still have space for expansion in the business,” the new chief executive said. “There are a lot of great brands out there that don’t have a core competency in swimwear.”


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In less than a month, Apple is due to unveil its new operating systems. However, network sources are ready to tell about all the major innovations of new operations. Thus, according to Bloomberg, the key feature of macOS 10.15 will be the ability to launch apps with iPad.
It is worth noting that we are not talking about a full-fledged launch of applications from iOS to Mac. Bloomberg reports on a tool that will allow developers to quickly port iPad apps to macOS without rewriting the program code.
In the past, information about such an innovation has already appeared on the network. However, Bloomberg also reported on other features of macOS 10.15. According to the authors of the resource, several applications will appear in the new Apple desktop operating system: “Reminders,” “Find the iPhone” and “Podcasts.” At the same time, the Coopertinos should radically rework the Apple Music client, as well as add a number of effects and stickers to messages.


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A variety of factors, including a strong manufacturing sector, all back Vietnam in its success.
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Built-to-suit warehouses offer innovative solutions to many organisations looking to expand the e-commerce side of their business.
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This short Q&A with Tu Luong, director of Business Development at BW, sheds light on the current state of sales and leaseback deals for factories or warehouses.
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Land lease in industrial zones is a major concern of manufacturers investing in Vietnam. This short Q&A with Hao Tran, head of Legal at BW, provides a legal perspective.
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The Industrial Property Forum 2022 will discuss the hottest industrial property trends, bottlenecks, and other insights right in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City.
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ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) was downgraded by Zacks from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note issued on Friday, StockRatingsNetwork reports. They currently have a $47.80 price target on the stock. Zacks‘ price objective indicates a potential downside of 4.09% from the company’s current price.
Shares of ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) traded down 1.50% during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $49.09. The stock had a trading volume of 82,821 shares. ACI Worldwide has a 52 week low of $37.97 and a 52 week high of $52.03. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $48.48 and its 200-day moving average is $46.75. The company has a market cap of $1.941 billion and a P/E ratio of 37.06.
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 8th. The company reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $205.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $210.25 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.16 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.4% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts expect that ACI Worldwide will post $2.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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SAO PAULO – The prices for Robusta coffee faded in the Brazilian market in October, says Cepea in its latest report. On Oct. 29, the CEPEA/ESALQ Index for the type 6, screen 13, Espírito Santo, closed at BRL 771.04/bag (USD 136.52/bag), a steep 54.82 Reais/bag down (-6.6%) from that on September 30.
Agents consulted by Cepea reported that this devaluation was linked to the disinterest of purchasers and a higher number of sellers in the Brazilian spot market.
Robusta prices expected to drop further
Agents from coffee roasters did not close deals in the second fortnight of the month, expecting prices to drop more steeply. On the other hand, sellers became more interested in trading the variety, fearing prices could decrease even more.
It rained in Espírito Santo State in October, bringing some relief to farmers and contributing to flower set. If the weather continues favorable to crops, production is expected to be high in the 2022/23 season. On the other hand, in Rondônia, sparse rainfall concerned agents, however, flower and fruitlet losses had not been reported until the end of the month.
Differently from the market of robusta coffee, the prices for arabica increased in Brazil in October, boosted by valuations of arabica futures. Abroad, price rises were linked to technical movements, concerns about the world supply, logistic issues worldwide and the possible failure of Colombia in delivering the product already purchased.
Thus, the CEPEA/ESALQ Index for arabica coffee type 6 (delivered to São Paulo city) has been higher than BRL 1,200.00/60-kilo bag since October 11. On October 26, this Index hit BRL 1,270.07 BRL (USD 228.14)/bag, the new nominal record in the series of Cepea, which began in 1996.
On Oct. 29, the CEPEA/ESALQ Index for arabica coffee type 6 (delivered to São Paulo city) closed at BRL 1,256.27 BRL (USD 222.43)/bag, 119.33 Reais/bag up (+10.5%) in the month.
Farmers were cheered up by rains in October. Rainfall was high, majorly in Minas Gerais. Agents reported that higher moisture is helping crops to recover and contributing to flower set. If the weather continues favorable, losses in the 2022/23 season are expected to be lower.


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PARIS -- With access to some $200 million in funds for brand building and new acquisitions, the France Luxury Group has officially arrived with former Chloe president Mounir Moufarrige as its chief executive officer.
PARIS -- With access to some $200 million in funds for brand building and new acquisitions, the France Luxury Group has officially arrived with former Chloe president Mounir Moufarrige as its chief executive officer.Moufarrige, 53, confirmed Friday that he has joined forces with French entrepreneur Francois Barthes to form a fledgling fashion conglomerate. Initially, it will consist of Jean-Louis Scherrer, Jacques Fath, Emmanuelle Khanh and Harel, the high-end shoe firm, all previously controlled by Barthes as part of his firm, E.K. Finances.Moufarrige and Barthes are majority stakeholders of Paris-based France Luxury Group, which also has its sights set on the likes of Courreges, Rochas and Balmain. Moufarrige said he also wouldn't rule out bigger fish, even expressing admiration for Givenchy, currently part of luxury giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton.The exact ownership structure and the identity of other investors at France Luxury Group was not disclosed. But Moufarrige asserted that the group could become a $500 million concern in five years and ultimately go public."The objective of the group is to develop brands, not designers," he told WWD. "We want to acquire companies that can benefit from synergies of management, distribution and licensing. There are so many French brands with pedigree that haven't been developed."As reported in these columns Jan. 22, analysts and brand consultants warn that the multibrand strategy is not fully proven, evident most dramatically in the woes of The Leiber Group, the upstart American conglomerate which is said to have moved too fast with mediocre brands. And even well-established multibrand groups such as LVMH, Gucci Group, Compagnie Financiere Richemont and Prada are issuing profit warnings left and right in the wake of the recession.Asked if he's concerned about the weak market conditions, Moufarrige characterized the climate as opportune. He said valuations for fashion brands are falling and the major players are distracted, focusing on containing costs and boosting profitability. "It's tough, it's not easy, but I've done it before," he said. "I have no illusions."Moufarrige, who recruited Stella McCartney at Chloe, exited the company in 1999 after seven years at the house. He acknowledged that he's got his work cut out for him. Jacques Fath has not produced a ready-to-wear collection for five years and its profile has dwindled to one boutique in Paris, selling furs, wedding dresses and eveningwear. What's more, Emmanuelle Khanh recently closed four of its boutiques, leaving only two Paris locations, and Scherrer, which dismissed its founding designer in 1992, is today known mostly in the Far East.He insists that the right combination of design talent and management can lead to quick growth and profitability. "I've met with 30 designers in the past three months," he said, noting that he plans to make several appointments shortly and possibly stage ready-to-wear shows for Scherrer and Jacques Fath during Paris Fashion Week in March.While declining to name potential candidates, his interest is said to span such names as Jean Paul Knott, Josephus Thimister and Dries Van Noten. Additionally, sources said Ritu Beri, the Delhi fashion star Moufarrige has backed since August 2000, may be in line to take up the rtw reins at Scherrer, whose couturier is Stephane Rolland.Market sources estimate the Scherrer brand generates sales of about $75 million at retail worldwide. There are nine Scherrer boutiques worldwide: five in Japan, two in China and two in France. Moufarrige said he plans to build all his new properties into global concerns, once designers inject "soul" into the brands and create an identity. "There's a critical mass which is essential," he said. "If you don't go global, you can't amass the necessary force and energy to get the numbers that make you competitive."Although loss-making businesses in recent years, the brands, slated for revival by the new group, are nearing the break-even point, according to Moufarrige. "The cleaning-up process has taken place, so the rebuilding has to take place now, which is what I enjoy doing," he said. "That's where you can make a lot of money and you can grow very quickly."
Virgil Abloh’s dad Nee and Don Crawley, cofounder of RSVP Gallery, were some of the hometown crew at the Chicago-born designer’s debut show for Louis Vuitton. (📸: @jdiderich ) #wwdmens #louisvuitton #virgilabloh
About last night: @marycharteris and @adwoaaboah hit up Hyde Park for the Serpentine Galleries’ annual summer party held in partnership with @chanelofficial. Head to WWD.com to see more photos. #wwdfashion
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“Kate Spade was a true fashion icon who brought joy to the lives of women around the world, and inspired women to live life to the fullest. We are dedicated to carrying on her legacy,” said Anna Bakst, brand president and chief executive officer of @katespadeny. The Kate Spade Foundation announced that it will be donating $1 million to suicide prevention and mental health awareness in tribute to the recent death of Kate Spade. Read more on WWD.com. #wwdnews (📷: @chinseephoto)
A first look at @virgilabloh’s sneakers for @louisvuitton. Abloh spoke to WWD about his debut collection for Louis Vuitton, creating @kendalljenner’s #metgala outfit and redefining the heritage brand. Read the full story on WWD.com. #wwdfashion 📷: @alfredo_piola)
The world’s largest producer of denim @iskodenim is sharing the strategy behind its product development process. Read our full interview with ISKO’s product development manager Baris Ozden on the company’s extensive research practices, upcoming denim trends and the latest material innovations on WWD.com. #iskodenim
“I genuinely fell in love with water, I fell in love with Fiji, I fell in love with the whole life that we lived for those few months,” says @mrsamclaflin of filming for his new movie “Adrift” with @shailenewoodley. The 31-year-old actor spoke with WWD about his upcoming projects, meeting Jamie Dornan and working with co-star Woodley. #wwdeye (📷: @jamstoker)
3 years ago, fans of the late singer Aaliyah started calling for a collaboration with @maccosmetics. With the strength of social media — including mock ups of products — 25,000 people signed a Change.org petition for a limited-edition collection, and MAC couldn’t ignore the buzz. Tomorrow, MAC will unveil MAC x Aaliyah, a tribute to the singer who passed away nearly 17 years ago. Head to our stories to preview the new collection, which was worked on by Aaliyah’s family and inspired directly by her makeup bag. #wwdbeauty
Artistic director @clarewaightkeller will be dedicating @givenchyofficial’s fall 2018 couture show in Paris on July 1 to house founder Hubert de Givenchy, who passed away in March at age 91. Givenchy said the collection would be “an homage to his iconic creations, technique, and personal lexicon” and a “celebration of his timeless elegance and grace.” Head to WWD.com to read more. #wwdfashion (📷: Delphine Achard)


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Nikon is entering the action cam game with the Key Mission 360 which features 360-degree video capture in 4K.
Rinspeed has a crazy new self-driving sports car concept featuring a steering wheel that folds away and a helipad on back for drones.
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Blizzard's third, and final, expansion for StarCraft II adds new units and game modes, and ties up loose plot threads in the galactic saga of this storied real-time-strategy franchise.
Microsoft's Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL smartphones feature quad-HD displays, 20-megapixel cameras Windows 10 Mobile. The Lumia 950 will be available through AT&T.
Transformers: Devastation combines authentic sound and visuals with over-the-top action in a game that leaves you wanting more, regardless of whether you love the '80s cartoons. Now, all you need is a little energon and a lot of luck.
We go hands-on with Sony's Alpha 7S Mark II: A full-frame mirrorless camera that offers 4K video recording at 30 fps.
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The LG Watch Urbane 2 brings standalone cellular connectivity and an improved display to LG's signature smartwatch.
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She's already on smartphones and PCs, but Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana could someday arrive in your car.


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CasaOne, a furniture rental company, has completed a $16 million Series B round of financing, led by Accel with participation from JLL Spark, Freestyle Capital, NextWorld Capital, and Array Ventures. The new investment will help CasaOne expand its geographies, hiring technology, engineering talent and product categories.
Currently operating out of Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, D.C., CasaOne offers a wide selection of furniture and décor for the home or office and hosts 3D visualizations and space planning expertise. The furniture retailer aims to eliminate points of friction that come with sourcing, designing and setting up furnishings and equipment.
“The backing and expertise of our financial and strategic investors will help us execute our vision even more rapidly and broadly – in a category that previously hasn’t seen much innovation,” said Shashank P S, founder and CEO of CasaOne in a statement. “With the new raise, we plan to further double down on engineering and market expansion.”


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Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2012 --- 11:10 a.m.
Incident Report from the Madison Police Department:
Incident Type: Retail Theft
Incident Date: 04/22/2012 - 3:15 PM
Address: West Towne Way (Kohl's), 261 Junction Rd. (Copps)
Arrested: Johanna I. Robinson, age 32, Madison
Ms. Robinson was arrested for Retail Theft and Casual Possession of Marijuana.
Latrice R. Brooks, age 34, Madison
Ms. Brooks was arrested for Retail Theft, Resisting/Obstructing an Officer, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Tara I. Hatter, age 36, Madison
Ms. Hatter was arrested for Retail Theft, Resisting/Obstructing an Officer, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Details: Kohl's loss prevention officers summoned police to their store on West Towne Way Sunday afternoon after a trio of women allegedly attempted to steal more than $460 worth of merchandise. Store staff members tried to stop woman as she carried a bag of stolen items to an awaiting vehicle. The thief dropped the loot and jumped in to the getaway car where the other women were already seated.
Store surveillance video showed all three had been together inside the Kohl's and appeared to be working as a team. Security staff members were able to provide police with details about the getaway car, including a license plate number. It was stopped about an hour later in the 5800 block of Balsam Rd.
The three suspects were inside, as was a wire cutting tool, several large empty purses, and merchandise from several stores. One suspect admitted she and her accomplices had been involved in several acts of retail theft that day. More clothing items from Kohl's were found, as were several boxes of cologne - they also came from Kohl's.
There were several bottles of alcohol that were allegedly taken from Copps, 261 Junction Rd. One suspect (Ms. Brooks) had more than a dozen pieces of jewelry, valued at more than $190, in her shoulder bag. Price tags read: “Charming Charlie,” which is a store at the West Towne Mall.
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Frozen yogurt chain Menchie's has opened the company's first retail shop in San Antonio.
In a $195 million deal that brings together two companies native to the capital region, United Natural Foods Inc. plans to acquire West Sacramento-based Tony’s Fine Foods.
San Antonio is home to one of the country’s fastest growing food retailers, according to a new report by industry publication Supermarket News (SN).
When Todd Schnuck was 15 and bagging groceries at his family’s supermarket chain, he aspired to a career beyond the family business.
If this year’s RECon is any indication of the future of the local retail real-estate industry, then the market is picking up.
Whole Foods Market may introduce a “click and collect” online ordering system, a trade journal reports.
Price Chopper’s social media chops are getting noticed by the weekly trade magazine Supermarket News.