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According to this India Times piece, Sony’s planning to release a fourth version of the PS2 hardware before Diwali, this year to be held on October 28.
That piece claims the new machine will launch in both India and Europe simultaneously, and will feature “slimmer, sleeker and more suave” styling over the current version. Apparently, it won’t have an external AC adapter.
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An Israeli cabinet minister called on Wednesday for a boycott of Airbnb and promoted one of its rivals, escalating the government’s response to the home-rental company’s decision to delist Israeli communities in Yehudah and Shomron.
“I call today on all those who support Israel and oppose discriminatory boycotts: They should cease using Airbnb and turn to other services,” Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan told a diplomatic conference hosted by the Jerusalem Post newspaper.
“By the way, Booking.com is a great service,” added Erdan, the point-man in Israeli government efforts to combat pro-Palestinian boycotts.
Airbnb said on Monday it would remove some 200 listings in the region after hearing criticism from people who “believe companies should not profit on lands where people have been displaced.”
A spokesman for Airbnb declined comment on the Israeli minister’s remarks. In a statement emailed to Reuters on Tuesday, Chris Lehane, Airbnb’s global head of policy and communications, said: “Israel is a special place and our over 22,000 hosts are special people who have welcomed hundreds of thousands of guests to Israel.
“We understand that this is a hard and complicated issue and we appreciate everyone’s perspective,” he added.
Human Rights Watch meanwhile hailed Airbnb’s delisting decision and, in a report on Tuesday, called on Booking.com to follow suit.
Booking.com did not immediately response to Reuters emails seeking its response.
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked backed Erdan’s call to boycott Airbnb and suggested Israel also deploy its own anti-discrimination laws.
Israel has said it would turn to the Trump administration and could back lawsuits against Airbnb within U.S. states that have legislated against anti-Israel boycotts.
An author of the Israel Anti-Boycott Act in the Senate, Rob Portman of Ohio, a Republican, told the Jerusalem Post he wants to hear from Airbnb.
“We are looking into this. We have questions and concerns,” said Emily Benavides, Portman’s spokesperson. “Senator Portman has long fought highly selective and discriminatory efforts to isolate Israel.”
“If state regulators and boards of investment determine Airbnb’s action was politically motivated, Airbnb will become the most high-profile company blacklisted for boycotting Israel,” said Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies who was involved in the drafting of the Illinois law against boycotting Israel.
In Israel, one 2017 law empowers courts to award cash compensation to claimants who prove they have been denied goods or services because of where they live.
“I checked yesterday with my office, with the attorney-general, whether we can operate this law, and the answer is positive,” Shaked said. “We need to do anything we can in order to fight them back in order that they will change their decision.”
A company spokesperson responded to Erdan’s challenge that Airbnb “will have to explain why it is taking this discriminatory and racist line here in particular and not in other conflict zones in the world.”
“In the statement we issued on Monday, we noted that we have developed a framework for evaluating how we should treat listings in occupied territories around the world. Western Sahara is one example of a place where we will use this framework,” the official said.

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Even though it seems like Samsung’s most recent smartphone unveiling was only a few days ago, the company’s upcoming flagship is already beginning to leak. If past trends are any indication, the Galaxy S23 series should launch in February. The timing of a fresh battery certification suggests that the release timeline is on track.
This week’s new listing on at Safety Korea features the Galaxy S23 batteries with the model number EB-BS916ABY. As the people over at SamMobile pointed out earlier today, this listing comes through right on track with the Galaxy S22 s battery, which was approved in September 2021 prior to its introduction in February 2022.
Unfortunately, it is the most information we can glean from this listing.
The battery looks to have been made by China’s ATL, which has previously made batteries for numerous other Samsung phones.
We are unable to determine the capacity. The listing includes the image below, but it’s too poor resolution to see the important information. The closest estimate we have for the capacity is 4,676 mAh or 4,878 mAh, both of which would be significantly more battery than the Galaxy S22. Given that it is anticipated that the Galaxy S23’s size would mostly remain the same, that seems doubtful.
But keep in mind that we’re dealing with a very hazy image, so take that with a massive grain of salt.


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Back in 1988 the UK egg industry was in crisis. Junior health minister Edwina Currie had just issued her ill advised “most of the egg production in this country, sadly, is now affected with Salmonella” comment and sales were falling as consumers took note. Although Currie was forced to resign over her less than accurate claim, there was little doubt that an epidemic of human Salmonella Enteritidis infection was mainly due to endemic contamination in the egg industry. How things have changed. This week saw the publication of a draft report from the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological safety of Foods (ACMSF), which classifies the Salmonella risk from shell eggs produced by the best practice Lion Code scheme as very low and recommends that raw or lightly cooked Lion Code eggs can be safely given to vulnerable consumers.
This remarkable turnaround has been achieved by a collaborative effort to control Salmonella contamination and develop best practice at every step in the egg supply chain from farmers to retailers. The outcome is the Lion Code scheme, which includes measures like the comprehensive vaccination of laying flocks, temperature controlled distribution for eggs, date stamping and significant improvements in hygiene at every stage in production. As a result, the incidence of human salmonellosis in the UK has fallen significantly over the last 20 years, as it has in other countries that have adopted similar controls. This shows what can be done when the food industry makes a conscious decision to deal with a food safety hazard, and it is not only consumers that benefit. Many retailers now only sell UK eggs produced under the Lion Code scheme and they carry a price premium over other eggs, so that joining the scheme gives egg producers a big competitive advantage. It’s a great example of why focusing attention on food safety makes for good business.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the global meat industry could adopt the same collaborative approach to tackling the problem of antibiotic resistance in foodborne pathogens? The annual EFSA/ECDC Summary report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria has also recently been published and reveals a growing problem of antibiotic resistant pathogens showing up in animals, food and people. For instance, nearly 70% of all Campylobacter strains isolated from chicken meat in Europe in 2014 were resistant to ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic often used to treat human infections. Resistance to the ‘last resort’ antimicrobial drug colistin has also started to appear in Salmonella and E. coli.
But the report contains evidence that suggests how this dangerous trend might be reversed, in the form of regional differences in resistance levels. Countries in the South and East of Europe show the highest levels of resistance, whereas they are significantly lower in the North. It cannot be a coincidence that lower quantities of antimicrobials are used in meat production in some northern European countries, especially in Scandinavia. The obvious example is Denmark, which banned the use of antibiotic growth promoters in 2000. The country’s substantial meat industry does not seem to have suffered too much as a result. Early problems were addressed and the initial investment proved to be well worthwhile in the long term. Following the Danish example in other countries would not solve the problem of antibiotic resistance, but it would be a big step in the right direction and it would show willingness by industry to put people, rather than profits, first.


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Thanks to the massive updates Cyberpunk 2077 has received since December 2020; it is finally on an upward trajectory. In contrast to the disastrous launch where the game was rendered completely unplayable by many, these great strides forward from the developer are a testament to how everything is redeemable.
However, despite this 180-degree change, there’s still one glaring omission that fans think the CD Projekt Red’s now-functioning RPG could do with. According to the game’s subreddit, enthusiasts are puzzled how a game so immersive and vast is missing a feature that lets them preview clothes on V.
When buying V’s clothes in Cyberpunk 2077, there is no way to find out how they’ll look on the protagonist. Instead, players are forced to purchase new items even for the simple purpose of trying them on. This has led to fans splashing and wasting hard-earned cash on outfits that turned out to be rubbish when tried on.
Sharing a photoshopped image on Reddit, user makavelinow says, “This is how we should buy clothes.” Fellow gamers like AllGodzDie agreed by commenting, “[The] game not having a preview when buying clothes is the dumbest thing ever.”
A proper wardrobe feature might not seem that substantial, but it’s absolutely essential for saving bucks and time. Right now, players have to go to great lengths just to buy the right outfit.
First of all, they travel all the way to a clothes shop in the immense Night City, browse through, and buy new threads just to end up hating them. In the end, they have to reload the game to retain the wasted money.
The ability to preview clothes can solve more than one can think, and hopefully, CDPR is in the office, taking notes as we speak, to add this uncomplicated yet vital feature to ease fans’ life and make V more stylish than ever.
About Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 is an action-adventure RPG developed and published by CD Projekt Red.
The game is set in Night City, a seemingly utopian megalopolis where anything and everything is possible, on the surface, that is. We play as V, a mercenary that is after an implant that serves as the key to immortality. The humongous game world offers a lot of pathways, choices, allies, and enemies. The best part; every single choice and action of yours will forge the story around you!
Cyberpunk 2077 released on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Google Stadia on December 10th, with a PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X release set for 2021!


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Battlefront II is receiving its final update tomorrow, but another Battlefield game is on the horizon. DICE is moving its focus towards a new release for the hit shooter franchise in 2021.
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You can stock up on quite a few big-name titles for your Xbox One this week, with Microsoft offering discounts on the Forza Horizon, Battlefront, Wolfenstein and Battlefield franchises.
A complete overhaul of Star Wars Battlefront II's progression system is coming this month, marking the arrival of microtransactions, but this time around they will only be used for cosmetic items.
Star Wars Battlefront II's loot boxes may be going away entirely, as DICE announced today that significant changes will be arriving to the game's progression system in the coming months.
DICE's open beta for its upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront 2 game seems to have done extremely well, with the company extending the beta for two more days till Wednesday on all platforms.
The upcoming sequel to Star Wars Battlefront is set to receive a beta this October, bringing two game modes for all Star Wars fans to try out - Galactic Assault and Starfighter Assault.
The upcoming sequel to Star Wars Battlefront will receive all DLC free of charge via content drops, including new characters, maps, and more. Microtransactions will be introduced to the game.
The next iteration of Star Wars Battlefront will fix a lot of the problems with its predecessor by including a full single player campaign with a brand new story in the Star Wars canon.
A partial list of the titles to be displayed at the "Project Scorpio" unveiling includes first party games such as Forza 7, State of Decay 2 as well as third-party titles like RDR2, and Battlefront 2.


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Amway India to invest additional Rs 100 cr in two years to fund growth plans: CEO
Amway has committed an investment of Rs 1,000 crore in India, which includes an investment of Rs 600 crore to set up its manufacturing facility in Nilakotai, Tamil Nadu. CEO Anshu Budhraja said Amway India's future strategy will entail both offline and online platforms with an increased focus on online.
Direct sellingFMCG firm Amway India is looking to invest an additional Rs 100 crore over the next two years to fuel its future growth plans in the country, a top company official has said. Sensing growth opportunities in online sales due to changing consumer behaviour amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the company is working on boosting its supply chain and home delivery network to meet customer requirements.
"We will be making an additional investment of Rs 100 crore to boost manufacturing automation and digital initiatives over the next two years. These will play an important role in our next phase of growth in the market," Amway India CEO Anshu Budhraja told .
Amway has committed an investment of Rs 1,000 crore in India, which includes an investment of Rs 600 crore to set up its manufacturing facility in Nilakotai, Tamil Nadu.
Budhraja said the current global health crisis has fundamentally altered consumer outlook and preference, with people increasingly migrating online for shopping
Amway India has also witnessed a significant shift in the behaviour of its direct sellers and their customers, resulting in a spike in online sales, he said.
"We have seen a significant growth in our online orders from 33.6 per cent in February to 70 per cent in June 2020. We expect the online sales growth to remain consistent... We are bolstering our supply chain and home delivery network to fulfil the growing demand for online ordering," he added.
Budhraja said Indian consumers are increasingly becoming more conscious about nutrition and this has resulted in a surge in demand for its immunity, health and wellness product portfolio with preference for herbal products.
Amway India expects this category to grow to 65 per cent in three years.
"Nutrition and wellness is the largest business category for us globally and in India, and this category contributes more than Rs 1,000 crore to Amway's total revenue in India. We are further strengthening the category with special focus on immunity supporting products," he said.
Going by the current trend and the rise in demand, the company foresees the nutrition category to grow faster with the current contribution of 56 to 65 per cent to overall business in the next three years, Budhraja said.
He said that driven by growing demand for nutrition and hygiene products and owing to a significant shift in online sales, Amway's business has almost come back to the pre-COVID-19 level.
"We further expect consistent recovery and growth in the business through the rest of the year," he added.
Budhraja said Amway India's future strategy will entail both offline and online platforms with an increased focus on online.
Among the exits are Chief Commercial Operations Officer Manoj Gandhi, Chief Business Officer of fashion division Gopal Asthana, and Chief Executive Officer of wholesale business Vikas Gupta - all executives of Nykaa.
New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) American toy and clothing retailer Toys 'R' Us is said to have shut within 24 hours a store it opened in Hyderabad to mark its second entry into India over some legal complexities with the mall owner, sources said.


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The foreign ministry is monitoring the situation regarding the potential effects that anti-Russia sanctions may have on Kazakhstan businesses involved in international cargo shipping.
According to Kanat Kopbayev, the founder of Kusto Group, goods from Kazakhstan face obstacles while being shipped through international and European seaports. The ministry also said that it is aware of the situation.
«Our embassies and consulates have talked with the administration of all key ports in Europe: Zeebrugge, Antwerp, Muuga, Riga, Ventspils, Liepaja, etc. As far as we know there are no limitations for cargo shippers from Kazakhstan,» the ministry said.
However, delays in the shipping of Kazakhstan’s goods might be linked to limitations imposed on Russian companies as many logistic companies are closely connected because of the nature of modern supply chains.
«We can’t rule out that some Kazakhstan companies may face troubles while transporting goods on Russian ships international insurance of which has been called off,» the foreign ministry added.
The agency is ready to assist any cargo shippers from Kazakhstan if their goods are arrested. If it happens, businessmen should call KAZAKH INVEST by the following phone number:
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«To avoid negative consequences for Kazakhstan’s trade amid the current geopolitical conditions the foreign ministry of Kazakhstan and its representatives abroad have informed their foreign counterparts about the situation,» the statement said.
Earlier this week Kopbayev wrote an open letter to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. According to Kopbayev, the current situation is almost catastrophic as 90% of Kazakhstan’s goods have been transported via Russia. At the same time, big international ports such as Antwerp, Piraeus, Rotterdam and Muuga have stopped working with cargo from Russia and Kazakhstan.


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In January 2019, reports suggested its auditor SRBC & Co LLP, the audit arm of EY India, sought a detailed report of a probe into its merger with payment gateway – Avenues India Pvt Ltd.
Auditor says the company has given advances aggregating to Rs 1,223.1 million to subsidiary companies as of December 31, 2018.
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Earlier this week, the official Twitter account for Burger King was hacked and turned into a McDonald’s feed. Now, the same thing has happened to @Jeep. The Jeep logo was replaced with a Cadillac logo and the hackers tweeted things like “We got sold to @Cadillac because we caught our employees doing these in the bathroom” with an image of a bottle of prescription-only pills. Jeep soon got control of the account and deleted the tweets tweeted by the hacker.
For a brand, crises like these are of course serious, but handled correctly they can also become an opportunity. Often an account that is involved in a similar incident gains a lot of followers, thanks to the increased attention.
This time, both Burger King and Jeep turn the hacks into a PR opportunity by posting some clever tweets. Burger King seized the opportunity to send their wishes to a brand that was the victim of the same type of crisis, which showed a human side of the brand.
Jeep cleverly responded with this tongue in cheek tweet.
As you see, both tweets got loads of retweets and were marked as favourite by many followers. Also, note the dots before the Twitter handle, enabling all their followers to see the tweets, not only the ones that follow both accounts.
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In a little more than two weeks New Jersey will lift most COVID-19 capacity limits on restaurants, bars, gyms, and other businesses. Gov. Phil Murphy credited the dramatic loosening of restrictions to declining COVID-19 cases.
Effective May 19, New Jersey will join New York and Connecticut in removing capacity limits on outdoor gatherings and indoor dining. Limits are also to be removed for gyms, casinos, salons, retail and indoor recreation. There are a few caveats: Indoor gatherings will be limited to 250 people and large indoor venues — places with 1,000 fixed seats — will be capped at 30% capacity. The rule for social distancing will still apply; it remains at 6 feet. And masks must be worn if you’re not eating or drinking.
Murphy says the state’s progress, which includes more than 3 million residents now fully vaccinated, is reason to push up other reopening steps originally planned for next week. Instead, beginning Friday, May 7, outdoor gatherings limits will increase to 500 people. Indoor gatherings for events like proms and weddings will get a bump to 50% capacity or 250 people, whichever is less.


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Indian silver saw the biggest price decline of the day, dropping 3.6 percent on Wednesday, September 25. Chinese silver ended the day after the 0.9 percent drop yesterday. Japanese silver prices saw a 0.9 percent decline. The price of US silver rose 0.4 percent after a two-day drop.
Indian gold bullion prices inched up 0.4 percent. Following a couple days of improvement, the price of Chinese gold bullion weakened by 0.2 percent. After a couple of days of decreasing prices, the price of US gold bullion held steady. The price of Japanese gold bullion remained essentially flat.
The price of Japanese platinum bar increased 0.4 percent. After falling for two days, the price of US platinum bar rose 0.4 percent. Chinese platinum bar held its value yesterday.
The price of US palladium bar is back up, rising by 0.7 percent on Wednesday. Chinese palladium bar prices rose 0.6 percent. Japanese palladium bar saw little change in its price on Wednesday.


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Increasing demand for some refractory materials and increasing output compared with last year pushed China’s refractories output to 4.76 million tonnes in the first quarter of the year, the first rise for two years.
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Graphite producers in Qingdao suspended production this week to guarantee better air conditions before the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in June, supporting graphite flake prices, while amorphous graphite prices into Europe increased.
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Chinese flake graphite export prices are unchanged this week, with spot buying activity thin, with spherical graphite export prices similarly unchanged.
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Graphite producers expect new restrictions on operations in Shandong province ahead of a government summit in the area next month to but prices are unchanged for now.


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Customers can look forward to a covered parking structure with a projected opening date in 2013 and a major expansion of stores in 2014.
Scheduled to open in January, the new Hadley Fruit Orchards store is being built just north of Ruby’s Diner in Cabazon.
It’s yards from the Hadley Fruit Orchards building on Seminole Drive.
Few things delight more than finding quality merchandise at a great price, especially in holiday gift-buying season.
Consider two side-by-side outlet complexes only 20 miles from Palm Springs.
The biggest news is the center’s newest store, Go Lite.Fresh fruit, home-baked bread and pizzas will be added to the open-concept store. Hadley’s branded date shakes, sandwiches and celebrity photo wall will be retained. With more than 4,000 square feet, this retailer offers durable, ecofriendly goods that include men’s and women’s clothing, as well as backpacks, sleeping bags, and tents that support their “less is more” philosophy of less weight, less fuss, less waste, and more fun.Other stores in the center include adidas, Columbia Sportswear, Karen Kane, Reebok, Rockport, and Under Armour.
Hadley’s plywood signs pitched 5 pounds of dates for $1 and all-you-can-drink fresh lemonade for a quarter, according to a company history published on the store’s website.


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UK regulations have forced manufacturers to sell cigarette packets carrying health warnings as of 2009. However, the EU owns the copyright to current warnings, therefore the UK has made a deal with Australia to use its graphics in the event of a “no deal” Brexit.
“Manufacturers will need to ensure that tobacco products produced from exit day onwards feature new picture warnings, which have been secured by agreement with the Australian government,” said the UK’s Health Ministry. “Tobacco products featuring pictures from the EU library, produced before exit day, may be sold for 12 months after exit day.”
Brexit would bring the opportunity of dropping the TPD
These experts grew concerned when they observed a drop in the number of people switching from smoking to vaping, following the TPD implementation. Despite the fact that Public Health England has openly endorsed the safer alternatives as smoking cessation tools, the number of smokers switching per year has dropped from 800,000 to 100,000.
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Earlier this week, Samsung pushed the Android 12 update for the Galaxy S20 FE (4G version) users in the United States. The OEM has now started rolling out the update in India as well. The 5G-enabled Galaxy S20 FE users in India have already started receiving the Android 12 update, and now, the 4G version has too joined the party.
The latest OTA update for Samsung Galaxy S20 FE rolling out in India with the firmware version G780FXXS8DUL6. It brings the One UI 4.0 skin that adds loads of new features and improvements and the Android 12 goodies.
The One UI 4.0 update brings a polished UI, Color Themes, Extra Dim feature, Multi-Window support, RAM Plus feature, Gallery enhancements, new AOD options, Samsung Keyboard enhancements, new privacy feature, and more. Samsung has also added the December 2022 security patch in the latest build for Galaxy S20 FE, which is rolling out in India.
While the Galaxy S20 FE users in India receive last month’s security patch with the latest update, the South Korean firm has already started sending the January 2022 security patch to several regions. It includes Greece, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Slovenia, Poland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and the Baltic. Hopefully, It will also reach India in the coming weeks.
Last year, Samsung released the Galaxy S20 FE with Android 10 out of the box. Soon after the launch, the device got upgraded to Android 11, and now, it is receiving the second major OS upgrade in the form of Android 12.


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Comcast will roll out its 1TB internet data usage limits to a large part of the U.S., including Washington, Oregon and California Nov. 1.
Comcast said the 1TB cap means 99 percent of users won’t hit their limit. The “typical” customer, Comcast has said, uses just 75GB per month, but tests of the data limits led to more than 13,000 FCC complaints as of last December.
The usage limits are not a hard cap, so those who go over the threshold will not see their service interrupted. For those who do exceed the 1TB limit, Comcast will charge $10 for extra 50GB data blocks, with a cap on monthly overage charges at $200.
High usage customers can purchase an unlimited data option for $50 a month on top of their existing bill. Comcast will offer two “courtesy months,” where users won’t be charged overages if they use more than 1TB of data. Customers can check their usage to see if it is a good idea to spring for the unlimited package. Limits do not apply to several types of Comcast plans, such as business customers and the Gigabit Pro tier of service.
Comcast has been testing broadband data limits for years. Last year, Comcast boosted the limit from 300GB per month in test markets to 1TB. When the rollout is complete, Comcast will have data limits in all or part of 27 states.
On an FAQ page about the data usage limit, Comcast says 1TB — or 1024GB — has capacity for 600 to 700 hours of HD video, or 12,000 hours of online gaming, or more than 15,000 hours of music streaming or the ability to upload and download 60,000 high resolution photos.
Previously, Comcast had used congestion as a reason to try out data limits. But the company changed its tactics last year and began focusing on the concept of fairness.
“Our data plans are based on a principle of fairness,” Comcast said in its FAQ. “Those who use more Internet data, pay more. And those who use less Internet data, pay less.”


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Mochi Media, a casual gaming ad startup, has quietly built an arsenal of internet veterans. Yesterday the company said it swiped sales VP Carol Werner from MySpace, just a month after it nabbed Eric Boyd, reformed MIT card shark, from Yahoo.
Already in the ranks at Mochi: Justin Wong, former Googler, is vice president of business development; Eric Filler, another former Googler, is Mochi's VP of finance and operations; and Maxine Manafy, a former biz dev director at Yahoo, is media director of operations. Also, Ada Chen (former Microserf) is the product marketing manager there.
UPDATE: We missed a couple people. Tim Kelly, director of sales, was business unit manager for media and entertainment at Google. And Maya Baratz, developer relations manager, was a product manager at Yahoo's Flickr.


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About 20-25 million entry-level Android smartphones at contract-free prices of US$150 or below will be sold in the global market in 2011, much more than the 2.5-3 million units sold in 2010, Digitimes Research predicts.
Global smartphone sales will hike 54.5% from 2010 to 445 million units in 2011, of which 165 million or 37.1% will be Android models, surpassing Symbian to become the largest smartphone platform.
The large growth in entry-level Android smartphone sales will be driven by international, China- and Taiwan-based design houses' standard chip solutions that will facilitate minor and white-box vendors' launch of inexpensive models mostly in emerging markets.
While mature markets accounted for more than half of the 2010 global sales of entry-level Android smartphones, emerging markets will dominate the handset segment in 2011. The China market will see demand for 10-13 million entry-level Android smartphones in 2011.


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Developed for the Nintendo 3DS system, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
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The company had an "amazing quarter," TheStreet's Jim Cramer said on CNBC's "Stop Trading" segment, pointing out that Tech Data beat on both earnings per share and revenue expectations. Sales increased more than 40% year-over-year.
While Tech Data had a bit of a shortfall a few quarters ago, it's "definitely back on track," Cramer said. He described the company as a "supermarket of all things tech" and said "business is far better" now.
It also has positive implications for other companies. Mainly that, if Tech Data is doing better than expected, that also means industries likes PC, the cloud, cyber security and software are doing better than expected as well.
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In fact, Cramer, who also manages the Action Alerts PLUS charitable trust portfolio, even said Tech Data's report gave a little life to Western Digital (WDC - Get Report) . Shares tumbled roughly 7% Monday following a "savage downgrade" by Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty, (although it was "very well-reasoned" research). Western Digital is flat on the day now, but was higher in early Tuesday trading.
Tech Data's results could put a bid underneath tech stocks and help push them higher Tuesday, Cramer concluded.
Tech Data closed at $102.76, up 10.23% Tuesday
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Moscow – Cyprus held last week preliminary talks with Russia on the lifting of the embargo imposed by the latter on agricultural products from the EU.
Christodoulos Pipis of the Cyprus Agriculture Ministry Veterinary Services met with Alexey Alekseyenko, Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) in Nicosia with Cyprus expressing interest in a substantial increase in the production of controlled products to supply the Russian market.
Russia and Cyprus “express hope for a fruitful cooperation in the fields of dairy, meat products, as well as production of water fisheries and aquaculture after the abolition of Russia’s restrictive economic measures imposed in response to the anti-Russian sanctions,” a Russian statement said.
Rosselkhoznadzor officials are expected in Cyprus so as to carry out inspections at plants operated by companies with an interest in exporting dairy products, fish and meat to Russia and other Eurasian Economic Union countries (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan).
About 20 companies will be verified in Greece and Hungary. Cyprus has requested a delay for technical reasons and therefore, the audits began on April 27, where seven to eight companies are being checked.
Russia banned about $9 billion worth of imports of fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish and dairy from the European Union, Australia, Canada, Norway and the United States in August of 2014 in response to the sanctions imposed against Russia over the situation in Ukraine.


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Kevin Hart and Eniko Parrish’s wedding this past weekend was absolutely picturesque, and not just because of the lavish outdoor ceremony or carnival reception. The bride was resplendent in a Vera Wang gown—her first of two gowns worn that night—and a hologram stiletto manicure. But one of the standout beauty moments came courtesy of Eniko’s old Hollywood waves, styled by celebrity hairstylist Cesar Ramirez.
“Being a part of the bride’s glam team is a lot of pressure,” said Ramirez. “Eniko was a dream bride. She was calm, easy-going and naturally beautiful.”
Ramirez, who is the Global Artistic Director for Mizani, employed several of the brand’s dry styling products for the ceremony. He applied a Mizani Foam Wrap to her lob for volume before spritzing with Mizani HRM mist to keep humidity at bay.
For the reception look—which Ramirez put together in under five minutes(!)— he created a wispy French twist, using just a couple of pins to hold it in place. And since her hair was already textured, he added only a few spritz of the HRM Mist to set the strands in place.
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Rove Hotels Unveils The Only On-Site Hotel At Expo 2020 Dubai
Opening on 1st October 2021, Rove Expo 2020 is located at the central Al Wasl Plaza, right at the heart of the next World Expo.
Dubai, UAE (October 2020): With Expo 2020 Dubai now less than a year away, the eyes of the world are back on this much-awaited event as it gears up to help shape the future. A homegrown hotel brand that can be found at the heart of communities across Dubai – Rove Hotels today made the very special announcement that it will be the only hotel at Expo 2020 Dubai, which will be taking place from 1st October 2021 to 31st March 2022.
It’s that time of the year to get your freak on and jump into your spookiest costumes as you head to Le Meridien Dubai to celebrate a frightful day with loads of creepy food, sinister drinks and live entertainment that is sure to send chills down your spine. Celebrate Halloween with us in below venues-


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GrowGeneration Corp., a Denver-based marijuana cultivation company that owns a chain of specialty hydroponic and organic garden centers, signed an agreement to purchase The GrowBiz, a group of hydroponic garden centers with five stores in California and Oregon.
Terms were not disclosed, but GrowGeneration estimates a $50 million increase in revenue from the deal, according to a news release.
The acquisition will bring the total number of GrowGeneration hydroponic garden centers in California to 10 and in Oregon to two.
“We look forward to building on their combined experience and expanding our commercial footprint,” said Darren Lampert, GrowGeneration’s CEO.
“The GrowBiz acquisition represents our continued investment in purchasing the ‘best of breed’ hydroponic operations in the U.S. and strengthening our management team with seasoned veterans from our industry.”
Before founding The GrowBiz, Ross Haley served as CEO of Hawthorne Gardening Co., a division of Ohio-based Scotts Miracle-Gro, and General Hydroponics.
If the deal goes through, Haley will become a senior strategic adviser for GrowGeneration.


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Vancouver, BC, November 1, 2018 – Cannex Capital Holdings Inc. (“Cannex” or the “Company”) (CSE: CNNX / OTCQX: CNXXF) is pleased to announce that Cannex has acquired a 10% founding ownership interest for US$750,000 in Soma Group Holdings Inc. (“Soma”), a New Zealand-based cannabis start-up. Soma have an innovative science-based cannabinoid R&D and production platform and represent an important first step in Cannex’s international intellectual property development strategy.
As a part of the Soma initiative, Greg Marshall has stepped down from the Cannex Capital board to join Soma as a founding director. He will work closely with Soma’s CEO Mike Healy, a 25-year veteran of the global life sciences industry and was, for the past nine years, CFO of Apotex Australia and Asia Pacific. Cannex thanks Mr. Marshall for his efforts during the Company’s formative stages and welcomes the opportunity to work with him in his new role at Soma and as an advisor to the Cannex board.
“Soma is pursuing a three-pronged approach to creating a leading cannabis business beginning with an R&D partnership with the New Zealand government to create world-class cannabis genetics for worldwide licensing,” said Mr. Marshall. “Secondly, we’re acquiring a profitable, GMP certified food processing facility in Australia from Coca Cola Amitil to manufacture nutraceutical terpene-enhanced products for Asian Pacific distribution and will use this facility for cannabis production once licensing is in place. Lastly, we will acquire Vaporium, a New Zealand e-cigarette online and physical retailer which will eventually form the backbone of our retail cannabis strategy.”
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Maruti Suzuki to recall 5900 Super Carry vehicles for inspection, replacing faulty parts
India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday announced that it will recall as many as 5,900 units of its light commercial vehicle Super Carry to replace faulty parts free of cost.
India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday announced that it will recall as many as 5,900 units of its light commercial vehicle Super Carry to replace faulty parts free of cost. The company said that the step is being taken to ensure the safety of customers. It said that the recall campaign will be held proactively and voluntarily by the company to fix the fault vehicles. Recall campaigns are undertaken globally to rectify faults that may be potential safety hazards.
As part of the campaign, Maruti Suzuki aims to inspect possible defect in fuel filter of 5900 Super Carry vehicles manufactured between April 26, 2018 and August 1, 2018. The company said that this would also include vehicles in which fuel filter has been replaced in field during this period.
Maruti Suzuki will start recalling the vehicles from December 26.
"Starting 26th December 2018 owners of the suspected vehicles will be contacted by Maruti Suzuki dealers for inspection and replacement of the faulty part free of cost," the statement read. The customers can also visit the official website of the company - marutisuzuki.com and fill in the chassis number (MA3 followed by 14 digit alpha-numeric number) on the computer screen to check if their vehicle needs any attention.
— Zee Business (@ZeeBusiness) December 26, 2018
The chassis number is embossed on the vehicle ID plate and is also in the vehicle invoice / registration documents.
Earlier in October this year, the company had recalled 640 units of Super Carry in a similar campaign to fix a possible defect in the fuel pump supply. The recall covered Super Carry units manufactured between January 20 and July 14, 2018. MSI rolls out Super Carry from its Gurugram facility. The vehicle comes equipped with a 793-cc diesel engine.
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iPhone 7 isn’t as popular as iPhone 6S, apparently
Sales of the iPhone 7 may not be as great as Apple hoped for, with analysts suggesting shipments have fallen compared to last year.
GfK, Germany’s largest market research firm, says that sales of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus over the launch weekend were down by 25% year-on-year. That’s compared to last September’s iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus launch, which saw Apple achieve record-breaking sales.
For contrast, last year’s iPhone duo managed combined sales of 13 million units over their first weekend in the wild. That was a significant leap over the 10 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus units Apple sold on the 2014 launch weekend.
Normally, we’d have exact figures to compare, but this year Apple chose not to release launch weekend sales figures for the new iPhones. Earlier this month, Apple released a statement explaining why it made the decision to hold back the numbers:
“We expect iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be incredibly popular with customers and we are thrilled to begin taking pre-orders on September 9. Customers will receive their new iPhones starting September 16.
In years past, we’ve announced how many new iPhones had been sold as of the first weekend following launch. But as we have expanded our distribution through carriers and resellers to hundreds of thousands of locations around the world, we are now at a point where we know before taking the first customer pre-order that we will sell out of iPhone 7.
These initial sales will be governed by supply not demand, we have decided that it is no longer a representative metric for our investors and customers. Therefore we won’t be releasing a first-weekend number any longer. We are reiterating the financial guidance for the September quarter that we provided on July 26.”
Apple’s iPhone 7 was revealed at a dedicated launch event in California on September 7, 2016
These low sales have reportedly led to lower component orders for future iPhone 7 models, according to Digitimes. The industry news site says that chip orders for the new phones will be down by 20% in the first quarter of 2017, citing Apple suppliers:
“Apple has requested its manufacturing partners stock ICs for a combined 50 million iPhone 7/7 Plus units in the third quarter of 2016, and another 45 million units in the fourth quarter…the estimated volume for the first quarter of 2017 has reduced to 35-37 million units…”
The iPhone 7 became available for pre-order on September 9, and went on sale on September 16.
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Wargaming Released the OSTs of WoT and WoWp and Will Attend GDC 2014
"With the recent successful launch of World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition, we are taking the next step in expanding the company's multiplatform line-up," said by Jay Cohen, General Manager of Wargaming America. "Along with showcasing the mobile MMO action game World of Tanks Blitz, we'll give an insight into the approaches taken by the company to overhaul World of Tanks (PC) in 2014."
Except participating in the GDC 2014, the official also released the OSTs of World of Tanks and World of Warplanes recently. The WoT's OST was recorded by Abbey Road Studios, a famous recording studio in Landon. It has 37 songs, includes the new music which will be added in the next update – Version 9.0. And the OST for WoWp currently has 8 songs. The others are in the making.
"Music plays an important role in the overall experience of a video game, so a lot of effort was put into both soundtracks to ensure the highest quality of sound possible," said World of Tanks Audio Director Sergey Phomin. "Having the opportunity to add the finishing touches of our soundtrack at the studio where music legends like the Beatles and P ink Floyd recorded their albums, was truly a one-of-a-kind experience."
Now, the OSTs can be downloaded in App Store for 0.99, Google Music for free and the official web.
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For decades, there have been just two types of razors in the world - those for men and those for women,
Now, you can shave - be that your legs, underarms or bikini line - with one specially created for those with sensitive skin.
The newly-unveiled Venus Extra Smooth Sensitive Women’s Razor is designed to cater for the 60% of females who suffer from the beauty concern.
Basic hair removal in the shower or bath can leave them experiencing redness and irritability.
Traditionally, razors have been designed in a one-size-fits-all manner that doesn’t take skin sensitivity into account.
However, this handy product - which is currently £5.49, reduced from £10.99, at Boots - has been made in a way to avoid risk of soreness.
It features less-invasive extra-thin blades, and contains a “unique skin elixir” that’s three times as moisturising as the brand’s original Extra Smooth option.
Speaking to Stylist.co.uk, dermatologist Dr Anita Sturnham explained: “The skin elixir provides a cushion of aloe vera – a great antioxidant that has great soothing properties – so when you shave it not only provides a smooth contour as it glides across skin, but it also helps remove irritation.
“The razor has a moisture ribbon, too, which helps reduce the risk of nicks and cuts.”
It comes after a skin expert warned that commuting can take a toll on your complexion.
Chelsee Lewis, an award-winning London-based facialist, explained that being in close proximity to public transport - like trains, buses and the Tube - can expose us to greater “daily pollution grime” and “free radical damage”.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, the expert said: “Particles are 20 times smaller when traveling on the Tube. That gets into the pores.
“This can upset the skin barrier causing problems such as premature ageing, congestion, dryness.
“Symptoms can also include red patches, sensitive ,irritated, flaky itchy and dull skin.”
Lewis added that pollution “breaks down collagen” meaning there’s a lack of it on public transport which leaves our skin “very stressed”.
This in turn “cuts oxygen supply” to cells meaning they don’t work as “efficiently”.
The skin expert recommends looking after your face by investing in an SPF 50 and Vitamin C serum, along with a good-quality daily moisturiser.
She also advises double-cleansing in the evening, and using masks and exfoliating on a regular basis.
To protect your skin she suggests purchasing special anti-pollution skincare which contain antioxidants to combat oxidative damage.


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APN News & Media, which publishes the New Zealand Herald newspaper, has agreed to sell its stake in an outdoor advertising joint venture with Quadrant Private Equity for some A$69 million.
The deal will see APN sell its 48 per cent of APN Outdoor at a multiple of 7.5 times earnings, before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, the media group said in a statement. The sale price is more than the A$51.6 million carrying value attributed to APN's stake in the joint venture as at June 30.
"APN is continuing as an active investor in the Australian outdoor advertising market through our 50 per cent interest in Adshel, reflecting our belief that small format will continue to be a strong segment in the outdoor market," chief executive Michael Miller said.
APN entered into the joint venture last year, selling a controlling 52 per cent stake to Quadrant for A$190 million, and generating net proceeds of A$174.2 million. The outdoor advertising unit has more than 50,000 panels across Australia and New Zealand, with formats ranging from digital and static roadside billboards to transit, rail and airport advertising.
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The media group has been selling assets and clamping down on costs as it looks to return to profitability and reduce debt.
The deal is subject to regulatory approval by the Foreign Investor Review Board and Quadrant's debt funding arrangements.
APN shares, which are dual-listed, rose 2.1 per cent to 47 cents on the NZX today, before Australia's market opened.


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AMD invests in Intel accuser
Licenses Patriot processor design, patents
AMD has invested in the small chip technology development company that's suing Intel for alleged patent infringement.
Patriot Scientific this week confirmed that AMD has bought an undisclosed number of the company's restricted shares and licensed not only its ShBoom processor patent portfolio but also its Ignite 32-bit processor design.
The financial terms of the deal were not made public. AMD is the first company to license ShBoom.
In January 2004, Patriot sued Sony, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Matsushita and NEC for alleged infringement of patent number 5,809,336, which it owns. The company sued them because they had shipped product containing Intel processors that it also claimed violated its intellectual property rights. If the move was intended to force Intel to license the patent, it failed - Intel countersued, and was itself sued by Patriot in February 2004. Patriot is seeking monetary damages to the tune of "several hundreds of million dollars" for the alleged infringement.
Since then, Patriot has notified 150 other companies that it believes their products infringe its patent, though as yet it has not initiated legal proceedings against them, undoubtedly while it awaits the outcome of its action against Intel.
Patent 5,809,336, entitled 'High performance microprocessor having variable speed system clock', covers "the means used by the microprocessor industry to increase the internal operating speed of modern microprocessors", according to Patriot. It maintains that any CPU "operating at speeds above 110-120MHz may be in violation of portions of our patent portfolio", according to CEO Jeff Wallin. That may be one of the reasons AMD chose to reach a settlement with the company.
AMD's interest in Ignite is also interesting. Ignite is a Risc-like 32-bit processor core with a strong SIMD component. According to Patriot, multiple Ignites can work together within the company's InFlame architecture to create a multi-SIMD processor not so dissimilar to the architecture Sony and IBM have been discussing of late as 'Cell' - the CPU technology that will power the PlayStation 3. ®


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The auto brand has begun a social-networking site, ImSaturn, which has pulled in 1,200 members in its first three weeks. Saturn originally expected to attract 1,000 people in six months. "Our estimate," said a spokesman, "was a little off."
The plan is to grow the membership ranks by adding a link from Saturn.com, said Advertising Manager Dave Koziara. To get the word out initially, the marketer contacted a handful of Saturn fan sites, and Jill Lajdziak, general manager of the brand, wrote about the site's debut on GM's FastLane blog.
The 'face' of Saturn
ImSaturn, which Mr. Koziara said "puts a face on who we are," is for owners, enthusiasts and friends, a place where members can read Saturn news, send photos, upload videos, chat with other members, play video games or post music recommendations. Members can join or form groups based on their interests. The site's biggest groups last week were the 128-member Sky group and the 122-member Tuners Club. Those two were among the 20 the site said were the most active.
Saturn can gauge members' reactions to new or past advertising on the site. The marketer posted ads from its "Rethink" campaign last week when a national TV spot from Deutsch, Los Angeles, broke.
Two of the advertising and marketing group's 18 members last week praised Hal Riney & Co.'s 1991 intro ads for the brand and agreed that Saturn did the right thing by shortening Deutsch's year-old "Rethink American" tag for Saturn to just "Rethink." Bobby wrote, "None of the Saturn ads for the past eight years have the magic, emotional drive, pride and content the early years had." Kat wrote, "I'd actually say the ads from 2003 to 2005 were the most pitiful ones they've had. In 2007, some of the ads were really outstanding. The new ads, I think, are really speaking to the people who are ready to listen to a new idea from Saturn."
Dan Keller, the brand's marketing director, said the networking site is "just another example of rethinking how we communicate. It feels very Saturn to do this."
Fran O'Hagan, president of sales and marketing firm Piped Piper Management Co., said Saturn may be hoping the community "will be a surrogate" for a reduced ad budget. "They have some wonderful products right now that people aren't aware of," said Mr. O'Hagan, a former product manager at Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover and Ford.
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In 2007, Saturn spent $279 million in measured media vs. $156 million in 2006, according to TNS Media Intelligence. It spent only $13 million in measured media in January (excluding outdoor); Mr. Koziara said the brand has been heavy into sales promotions since December's year-end sale.
Saturn has narrowed its main target to Gen X and Gen Y women, he said, and to reach them, it has "redeployed resources into print and digital, with deeper dives in those areas," he said. The dollars are being reallocated from TV, although Saturn isn't abandoning the medium, just using more-targeted programs with more frequency.
But the move to create community goes beyond the web. Mr. Keller said he's "dialing up marketing promotions and taking the products to the people," with displays at malls and races. Saturn will be on virtually every movie screen in America in June with ads for its Aura and Vue models. Saturn also is sponsoring Bon Jovi's Lost Highway Tour; people on Saturn.com can sign up for exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the tour. He said Saturn is using "a lot of print," including a 12-page spread arriving in July magazines, and "extensive digital page takeovers on portals."
Saturn, which sold the same basic small car for most of the 1990s, dramatically broadened its lineup during the past 20 months. It now has three cars -- Aura, Astra and Sky -- and two truck crossovers, Vue and Outlook; it's phasing out the Ion small car and Relay minivan.
Saturn sold 48,306 new vehicles in the U.S. through March vs. 57,053 in the same period a year ago. But the spokesman said Saturn's first-quarter retail sales, which comprise vehicles sold only to consumers rather than to businesses such as rental-car companies or the government, jumped more than 12% in a down market for the industry.


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Ajay Mahajan, director of the exhibition department of the Indian electrical manufacturers association (IEEMA), was invited to visit the China electrical industry association (CEEIA) on July 19, 2018. After the talks, IEEMA and CEEIA jointly confirmed that China electric industry association will be the sole agent for China and Hong Kong in the 2019 distribution and distribution exhibition in mumbai. We will continue to cooperate with ELECRAMA 2020. The two sides signed a formal agreement for this purpose.
Distribuframes 2019 will be held at the international exhibition centre in mumbai, India from 4-6 February 2019; It is the only power transmission and distribution expo in India and the sister exhibition of ELECRAMA. The exhibition on display from 220 v to 33 kv of traditional products, technologies and services in the field of electrical equipment, such as transformers, cables, capacitor, switch, insulator, conductor and new technology in the distribution automation and control systems, energy efficiency, demand response, advanced measurement, communication technology, network security, electrical fire safety, intelligent household, building electrical and related client products.
In recent years, China and India have witnessed rapid economic and trade growth, trade complementarity, industrial development at different stages, and broad prospects for cooperation. With multidisciplinary cooperation continued to deepen, many Chinese manufacturing enterprises from the perspective of cost and market and also global strategic focus on the layout and investment in India, the surge of electric power market demand and the status quo of the country are in short supply, and our products have a strong price advantage, 2019 will be to expand DistribuELEC India electrical market opportunities that cannot be ignored.
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Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared this two days ago This evidence suggests that Apple is replacing its own Lightning charging connector with the universal USB-C connector. Today a second report from a reliable source, this time bloombergadds that Apple is internally testing an iPhone design with USB-C.
USB-C iPhone review, new report confirmed
Apple introduced its Lightning connector in 2012 with the iPhone 5, replacing the more cumbersome 30-pin dock connector with a smaller and reversible connector. A decade later, Apple is expected to bring Lightning to the iPhone 14 lineup later this fall.
However, Apple has switched most of the iPad line from Lightning to USB-C, and MacBook computers have used USB-C charging for over five years. Apple also uses USB-C for all of its device chargers — including new iPhones.
Matching what Ming-Chi Kuo predicted earlier this week, Bloomberg reports that while Apple is internally testing an iPhone design with USB-C in favor of Lightning, the change won’t happen until next year. This changes the so-called iPhone 15 range, which is expected to arrive in September 2023.
The report quotes Pressure from regulators in Europe, which could force Apple to adopt a standard used by other smartphone makers as one of the reasons they are investigating the switch.
Data transfer speed could be another factor. Improvements in USB-C transfer speeds could mean less engineering effort for the company that keeps Lightning competitive from a performance standpoint. apple is rumored to boost Lightning data transfer rates to USB 3.0 starting with the iPhone 14 Pro this fall, but iPads with USB-C are already reaping the benefits of faster transfer rates.
Bloomberg also mentions that Apple is developing a Lightning to USB-C adapter to ensure compatibility between connection types.
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The great Apple versus Epic Games trial is over — except for the verdict.
On May 24, the two sides had their closing arguments, which took the form of a question-and-answer session with Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who will decide the case (rather than a jury). Gonzalez Rogers has been happy to poke holes in both sides’ arguments and witness testimony throughout the trial. The final day was no different, and it provided a good summary of the previous three weeks of arguments — as well as a preview of what Apple’s antitrust woes might be in the future.
Apple and its fellow Big Tech companies have come under increasing scrutiny in the United States and abroad, where they have faced numerous lawsuits from private parties like Epic as well as the government about their alleged antitrust practices. The Apple-Epic case, in particular, stands to be a preview of what’s to come. If there’s an Apple loss, Congress may decide that businesses can work things out through the court system, or in the case of an Apple victory, lawmakers may decide it’s time to step up and introduce or enforce new antitrust regulations.
Epic Games is suing Apple over its App Store, after the latter company kicked Epic’s popular Fortnite game out of the store last August. Epic tried to circumvent Apple’s rules requiring developers to use its in-app payment system (and pay Apple a 30 percent commission). Epic says Apple has given itself an unfair monopoly by only allowing apps that follow its rules and use its payment system to be on its devices. Apple says it’s only trying to create a secure environment for its users — who choose Apple devices for that reason — and the commission is necessary to recoup its costs to create and maintain the App Store.
After hearing from both sides at length over the course of the trial, Monday’s unusual debate-style closing arguments allowed Gonzalez Rogers to zero in on the topics and points she found to be the most salient for making her decision. The definition of “market” was one of the first things discussed, which is not surprising given that it’s been at the heart of the case all along.
“From the judge’s questions, it appears she is still struggling with how to define the market that the companies compete in, which is an important threshold question,” Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst Jennifer Rie told Recode.
Epic thinks the market should be the platform on which its games are played. In this definition, users have to go through the App Store and developers have to abide by its rules and fees to access those users — no one here has a choice. But if the market is considered to include all gaming platforms, then users can always choose to play Fortnite on a different system, like an Android, or Xbox, or Playstation. This has been Apple’s argument — that people have multiple platforms to play Fortnite on, and so Epic has multiple ways to sell virtual currency to them. Gonzalez Rogers has also wondered if perhaps the market in question here is mobile gaming, in which case systems like Apple and Android (and possibly Nintendo’s Switch) would be included but currently Xbox and Playstation wouldn’t.
Gonzalez Rogers also dedicated some time on the last day to ask both sides about potential remedies. Epic wants to be able to open up its own store on Apple devices so that Apple users can access its games and buy its goods without having to go through the App Store. Apple has said it doesn’t think third-party stores will have the same security (or purity) standards that Apple users have come to trust it to provide. A third-party app store, then, could put its users at risk and harm them, developers, the app ecosystem, and Apple’s brand.
Unfortunately for Epic, Gonzalez Rogers didn’t seem comfortable with the idea of making a decision that would essentially force a company to change its business model, nor did she see much by way of precedent to base such a decision on. She also expressed concern that Epic’s proposed solutions would give it access to Apple’s customers without paying Apple for that access or for its intellectual property. Again, those are payments that Apple has incorporated into its App Store business model, although Apple CEO Tim Cook said he does know how much his company makes from them in his testimony last Friday. Epic pointed out that Apple already does what it is proposing for Mac users, who aren’t forced to use the App Store. Apple said that being forced to have separate app stores would make it too much like Android phones and would take away Apple’s competitive edge over Android — many people choose Apple devices because they are considered to be more secure than Androids.
Gonzalez Rogers wasn’t uniformly on Apple’s side, however. She clearly wasn’t thrilled with the 30 percent commission Apple takes off the top, which has remained that high since the creation of the App Store with a few exceptions: subscriptions after the first year and, as of last November, small businesses are charged a lower commission of 15 percent. Gonzalez Rogers suggested this move could be the result of Apple trying to ward off criticism and lawsuits more than anything else. Apple didn’t seem to be changing anything because of competition, she noted.
“If there was real competition, that number would move,” Gonzalez Rogers said of the 30 percent take. “It hasn’t.”
She also said it seemed anticompetitive for Apple to ban apps from using language to steer users to other places they can purchase digital goods. She’s not the only one to take issue with Apple’s anti-steering policy, but that doesn’t mean she intends to rule in a way that would change it.
“It seems like she would like to ban those rules,” Rie, from Bloomberg Intelligence, said. “But that is a remedy which she can only impose if she finds that Apple has violated the law. She may be struggling with how to get there under federal law, which is defendant-friendly, but may be able to use California state laws instead.”
Gonzalez Rogers also said that while Epic has presented its case as being a fight on behalf of all developers, it’s Epic that stands to make billions more dollars if it no longer has to pay App Store commissions. Of course, that assumes that Epic wins the case and the resulting appeals from Apple, which could take years to resolve. In the meantime, Apple’s App Store practices are also being scrutinized by antitrust regulators in the US and abroad. The result of this case could influence the outcomes of the others — or how regulators decide if and when to step in — and it’s being watched closely.
Gonzalez Rogers closed by saying it will take her “a while” to render her decision — likely several months.
“It’s been tiring, but a real pleasure,” she said.


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GARDEZ (Pajhwok): About a year after a Pajhwok Afghan News report, revenue collection has been started from shops and markets in the capital of southeastern Paktia province.
On November 10, 2020, Pajhwok published a report that revenue from 6,500 shops and markets in two districts and city of Gardez end up in private pockets instead of going to the government treasures.
But almost a year after the report, during the new government, the collection of taxes from shops and markets in Gardez has begun.
Gardez Mayor Maulvi Sharifullah Elham told Pajhwok Afghan News: “We have identified hundreds of markets, shops, handcarts and other revenue sources in the city, which had not paid revenue for the past few years.”
He said if the revenue was collected, it would be up to 100 million afghanis, which would help the municipality do more.
Elham said he had identified new places for traders and businessmen in Gardez, which would bring order to the city and generate revenue for the municipality.
According to him, the revenue collected by the municipality has been worked out in a systematic way to carry out necessary activities in the city.
The citizens of Gardez welcomed the move and demanded that revenue collection should be taken seriously in the city.
Dost Mohammad, a resident of Gardez, told Pajhwok Afghan News: “There were many revenue collection centers in Gardez, which if collected properly, it could be used in carrying out development activities.”


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Skype goes under the magnifying glass in NetHostingâ€™s newest case study, revealing interesting facts about the widely successful online communication provider.
Online PR News – 28-February-2012 – – NetHosting, a top provider of cloud hosting, Virtual hosting, and Dedicated hosting solutions has just published its most recent case study on the widely used web voice and video chat service, Skype.
Originally founded by Scandinavians Niklas ZennstrĂ¶m and Janus Friis in 2003, Skype is service that allows people to communicate with anyone around the world from their own personal computers. Since its beginnings, Skype has implemented a video conferencing and instant message feature, released an app on the Apple and Android market, and is continuing to dominate the long distance communication market.
Skype, like Google, has become a household term meaning to talk to someone via the web. There are over 700 million registered users world-wide and over 300 million minutes of video calls are made every day.
â€śSkype is revolutionizing the way we communicate online,â€ť stated NetHosting CEO Lane Livingston. â€śIts use of cloud computing technology is an ingenious method of achieving optimum scalability. It perfectly demonstrates the advantages to efficiency and profitability that this type of hosting solution provides.â€ť
NetHosting has released case studies on other popular online services and websites, including case studies on Google, Pinterest, and Flickr.
NetHosting has delivered custom hosting solutions for nearly fifteen years. Serving enterprises of every size, its products include a broad range of cloud hosting and storage options as well as dedicated, managed, and virtual hosting services. Housed within a state-of-the-art PCI certified data center, each service is packaged with a 100% uptime guarantee and the personal support of a Dedicated Expertâ„˘.
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ALTON - Alton Odyssey Tours has announced their full tour lineup for 2023, including the brand-new Prohibition Tour and two new variations of the popular Haunted Craft Beer Walk: the new Historical Craft Beer Walk and “Behind the Bricks” Haunted Walking Tour.
“We’ve responded to requests from our customer base,” Managing Partner Caleb Lewis said. “We’ve added a historical beer walk for craft beer lovers more interested in the history of Alton than the hauntings. And we’re offering a ‘Behind the Bricks’ walking tour which includes the haunted history of each of the five locations we enter, without serving beer. This tour will be appropriate for ages 14 and up.”
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On Saturday, April 22, Alton Odyssey Tours will launch the area’s first Prohibition Tour in partnership with Vintage Voices, who will bring Prohibition-era characters to life for the tour.
“We’re excited to announce our partnership with Vintage Voices,” Lewis said. “Vintage Voices is a popular local tradition held each October in the Alton Cemetery. Thanks to this alliance, we are bringing characters of the Roaring Twenties to life. We’ll visit locations affected by the passing of the 18th Amendment and discover the social backlash brought on by Prohibition.”
The three-hour shuttle tour will include stops at five different locations, concluding with a celebration of the end of Prohibition. Guests can enjoy a pint of the “Bees Knees,” a special brew made especially for the Prohibition Tour in collaboration with The Old Bakery Beer Company - non-alcoholic options are also available.
Dubbed the “wettest county in the country,” Madison County was once a haven for bootleggers, rum runners, and speakeasies, according to a press release from Alton Oddysey Tours. In 1919 when the 18th Amendment passed, the manufacture, transportation, and sale of intoxicating liquors were prohibited. Many law-abiding citizens lost their jobs and businesses closed.
Lewis added tours tend to sell out quickly as they have proven popular with the community.
“We’re been very fortunate to have strong support from the community,” Lewis added. “In the past, our tours have sold out quickly, which has triggered our current expansion. We’re grateful to all our partners and look forward to another successful year.”
For more information or to book a tour, visit altonodysseytours.com.
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ConforMIS Inc. won CE Mark approval in the European Union for the next generation of one of its custom knee implants, the iUni G2.
Jong Lee, senior vice president for business strategy at the Burlington, Mass.-based firm, told MassDevice that the system is designed to replace either the medial or lateral compartment of the knee. The device, which won 510(k) approval from the Food & Drug Administration in September 2009, is custom-designed for each patient and includes instruments designed to conform with their physiology. Lee said ConforMIS introduced a new element of the system it’s calling iView, which is an image of the patient’s knee provided to the surgeon before the operation detailing the exact positioning of the device and the anatomy of the patient’s knee.
ConforMIS also makes the iDuo implant, designed to replace either the lateral or medial compartment and the patella-femoral joint, or kneecap, and is developing a total knee replacement called the iTotal. Last year, founder and CEO Philipp Lang told MassDevice that the company expected to launch the device some time this year, using some of the $50 million it raised in a July 2009 Series D funding round.
Today Lee said the company hopes to see the iTotal hit the market during the second half of the year.
"For us as a company, it’s one of the most important product introductions that we have," he said.
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Super Smash Bros 4 Release Date News Nintendo 3DS Details: Team Battle Character Outlines Lets You Keep Color Customization
The Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS details keep coming from Nintendo, ahead of the staggered releases of both versions while we wait for specific launch dates.
We know the title will be out this summer on 3DS, and most likely this winter on Wii U, but it's seeming increasingly likely that we'll have to wait for this June's E3 for the exact release date.
What we will consistently see are daily updates from Nintendo on the game's official site. The last significant info drop came from a Nintendo Direct, below, which revealed several new characters and details. While the daily posts don't give as many details as that video did, rest assured that series director Masahiro Sakurai will continue to post some form of content from the upcoming titles to appease fans.
Today's post shows off a previously unseen feature that relates to team battles. You and your teammate will be outlined in your team color to make it easier to see each player, but because of this you will be able to choose any color character you want. Sakurai explains:
"Pic of the day. In previous games in the series, if you chose the red team in a team battle, your Mario would have been red. But now you can choose any color you want! The color outlining the characters will show their team affiliation."
It's an image from the 3DS version, so it remains to be seen if the outline will also appear on the Wii U edition. It might be for the handheld only, since it's more difficult to differentiate between characters on a smaller screen. Keep checking back for more Super Smash Bros. news ahead of E3, which will hopefully include an early specific release date announcement.


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MRSA bacteria. Credit: NIH / Tim Sandle
A surgical site infection (SSI) by drug-resistant “super bugs” can double a patient’s mortality rate. Germicidal UV lamps can kill these bacteria, but their broad wavelength spectrum is hazardous to the patient as well as the health care provider. Researchers at the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University Medical Center (USA) may have found a way to kill drug-resistant bacteria using a narrow wavelength of UV light that doesn’t damage the eyes or skin (PLoS One, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076968). Although in vivo studies are needed to confirm their results, the team members say that 207-nm light may have the potential for safely reducing SSI rates.
Germicidal UV lamps with wavelengths from 200 to 400 nm are commonly used to kill bacteria—including drug-resistant strains like MRSA—but they can also damage biological tissue. The researchers, led by David J. Brenner, found that light in the far-UVC, specifically, 207 nm, can penetrate and kill bacterial cells, but it cannot penetrate through the much larger human cells that make up the skin and outer layer of the eye. (Human cells are about 10 to 25 µm thick, while bacterial cells are typically less than 1 µm in diameter.)
To create the monoenergetic 207-nm beam of light for their experiments, the team used a krypton-bromine excimer lamp with a filter to remove higher-wavelength components. They tested far-UVC-light’s germicidal abilities and safety on MRSA bacterial cells and normal human skin fibroblasts plated on a glass surface. To test far-UVC’s potential to induce pre-mutagentic DNA lesions (damage linked to UV-induced skin cancer), they used a 3-D human skin model.
Their results showed that the far-UVC lamp killed as many plated MRSA bacterial cells as the conventional UV germicidal lamp. However, the far-UVC lamp killed very few human skin cells—quantitatively, they observed 1,000-fold less skin-cell killing with the far-UVC lamp. They also saw nearly zero pre-mutagenic DNA lesions in the 3-D skin models they exposed to far-UVC light, while 3-D skin models subjected to broad-spectrum UV light showed a “high yield” of lesions.
Brenner says that the team’s findings “show that far-UVC light has enormous potential for combating the deadly and costly scourge of drug-resistant surgical site infections.”


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Once again, mobile-phone operators have come under fire for the charges users are subject to when texting and surfing the web abroad.
Texting from overseas currently costs up to 49p, while users transferring 1MB of data are on average charged £4.11. According to EU Commissioner Viviane Reding, operators will once again face regulation unless prices are lowered. Last year saw the EU force companies to lower the costs of making calls abroad.
"If the industry does what it claims it can do, bringing prices down to normal, then of course, regulation will not be necessary," she said.
The warning won't come as a shock to mobile phone operators. At the end of January, regulator Ofcom highlighted that another pricing clampdown by the EU was likely unless texting and surfing charges abroad were lowered.
In a statement, Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards said: "We want to see industry take the initiative on this issue or we may need to see further action at the European level since national regulators are unable to address these issues unilaterally."
Last week, Vodafone announced it was voluntarily reducing its monthly data roaming tariff for European business travellers and increasing the amount of data a customer can use from 100MB to at least 150MB. The company described the reduction as "a move designed to make it even more affordable for customers to use their laptop computers wirelessly when abroad". Whether it's enough to stop the EU enforcing another pricing regulation will remain to be seen.


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World’s largest tech and start-up occasion spearheads world tech takeover at Dubai World Commerce Centre and Dubai Harbour introduced by Gitex International
Blockbuster duo to speed up the epic race for AI dominance within the yr to think about AI in every thing
The surge in worldwide demand has rallied the world’s largest pragmatic tech and start-up occasion to scale even larger and greater in 2023, spearheading a world tech takeover throughout two Dubai mega venues subsequent month.
The forty third version of GITEX GLOBAL will happen from 16-20 October 2023, the blockbuster tech showpiece as soon as once more reaching full capability on the Dubai World Commerce Centre because it prepares to host greater than 6,000 exhibitors, whereas Broaden North Star, the world’s largest start-up occasion hosted by Dubai Chamber of Digital Financial system, will kick-off its largest ever version from 15-18 October 2023 on the new Dubai Harbour venue, that includes 1,800 start-ups from 100-plus nations on the Center East’s largest iconic superyacht hub.
Gitex International: Main the AI Innovation Wave
GITEX GLOBAL and Broaden North Star will comprise a mixed 41 halls spanning 2.7 million sq. ft of exhibition house – a 35 % improve over the earlier yr – converging the most effective minds and most visionary firms to scrutinise, problem, outline, and empower the digital agendas of the world. AI innovation wave, cybersecurity and launch reveals gasoline unprecedented development
GITEX GLOBAL will current the yr’s largest AI showcase and summit, its document development fuelled by the AI innovation wave at present gripping the globe’s creativeness, as 3,500 AI-infused exhibitors reveal how this subsequent large know-how shift is reworking lives, governments, enterprise, and society.
The AI growth has additionally added one other layer of complexity to defending digital property and significant IP infrastructure, with the elevated GITEX Cyber Valley taking the battle on to the darkish cyber-criminal underworld, gathering main info-sec manufacturers and world specialists on the yr’s largest cyber safety showcase.
Amplifying this development, launch reveals GITEX Affect and Future Urbanism Expo promise to be the epicentre of ground-shaking shifts in local weather know-how, whereas advancing sustainable cities, and co-creating a web zero future forward of the UN local weather change summit, COP28.
“The extraordinary demand for involvement in GITEX from the worldwide tech and start-up neighborhood is an acknowledgment of the sturdy impetus to be taught, alternate, debate and problem the latest developments within the tech sphere,” mentioned Trixie LohMirmand, Government Vice President of Occasions Administration at DWTC, the organiser of GITEX GLOBAL and Broaden North Star.
“From AI, cyber to the mounting curiosity in clear tech, GITEX converges private and non-private sector leaders from greater than 170 nations to discover the brand new unknown paradigms of the longer term digital economic system.”
Broaden North Star propels Dubai to forefront of worldwide entrepreneurship economic system
Broaden North Star hosted by the Dubai Chamber of Digital Financial system will scale to a document dimension in 2023, that includes 1,800 start-ups this yr to attach, encourage, and prolong engagements in one of many world’s most revolutionary and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Greater than 1,000 traders from 70 nations with $1 trillion underneath administration may even converge on the new Dubai Harbour venue, as they give the impression of being to ramp up the momentum in start-up funding after a yr of tepid achievements.
Saeed Al Gergawi, Vice President of Dubai Chamber of Digital Financial system, mentioned: “Broaden North Star is about to drive the subsequent period of digital entrepreneurship and encourage the subsequent technology of innovators and thinkers.
“This landmark occasion will function a strategic catalyst to develop the way forward for Dubai’s digital economic system, creating an unrivalled platform to assemble key stakeholders from the worldwide start-up neighborhood right here within the emirate.”
Elevating the worldwide tech ecosystem, redefining whole industries
GITEX GLOBAL 2023 welcomes the largest tech names delving into the newest developments, dangers, challenges, and alternatives which can be redefining whole industries, spearheaded by returning titans together with Dell Applied sciences, e&, Google, Huawei, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Tonomus. Among the many debut exhibitors supercharging their worldwide development methods and forging new connections are Salesforce, Broadcom, Beyon, and Deloitte.
Steven Yi, President of Huawei Center East & Central Asia mentioned: “At Huawei, GITEX GLOBAL continues to carry nice significance to our enterprise yr after yr. This yr, our theme, ‘Speed up Intelligence,’ demonstrates our dedication to delve into the transformative energy of AI, networks, and cloud applied sciences.
“Collectively, we are going to discover how these converging forces are reshaping our world and the way we are able to unleash the complete capabilities of AI-powered options to reshape industries worldwide with cyber safety, privateness safety and safeguarding our buyer’s digital transformation journey remaining our prime priorities.”


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Banking groups boost car finance to attract young drivers
KB Financial Group, the nation’s No.1 banking group by total assets, has expanded its auto finance services offered through online and mobile platforms, primarily through its KB Capital leasing and installment finance unit .
On January 4, KB Capital signed an agreement with Volvo’s electric vehicle brand, Polestar, which allows customers to choose the type of car and financing they want on the same online platform. The quick and easy service – which takes just 60 seconds to complete according to KB Capital – is the first of its kind between an automaker and a financial institution here.
KB Capital also renewed its contract with Jaguar Land Rover Korea, the British car brand’s local importer, earlier this month, offering exclusive services to customers. Long-term car rental services, 72-month loan offers and interest-free deferred payments for certain models are the main benefits to be offered.
KB has also adopted the government-led financial data service technology “MyData” on its KB Chachacha used car finance mobile platform. The integration will allow users to see their auto loans and installments as part of comprehensive financial data of their expenses, bank account balances, loans, insurance and more, allowing customers to manage their finances more efficiently.
An online and mobile car finance platform operated by KB competitor’s credit card issuer Shinhan is set to get an upgrade this year due to its popularity, the company said earlier this year. this month. Shinhan Card’s car finance platform MyCar said in December that its average monthly users jumped 215% to 600,000 from 190,000 year-on-year during the cited period.
Millennials and Gen Z customers accounted for 47 percent of MyCar users, Shinhan Card said, indicating that a new generation of customers prefer online car finance services over face-to-face services.
As evidenced by the case of Shinhan, more and more customers prefer to buy cars with credit card installments.
At the end of September last year, customers of the six major credit card issuers here – Shinhan, KB Kookmin, Woori, Samsung, Hana and Lotte – paid a total of 9.7 trillion won ( $8.1 billion) with corporate cards to buy cars. , according to the latest data from the Financial Monitoring Service. This figure is 13.1% higher than the 8.6 trillion won in 2020 and more than doubled from the 5.4 trillion won posted in 2017.
The main subsidiaries of banking groups are collaborating with each other or with startups to better respond to customers looking for in-depth car financing services.
Woori Financial Group’s flagship banking unit, Woori Bank, recently entered into an agreement with Woori Card and Woori Financial Capital to launch the comprehensive online and mobile car finance platform Woori One Car.
In December, Hana Bank partnered with Cardong, a car appraisal platform here, to add appraisal services to its car finance services. Through its existing Hana 1Q mobile app, its users can calculate the value of the car they want and receive information about various tax credits and other financial assistance.
By Jung Min-kyung ([email protected])


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Happy anniversary my-wardobe.com
By GQ.CO.UK 02 March 10
Every sartorial gents must-visit website my-wardrobe.com is celebrating its first anniversary of menswear online.
Now entering its third season, my-wardrobe.com menswear is launching new brands including Aquascutum, 3.1 Philip Lim, Levi's, Villbrequin and Liam Gallagher's debut fashion collection, Pretty Green, to sit alongside existing brands such as Polo Ralph Lauren, Paul Smith, Mulberry and Burberry Brit.
To celebrate its anniversary the company are offering GQ.COM users £50 off when you spend £150 on full-priced menswear. We are particularly enamoured with the slim-fit blazer-come-waistcoat by Vivienne Westwood (£645).
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Traditionally known as a biscuit maker, Britannia Industries has already undergone a major metamorphosis to become a snack brand in India. In the changed modern environment, it is now pining to become more of a foods company.
“We are slowly moving from side of plate to centre of plate with a range of breakfast products,” says Vinita Bali, Managing Director.
In a free-wheeling chat with this correspondent here recently, Ms. Bali asserted that, “we are looking not just at foods which a lot of people are doing but at a range of what we can do with oats.'' This perfectly fitted with Britannia's slogan “eat healthy, think better.''
Pointing out that “India is changing,'' she said “people are looking for convenient options.'' In this context, she felt that addition of oats would be an extension of the company's offerings in the breakfast product category.
Britannia, she said, had launched a range of breakfast foods under the brand Healthy Start. Four variants of oats had been test-marketed in Mumbai a few months ago. These had now been launched in the south, she added. Britannia had launched plain, strawberry, savoury and a multi-grain porridge in oats. The Rs.200-crore oats category, she pointed out, had seen 25-30 per cent growth rates. She attributed this primarily to changes in breakfast habits, in particular, lifestyles, in general. The Mumbai launch, she said, had fetched Britannia a 15 per cent share of the category. In the light of this, Britannia was now planning to take these products to other parts of the country. Britannia, Ms. Bali, said, also had a small range of Indian breakfast options: a plain, broken wheat and a poha upma.
Fielding a range of questions, she said, “we are becoming a complete foods company with these launches. Britannia, she pointed out, “operates in the space between snacks and foods.'' The consumption behaviour had been influenced by very many changes happening these days, she said. “You have more women working, more people are crunched for time and looking for smart solutions from a time and convenience perspective,'' she pointed out. “All these have created opportunities for companies like us,'' she added.
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