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Steamboat Ventures Backs Elemental Technologies
JULY 27, 2010
Los Angeles-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Walt Disney Company, has backed a firm developing massively parallel video processing technology, Elemental Technologies. According to Elemental, which is based in Portland, Steamboat was a new investor in its $7.5M, Series B funding round.
GameSalad Expands To Android
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
GameSalad is best known for the many games developed on the iPhone using its tools, which do not require complex programming skills to develop.
Steamboat Supports Baynote In Latest Round
JANUARY 12, 2011
Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Walt Disney Company, has re-upped its investment in San Jose-based Baynote , a developer of personalization and marketing software for the enterprise market. Steamboat's Dan Beldy sites on the board of directors of Baynote.
GameSalad Finds New CEO
MARCH 9, 2011
Felter previously was COO and CFO of DigiSynd, before it was acquired by The Walt Disney Company. Felter joins the firm from Disney.
GameSalad Updates iPhone Game Creation Software
MAY 11, 2011
GameSalad is backed by venture firms DFJ Frontier, DFJ Mercury Venture Partners, ff Asset Management, and Steamboat Ventures.
Steamboat Boosts Video Advertising Firm
APRIL 26, 2010
Burbank-based venture capital firm Steamboat Ventures , which is affiliated with the Walt Disney Company, has led a new investment in a Bay area video advertising and monetization firm, FreeWheel. According to FreeWheel, Steamboat led a $16.8M Steamboat's investment was led by Dan Beldy.
Passenger Self-Service Community Software
OCTOBER 5, 2009
Los Angeles-based Passenger , a developer of software used by brands to run online communities for their customers, announced today that it has released a new version of its platform. According to the company, it has expanded its product to allow agencies to build and manage their own communities using its software. READ MORE>>.
EMN8 Raises $14.4M
MARCH 17, 2010
San Diego-based b>EMN8 , a developer of order taking kiosks for the fast food industry, has raised $14.4M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. The funding has not been announced by the company. The firm no longer lists former investor Steamboat Ventures on its web site as an investor.
Passenger Gets Win With NYSE Euronext
JUNE 4, 2009
Los Angeles-based Passenger , which develops online communities for brands, said Thursday that the firm is powering a new private online community for NYSE Euronext (NYX). Passenger said that the community is for investor relations executives of NYSE-listed companies. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.
Passenger Gains $7.5M More
OCTOBER 5, 2010
Los Angeles-based Passenger , a developer of private social networking sites for brands, said today that it has raised an additional $7.5M in an investment. The round came from Shelter Capital Partners, StarVest Partners, and Steamboat Ventures, all existing investors in the firm. READ MORE>>.
EdgeCast Networks Raises $10M
APRIL 12, 2010
EdgeCast said the round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also includes an investment from Steamboat Ventures, a prior investor in the company. The new funding will go towards developing and launching new value-added services, expand its network, and for sales and marketing. READ MORE>>.
EdgeCast Partners With Deutsche Telekom
JANUARY 26, 2009
Deutsche Telekom ICSS, which is the wholesale division of Deutsche Telekom, is announcing today that it will launch a new content delivery solution which it has developed in partnership with EdgeCast Networks. EdgeCast offers content delivery services, and is backed by Steamboat Ventures. READ MORE>>.
Four Firms Hoping To Tap Into Facebook's 500M Users
JULY 21, 2010
On the heels of the announcement this morning by Facebook that it has officially hit 500 million users, socalTECH has mined its database of high tech companies , and identified a few of the firms here in Southern California hoping to ride Facebook's coat-tails to success and fortune. Backed by Facebook's fbFund. Profile ]. Profile ].
Gendai Games Raises Funding
JULY 15, 2010
Los Angeles- and Austin-based Gendai Games , a publisher of iPhone game development software, has raised a round of funding, according to the firm. The round was led by DFJ Mercury, and also included investments from Steamboat Ventures, DFJ Frontier, and ff Asset Management. READ MORE>>.
Passenger Wins Microsoft
JUNE 23, 2010
Los Angeles-based Passenger , which develops private, online communities for brands to help them gain insight into their customers, said today that Microsoft Corp. Passenger said that Microsoft has been using the company's service since the beginning of 2008, to gain insight into members of Generation Y, the target of Microsoft's KIN brand.
Venture Conference Highlights SoCal Startups
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users. READ MORE
This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 28, 2010
Investors: August Capital (David Hornik) (lead) with existing investors Charles River Ventures. Investors: Google Ventures. Blippy.


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Harbolnas 2017: A Day Both Buyers & Sellers Are Always Crazy AboutFriday, December 15, 2017
The moment of National Online Shopping Day simplified as Harbolnas, has become a profit venue for every online shopping site in Indonesia for quite a while now. You must be wondering when and how exactly Harbolnas started? It began five years ago by an initiative from five startup e-commerce companies such as Lazada Indonesia, Zalora, Blanja, PinkEmma, Berrybenka, and Bukalapak.
Okay, so let’s talk about 2017 now. According to kompas.com, there were 254 e-commerce companies that participated in this year’s Harbolnas. These companies raced to give exclusive offers, privileges and main discounts up to 95%. Crazy, right? Chairman of Harbolnas 2017, Achmad Alkatiri, said this event would help e-commerce motivate their customers to buy a product from them with many privileges and offers along with free delivery charge.
This year’s Harbolnas tagline was #BelanjaOnlineBersama and the committees invited more from UMKM to participate so they can feel the impact of Harbolnas on businesses. Lazada Indonesia created a record for the highest number of transactions during Harbolnas 2017. Taken from swa.co.id, Lazada managed to increase their total Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) by 10x more than on a daily basis, with the number of visits 4x more than the usual within a day. Co-CEO of Lazada Indonesia, Florian Holm, shared that this year’s achievement is the highest record of value-based transactions within the last six years they have participated in this immensely popular Harbolnas event.
We took the liberty of monitoring several hashtags which we tracked during the Harbolnas period, ones relating to brands and those that don’t relate to any brands whatsoever. We tracked within the period of 11-14 December 2017 and were able to summarize the result on the Infographic below. Let’s take a look which brands were the most popular and viral during Harbolnas 2017.

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Ford India, the domestic division of American auto maker, has registered a fall of 30.4 per cent in its monthly sales for February 2013. During the period, the auto maker delivered 7,253 units in the Indian auto market over 10,424 units being delivered in the year-ago period, said by Ford India in a statement. Reportedly, the domestic sales of the auto maker stood at 4,490 units in February 2013, marking a fall of 44.12 per cent, when compared against 8,035 units being sold during the same period of last year.
Speaking on the sales performance, the Executive Director (Marketing, Sales and Service) of the company, Vinay Piparsania was quoted as saying, “In the domestic market, we continue to witness some tough and challenging conditions...policy uncertainty and resulting lowered consumer confidence is impacting our business.”
The exports of Ford India stood at 2,763 units during the month with an increase of 15.6 per cent against 2,389 units shipped in the corresponding period of 2012. He further said that the company is preparing for some aggressive strategies for the international auto market in order to position India as its export hub for small cars.
Moreover, the auto maker is also planning for the launch of its much awaited compact Sports Utility Vehicle, EcoSport in the Indian auto market. Although the launch date of the model is yet not confirmed, several promotional strategies have been already introduced for EcoSport in India. Experts believe that the launch of EcoSport in the Indian market will surely change the game for American auto maker, which will pull in volumes from compact SUV segment.


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All Greek to You?
There are almost 1,500 miles between London and Athens and it’s easy to believe that such a significant distance puts the two cities worlds apart. But anyone who tries to fool themselves that the huge chunk of Europe and the difference in currency that stands between the two cities will protect the UK from the turmoil in Greece is sadly mistaken. Greece is teetering on the edge of an economic precipice and we are merely a few steps from the edge. Why? Because, while we might still have our own currency, we rely on products, services and customers from within the Eurozone so, if it’s raining over there we will almost certainly catch a cold over here.
We’ve already seen the way the markets react to news of renewed financial crisis in the Eurozone….with sheer panic. For UK businesses who deal with Europe as part a supply chain, like several of CME’s clients, these are testing times and the challenge is to avoid panic and respond with a strategic approach which is considered enough to be effective ….yet flexible enough to adapt to fluctuations in European policy and fortunes.
It’s a tricky business. Currency fluctuations mean that those selling in Europe may need to revise their pricing on a real time basis, or risk pricing themselves out of the market by setting their list in sterling. Those buying in Europe face a similar price uncertainty and in both camps there is the added danger that customers or suppliers may simply go out of business without warning.
At times like this, customer retention is critical. As are spreading the risk by diversifying into new markets and building on your existing customer base. And to achieve any of that your company not only needs to be good at what it does and have excellent leadership, it also needs to make sure that customers and potential customers understand why you are different……better……..right for them.
In short, now is the time to make any investment in marketing count. Make it tailored, targeted, creative and effective. Make it strategic and sustained. And, above all, make it happen before it’s too late.
Throughout May CME Ltd are offering reduced rates on strategic marketing services. Contact Sarah Reay for more details on 0151 343 4820 or email firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Marine wildlife artist and conservationist Guy Harvey will appear at two Palmetto Moon stores in the Charleston region Memorial Day weekend to meet fans, sign autographs, have pictures made and launch a new collection. Some of the proceeds will benefit veterans and military families.
From 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, he will be at 2150 Northwoods Blvd. in Northwoods Mall and from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday he will be at 1614 Palmetto Grande Drive at Mount Pleasant Towne Centre.
Harvey’s new U.S. Armed Forces Collection will be available to buy, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit military members through The Gary Sinise Foundation, Birdies for the Brave and the Wounded Warrior Project.
Best known for his depictions of marine wildlife such as game fish, Harvey’s new collection includes a golden eagle to represent the Air Force, a black knight for the Army, a patriotic sailfish for the Coast Guard, a white shark for the Navy and a bulldog for the Marines.
The collection includes T-shirts, coffee mugs, mini-prints and posters.
During the two signing events, Palmetto Moon will give away a free Guy Harvey military-design poster for each sale of Guy Harvey products over $50, according to Palmetto Moon co-owner Whitney Holzer.
Go to www.palmettomoononline.com for more information.
Art Jewelry by Mikhail Smolkin, a downtown Charleston business started by a Russian couple 20 years ago, will close in August. Mikhail Smolkin and his wife, Galina, are planning to retire and close the 1,200-square-foot business at 3121/2 King St.
They decided to announce the closing now because many of their out-of-town customers visit during Spoleto Festival USA, which starts Friday.
Jeffrey Bannon, an eclectic gift shop, will hold its grand opening today at 903 St. Andrews Blvd. in West Ashley. The shop offers fine china, gifts, lighting, jewelry and a bridal registry. Look for discounts as well during the grand opening.
Pop’s Smokin’ Barbecue will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony 11 a.m. Friday at 310 N. Live Oak Drive in Moncks Corner.
Republic Garden and Lounge will take over the former Chai’s Lounge at 462 King St. in Charleston.
The 7,000-square-foot space with a special-events venue in the rear is expected to open in mid-July, according to general manager Evan Powell, formerly of Fish.
It will serve internationally inspired plates of upscale bar food.


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Eastworks Detroit is pleased to announce that we have set up shop at Rust Belt Market in Ferndale as our permanent location! Rust Belt Market is located at the northwest corner of 9 Mile & Woodward, in the heart of downtown Ferndale. While you’re out and about this holiday season, drop by our new home to say hello…
A recent article in the Detroit News by Maureen Feighan, features Eastworks Detroit’s Joey Mazzola!
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Eastworks Detroit is happy to announce that our work is now available at Tootie and Tallulah’s in Berkley, Michigan! For more information about this unique boutique, including location and hours of operation – visit www.tootieandtallulahs.com
Here is a link to a nice article by Alysa Offman at the MetroTimes from last July, featuring Eastworks Detroit.
You can now find artwork from Eastworks Detroit at Strictly Vintage, located at the Rust Belt Market in Ferndale. For more information or driving directions, check out www.rustbeltmarket.com Opponent by purchasing LoL Counter Crushing your champion counter edition effectively win the biggest opportunity to turn the whole collection in League of top against any patch release…
You can also see examples of Eastworks Detroit art pieces on the IndieDetroit Tumblr website, at http://indietroit.tumblr.com/search/Eastworks+Detroit


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Fife firm celebrates four years in business
Cleaning company, Blue Star St Andrews is celebrating four years in business.
Owner David Rundle cannot believe how far Blue Star has come since starting out as a cleaning company in 2014 – branching out into Home Help Services in 2015 and then launching a range of eco-cleaning products in 2017.
David still has the same amount of passion that he had when the company started in 2014 and still ensures that he meets every single customer before any services are delivered – whilst Blue Star has grown year on year it is extremely important to still have that personal element.
David said: “Our loyal customers and hardworking staff have made the business what it is today, so it really has been a massive team effort that we are here celebrating our fourth anniversary.”
2017 has been an amazing year for Blue Star, not only did they move into new premises on Largo Road, St Andrews, have a complete re-brand and launch eco-cleaning products but they were shortlisted as finalists in Family Business of the Year at the Courier Business Awards 2017 and also New Business Start Up at the Kingdom FM awards 2017.
This year also started out well for the company – it was picked by Theo Paphitis as a winner in his Small Business Sunday on Twitter.
Not only did this mean that Theo retweeted to his 500,00 followers about Blue Stars eco-cleaning products but David got to meet Theo himself at the SBS Event in Birmingham,
Blue Star then went on to win Best Service Business at the Fife Retail Business Awards 2018 and now have the chance of becoming the overall winner at the Grand Final in June.
Visit www.scotlandsbusinessawards.co.uk/final-2018/ to cast your vote.


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War discouraged ads for some newspapers / Knight Ridder's cost cutting helped profits
Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, April 16, 2003
The war in Iraq discouraged companies from advertising in the first quarter of this year, Knight Ridder and some of its main newspaper rivals said in announcing quarterly earnings Tuesday.
Nevertheless, thanks to cost-cutting measures, Knight Ridder was able to show an increase in profit, even while its overall revenue dropped.
Knight Ridder of San Jose, the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher and the owner of the San Jose Mercury News and the Contra Costa Times, said its earnings nearly doubled to $50.7 million (62 cents per share) in the first quarter of 2003 compared with $27.5 million (33 cents) in the first quarter of 2002.
The number of employees is down 3.4 percent from last year and the cost of newsprint dropped 5.1 percent, the company said.
Yet revenue for the company, which publishes 31 daily newspapers, fell 1 percent, to $677.4 million from $678.2 million. While company officials generally think that business will improve, Chief Executive Officer Tony Ridder told analysts in a conference call that "prospects for the second quarter and the year are unclear because of the war and its aftermath."
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Similarly, Gannett Co. and McClatchy Co. also reported slowing advertising sales in March.
Gannett of McLean, Va., said its net income rose 2.6 percent, to $249.8 million, its smallest rise in a year. McClatchy, based in Sacramento and publisher of the Bee newspapers in Sacramento, Modesto and Fresno, said net income rose 8.6 percent to $25.3 million.
"It will be interesting to see how much pent-up demand there is for advertising coming out of this war," said Christa Sober, an analyst and vice president of Thomas Weisel Partners in San Francisco. Sober does not own stock in the newspaper companies she follows, although her firm may solicit their banking business. "Have national advertisers simply postponed spending their dollars, or are they pulling their ads entirely?"
The key, according to analyst Lauren Rich Fine of Merrill Lynch, will be whether help-wanted advertising returns. "I think it will be a slow recovery," said Fine, who does not own stock in Knight Ridder, but said Merrill Lynch may solicit its business.
During the boom years, help-wanted advertising soared, particularly at Knight Ridder's Silicon Valley flagship, the San Jose Mercury News. Steve Rossi, president of Knight Ridder's newspaper division, said Tuesday that the Mercury News has lost $100 million in revenue from the peak in 2000, mostly in recruitment advertising.
"We think that's a result of what happened to the companies around here," said Ridder, the CEO. "How fast will these technology companies come back? It's not the Internet. It's really the economy."
KNIGHT RIDDER INC. (San Jose) 1st Qtr 2003 2002 Revenue $677,398,000 $678,212,000 Net profit $50,672,000 $27,489,000 Share earnings $0.62 $0.33


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| Dec 12, 2011
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| Jan 2, 2012
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| Jul 20, 2011
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| Jul 25, 2011
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Marketing executives at sports apparel company Under Armour had a lot to cheer about this month as the American women's soccer team made a run at the World Cup.
The team ultimately lost to Japan, but the international visibility the players received...
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BANGKOK, 13 April 2015 (NNT)
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has recommended related officials to further
develop farmers’ markets in a bid to assist Thai farmers amidst economic uncertainty.
According to Government Spokesperson Dr Yongyuth Mayalarp, Prime Minister
Prayut remains deeply concerned with the well-being of Thai agriculturists. He has
thus instructed officials previously involved in the setting up of farmers’ markets
nationwide to seek ways to further promote and raise the standard of such markets.
The premier reportedly suggested the holding of contests for farmers’ markets in
various aspects, such as sanitation, management and product diversity. Business
matching activities are also to be arranged with an aim to facilitate the establishment
of networks of farmers and OTOP producers.
In addition, there are plans to promote the farmers’ market in each district or province
into a new local tourist attraction. The Ministry of Tourism and Sports will lend its
help in improving the markets and ensuring their readiness to welcome tourists.
The Prime Minister stressed to market supervisors that it is crucial to strictly regulate
vendors who are allowed to operate in the farmers’ markets, saying they must be
registered farmers and not middlemen in disguise. The prohibition of middlemen
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Sweet Charity: Breast Cancer Awareness Products
This month marks the twenty-sixth anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a national call to promote research and raise awareness of the disease. Accordingly, a slew of beauty brands are launching limited edition products with proceeds benefiting breast cancer charities. From Clinique's sassy "Great Lips, Great Cause" key ring (left) to O.P.I.'s "Pink of Hearts 2010" Nail Lacquer, here are our favorite products supporting breast cancer initiatives.


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The time is right for the Slow Wine Guide to the Wines of California.
The editorial team behind the new Slow Wine Guide to the Wines of California
The Editorial Team
Giancarlo Gariglio, editor-in-chief
Elaine Brown, senior editor
David Lynch, senior editor
Jeremy Parzen, coordinating editor
Elisabeth Fiorello-Sievers, field editor
Nicholas Phelps, contributor
When he first decided to launch a new Slow Wine Guide to the Wines of California, Slow Wine editor-in-chief Giancarlo Gariglio reached out to American wine writer and educator Jeremy Parzen, a California native and his fellow professor at Slow Food’s University of Gastronomic Sciences in Bra, Piedmont. Jeremy was a natural choice because of his experience in publishing and his familiarity with the Slow Food movement, its history and legacy.
As coordinating editor of the new guide, Jeremy turned to a writer who is widely considered to be the leading authority on California wine today: Elaine Brown, a contributor to JancisRobinson.com and the Oxford Companion to Wine, to The World of Fine Wines and Wine & Spirits, and the author of the wildly popular Hawk Wakawaka Wine Reviews blog, where she combines her talents as an illustrator with her seemingly innate ability as a professional taster. For nearly 10 years now, Elaine, who lives in the heart of Californian wine country in Sonoma, has crisscrossed the California viticultural landscape, meeting with grape farmers and tasting their wines. Thanks to her literally herculean (and continuing) efforts to visit as many winemakers as she can across the state, there was no one better suited to fulfill one of the guiding tenets of the Slow Wine mission: To interact directly with the winemakers and growers in situ, to visit their farms and tour their vineyards.
Jeremy also turned to another one of America’s leading wine writers and sommeliers, David Lynch, whose byline has appeared in Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, and Wine & Spirits (where he served as senior editor), among many other high-profile mastheads. Although David’s early focus was Italian wine (he is the co-author of the landmark 2005 Vino Italiano guide to the wines of Italy and was the wine director of Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich’s Babbo in New York at the peak of its success and celebrity), his interest turned to California wine when he opened his own restaurant in San Francisco. A “writer’s writer,” David brought not only his finely honed literary chops to the editorial team. But he also helped to balance out the tasting panel thanks to his invaluable experience as a taster of wines from across the world.
In June of 2017, the four of them gathered together in northern California wine country with the guide’s field editor Elisabeth Fiorello-Sievers, an ex-student of Giancarlo’s at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Bra and a native California who grew up a stone’s throw from Napa Valley. Her tireless efforts “on the ground” — visiting and interviewing producers — were a key element in putting the guide together and she also served as the group’s tasting coordinator, organizing a two-day tasting of more than 200 wines. The group was also joined by Nicholas Phelps, another native California and ex-student of Giancarlo’s. Liz and Nicholas’ experiences at the university and their firsthand knowledge of the Slow Food model proved indispensable in creating profiles and tasting notes for the more than 70 wineries considered for the guide.


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Huawei has announced it is developing a new operating system called HarmonyOS.
Ever since the Trump administration’s export ban on Huawei threatened the company’s Android phones, Huawei has been making claims that it didn’t really need Android and could start its own operating system if it needed to. Today, Huawei’s saber-rattling reached a new volume with the announcement of “HarmonyOS,” Huawei’s home-grown operating system. At the “Huawei Developer Conference 2019,” Huawei gave a Chinese-language presentation on HarmonyOS, which included only a vague overview of the OS and no screenshots or demos.
HarmonyOS isn’t quite targeting smartphones yet, and the OS will first debut on the “Honor Smart Screen” (which sounds like an Echo Show or Google Home Hub) and Huawei TVs. Huawei said an expansion to smartphones could happen sometime over the next three years, but for now, it wants to stick with Android.
As for what HarmonyOS actually is, the company described it as “a microkernel-based OS, distributed OS for all scenarios.” Huawei says the OS will run across a range of form factors, and the company even pulled out the old “write once, run everywhere” claim for app developers. Huawei spent some time trash-talking the competition, saying Android’s Linux kernel uses a resource scheduling model “targeting server load” and lacks UI smoothness as a result. In contrast, Huawei promised Harmony would have a faster and more responsive UI. HarmonyOS will be open source, so hopefully we will see some third-party code reviews once the repo is posted.
XDA Developers attended the launch event, and the group was told by Huawei’s CEO that the OS is not compatible with Android apps, but that it is “very easy” to turn an Android app into a HarmonyOS app. Developers will need to use a yet-to-be-released Huawei-made IDE that supports C/C++, Java, and Kotlin.
HarmonyOS reminds us a lot of Samsung’s Tizen OS, and it mostly seems to be developed for the same reasons and headed down the same path. An entrenched hardware company is nervous about its over-reliance on Android. In response, just to have something, it develops its own operating system, which is mostly used as a bargaining chip.
Samsung’s Tizen has been seen as the company’s “Plan B” in case Google’s Android terms get too stifling, and the OS even showed up on one or two phones. Tizen couldn’t keep up with Android, though, and even if it could, what matters in the market is the apps, not the operating system. Whether it’s Harmony OS, Tizen, Windows Phone, Blackberry 10, Sailfish OS, Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, or Firefox OS, a third operating system from anyone will have a huge problem in the market because it won’t have any apps.
Since placing Huawei on the Entity List, the Trump administration has indicated that it’s willing to ease the restrictions on the company. In July, senior officials said that the administration would grant licenses to deal with Huawei in instances where national security wouldn’t be impacted. However, yesterday, Bloomberg reported that the White House is delaying its decision about issuing these licenses in the wake of China’s decision to halt purchases of US farming goods. It’s yet another suggestion that the Huawei restrictions have as much to do with the US-China trade war as they do with protecting national security.
HarmonyOS now has an official name, but it still has some major hurdles to overcome. Huawei is expecting developers to recompile their apps for this new operating system, with the ability to code once and deploy across multiple devices with different screen layouts, interactions, and more. Huawei says developers can compile a range of languages into machine code in a single environment, but it is unclear exactly how easy that will be for developers. There are a lot of big promises here, but it is going to be an even bigger challenge to build an app ecosystem to rival both Android and Android Open Source Project (AOSP).


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Vancouver-based Barbara Gray, a former sell-side analyst, had a ton of reasons to be satisfied on Thursday when the work she has done on social capital over the past two plus years was recognized.
Three entities, The Porter Group, Brady Capital Research and wRatings Corporation came together to launch a brand new stock market index, the Customer Value Index 200. The next challenge: find a financial backer who will partner with the trio of founders to create an exchange traded fund.
“It’s great news. There is nothing like this out there,” said Ms. Gray, adding that “we have done all the research, and through back-testing have determined that it has generated superior investment returns over the past five years. And since the index has been live [from Nov. 15] it is up 11.2% vs 8.6% for the S&P 500. A 260 basis points out performance is considerable.”
Ms. Gray along with husband, Greg Scott, formed Brady Research more than 15 months back.
The index is unique because it offers investors an opportunity to capture the value offered by companies that have historically delivered high quality economic profits and “developed deeply emotional customer relationships based on cultures of transparency, authenticity, and engagement,” added Gray.
Starbucks, Chipotle Mexican Grill, and Whole Foods Market are among the 200 North American companies, all of which have a market cap of at least US$1-billion, that are included in the index. Others that make the cut are Lululemon and Linkedin. (In all seven Canadian companies made the list.)
But in contrast to the S&P 500 index, the CVI index is overweight small-to-mid cap growth-oriented companies operating in the consumer and information technology sectors.
There are three parts to determine which companies are included:
• Those that have competitive and social strength. The idea is select profitable companies with the highest level of competitive strength, in other words how they meeting customer’s functional and emotional needs;
• Those that have social attributes, essentially those companies that are using social media to enhance customer relationships, organizational culture, and community relationships;
• Put the two together and each company is then ranked on a so-called social capital basis. That measure details ranks companies on the basis of how well they are generating economic profit through customer engagement and building a business built on a broader social purpose.
Ms. Gray: “The investment thesis of the CVI 200 rests upon the premise that engaged and loyal customers are amongst the most powerful determinants of a company’s ability to generate long-term sustainable cash flow.”


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2017 Subaru Impreza First-Drive Review: Compact Car Paints A Brighter Future Ahead
Subaru has always been one of the most formidable forces in the auto industry. The compact car is a segment where it has won the title of being the best. This does not seem like it is going to change soon in the 2017 Subaru Impreza. In fact, the compact car paints a brighter future ahead for the Japanese automaker.
The 2017 Subaru Impreza
Consumer Reports stated that the 2017 Subaru Impreza has a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine capable of putting out 152 horsepower which will be paired with a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) gearbox although an option for a manual transmission will also be available. As to how much pound-feet of torque it can produce at certain RPMs, no details were mentioned.
The 2017 Subaru Impreza Improvements
According to a report from Autoweek, improving the quality of the 2017 Subaru Impreza's interior was one of the goals of the automaker along with making the car's driving experience more engaging and a lot safer. In the same report, Subaru stated that the new model is stiffer by up to 70 percent. The dimensions of the sedan and five-door models have also changed by 1.6 inches in length, 1.5 inches in width and have a ride height that is 0.4-inch lower than the previous models. It was mentioned by the automaker that the new platform allows the car to absorb crash energy better by a margin of 40 percent.
Trims And Features
The 2017 Subaru Impreza will be available in four trims from the base level 2.0i, Premium, Sport and Limited. CarPlay and Android Auto are among the standard features that will come with the trims along with the split-folding rear seats. More features come depending on the trim the buyer chooses.
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The base price of the 2017 Subaru Impreza starts at $19,215 and $19,715 for the sedan and hatchback respectively, as reported. It was also stated that the new models are now available in any Subaru or car dealer's showrooms.
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Ubisoft's upcoming open-world action game Watch Dogs may be an entirely new franchise, but its list of familiar faces is growing longer.
NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski will be featured in the game as a non-playable character, Ubisoft confirmed today. Keselowski will be one of many in-game citizens roaming the streets of Chicago and joins actress and comedian Aisha Tyler, who will also appear as an NPC.
In addition to his career as a racer, Keselowski owns Keselowski Racing, which operates two full-time teams in the Camping World Truck Series. He currently drives the No. 2 Ford Fusion for Penske Racing in NASCAR and the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang in the Nationwide Series.
Watch Dogs launches for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PC on November 19. The Xbox One and PS4 versions will be released as launch titles for those platforms.


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Penang is proud to announce that it has been chosen to serve as the host city for the eagerly awaited 2nd Penang International Hair & Beauty Festival in 2023. From October 10 to 11, in the PICCA Convention Centre at Butterworth Arena, Penang, Malaysia, this historic occasion is scheduled to take place.
Organized by the Penang Hairdressing and Hair Waving Association (PHA), the Penang International Hair and Beauty Festival is a global gathering that draws professionals, companies, and associations from the dynamic hair dressing and beauty industry. The festival serves as a platform to showcase the latest advancements in hair and beauty technologies, products, and equipment, offering attendees a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights into industry trends and innovations.
This year’s festival promises to be even more exceptional, featuring international hair shows, hair and make-up competitions, and in valuable business networking prospects. However, one of the standout features of the event is its unwavering commitment to knowledge sharing. Esteemed industry experts will play a central role in delivering informative seminars and captivating presentations. These educational sessions are designed to equip attendees with the tools they need to stay ahead in an industry that is constantly evolving.
The 2nd Penang International Hair and Beauty Festival 2023 is expected to have a substantial economic impact on the region, with an estimated economic impact (EEI) of RM7.3 million. We international and national backgrounds, further underlining the significance of this event in the beauty and hairdressing sector.
Penang stands at the forefront of event hosting and business travel, offering a diverse array of venues, accommodations, and growth opportunities. The region’s strategic location, combined with its dedication to providing top-notch amenities, makes it the perfect destination for businesses and travelers alike. As the host city for the 2nd Penang International Hair & Beauty Festival 2023, Penang is poised to shine on the global stage of business events.
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UCO Bank becomes first lender to get RBI approval for Rupee trading
Public sector lender UCO Bank has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to open a special vostro account with Gazprombank of Russia for settlement of trade in Indian rupees. The Kolkata-based lender is the first bank to receive regulatory approval following the RBI’s decision to allow Indian banks to settle in Indian currency in July.
The Russian lender, which was set up by Gazprom, the world’s largest gas producer and exporter, to provide banking services to companies in the gas industry, has been operating since 1990. One of Russia’s three main banks, Gazprombank offers a full range of banking and investment services to more than 45,000 businesses and three million private customers.
In an interaction with Trade standard Last week, Soma Sankara Prasad, CEO of UCO Bank, said that he received many requests from banks in several countries to open a special vostro account.
“They issued a circular regarding the vostro special account. This will work in cases where the trade balance is balanced with the country. It is a good mechanism, which was introduced by the RBI where a certain amount of trading can take place in rupees,” Prasad had said.
“We have received requests to open vostro special accounts from banks in other countries. We are thinking about it,” he added.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February this year, India’s trade with Russia has increased. In the April-June quarter, India’s imports from Russia were valued at $9.27 billion, up 369% year-on-year. Crude oil accounted for nearly two-thirds of imports from the country. Other major products imported from the country include coal, soybean and sunflower crude oil, fertilizers, among others.
On July 11, the RBI issued a circular allowing trade settlements between India and other countries, including Sri Lanka and Russia, in rupees.
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The circular states that Indian importers who undertake imports through the INR trade mechanism will make payment in the same, which is to be credited to the vostro special account of the correspondent bank in the partner country, against invoices for the supply of goods or services. of the seller/supplier abroad. The RBI had said that the exchange rate between the currencies of the two trading partner countries would be determined by the market.
Many banks in India are planning to open such special vostro accounts to settle business transactions with other countries.
Indian exporters who ship goods and services through this mechanism are expected to be paid in rupees from the balances of the special designated Vostro account of the partner country’s correspondent bank, the RBI notification says.
UCO Bank was chosen by the Union government in 2012 as the payment bank for oil imports from Iran, after the United States tightened the first rounds of sanctions. UCO Bank was chosen because of its limited global presence, which made it less vulnerable to repercussions from its involvement with then-sanctioned Iran.
UCO has reaped rich benefits from this agreement. However, lately, there have been no new inflows as India no longer imports oil from Iran.
“Before 2019, we were buying oil from Iran. So there was a huge amount of rupee balance in Iranian banks’ account at home. Since we stopped buying oil from Iran from 2019, the rupee balance went down,” Prasad said, adding that the UCO was looking for ways to increase the rupee balance.


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Simians may go to war with homo sapiens in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” but at the box office they battled “Transformers”—and won. Fox’s 3-D sequel grossed an estimated $73.0 million upon its debut this weekend, according to Box Office Mojo, helping summer ticket sales recover somewhat after a dispiriting July 4 weekend.
Riding a tide of goodwill from the well-liked “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” “Dawn” improved upon its 2011 predecessor’s $54.8 million debut by a third, with 36 percent of ticket sales coming from premium-priced 3-D screenings—an option the previous film didn’t offer. Ticket holders were 58 percent male and 55 percent over 25 who gave it a promising A- grade from CinemaScore.
The blockbuster opening pushed 20th Century Fox over $1 billion at the domestic box office. With a lineup that has included “X-Men: Days of Future Past” ($228.1 million), “Rio 2” ($129.2 million) and “The Fault in Our Stars” ($118.1 million), as well as a couple of DreamWorks Animation titles—“How to Train Your Dragon 2” ($146.2 million) and “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” ($111.2 million)—the studio was the first to hit 10 figures this year and reached the milestone faster than ever before.
Meanwhile, man, did “Boyhood” have a good weekend. Richard Linklater’s 12-years-in-the-making drama raised $359,000 from just five theaters in Los Angeles and New York for a $71,800 per-location average. By comparison, that’s almost four times “Apes’” average of $18,402. The stellar start marked the second-highest per-screen average so far this year behind “The Grand Budapest Hotel.”
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Platinum Games’ Scalebound being cancelled is the biggest news of the day and why not? The action RPG was showcased at E3 2016 and was pegged to release last year before being delayed to 2017. When reports began to surface about its trouble development, Microsoft finally confirmed that it had indeed been cancelled.
None of this is good news, especially for members of Platinum Games who have had a taxing time. Director Hideki Kamiya is especially having trouble – as industry insider shinobi602 on NeoGAF, Kamiya “took time off for his mental health.” Again, take things with a grain of salt but it wouldn’t be surprising considering the sudden announcement of this cancellation.
Scalebound was in development for Xbox One and PC. It was to take place in an open world with a controllable dragon, co-op play, Devil May Cry-like hack and slash combat and much more. Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently said that despite the cancellation being a difficult decision, it would be better for gamers in the long run.


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Tuomas Peltoniemi, head of digital at TBWADigital Arts Network (DAN) Singapore, is optimistic that 2014 will be the year of data.
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Canadian on-demand grocery delivery service Inabuggy has announced that it will launch in Montreal and the Greater Montreal Area on November 5th. This follows launches Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa, bringing the company’s number of areas of operation over the 40 mark.
I’m in this predicament now. We’ve invited our family over for Thanksgiving this weekend and the thought of braving the crowd to gather everything we need at the grocery store the day of cooking is overwhelming. Not only that, we’ve got to think about all the side dishes. We’ve just learned that INABUGGY, the grocery-delivery service has a meal kit ready to be delivered even for last minute cooks like us.
Craft beer, wine, cider, spirits, and other alcoholic bevvies are now but a click away, thanks to courier services like Uber Eats and Inabuggy.
Having booze sent straight to your door just got a little easier in the Lower Mainland, thanks to two new entries in the local alcohol-delivery market.
Canadian delivery company INABUGGY is launching on-demand liquor delivery in Vancouver and the Greater Vancouver area.
Residents can use the INABUGGY app to order over 6,000 products from BC Liquor Stores, Bottle Jockey and 1st Avenue Liquor store.
The service delivers booze in about an hour and users can group their orders together so their groceries, beer and drugstore essentials all come together.
INAGBUGGY, which was previously known as Instabuggy, is also updating its app to use blockchain to help keep it secure.
To test out the app, users can download the app on iOS and Android.
With access to more than 20 retailers, this ingenious service allows you to shop online and delivers your shopping to your home or office in less than an hour. Julian Gleizer sat with City Life to tell us about the refresh of the company and its new partnership with McEwan’s.
I’m sure you’ve found yourself in a situation such as this before: you’ve been at work for hours, it’s finally time to head home — only you get stuck in traffic. After all this, you get home, open your fridge and you see … nothing. You haven’t had time to grocery shop. But do you really want to head back out just to walk around a grocery store for an hour?
Looking back, 2018 may be remembered as the year online shopping for groceries became a thing in Canada.
The country’s largest grocers have made significant investments in technology and supply systems that allow customers to order online and pick up in store or have groceries home delivered, or they have paired up with delivery services, including low-cost leader Walmart.


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Carmakers urged to install full Intelligent Speed Assistance on new models
Implementing technology which actively prevents drivers from speeding could save significantly more lives.
So says the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), which is calling on the European Commission to make the technology mandatory.
While the organisation noted that a number of carmakers have launched new models in recent months with speed limit information, it said the technology is “not enough” and said more needs to be done to encourage installation of full Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA).
Both Ford and Volvo launched full ISA systems last year that automatically limit the speed to the local limit using speed sign recognition and GPS data. The technology is standard on Volvo’s XC90 as a selectable feature and also comes as standard on certain Galaxy and S-Max trims.
The BMW X1, Peugeot 3008/5008, Renault Scenic and Toyota Prius all display the current speed limit on the dashboard but require further action from the driver to keep to the speed limit.
The Mercedes-Benz ‘Drive Pilot’ system, offered on the newly-launched E-class, can alter the speed automatically, but is only offered as an optional extra, not as standard equipment.
Antonio Avenoso, executive director of ETSC, commented: “While it’s good to see more manufacturers offering speed information in the vehicle, ISA has much more life-saving potential when the car limits the speed automatically. It’s important that the European Commission makes an overridable form of ISA mandatory on all new cars when vehicle safety rules are revised over the next year.”


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In a note to clients — as reported by “Barron’s” (http://macte.ch/TSVUG) — Needham & Co. analyst Charlie Wolf has raised his target price on shares of Apple from US$375 to $450, saying the “trajectory” of sales of the iPhone and iPad now appears to be higher than he originally expected.
Wolf now estimates 300 million smartphones were sold in total last year, up from a prior expectation of 250 million units. He also notes his estimation for iPhone sales last calendar year was only 40 million, which turned out to be below the actual 47.5 million Apple sold.
For 2011, he’s now modeling 75 million units. Wolf sees Apple with a 16% share of smartphones now, moving to perhaps 22% in the next five years, with the assumption Verizon Communications sells 16 million units this year and 16 million next year.
As a consequence of the iPhone and iPad estimates, Wolf raised his estimate for the material contribution to Apple revenue of the iPhone and iPad. He says the former may contribute $240 per share to the value of Apple this year, up from $191. The iPad may contribute $43 per share, up from $35 previously, says Wolf.


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Mobile Accounts for 43 per cent of Travel Website Traffic
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The figures come from a new survey by digital and IP consultancy Nucleus, which showed that luxury travel sites outpaced mainstream ones, with up to 55.4 per cent of traffic coming from mobile.
Smartphone bookings have risen meteorically, with year-on-year bookings up 198 per cent, compared to a 17 per cent rise in tablet bookings, and 15 per cent rise for desktop. Revenue has also risen, although not as sharply, with mobile accounting for 19.5 per cent of booking value, up 42 per cent from last year.
Despite Androids increasing market share, iOS continues to dominate in travel, accounting for 77.9 per cent of browsing, and 87.8 per cent of mCommerce.
According to Nucleus report, if travel brands wish to remain competitive, they must take mCommerce seriously, investing in best-of-breed responsive design for websites and defining an integrated mobile-first strategy that ensures a seamless customer experience across all devices.


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SonicSpy, GhostCtrl, Svpeng, SLocker, Triada, Invisible Man.
Following widespread recent ransomware attacks, such as WannaCry and Petya, internet users everywhere are on edge.
Apple’s annual developer conference is always chock full of new hardware and features for Apple devices.
Google was recently served with a record-breaking fine by the European Commission (EC) for breaking anti-trust law.
Andy Rubin’s new startup, Essential, is launching with a flagship Android smartphone, running a custom OS.
Tech giant Google could be fined more than €1bn from Brussels for abusing its online search dominance to direct customers to its own Google Shopping service.
London-based startup Memrise recently won Best App at the 2017 Google Play Awards for changing the way we learn languages.
Apple has launched a new website aiming to persuade people currently using an Android phone to switch and buy an iPhone.
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Ycg Llc increased its stake in Nike Inc (NKE) by 65.97% based on its latest 2016Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC. Ycg Llc bought 70,066 shares as the company’s stock declined 5.32% while stock markets rallied. The institutional investor held 176,274 shares of the consumer non-durables company at the end of 2016Q3, valued at $9.28M, up from 106,208 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Ycg Llc who had been investing in Nike Inc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $87.03 billion market cap company. The stock is down 0.45% or $0.24 hitting $52.87, despite the positive news. About 3.44M shares traded hands. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) has declined 0.82% since June 7, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 8.24% the S&P500.
Ycg Llc, which manages about $279.00 million and $326.26 million US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY) by 41,736 shares to 43,286 shares, valued at $4.14M in 2016Q3, according to the filing.
Ycg Llc is a Texas-based institutional investor with more than $279.00 million AUM in April, 2014. Taken from Ycg latest Adv, the fund reported to have 5 full and part-time employees. Among which 5 performing investment advisory and research functions. The institutional investor had between 26-100 clients.
Insitutional Activity: The institutional sentiment increased to 0.94 in 2016 Q3. Its up 0.07, from 0.87 in 2016Q2. The ratio improved, as 88 funds sold all NKE shares owned while 447 reduced positions. 101 funds bought stakes while 404 increased positions. They now own 998.81 million shares or 2.39% less from 1.02 billion shares in 2016Q2. Service Automobile Association last reported 715,178 shares in the company. Van Hulzen Asset Mngmt Ltd Limited Liability Company has 52,085 shares for 1.49% of their US portfolio. Hm Payson accumulated 82,674 shares or 0.21% of the stock. New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust owns 11,000 shares or 0.37% of their US portfolio. Pinnacle Prns holds 0.36% or 28,143 shares in its portfolio. Martingale Asset Mngmt Limited Partnership holds 14,592 shares or 0.01% of its portfolio. Wfg Lp holds 0.19% or 14,184 shares in its portfolio. Spot Trading Limited Liability Corporation has 0.13% invested in the company for 119,780 shares. Rosenblum Silverman Sutton S F Ca last reported 52,847 shares in the company. Valley Advisers last reported 0% of its portfolio in the stock. D E Shaw owns 1.74 million shares or 0.16% of their US portfolio. Cohen Steers has 59,800 shares for 0.01% of their US portfolio. Regions Finance holds 174,858 shares or 0.12% of its portfolio. The Missouri-based Plancorp Ltd has invested 0.38% in Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE). Atwood Palmer has 0% invested in the company for 444 shares.
Insider Transactions: Since July 25, 2016, the stock had 1 insider buy, and 5 sales for $34.88 million net activity. The insider PARKER MARK G sold 150,000 shares worth $7.47 million. 136,000 shares with value of $7.09M were sold by Slusher John F on Tuesday, January 3. 200,000 shares were sold by Ayre David J, worth $10.48 million. Another trade for 100,000 shares valued at $5.70 million was made by Krane Hilary K on Monday, July 25. 1,000 shares with value of $52,717 were bought by LECHLEITER JOHN C on Friday, September 30.
More notable recent Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) news were published by: Fool.com which released: “Nike, Inc. Delivers Another Great Quarter” on December 21, 2016, also Seekingalpha.com with their article: “Nike: Bullish On Holiday Sales” published on January 09, 2017, Fool.com published: “5 Quick Takes From Nike Inc.’s Mixed Earnings” on December 23, 2016. More interesting news about Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) were released by: Investorplace.com and their article: “Here’s Why Nike Inc Stock Can Rebound in 2017 (NKE)” published on January 03, 2017 as well as Seekingalpha.com‘s news article titled: “Nike: Looking Ahead And Predictions For 2017” with publication date: January 09, 2017.
According to Zacks Investment Research, “Nike, Inc.’s principal business activity involves the design, development and worldwide marketing of high quality footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products. NIKE is the one of the largest sellers of athletic footwear and athletic apparel in the world. The company sells its products to retail accounts in the United States and through a mix of independent distributors, licensees and subsidiaries in numerous countries around the world.”
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Out of 35 analysts covering Nike Inc. (NYSE:NKE), 22 rate it a “Buy”, 1 “Sell”, while 12 “Hold”. This means 63% are positive. Nike Inc. has been the topic of 111 analyst reports since July 29, 2015 according to StockzIntelligence Inc. Brean Capital downgraded the shares of NKE in a report on Wednesday, September 28 to “Hold” rating. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Monday, October 19 by BB&T Capital. The rating was maintained by DA Davidson with “Buy” on Wednesday, September 28. Canaccord Genuity maintained it with “Hold” rating and $56 target price in Wednesday, June 29 report. The stock of Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, June 29 by Brean Capital. Deutsche Bank maintained Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) on Wednesday, September 16 with “Buy” rating. B. Riley & Co maintained it with “Buy” rating and $135 target price in Friday, September 25 report. DA Davidson maintained Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) rating on Monday, December 28. DA Davidson has “Buy” rating and $78 price target. The firm has “Overweight” rating by Morgan Stanley given on Wednesday, March 23. The rating was downgraded by Bank of America on Monday, October 31 to “Underperform”.
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NIKE, Inc., incorporated on September 8, 1969, is engaged in the design, development, marketing and selling of athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories and services. The Company’s operating divisions include North America, Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Greater China, Japan and Emerging Markets. The Company’s portfolio brands include the NIKE Brand, Jordan Brand, Hurley and Converse. The Firm sells its products to retail accounts, through its retail stores and Internet Websites, and through a mix of independent distributors and licensees across the world. The Company’s products are manufactured by independent contractors.
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The store will be the fourth in the country and the sixth overall
Rough Trade have announced plans to open a new store in the UK later this year.
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The company already run three shops in the country, with two in London and one in Nottingham. They also run a combined shop and music venue in New York and announced plans earlier this year to reopen a Paris store.
The fourth UK Rough Trade will be located in Bristol and will feature a café, bar and live performance space. It comes as local record shop Rise announces it will close later this summer, with Rough Trade set to take over its space in the city.
In a statement posted to social media, Rise said: “Rise Bristol is closing its current chapter on its inspiring history. Rough Trade […] joined forces with Rise a few years ago and together will open an impressive new Rough Trade in Bristol.
“Rise Bristol will shut its doors at the end of the summer. Stay tuned for news about Rough Trade Bristol.”
As The Line Of Best Fit reports, Rise had announced plans to relocate earlier this summer and it is expected Rough Trade will be located on Nelson Street in Bristol city centre.
Rise also operates two other stores in the south west of England – one in Worcester and one in Cheltenham.


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Beer and Potato Chips Are Teaming Up to Save the Planet
Few things go together like a cold beer and a salty bag of potato chips. In England especially, "a pint and a pack of crisps" is a standard pub order. But the popular British snack company Walkers has developed a way for this combo to do more than appease drinkers' palates. They're hoping beer and potato chips can help save the planet, too.
PepsiCo-owned Walkers is hoping to cut its potato-based carbon dioxide emissions as much as 70 percent by utilizing a technique created by startup CCm Technologies that combines the CO2 gas unleashed during beer fermentation with potato waste to create fertilizer. Walkers hasn't decided which brewery they will partner with for the project, according to the BBC, but the plan is to have the system rolled out at the brand's factory in Leicester in advance of the 2022 potato crop.
Walkers says they trialed the technology this year, using the potato peel-based fertilizer to help grow—yes—more potatoes. Typically, creating fertilizer itself would create CO2 emissions, but instead, CCm's system reportedly uses carbon dioxide captured from the brewing process for its fertilizer production, all at a comparable price to making traditional fertilizers.
"CCm is delighted that PepsiCo has chosen our technology to demonstrate the huge potential that innovative approaches can have in promoting sustainable agriculture across the UK," Pawel Kisielewski, CCm Founding Director, said in announcing the partnership. "By enabling the sustainable reuse of waste resources and the locking of captured carbon back into the soil, our partnership represents a significant step forward in proving that agriculture can play a role in carbon reduction and the circular economy."
Meanwhile, though this teamwork of chips and beer makes for a great headline, PepsiCo's Senior Director of European Agriculture David Wilkinson explained that the benefits could go even further. "From circular potatoes to circular crops, this innovation with CCm Technologies could provide learnings for the whole of the food system, enabling the agriculture sector to play its part in combating climate change," he stated. "This is just the beginning of an ambitious journey, we're incredibly excited to trial the fertilizer on a bigger scale and discover its full potential."
PepsiCo says they hope to use this circular fertilizer on other crops like oats and corn. Now if they can only figure out how to use it to cut the emissions on pork pies, British pubs will be super environmentally friendly.


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When any Disney fan thinks of Disney World, they instantly think of Orlando, Florida, as the location of the theme park has become synonymous with Disney magic. But, what if we told you that was not originally the plan.
When Walt Disney completed Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and decided to create a second theme park called Disney World, Orlando was one option to build on, but so was New Orleans! Reportedly, “Walt Disney was already buying up land on the North Shore in the general area of Lacombe or Slidell” and wanted to continue his pursuits of theme parks just outside the New Orleans metro area.
Slidell Mayor Sam Caruso noted:
“When the furor over events in Dallas began to subside, Disney and his right-hand man, Caruso says, resumed their discussions with the political powers of the day. But they soon decamped from New Orleans in disgust and plumped instead for Orlando. Evidently, they just had to build the place in a swamp.
“You have probably already guessed what animated the great Walt and his sidekick when they turned their attention elsewhere. Right. It was the shakedowns. Plenty of businessmen since have found that they can barely get out of Moisant before they feel a politician’s hand slipping into their pockets.”
As lawmakers in New Orleans continued to be quite pushy for more cash, Disney realized that Orlando was willing to sell him the land he needed without stipulations, but New Orleans would always want more. Knowing this, the decision may have been Louisiana’s most grave yet, especially from a financial standpoint.
In 2017, Orlando averaged around 40 million visitors a year, whereas New Orlean’s only had around 10 million. Because of the extremely high tourism in Orlando, Florida’s economic state has increased, and Orlando has grown into one of Florida’s largest cities. Although New Orleans does well in terms of financial gain from tourism, their earnings would have likely been much higher if some city officials had not been so greedy when they were approached by Walt Disney all those years ago.
This is not, of course, a reflection on current city leadership in New Orleans and surrounding towns.
Ironically, Marvel star Anthony Mackie recently Tweeted about attending the opening of Avengers Campus and added that Disney World was almost in New Orleans:
It was a dream come true, really. Disneyland, my character, the Disney family. Did you know Disney World was almost in New Orleans?! Now, New Orleans is in Disneyland to stay! We did it 7th ward!!!
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It was a dream come true, really. Disneyland, my character, the Disney family. Did you know Disney World was almost in New Orleans?! Now, New Orleans is in Disneyland to stay! We did it 7th ward!!!#AvengersCampus #FalconCap #CutTheCheck pic.twitter.com/ZNn4xVccqe
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Considering Mackie — and his Marvel character, Sam Wilson — both hail from Louisiana, having his version of Captain America at Disney California Adventure means that there will always be a little piece of New Orleans at DCA!
However, Disneyland has always paid homage to the Crescent City — it even has an entire area known as New Orleans Square! This could be part of why Walt turned to New Orleans to potentially open another park decades ago.
Now, if Disney World Guests want some New Orleans action, they will have to stay at one of the two Port Orleans Resorts — Riverside and French Quarter — on property.
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The Bradford-based retailer, which launched its online groceries business Morrisons.com in the Midlands earlier this month, is anticipating strong demand for the new service in its heartland area.
Local deliveries to the catchment area of 1.895 million households will start on Monday, February 3, but customers can register, order and book a delivery slot at Morrisons.com in advance.
Morrisons promises to deliver orders within a one-hour time frame – half that of many of its rivals – to ensure customers do not have to wait in for too long.
Customers will have to pay £1, £3, or £5 for deliveries, depending on the time of the day, and each order must be worth at least £40.
In a hi-tech promotional video release circulated to journalists, the company’s head of Simon Thompson said the aim was to achieve a world-beating standard of service.
Orders will go to its giant central distribution centre which holds about £500 million worth of stock and be taken to a local distribution hub in Birstall where individual orders will be transferred to delivery vans.
Morrisons’ online grocery service – using the Ocado online operating systems through a £216 million partnership deal between the two retailers – aims to cover half of UK households by next year.
The move is seen as key to restoring Morrisons failing fortunes.
Boss Dalton Philips has admitted that the company’s absence from the online food market had cost it £500 million a year in lost sales.
Last Christmas Morrisons’ like-for-like sales slumped by 5.6 per cent while rivals with online operations benefited from surging internet sales over the 2013-14 festive period.
Morrisons is pitching its online operation as a ‘virtual store’ with customers able to place orders with butcher’s bakers and fishmongers for specific cuts of meat and bread is baked specially for the online service.
Before taking delivery of goods customers will be able to check every item and reject those they do not think meets the right quality or use-by dates.
A Morrisons spokesman said five minutes had been built into every delivery to ensure customer should check through their order before accepting it and paying. Rejected goods will go back to the depot and customers will receive a voucher to their value.
“We’re trying to marry the online operation to the in-store experience with a strong focus on the freshness and quality of our food. To date, we’ve had very few rejections or complaints There was strong interest in the Morrisons.com offering as its started and we’d expect this to be so as we extend the service into our heartland area,” he said.


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People are now able to sign up, log in and watch shows on CNN+, the new streaming service from the longtime news network — a day before owner WarnerMedia has said it was going to go live. It’s available now at plus.cnn.com, and CNN+ confirmed to Digital Trends that it’s up and running in a web browser, but not visible in any of the CNN apps just yet. So there will presumably be an app update any time now.
We were able to go ahead and register via the CNN+ website, paying by credit card. (which was the only payment option.) The regular price of $6 a month or $60 a year was listed, as was the 50% off deal for early adopters who sign up by April 26. That deal is good for as long as you don’t cancel your subscription. If you do, you’ll be back on the full-price plan.
Daily live programming, which was announced last week, already is up and running. That slate includes:
- 5 Things with Kate Bolduan at 7 a.m. ET
- Go There at 8 a.m. ET
- Big Picture with Sara Sidner at 9 a.m. ET
- Reliable Sources Daily at 11 a.m. ET
- The Source with Katie Hunt at 4 p.m. ET
- The Global Brief with Bianca Nobilo at 5 p.m. ET
- Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? at 6 p.m. ET
- The Newscast with Wolf Blitzer at 7:30 p.m. ET
The early availability appears to be a bit of a soft launch — Reliable Sources Daily has host Brian Stelter opening with the turmoil from Sunday night’s Oscars presentation, which saw Will Smith strike comedian Chris Rock onstage after Smith took offense to a joke. As of 4:30 p.m., everything save for the three later shows had an episode available to watch.
Also live now is Interview Club, the feature that allows people to ask questions of the hosts and personalities you’ll be watching on CNN+. And that makes sense — you wouldn’t want that feature to be empty when the service officially launches. We were able to ask a question, which was limited to 250 characters, that will be reviewed by the Interview Club moderation team.
The CNN+ account settings section allows you to edit your display name, which is used in Interview Club, as well as your actual first name and last name. You can set your ZIP code, if you want — it’s optional — and manage your subscription or payment method. There’s also a section for subscription to various CNN newsletters — blessedly, it doesn’t sign you up for any without your permission. You’re also able to change your account avatar to one of 52 images. It looks like there is an option for you to possibly upload your own image, but that’s not yet live.
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GREAT NEWS! This week David Lawrence joins the growing list of brands that will be going fur-free! More than 50 million animals suffer and die as victims of the international fur trade every year. With fur products creeping back into fashion, now more than ever we need caring designers, retailers and consumers to give fur the flick. Animals Australia has been urging designers and retailers including David Lawrence to reconsider the use of fur.


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According to a statement released by the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), this represented a 0.7% rise from 2016's figure.
The statistics were released as part of a wider set of data showing that CFDA officials had tested 233,300 food samples in 2017. They said 97.6% of the samples met the required standards, up 0.8% year-on-year.
Sun Meijun, deputy head of the CFDA, told state-run news agency Xinhua that the safety rate had been increasing since 2014.
He pointed out that no melamine had been found in baby formula for nine consecutive years, while no Sudan I red had been detected in egg products for four years.
2008's infant formula melanine scandal affected 300,000 victims in China. Six babies died from kidney stones and other kidney damage, and an estimated 54,000 babies were hospitalised.
In 1996, China banned food manufacturers from using Sudan I red dye to colour their products, due to its links to cancer and other negative health effects.
Despite this year's higher safety rating, however, Sun said the CFDA will be increasing its supervision and testing in 2018.
He said he was especially concerned about the excessive use of additives, microbial pollution, pesticide residue, heavy metals, and biological toxins.
Furthermore, the CFDA reprimanded eight domestic formula brands and ordered them to reform their operations amid concerns over hygiene standards earlier this month.
Similar concerns have led to increasing demand for international infant formula products in recent years, with Australian and New Zealand products in particular being sought after.
New regulations introduced on 1 January are expected to further boost the fortunes of these companies by limiting the number of brands on the shelves.
The CFDA rules stipulate that every firm, both national and global, will be limited to three brands — one for each of the three age ranges — and nine formulations.
Previously, many domestic firms flooded the market with multiple brands, many of which were though to contain the same product.
According to Mintel, demand for infant formula products in the country is expected to continue to grow at a CAGR of 5.4% between 2016 and 2021.
The market intelligence agency further reported that the sector would benefit from factors such as higher incomes, ongoing urbanisation, and the one-child policy being relaxed.


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Granted, the Bay Area native was a teaching assistant for the first "Facebook Class" at the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, so he's also eons ahead of most people when it comes to melding technology, math and science with virality and video. Top investors such as Floodgate and Ron Conway put their money where Mr. Greenberg's numbers are, and since 2007, Sharethrough has been headquartered in downtown San Francisco.
The most successful viral-video campaign in recent history is the Old Spice "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" YouTube commercial, having just passed 20 million views -- that's just on the official Old Spice channel and doesn't include reposts on other channels and video sites. Now that the commercial is a proven win, the demand from brand managers for this kind of campaign will be astronomical. But how can anyone be sure that their commercial will be seen as many times as the one from Old Spice?
"Historically, you create a viral video or a viral brand campaign by crossing your fingers and hoping for the best," said Mr. Greenberg. "And that's not scalable. By introducing technology to traditional online paid media, Sharethrough is building a repeatable advertising product for branded video content that doesn't rely on happy accidents."
What Mr. Greenberg means is that, while happy accidents are great, brand managers can't rely on them to make their clients happy. "We make it so that the shared video experience for a successful and viral campaign is predictable and guaranteed," he said.
Sharethrough has run more than 200 social-video campaigns for brands such as General Motors, Victoria's Secret, Xbox, Nestl? and Sony Pictures. Mr. Greenberg is proud to have his company's videos often featured on Ad Age's weekly Viral Video Chart, which celebrates the most popular and successful brand video campaigns. Essentially, Sharethrough is a platform that automates video syndication across a network of partners.
"The future of advertising is social, and sharing is the key to success," Mr. Greenberg said. "We are making this a reality by optimizing for 'share-through' rates, not just clickthrough."


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UKTV's Gold kicks off experiential campaign
Gold, the UKTV comedy channel, is kicking off a three-month experiential campaign to increase engagement with the channel and promote its winter season of programming.
The experiential campaign starts at The Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham today where Initials Marketing has created area for people to watch short clips from Gold TV shows while relaxing with a cup of tea.
During the three months the "tea shop" will visit Cabot Circus in Bristol, Meadowhall in Sheffield, the Trafford Centre in Manchester, Westfield Derby and Westfield London.
The campaign will use different themes including Gold commissions such as 'Bring Me Morecambe and Wise' and 'Yes, Prime Minister', as well as its '25 Days of Christmas' campaign. At each venue people will be encouraged to text the word "Gold" to the campaign shortcode, tweet #GoldWinterWarmers or visit Gold’s Facebook page to get a Gold-branded knitted phone cosy.
Everyone who texts, Tweets or interacts on Facebook will be entered into a free prize draw and could win one of 250 knitted jumpers.
Hik Sasaki, senior marketing manager for Gold, said: "Many consumers think of Gold as a repeats channel as its current association is with older content. But in fact, Gold is now creating more of its own exclusive shows than ever before.
"This winter Gold is bringing back some of Britain’s best classic comedies combined with a selection of exciting new commissions, so raising awareness for the shows is essential."Follow @MaisieMcCabe
This article was first published on marketingmagazine.co.uk
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The sister of Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has packed up her belongings and moved over to the advisory committee of Huobi for its new blockchain venture. She is teaming up with Jihan Wu – the CEO of Bitmain – to help Huobi develop its next-generation self-regulating and decentralized financial platform.
Huobi is the fourth largest crypto exchange in terms of trade volume and was founded in 2013. Unfortunately – with the recent Chinese crackdown on crypto news – it has had its WeChat account suspended indefinitely. The pair will be joined by Silicon Valley startup godfather Steve Hoffman and early Airbnb investor Jeffrey Wernick.
Huobi’s Plans Still Unclear
Huobi’s press release announcing the appointment of the aforementioned expert advisors briefly touches on the project, saying that they will help it develop and build its new public blockchain. However, more specific details – such as what the public blockchain will actually be used for – isn’t entirely clear. From the details that can be gleaned from its website, either the project is top secret or it’s still not entirely clear what the new blockchain will do – which is not a great start for Zuckerberg.
EU Launching New Regulatory Framework
The EU is set to launch a new crowdfunding set of regulations and this will partially extend to some ICOs. While the Huobi public blockchain isn’t quite an ICO, it could still benefit from the additional clarity the new EU regulations will provide. Under the new rules, ICO projects have to provide a Key Investor Information Document (KIID), which will outline all the important information investors need, such as how the money will be spent, a detailed road map, risk management, and due diligence information. This would help weed out ICO scams and projects that are a waste of investor’s money and time.
Facebook Getting into Bed with Blockchain
The sister of Mark Zuckerberg joining a blockchain advisory committee is an interesting move. While she has some tech background, she focuses on media and getting kids into the tech world. Her time – and connections – at Facebook appear to have impressed Huobi and this could be the reason for her selection. Facebook is long rumored to be working on a blockchain project, recently recalling a senior team member from the board of Coinbase due to conflict of interest. However, the social media network is yet to confirm or deny these rumors.
Huobi is a well-respected crypto trading platform and its new public blockchain project is certainly going to be very interesting. For now, the details are as clear as mud, but with the appointment of Randi Zuckerberg as an expert advisor, we can expect to see more details about the project emerging very soon.


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UK will leave EU by March 2019, declares British Prime MinisterThe UK will initiate the Lisbon Treaty’s Article 50 by the end of March 2017, according to the British Prime Minister. This decision means that by March 2019, the UK will have left the EU.
British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she is planning on implementing Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which will begin the UK’s formal negotiation process for leaving the EU, by March 2017. Once the UK implements this article, it will have two years to leave the EU.
The significance of May’s decision is that the UK’s exit from the EU will occur no later than March 2019, before the UK’s next general election. May announced that she intends to implement a series of reforms that will prepare the UK for the era after the EU.
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March 3, 2021
OpenX Promotes Brian Chisholm to Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
Expanded Focus on Strategic Partners Will Unlock and Grow New Revenue Channels
Los Angeles — March 4, 2021 — OpenX today announced the promotion of Brian Chisholm to Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships. In the new role, Chisholm will be tasked with growing new revenue channels for the company and further building out partnerships with a wide variety of entities in the digital advertising ecosystem.
Chisholm has previously held multiple roles at OpenX, primarily focused on growing the company’s base of publishers, and helping existing publishers increase yield and revenue through adoption of products like Header Bidding, which OpenX invented and brought to market.
Over the past 18 months, Chisholm has developed a series of partnerships that contributed to the growth of OpenAudience, the programmatic industry’s first sell-side identity graph. In his new role, Chisholm will be responsible for continuing to work with these partners to create actionable solutions for publishers and marketers, and new revenue streams for the company.
Chisholm will also be overseeing OpenX’s partnerships with DSPs, focusing on creating deeper ways to integrate with these key OpenX partners. From working jointly on SPO initiatives to aligning product roadmaps, Chisholm will build on the company’s long term DSP relationships, and create new ways to work together to grow revenue..
Additionally, Chisholm will expand and acquire new authentication partners for OpenX, including existing partners like LiveRamp and LiveIntent, drive strategic partnerships with agency holding companies, and uncover other custom demand partners the company can integrate with to enable them to more easily transact on OpenX inventory and the OpenX graph.
“In many ways, we are taking a platform approach to programmatic, giving our partners a variety of different ways to leverage our tech and data capabilities themselves,” said Chisholm. “We have built numerous strategic partnerships in the past year, with more to come soon, and now believe OpenX is in a position where we can not only solve some unique problem for our partners, but also create new revenue streams for the company while we’re doing it.”
OpenX is a pioneering leader in advertising technology, helping create a world where the open web thrives. The company powers people-based marketing on the open web by enabling marketers to reach their target audience across OpenX’s global network of publishers. OpenX works with more than 30,000 advertisers across every screen and device, reaching nearly one billion consumers – including a quarter billion unique consumers in the US – and processing more than one trillion transactions globally each day.


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(RTTNews.com) - A reading on leading U.S. economic indicators unexpectedly saw a modest decrease in the month of August, the Conference Board revealed in a report on Thursday.
The Conference Board said its leading economic index edged down by 0.2 percent after climbing by an upwardly revised 0.5 percent.
Economists had expected the index to inch up by 0.1 percent compared to the 0.4 percent increase originally reported for the previous month.
He added, "Although strengths and weaknesses among the leading indicators are roughly balanced, positive contributions from the financial indicators were more than offset by weakening of non-financial indicators, such as leading indicators of labor markets, suggesting some risks to growth persist."
The modest drop reflected negative contributions from six of the ten indicators that make up the index, including average weekly manufacturing hours, the ISM new orders index, and average weekly initial jobless claims.
Positive contributions from the interest rate spread, stock prices, the Leading Credit Index, and manufacturers' new orders for consumer goods and materials limited the downside.
Meanwhile, the report also said the coincident economic index inched up by 0.1 percent in August following a 0.3 percent increase in July.
The uptick reflected positive contributions from employees on non-farm payrolls, personal income less transfer payments and manufacturing and trade sales.
The lagging economic also rose by 0.2 percent for the second straight month, reflecting positive contributions from four of its seven components.
The average duration of unemployment, the change in CPI for services, the ratio of consumer installment credit outstanding to personal income and the change in the index of labor cost per unit of manufacturing output made positive contributions.
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