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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- An ethics complaint was filed today against the California Manufacturers and Technology Association (CMTA), the organization leading the No on Proposition 39 campaign. The complaint, which was filed by former California League of Conservation Voters President Thomas Adams with the Fair Political Practices Commission, shows that CMTA has been acting as the public face of the campaign, clearly spending money in opposition to Proposition 39, but without publicly disclosing how much they are spending or where they are getting this money from as required by law.
The corporate tax loophole that Proposition 39 will close has always been cloaked in mystery. The loophole was created in the dead of the night in a backroom Sacramento deal with no debate or disclosure in 2009 and is specifically designed so that out-of-state companies can dodge taxes, putting them at a competitive advantage over California companies. To date, no company has taken responsibility for creating the loophole, and this latest failure of legally required public disclosure furthers the secrecy surrounding the tax loophole.
In a statement, the Yes on Proposition 39 campaign said, "CMTA's aggressive campaign to keep the California corporate tax loophole open has always been a mystery, since this tax loophole specifically gives a competitive advantage to out-of-state companies at the expense of California companies. By failing to publicly disclose who is funding the No on Proposition 39 campaign, CMTA continues their mysterious opposition."
Some of the evidence of CMTA's opposition to Prop 39 listed in the complaint includes:
--CMTA authored and paid for development of ballot arguments against Prop 39
--CMTA submitted to the Secretary of State a 50-word summary opposing Proposition 39 that will appear in the November ballot
--a CMTA official testified at a Legislative hearing opposing Prop 39
--CMTA has sent representatives to public forums to debate against adoption of Proposition 39
--CMTA was allegedly behind a failed lawsuit brought by Lewis Uhler challenging the Prop 39 arguments
The complaint states, "Clearly, CMTA has been financing the opposition to Prop 39, however, it has failed to establish primarily formed sponsored ballot measure committee and file required campaign disclosure reports…"
The campaign added, "The fact that CMTA is failing to properly publicly disclose their role in the No on Proposition 39 campaign, when in fact twenty-nine of CMTA's members have publicly supported a Single Sales Factor in other states raises serious questions of intellectual honesty and ethical integrity of the CMTA. In fact, if it is ultimately determined that all of CMTA's member companies are a party to funding the No on 39 campaign without publicly disclosing their contributions, there could be serious legal campaign violations by many top consumer companies trying to sell their goods and services in California – and we already know Californians have very strong negative reactions to companies behaving this way."
A poll released by the Proposition 39 Campaign earlier this week shows that consumer support for Chrysler, General Motors, Kimberly-Clark and International Paper drops dramatically when voters learn of their involvement in the opposition to Proposition 39.
The loophole, which gives companies an option of calculating their income based on a mixture of payroll, property, and sales, gives multi-state corporations an incentive to keep jobs and investment in other states so that they can reduce their taxes in California. Basically, the fewer Californians out-of-state-companies employ, the less they pay in taxes.
To fix the loophole, which is costing California $1 billion in revenue and tens of thousands of jobs, Proposition 39 would require out-of-state companies to pay taxes based on one factor -- their sales in California -- instead of giving them a choice between sales, property, and payroll. The "Mandatory Single Sales Factor" would prohibit multi-state companies from reaping profits on their sales in California while dodging their fair share of California state taxes – and it would force out-of-state companies to pay the same as in state corporations. By reducing the incentive to locate new jobs out of state, the Legislative Analyst's Office predicts that the mandatory single sales factor will add $1 billion in revenues and create tens of thousands of jobs in California.
The states of Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin have all adopted a mandatory single sales factor approach – without a loophole – to provide an incentive to companies to invest in their states. Only California and one other state – Missouri – have this glaring loophole that allows big corporations to pick and choose the way they pay their taxes. In California, four companies have taken the lead to lobby successfully to keep the corporate tax loophole alive: Chrysler, General Motors, Kimberly-Clark and International Paper. These companies, which sell tens of millions of dollars in products to the state, are dodging millions in taxes and putting California companies at a competitive disadvantage.
Prop 39 is the ballot initiative that would close the out of state corporate tax loophole.
Paid for by Yes on 39 Californians to Close the Out-of-State Corporate Tax Loophole. Major Funding by Thomas F. Steyer and Californians for Clean Energy and Jobs, sponsored by environmental organizations and business for clean energy and jobs.
Lisa Cohen, 310-395-2544
SOURCE Yes on Proposition 39


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The company, which is the world’s second largest producer of beef, pork, and chicken, will close meatpackers in three states – Arkansas, Indiana, and Missouri – to cut costs. It comes after the closure of two further plants in Virginia and Arkansas earlier this year. Tyson’s profits soared during the pandemic due to a rise in meat prices, but it has recently seen a decline as demand for some products falls.
According to Reuters, the four facilities closing represent 10 percent of its chicken slaughter capabilities. “These moves are difficult certainly,” Tyson’s CFO said in an interview. “For the long term of Tyson, this is a move that should allow us to be better, more efficient and serve our customers better.”
Trouble in the air for Tyson
This latest news comes weeks after Tyson saw its shares plummet by 16 percent, a three-year low, back in May. At the time, it was reported that the company was facing difficulties in its chicken, “pork,” and “beef” departments.
Tyson posted a loss of $97 million in the three months prior to April 1, 2023. This was its first quarterly loss since 2009. In comparison, the company made a net income of $829 million the previous year. CEO Donnie King said at the time that the quarter was “definitely a tough one.”
A number of reasons may be attributed to Tyson’s financial difficulties. There have been rising costs of production in the meat industry as a whole. Chicken feed, for example, has increased in price by $145 million. Tyson’s margins on chicken were previously reported as negative 3.7 percent.
While Tyson has experienced some difficulty, there’s no denying that chicken remains a hugely popular product in the US. The country’s “poultry” production as a whole expanded from 2022-3, and around nine billion chickens are killed each year.
The cruelty of chicken production
The vast majority of US chickens are raised in factory farms in torturous conditions. Birds will often be crammed into vast sheds with hundreds of thousands – and sometimes millions – of others. They are selectively bred to grow unnaturally fast, and they often suffer from injuries like broken bones as a result of their size.
Tyson-linked farms have repeatedly been accused of animal cruelty. Undercover footage from 2016 found that workers were stomping on, kicking, and suffocating chickens at a number of facilities. In May of this year, it was reported that Tyson had cut ties with a farm after an investigation from Animal Outlook found that birds were left without food and water.
Animal Outlook’s Executive Director Cheryl Leahy said that Tyson should have been aware of the abuse sooner, due to the fact that it had worked with the farm for seven years. “There is absolutely no excuse,” she said at the time. “The day-to-day suffering of these birds is palpable in each of the videos. Still, Tyson delivered birds, year after year.”

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Recently, the Blockchain Service Network (hereinafter referred to as “BSN”) Development Alliance and related partners held a global launch ceremony of the “BSN Open Alliance Chain Project” in Beijing. The “BSN Open Consortium Chain” will be based on the BSN domestic public city nodes, and through the licensing transformation of public chain technology, it will become an “open consortium chain” deployed in the BSN ecosystem and acceptable for supervision. The project aims to further promote the healthy and orderly development of blockchain technology in China in a legal and compliant manner, helping developers to develop, deploy and run various blockchain applications at low cost and high efficiency, and to achieve chain-to-chain integration. The convenient intercommunication between the two countries has enabled China to maintain its leading position in the development wave of the global blockchain industry.
BSN is a cross-cloud service, cross-portal, and cross-bottom framework jointly initiated and established by the National Information Center, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., China UnionPay Co., Ltd., and Beijing Red Date Technology Co., Ltd. to deploy and run various blocks The global infrastructure network of chain applications is the world’s largest basic service environment for blockchains. At present, more than 120 public city nodes have been established worldwide.
The open consortium chain can be understood as the public chain technology increases the authority control of nodes, and cancels the mechanism of paying for GAS with virtual currency, thus forming the form of the consortium chain. Under the premise of legal compliance and compliance with supervision, China’s blockchain ecology will be more complete and full of vitality.
Shan Zhiguang, director of the Information and Industrial Development Department of the National Information Center and chairman of the BSN Development Alliance, said: “The BSN Open Alliance Chain provides a clearer compliance standard and regulatory mechanism for the application of outstanding blockchain technology in my country. , Let the blockchain technology play a greater potential in empowering the high-quality development of my country’s economy and society, and at the same time allow domestic developers to master the underlying technology of the blockchain under the premise of safety and control, ensuring that my country always remains in the global region Leading position in the blockchain industry.”
He Yifan, executive director of BSN Development Alliance and CEO of Beijing Red Date Technology, explained the path of BSN open alliance chain to help global high-quality blockchain projects join the Chinese industrial blockchain field under the premise of legal compliance and compliance with regulatory requirements. At the same time, He Yifan also believes that the open consortium chain will form a new blockchain industry in China, and highly affirmed the leading position of the ant open consortium chain.
The reporter learned that the “BSN Open Consortium Chain Project” aims to comprehensively promote the healthy and orderly development of blockchain technology in China in a legal, compliant, and regulatory-compliant manner, while providing low-cost, easy-to-use development to Chinese companies and developers. The choice of the underlying framework of the blockchain developed. The BSN open consortium chain is expected to go online in mid-November 2020, complete the listing of all 24 open consortium chains in the first quarter of 2021, and achieve intra-chain data interoperability among 24 open consortium chains in the first half of 2021.
As the preferred cloud service provider of the BSN open alliance chain, Chen Tao, AWS China Telecom Industry Business Development Director, said that since the release of BSN, AWS has continued to provide BSN with high-security, high-reliability, high-stability, high-agility and high-quality cloud resources, and provide professional The support services of BSN help BSN establish high-quality BSN resources in China, North America, Europe, South America and other regions, and provide guarantee for BSN’s continuous and stable service. In the future, AWS will continue to provide excellent services for the “BSN Open Consortium Chain” with its leading cloud technology and high-quality cloud resources.
“The BSN open consortium chain will be free for developers to use in the first year”, the relevant person in charge of FireChain Technology, Gao Chao, revealed this important information in his speech. He introduced the overall operation and future development route of the BSN open consortium chain. He said that FireChain Technology, as one of the participants of the BSN Open Consortium Chain project, will be responsible for the introduction of framework parties for the BSN Open Consortium Chain project and the daily operation and maintenance of the official portal.
At the launching ceremony, the first batch of 8 underlying framework parties that wish to join the BSN open consortium chain were also announced. They are Polkadot, Tezos, Algorand, Cosmos, Ethereum, Huobi Chain, Nervos and IRISnet. The names of the open consortium chains after the technical transformation of the frameworks will be named after Chinese cities, and their original names must not be used.
The official launch of “BSN Open Consortium Chain” means that China’s blockchain industry and ecology have achieved a major breakthrough. Developers can develop, deploy and run various blockchain applications at low cost and efficiently and realize convenience between chains Intercommunication will help China maintain its leading position in the development wave of the global blockchain industry.
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Longer forms of editorial content and blogs are best for boosting SERPs on Google, according to a new poll conducted by news website Search Engine Journal (SEJ).
A third of respondents said that a blog post over 1,000 words but less than 2,000 is “recommended” for those who want their content to rank well in search engine listings. A quarter also claimed that an article with 1,000 words or less is ideal, while 32% said that “it depends” on the topic at the hand and how it fits into wider content marketing aims.
The pivot towards longer written word content output comes in the wake of Google’s recent Panda update, which aims to purge lower-quality pages from SERPs and reward those publishing unique, engaging and compelling blogs and articles.
Not too long ago, a 200-word piece appeared to be the norm for brands, but content saturation and the desire to deliver added value to end users has resulted in them opting for more in-depth, editorial articles and blogs.
While between 1,000 words and 2,000 words appears to be the sweet spot for marketers right now, SEJ noted that each website and publication platform is “unique”. As such, a one-size-fits-all approach is unlikely to deliver the best returns in terms of SEO, though it is certainly a valid strategy to use.
Insightful, thought-provoking content does not have to top out at 2,000 words though, as 11% said that writing blogs with several thousand words is best for improving search rankings.


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The German magazine Uhu
reported that a dress made out of glass had been shown at the first spring fashion show in Paris. The dress, woven from spun glass, was said to be as soft as silk and entirely transparent. However, it was extremely expensive, costing over 40,000 francs, and because of its fragility it could only be worn a few times. In its next issue, Uhu
noted that it had received many inquiries from women wanting to know who the manufacturer of the glass dress was, which suggested that if a glass dress actually existed, a lot of women would want to wear it.
In honor of April Fool's Day, French fashion designer Jean Dessès
used photomontages to dress Parisian landmarks in his gowns. For instance, he outfitted a street lamp in sight of the Eiffel Tower in a softly tailored beige and brown wool suit and a brown felt hat.
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, the magazine of the British Army, revealed that the fur on the bearskin helmets worn by the Irish guards while on duty at Buckingham Palace keeps growing and needs to be regularly trimmed:
The most hair-raising fact about the bearskins has been discovered by scientists recently. The skins retain an original hormone, which lives on after the animal has been skinned. Scientists call it otiose and it is hoped it can be put to use in medical research — especially into baldness.
The article quoted Maj. Ursa who noted, "Bears hibernate in the winter and the amazing thing is that in the spring the skins really start to sprout." An accompanying photo showed Guardsmen sitting in an army barbershop having their helmets trimmed. The story was picked up by the London Daily Express and run as a straight story.
The South African Johannesburg Star
ran a story exposing an illicit ring of rat furriers. It said the police had raided a sewer where the ratters were breeding a special strain of imported Irish rats and selling the pelts as mink, seal skin, and other furs. Hundreds of rat fur coats had been sold. Women were warned that if their coats smelled fishy, they were probably made of rat fur. As a result of the story, furriers were besieged with calls from worried customers. After receiving complaints, the Star
reminded its readers that the story had been run on April 1st.
The Daily Mail
reported that thousands of "rogue" bras made by a local manufacturer were causing interference with the reception of television signals throughout the country. The problem was that the support wire in the bras was made out of specially treated copper which, when it came into contact with nylon and body heat, produced static electricity that caused the women to jam TV signals.
The Daily Mail
advised women to conduct a simple test to determine if their bra was "rogue": "After wearing the bra for at least half an hour, take it off and shake it a few inches above the TV." Hundreds of readers took the article seriously. Among the readers who were fooled was the chief engineer of British Telecom who, according to later reports, upon reading the article immediately called his office and asked that all his female employees be checked to see if their bras were interfering with any electronic equipment.
ITV News ran a segment about a "thermal tie" developed by the British Department of Energy:
"Our research has discovered that heat loss from the body is particularly important in the front of the chest, and this thermally insulated tie is to prevent heat loss from that part of the body."
Conservative MP Anthony Beaumont-Dark reprimanded the DOE for participating in the prank, noting that such pranks were "OK for the music hall, but we do not expect this type of thing from government departments."
, a daily Zurich newspaper, reported that an auction of Imelda Marcos's clothes and jewelry was to be held at the Swiss Volksbank. Almost 30 people showed up for it.
The Nashville Banner
reported on the latest, trendsetting fashion from France—waterproof outer garments dubbed "Le Sac Pourii" by their designers. The garments strongly resembled plastic garbage bags.
The Independent Diary
reported that a popular men's fashion store in London was having great success selling skirts for men. After this report appeared, the store was "flooded with calls" from people trying to order them.
(Of course, skirts for men are a real thing. The image comes from skortman.com, which will happily sell a skirt to any man.)
The Daily Mail
revealed that American scientists had invented "FatSox" — socks made out of a revolutionary new material that actually sucked fat out of a person's body as they sweated. The discovery promised to "speed up the fight against flab without any extra effort."
The socks employed a nylon polymer that reacted with a newly-patented compound, Tetrafloramezathine, in order to draw fat out of the bloodstream: "As the exerciser warms up, molecules in the sock are activated by the increased blood flow and the material draws out the fatty liquids, or lipds, from the body through the sweat." After a good workout, the socks, and the fat, could simply be thrown away.
A special edition of the Denver Bar Association's newsletter, The Docket
, described a new dress code adopted by the Colorado Supreme Court. Male attorneys would be required to wear blue blazers with a Colorado state seal displayed on the pocket, while female lawyers would have to wear plaid skirts. The Docket
received five calls from lawyers concerned about this new dress code.
Liverpool DJ Kev Seed announced that the first 50 girls to pose in a bikini in the city centre would win racing tickets. Three bikini-clad young women braved the cold weather and appeared at the designated spot, but all for nothing. The contest was an April Fools joke.
Visitors to the search engine AskJeeves.com found the company's signature animated butler clothed in an undershirt and patterned boxer shorts instead of his usual jacket and tie. The company attributed the new look to a "wardrobe malfunction."
The Jeeves character was discontinued after 2006, and AskJeeves.com itself became Ask.com.
Searchguild, a search-engine optimization company, debuted Undergoos.com, a Google parody. The Undergoos site claimed to allow internet users to search for and organize underwear. It had the motto: "Underwear by Google - Supporting 8,058,044,651 bosoms."
"Just like our original motto 'Just search,' everything we do at UnderGoos is 'Just pants' (yes, we know that's not strictly true but it's an ethos thing). All of our underwear was carefully selected using PageRank(TM) (a uniquely democratic measure of how attractive Larry finds the model wearing them)."
PopXpress, a UK chain of stores dedicated to iPod and MP3 accessories, unveiled the iPop Bra, a product designed to help people keep "abreast of music":
"The new bra incorporates a concealed pocket for your iPod or MP3 player and control buttons built into the fabric. Available in white or black and in cup sizes ranging from A to F, the ipopBra has been designed so you can keep the smallest of gadgets right next to your biggest assets."
An ad that ran in UK newspapers announced the debut of a new odor-fighting "Miracle Shirt." The shirt contained a "neutralizing agent" that was released from the "unique microfibre technology" as soon as the wearer started to sweat. "Slip it on and Bang! — the BO is gone," the ad promised.
Those who visited the accompanying website, miracleshirt.co.uk
, discovered the Miracle Shirt was an April Fool product designed to promote Gillette Anti Perspirant.


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Whoops, Microsoft is at it again. Representatives were forced to quickly backpedal on CEO Steve Ballmer’s proclamation that the next version of Windows would be out in 2012.
Soon after he’d publically announced the news, executives were retracting his words. Adamant that they’d been blown out of proportion and were “misstatements,” they reaffirmed that there weren’t any confirmed launch plans for Windows 8.
They instead shifted the focus onto the upcoming Windows 7 hardware by stating that everyone was “eagerly awaiting the next generation […] that will be available in the coming fiscal year.”
Ballmer’s hardly one for keeping his mouth shut, but the news that a new Windows is well into its development cycle is unlikely to surprise. With continued competition from Apple pushing the company to rethink its strategies, it wouldn’t shock us if Microsoft takes another u-turn on the date in the near future.
With Apple’s OS X Lion expected in June at WWDC, and Windows revenue finding itself at a surprise decline in Q1 2011, it’s troubling days for one of Apple’s biggest competitors.
And that’s before we even mention the 21% (NPD) increase in Mac sales seen in the same quarter.
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Sportobuddy, a disruptive online portal and app receives a seed fund of 0.5 million dollars at inception from Mehul Shah, ex IPL team owner. The amount raised was utilized by Sportobuddy to develop the platform. Post the beta launch, the brand is all set for a rollout, and has received a commitment of funding for a further 1.5 million dollars. Sportobuddy will utilize the allocated funds to push the brand in the digital space, reach out to its expanding user-base in a way more dynamic and continue on its path of finding key strategic partners pan-India to enable its vision of being a leading player in the field of sports and technology.
The company was founded by techie and avid sports lovers Sandeep Mahadevan and Sunil Kukadia, who were keen to marry sports with technology that will aid amateurs and enthusiasts alike. Through Sportobuddy, a user can discover, book, play and connect with fellow players in a manner sans any hassles. One can now map a universe of Gyms, Yoga and Zumba studios, adrenaline pumping adventure sports like rafting, para-sailing and trekking, a widespread of courts and turfs and professional coaching services. Also, a user can measure one’s own performances, interact with fellow-players, host tournaments and compete with others, all at the touch of a finger-tip. The app is set to launch its second phase soon.
We all have a united vision to develop the sporting landscape of India. The funding will be mobilized towards our key communication strategies and garner growth for the evolving network of partners across the nation. We are overwhelmed with a power-packed response by sports fraternity, indicating a promising maiden innings of our venture and look forward to a fruitful endeavor inclined towards the organization of sports sector of India’ said Sandeep Madhavan, co-founder, Sportobuddy.


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WhiteWave Foods Co., leading U.S. producer of nondairy milk, yogurt, and ice cream, is driving the marketing direction of its new parent company, France’s Danone SA, even before the merger is finalized.
The multinational food group acquired the Colorado-based company last summer in a $10 billion deal set to settle in the coming months. Now, Danone says it’s going to cut about $1 billion in costs over the next three years, particularly from its dairy sector as its fresh dairy unit is slow to show anticipated growth, particularly in European and Chinese markets. Sluggish sales of dairy coupled with rising dairy prices and increased demand for nondairy beverages make the future of dairy uncertain for the yogurt leader while plant-based products continue to see accelerated growth in all channels.
Danone says it’s going to review its financial goals once the WhiteWave merger is completed in the first quarter of 2017. WhiteWave saw an increase in net sales of three percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, boosting earnings to $1.1 billion ahead of the merger.
“The new savings plan - called ‘Protein’ by Danone - will aim to cut spending on marketing and general expenses such as corporate travel, and will be partly used to fund future growth,” reports Reuters.
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“Analysts have been hopeful that WhiteWave's expertise in more trendy areas of food could give the legacy yogurt leader a boost,” reports Food Dive.
Danone owns Dannon yogurt, Activia, Oikos, as well as organic yogurt producer, Stonyfield.
While WhiteWave owns numerous dairy brands including Horizon, one of the leading producers of organic milk products. Its best-selling nondairy brands Silk and So Delicious continue to drive the plant-based nondairy milk category, which is experiencing significant sustained growth despite efforts from the dairy industry to restrict use of the word "milk" on plant-based beverages.
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World AIDS Day: Gap, Nike, other fashion retailers get involved
Thursday marks World AIDS day, a day for people worldwide to unite and fight HIV, support those living with the virus and remember those who have died. Some fashion retailers are getting involved by releasing special clothing items to support the cause.
-- A|X Armani Exchange has partnered with dance4life, a nonprofit organization that educates young people about HIV through dance, and model Doutzen Kroes to release an exclusive T-shirt. The shirt features a photo of Doutzen with the words "Dance-Dance-Dance" across the front. The shirt will be available starting Thursday for $35 in all A|X stores and online at Armaniexchange.com. All profits from the shirt will go to support dance4life education initiatives and related programs.
-- Designer Isabel Marant teamed up with Gap Red (Gap clothing's partnership with Global Fund to raise money to eliminate AIDS in Africa) to design a printed T-shirt for Gap. The shirt is $34, with 50% of every sale going to the Global Fund. The T-shirt is already sold out online, but you can call your local Gap store for availability.
-- Gap is also offering a special-edition Anchored in Hope (PRODUCT) RED T men's shirt in charcoal gray for $24.95. Fifty percent of the profits will be donated to the Global Fund.
-- Nike has come out with a Nike (RED) x World AIDS Day collection that includes special-edition Cheyenne backpacks, peacoat-style Destroyer jackets and a Nike (RED) Zoom Meriwether shoe. The collection will be available at select stores starting Dec. 1 and on http://nikestadiums.com/.
-- Fidelity Denim has designed a special edition of its signature Scoop Skinny jean in bright red. The jeans are available on the website for $205, with 100% of the profits going to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Know of another World AIDS day fashion-related promotion? Please share it with us in the comments below.
-- Jenn Harris
Photo: The A|X Armani Exchange dance4life T-shirt. Credit: Armani Exchange.
Bottom photo: Fidelity Denim Scoop Skinny in red. Credit: Fidelity Denim.


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Taiwan's HTC says January sales down 6 percent year-on-year
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp (2498.TW) said on Wednesday that its consolidated sales for January were T$15.54 billion ($527 million), down 5.9 percent from the same month a year earlier.
The monthly sales compared with T$16.52 billion a year ago and T$21.57 billion in the previous month.
It did not give further details.
(Reporting by Clare Jim and Faith Hung; Editing by Chris Gallagher)
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FrieslandCampina has acquired the Parrano and Tjiezi brands from Netherlands-based Best Cheese Holland for an undisclosed figure.
Both brands will be integrated into FrieslandCampina’s Consumer Dairy unit from 1 September 2018, and the agreement will also see FrieslandCampina acquire the rights to import and sell Best Cheese’s products in the US.
Parrano sells a range of cheese flakes, grated cheese and powdered cheese products to Dutch retailers, and is one of the fastest growing consumer brands in the country’s cooking cheese segment.
Meanwhile, the Tjiezi brand markets a range of cheese snack products such as cheese dippers, and FrieslandCampina says that the addition of the brand will allow the company to capitalise on the growing demand for dairy snack products in Europe, North America and Asia.
Roel van Neerbos, president FrieslandCampina Consumer Dairy said: ‘The acquisition of the brand Parrano and the dairy dippers fits in well with our ambition to provide dairy products for all consumption moments.
“These brands are a fine addition to our cheese activities.”
Paul Wilde, the director of Best Cheese Holland will remain involved with Tijezi brand following the purchase, and he added: “This acquisition allows for further international growth of the products of Parrano and Tjiezi.”
By Martin White
Recent reports reveal The Body Shop will shut up to half of its 198 stores in the UK and cut the size of its head office, incurring hundreds of job losses. According to the firm overseeing the restructuring of the beauty retailer, closures will begin this Tuesday.
Amidst brewing tensions, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a coalition of states are poised to take legal action as early as next week, aiming to prevent grocery giant Kroger’s $24.6 billion acquisition bid for Albertsons, Bloomberg reported.
The owner of Guinness and Baileys has hired financial service group Rothschild to explore the sale, which includes Pimm’s, fruit liqueur brand Safari and Pampero rum. Each brand could be offloaded individually or as a three, according to Sky News.


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Indecent proposal: online retailer offers Justin Bieber $50k to get his dick out
Posted: June 15, 2017
ManShop.com has announced that it is offering $50,000 to Justin Bieber to create a gold replica of his penis that would then be auctioned off to benefit the charity of his choice. Jeff Dillon, a consultant for Manshop.com, recently sent a letter to Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, outlining the proposal that would create a one-of-a-kind sex toy for the ultimate Bieber fan.
“After nearly nine years in the entertainment industry, millions of records sold and the ability to create hit after hit, we wanted to honour Justin with this unique offer,” Dillon said. “As a leading e-tailer of adult novelties and adult products, we believe the solid gold sex toy will be a win-win for Justin, his fans and his favourite charitable organization as well as luxury toy of all time for the ultimate Justin Bieber fan.”
Dillon’s letter includes the line: “Justin is rumoured to have a big one and we would like to give him the opportunity to show it off…”
In the extremely unlikely event of Bieber’s management agreeing to the proposal, Manshop.com says the resulting toy will be made of 24-karat gold and high-quality alloys and will feature a ring adorned with 50 diamonds at the base of the shaft. “Only one such sex toy will be made, making it a unique and intimate homage to a truly great artist and humanitarian,” the company said.


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Autodata has agreed to a three-year contract to supply over 280 Halfords Autocentres in the UK with its online product containing manufacturers' technical information.
Specialising in MOTs, car servicing, repairs and tyres since 2010, Halfords Autocentres will have access to Autodata’s information at the touch of a button and will benefit from its technical and software support services.
Steve Randell, head of procurement for Halfords Autocentres, said: “Centre Manager feedback indicates this to be a popular decision, with the new platform adding over 3,000 new models to the database, plus over 13,000 additional elements of content including a vast increase in the number of wiring diagrams.
"Autodata’s commitment to constantly keep abreast of every single manufacturer change to data will play an important part in the longer term success of the relationship.
"Halfords wants to benefit from access to the very latest content and applications being released by Autodata.”
Autodata's UK sales manager, Matthew Ramsden, said: “The deal with Autodata supports Halfords’ specialist MOT and car repair centres’ ability to continue to maintain vehicles in accordance with manufacturers’ specifications, providing up-to-date technical information, with the full backing of a team of technical staff, who are always on standby to help resolve any query.”


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The National Assembly Tuesday voted to cut excise on battery-run electric cars to 3 percent for a period of five years.
With effect from March 1 the tax on various types of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will be reduced by 3-12 percentage points from current levels and be valid until Feb. 28, 2027.
In 2027, they will revert to current levels of 5-15 percent.
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee said the introduction of incentives to attract investors earlier than other Southeast Asian countries would create great opportunities for Vietnamese companies to produce BEVs for both domestic and foreign markets.
A number of companies are preparing to begin production of BEVs.
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Finally coming out of beta, GeForce Now supports more than 1,000 PC games.
Samsung's HBM2E Flashbolt packs 16GB of DRAM onto one tiny package targeting high-performance computing.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced that it's developing an open-source Vulkan driver for use on its hardware.
Nvidia released a new Game Ready driver with support for the fourth season of "Apex Legends," a major update to "Metro Exodus" and more.
Intel has released DNNL 1.2 library with support for the int8 for GPUs. This indicates that Intel's Xe architecture has support for the data type.
Microsoft introduced an Xbox Bounty Program that pays between $500 and $20,000 for vulnerability reports.
MSI’s GTX 1660 Super Gaming X provides top tier 1660 Super performance, but is priced too high since 5600 XT release.
The Gigabyte RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G is quiet and more affordable than competitors, but has a more conservative overclock and can't OC with its own software.
With 1660 Ti-like pricing and better-than-2060 performance in our overclocked model, AMD’s new RX 5600 XT is the new sub-$300 card to beat.
Zotac's GTX 1660 AMP delivers good 1080p performance at high settings and frame rates, in a compact package.
Intel said it will reduce the performance loss seen by the Gen7 graphics driver after it patched a security vulnerability.
AMD has allegedly pushed out a new vBIOS to all its graphics cards partners to raise the performance on the its looming Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics card.
Intel will detail its upcoming Xe architecture for integrated and discrete graphics, including software optimization guidance and performance improvements.
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Designer Brands Inc (NYSE:DSW) files its latest 10-K with SEC for the fiscal year ended on January 31, 2019.
Designer Brands Inc NYSE:DSWView full report here! Summary * Bearish sentiment is low Bearish sentimentShort interest | PositiveShort interest is low for DSW with fewer than 5% of shares on loan. The last change in the short interest score occurred more than 1 month ago and implies that there has been little change in sentiment among investors who seek to profit from falling equity prices. Money flowETF/Index ownership | NeutralETF activity is neutral. ETFs that hold DSW had net inflows of $3.30 billion over the last one-month. While these are not among the highest inflows of the last year, the rate of inflow is increasing. Economic sentimentPMI by IHS Markit | NeutralAccording to the latest IHS Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data, output in the Consumer Services sector is rising. The rate of growth is weak relative to the trend shown over the past year, however. Credit worthinessCredit default swapCDS data is not available for this security.Please send all inquiries related to the report to firstname.lastname@example.org.Charts and report PDFs will only be available for 30 days after publishing.This document has been produced for information purposes only and is not to be relied upon or as construed as investment advice. To the fullest extent permitted by law, IHS Markit disclaims any responsibility or liability, whether in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), equity or otherwise, for any loss or damage arising from any reliance on or the use of this material in any way. Please view the full legal disclaimer and methodology information on pages 2-3 of the full report.
The new Designer Shoe Warehouse will be stocked with a large assortment of brand name and designer shoes and accessories arranged in a convenient, self-service experience. For women, sneakers, athletic shoes, boots, and pumps line the aisles. For men, oxfords, boots, sneakers, and athletic shoes are available in many brands and styles.
reported a messy fiscal fourth quarter due to one-time charges and expenses related to an acquisition. Same-store sales rose more than 5%, but the non-recurring items dragged full-year 2018 adjusted earnings per share down to $1.65, versus a $1.75 estimate for the year ended Feb. 2, 2019.
DSW Inc.'s plan to focus on private-label merchandise through its Camuto Group acquisition comes with a risk, according to Canaccord Genuity analysts. DSW, which has changed its name to Designer Brands with a new ticker, "DBI," that will go into effect April 2, announced during its Tuesday investor day that it will focus on exclusive merchandise. "This increase in private label goods made by Camuto will over time replace the 700 labels (20% of the mix today) that do not warrant shelf space," Canaccord wrote. "While we see the potential behind this strategy, we also see risks DSW may not be accounting for, namely risk to Camuto's private label wholesale business with Dillard's and Macy's." Canaccord analysts are concerned that Dillard's Inc. and Macy's Inc. would move their business elsewhere to reduce competition. "[T]hat is just what we are seeing evidence of with Steve Madden having won a portion of the Dillard's private-label business," Canaccord said. Canaccord rates DSW shares hold with a $25 price target, down from $28. DSW stock closed Wednesday down nearly 13%, and are down 4.5% in Wednesday trading. Shares have sunk 14.5% in 2019. The S&P 500 index has gained 12.6% for the year to date.
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Tuesday: DSW Inc., down $3.27 to $22.09 The footwear retailer surprised investors with a fourth-quarter loss. Michaels Cos., up $1 to $12.79 The arts ...
DSW, now called Designer Brands, will operate retail stores under the DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, The Shoe Company and Shoe Warehouse banners and will produce items under Camuto Group, which it bought in November. The announcements were made at an investor event Tuesday, which came as the retailer posted a surprise loss in its latest period and projected profit for the current fiscal year below analysts’ expectations. Making its own exclusive line of products will help the company stem the flow of sales going directly to vendors by offering consumers products they can only get in DSW stores or online, Mr. Rawlins said.
Shoe chain DSW Inc. on Tuesday reported a surprise loss for its fiscal fourth quarter as it digested costs from acquisitions. DSW, based in Columbus, Ohio, also offered a disappointing earnings forecast for the current year, which drove shares down more than 13 percent. The results come as the chain said it plans to change its corporate name to Designer Brands Inc. as it expands its offerings.
The new name recognizes the acquisitions and changes it has undergone in recent years to expand its capabilities beyond the 500 stores for which it’s best known.
Unlike many retailers that have bounced back from December’s steep selloff, the show retailer’s shares are still trailing the broader market in 2019, falling more than 10%
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- DSW Inc. (the "Company") (DSW), one of North America's largest designers, producers and retailers of branded footwear and accessories, today presented the Company's three-year strategic priorities designed to leverage its unique business model to unlock value and deliver 2021 Adjusted earnings per share in the range of $2.65 to $2.75. The Company also today unveiled its new corporate name – Designer Brands Inc. ["Designer Brands"] – which supports its vision for the future and reflects its expertise in building brands and delivering differentiated experiences, powered by one of North America's largest footwear enterprises.
DSW stock was falling hard on Tuesday following the release of its earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2018.Source: Shutterstock DSW (NYSE:DSW) reported losses per share of 7 cents during the fourth quarter of the year. This is a major drop from the company's earnings per share of 38 cents from the same time last year. It was also a blow to DSW stock by missing Wall Street's earnings per share estimate of 4 cents for the quarter.The DSW earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2018 also includes a net loss of $45.73 million. This is down from the company's net income of $11.95 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2017.InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading TipsOperating loss reported by DSW in the fourth quarter of the year comes in at $57.02 million. The U.S. retailer of footwear reported operating income of $34.17 million during the same period of the year prior.DSW earnings for the fourth quarter of 2018 also have revenue coming in at $843.37 million. This is up from the company's revenue of $724.68 million reported in the fourth quarter of the previous year. It also has the company beating out analysts' revenue estimate of $841.53 million for the period, but that wasn't enough to keep DSW stock from falling today. * Top 7 Service Sector Stocks That Will Pay You to Own Them For the full year of 2018, DSW reported earnings per share of $1.66 on revenue of $3.18 billion. The company's earnings per share and revenue from the previous year was $1.52 and $2.81 million. Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of $1.76 on revenue of $3.18 billion for 2018.DSW stock was down 12% as of Tuesday morning. More From InvestorPlace * 2 Toxic Pot Stocks You Should Avoid * 7 Financial Stocks to Invest In Today * 7 Single-Digit P/E Stocks With Massive Upside * 5 Chip Stocks on the Rise As of this writing, William White did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.Compare Brokers The post DSW Stock Dives on Surprising Q4 Earnings Miss appeared first on InvestorPlace.
plunged on Tuesday after the company reported a surprise fiscal fourth-quarter loss, even as revenue came in roughly as expected. DSW said it lost $5.4 million, or 7 cents a share, in its fiscal fourth quarter ended Feb. 2, vs. earnings of $30.8 million, or 38 cents a share, in the comparable year-earlier period. Strong demand for its DSW Kids line of offerings partially offset higher overall expenses and an increase in inventories, DSW said.
DSW CEO Roger Rawlins sits down with CNBC's "Closing Bell" for an exclusive interview after the company released its quarterly earnings report and changed its name to Designer Brands.


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The app, now available as a beta, lets you customize your lock screen with background images that can change throughout the day.
Previously, only 3G users were tapped for optimization -- what some say is throttling -- designed to avoid clogs. But a report says that's changing.
Boeing and Airbus are tweaking the tried-and-true instead of going all out for all-new. Here's why the jet-age pizzazz has been grounded.
CEO Tim Cook said sales met its internal projections, even as he acknowledged it disappointed Wall Street.
Apple is expected to post strong iPhone sales in its latest quarter despite stiffer competition, a slowing smartphone market in general, and a new iPhone still months away.
At the national Storm Prediction Center, meteorologists work non-stop to forecast the tornadoes and severe thunderstorms that plague the U.S. CNET Road Trip stopped by to visit.
The chipmaker boosts its stock buyback plan by $20 billion, as it seeks to trim its cash balance and return more money to shareholders.
New jets get a lot of attention at the Farnborough airshow, but Airbus believes there's demand for an older plane revamped with new, more efficient engines.
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During today's EA Play Live presentation, the publisher revealed that Apex Legends will arrive on Nintendo Switch sometime this fall. The publisher also announced that cross-play is coming to the game, so Switch owners won't have to worry about struggling to find others to play with when the first-person shooter arrives on Nintendo's handheld hybrid. A Switch version of the game had been long requested by fans, but developer Respawn had mostly played coy about the possibility of a port for the game. Now, players will actually have the opportunity to play the game in a portable format for the first time!
Electronic Arts has never had the closest relationship with Nintendo; while the publisher has brought multiple entries in the FIFA franchise to Switch over the last few seasons, EA has offered very little else. That said, the success of Nintendo's latest system has clearly given the publisher an incentive to rethink that position. In a financial sales briefing held in May, EA confirmed plans to bring multiple titles to the console throughout 2020, but offered no specifics, at the time.
Apex Legends certainly makes a lot of sense on the platform. MMO games like Fortnite and Overwatch have found a home on Nintendo Switch, as publishers seek to grow the potential audiences of those games. Titles such as these can only continue to thrive as long as they can keep audiences interested. Adding another console's audience to the cross-play pool ensures that players will continue having others to enjoy the game with, while also getting them to spend more money on DLC.
While it doesn't seem that EA will be giving Nintendo Switch the kind of attention that other platforms receive, the announcement of Apex Legends shows that EA is at least starting to take the platform seriously. Since the game's release in 2019, Apex Legends has proven quite successful for EA. The decision to bring it to Switch is telling, to say the least. If the game performs equally well on Switch, it could give the publisher further incentive to bring more games to the platform in the future.
Are you excited to see Apex Legends on Nintendo Switch? Do you plan on downloading the game when it arrives on the platform? Let us know in the comments or share your thoughts directly on Twitter at @Marcdachamp to talk about all things gaming!


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Fashion Weeks around Europe have looked a little different this year; usually packed runway shows are socially-distanced or virtual, and some of the clothes themselves appear to have adapted for a work-from-home lifestyle.
Observers have noticed a renewed focus on detailed necklines paired with relaxed pants.
"This year has been all about 'waist-up dressing'. Having spent a lot of time on video conference calls, the top half of our outfit has become significantly more important than our bottom half,” said Jane McFarland, fashion director at The Sunday Times.
In Prada’s show, clothes featuring their logo had it placed higher up near the collar and models were wrapped in large coats around their shoulders.
In a press releaseaccompanying their show, Prada said their line showed the “contemporary human relationship with technology.” They also said their clothes “are shaped by their utility and use, always engineered to the needs of life.”
"Fashion is about reacting to reality," Miuccia Prada, head designer of Prada, told the BBC at its virtual Milan fashion show. "During lockdown, I realised how important technology is and how it is impactful for us, and in some ways, an extension of ourselves."
Observers of Milan Fashion Week commented on the trend of flatter shoes, elastic waistbands and matching silk pajamas.
"I've never seen so many elastic and drawstring waists in my life," said Lauren Indvik, fashion editor at the Financial Times. "All the stylists are talking about 'waist-up' dressing, because that's all everyone sees these days.”


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Asia of Standard Chartered CEO Benjamin Hung said ASEAN has gone through a difficult period, especially in the second and third quarters of this year as countries imposed new Covid lockdowns, disrupting manufacturing and supply chains. Hung pointed out that despite the impact of COVID, ASEAN’s share in global FDI increased from 12% in 2019 to 14% last year. “It is a model of how the world sees ASEAN as a future and a possibility.
ASEAN continues to be one of the major revenue contributors to the Bank in Asia. “Increasing intra-regional connectivity through integration of supply chains along with capital flows, integration of production networks will help strengthen ASEAN’s role in global supply chain transformation,” he said.
For example, Indonesia is seeing strong interest from Standard Chartered customers in renewable energy projects and other projects related to the transition to net-zero carbon emissions. The bank has partnered with Indonesia’s PMSE to co-finance the 145-MW Sirata Floating Solar Photovoltaic Power Project in West Java. The largest of its kind in Southeast Asia, the Cerata is set to begin commercial operation in the fourth quarter of 2021, providing enough electricity to power 50,000 homes, offset 214,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions, and Creates 800 jobs. Many of our customers, from different corridors like US-ASEAN, Europe-ASEAN, China-ASEAN, Intra-ASEAN, are most eager to reach out to ASEAN on the back of various free trade agreements and trade treaties. is being formalised,” Mr. Hung told Asia Focus. He added that the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will continue to be beneficial to trade along the participating corridors. Such multilateral partnerships It is also expected to provide complementary benefits in terms of the region’s skills and resources, which will ultimately lead to a more equitable distribution of economic growth in ASEAN.For example, electric vehicle (EV) makers will invest, produce, and generate power for their domestic markets. The auto sectors of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia can tap into the diverse but complementary comparative advantages in the auto sectors, to create jobs, skills and trade. Potential growth areas for ASEAN are life sciences, pharmaceuticals and electronics as well. Are included.
Hung also said that Thailand’s decision to resume visits to international tourists from November 1 is a “good start” because with tourism contributing 15% to Thailand’s GDP, the government is determined to support growth in 2022. Bangkok and other major destinations such as Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Hua Hin and Phetchaburi are preparing to reopen.
“In our view, the Thai economy will struggle to recover without reforms in the tourism sector,” Standard Chartered said in an October 8 research report. 15 million visitors expected next year, said the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, compared to a pre-Covid total of 40 million in 2019
I think what Thailand is doing is definitely right. That direction is clear. There is such a long period of lockdown all over the world. There is a reduction in travel demand.”
ASEAN is capable of growing at almost twice the rate of the global economy in the medium term. Mr. Hung said. “From that point of view, I think ASEAN will still be an engine of growth,” he concluded. The 10-nation region will continue to be a major recipient of global foreign direct investment (FDI) as its economies begin to recover from the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, thanks largely to consumption-led growth and an expanding middle class. According to the Financial Services Group based. In addition, the region’s economy may benefit from a reduction in tourism demand as the countries open up to international visitors.
Officials say that in order to stimulate the economy and attract more foreign investment, the sector will need to expand in areas from where it wants growth. Emerging trends are poised to fuel further growth, he said, revolving around geopolitics, the consumption power of the middle class, the rise of digitization and a focus on sustainability. But we are seeing things slowly improving and in fact many markets are accelerating,” he said at a media roundtable organized by the bank recently. “Despite the challenging period, I personally see ASEAN as a Let me look at the turning point of the critical reset and there are some key trends that will be beneficial for ASEAN during the next five to 10 years.
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May 11, 2017, Dr. Jia Xin participated in Zhejiang forth board technology enterprises investment and financing normal roadshow-the first phase for biomedical listed enterprises
The roadshow was held by Hangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone Administrative Committee, Zhejiang Equity Trading Center, Shenzhen Securities Information Limited together. Shao Lichun, the Party committee secretary of the Development Zone and Director of the CMC; Wang Yongfang, the Party committee member deputy director of the CMC; Bao Chuntian, deputy director of Zhejiang Province Finance Office; Jiang Xiaohua, Chairman of Zhejiang Equity Trading Center; Tang Jingsong, Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. Supervisor; and Zhou Yeliang, chairman of Zhejiang Equity Investment Industry Association have attended the roadshow. More than 100 representatives of investment institutions, banks and enterprises also have attended the roadshow.
During the roadshow, Zhejiang Equity Trading Center and Hangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone signed a strategic cooperation agreement. Starting from the roadshow, both sides will also carry out in-depth cooperation, to settle down Zhejiang Science&Technology&Finance “Live + online” Roadshow-biomedical listed enterprises roadshow project center in Xiasha.
After the signature of the agreement, 7 breaking-through companies in biopharmaceuticals introduced their projects, followed by comments and questions from Wang Daozhen, chief investment officer of Stepholdings and Song Yongying, investment manager of Shenzhen GTJA Investment Group.
Dr. Jia Xin was the third to present, his project was The Development and Commercialization of High-level Drug Formulation/Medical Devices, including introduction to the industry, the projects, the company and investment/fundraising plan.
Today, world drug market has an annual growth rate of 4-5%, while the generic drug market grows at 10% annually. The generic pharmaceutical industry of China has lagged behind USA for 40 years, EU and Japan for 30 years, India for 10 years. Comparing with pharmaceutical industry, the medical device industry has only 20% market share in China, while that in western countries is 50%. For these reasons, China’s generic pharmaceutical industry and medical device industry have great potential.
After the roadshow, several investment institutions showed interest in Meihua Dingchang’s projects.


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At this year's Virus Bulletin conference held last month in Seattle, security researcher Patrick Wardle spoke about methods of malware persistence on Mac OS X.
With last week's official release of OS X Yosemite (v10.10), Apple has solved some critical security issues that could adversely affect users.
Last week Apple released a new version of its operating system to consumers.
Apple has released an update for its XProtect anti-malware system which makes it detect three different version of the iWorm OS backdoor malware discovered last week by AV specialists from Dr.
New malware targeting Mac machines, opening backdoors on them and roping them into a botnet currently numbering around 17,000 zombies has been spotted and analyzed by malware researchers of Russian AV company Dr.
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Trustee James Giddens is in charge of recovering $1.6 billion in customer money after the company collapsed last fall. Giddens made the disclosure in a report filed Monday with a New York bankruptcy court.
Giddens says Corzine led MF Global to trade in unsafe securities and take on far greater risk than at comparable firms. He says he may sue Corzine for breach of fiduciary duty and negligence.
Corzine declined comment through a spokesman.
MF Global filed for bankruptcy protection after deep losses from a disastrous bet on European debt.
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Friday, March 06, 2009
Real estate developers spruce up Dallas' Lemmon Avenue
Lemmon Avenue crosses the line from chic to shabby. In Uptown and near Turtle Creek, posh condos and trendy watering holes line the Dallas thoroughfare. But past the Dallas North Tollway, the Lemmon strip has long been lined with scruffy car lots, bars and faded retail.
Now a new wave of Lemmon Avenue redevelopment is aiding a turnaround. The auto dealerships have been fancied up, and new housing is in the works.
"Hopefully, the neighborhood will come along," said Todd Cook, vice president of investments for Inland American Communities Group. "It's been a real blighted area that is now emerging."
Inland American has opened the doors on the first phase of its Cityville Oak Park development on Lemmon at Mahanna Street. It's one of three projects the builder is working on in close-in Dallas neighborhoods.
The apartment and retail complex replaces a hodge-podge of rundown rental units and commercial buildings on about six blocks east of Lemmon.
"About five years ago, we were evaluating development sites and saw a unique opportunity to amass 20 acres right next to Highland Park," Cook said. But first, Inland American – which previously operated as FirstWorthing Group – had to buy more than 600 apartments, knock down the old buildings and get the land rezoned for new development.
Construction started last year.
The first tenants are moving into Oak Park, which has 372 apartments and 18,300 square feet of retail space. There's room on the site to build more apartments and townhouses later.
The four-story building of ground-floor shops and rental homes faces Lemmon Avenue and has views of the downtown skyline.
"Even though you are not in Uptown, it's an emerging urban area," Cook said. "And we wanted to offer rents priced slightly less."
Apartments in the Oak Park community start around $850 and go up to $2,500 a month.
Staying below prices in the nearby Uptown and Oak Lawn neighborhoods is a smart plan, said apartment analyst Greg Willett of M/PF YieldStar.
"Most of the Dallas apartment projects that have come online in pioneering locations have proved successful as long as rents stay a little under the levels seen for product of comparable quality in the better-established neighborhoods nearby," Willett said. "Timing, more than anything, seems to impact short-term results for these developments.
"Demand for this sort of community isn't especially deep, so it's important not to have too much high-end product in secondary locations at any given point in time."
Inland American plans to complete apartments in its Oak Park project in several phases between now and September.
"We just opened the doors last week and have had tremendous traffic," Cook said. "We also have had a lot of interest in the retail."
The developer is talking to prospective tenants, including restaurants, dry cleaners and other service businesses.
A block next door that was previously occupied by a hamburger stand has been developed into new strip retail. A corner liquor store building at Mahanna and Lemmon is also getting a face-lift.
"I've had probably 30 people already call about the building," said real estate agent Ian Russell. "I'm trying to gauge interest from potential tenants."
Illinois-based Inland American is also working on two other close-in Dallas apartment and retail projects.
Construction began late last year on a project at Lemmon and Carlisle Street near the West Village. The project will have 227 apartments and 8,000 square feet of retail.
"Cityville Katy Trail will deliver first units in late spring of 2010, with project completion by end of the third quarter of that same year," said Inland American executive vice president John Allums. "The units will be priced higher than Oak Park due to the type of construction – underground parking – and the units will have a finish-out that is commensurate with the new product in the Uptown neighborhood."
Inland American is still designing a retail and rental housing building it plans to build on Haskell Avenue at Capitol on the site of the former Loews movie theater. "We are currently working on revisions to our overall development plan to accommodate potential retail tenants," Allums said.
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- Some superyacht owners consider their yacht their fifth or sixth vacation home, Heesen Yachts' CEO told The New York Times.
- Heesen's yachts sell anywhere from $39 million to over $112 million.
- But the purchase price is just the first cost of superyacht ownership — owners also pay millions for maintenance, fuel, dockage, and yacht crew.
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At least, it may be for billionaires who already own other vacation homes on land. Arthur Brouwer, CEO of superyacht builder Heesen Yachts, recently told Shivani Vora of The New York Times that most of Heesen's clients consider their superyachts their fifth or sixth vacation home.
These clients are typically from the US, Europe, or the Middle East, he said. They either buy custom-built superyachts or pre-build yachts — yachts built "on spec," Brouwer added. And while some live on their yacht for 30 weeks out of the year, others use their yacht only a few weeks out of the year.
Generally, yachts over 100 feet cost $1 million per 3.3 feet, according to Forbes. Heesen's yachts sell for anywhere from $39 million to over $112 million, reported Vora, but superyachts can easily exceed $1 billion.
But that's just the beginning of the costs involved in owning a superyacht — owners can expect to spend about 10% of the purchase price annually on operating and maintaining a yacht. That's $1 million a year for a $10 million superyacht, although the exact maintenance costs vary.
Maintenance is just one of the big four costs involved in owning a superyacht, along with fuel, dockage, and yacht crew to run the yacht.
The bigger the boat, the more crew — and salaries — you need. A 130-foot boat with five crew members can cost $32,500 a month. Deckhands, at the bottom of the totem pole, earn an average of $3,083 to $3,574 a month, depending on the boat size. Captains get paid more, earning an average of $7,750 to $19,961 a month.
Dockage can cost as much as $350,000 annually, and fuel as much as $400,000 annually, including fuel for toys like Jet Skis.


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Bootle Glass is set for a huge expansion that will triple the size of our current 3600 square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility to over 10,000 square feet.
After significant investment and the purchase of two neighbouring buildings, plans are now being finalised to create new jobs, apprenticeships, cutting edge manufacturing techniques and a state of the art trade counter.
Managing Director, Martin Clarke has been looking for the right opportunity for a larger location after experiencing increasing demand across the UK:
“Our broad base of customers in the domestic, government,industrial, healthcare and commerce sector and our plans to extend our reach into new markets is opening up many opportunities. We have had a need for larger premises for a while and the nearby buildings made perfect sense in terms of cost and logistics. We are also excited about developments in the region and now is the time to make this long term commitment to North Liverpool and lead from the front with our headquarters in the area.”


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South Canterbury has seen an increase in overall retail spending for the start of 2022, up 9 per cent on same time last year, but the hospitality industry might not be sharing in the windfall just yet due to sector-wide staff shortages.
Data released by transaction processing firm Worldline (previously Paymark) shows $10.6 million was spent in the region in the seven days ending January 4, excluding food, drink and hospitality.
The figure for the whole of Aotearoa is $696.5 million for the same period.
South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce chief executive Wendy Smith said the increase was a positive start to the new year for the region.
“Most retailers have been reporting positive trade,’’ Smith said.
Smith said with less travel, both here and offshore, families had been investing in their homes and ‘’local adventures’’ including bike riding, sports and water sports like boating, bodyboarding and surfing’’.
“With high employment, and a strong agricultural sector, we have a robust economy, and it is good to see confidence reflected in the retail sector.’’
However the figures for the hospitality industry are unlikely to show such increases with many South Canterbury businesses advertising reduced operating hours and many closures over the holiday period.
Timaru’s Street Food Kitchen announced on social media late last month it would be closing for all of January due to “staffing restrictions”.
Street Food Kitchen owner Jane Bowen said she has been recruiting for a chef but anticipated it would be very difficult before Christmas, and combined with other staff having already booked leave for January, decided it would be easier to shut down.
Bowen said recruiting is very difficult at present, and – particularly for chefs – has been that way for at least the past 12 months.
“There are none in New Zealand. It’s the same story everywhere. Between immigration issues and the closed borders, they just can’t get in.”
“Because of the shortage, chefs are able to shop around, so we’re all competing for the same thing.”
Koji Teppanyaki and Grill closed from Christmas Day until January 6 and owner Jonathan Kwon said finding staff had become a real struggle.
“It’s hard to come by people who can do full time, it’s mostly people who want to pick up some casual hours,” he said.
Kwon said he hoped to avoid cutting the restaurant’s hours, but with the borders closed and local staff so hard to find he is having to make compromises.
“We’ve actually replaced a lot of Japanese chefs with anybody we can get our hands on. We are struggling with this stuff.”
The shortages are not limited to South Canterbury. Businesses nationwide are struggling to recruit the staff needed to keep everything open normally.
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ING Group in talks to sell car leasing business, worth an estimated €4B, analysts say; company continues to revamp business following bailout by Dutch state during 2008 financial crisis
June 20, 2011
– ING Groep NV says it is in talks to sell its car leasing business, which analysts estimate to have a value around euro4 billion ($5.7 billion).
In a statement Monday, the company declined to name potential buyers and says there are no guarantees it will reach a deal.
The unit leases 240,000 cars around Europe. Competitors -- and potential buyers -- include Arval, Athlon, BMW-Alphabet, Volkswagendochter Leaseplan and GE Fleet Services.
The announcement comes just days after ING agreed to sell its U.S. internet banking business to Capital One for $9 billion.
ING has been revamping its business since it was bailed out by the Dutch state during the 2008 financial crisis, and plans to separate its banking and insurance arms by the end of 2012.
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Spain’s car industry has slowed down so severely that output is expected to plummet 25% in the 2007-09 period, bringing the industry back to 1994 production levels, according to top manufacturers’ federation Anfac.
It said 2009 would be a “very complicated year” for the industry as there were no visible recovery signs following December’s 50% year-on-year sales plunge and a “very negative” 2008.
The gloomy data came as sales were forecast to fall at least 10% this year after dropping 28% in 2008 (to 1996 levels) though some observers branded the fresh projections as too optimistic.
As sales to key European markets in Germany and France plunge on the back of the steep global recession, the sector has begged the Spanish government to help boost sales by removing registration taxes, launching a new and more robust used car trade in programme and introducing EUR10bn in credit subsidies to help dealers and consumers finance purchases.
According to Anfac, output could fall 13% to 2.2m cars in 2009 after declining 12.3% last year to 2.53m vehicles. The sector effectively ‘lost’ 680,000 units in the two-year period, 25% less than the 2.88m churned out in 2007.
As production falls, car makers are scheduling deep layoffs.
This week, the Spansih labour ministry approved a 10,311-worker temporary redundancy scheme for Renault while Ford hopes to idle 4,577 workers for 16 days this quarter. Seat has followed through with another scheme to temporarily dismiss 5,300 workers in the February-June period.
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I have argued before that plug-in electric cars that also have a small diesel or gasoline fueled engine, for operation when batteries have already spent their charge, will fare much better than the electric cars that some companies have proposed. I, for one, would feel much better investing in a high end car that I knew would not leave me stranded on the side of a road if I get stuck in traffic, or if I decide to make a few wrong turns and get lost in the middle of this country. I am all for a car that gives 100mpg+ (e.g. Tesla gives 135mpg in all-electric mode) but it should not be a toy that may not work at times.
That is why the news that Tesla’s second generation car platform, called WhiteStar, will include a small gasoline engine is great news. This would make their $80-100K luxury/sports car much more usable for a wider audience. I believe they still need to prove they can make money as a sub-scale manufacturer and not remain a tiny niche play in toys, but certainly White Star’s concept is, in my humble opinion, headed the right direction.
Tesla Motors, the people who put the all-electric car on the map, are going to work with gas too.
The San Carlos, Calif.-based company will produce two basic types of its Whitestar sedan, due toward the end of 2009. One will run completely on batteries. The other will be a range-extended vehicle, or REV, CEO Ze’ev Drori said in an interview. In an REV, a small gas motor recharges the battery pack while the car is being driven. The battery pack on these types of cars only goes about 40 to 50 miles on a charge, but because it gets recharged while driving, the range of these cars will be longer


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Apple led a busy week of earnings by crushing estimates as users clambered for new iPhones. Most other companies also had strong results — especially chip makers and industrials.
The S&P 500 slid 1.5 percent between Friday, January 8, and Friday, January 15. It was the index’s sharpest decline since the week ended October 30. The Nasdaq-100 slid 2.3 percent, while the Russell 2000 rallied 1.5 percent. That divergence between big and small has been typical lately as money shifts to value stocks and newer companies.
ABNB and DASH are looking to raise $6.2 billion — more than double the total for the entire month last year. Including other deals like Roblox and ContextLogic, the IPO market is on pace for the busiest December ever.
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Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) announced 3Q19 earnings, which ended in June 2019. Atlassian provides team collaboration and productivity software such as Jira Software and Confluence. Over… 阅读更多 »Aussie Tech Unicorn Atlassian releases Q3 Earnings
Uber, the ride-sharing giant finally filed for its long-awaited IPO. Highlights Monthly active users reached 91 million. Average user takes 5.5 trips in a month.… 阅读更多 »The ride-sharing giant, Uber finally filed for its long-awaited IPO


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Governor Walker Tours Metro Market in Milwaukee, Thanks Kroger and Roundy’s Supermarkets for Their Commitment to Wisconsin
Roundy’s has 106 stores and more than 12,600 employees in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE – Governor Scott Walker today joined leaders from Roundy’s Supermarkets (Roundy’s), a subsidiary of the Kroger Company (Kroger), and the Wisconsin Grocers Association at Metro Market in Milwaukee to highlight the company’s 12,600 Wisconsin employees and its more than $300 million investment in its 106 in-state stores.
“Wisconsin’s unemployment rate has been below 3% for the last six consecutive months—a state record—because of employers like Kroger and Roundy’s who are committed to growing and investing in our state,” said Governor Walker. “We thank Roundy’s and Kroger for their commitment to Wisconsin workers, families, and our state.”
“Soon after the merger with The Kroger Co., we visited Governor Walker to assure him that we would continue Roundy’s proud 146-year heritage and make a significant capital investment in our Wisconsin network of 106 stores,” said Jim Hyland, Roundy’s VP Communications and Public Affairs. “We are excited Governor Walker visited our Milwaukee Metro Market store to see firsthand the results of that investment and the enhanced shopping experience we are delivering to our customers.”
“The store tour of Metro Market gave the Governor a first-hand view of the investment Kroger and Roundy’s have made to upgrade and improve their stores across the State of Wisconsin,” said Michelle Kussow, Executive Vice President of the Wisconsin Grocers Association. “The town hall meeting at Roundy’s headquarters was a great way to learn of the issues that impact the grocery industry.”
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"Our plan will give inmates concrete skills they can use to become productive members of society once they are released."
Lowering the Cost of Health Care: 2019 Individual Health Insurance Rates to Drop by an Average 4.2 Percent Thanks to Governor Walker’s Health Care Stability PlanOct 11th, 2018 by Gov. Scott Walker
Individual premiums expected to drop $992.28 on average compared to without Gov. Walker’s actions


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Congressman Pittenger's Washington Examiner op-ed
Shame on Burger King for moving to Canada? Or shame on us for being unresponsive to businesses and job creators?
The current debate about corporate inversions has once again brought out the tired, progressive-socialist rhetoric railing against corporate profits. Burger King, Chiquita, and other iconic American brands are seeking more attractive tax provisions to better manage their businesses, as they also absorb the high impact of our costly regulatory environment, including the mandated requirements of the Un-Affordable Care Act.


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Apple's latest mobile operating system is currently iOS 7.1.2 and it was only released on June 30. It brought small changes including iBeacon and Mail improvements. But leave it to hackers to spoil Apple's "ironclad" mobile operating system, no matter the significance of the release.
That's right, it's here. The latest iOS jailbreak wasn't even really released... iOS 7.1.2 has indeed been hacked, but it's because the 7.1.1 jailbreak still works on the new OS. That jailbreak had been successfully exploited several weeks prior.
For those not technologically inclined, jailbreaking is the ability to override and replace elements of Apple's iOS software in an effort to give it more functionality. For example: you may want to use your phone as a mobile hotspot, but dread having to pay Verizon or AT&T for that feature. With jailbreaking such things are possible.
It turns out that prolific jailbreaking Evad3rs isn't behind this latest version. Chinese hacker group Pangu is. They managed to exploit a non-secure portion of Apple's mobile operating system firmware in order to create the untethered jailbreak. Apparently, Apple's very own developers still can't figure out how Pangu managed to jailbreak the software!
Who knows if any new minor software updates for iOS 7 will be released by Apple. It isn't a given considering that iOS 8 will be released in the fall. The Next Digit suggests that, "Apple might choose to release a 7.1.3 update for overall improvements and minor bugs."
Business Insider's Senior Tech Editor Dave Smith wrote an entire article questioning whether jailbreaking iOS 8 is necessary. Smith doesn't think it will be, but that isn't stopping hacker Stefan Esser, better known as i0n1c in tech circles.
What will iOS 8 bring? Major productivity enhancements are being included, though opponents of the colorful iOS 7 icons will be disappointed that the UI won't differ much between versions.
Jailbreaking your device used to be taboo; now it's a more respected way to use your your iPhone. That being said, have you jailbroken an Apple device including Apple TVs, iPhones and iPads? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Join a panel of financial experts from 3-4 p.m. Thursday, June 4, as they provide insight into ways to navigate the financial challenges family businesses are facing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The discussion, presented via Zoom, is the second in a four-part virtual series exploring "How Western New York Businesses Are Dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic."
Featured panelists include Bryan J. Donohue, chief operating officer at Freed Maxick, CPA, PC; F. James Ginnane, owner of Planned Futures Financial; Martin Griffith, president of BankOnBuffalo; Franklin J. Sciortino, district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration; and Michael A. Taylor, senior vice president of Pursuit Lending (formerly known as New York Business Development Corp.). Jack T. Ampuja, president and CEO of Supply Chain Optimizers, will moderate the discussion.
To register for this free event, visit: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpf-ipqjIuGtSA5v591yjN18EX_l-yjfTI.
The remaining sessions in this series will discuss “COVID-19 and the Impact on the Supply Chain,” Thursday, June 11, 3-4 p.m.; and “Leading Your Business During COVID-19,” Thursday, June 18, 3- 4 p.m.
The discussion is sponsored by the Niagara University College of Business Administration, in conjunction with its Family Business Center, Center of Supply Chain Excellence, Food Marketing Center of Excellence, and Niagara University Career Services.


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General Motors is working on batteries for the US military
Milspec EVs with 1,000bhp? Somebody cue the Wagner
In a thoroughly American development, General Motors is working on “a battery pack prototype for testing and analysis on Department of Defense platforms". Or, in regular-strength English, it’s developing battery and motor tech for the US military.
Underpinning this charge (yes, we meant that one) is a ‘modular and scalable’ battery and drivetrain architecture, which someone in GM’s marketing department decided to call ‘The Ultium Platform’. Which sounds like the title of a James Patterson novel, but then what do we know about anything.
But why, you might ask, is it a “thoroughly American development”? Well, America’s rather famous for its private defence companies – and the bonkers amount of money they make. In any given year, there are about a dozen defence contractors on the Fortune 500 (i.e. the 500 highest-earning companies in the US of A), and some, like Lockheed Martin, are household names. Americans are quite good at that whole ‘military-industrial complex’, as it turns out.
So it makes sense, then, for General Motors to have a military division – at least fiscally. It makes so much sense, in fact, that GM actually started up a defence division back in the 1950s, called – if you can believe it – GM Defense. General Motors sold it to General Dynamics (no relation) in 2003, but it was clearly a regrettable decision – GM started up its rather logically named defence division again in 2017, and has been going great guns ever since. And yeah, we meant that one too.
So the rather menacing bits of kit you see in the photo are GM’s Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV), based on the same architecture as the Chevy Colorado truck. At the moment they’re running a 185bhp turbo-diesel and six-speed auto, which is very definitely milspec – as in adequate and cost-effective. On the other hand, The Ulterior Parables (or whatever GM calls its electric platform) should be able to make up to 1,000bhp in a) full military trim, and b) whichever quagmire America finds itself in next. Little wonder the DIU is interested.
Oh, and full disclosure: the DIU, or Defense Innovation Unit, is an arm of the Department of Defense. Founded in 2015, its purpose is to find, adapt and use civilian technology to bolster the military’s capacity and address shortcomings in national defence. See, that’s how you spell it, Americans.
Neither GM nor the DIU say what exactly the ‘scalable battery packs’ will be used for beyond “a light- to heavy-duty battery EV that can support reduced reliance on fossil fuels in the operational and garrison environments”. But considering the US Army has already ordered 649 (yes, that specific) ISVs, and has been looking at the Hummer EV, those Bourne Ultimatum batteries are probably not going in a Chinook. Although, it must be said, the ISV can.
And considering the original Hummer was a road-going version of a military vehicle, which GM then bought – and made an even softer one based on the Chevy Tahoe... it feels like the wheel has come full circle, no?
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Facebook Introduces New Status Reaction (THANKFUL)
Facebook adds a new reaction to status update today. The new reaction by Facebook is THANKFUL.
Thankful reaction was added to Like, Love, Haha, Wow, Sad AngrySo now you get Like, Love, Thankful, Haha, Wow, Sad, Angry reactions.
The new reaction is available on the facebook web version. Mobile users will have to get the latest facebook update. Already android users are getting the thankful reaction working, windows and IOS should get theirs ASAP.


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You may hate your acne, but unfortunately you can't treat it by holding your phone to your face.
The marketers of the apps “AcneApp” and “Acne Pwner” have agreed in two separate cases to stop making claims without scientific...
| Sep 19, 2011
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Just when you thought there was an app for everything…
“Good. I’ll never have pimples again,” said Victoria Chacchia, UTA Junior.
…comes several SmartPhone apps that claim to clear-up acne.
“I actually have heard...
| Sep 21, 2011
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Q: I've been on simvastatin (80 milligrams) for several years. I've had serious problems with leg cramps, and now my tendons are affected from my toes to my knees. Could the medication be responsible?
A: The Food and Drug Administration has just issued a...
| Nov 11, 2011
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Annie moves in with Troy and Abed; Leslie and Ben cause a world war; there's a new hot temp at Dundler-Mifflin; Whitney and Alex decide they need to spend more time together.
"Community": #AnniesMove is trending in Greendale this week as Annie moves...
| Nov 16, 2011
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Americans spend almost $400 million a year on over-the counter acne treatments. No doubt you’ve seen the star-studded ads for Proactiv. Justin Bieber is not the only young celebrity pushing the product. Avril Lavigne, Julianne Hough, and Katy...
| Nov 28, 2011
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Americans spend almost $400 million a year on over-the counter acne treatments. No
doubt you’ve seen the star-studded ads for Proactiv. Justin Bieber is not the only young
celebrity pushing the product. Avril Lavigne, Julianne Hough, and Katy...
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You'll be seeing a lot of coverage in print, broadcast and online this week on the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a singular event of the 20th century and the catalyst for leading the United States into World War II.
The American News...
| Dec 6, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health regulators are leaning toward adding new information about the risk of blood clots to the labels of widely prescribed birth control pills such as Yaz, in light of growing evidence suggesting the newer contraceptive...
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There's an app going around claiming to cure acne with light emitted from your iPhone. Well guess what?! It doesn't! Big surprise, but thousands of people were dooped into buying the app.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ruled against the two apps...
| Jun 2, 2011
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Greater Omaha Packing Names Childs New VP of Food Safety and Technical Resources
Greater Omaha Packing (greateromaha.com), a high-quality supplier of beef, welcomes Kirby Childs, Ph.D., as vice president of food safety and technical resources. Childs will lead the company’s ongoing food safety efforts and oversee company-wide endeavors to integrate the industry’s latest technology. Childs brings extensive education and industry experience to Greater Omaha, with a master’s degree in food science from Oklahoma State University and a doctorate in animal science with specializations in meat science and food science from Colorado State University.
Dr. Childs has extensive experience working with beef and poultry harvest facilities, as well as further processing for multiple proteins. Dr. Childs also led research and development teams and brought products to market for national and regional chains. He has experience in overseeing food safety in facilities having produced ground beef, par-cooked, ready-to-eat, and sous vide.
From pasture to plate since 1920, Greater Omaha Packing has been known for the finest quality beef products, service, and delivery. The company processes 2,400 head of the nation’s finest, high-quality cattle each day for customers in retail, foodservice, and manufacturing. With more than $1 billion in annual sales, nearly 1,000 employees, and beef shipments to more than 70 countries around the world, quality is an all-encompassing attitude at Greater Omaha. To find out more, visit greateromaha.com.


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Good news if you have the Huawei smartwatch as it was just announced Huawei will be getting the new Android Wear 2.0 update. Huawei is one of many brands of smartwatches out there, and some smartwatches have already seen the Android Wear 2.0 update. We have all the latest news about the brand Huawei Deutschland and the upcoming Android Wear 2.0 update.
Huawei Smartwatch Testing Android Wear 2.0
While Huawei is going to be getting the new Android Wear 2.0 update, the official release is not right now. Huawei did tell owners of the original smartwatch that there will be a new update coming by the end of the month. Considering it is already almost the end of the month, we can assume that update will be coming in the next 10 days. Some people have already said that the Huawei smartwatch is rolling out the new Android Wear 2.0 release to some consumers.
The issue though is that not everyone is getting the new Huawei smartwatch Android Wear 2.0 update. That is because right now, only approved testers have access to the Android Wear 2.0 update. The developer keys are already being sent out to those approved testers, so there is only a limited release of Android Wear 2.0 on the Huawei smartwatch right now. The official release for everyone that has a Huawei smartwatch should still be coming very soon though. We do not have an official release date for Android Wear 2.0 for the original Huawei smartwatch, but you can expect that within the next few weeks or so, most people should be seeing the update.
All About Android Wear 2.0
Android Wear 2.0 is the second version of Android Wear, which was developed by Google. This is the operating system that all wearable devices use, and it began releasing to all supported devices about a month ago. Some new features in Android Wear 2.0 include Android Pay, more customization options, interface improvements, Google Play Store app, and an on-screen keyboard. There will also be better messaging support in Android Wear 2.0, which is good news for those who like to be social and stay on top of their communication with friends and family.
Google plans on releasing Android Wear 2.0 in phases, much like with Android for mobile and other operating systems. That means that it will take a little bit of time for the original Huawei smartwatch owners to get the update, along with other supported smartwatch brands. Even though it might take a little longer than you think it will to get the update, at least now you know that the approved testers are already getting the developer key.
Android Wear 2.0 should be hitting more Android devices now, although it might take a while for all supported devices to get this update. The best news here though is that Huawei smartwatches will be getting the update sooner than a lot of other brands and manufacturers out there.
If you would like to sign up to get a developer key to test Android Wear 2.0 on supported devices, you can head over to the website for Android Wear 2.0 and sign up. Not everyone who signs up to become a tester though will get into the program, but it is a great way to get the operating system before the official release. The only downside to getting the updates sooner is that you might have to give feedback if the operating system has not been released yet, so there might be some glitches and bugs in the tester version of the Android Wear 2.0. It is better to just wait for the official release of Android Wear 2.0 if you have one of the original Huawei smartwatches.