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The startup Too Good To Go has presented the label ‘Look, Smell, Taste’, caused by the confusion that exists about the preferred consumption date among consumers. This initiative has already reached the shelves of supermarkets and pantries in Spanish homes and adds new allied brands to the initiative.
The new label is only incorporated into the packaging of products with a best before date to remind consumers that once this date has expired, the product may remain perfectly valid and that you have to use your senses (see, smell and taste) to know if it is still fit for consumption before throwing it away. “In this way we want to help consumers to correctly interpret the best before date and empower them to avoid wasting thousands of tons of food that could still be in perfect condition to consume once that best before date has expired.”, Says Madalena Rugeroni, director of Too Good To Go in Spain and Portugal.
Big brands like Danone, YoSoy, Almendrola, Central Lechera Asturiana, La Vaca Que Laughter, Babybel, RobinGood, Hellmann’s, Who’s the boss, Intermón OXFAM, Väcka, Alpro, among others, they have begun to incorporate this new label in many of their products that are already available in supermarkets.
Likewise, Too Good To Go continues to add allies to its initiative with the recent incorporation of 10 new brands such as Kaiku, Kaiku Lactose Free, Kaiku Begetal, Kaiku km0, Veggie Maai, Hericamps, Quesería La Antigua, Brebel, Bico de Xeado and Alimentos Sanygran, which have already begun to work to progressively add this new distinctive in their products with best before date in the coming months.
“In total, there are already 32 brands linked to this initiative and by the end of 2021 the distinctive will have already been printed on more than 100 million packages of the different products of the brands “Rugeroni says. And add that “We must not forget that it is in homes where the most food is wasted. With this initiative and the collaboration of the brands that are incorporating the ‘Look, Smell, Taste’ label to their products, we are taking the message directly to millions of consumers, giving value to food and helping to face up to food waste ”.
Millions of tons of food wasted by date labeling
According to data from the European Commission, the date labeling of food is responsible for each year being wasted around 9 million tons of food in Europe alone and a good part of this is due to the fact that about half of the consumers do not know how to correctly interpret the consumption dates present in the products. This is an important issue to such an extent that the Bill for the Prevention of Food Loss and Waste, recently presented by the Government, proposes measures to address this problem.
According to the AESAN, the preferred consumption date indicates the moment until which the product conserves the expected organoleptic quality. This means that once this date has passed, the product may vary slightly in texture or flavor, but its consumption is still safe if the conservation recommendations have been followed and it also has a good appearance, smell and taste.
However, according to a study carried out by Too Good To Go2, 39% of Spaniards do not know how to correctly interpret the meaning of the preferred consumption date. What’s more, 21% think that it means the same as expiration date and 26% mistakenly believe that a product with an expired best-before date should not be consumed. Likewise, 65% of those surveyed considers that the current system of date labeling It is not clear and that better information would help them make better consumption decisions to avoid waste. “For this reason, from Too Good To Go we appeal to all brands in the food industry, encouraging them to be an active part of the solution, incorporating the ‘Look, Smell, Taste’ label in their products with a preferred consumption date in order to to guide the consumer and together win this fight against food waste ”.


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In the ever-evolving landscape of digital marketing, influencer marketing has emerged as a powerful strategy for brands to connect with their target audience. One prominent player in this field was Mediakix, an influencer-marketing agency that had been a fixture in the industry for nearly a decade. Founded by Evan Asano in 2011, Mediakix garnered a stellar reputation for its work with thousands of influencers across various platforms.
The Acquisition and the Promise of Growth
In early 2020, Mediakix experienced a significant development when it was acquired by Stadiumred Group, a holding company with a portfolio of four other agencies. The acquisition was seen as a strategic move to expand the collective of specialty agencies within Stadiumred Group. At the time, both Mediakix and Stadiumred had high hopes for the future, especially as the influencer marketing industry was projected to reach new heights. A widely cited report by Mediakix estimated that brands would spend up to $15 billion on influencer marketing by 2022.
Unraveling and Missed Payments
However, the euphoria surrounding Mediakix’s acquisition would soon give way to a series of unfortunate events. As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on industries worldwide, the influencer marketing landscape faced its own set of challenges. Brands became cautious about their messaging, causing a wave of uncertainty in the industry. Mediakix, like many other companies, found itself grappling with the need to pivot and adapt to the rapidly changing circumstances.
In late 2020, rumors of “refinancing” within Stadiumred began to circulate among Mediakix team members. Employees noticed delays in payments, both for influencers and staff members. While some influencers took to social media to voice their concerns, Mediakix employees also expressed frustration at their unpaid wages. The situation escalated as former staffers revealed that payments had been consistently delayed for both full-time and contract employees, leading to a growing sense of unease and discontent within the company.
The Exodus and a Disconnected Phone Line
As the turmoil continued, it became apparent that Mediakix was experiencing a significant exodus of talent. By the end of May, all but one staffer had left the company, leaving it a mere shadow of its former self. The company’s founder and CEO, Evan Asano, had gone on leave, and many senior employees had departed following the acquisition. The once-bustling office in Santa Monica, California, now sat empty, with a disconnected phone line serving as a haunting reminder of the company’s downfall.
Influencers Speak Out
Throughout this period of unraveling, influencers who had worked with Mediakix came forward to share their stories of unpaid invoices and delayed payments. Tweets from influencers claiming they hadn’t been compensated began circulating on social media platforms like Twitter. The frustration extended beyond individual influencers, with talent management agencies also reporting unpaid invoices and broken promises from Mediakix.
A PR Disaster Unfolds
As influencers and their representatives voiced their concerns, the situation quickly turned into a public relations disaster for Mediakix. Industry peers began discussing the issue, and the reputation of the once-esteemed agency took a severe hit. The company’s Instagram account disappeared, and influencers and former employees alike struggled to get answers about their unpaid invoices. Mediakix’s silence in the face of mounting allegations only fueled the flames of discontent.
The Future Seems Bleak
As the dust settled, the future of Mediakix remained uncertain. Internal communications from Stadiumred Group revealed plans to wrap up existing campaigns and pivot the business model of Mediakix. However, the company’s website still stands, albeit with former employees removed from the listings. Influencers who were fortunate enough to receive payment from Mediakix considered themselves the exception rather than the rule. For many, the hope of reclaiming what was owed to them seemed increasingly unlikely.
Lessons Learned and the Future of Influencer Marketing
The downfall of Mediakix serves as a cautionary tale for the influencer marketing industry as a whole. The rapid growth and immense potential of this marketing strategy must be met with responsible business practices, transparent financial management, and open communication. Brands and influencers alike must carefully vet their partners to ensure that they are working with reputable agencies that prioritize fair compensation and ethical practices.
Moving forward, the industry must learn from the mistakes of the past. Establishing industry-wide standards for payment and ensuring clear contractual agreements can help prevent similar situations from occurring in the future. Influencer marketing has the power to be a mutually beneficial collaboration between brands, influencers, and agencies. By fostering an environment of trust and accountability, the industry can continue to thrive and deliver meaningful results for all parties involved.
The rise and fall of Mediakix is a cautionary tale that sheds light on the challenges faced by the influencer marketing industry. Despite its initial success and acquisition by Stadiumred Group, internal financial issues and missed payments led to the agency’s downfall. Influencers and employees alike suffered the consequences of delayed compensation, resulting in a tarnished reputation for Mediakix.
As the industry continues to evolve, it is crucial to prioritize transparency, open communication, and fair business practices. Brands, influencers, and agencies must work together to establish industry-wide standards to prevent similar situations from occurring in the future. By doing so, the influencer marketing industry can continue to grow and thrive, providing valuable opportunities for brands and influencers to connect with their target audiences in a meaningful way.

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Priceline picked up another piece of the puzzle -- TravelJigsaw -- in its international expansion strategy.
Priceline announced today that it acquired the Manchester, U.K.-headquartered TravelJigsaw, a multinational rental-car service, for an undisclosed sum.
TravelJigsaw's management retains a minority stake in the company and will stay on to manage its next stage.
The online and over-the-phone car rental service could make a great stablemate for Priceline hotel websites Booking.com and Agoda as they focus on growth in the European and Asia-Pacific markets.
TravelJigsaw offers car rental services in 4,000 locations in 80 countries, with a heavy presence in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
The company portrays itself as the fastest growing online car-rental agency on earth.
TravelJigsaw offers customer support in 20 languages, and international customers can rent cars that are familiar to them in local markets through the company's almost two dozen branded websites.
"International car hire is a very attractive market and TravelJigsaw has established one of the premier brands in the field," says Glenn Fogel, Priceline's executive vice president, corporate development. "We are pleased that the TravelJigsaw management team has elected to retain an ownership stake in the company as we move forward together."
Gregory Wills, TravelJigsaw's managing director, says the company will work closely with Booking.com and Agoda to build distribution.
Key questions looming will be the interplay between TravelJigsaw, Booking.com, Agoda and Priceline.com, as well as what kind of response, if any, Expedia has to Priceline's car-rental acquisition.
Booking.com and Agoda are hotel-only websites with no advertising business to distract customers from all-important booking conversions.
TravelJigsaw websites, such as Carhire3000.com in the U.K., take a similar tack and are car-only websites.
Priceline President and CEO Jeffery Boyd, speaking at a J.P. Morgan technology conference yesterday, said it is possible that Booking.com would begin referring customers to another website for a different product.
So, one can imagine a lot of cross-promotion between Booking.com, Agoda and TravelJigsaw in various markets, if not some integration in the future.
Expedia Inc.'sHotwire unit acquired a controlling interest in CarRentals.com in 2008.
It appears to be a smaller -- and less global -- business than TravelJigsaw.
CarRentals.comn has 15,000 on- and off-airport locations, compared with 40,000 for TravelJigsaw.
Meanwhile, LastMinute brand Holiday Autos was up for sale last year, but no transaction resulted.
NB: Disclosure - former-Tnooz board member Philip Wolf is a TravelJigsaw board member.


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Plant-based news, food and lifestyle expert and radio host, Elysabeth Alfano, shares her Top 10 Predictions for 2020.
1. With the health of the oceans in jeopardy, many species overfished and the demand for seafood on the rise, more plant-based seafood products will enter the market to great success in 2020.
2. China will develop its interest in plant-based food and living. With an estimated 200 million people already vegan, more American plant-based products will be sold there and Chinese products will develop. This will help the country with its food insecurity issues and rising health care costs.
3. With the growing number of plant-based meats, the meat case will become the protein case. Animal and plant protein will be side by side, allowing consumers to choose which protein suits them.
4. Cellular agriculture will continue to develop at a rapid pace with more people accepting its economic and environmental benefits as a good thing for the future, and its inevitable arrival.
5. Commercially viable plant-based bacon, steak, and ribs will make their debut before the end of 2020.
6. More athletes will continue to go plant-based and break records.
7. Hotels and resorts will start to focus on vegan foods, products, and lifestyle.
8. Dean Foods and Borden are the first of many dairy dominos to fall into bankruptcy. This trend will continue.
9. Further trouble for the dairy industry, the USDA will be continually called out as racist for marketing dairy to Asian-American and African American communities which are more than 60% lactose intolerant.
10. Plant-based delis and/or deli meats will be a 'thing.'
Do you think one or all of these predictions will come true? Share with us your predictions for 2020 in the vegan movement!
A little bit about Elysabeth: Elysabeth Alfano launched the Awesome Vegans Podcast and Video Series on WGN Radio. She is a plant-based news, food and lifestyle expert on radio stations around the nation including iHeart Radio's The Fork Report, WGN Radio, Mancow in the Morning on WLS, The Mark Thompson Show on KGO and 870AM The Answer. She has a recurring segment on WCPT Radio entitled, Food and Politics, reports for the #JaneUnChained Digital News Network and contributes to NPR's KCRW (Los Angeles) as a plant-based reporter. Her weekly radio show, The Elysabeth Alfano Show, is the first mainstream plant-based radio show in the U.S. and launches on WCGO January 12.
Elysabeth develops recipes for restaurants and food companies looking to enter the plant-based market. She also helps people and corporate employees start a plant-based lifestyle with private coaching and group classes and recipe meal plans. Elysabeth spices things up as The Silver-Chic Chef in her on-line cooking series and has done plant-based cooking demonstrations on WCIU-TV, Good Morning LALALand and WGN-TV.


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The original title has marked a new number of concurrent players on Steam while we wait for the sequel.
With the undaunted desire to end up seeing something new from Silksong sooner or later, players seem to have come together to catapult the original Hollow Knight to a new record. the title of the Team Cherry it’s available on all major consoles, but it’s on PC where it seems to continue to be on the rise.
If we look at the data that Steam DB collects, Hollow Knight has marked a new player peak on Valve’s platform just a few days ago. Specifically, this May 7 exceeded the highest figure to date to register a record of 20,324 concurrent users in the game.
A considerable increase in players has been observed on SteamAt the time of this writing, there are over 12,000 people playing it on Steam, which has to do with many factors, such as the Valve Store sale, the popularity of No-Hits and the want to see Silksong. A desire that has been enhanced with the last words of the development team.
In a post on the official Unity blog on the occasion of the Unity Awards 2021, Team Cherry has left some hopeful statements. “We are very grateful that Hollow Knight: Silksong has won the 2021 Unity Award for the most anticipated game, and we greatly appreciate all the fans who support us as we work on the game,” they comment.
“Thank you very much. We are looking forward to the day when we can share the game with you. I’m sure there isn’t much more to go!“, they conclude. The last sentence is precisely the one that has attracted attention, especially when there is an Indie World scheduled for today by Nintendo.
All we know is that Hollow Knight: Silksong is coming to PC and Nintendo Switch for sure at some point, but there is no confirmed date yet. Of the game we barely have the first gameplay trailer with which it was presented in 2019, so it is possible that there have been big changes in all this time.
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Dyn Inc. is on a buying spree. The Manchester, N.H.-based Internet Infrastructure as a Service provider has bought mobile dashboard app startup Trendslide, a New Hampshire startup that was backed by Dyn CTO Cory von Wallenstein.
The acquisition of Trendslide’s intellectual property will enable Dyn to integrate third party services like Gomez, New Relic and Catchpoint, along with historical and email data into Trendslide’s sales and marketing tool. The tool will now be marketed as a development/operations tool for customers. Trendslide Co-founder Benjamin Petrin will join Dyn as a lead developer, according to the company.
Before being acquired, Trendslide was seeking out additional capital. Ron Martin, CEO of Trendslide, said it was the opinion of many of its investors that the service should stay close to Dyn and focus on infrastructure, not marketing and sales analytics. “It was good advice, so we decided this was the sensible move,” Martin said. “We are happy with this outcome and excited to see the product carry on.”
“At the root of Dyn has always been our excellence in engineering,” said Dyn Chief Revenue Officer Kyle York, in a statement. “We are committed to creating tools that answer the questions of engineers and members of the DevOps community throughout the world. The acquisition of Trendslide is a big step toward that guarantee.”
The acquisition comes after Dyn acquired Verelo, a Toronto-based startup that provides performance analytics, as well as malware detection and site health monitoring services. Before that, Dyn paid $4 million for TZO, a Pepperell-based DNS business. Prior to snapping up TZO, Dyn acquired the SEO/SEM and e-commerce development arm of Incutio Ltd., a company with offices Manchester and the U.K., and the acquisition of four other businesses before that.
In 2011, Dyn made its biggest purchase when it acquired SendLabs enabling Dyn to offer enterprise email delivery services. In 2010, Dyn acquired EveryDNS, a free DNS management service that at one time provided DNS services for over 135,000 domains and EditDNS, a hosted DNS provider.
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The informal accommodation sector is catering to around half of the tourists visiting Sri Lanka, and the trend will continue to grow, according to the Sri Lanka Tourism Chief.
“On the backdrop of 2014 registering 15.1 million guest nights with tourism receipts recording US$ 2.2 billion, the informal sector is coming out at a staggering 7.3 million guest nights,” Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau Chairman Rohantha Athukorala said.
Quoting figures from a research by JB Securities (Pvt) Ltd, Athukorala said that the rise of the informal sector explains the consumption patterns of tourists which the formal sector will have to address, but that the trend will further grow, given the success of online booking platforms.
“When Sri Lanka, in two months, gets in place with a global communication partner, then we must focus on quality tourism than just numbers,” he said.
However, both local and international experts have advised Sri Lanka against ignoring young backpackers, who might visit Sri Lanka repeatedly, and stay at star class hotels instead of informal accommodation once in better financial positions.
According to tourism industry expert Srilal Miththapala, Sri Lanka is now experiencing a ‘flashpacker’ phenomenon, where tourists with high spending power travel around with backpacks, and stay in informal accommodation, but spend considerable amounts in order to experience the authentic Sri Lankan culture.
This phenomenon represents the future trend in global tourism, according to experts who spoke at the Indian Ocean Hospitality Investment Conference in Colombo recently.
Miththapala said that there had been 16,223 rooms in the formal sector in 2013, with another 7,000 rooms in the informal sector for a total of 23,200, which is set to increase to 33,500 next 2 years.
He said that 5-star and boutique hotels have an occupancy rate of around 75 percent, while, due to the rise of the informal sector, it is the mid-market 3 and 4-star hotels which suffer the most with occupancy rates around 30 percent.
However, John Keells Hotels has found a market for the 3 and 4-star hotels by attracting MICE tourists. Its latest lean hotel Cinnamon Red has performed beyond expectations, and the group is looking at setting up multiple iterations across key metropolitan areas.
The biggest threat informal accommodation poses to the country is its lack of adherence to tax policies and accommodation standards.


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For the first six months of the year, exports of table eggs were up 139 percent by value and 100 percent by volume compared to the same period in 2006, with egg product sales also strong, up 32 percent by value and 12 percent by volume.
"I've never seen such phenomenal growth in shell egg exports and sustained growth of processed eggs as well," says James Sumner, President of the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC), Stone Mountain, Ga. Looking at the second half of 2007, he adds: "I don't see any reason why things will change."
Another USEM Sale
On the table egg side, exports are due in large part to sales by United States Egg Marketers (USEM), and the group approved an additional sale last month of 132 container loads of eggs for export starting with delivery the week of August 20, according to the United Egg Producers (UEP). UEP says that never in the past seven years since UEP assumed management of USEM has an export order ever been made at such a high price.
The sale, made at 60 cents per dozen, is 10 cents higher than any previous export.
UEP says that Urner Barry's quote for breaking stock in Europe was 27 cents per dozen higher than a year ago in mid-August, which indicates that there may be a limited supply of eggs for breaking in Europe.
Indeed, it's no exaggeration to say that exports to Europe have skyrocketed, with January-June 2007 volume of table egg exports from the United States up an astounding 6,101 percent compared to previous-year levels, with egg product exports to Europe also strong, up 183 percent.
Why such strong sales to Europe? In the view of Dean Hughson, director of marketing for Rembrandt Enterprises, in Rembrandt, Iowa, it's largely the change in Europe to cage-free production, "which has effected the egg industry world-wide." Not only has it boosted sales of eggs and egg products to Europe, but former markets served by Europe are now possible
Reasons for Growth
Overall, though, the reasons U.S. egg sales are improving are three-fold: the quality of U.S. eggs, the fact that the United States is the world's low-cost producer, and that United States is viewed as a dependable supplier, Hughson says. And the production cost with Europe is widening as that region's producers are shifting to cage-free production, which is more costly, thus effecting both quantity and price. Hughson adds that he's been in the business for 30 years, and he's seen exports ebb and flow, "and now it's our chance to shine again."
One additional reason for expanded U.S. exports is that when U.S. food and restaurant companies expand overseas, in many cases they look to U.S. production if local production cannot supply their needs on quantity and quality, says Leonard Ballas, president of Ballas Egg Products Corp., Zanesville, Ohio. He adds that the sales are not necessarily staying in Europe, that is, shell eggs could be sold in Europe and resold to other nations. Hughson says that ironically, it is cheaper for a customer to import eggs from the United States than to import eggs from some locations within Europe, due to favorable ocean freight costs.
Other major increases in volume of table egg exports the first half of this year are the Middle East, up 974 percent; South Asia, up 75 percent; East Asia, up 70 percent; and Caribbean exports, up 25 percent.
On the egg products side, in addition to Europe's strong growth, North America exports were up 10 percent, while East Asia exports were down 32 percent. Exports of egg products to Mexico jumped 129 percent the first half of 2007, bringing the nation nearly even with Canada and within $1 million of Japan.
South of the Border
Mexico is also showing interest in importing U.S. table eggs. More refrigerated table eggs are entering Mexico through the retail trade in cities along the border with the United States. Although there are no significant tariff barriers to shipping fresh eggs to Mexico, the reality is that U.S. eggs are refrigerated from farm to store. Mexican regulations do not require domestic eggs to be refrigerated, but do require products (like U.S. eggs) that are transported under refrigeration when they arrive in Mexico, to be kept under refrigeration. This little catch 22 has successfully kept significant quantities of U.S. table eggs out of Mexico for years, says USAPEEC's Toby Moore.
Egg products to Mexico are surging, with the country now one of the leading importers of U.S. processed egg products. For years, Japan was the leading U.S. export market, followed by Canada as a distant second, followed by everyone else. The European Union (EU) would occasionally rise as the market of note, but would fall back. Mexico was not even on the radar. That's now changed, Sumner says, in part to USAPEEC promotions supported by the American Egg Board. Not only is Mexico "now nip and tuck with Canada, it could even challenge Japan as the top market for U.S, egg products," he says. The Mexican food and baking industry has been very receptive to hearing about the benefits of eggs and egg products, Sumner states.
Egg Bans Aid U.S.
In other positive developments for U.S. producers: the United Arab Emirates' ban on eggs from Saudi Arabia, and the re-opening of some doors in India. The Saudi ban and the market's mistrust of Indian eggs due to pesticide concerns, plus low local supply also led to shipments of U.S. eggs to Iraq.
Exports are not up everywhere, of course. Exports to Canada are reduced, and imports from there to the United States are higher, due to the closing of a Canadian drier plant that caused the surplus eggs to be shipped to the United States.
In addition, "to a certain extent, our exports will slow down," Ballas says. "We've come off a cheap market, and we had a sizeable inventory of dried eggs that we were able to sell off." And he adds that despite high exports to Europe, sales would be even stronger without the trade barriers that make it difficult for U.S. producers to export to Europe.
Overall, despite major increases in egg exports, there is still a lot of upside potential, USAPEEC officials say, with only 3.3 percent of U.S. eggs exported, far lower than other poultry sectors.


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The container ship COSCO Shipping Panama was scheduled to glide through the Panama Canal, and into history, early Sunday morning .
The vessel’s journey heralds the long-awaited expansion of the canal and the promise that ever-larger container ships will revolutionize East Coast shipping much to Georgia’s benefit. State and U.S. taxpayers are betting $706 million — the cost of deepening the Savannah River so larger ships can use it — on the hoped-for benefits of an expanded canal.
More cargo, revenue and jobs will come Georgia’s way, backers say, with metro Atlanta and its welter of warehouses and trucking terminals taking the lion’s share of new business.
Or maybe not.
“No one knows with absolute certainty what it means for Georgia and the East Coast,” said Griff Lynch, incoming executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority, who’s in Panama for the festivities. “But people feel confident that there will be some incremental growth to Savannah, Georgia, Atlanta and other locations in the Southeast.”
“Incremental” wasn’t the word used by enthusiasts in pushing the Savannah port project. They spoke instead of the canal expansion as a “game changer” that would lead to a “dramatic” increase in trade if only the Savannah River could be deepened to service larger container ships.
The realities of global shipping, and the uncertainties of the global economy, have tempered expectations.
“The East Coast has already gained significant market share. A lot of the (trade) gain we expected to happen already did happen,” said David Egan, who heads logistics research in the Americas for real estate services firm CBRE. “It’s now at a point of equilibrium with the West Coast.”
The stakes for Atlanta and its network of distribution centers, trucking companies, rail yards and logistics firms, are huge.
Savannah and the port of Brunswick account for an estimated $40 billion in statewide economic impact, according to the University of Georgia, with most activity in and around metro Atlanta.
Metro Atlanta “is really a port town,” Egan said.
A watery wonder
It was hailed as the eighth wonder of the world when the U.S.-built Panama Canal opened in 1914, a 48-mile long ditch joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. No longer would ships need to round treacherous Cape Horn to reach factories and markets in Asia and the Americas. Nearly 8,000 miles of transit time was shaved from ships’ voyages.
The first major expansion of the canal got underway in 2007, a $5.25 billion engineering marvel adding a third lane and new set of locks which would double the number of ships able to traverse the Panamanian isthmus. The project was pegged for completion in 2014, but delays and cost overruns postponed the centennial celebration.
The canal will now be able to handle ships carrying 14,000 containers — three times current capacity.
Most East Coast ports, though, aren‘t ready. Savannah’s project will take until 2018 to complete. Charleston awaits federal approval for its $510 million plan to deepen its harbor to 52 feet.
The port of New York-New Jersey, where 40 percent of East Coast cargo alights, won’t finish raising the Bayonne Bridge to accommodate bigger ships until late next year. Shippers say the biggest vessels won’t come to the East Coast at all without deliveries to the massive New York market.
For now, container ships bigger than the ones currently calling will steam through the Panama Canal to eastern ports, though some won’t be able to bring a full load until port improvements are finished.
The Georgia Ports Authority reports that five shipping lines, including ZIM and Evergreen, will boost the size of their vessels calling on Savannah. NYX, a new service, will send ships from central and northern China capable of carrying 10,000 containers through the canal to Savannah, Norfolk and New York. Vessels calling on Savannah currently average 5,327 containers.
Not filled to the gills
But the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concluded five years ago that “no additional cargo volume” will flow into Savannah due to a deeper river. Deepening, nonetheless, was approved because shippers and retailers would save millions of dollars moving cargo in and out of Savannah while keeping port competitors at bay.
“These ports that, by necessity, made a lot of investment to handle these big ships won’t really see an increase in volume because there’s only so much volume to go around,” said Larry Gross, a partner with FTR Transportation Intelligence. “It’s just sort of the cover charge to be in the game. But they had no choice because, if they didn’t, the ships wouldn’t come.”
Lynch says Savannah’s inherent benefits — two rail lines into the port; the massive and relatively inexpensive Garden City Terminal; and proximity to the Atlanta mega-market and distribution hub — will continue to be its major appeal. Savannah, the nation’s No. 4 container port by volume, is also the closest, biggest Eastern port to the Panama Canal.
Shipping lines like to carry as little weight as possible to save on fuel. So it behooves them to use the first suitable port.
“Savannah will be the first port of call, then Norfolk, then New York,” Lynch said. “As they head back to the Panama Canal, they can load up on exports at Savannah. We offer a very balanced market and the expansion of the canal only works to our favor.”
Yet even Savannah’s proximity to the canal doesn’t automatically translate into trade.
Five years ago, almost half the containers handled in Savannah came through the Panama Canal, according to the ports authority. Today, only 30 percent do. About half of Savannah’s containers come through the Suez Canal, a shorter route to the new Asian manufacturing hubs in southern China, Vietnam and India.
The Suez aims to maintain East Coast supremacy. It cut tolls by 65 percent for container ships leaving southern U.S. ports for China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam.
Savannah’s past success — the fastest growing U.S. container port over the last 15 years — may also lessen the canal’s impact. Case in point: last year’s West Coast labor strife, which greatly slowed handling of imports, prompted carriers to shift deliveries to the East Coast. A decade ago, Western ports handled 60 percent of container traffic. Today, it’s nearly a 50-50 split.
“That’s a long-term trend that was accelerated by the West Coast disruption last year. The new canal didn’t do that,” said Gross, the logistics expert. The canal’s expansion “is going to be relatively uneventful in terms of what the East Coast can expect at least in the short- to medium-term.”
It’s the long game that matters, argue Lynch and other backers of the Savannah deepening.
Savannah doesn’t just feed the burgeoning Atlanta and Southeastern markets. The Midwest is the big prize.
Until recently, it was cheaper for retailers as far east as the Ohio Valley to import Chinese-made lawn chairs or shoes through West Coast ports and rail them eastward. The new canal could push the so-called “line of indifference” further west.
“If we’re the first port of call … and with the developing rail offerings, we think we can be competitive to Chicago, St. Louis and other Midwestern locations in the next couple of years,” Lynch said.
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— Georgia taxpayers have already ponied up $266 million to deepen the Savannah River so larger container ships — including those that will use the expanded Panama Canal — can reach the Garden City Terminal.
— The total price tag: $706 million. Congress has been slow to come up with the rest of the money, but work is underway. Completion is expected in 2018.
— The project is pitched as an economic benefit to metro Atlanta, a major distribution hub for the southeast.
— The expanded Panama Canal opens Sunday so larger ships can reach East Coast ports.


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PRESS RELEASE. Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Bityard will launch its first trading competition in May 2021 with a prize pool of up to 60,000 Thera. Registration for each team captain competition is open.
As the value of major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether has gradually increased, more and more investment institutions and large companies have flooded the cryptocurrency market. So far, the bitcoin bull market has shown no signs of ending and some expect bitcoin to reach the $400,000 mark this year. With the continued bull market, the number of active crypto investors is also increasing, which is a very good sign for many crypto exchanges.
Singapore-based crypto-currency derivatives exchange Bityard is launching its first global trading competition in May 2021 with a prize pool of up to USDT 60,000, and registration for each team captain is now open on Bityard’s official website. Trading contests organized by cryptocurrency exchanges improve user acquisition on these exchanges and bring vibrancy to the trading process.
Moreover, Bitward is not the first cryptocurrency exchange to launch a trading contest. Last year, another major crypto-derivatives exchange, Bybit, held a major contest, the World Series of Trading (WSOT), with a large prize pool that attracted more than 12K global traders to participate, according to Coinmarketcap.
This time, Bityard is launching a trading game for global crypto investors, especially beginners, to get more people interested in trading crypto assets. As the market continues to grow, more and more investment firms and retailers will join the industry, further motivating cryptocurrency exchanges like Bybit and Bityard to plan exciting exchange events for their users.
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Star Trek: Voyager's 'Year of Hell' Episodes Could Have Been a Whole Season, According to Bryan Fuller
If the writers had had their way.
Summer is fast approaching. Days are getting warmer. The sun seems brighter and I’m wearing more shorts. And Red Bull has released a new Summer-inspired flavor but in two forms. The traditional canned energy drink and an icy slush drink at Sonic. Which is better? Read the headline. And the rest of this post!
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The blaze of protests that continue to spread across the country this weekend in response to the police killing of George Floyd and countless others throughout American history is being responded to by policing so brutal even Alanis Morissette could clock the irony.
The not-so-secret appeal to the practice of reading tarot cards is that people have always longed for ways of gleaning their futures in spiritual ways. The appeal of a franchise like CLAMP’s Cardcaptor Sakura is that it borrowed heavily from tarot traditions to tell a sprawling story about a young girl’s quest to…
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Munchlax!
The first DLC for Minecraft Dungeons will be released in July and will add new missions, weapons, and a jungle area. Mojang also revealed a second DLC called “Creeping Winter” will be released later this year and that crossplay is coming in a free update, though no release date was given.


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By Dawn Lim WSJ Sun., March 3, 2019 Vanguard Group is shutting down a service for larger customers that paired a debit card with tools to help them manage cash. The feature let clients write checks and pay bills out of a Vanguard account. The service was launched as a way for the money-management behemoth to press deeper into the financial lives of individual investors. Vanguard is now ending the service on July 31, an acknowledgment the offering couldn’t rival what banks provide. The firm told customers that VanguardAdvantage “is no longer meeting the range of needs articulated by our clients,” according to a Feb. 28 letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The closure of VanguardAdvantage is a backpedal for the Malvern, Pa., firm. Vanguard has been at the forefront of an industry revolution that has continually cut the costs of investing. Vanguard’s success has forced its competitors to match its ultralow prices, a trend … [Read more...] about Vanguard to End Cash-Management Service for Larger Customers
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By Kevin Smith | [email protected] | San Gabriel Valley TribunePUBLISHED: January 29, 2019 at 3:24 pm | UPDATED: January 29, 2019 at 3:25 pm Target will expand its lineup of small-format stores with a new location that’s set to open April 7 in Los Angeles. The 31,000 square-foot store at 11840 Santa Monica Blvd. is situated beneath an apartment complex and will be the company’s 15th downsized location in the greater Los Angeles area. The Minneapolis-based retailer will hold a job fair from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 4 at another Target at 3535 S. La Cienega Blvd. in Los Angeles to begin hiring the 100 workers needed for the new store. Interested candidates can visit Target.com/careers to apply in advance or apply in person the day of the job fair. Store leaders will be on hand at the hiring event to conduct interviews with applicants and discuss the company’s team-oriented culture. Reaching new customers Target is reaching new … [Read more...] about Target to hire 100 employees for new small-format store in Los Angeles
Contrary to popular belief, brand loyalty is alive and well -- but you do have to earn it first. Rashan Dixon Published 10:00 am CST, Sunday, January 20, 2019 Photo: Caiaimage/Martin Barraud | Getty Images Photo: Caiaimage/Martin Barraud | Getty Images Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: Caiaimage/Martin Barraud | Getty Images 3 Essentials for Building a Loyal Customer Base 1 / 1 Back to Gallery With consumers having the ability to research, compare and purchase products and services on the fly, it’s easy to believe that brand loyalty is an ancient concept. Yet according to a recent survey of consumers, more than 90 percent of them consider themselves highly … [Read more...] about 3 Essentials for Building a Loyal Customer Base


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Southeast Asian leaders warned Friday the virus pandemic had swept away years of economic gains and was hindering negotiations over the flashpoint South China Sea as they met online for a delayed summit.Vietnam, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), had wanted to use the summit to inject momentum into talks on a sprawling China-backed trade pact.But the immediate focus for the 10-member bloc was the crippling cost of the coronavirus, which has ravaged the ec
By the time COVID-19 reached South Asia, it had already penetrated most other regions of the world. Pakistan was one of the first in the region to be hit. In late February, Shia pilgrims who had come in contact with Chinese pilgrims while visiting holy sites in Iran brought it home with them. Not long after, Indian expatriates visiting from the United States (US) carried the virus to India.
Back in 2013, the Chinese government laid out a policy agenda that promised real reforms to an economy laden with debt and distorted by the influence of the country’s large state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector.
The coronavirus crisis has severely affected numerous sectors, from aviation, and tourism, to oil and gas even property. The World Bank noted in its recent ‘Global Economic Prospects’ report that the pandemic has caused the broadest collapse of the global economy since 1870.
The coronavirus pandemic inflicted a "swift and massive shock" that has caused the broadest collapse of the global economy since 1870 despite unprecedented government support, the World Bank said Monday.The world economy is expected to contract by 5.2 percent this year - the worst recession in 80 years - but the sheer number of countries suffering economic losses means the scale of the downturn is worse than any recession in 150 years, the World Bank said in its latest Global Econom
When the COVID-19 virus first emerged in Wuhan, China – many didn’t think that the novel coronavirus would drastically change their lives indefinitely. As we enter the sixth month of the outbreak – livelihoods, major industries, local businesses and the economy in general have been severely affected due to the pandemic. Governments have ordered nationwide lockdowns, controlled movements and travel restrictions in order to contain the deadly virus.
The Group of 20 (G20) leaders urgently need to reconvene to agree on an enhanced and more strongly coordinated global response to the COVID-19 crisis.
It was reported recently that the ASEAN +3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) had given Myanmar’s economy a positive outlook for the fiscal year of 2019 to 2020, expecting it to expand by 7.1 percent up from 6.8 percent in the previous fiscal year.
COVID-19 lockdowns may be gradually easing, but anxiety about the world’s social and economic prospects is only intensifying. There is good reason to worry: a sharp economic downturn has already begun, and we could be facing the worst depression since the 1930s.
Shuffling around their tiny slum home which is too small to stand up in, Thanapat Noidee and his wife Papassorn share donated noodles with their sons and worry about bills, as the coronavirus pushes Thailand's poor deeper into penury.The wood and breeze-block hut which is their home stands in the heart of a Bangkok commercial district festooned with five-star hotels and upmarket restaurants.They share the small space in the shadow of the nearby high-rise developments with their children
Thailand's premier on Wednesday urged parliament to approve the kingdom's biggest-ever stimulus package to revive an economy battered by coronavirus, which has brought tourism to a standstill, slashed exports and left millions jobless. The THB1.9 trillion (US$59.6 billion) package would be a much-needed financial boost for Southeast Asia's second biggest economy, which is expected to shrink by 5-6 percent in 2020. Members of parliament - who inaugurated a new


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Samsung's latest offering, the dual screen and WiFi enabled 'DV300F' officially hits the market.
Samsung’s latest offering, the DV300F, a dual screen and WiFi enabled point-and-shoot camera is now out on the market.
The DV300F, Samsung’s latest addition to its ‘DualView’ line, was first announced during at the CES 2012. It offers 16 megapixel resolution, a 25mm wide angle lens with 5x optical zoom. The camera has two displays, a 3-inch main LCD and 1.5-inch front display LCD.Read the rest of the article »
Sprint has disclosed the official specs of the Motorola Admiral Android smartphone.
Numerous consumers became interested, as Sprint revealed a video of their latest smartphone on YouTube. The 2 minutes 28 seconds promotional video leaked out most of the features of the Motorola Admiral, the second Android handset, following the previous Motorola Titanium.
The Motorola Admiral comes with a 3.1-inch HVGA touchscreen display with a full QWERTY keyboard. It features a 5.0-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 720p video recording capabilities, Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth networks. The smartphone is also powered by a 1.2 GHz single-core processor and runs on an Android 2.3 Gingerbread platform.
Furthermore, the Motorola Admiral includes a Sprint TV and Direct Connect (CDMA-based). It is resistant to solar radiation, low pressure, vibration, dust, and varying temperature. Too bad, there are still no official details on the pricing and release date at this time.View Article Source »
Capture photos and record HD videos in 3D with this simple yet brilliant Android smartphone from Sony.
Sony Ericsson has just unveiled a new brand of smartphone in its Xperia line-up — the Xperia Neo V. Unlike its predecessor, the Xperia Neo, Neo V runs with the updated version of Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 OS. And although it only features a 5.0 megapixel camera, this handset is known to be the first device on the portfolio that comes with the new 3D camera functionality from Sony. It even has an impressive 3.7-inch touchscreen with Reality Display, and is powered by a 1 GHz processor.
In addition, the Sony Xperia Neo V is jam-packed with cool features and functions. It comes with the new 3D sweep panorama technology, which allows users to capture and view photos in 3D just by connecting the phone into a 3D TV using the HDMI output. And with the help of the Gingerbread 2.3.4 OS, Xperia Neo V users can easily utilize Google Talk with Video Chat and Facebook inside Xperia™.
Hit the jump for more Sony Xperia Neo V details!Read the rest of the article »
HTC Hero S was seen in the wild with a US Cellular branding.
HTC’s Hero S handset emerged with a US Cellular branding, along with the Motorola Electrify that was confirmed earlier this month. The Hero S appears to represent yet another US-bound CDMA variant of HTC’s Kindgom handset, providing many of the same features as the Hero 4G that was previously rumored to be heading Sprint.
HTC Hero S is said to have a four-inch display with qHD resolution, along with a single-core Snapdragon CPU running at 1.2GHz. Other features include dual cameras, a five megapixel sensor and 768MB of RAM.
However, there is still no announcement from US Cellular about the price and launch information for the Hero S.View Article Source »
RIM just confirmed the arrival of their new BlackBerry Torch 9860 in India!
In an event held in Mumbai, RIM officially announced the arrival of BlackBerry Torch 9860. This latest smartphone is powered by the recently released OS, the BlackBerry 7, and comes with a very stylish design.
In case you didn’t know, the Torch 9860 features a 3.7-inch 480 x 800 touchscreen display — which is said to be the largest on a Blackberry handset. Its high resolution aims to offer a quick, responsive touch with smooth graphics. This smartphone has also been designed to work well on displaying web pages, images, and videos. It even offers a superb gaming experience. Furthermore, the Torch 9860 is equipped with a Liquid Graphics technology and a high-performance graphics processor with an improved CPU.Read the rest of the article »
A new ASUS laptop has just been added to the ExcaliberPC archive. The U46SV-DH5 model is already available for pre-order, with a shipping date set for October 1.
Asus’ thin-and-light laptop, U46SV-DH51, is now up for pre-order at EXcaliberPC.com, the manufacturer announced recently. This anticipated device comes with a 1366×768 display, and has a diminutive black bezel that lets a 14-inch display to reside in a 13-inch body frame.
The said notebook was first announced in mid-July along with its brother, the 15.6-inch U56. The U46SV-DH51 features a “Brushed Champagne” housing that measures 10.8-inches thick and 4.85 pounds. It is powered by Intel’s 2.3GHz Core i5-2410M processor that can run from 2.30GHz up to 2.90GHz, paired with a whopping 4GB RAM (expandable up to 8GB of DDR3), a 640GB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M graphics, and a DVD burner.
Learn more by hitting the break.Read the rest of the article »
Viewsonic introduces their newest Android-based smartphone called V430, which appears to be similar to the company's V350.
Viewsonic introduces their newest Android-based smartphone – the V430 – which looks like a larger cousin to the company’s V350. The two devices share the same Android 2.2 Froyo build, but the V430 jumps to a larger 4.3-inch display with WVGA resolution. Google’s mobile OS is paired with Viewsonic’s own ViewScene 3D UI overlay.
The new handset provides a standard set of smartphone features, including a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, Wi-Fi, GPS, a five megapixel primary camera, VGA front-facing camera and a 512MB of RAM.
ViewSonic V430 appears to be headed to Russia first. It still remains unclear if the said company will expand its launch plans.View Article Source »
Samsung unveiled the price and specs of their upcoming Galaxy Tab 8.9. Check them out!
Samsung recently unveiled all the official specs of their Galaxy Tab 8.9 that is expected to arrive in Best Buy stores this Thurday. The dedicated web page shows that its 16GB Wi-Fi model will cost around $469 as expected. The larger capacity, which is 32GB, will be at $569 per unit.
The feature for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is posted after the jump.Read the rest of the article »
LG's Optimus Q2 is slated to be released next week with its several new features and designs.
LG launched the second wave of their high-end messaging smartphones on late Sunday. The said company unleashed the Optimus Q2 with its new design that centers on a considerably larger four-inch, IPS-based LCD screen with a very bright 700-nit output.
The Android 2.3 hardware is also one of the first smartphones in the field with a newly upgraded 1.2GHz Tegra 2, and should surpass the performance of the T-Mobile G2X — also known as Optimus 2X.
The device’s design is intended to evade some of the bulk of other slider phones, while improving on the comfort of its predecessor. LG claimed that the Q2 is almost a tenth of an inch thinner than its competitors, and 0.35 ounces lighter than its ancestor. It has a strictly average five-megapixel back camera and a VGA front camera, but it included Wi-Fi Direct for faster sharing when devices support it.
The launch of the Optimus Q2 is scheduled next week for Europe. Other networks haven’t been detailed, even though it might ship in on Sprint as just the Q.View Article Source »
Walmart Canada offers Gears of War 3: Epic Edition for only $59.99... Not!
Last Sunday, GeekRevolt reported that Wallmart Canada is offering the Gears of War 3 Regular, Limited and Epic Edition for only $59.99 a piece. This offering is in relation with the retailer’s Anniversary Celebration. However, the site immediately posted Correction Notices with regards to its price.
The correct pricing for Gears of War 3 is as follows.
These prices are in effect as of September 20, 2011:
Regular Edition (#30187519) 59.83
Limited Edition (#30187515/6) 79.83
Epic Edition (#30187517/8) 149.83
The price change will take effect on September 20, while the promo for Gears of War 3 will run on that day until the 22nd.View Article Source »
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While many of us cannot imagine Monday morning — or any other morning for that matter — without a steaming hot cup of coffee by our side, coffee can do much more than get us going and boost our energy. While coffee has traditionally been thought of as a stimulant that can make us nervous and jittery if we overindulge, it turns out regular coffee consumption is linked to some impressive health and fitness benefits. Consider the following:
Coffee and the heart
Studies have been unable to find a direct link between drinking coffee and an increased chance of developing heart disease, the Mayo Clinic reports. In fact, most research has found that consuming coffee on a regular basis leads to a reduced chance of early mortality, as well as a possible decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. In addition, notes Heart MD Institute, a meta-analysis by researchers in China looked at over 20 studies that involved more than 400,000 subjects. After examining the data, they concluded that drinking coffee does not increase a person’s chances of developing arterial disease. Conversely, women who consume about two cups a day have a decreased risk.
Coffee and type 2 diabetes
Interestingly, coffee also seems to help prevent type 2 diabetes. People who regularly drink coffee have a lowered risk of developing the health condition, As WebMD notes. After looking at nine studies on coffee’s effect on type 2 diabetes, researchers concluded people who drink six or seven cups a day are 35 percent less likely to get the disease. Granted, this is a large amount of coffee, even for the most devoted java lover. Fortunately, the studies also found that drinking four cups a day leads to a 28 percent lower risk. Generally speaking, the researchers felt the naturally-occurring minerals in coffee like chromium and magnesium can help regulate blood sugar levels.
Coffee and fitness
Drinking coffee prior to working out can boost short-term exercise performance, the American College of Sports Medicine notes. As research has found, this effect lasts for around five minutes when the athlete is at 90 to 100 percent of maximum oxygen uptake. Scientists believe this boost in athletic performance may be the caused by caffeine’s impact on what they call “muscle anaerobic energy provision and contraction,” as well as a possible role in the central nervous system.
A few words about coffee and calories
It’s worth noting that while black coffee contains zero calories, many people love to add sugar and cream to it, which can boost its caloric content significantly. Blended frozen coffee drinks are definitely delicious, but they have a lot of extra calories from fat and sugar. If you are trying to maintain your current weight or drop some extra pounds and still want to get some of the health benefits of coffee, you might want to stick to regular black coffee in your Keurig or buy from places such as Coffee Dorks. Skip the fancy flavored coffees that have added sugar and flavorings.
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Back in February 2012, Mojang announced to the world that LEGO and Mojang AB worked together to release the first ever Lego Minecraft set. Since then, the world has gotten a taste of what LEGO can do and they have researched more about Minecraft -- however there is one slight problem. They don't know enough! YouTube's LEGO channel released this video asking for help.
If you head on over the official Facebook page, you'll see the way to help. They prompt this message by making a video showcasing their need for help. A range of product concerning Minecraft have been made available like redstrone-like contraptions and mobs (micro-sized!) and more.
I am sure within the next few days, more information will be made available however one thing is for certain -- if you contribute you can say you've helped build and shape LEGO to what it is today -- the Minecraft edition. Given Minecraft's success and the success of LEGO, you can bet thousands of boys and girls will be opening this latest line of LEGOs to make their next Minecraft creation.
Heck, I might even buy one. It looks pretty nice. The micro-worlds are pretty well-made and not to mention the micromobs bring back lots of memories. However, I know for a fact that I would probably lose pieces and get mad. But if LEGOS and Minecraft is your thing -- we got a surprise for you! Wait... well, it's not really a surprise anymore, is it?
Anyway -- head on over the facebook page to get posted on the details for LEGO's next line of Minecraft.


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The star is a big fan of the social networking site and keeps fans updated on his thoughts and whereabouts throughout the day.
But fans were stunned to read a tweet from Combs apparently advertising a cell phone store in downtown Manhattan, New York, when he was partying in Atlanta, Georgia.
The post read: "Go cop your new phone from Verizon Wireless... in Tribeca."
Combs noticed the bogus post minutes later and alerted his followers to the web attack.
He responded: "Don't go cop no new phone from nowhere (sic) in Tribeca... Someone tried to break in(to) my Twitter.. lol (laugh out loud)."
The rapper isn't the only celebrity to be targeted by online hackers - Britney Spears became a victim of an internet hoax last month (Nov09) when her Twitter.com page appeared to declare her dedication to Satanism.


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Global hospitality chain Starwood Hotels and Resorts today said it hopes to manage around 100 hotels in India by 2015 as it looks to tap Indian owners, who are increasingly looking for international brands to manage their properties.
"We have a very strong pipeline for growth in India. By 2015, we expect to have 100 hotels, either operating or developing into India in various stages," Starwood Hotels and Resorts' Managing Director Dilip Puri said on the sidelines of World Economic Forum on India here.
At present, the chain has 34 hotels operating India under various brands.
"Next year, we will open another seven brands," he said.
Puri said that the presence of almost all international hospitality brands in India is reflective of the fact that the Indian owners are becoming increasingly choosy of the brands in order to get good business from other geographies.
"(Indian) owners are becoming more and more choosy. That's why they are choosing us because they could be guaranteed the quality of the brand and global distribution system. They can guaranteed of the business coming from all over the world," Puri said.
Bullish on the prospects of international brands in India, he said, "More or more (Indian hotel) owners are moving away from the domestic brands and are focusing on international brands and that's why you see all the international brands are in India and they are only going to go up."
Commenting on the company's strategy in India, he said, "We will expand just the way we have been. But, it will depend upon finding the right partners, finding the right locations and the kind of signing management contracts."
The company does not invest into real estate in India.
"Principally, we are a management company with a distinctive set of brands," Puri added.
Starwood Hotels and Resorts offers management services, branding services with local owners and takes on management contracts.
It manages around 1,000 hotels in over 100 countries under nine brands -- St Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Le Meridien, Sheraton, Westin, Four Points by Sheraton, Aloft and Element.


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Electronic cigarettes are legal to sell to a person of any age, and can be smoked anywhere in Frisco, but that could change in the future.
Frisco City Council members on Dec. 7 opened discussion on the issue, brought to them by the Frisco Police Department.
Currently, no state or federal laws regulate the sale or use of e-cigs.
The council heard from several people who work at or manage stores that sell e-cigarettes and discussed the issues of allowing the sale of e-cigarettes to minors, as well as banning the smoking of e-cigarettes in public places and businesses.
The council consensus: Begin work to ban the selling of e-cigs to minors, but much more research into the potential harm of their usage on the public needs to be done before more decisions are made.
“I don’t have any desire from stopping anybody from using e-cigarettes,” said councilman Scott Johnson. “But it shouldn’t be acceptable for somebody in the Frisco Square theater watching Frozen to have to be surrounded by vapor.”
Several councilmen talked about personal experiences with their children around people smoking e-cigarettes. While it may or may not be a health issue, council members said they have no desire to see any type of cigarettes become popular again.
“Even if it’s safe, the culture of smoking has changed,” Keating said. “It’s not something I want to have to back toward.”
Keating said he would lean towards banning e-cigs where tobacco cigarettes are banned, but is inclined to take “baby steps” at first, and ban the sale to minors first, while allowing use in stores and allowing businesses to make their own regulations.
Councilman Will Sowell said banning the sale of e-cigs to minors is something the council has responsibility to do.
“E-cigs attract minors and provide a coolness factor that cigarettes don’t,” he said.
The council directed police department officials to move forward with the issue by bringing back more information.


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Today marked an end to the decentralized Charity NFT Auction on Hedera. Let's look at Hedera explorers to deconstruct how it went on to raise 488,766 for charity.
Blockchain and public ledgers present an opportunity to decentralize marketplaces. Smart contracts and validator networks can be used to increase trust and reduce fees commonly taken by intermediaries. Learn how we created the auction and your chance to participate.
A new, Non-Fungible Token (NFT) charity auction will be conducted this week on the Hedera network to demonstrate how the recently launched Hedera Token Service and auction platform can be used for social good initiatives. The auction will go live on September 21st at 12 am PDT.
Hedera is improving its reporting of the Hedera Council’s allocation and distribution of their pre-minted supply of hbars by launching the Hedera Treasury Management Report, a dynamic website detailing when and why such pre-minted hbars are released to an individual or entity other than Hedera.
In 2020, Hedera provided a proposal to all existing SAFT holders, offering them the opportunity to exchange their outstanding SAFT for a new form of SAFT.
Harrow, UK, and Dallas, TX — September 17, 2021 — Sparkle has teamed up with Retail Data Systems (RDS) and Hedera Hashgraph to launch digital eReceipts and Universal Digital Coupons apps.
DALLAS, TX - September 16, 2021 - Hedera Hashgraph, the most used, sustainable, enterprise-grade public network for the decentralized economy, today announced an upgrade to its Smart Contract Service, which will allow developers to harness the speed and scalability of the Hedera Token Service (HTS) for fungible and non-fungible tokens with the flexibility of fast, low-fee, and industry-standard Solidity smart contracts.
DALLAS, TX - September 16, 2021 - The Hedera Governing Council has announced the approval of a plan to allocate 10.7 billion hbars (approximately 20% of total supply), currently worth US $5 billion as of September 16th, 2021, towards the development of the Hedera ecosystem.
DALLAS, TX AND CHENNAI, INDIA, 14th September 2021: Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Hedera Hashgraph, the most used, sustainable, enterprise-grade public network for the decentralized economy, today announced the newest member of its Governing Council.


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Google Chrome: 750 Million Active Users, Synchronized Web and Mobile Browsing
Chrome, Google’s homegrown Web browser, has seen a pretty big uptick in users in recent months. And, increasingly, those users are coming from mobile.
That was the gist of the Chrome-focused presentation given by Sundar Pichai, Google’s senior vice president for Chrome and Android, and Linus Upson, vice president of engineering at Chrome,at the Google I/O conference earlier today.
Pichai announced that Chrome now claims more than 750 million monthly active users, with 300 million new users since
last month the last I/O conference a year ago. (Google used to measure browser users on a weekly basis, but has since adjusted this to reflect industry standards.)
Pichai and Upson didn’t say exactly how many of those users are coming from mobile, except to say that, not surprisingly, that segment is growing. In an effort to nudge the browsing experience forward in a “multiscreen world,” Upson showed how a Chrome Web browser will mimic the experience as you’re running game applications from an Android tablet (Nexus 10, natch).
So the user starts a race or performs a function on a touchscreen Android tablet, and the same action will occur in the game on his or her desktop browser.
They also demoed Racer, a multiplayer Chrome experiment that uses Chrome across up to five devices at once.
Chrome mobile, Upson said, has been getting speedier, with performance improving by “more than 50 percent” on mobile, compared with 25 percent speedier on desktop.
Google’s browser, of course, serves as the foundation for Chrome OS, a computer system based solely on the Web — i.e., the $1,300 Chromebook Pixel — but Google only said that there would be “more to talk about” later this year in regards to Chrome OS.
Chrome has previously claimed the top-browser-in-the-world title, according to third-party analytics firm StatCounter, but other reports indicate that Internet Explorer is still the dominant Web browser in many parts of the world.
- Shoot the Moon: How Google Turned a Hodgepodge of Upgrades Into a Show of Strength
- Google I/O: Music, Maps, Messaging and More
- Larry Page Takes the Pulpit to Praise Technology, Snipe at Competitors
- Next Google Maps Update to Include Better Venue Search, Waze-Like Rerouting
- Google Gives Search a Deeper Voice and Adds Reminders and More to Google Now
- With Revamped Hangouts, Google Aims to Unify Messaging
- Google+ Gets a Bit More Pinteresting
- Google Chrome: 750 Million Active Users, Synchronized Web and Mobile Browsing
- Coming Soon From Google: A $649 Samsung Galaxy S4 Running Stock Android
- With Sights Set on Spotify (And Pandora), Google Launches a Music Subscription Service
- Google on Android: 900 Million Activations, New Tools for Developers Coming
- Google Doubles Down on Music Subscriptions, Which Means Google Isn’t Serious About Music Subscriptions
- Where Are They Now? Google I/O 2012 Edition.
- At I/O, Google Tilts Toward Android Services Over Android OS
- Google Downplays Expectations Ahead of I/O Developer Conference
- Will Google Deliver on Its Nexus Q Promise? Not at This Year’s I/O.
- Ahead of I/O, Google Wallet Drops Plans to Introduce a Physical Card
- Google Goes With Unified I/O Keynote (But Will It Unify Its Products?)


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Qualcomm has made a couple of announcements today, both revolving around its efforts to get more Windows users on Arm. First up is the unveiling of the second-gen Snapdragon 7c compute platform, which retains what appears to be an identical feature set to the original, albeit with a slightly bumped clock speed (2.55 GHz, vs. 2.40 GHz).
It may seem almost needless to release a second-gen model that only bumps the clock speed ever-so-slightly, but it seems Qualcomm really wants to keep its Windows-on-Arm efforts in front of more people, as the company has been trying to cater greatly to those who want an affordable notebook that gets the job done, and can last all day.
In a slide presented to us last week, Qualcomm says that x86 “premium” notebooks start at $909 USD, whereas its Snapdragon compute platforms can offer all of the same important features, but at a lower price-point, starting at $349 USD. Qualcomm even boasts the benefit of supposedly greater battery-life. Qualcomm’s target comparison here was Intel’s EVO platform. We’re sure both can be compared a number of different ways to show their strengths, so it would have been nice to see a direct model-vs-model example.
Whereas the higher-end Snapdragon 8cx caters to those who demand the best possible performance out of a Snapdragon platform while on-the-go, the 7c series scales some features back to make the price point more palatable; and after all, not everyone needs top-level performance. There’s also the 8c series, which fits in between them.
Admittedly, what’s even more interesting than the second-gen 7c platform (to us) is the upcoming Snapdragon Developer Kit, a hardware product that will be sold on the Microsoft Store this summer. With it, developers will be able to get down with development of Arm applications on Windows really quickly, something aided by the fact that it ships with up-to-date software libraries so that you can hit the ground running once it arrives.
Specs of this developer kit don’t seem to be currently known, but we’ll of course learn more this summer once it becomes available on the Microsoft Store. We’d expect that the device will only cost a few hundred dollars, as it’s geared towards allowing developers to jump on Windows-on-Arm without having to drop more on a regular retail device. It could especially be useful if more than one are needed. Unlike some developer kits, these are yours to keep once you have them; Qualcomm will not be asking for them back.
Overall, this is a good set of announcements, although a bit tepid since the new 7c isn’t much different from the old one. In our eyes, the release of a developer kit could prove to be much more notable. The more Windows developers that have access to Arm, the better.


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Bridgestone postpones Thailand plant start as mining slowdown continues
It appears declining demand has prompted Bridgestone to postpone the start of production at its OTR tyre factory in Thailand. Bloomberg reports comments to this effect made by chief executive officer Masaaki Tsuya on 15 June. Tsuya said a new production start date will be announced when demand for mining tyres returns – adding that this may take “some time”.
The official stone laying ceremony for the new Bridgestone Specialty Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd plant took place on 29 April 2013; at the time, Bridgestone stated that the facility was scheduled to begin production in the first half of 2015 and total production capacity was expected to reach approximately 85 tons by the first half of 2019.


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MOSCOW: Consumer goods companies such as Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever and Heinz are adapting their strategies in Russia, which is widely regarded as a key market for future growth.
Reckitt Benckiser found Polish shoppers spend six times more on dishwasher tablets than their Russian peers, and thus launched an ad campaign in the latter country showing they increase the family time available to mums.
Another effort for Airwick also suggests using air freshener throughout the home and not just in the bathroom, as is the case for 90% of Russian households.
"We are launching a comprehensive brand campaign to raise awareness for Reckitt Benckiser in Russia," Andraea Dawson-Shepherd, RB's SVP, corporate communications, told the St Petersburg Times.
The company currently spends 12% of its €300m sales in Russia on advertising, in a nation where it is hoping to achieve a compound annual growth rate of approximately 15% in the near term at least.
Unilever has pursued a similar approach to Reckitt via an ad campaign for Rexona, featuring popstar Vera Brezhneva, after finding the average Russian uses less than one unit of deodorant a year.
"When advertising personal care products, we try to educate the consumer on the necessity of following the basic rules of hygiene," said Yegor Yevteyev, senior brand manager for Rexona.
PepsiCo has also been required to modify its model to serve the needs of Russian customers while resisting the widespread practice of discounting.
"The noncarbonated beverage business and juices ... is a gigantic market in Russia, bigger than the carbonated soft drink business," Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, said. "We're going to focus on juices and maintain our pricing in the marketplace."
Elsewhere, Heinz recently reported that its eponymous baked beans brand now represents over 70% of its Russian sales, and receives more than 90% of marketing expenditure in the country at present.
"We're extraordinarily well-positioned to expand into new categories and to new white spaces," said David Moran, CEO of Heinz Europe. "We're supporting the Heinz equity in Russia with a strong media rate."
Data sourced from St Petersburg Times/Seeking Alpha; additional content by Warc staff


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Evrythng, the Internet of Things platform for ‘smart products’, scores $24.8M Series B
Evrythng, the Internet of Things (IoT) smart products platform that gives any physical object a so-called ‘digital identity,’ has closed $24.8 million Series B funding.
The round was led by San Francisco-based Sway Ventures, and also included Toronto-based Generation Ventures and London-based Bloc Ventures. They join existing backers such as Cisco Investments, Samsung, BHLP, Atomico, Dawn Capital, and Advance Vixeid Partners.
Founded all the way back in 2011, Evrythng offers an enterprise-focused IoT platform for managing what it calls “intelligent software identities” for products that have been made smart via anything from smart tags like QR codes, to NFC, BLE, RFID, or which are directly connected to the internet. In other words, it’s the data layer needed by companies that want to go all in on the IoT trend as part of their digital transformation strategy.
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DENSO: involved on a global scale
DENSO Corp. will be well-represented at two upcoming events thousands of miles apart. One is in Detroit, Mich. The other is in Beijing, China.
1. DENSO International America Inc. will present seven technical papers throughout the duration of 2012 SAE World Congress, which is being held April 24-26 at Cobo Center in Detroit. DENSO also is the lanyard sponsor, and has been an SAE World Congress sponsor for the last 12 consecutive years.
* Tuesday, April 24: "Automotive Electric System Level Design Methodologies with System," "Reliability of SiC-MOSFET for hybrid vehicle" and "Virtual Development of Engine ECU by Modeling Technology,"
* Wednesday, April 25: "New evaluation method of transient and non-uniform environment in a passenger compartment."
* Thursday, April 26:"Evaporator With Integrated Ejector for Automotive Cabin Cooling," "Application of Optimization Algorithm to the HVAC Configuration Design" and "Development of Spark Plug for Ion Current Misfire Detection System."
2. DENSO Corp. will exhibit its latest technologies and products that connect people, vehicles, and society at booth W1-W06 at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Auto China 2012). The show will be held at the China International Exhibition Center and will be open to the public from Friday, Apr. 27, to Wednesday, May 2.
The company's main exhibit, the Synchronized Concept, is a cockpit simulator that allows visitors to experience how people, vehicles, and society will “connect” to each other in real time to make driving more safe, convenient, and enjoyable. The cockpit will feature technologies such as driver drowsiness detection and a points of interest (POI) display that will show rest areas or other POIs on the navigation systems.
Location, location, location
To expand its business in the growing Chinese market, DENSO will expand and relocate its technical center, which is located in Shanghai and serves as part of DENSO’s regional headquarters in China.
The technical center will employ more than twice as many people as it does now, with about 7.2 billion yen (approximately $89 million) to be invested by the end of fiscal year ending March 2014. It is scheduled to start operations at its new site in June 2013.
“With this expansion, we aim to improve customer service and product competitiveness by designing more products locally and offering more market-specific designs,” says Yasushi Yamanaka, executive director in charge of DENSO’s Engineering Research and Development Center.
As part of this relocation and expansion, the new technical center will add large test facilities, including a wind tunnel, to upgrade its product design and development capabilities.
Vendor of the Year
DENSO Sales California Inc. was awarded the 2011 Vendor of the Year Award from XL Parts at XL's annual Installer Open House in Houston, Texas, on March 24. The DENSO Corp. subsidiary received the award for outstanding sales, service, and dedication to XL Parts throughout 2011.
XL Parts sells components exclusively to automotive installers and has more than 50 locations throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
For more information on DENSO in the United States, visit www.densocorp-na-dsca.com.


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WASHINGTON, DC – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on California’s privacy laws. Attorney General Becerra discussed data security, privacy rights, and the landmark California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA).
Attorney General Becerra testimony as delivered:
Mr. Chairman, to you, ranking Member Cantwell and to the members of the committee, thank you for this invitation. My apologies for the technical difficulties. But let me go ahead and begin.
State law is the backbone of consumer privacy in the United States, and federal law serves as the glue that ties our communities together. In the data privacy space, the optimal federal legal framework recognizes that privacy protections must keep pace with innovation. That's the hallmark of our data-driven economy. To keep pace, we must all work from the same playbook, yet be nimble enough to adapt to real-world circumstances on the field where we meet them.
Every day, states tackle these challenges. We use federal law as our playbook. Then, like a good quarterback, we adapt to what we see coming at us. As you consider enacting a federal digital privacy law, give us a playbook. But don't preempt smart, nimble privacy protections that let states meet the varying challenges coming at us, from Mississippi to Washington State, to California.
Now, California has been at the forefront of privacy legislation. The right to privacy is enshrined in our state constitution. We enacted the country's first data breach notification law in 2003. Last year, we amended it to protect biometric information as well. Keeping pace with technology is crucial. That's how we were able to hold Equifax accountable for breaching the confidentiality of over 148 million American's Social Security numbers. That's how we were able to hold Uber accountable with nearly $150 million in penalties after it tried to cover up a breach of its drivers' personal information. And that's how California got Glow Inc., which markets a fertility app, to reform its business practices and cure privacy and security flaws before a serious breach occurred and without going to trial. And that, of course, is how California passed the nation's game changing digital privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act, (CCPA). When it comes to personal data, Californians now enjoy the right to know, the right to delete, the right to opt out of sale, and the right not to be treated differently if they exercise CCPA rights. For the first time in a legal regime, Americans, at least in California, have the right to tell a business that sells their information, don't. This protection is stronger for minors up to age 16 and strongest for children under 13.
Businesses are working hard to comply with CCPA. We're working hard too. We've issued notices to cure to companies with noncompliant privacy policies. We're verifying that service contracts specify limitations on the use of personal information. We continue to conduct investigative sweeps, and overwhelmingly we have seen real effort at compliance.
Now, CCPA is not perfect, but it is an excellent first step. Here are some ways to improve. Consumers should have a private right of action to complement and fortify the work of state enforcers. My office is working hard to hold companies accountable for violating privacy laws, but defending the privacy rights of 40 million Californians is a massive undertaking. Consumers need the authority to pursue remedies themselves. Consumers deserve their day in court. As California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson explained, a right without a remedy is no right at all.We should also know what constitutes illegal data use under civil rights protections. Indirect, inferences based on personal information should not be used against us in health care decisions, insurance coverage, or employment determinations. We also need greater transparency on how algorithms impact people's fundamental rights in health care, housing, employment, and how they may perpetuate systematic racism and bias.
Businesses that dive deep into collecting our data should also disclose specifics of the data they collect. They should minimize the collection of personal data and use that data for the purpose the consumer allowed. Finally, consumers should have the ability to correct errors in personal data.
Mr. Chairman, today, as we battle a pandemic that has moved so much of life online, companies know more about us, our children, our habits than ever before. That data is today's gold. And as with gold, there's been a rush to mine, use, and sell our personal information. Americans need robust tools that allow them to understand who has their data, what was collected, if it can be deleted, and how they can opt out of downstream selling. As you consider federal legislation to advance much-needed privacy rights to consumers across the country, I urge you not to preempt the important work and nimble innovation like CCPA that is happening at the state level. States are the laboratories of democracy. I urge you to favor legislation that sets a federal privacy protection floor, not a ceiling. That's a model that Congress has employed in other consumer protection legislation.
And in conclusion, I know I speak for my colleagues when I say we are ready to offer you our support and the insights of our experiences and best practices as you move forward.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Attorney General Becerra’s written testimony is available here.


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Discover has unveiled Discover Quick Chip, a new option for merchants to streamline the checkout process when customers pay with cards. “Discover Quick Chip will reduce the time a chip card needs to remain in the point of sale terminal, making the checkout process more convenient for merchants and cardholders,” the card network says. American Express also unveiled a similar offering earlier this month. Visa originally unveiled a feature designed to streamline EMV transactions in April 2016, closely followed by MasterCard.
- Hyundai to let drivers unlock cars with their fingerprint
- UN agency to pilot biometric cards for migrants
- German savings banks press Apple to open up its NFC chip
- IMF report finds digital currencies are gaining ground with central bankers
- Alipay offers POS terminals that combine face recognition with QR payments


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(Pocket-lint) - When Nguyen Ha Dong announced his intention to remove hit free game Flappy Bird from the iTunes and Google Play app stores, not only did it cause a fuss, it also provoked a widespread rumour that Nintendo was the real culprit behind the move.
Nguyen claimed that he just couldn't take any more Twitter criticism and that was the real reason behind its removal, even confirming that his decision was not down to "legal issues". But that didn't stop speculation that, because of the game's graphical similarity to the 2D Mario games from Nintendo, he was actually sent a take down notice by the Japanese gaming giant.
That isn't true, says Nintendo. It didn't even speak to the developer. "We can confirm that Nintendo did not contact the creator of this game," a spokesman from Nintendo told Pocket-lint. "We also did not seek its removal from the marketplace."
It seems therefore that the real reason for its removal is as Nguyen originally stated. He was simply fed up of the abuse he was getting over the simple, but frustratingly addictive game.
Either that or it was a cunning marketing ploy to get even more people to download it before its withdrawal. After all, it might no longer be on the app store, but the game is still generating massive amounts of revenue through advertising on phones and tablets that have it already installed.
UK betting firm Paddy Power is even taking bets on when the game might miraculously reappear on the app stores, with the second highest odds, at 5/2, being this month, less than a couple of weeks since its removal. Cynical eh?


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GameStop, the leading brick-and-mortar video game retailer, is looking to become the leading mobile gaming retailer. The company is targeting the $20 billion mobile gaming market with a $1 billion share sale of its shares.
The company’s stock price is up more than 30% following the news and its shares are currently up to $41.75, a new all-time high.
We believe the mobile gaming market is poised for significant growth, which should drive share gains for GameStop in the years ahead. The company has a number of opportunities to grow through its current core business.
The company is looking to diversify its business with the mobile gaming market, as well as increase its focus on the e-commerce and digital gaming markets.


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August 24, 2018
UK and China enters a dairy products partnership worth £240 million
UK International Trade Secretary, Dr. Liam Fox has announced that UK received China's stamp of approval for dairy product exports, including cream and yoghurt made using milk sourced from other countries.
The deal is said to be worth £240 million (US$307.4 million) and spans over a period of five years for the UK dairy industry.
UK and China have agreed to increase flexibility in the supply chain, meaning producers in Northern Irelands, for example, can export products made using milk from across the border.
Dr. Fox made the announcement whilst attending a meeting of the UK-China Joint Economic and Trade Commission (JETCO), in Beijing.
"This is my fourth visit to China this year and I am delighted to see the completion of this deal, bringing significant benefits to dairy producers across the UK at a time when British food and drink exports are at a record high," Dr. Fox shared.
Environment Secretary, Michael Grove added, "Our world-class dairy producers already exported £1.7 billion (US$2.18 billion) worth of produce per year. This milestone will help unlock the UK food and drink industry's full potential, forging new trading relationships around the globe."
"This step shows we can be a truly outward-looking Britain, outside the European Union," Grove concluded.
Source: Belfast Telegraph


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Rockstar Games have just dropped the trailer for the next GTA title early amidst a mixture of real and fake news on the internet, possibly due to the actual legit trailer being a big part of them. Hence the first trailer that was to be shown later on December 5 is now already out.
Here is the first look at the next upcoming GTA game in its full watermark-less glory:
The game is now slated to arrive in 2025. The internet is about to blow, as GTA is the most popular videogame if not one of the most popular ones, that almost all gamers know of even if they’re one of the rare ones that haven’t played one. The leaks themselves were due to the massive viewership the X/Twitter trailer post got which was more than 170 million views as of this moment, and any kind of correlated content, real or fake, was bound to get a big reach. Fans are already hyped a day early now, albeit a little disappointed that the game will not be coming in 2024 so there will be some waiting for all to finally enjoy the next Grand Theft Auto title which seemingly is going back to Vice City by the looks of it.
There will be plenty of in-depth looks at the first look of GTAVI and all its content including the newest characters, the world, the story and much more. Here are some screenshots taken from the trailer in a slideshow format:
More will be announced in time before 2025 as fans will have to wait for at least a year to officially play the game now if the release date isn’t moved around. Check out Rockstar’s official website for more.