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Blog: Guinness fortunes slipping?
Olly Wehring | 15 February 2007
Could it be that the ‘luck o’ the Irish’ is showing signs of drying up for Guinness?
While the Dublin-based brewer faced up to a 7% slump in European volumes today (15 February), brand owner Diageo was busy drawing up expansion plans for its Scotch whisky stable, totalling GBP100m (US$195.34m).
Johnnie Walker played centre stage today, as the UK-based drinks group presented impressive interim figures, buoyed by an overall 8% net sales growth in spirits.
Diageo’s investment is great news for the Scottish economy and will create 200 jobs, suggesting that Diageo Scotland is set fair to enjoy the fruits of labours in markets such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and Mexico.
Guinness’ problems, meanwhile, were compounded in the UK and Ireland markets by “exceptionally warm weather”. But let’s not forget that Guinness volumes grew 2% in North America - although it too struggled in Europe, incidentally, Baileys’ volumes leaped 22% across the Atlantic.
Diageo is of such a size now that it has a host of different pots on the boil at the same time but, like a certain rugby tournament that is currently on the go, there is always national pride at stake.
As for the luck issue, it seems Guinness has the luxury of not always betting on black but having a red option out there too now.
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The long-awaited reform in the Power sector will be introduced in the Monsoon session of 2021 by R.K. Singh, Minister of Power and Minister of New and Renewable Energy. The progressive bill will certainly burst the balloon of Arvind Kejriwal and AAP for, their primary vote-catching scam of providing free electricity will be a thing of the past. Hence, you can understand why AAP and Congress along with TMC, RJD and SS are desperately trying to disturb the Parliament with the non-issue of Pegasus? If HMO decides to sing like a canary on the origin of Pegasus in India, Congress and like-minded allies will have to find a deep hole to crawl into for, they will be publicly shamed. Again!
Let us try and understand how important this Electricity (Amendment) BIll 2021 is to India and its citizens. One of the main concerns in the Power sector since the NDA Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge in 2014 was the financial health of the distribution companies (discoms) which are mostly state-owned. Discoms have had a high level of debt and have been in the red for several years. The main reasons for these extended losses was underpricing of tariff, theft, billing issues and other technical and commercial losses. The increased financial stress on generation companies has also increased due to the aforementioned reasons.
The bill proposes:
- To delicense power distribution to reduce entry barriers for private players creating competition in the sector. This will enable consumers to choose from multiple service providers.
- At present, consumers have no option but to get electricity supply from one service provider available in the area of operation which may be either state-run or private. The bill proposes that the existing distribution company may continue but multiple distribution companies shall be allowed in the same area of supply.
- Unification of regional grids under the umbrella of ‘One Nation, One Grid’. This will improve supervision over the national grid and ensure its security and reliability. This would mean that power can be distributed to any part of the country without difficulty.
- As this largely favours consumers, rights and duties of consumers are highlighted.
- No electricity shall be scheduled or dispatched under a contract unless adequate security of payment has been provided. This will address issues of delays in payment to power generation companies by power distribution companies.
The crux of the bill is that Government subsidy will not be accounted for while determining the tariff and such subsidy will be provided directly to the consumers. The bill requires the SERCs to adhere to the National Electricity Tariff Policy for determining cross-subsidy. The bill proposes that the tariff for the retail sale of electricity must reflect the cost of supply. This will put a dent in his scheme to provide amenities and benefits of schemes to the 8 lakh plus Rohingyas he has housed for his various “peaceful” agitations (anti-CAA, farmers protest and other upcoming ones) paid for by Indian taxpayers.
There are many other excellent amendments that will definitely help the Power sector to become green. However, this bill will give sleepless nights to Arvind Kejriwal and AAP who have dreams of ruling Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh through their well-thought-out scam of providing free electricity.
With more players in the mix, consumers will be able to choose who they wish to buy power from which means that AAP will go out of business and with that, so will their dreams of spreading their Venezuelan-like bubbles across India.

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The fake digital vaccine certificates that are being sold online have called for the need of prevention.
A new application called Vaccine Certificate Verifier has been released by the Malaysian Government. Designed to verify the authenticity of digital vaccine certificates, it is released just few days before a new update for MySejahtera is announced.
The latest MySejahtera v1.0.43 that was released on 20 August are currently available only for iOS and Huawei devices. Several UI changes are included to the digital certificate as reported by lowyat.net. In addition to that, the QR code format is also changed and the Vaccine Certificate Verifier is mentioned as the only legit application to verify the authenticity of the certificate.
On top of that, the MySejahtera update also shows a QR code for the 3rd dose of vaccine. However, since the update is relatively new, a few technical glitches were found where rather than specifying Dose 3 of 3, the application displayed Dose 3 of 2.
Likewise, as mentioned, the latest update of MySejahtera is not yet available for Android users, despite the availability of the Vaccine Certificate Verifier app. Therefore, do not worry if the programme says your digital certificate QR code on MySejahtera’s Android app is invalid.
All in all, the software updates implemented are a good step in response to prohibit the sale of false digital certificates.


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Thatcham's Wyevale Garden Centre to close
'We wish colleagues all the very best for the future'
Wyevale has announced the closure of Thatcham Garden Centre.
According to Retail Gazette, the freehold and leasehold have been bought by the current landlord, who has asked for vacant possession and the centre will close by the end of September.
The franchise businesses on the site are staying open.
Wyevale Garden Centres chief operating officer Anthony Jones said: “I am disappointed to announce that Thatcham Garden Centre will close by the end of September – we have informed our colleagues and would like to wish them all the very best for the future.”


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Windows Phone doesn't excite many after two years; BlackBerry should clinch 3rd place
After more than two years, Windows Phone still claims less than 3% of market share. BlackBerry 10 will be launching here in the US soon and I think they will increase their share to 3rd place and may even pass iOS in a couple years.
Larry Dignan just posted the IDC report capturing smartphone market share for 2012 and I wanted to chime in with a few thoughts. As you can see in the results, Android continued to roll, iOS remained flat and successful, BlackBerry dropped significantly, and Windows Phone had a small 1 percent jump.
Larry asked about the chances for BlackBerry and Microsoft to garner momentum. BlackBerry basically took the year off in 2012 so it was no surprise to see them lose almost 5 percent of the market share; but they still remain in third place. With the release of BlackBerry 10 and solid Z10 and Q10 hardware, I believe we will see a BlackBerry come back in 2013.
BlackBerry has a compelling enterprise story to tell with their BES 10 support and BlackBerry Balance; if they can get government agencies and large corporations to continue using BlackBerry while bringing in new customers, they even have the potential to surpass iOS in a couple of years.
They also have a compelling consumer story with a fresh UI and features that make BYOD the best it has ever been on a BlackBerry. iOS went from 0 percent to 15 percent rather rapidly. As I hear more and more people say they are bored with iOS, there is an opportunity for someone to come in and fire up the market again.
One the other hand, while Windows Phone 8 is an updated platform, it is not a new platform -- and looks nearly the same as Windows Phone 7. Microsoft has been selling Windows Phone 7 devices for over two years now and it is still not grabbing the attention of consumers or the enterprise. Windows Phone relies on Nokia for the limited share they have. Even though I am a fan of Windows Phone, I don't think they ever will move ahead of BlackBerry into that third spot.


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Maker’s Mark wins in ‘handmade’ case
Beam Suntory Bourbon brand Maker’s Mark has successfully defended its claim to be “handmade” after a class action lawsuit was dismissed by a Florida court.
The US District Court for the Northern District of Florida ruled in favour of Maker’s Mark and parent company Beam Suntory on Monday (4 May), following a lawsuit that claimed the company used misleading marketing when it labelled Maker’s Mark as “handmade.”
The ruling dismissed the complaint of two Florida consumers – Dimitric Salters and AG Waseem – “with prejudice,” ending the case. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle concluded the ruling by saying, “In all events, the plaintiffs have not stated a claim on which relief can be granted”.
Rob Samuels, chief operating officer of Maker’s Mark, said after the ruling that the complaints were “frivolous” and “without merit”.
Adding to this, Kent Rose, senior vice president and general counsel of Beam Suntory, said, “This ruling is very good news, and it should send a strong message to those who would seek to gain from similar baseless and irresponsible litigation”.
There are however still no developments in a similar case in California, where two consumers have taken a class action lawsuit against Marker’s Mark’s “handmade” claims.
Maker’s Mark is one of many brands being hauled into court across the US in cases that hinge on marketing terms such as “handmade” and “craft”.
The rise in popularity of products that promote themselves as craft, and their tendency to be bought out by big companies, is seeing them face much tougher scrutiny.
Blue Moon, the MillerCoors ale brand, is the latest company to be sued for allegedly misleading customers into thinking that it is a “craft” product rather than one owned by one of the world’s biggest brewers.
Leading the class action case – which was brought to court last week – is San Diego plaintiff Evan Parent, whose lawyer said, “[MillerCoors is] undermining the actual craft breweries, small businesses that are putting their heart and soul into the beer. They’re confusing the public about as to what is a real craft beer and what is not.”
MillerCoors is expected to argue that Blue Moon’s production scale and process merits it being described as “artfully crafted”.


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HOUSTON, Texas -- The Flying Saucer Pie Company is one of the city's most popular places to get dessert.
"Pie is happiness in a metal tin," co-owner Heather Walker said.
Every year, we see hundreds of people line up around the building.
"It is worth the wait because they have the best pies," one customer said.
From strawberry to banana cream, the homemade pies are part of a Thanksgiving holiday tradition.
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Fans flocked to a shopping centre to get up close and personal with a top TV funnyman.
Keith Lemon, the host of ITV’s Celebrity, delighted fans with an appearance at the WHSmith store in Churchill Square, Brighton, last night (December 6).
The star, whose real name in Leigh Francis, kept fans waiting before he arrived at the store to promote his film, Keith Lemon, which is out on DVD on Monday.
The comedian previously enjoyed success with his sketch show Bo’Selecta! and is now into the eighth series of Celebrity Juice which also stars Fearne Cotton and former Burgess Hill School for Girls pupil Holly Willoughby.
Among the fans clamouring to meet the comedian was 14-year-old Hayley Okines, who suffers from the rare ageing disorder Progeria.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): BigPay, the electronic wallet unit of AirAsia Group Bhd, has secured up to $ 100 million in funding from South Korean conglomerate SK Group to continue its mission to become the leading challenger bank in South East Asia.
With the funds, the company intends to expand its product lines, while expanding the model to new markets, said Salim Dhanani, co-founder and CEO of BigPay.
“Thailand and the whole of Aean are next, but we will be launching key products before that – with fully digital personal loans, transactional loans and an offering for micro-SMEs,” he said. in a statement today.
The securing of funding comes after BigPay announced its digital banking license application where it reiterated its commitment to building a connected financial future for Malaysian consumers and entrepreneurs.
On July 1, AirAsia announced that BigPay was teaming up with Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Bhd in a consortium to apply for Malaysia’s digital banking license. The other partners are Ikhlas Capital Master Fund Pte Ltd – a private equity firm partly owned by former banker Datuk Seri Nazir Razak – and a foreign conglomerate with fintech expertise.
“Our philosophy has always been clear. We want to launch financial products that are not only simple and practical, but transparent and accessible to everyone. We are ready to embark on the next leg of our journey with SK Group and we will continue to provide financial services to communities in Southeast Asia, ”Salim said today.
AirAsia Chief Executive Officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said SK Group’s $ 100 million fund is the first investment in one of its digital portfolio companies and is a testament to AirAsia’s digital growth efforts.
“The SK Group is unmatched in terms of innovation and experience, so we are confident that they can share their expertise and know-how so that this investment can mark the start of an exciting new digital banking era” , did he declare.
SK Malaysia chief representative Jung Kyu Kim said the group has long been interested in fintech and digital banking. “The SK Group will be able to make a significant contribution to BigPay in technical and consumer service aspects, given our experience and resources,” he said.
Founded in 2017, BigPay is present in Malaysia and Singapore. Its current offering includes a prepaid debit card that can be used to spend anywhere Visa or Mastercard is accepted, local and international money transfers, microinsurance, bill payments and a budgeting tool.
BigPay has also launched a series of products for its users focused on long-term financial health and affordability.
At 4:33 p.m., AirAsia shares were up 4.5 sen or 5.63% to 84 sen each with a market cap of RM 3.27 billion.


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By Jeff Green
and Patrick G. Lee
When Bill Trautwein offered to buy his daughter a car to drive to college classes, she went for the blue one — a used 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt that matched the color of the Florida Gators uniform her big brother wore on the way to two national football championships.
Sarah Trautwein was driving the car on a June morning in 2009 when she left the road, struck a tree and died.
While Bill Trautwein says he assumed his daughter had fallen asleep at the wheel, General Motors’ recall of models including Sarah’s has made him reconsider: The ignition switches in some cars can be inadvertently clicked off, GM said last month, cutting power to the engine and airbags, steering and brakes. A driver would find herself behind a hard-to-muscle wheel of a coasting car, with suddenly stiffer brakes.
Sarah, then 19 years old, probably wouldn’t have known what to do, Trautwein said. “She was a young driver,” he said. “It would have probably freaked her out.”
Years after fatal accidents involving Cobalts, Saturn Ions and other recalled models, a grim picture is taking form. The now-recalled vehicles were predominantly entry-level cars marketed to first-time drivers. These same drivers, according to safety and auto experts, may have been among the least prepared to react to a sudden loss of power.
“It’s a young person’s car,” said Bill Visnic, senior editor at auto website Edmunds.com and a veteran of more than 20 years of vehicle test drives. “When you turn off the ignition and you lose power steering, especially, it’s a very panicky feeling.”
GM, in announcing its global recalls of 1.6 million vehicles in February, linked the ignition flaws to 12 deaths. More broadly, hundreds of deaths have been reported to regulators in crashes of the recalled models in which airbags failed to deploy. Now, plaintiffs’ attorneys are seeking to establish whether some of those deadly events may have started when an ignition key was rattled or bumped out of position. The prospective examples that are emerging span the country and include the old and the young, but strikingly the young.
A description of Sarah Trautwein’s accident appeared in a motion filed on March 24 by Texas attorney Bob Hilliard in federal court in Corpus Christi. The motion, part of a lawsuit against GM for economic damages on behalf of two plaintiffs and a proposed group, listed eight possible victims of malfunctioning GMs — seven of whom, including Trautwein, were 25 years old or younger.
CEO has two teens
Mary Barra, GM’s recently named chief executive officer and the mother of two teenagers, has apologized for the company’s delay. She said the events hit home with her as a mother. The families of several young people who died in crashes involving the recalled cars attended a congressional hearing last week at which Barra testified.
GM has told regulators that some employees knew of the faulty switches as early as 2001. In 2005, GM said in a statement that drivers should be able to respond to a power loss in a Cobalt by restarting the engine in neutral and proceeding on their way.
For many drivers, it wasn’t so simple. In the spring of 2005, according to court documents, GM dealers started receiving complaints from owners whose Cobalts, Ions and other models were shutting down unexpectedly. Many came from parents who said their young drivers had brought their cars to a halt, often in the middle of an intersection or highway. Others said their kids had crashed into ditches, snowbanks or other cars.
The recalls raise a new round of questions for many parents who have already lived for years with the soul-searching that the loss of a child brings.
“You can’t replace her. What can I do?” said Trautwein, a 53-year-old retired military pilot. Referring to new lawsuits against GM, he said: “Money isn’t the object. But hopefully it stops someone else from dying.”
The recalled models emerged during a period of severe cost-cutting in the years before GM’s 2009 bankruptcy reorganization, according to several people with knowledge of the company at the time. GM designed Cobalts and Ions to target first-time buyers, said Karl Brauer, senior analyst for Kelley Blue Book, a car information website. It priced them to compete with Toyota’s Corolla and Honda’s Civic, he said.
“Their audience was aging,” Brauer said. The antidote, he said, was to build “attractive, small, entry-level cars that younger people buy.”
Soon after the cars hit the market, GM’s dealers began receiving complaints about unintentional shut-offs, including at least 16 from parents. A Colorado woman told a dealership that her 19-year-old son’s Cobalt stalled as he entered an offramp at 70 mph, sending him crashing into a ditch. He hit his head and lived. A father in Kentucky said his 18-year-old daughter guided her Cobalt to a stop, once in the middle of the road, after three separate stalls.
The complaints, from March 2005 through April 2009, were among 90 dealer accounts that were read into a deposition in a wrongful-death lawsuit in Georgia that GM settled in September.
“Customer states how the car shut off on daughter at 55 miles per hour yesterday. Customer states now scared to put her daughter in the car,” said an Ohio dealer’s summary read into the deposition. Another, from a Georgia mother who complained of stalls: “Customer is begging for a new car. She is too afraid the car will do it again while her daughter drives it.”
GM countered concerns by asking dealers to tell customers to take heavy items from their key rings, lest the extra weight turn the key. Several engineers deposed in the Georgia lawsuit testified that even if these models’ brakes and steering lost power, the cars could be maneuvered.
“The Cobalt is still controllable” if it loses power inadvertently, Alan Adler, a GM spokesman, said in a 2005 statement issued after two newspaper auto reviewers reported unexpected shutdowns. “The engine can be restarted after shifting to neutral.”
Adler declined a request to make additional comments beyond those GM has offered on the recall.
In 2005, the Cobalt was deemed the “most buzz-worthy” among 49 new nameplate car launches by 19- to 28-year-olds, according to an online Kelley Blue Book/Harris Interactive survey of more than 20,000 U.S. car shoppers at the time.
Heather Heaster turned 16 that year, and her dad told her she could pick out a car. Her parents, loyal to GM cars, wanted Heather to buy a Chevrolet, according to Heather and her mother, Gwenda Heaster.
Heather picked out a bright red 2005 Cobalt with a sunroof. She had it about a month, she said, when it stalled at dusk on a two-lane road near the family’s home in Crawley, W.Va.
“You saw the speedometer and the fuel gauge and they all just went to zero,” Heather recalled in an interview. “I couldn’t turn my wheel because the power steering cut out. And the brakes, I went to stop, and you couldn’t push them in. Luckily, when it happened, there was a place to pull off.”
A mechanic at the local Chevy dealership blamed her heavy key chain, she said, for torquing the key out of position. She removed a little cloth boot, a decorative eagle and a lanyard, she said. The stalls continued. The dealership eventually gave her a 2006 model that she said didn’t stall.
The Heaster family’s experience was among those read into the deposition in the Georgia wrongful-death suit.


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Social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, have seen a significant increase in popularity over the past two years.
The most successful social entrepreneurs use social media platforms to communicate with their customers and sell their products, according to a new study from research firm Kaggle.
In the survey, more than 80 percent of the entrepreneurs surveyed said they use social to get to know their customers better.
The average social entrepreneur makes $80,000 per year and spends around $500,000 a year on marketing, according the Kaggles study.
The study, titled Social Capital, finds that nearly 40 percent of online entrepreneurs say they are social capital entrepreneurs.
This makes social entrepreneurs a lucrative career in the business world.
Social Capital is the name given to a group of entrepreneurs who are entrepreneurs in their own right.
Entrepreneurs who are social entrepreneurs are considered to have a large following and are also known as social entrepreneurs.
Kagglegroup CEO and founder of the social capital site Kaggled, Matthew Lee, said in a statement: This is a great time to start your business, because you will get a lot of exposure and support.
Social Capital is a huge opportunity to build your network, increase sales, increase your brand awareness, and become the next social superstar.
This survey shows that social capital is on the rise, so if you are one of these successful entrepreneurs, you need to take advantage of it.
The Kagglemos survey asked questions about the types of social networking sites that entrepreneurs use to connect with customers and communicate with other customers.
It also asked about how well they used social media to reach out to potential customers.
In a typical year, an average social capital entrepreneur makes around $80K per year.
To help you better understand what types of platforms and social media tools are important to be an entrepreneur, we asked a representative sample of the top 25 social capital online businesses to provide us with their top recommendations.


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Last week, ITL convened a seminar where Uptime presented its export strategies and different approaches for entering new markets. More than 40 IT companies were listening to the three speakers.
Uptime has created a local team in each new market to better provide services for long-term customers. The local team knows the market best, understands the customers in their own country and can also provide them with substantive business support.
Another important part of the strategy is to find suitable local companies that would like to join the Uptime group. That’s why Uptime is actively looking to find such teams in European markets.
In addition to Uptime, Nortal and Helmes also introduced their approach to entering export markets, talked about the share of marketing in exports and the principles of making strategic choices. The event took place virtually.


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The past decade's digital revolution wounded the home audio market.
Consumers upgraded their analog televisions to flat-panel displays and built up their reservoirs of digital music. Since 2010, however, the tables have started to turn.
"Unequivocally, the audio segment is in good shape," said Sean Murphy, senior account manager and analyst for the Arlington, Va.-based Consumer Electronics Association. "It's in better shape than it has been."


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Blasphemous is one of the most successful soulslike – metroidvania games of recent years for me, and I never neglect to praise it whenever I get the chance. Last night, two news came from Blasphemous, which is one of the most appropriate examples of medicine with its visual form, incredible music and memorable story.
When Game Kitchen said they had an announcement for the night of August 26th, I honestly assumed it was a sequel. However, I clearly did not expect the DLC to be announced, which was a very pleasant surprise.
The game will get a final expansion pack called Wounds of Eventide in December and will offer a “true ending” for Blasphemous. This shows that this is not a standalone DLC, but a main game add-on that will continue the story directly. This is very good news.
Game Kitchen also announced that they have started working on the sequel and that they are targeting 2023 for this. Although no details about the new game have been shared, it’s nice to know that Blasphemous has achieved the success it deserves and satisfied Game Kitchen with its sales.
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Arab Bank has launched a promotional campaign for MasterCard Titanium credit cardholders, in collaboration with MasterCard, the official sponsor of the UEFA Champions League. The top prize is a double fully paid trip to attend the UEFA Champions League Final in Milan in May 2016, with other prizes including one of ten 47-inch LED, Smart and 3D TVs with a year subscription to enjoy watching sports channels.
The campaign will run between February 15th and March 30th 2016 and is open to all Arab Bank MasterCard Titanium cardholders, including new customers who have applied for a new card during the period of the campaign. With every JOD 50 spent on daily purchases using their credit card, users will get a chance to enter the draw.
Mr. Yacoub Matouk, Head of Consumer Banking at Arab Bank Jordan, expressed his delight at launching this campaign stating, “We will continue to provide exclusive offers and unique prizes to our customers, as a token of appreciation for their loyalty and trust.” He added, “It gives us great pleasure to give football fans in Jordan the opportunity to attend the UEFA Champions League matches, as well as the ease of benefiting from the host of privileges provided by Arab Bank’s MasterCard credit cards.”
Basel El Tell, Market Manager, Levant, MasterCard commented: “We are excited to tap into cardholders’ passions and offer the chance to win a truly priceless experience. Using a MasterCard credit card is a fast, convenient and secure way to make everyday purchases and we are proud to offer an even more rewarding experience with this unique promotion.”
It is worth noting that the Arab Bank Titanium MasterCard credit card offers its cardholders several benefits, including a convenient and easy Payment Plan starting from as low as 0%. Additionally, it provides access to Priceless Cities, a unique collection of offers and experiences especially curated for MasterCard cardholders, including dining, shopping, entertainments, sports, traveling, hotels, and touristic attractions. The card also offers Credit Shield Insurance, which covers 100 per cent of the outstanding balance, in addition to complimentary airport lounge access across several airports.


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Several posts have mentioned the challenge of remembering passwords and PIN Code. Well, there is some tech on the market that is about to remove the need for this.
HSBC Bank has introduced voice and touch recognition.
Mastercard is about to launch a contactless card with fingerprint recognition technology.
Barclays offers finger vein scanning for authentication for large transactions.
2. In-car apps
Caixa Bank has an in-car app you can use while driving using voice control.
3. Smart watches
Nationwide has an app you can access via your smartwatch.
4. Facial recognition
Ali Baba has developed 'Smile to Pay'.
5. Google Glass
Caixa Bank has developed an app for use with Google Glass with directions to the nearest bank and the bank's phone number.
One Japanese Bank plans to have robots greeting customers at some of its banks.
7. Augmented Reality
Westpac has announced plans for an augmented reality app with visualisations of balances and transactions history and the location of nearby bank branches.
8. Beacon Technology (iBeacon and Bluetooth Low Energy)
Barclays Bank is trialling an indoor navigation system for customers with disabilities with an app to notify staff of their requirements once they arrive in store.
9. Oculus Rift
Wells Fargo is experimenting with the use of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets so customers can enter virtual stores and 'speak' to tellers 'face to face'.
Fidor is planning the first bank for cryptocurrencies with the currency exchange Kraken.
11. Artificial Intelligence
UBS has entered into a commercial agreement with Sqreem to offer customers personalised, detailed information based on their financial behaviour.
12. Digital Cheques
Some banks are investigating smartphone cheque billing allowing payments to be disposited digitally with a mobile device.


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The Top Device Stories of 2008
As 2008 draws to a close, In Vivo takes stock of the major events affecting the medical device industry in 2008. Two stories continue to unfold; how the new Obama administration will control national health spending, and the financial crisis that hit the US and global economies. The latter is already taking its toll on medtech. Financial markets crashed, and so did public device companies. M&A dwindled as the year went on, with some notable--and surprising--exceptions, and the downturn is driving VCs to invest either extremely early or late. In other stories: the Department of Justice continued probing into physician conflict of interest matters, this time focusing on the influential Cardiovascular Research Foundation. Also from Washington, the 510(k) process is under review, and 2009 may see changes that make the process of demonstrating safety and effectiveness more costly for device companies. CMS instituted payment reforms affecting hospitals, although this may be good news for medtech companies offering products to help curb hospital-acquired infections and medical errors. The news was good in diabetes--for devices, not pharmaceuticals--with positive outcomes from a major trial on continuous glucose monitoring and two new markets opening up in diabetes for device manufacturers. The regulatory agency delivered some positive news to companies in cardiac rhythm management and neurostimulation too. And second generation drug-eluting stents found a market more receptive than it was a year ago.
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Brief summaries of recent medtech market and industry developments. This month we summarize the top issues to watch in 2009, including health care reform, 510(k)s under attack, DOJ's off-label device investigations, increased reimbursement pressure on hospitals, and dealmaking challenges for the year ahead.
Despite a miserable economy, new company formation continues apace. In biotech, recapitalizations and structured deals featured prominently; in diagnostics, interest remains strong even if rounds in 2008 were down from last year's highs; in devices, small and regional VCs have filled the void left by brand-name investors.


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There are many claims for Apple’s new iPhones. While it is stated that the phone will make significant revisions from its design to its technical details, iPhone 13
With the series, the 120Hz screen refresh rate is also among the features eagerly awaited by the fans. But that’s not all, on the iPhone 13 Always-On Display, so it looks like there will be Display Always On mode as well.
According to the newly shared notes, both the iPhone 13 series 120Hz screen refresh will feature speed as well as Always-On Display mode. The battery life of the phone is that these two can handle the power it will spend well.
According to the news from different sources, with the LTPO panel technology to be used in the iPhone 13 iPhone 13 users will be able to see some notifications, charge status and time without having to wake the phone.
Another piece of information is for Apple’s new MacBooks. While it is said that the US company will introduce its new MacBooks next September, it is stated that Apple will renew the design in this new laptop series. While it is said that the new MacBooks will further thin the screen bezel, mass production is also planned in the last quarter of 2021.


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Open source blockchain platform Waves and blockchain game distribution platform The Abyss will jointly launch a blockchain-based marketplace of digital goods and in-game items.
In a blog post published on Sept. 5, The Abyss revealed its collaboration with the Waves Platform, aimed at the development of a blockchain-powered marketplace of tradable goods and in-game items. The marketplace will enable users to purchase items with Abyss Tokens and sell them to other users.
Waves blockchain-integrated tokens
The integration of Abyss Tokens with Waves blockchain will allow game developers to incorporate Abyss Token operations directly into their Waves-based games. Commenting on the development, Sasha Ivanov, founder and CEO of Waves Platform, said:
“We recognize the huge potential of the $100+ billion gaming sector as a major use case for blockchain which perfectly fits with current gameplay mechanics and trading of goods. We strongly believe that the gaming industry will be an enthusiastic adopter of blockchain, and partnership with The Abyss will drive its widespread use.” Read More at CoinTelegraph...


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Asian marketers not as fussed with revenue growth as the rest of the world
Compared to the rest of the world, Asian marketers take a longer-term approach to brand building, placing more emphasis on consumer engagement and brand health with less on revenue growth, compared to the rest of the world, research from a recent report has found.
Based on the views of over 10,000 professionals from 92 different countries, the ‘Marketing 2020 report’ by Effective Brands found that 49% of the Asian marketing community hold consumer engagement as the most important measure as apposed to the world-wide average of 37% and 40% of Asia also put a high propriety on brand health compared to only 32% world-wide.
Other differences were found in revenue growth, where only 32% of Asian marketers thought it was important versus the global average of 40%. Another point of difference was found in marketing ROI with 45% prioritising it in Asia, versus the 52% world-wide average.
The report also found contradictions in Asian marketers. Analytics appear to be important, with 65% linking their brand’s KPIs to business performance (versus 56% world-wide) and 45% tracking brand equity (only 39% world-wide), however 29% also thought that KPI and data-driven thinking stifled inventiveness and creativity.
In the future, Asian marketers thought that brand positioning would become more important (72%), as well as segmentation (67%) and consumer understanding and insights (69%). Only 31% thought analytics and data mining would be more important in five years.


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Regulatory Capture Damages the “Free World”
Regulatory capture is where large companies, typically multinationals such as Monsanto, a division of Pfizer—a major GMO vaccine maker—directs special agents to infiltrate government agencies, effectively biasing, even bribing, government regulators. As a result of regulatory capture, a false pretense of law enforcement and consumer protection is staged. Laws passed to protect consumers are neglected, and the results are often disastrous.
In Dr. Horowitz’s battles in medicine and environmental science, he sees regulatory capture as one of the greatest risks to everyone’s health and safety. His opposition to Nestlé/Energizer’s fraud and crime provides evidence of a similar scheme involving ICANN and the NAF. Other good examples include when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the poisonous products thalidomide, aspartame, and VIOXX. Millions of trusting people were killed or injured as a result of this overarching crime of regulatory capture.
“Regulatory capture amounts to a form of corporatism, as we saw in Nazi Germany, and the outcome is genocide, by strict definitions in law,” Dr. Horowitz warns.
This insidious alliance between so-called “regulators” and the corporations being regulated damages product safety, consumer confidence, free and fair trade, and the integrity of governments worldwide.
Case Study in Regulatory Capture and Criminal Corporatism
Dr. Horowitz is the author of eighteen books, including three national bestsellers. He directs traffic to WarOnWeThePeople.com for evidence of official malfeasance damaging the environment and public mindsets on everything from vaccinations to cancer cures. He also publishes Medical Veritas online journal—a website issuing articles under siege by drug cartel hackers and media trolls. Medical Veritas International, Inc., Horowitz’s 501(c)3 educational non-profit, features intelligence on consumer fraud, “bad faith” actions, and organized crime rings operating in the U.S. and abroad, especially affecting children via dangerous drugs and risky vaccines.
Eveready’s commercial crime and domain theft scheme is a case study in what has damaged America most, Dr. Horowitz asserted.
“The manner in which Nestlé/Eveready conducts ‘business as usual’ evidences a true mob–a ‘racketeering enterprise.’ And this kind of white collar organized crime must be the focus of political debate, as advanced by exclusively by presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders.”
According to Dr. Horowitz, regulatory capture must be more openly opposed. Otherwise, America will never recover from the damage corporate criminals committed over the past century to profit their arrogant greedy investors by capturing our regulatory agencies.
How Eveready’s Scam Worked
Dr. Horowitz recorded that in October, 2015, Nestlé/Eveready’s attorneys extorted him by threatening lawsuits if he did not concede his domains to the company.
The evidence shows attorney John Gary Maynard, III, at Hunton & Williams, extorted the doctor, and committed mail fraud, wire fraud, unfair and deceptive trade, and property conversion by “reverse domain name hijacking.”
Horowitz refused to concede to Maynard’s falsely claimed trademark and domain infringements. So Maynard directed ICANN/NAF agents to “hijack” Horowitz’s right to own and use the domains that Energizer sought to acquire for free.
Eveready’s correspondence and NAF complaint evidences organized crime, argues the doctor, who is also the award-winning filmmaker who produced In Lies We Trust: The CIA, Hollywood and Bioterrorism; PHARMAWHORES: The Showtime Sting of Penn & Teller, and recently The Paris Attacks Video: From Chaos to Global Governance Courtesy of the Terror Syndicate. Dr. Horowitz is also a contributor to JudicialCorruptionNews.com, and the developer of ProSeLegalAide.com—a web service that offers a money-back guarantee to self-helpers preparing for legal battles to defend their rights and properties.
Aside from Eveready’s aforementioned fraud and crime, by the end of October, 2015, after settlement negotiations broke off, the “Bunny Company” began “capturing” Horowitz’s web traffic (effectively diverting his customers) using fraudulent key words (meta tags and search terms) including “528,” “AUTO” and “ENERGIZERS” with an “S” that Horowitz had been legally using to promote 528 AUTO ENERGIZERS. As a result of Eveready’s abuse of false search terms, the company “captured” online consumers searching for the doctor’s products.
As a result, suddenly, in early November, 2015, Sears and Walmart ranked as high as Horowitz’s sites for 528 AUTO ENERGIZERS—products these retailers didn’t even sell! The complete scam caused Horowitz to lose more than $70,000.00 in magnetic pyramid sales, especially during the busy holiday season when his websites were blocked.
“Consumer confusion” is required to be proven in all trademark infringement cases. “But Eveready hasn’t proved anything, and can’t prove anything favoring their case,” Dr. Horowitz added.
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Utah-based ammunition company Barnes Bullets is off to a strong start to 2014 with the introduction of their new 120-grain TAC-TX bullet for .300 AAC blackout. For their VOR-TX ammo line, Barnes is also adding .338 Lapua. In addition, they’re now offering the TAC-XPD Defense Ammunition in .357. Finally, they are releasing a limited 25th anniversary edition of their all-copper Barnes X-Bullet. Scroll down to watch a video for more information about the latest from Barnes Bullets.
The new 120-grain TAC-TX bullet for Barnes’ VOR-TX ammo line is designed specifically for the .300 AAC blackout. The 120-grain TAC-TX has a long profile which allows for optimum feeding in the AR platform. It also has a boattail base with a high ballistic coefficient, and Barnes’signature all-copper construction which makes it a perfect choice for both hunting and defense applications. The new 120-grain will be available beginning in February 2014.
Also new for 2014, Barnes Bullets is adding .338 Lapua to their VOR-TX line of ammunition for long-range shooters. Additionally, their popular TAC-XPD ammunition, which is currently offered in .380, 9mm, .40 and .45 auto, will soon be offered in .357. The TAC-XPD is an all-copper bullet in a pistol configuration. It is a nickel-plated, deep hollow-point cavity expand bullet which is suitable for personal defense.
Lastly, Barnes Bullets is releasing a limited 25th anniversary edition of their landmark all-copper, expanding X-Bullet, first introduced by owner Randy Brooks in 1989 in .270, .30 cal, 7mm, .375, .416 and .458. This hunting bullet is one of the reasons that Barnes Bullets is regarded as a leader in the US guns and ammunition industry.
The company was founded by Fred Barnes, who began large-scale manufacturing of Barnes Bullets in 1939. In 2010, they officially unveiled their popular VOR-TX line of ammunition.
For more information, visit http://www.barnesbullets.com/.


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Xiaomi is working on a foldable phone, according to Korean publication ET Times. The publication has quoted this to be the initiation of a “Korea-China Tech War” amid companies of both countries racing towards the throne of being the first company to launch a foldable smartphone. Samsung and Huawei were known contenders and now, it has been revealed that Xiaomi has joined the race as well.
ET Times has claimed that Xiaomi is actively seeking components for a foldable phone. Keeping common requirements in consideration, hinges and flexible OLEDs are just one part of a foldable phone and these parts are confirmed to have been actively sought by the Chinese company in recent times.
Industry analysts believe that Xiaomi might follow Huawei’s footsteps and source OLEDs from BOE Technologies, a Chinese display manufacturer instead of relying on LG, which is based in Korea. This is part of why ET Times has called this a Korea-China Tech War – each company might have patriotic reasons to be the first company as well.
Indefinitely, the firm which comes up with a foldable phone will be the pioneer of the technology and will be crowned as being so. Additionally, the country from which the company belongs is obviously going to get accredited as a hub of innovation as well, so there’s a lot at stake here.
The report claims that Xiaomi’s foldable phone will carry a “fold-out” pattern. Samsung’s and Huawei’s foldable models are rumored to have a fold-in structure.
Samsung’s foldable smartphone might be called the Galaxy “X” and is expected to be a commemorative model for the 10th anniversary of the flagship Galaxy series. The phone is expected to have a 7-inch display and is rumored to cost in excess of $1500. On the other hand, Huawei’s foldable phone has only been in the rumor mill after being officially confirmed by the company’s Consumer Business President a month back. Industry sources have said that Huawei’s main ambition is not to derive profits from the phone; they only want to outpace Samsung. Oh well, best of luck?
Xiaomi is known to provide value for money. Their smartphones pack in loads of features for a fraction of the price. Just look at the Mi Mix’s Special Edition, which retails for $570 despite being embedded with 18 karats of gold trimmings. If Xiaomi continues the same trend, we might see a foldable phone going for less than a $1000…


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With the development of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data, and blockchain, data has become the most valuable factor of production in the digital economy era, a powerful driving force for national economic development, and is profoundly changing the production and lifestyle. Data security and personal information protection involve multiple levels of individuals, enterprises and countries.
The 10th China Electronic Information Expo (hereinafter referred to as "CITE 2022") will be held on May 17, 2022 at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center with the theme of "Forge ahead for ten years and create a future with wisdom". As the electronic information expo with the largest scale, the most complete industrial chain, the most abundant activities and the fastest growing influence in Asia, CITE 2022 will focus on displaying smart home, 5G, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, IC, consumer electronics, big data and storage, Innovative power and cutting-edge technology in the fields of information technology application innovation and other scientific and technological fields. Among them, Kingsoft Office will also appear at the expo with its outstanding performance in intelligent digital office.
Last year, Kingsoft Office officially released the "Kingsoft Digital Office Platform", a platform product for the digital transformation of super-large organizations, which integrates its digital office suites and services to provide customers with an open and secure digital office platform. While helping customers continue to build their own digital office platforms, they not only empower their own business systems, but also ensure the complete control of core digital assets. The Kingsoft digital office platform includes a series of digital office software, such as online documents, cloud document center, Kingsoft Collaboration (IM), Kingsoft Conference, etc., and provides the services of opening these product capabilities to customer systems.
Founded in 1988, Kingsoft Office has developed into a leading provider of office software and services in China, and was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Science and Technology Innovation Board on November 18, 2019. The company has formed a large-scale research and development team, has more than 941 independent intellectual property rights, and has undertaken many national major software special researches such as nuclear high base.
Kingsoft Office incorporates "collaboration" into its core strategy, and is committed to covering a wider range of office scenarios with a more diverse product matrix, empowering organizations and individuals in both directions, and helping organizations achieve digital and intelligent transformation and collaborative evolution. The core value of Kingsoft's digital office platform is openness, empowerment, security and controllability. Through the opening of product capabilities, it helps customers build their own digital office platform and assists customers to achieve unified digital integration of multiple existing office systems. In addition, the platform can ensure the data management security and independent controllability of the customer's entire life cycle; realize the customer's core digital assets, which are autonomously controllable.
Kingsoft Office is widely used in many fields such as party and government agencies, central enterprises, finance, education, medical care, etc. Its famous products include WPS Office office software, WPS cloud document system, WPS document center, OFD document processing software, etc. As a domestic company that has been committed to providing users with genuine Chinese office software, Kingsoft Office has deeply cultivated user needs, conducted in-depth user research, accumulated rich product experience, and has mature office series products, which have been positively evaluated by customers.
In the future, Kingsoft Office will continue to promote personal digitalization to organizational digitalization, and embrace the future of the digital economy with better digital office products and services.
About the 10th China Electronic Information Expo (CITE2022)
The 10th China Electronic Information Expo (CITE2022) has an exhibition area of 100,000 square meters. The exhibition field closely follows the industry's key points, and integrates into new exhibition fields according to real-time industry hotspots, covering smart homes, smart terminals, 5G, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things , third-generation power semiconductors, IC design, ultra-high-definition video, 3D glass cover, semiconductor display, AR/VR, AI + digital twin, robotics, consumer electronics, big data and storage, Internet of Vehicles, autonomous driving, sensors, cross-border Environmental ecology, fuel cells, charging technology, industrial Internet, innovative products of information technology applications, basic components, special components and other hot topics.
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Frontier sizes up 10-Gig future with XGS-PON rollout
Frontier Communications has hooked up with Nokia to connect about 100,000 homes to XGS-PON technology, a move that puts the telco on a path to eventually deliver symmetrical 10Gbit/s broadband services.
Nokia noted that the deployment uses products powered by Quillion, the company's family of in-house silicon that's focused on multiple generations of broadband technology, including low-latency 5G transport.
Frontier currently offers a symmetrical 1-Gig service and has announced that it intends to introduce a 2-Gig service over FTTP in early 2022.
"We've got the capacity to go beyond that, if we needed to," Frontier CEO Nick Jeffery said at this week's Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference.
Though this XGS-PON piece of the deployment represents just a sliver of Frontier's current and planned fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) footprint, it also represents where the company is heading.
"This is a big step forward for our fiber expansion plan, which will reach 600,000 new locations by the end of this year and a targeted 10 million locations by the end of 2025," Veronica Bloodworth, Frontier's chief network officer, said in a statement.
Bloodworth, the former SVP of construction and engineering at AT&T, joined Frontier earlier this year to help spearhead the company's big fiber network upgrade plans. Her role at the company was touted by Jeffery at the Goldman Sachs event.
Bloodworth, Jeffery said, gives Frontier critical expertise with suppliers, supply chains, labor and permitting as it proceeds with its FTTP upgrade/buildout. He credited her with conducting a "root and branch review" of how Frontier is operating and for introducing best practices, adding talent and forging relationships with key suppliers.
Frontier's fiber frenzy
Frontier, which exited bankruptcy on April 30, has accelerated its plan to deploy FTTP to about 600,000 homes this year. The company intends to deploy FTTP to about 10 million homes by 2025.
Though many network operators, including AT&T, have been challenged by ongoing supply chain constraints, Jeffery believes that Frontier is in a good spot because it sped up the pace of its fiber build and locked in multi-year agreements with suppliers ahead of many other players.
"That gives us a very high degree of confidence about our future costs and also to manage the inevitable supply constraints that will hit the industry," he said. "We feel well-insulated from those."
Frontier's planned 600,000-home buildout is part of a "Wave 1" buildout that will be complete by the end of 2021. That will expand the company's total fiber passings to 4 million homes, a figure that includes Fios properties that Frontier acquired from Verizon in 2016. A Wave 2 buildout will cover an additional 6 million fiber passings between 2022-2025, getting Frontier to its 10 million-home goal.
Frontier believes it can achieve penetration rates in the new-build areas of 15% to 20% by the end of the first year, and as high as 40% at the end of its FTTP build program. Jeffery, who joined Frontier from Vodafone UK, said customers will come out of a set of buckets – existing copper subs converting to fiber, DSL- and fiber-never customers, and cable competitors.
Even after Wave 2, about a third of Frontier's footprint will still be in need of fiber upgrades. How Frontier might proceed with that piece, dubbed Wave 3, is still being determined.
John Stratton, a former Verizon exec who now serves as Frontier's executive chairman, noted at this week's investor event that Wave 3 is a bit more complex, as it includes some areas that are uneconomic to build fiber to because of low customer densities and other factors.
Stratton said the effects of government subsidies and funding initiatives such as the proposed US infrastructure bill could change the math in a way that makes the economics of the Wave 3 areas more favorable for fiber upgrades.
But, for now, Frontier is looking into multiple scenarios for Wave 3. The company might harvest money from the Wave 2 build to facilitate Wave 3 upgrades, pursue joint ventures with outside parties, secure private equity money or explore asset swaps.
"All of that is under consideration now. It's being worked in real time," Stratton said, adding that more details will be revealed in coming quarters. "We are very anxious to ... get very specific on what's going to happen in the remaining territories," he added.
Frontier is also exploring a brand change as it pushes ahead with fiber upgrades. The board is pulling together data and deciding which direction it might go in the coming months, Jeffery said. That could result in Frontier doubling down on its current brand, reenergizing or modernizing it, or perhaps even looking at an actual brand change and possibly the introduction of a "sub-brand," he said.
— Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading
A version of this story first appeared on Light Reading.
Charter has sparked RDOF work in all 24 states where it won bids. The cable op booked about $19 million in RDOF revenues in Q1, and expects to have about $9 million per month come in over the next ten years.
Launch of 2-Gig and 5-Gig FTTP tiers in 70-plus markets puts more pressure on cable ops to enhance their existing DOCSIS 3.1 network or accelerate their upgrade activity centered on the new DOCSIS 4.0 specs.
Ziply Fiber, an operator that tangles with Comcast and Charter, has launched two multi-gigabit tiers in 60 urban areas, aiming for all markets by Q2 2022.
Elon Musk's nascent broadband will need to radically accelerate the rate of satellite launches – and navigate tricky supply chain logistics – if it's going to come close to fulfilling its global ambition.
MoffettNathanson questions whether mobile operators will have the network capacity and the right business metrics to back their aggressive stance and forecasts for fixed wireless home broadband.
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Drawing on data from the Survey of Business Owners and the American Community Survey the report finds that while immigrants make up 13% of the U.S. population in general, they make up 18% of small business owners.
How many immigrants start their own business?
About 3.2 million immigrants ran their own businesses, making up one in every five entrepreneurs in the country. Immigrant-owned businesses employed almost 8 million American workers and generated $1.3 trillion in total sales.
What kinds of businesses do immigrants start?
Often, immigrant entrepreneurs start businesses, work in professional services, retail, restaurants, real estate, technology, healthcare or construction. They sometimes own franchises and small businesses like grocery stores, gas stations and fast food restaurants.
Do immigrants start new businesses?
A recent count estimates 17% of the U.S. workforce is comprised of immigrants. … Not only are immigrants 80% more likely to start a business than those born in the U.S., the number of jobs created by these immigrant-founded firms is 42% higher than native-born founded firms, relative to each population.
Do immigrants get money to start a business?
Do immigrants get money to start a business? Immigrant business owners don’t automatically get money to start a business. Instead, they must ensure eligibility and apply for programs to have funding for their small business.
Can an immigrant own a business?
Here’s the deal: U.S. immigration law (which is federal, meaning it’s followed throughout the country), does not say anywhere that an undocumented immigrant is barred from owning a business. … The law also makes it illegal for someone to employ an undocumented worker.
Are immigrants more likely to be entrepreneurs?
A 2012 study found that immigrants were more likely to start businesses than members of the native population in most of the 69 countries surveyed. In the United States, where 13.7% of the population is foreign-born, immigrants represent 20.2% of the self-employed workforce and 25% of startup founders.
What are immigrant entrepreneurs?
Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants.
How do immigrants start businesses in the US?
The first thing you should do is apply for an ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number). Having that number is your first step to start a business as an immigrant. Then, you can legally register your business, open a bank account, pay taxes, and even build a credit history when making purchases.
What percentage of restaurants are owned by immigrants?
Although immigrants make up just 13.5 percent of the U.S. population, a 2017 report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs estimates that 37 percent of small restaurant owners are immigrants, while 22 percent of foodservice workers are foreign-born.
How does immigration affect business?
The studies find that immigration affects low-waged workers the most. Research from University College London finds that an inflow of immigrants the size of 1% of the UK-born population leads to a 0.6% decline in the wages of the 5% lowest paid workers and to an increase in the wages of higher paid workers.


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LoJack released their 2017 Vehicle Theft Recovery Report. The report comes in the form of a downloadable infographic (seen below). In the 9th installment of the report, you’ll find the LoJack recovery data mirrors the trend of rising auto theft nationally, and thieves are continuing to target popular vehicles.
- Rising Recovery Values Match Rising Auto Theft Nationally
Law enforcement recovered over $134 million worth of LoJack-equipped stolen vehicles last year, a 7% increase from 2016. According to the FBI Uniform Crime Report, auto theft increased at a similar rate nationally. What’s more, for the ninth straight year, the top three states for recovered vehicles are California, Texas, and Florida, respectively. The FBI data tells a similar story, with these states also ranking in the top three for total auto theft.
Given the recent auto theft data, it may come as no surprise that our report mirrors the overall state of auto theft.
- Thieves Continue to Target Popular Vehicles
The top five most recovered vehicle models in 2017 were the Honda Civic, Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, and Toyota Corolla, respectively. Because these vehicles are perennially popular with consumers, their replacement parts are in high demand. Profit-minded thieves see these vehicles as prime targets, as they can be stripped and sold for parts on the black market.
As the cost of replacement parts increases with more advanced vehicle technology, the profit incentive becomes even stronger for thieves. The average value per recovered vehicle increased 4% over last year—look for that trend to continue with the development of connected car technology, advanced sensor systems, and more sophisticated lighting technology. To learn more about the benefits of connected cars, check out a recent blog post.
A Thank You to Law Enforcement
LoJack thanks law enforcement for their continued hard work and dedication to making our communities safer. The company is proud to work with over 1,900 agencies across the country to help reduce the impact of auto theft in the community, and they look forward to supporting their efforts in 2018 and beyond.
You can download the full 2017 Vehicle Theft Recovery Report here.


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Remember back in the day, when you were taking Macro or Micro or whatever Economics because it was a required class in college? And your professor would spend an inordinate amount of time going over how then-Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan was an oracle of the nation's economic state? And whenever Greenspan would give an interview or release a statement, every phrasing that came out of his mouth was parsed and analyzed by the country's fiscally-focused folks in order to find signs of where they should invest, how safe their investment was, and what next to do with their money?
Or was that just my college experience? No matter. The point is, in every field there's a person or entity that everyone else in said field looks to for guidance. They're not the trend-setters -- that's more of a term placed retroactively on something that wasn't thought to be world-changing but, turns out, it was. They are, instead, the trend-makers. Which is all a long way of saying: When a company like Sysco, the largest food distribution conglomeration in the nation (with 17.5 pecent of the market share, leading to earnings of $37 billion industry in 2010 alone) makes an announcement, everyone takes notice. So last week's press release from the Humane Society saying that Sysco's decided to "eliminate pig gestation crates from its pork supply chain," well, it's a big deal.
Just what are these crates, anyway? As reported by the fine folks over at Grist.org:
"[G]estation crates are essentially steel cages that keep pregnant sows confined in a space roughly the size of their bodies. They're commonly seen -- along with battery cages for egg-laying hens -- as among the least humane livestock practices."
Sysco is just the latest to take a stand in ending the practice. Among the companies who've already eliminated them crates from their supply chains are McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Denny's, Sonic, Carl's Jr., Baja Fresh and Cracker Barrel. (Although, to be fair, most companies will be using them until 2022, as they need the decade to phase them out.) Nine states so far -- including California -- have banned their use. (Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey currently have bills in the works to do the same.) Really, this video by the Humane Society about what life's like inside of a gestation crate is enough to condemn those companies that still use them.
Which leads to the question: What terrible companies still use gestation crates?
As of now, actually, not too many. Over the past six months, there's been a dramatic increase in companies miraculously simultaneously (a) coming to the conclusion that gestation crates are bad; and (b) wanting to avoid the negative PR that comes with using them. But two large companies still, as of today, hold onto to their horrific methods:
- Domino's Pizza, who rejected a proposal to end their usage last year.
- Tyson Foods, who supply to all sorts of companies, despite the urgings of a quarter of a million people.
While there are certainly more companies who use them (these are merely the biggest names), and there are still 38 states that have yet to address the issue in their state legislature, it seems like the tide is definitely turning in this battle. So, then:


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Latest News on General Motors
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Jun 27, 2018
Global TCU market to grow by 18 percent due to boom in connected vehiclesA TCU is an embedded onboard system that controls wireless tracking of and communication to the vehicle.
Jun 02, 2018
General Motors agrees to settle lawsuit with motorcyclist hit by self-driving car in San FranciscoGeneral Motors Co agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a motorcyclist involved in a minor crash with one of its self-driving cars in San Francisco
Jun 01, 2018
SoftBank joins General Motors, will invest $2.25 billion in their autonomous vehicle unit CruiseSoftBank to invest in General Motors vehicle unit Cruise, the deal has ensured its eadership in self-driving cars and GM shares up nearly 13 percent.
May 26, 2018
Tesla hires former General Motors executive James Zhou as the new CFO for ChinaTesla in a blog post announced key hires - GE and GM's James Zhou as the new CFO for China and Apple's Neeraj Manrao as director of energy manufacturing.
May 15, 2018
Apple is fielding more self-driving cars in California than Google or TeslaBehind Apple is Alphabet's Waymo which currently has 51 self-driving cars and Elon Musk-owned Tesla which has 39 vehicles.
Apr 25, 2018
Amazon plans to deliver goods straight to your car if you are a Prime member and own a newer GM or Volvo car in the USAmazon said that it will include more locations and more vehicle makes and models over time.
Apr 22, 2018
Auto China 2018 attracts several global automakers, all of whom are falling over themselves trying to usher in an electric revolutionGM plans to display five all-electric vehicles including a concept Buick SUV it says can travel 600 kilometers on one charge, plus a hybrid Cadillac XT5 28E.
Apr 19, 2018
Tesla being probed by California's Safety and Health agency after it failed to report serious injuries at its factoryA Tesla spokesman said Cal-OSHA is required to investigate any claims, whether they have merit or are baseless.
Apr 13, 2018
Autonomous vehicle companies may face car accident litigation, warn auto industry lawyersCar accident litigation usually turns on a driver’s alleged negligence. By contrast, a lawsuit involving automated technology could scrutinize whether the system had a design defect.
Apr 03, 2018
Global connected cars market can see shipments increase to up to 125 million by 2022: ReportThe connectivity platforms are offering various services while creating new revenue streams and bridging the gap to stay connected with the consumers.


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But some time ago, Boston-based Bevspot, a US bar management software and consultancy company, gathered data on brand demand from customers using its services to order beer, curious to see which were the top ‘Irish’ cities in the US based on the sales performance of Guinness amongst its users.
It aggregated 2016 and early 2017 on-trade beer order data from about 300 of its BevSpot users across 10 major metropolitan areas in the US to find that, in percentage of orders by value, Boston topped the list with the stout being responsible for 3.6% of all brand purchases.
New York followed this with a purchase percentage of 3.4%, ahead of Atlanta on 2.4%.
Then came Los Angeles on 2.1%, Chicago on 2%, Dallas on 1.9%, San Francisco on 1.7%, Washington DC on 1.4%, Houston on 1.1% and finally Miami on 0.3%.
“It’s not really surprising that Boston and New York top the city rankings in Guinness orders given the higher concentrations of people of Irish descent in these northeastern cities,”comments Bevspot’s Reggie Woo, “Guinness’s low performances in Miami and Houston also line up with expectations as they’ve some of the lowest urban concentrations of Irish-Americans in the country.
“It was also shocking to see how highly cities like Atlanta and Los Angeles ranked in Guinness orders, with almost 2.5% and just over 2.0% of beer orders respectively.
“Why is this the case? It might be that the national craft beer movement might not be as influential for our users in Atlanta and LA, allowing mass-market brands like Guinness to retain a significant foothold despite the lack of a local Irish population.
“The need of a well-rounded beer programme for a porter or stout could also explain this as there’s a general lack of craft porters and stouts in these markets to compete with Guinness.”


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Popular music production company Native Instruments has warned users to switch to macOS Big Sur that they could potentially damage their hardware, as this works to establish compatibility with the new version.
Big Sur was released yesterday, but a number of server crashes affected launch night, making it difficult for some to download. Music production software and hardware are notoriously vulnerable to new macOS updates, and Native Instruments has warned users that Big Sur is no exception.
In one support document the company said:
Apple has announced the release of macOS 11 (Big Sur) for November 12, 2020.
We are currently conducting systematic testing with the final version of macOS 11 (Big Sur) to provide full compatibility of our software and hardware products as soon as possible.
A table shows that many NI hardware and software is working with Big Sur, including TRAKTOR DJ 2 and PRO 3, as well as several of its TRAKTOR KONTROL units. However, there are some key issues that mean if you rely on NI for music production, or don’t want to risk damaging your hardware, you might want to expect Big Sur for now. From NI:
Using a TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 MK3 under macOS 11 (Big Sur) may cause malfunctions and potentially damaging your controller! We are working with Apple to find a solution to this problem.
The company further notes that the MASCHINE MK2 and MIKRO MK2 are causing high CPU spikes and are working to find a solution with Apple.
It also indicates that KOMPLETE AUDIO 1, KOMPLETE AUDIO 2, and KOMPLETE AUDIO 6 MK2 see similar peaks, as well as distortion with sample rates above 172kHz. A solution is under development, but NI recommends selecting large buffer sizes (2000 ms) to avoid this problem in the interim.
Finally, NI states that, as with macOS 10.15, Big Sur will signal the end of operability of some of its older hardware, including the MASCHINE MK1, MASCHINE MIKRO MK1, TRAKTOR AUDIO 2/4/8 DJ, TRAKTOR AUDIO 2 MK1 and TRAKTOR S2 / S4 / X1 MK1.
You can read the entire support update here.
In a separate document this week, NI has confirmed that its products are currently do not supported on computers with Apple silicon processors.
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Stay up-to-date on the top tech news and trends each week with our Friday Top 10 Tech. See something we missed? Tag @swebdevelopment on Facebook and Twitter! Here’s our top 10 for this week:
1. Facebook Expands Like Button To Include Reactions
Chances are you’ve already seen the new emoticon reactions popping up in your Facebook feed, but in case you haven’t here’s the lowdown.
2. Google Makes Voice Dictation Available In Google Docs
Whether you’re working on the next great American novel, or just jotting down your grocery list, Google Docs just made it easier with its new voice dictation feature.
3. YouTube Now Lets You Blur Any Part Of Your Video
Need to blur out that license plate number or a stranger’s face in your video? YouTube now offers an editing tool that lets you blur out any part of your video before you hit the final publish button.
4. Google’s Newest Robot Can Pick Itself Up Again
Google-owned Boston Dynamics released a video this week of the latest version of its humanoid robot, Atlas. The robot is impressively nimble walking through snow, and can even pick itself back up after being pushed over.
5. Siri is Coming To The Mac This Fall As Part Of OS X ‘Fuji’
According to sources, Siri is slated to appear in the next OS X update this fall. She’ll live on your menu bar and will be activated by clicking on the icon or saying the familiar “Hey Siri” to beckon the digital assistant.
6. White House Forms “Dream Team” To Combat ISIS On Social Media
In an effort to combat ISIS messaging on social media, the Obama Administration brought together top tech representatives from Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Snapchat, and MTV this week.
7. Instagram Announces 200,000 Active Monthly Advertisers
Instagram released its advertiser numbers this week and they’ve grown tremendously from just a few hundred last June.
8. Facebook Officially Launches Canvas Ads That Load Full-Screen Rich Media Pages In-App
Facebook loves keeping users inside Facebook, and they’ve just launched immersive ads that allow creative long form ads that load more quickly than outside websites.
9. WordPress Sites Now Support Google’s AMP To Make Mobile Pages Load Much Faster
Google has added Accelerated Mobile Pages to its search results which makes mobile pages load four times faster. WordPress is automatically providing AMP support for any WordPress.com site and self-hosted sites can enable AMP with a simple plugin.
10. Google Play’s New Dev Tools Make It Easier For Developers To Understand Users
Google Play has updated its Developer Console to allow developers to better analyze and manage ratings and reviews. Developers can now see how reviews change over time and easily spot changes when a new version of their app is released.
Read our Friday Top 10 Tech post on March 4, 2016.
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Electronics pioneer Sony (SNE) has wrestled through a multi-year effort to turn and hold profits.
Falling sales led to earnings declines of 33% in fiscal 2012 and 72% in 2013. Prior to Thursday's earnings, EPS were expected to drop 22% for the fiscal year ending in March, followed by a jarring 472% rebound forecast in the next fiscal year.
The company, based in the Minato section of Tokyo, reported Thursday the company gained $255 million in the quarter (vs. a year-ago loss). It also warned that its Vaio PC and television businesses would not be profitable, as pledged, for the fiscal year ending in March.
As a result, a company statement said Sony had agreed to sell its Vaio PC business to Japan Industrial Partners. Terms have not been worked out, but Sony is expected to conclude the deal by the end of March.
JIP will continue to support existing Vaio customers, but will concentrate on sales in the Japanese market. Sony will exit PC manufacturing after the spring launch of the company's new products.
The company also outlined plans to spin off its Bravia TV operations as a wholly owned subsidiary by July. The sale will free the company to further concentrate on digital imaging, gaming and mobile markets, set as the company's core business by Kazuo Hirai when he took the helm as president and chief executive in 2012.
Sony also said Thursday it will lay off an additional 5,000 workers by March 2015, raising to 15,000 its job cuts announced in the past year. The stock climbed 143% in the six months through May, then drifted down 34%.
Israel-based beverage device maker SodaStream (SODA) fell 10% in after-hours trading Wednesday on news that Coca-Cola (KO) and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) will team up to present a cold-drink-making system of their own.
When Thursday's session opened, SodaStream shares surged 9% in very heavy trade after a pair of analyst notes speculated the company could team in a similar deal with PepsiCo, Dr Pepper Snapple Group or Nestle.
Analysts also pointed out that the two companies are concentrated in different markets. SodaStream takes two-thirds of its revenue from Europe, while 85% of Green Mountain's revenue is U.S.-based.
SodaStream ended Thursday 49% below its June high, and well below key levels of support.


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Consumers still perceive tortillas and flatbreads to be healthier than regular breads. However, if you compare product labels side by side, in many cases the tortilla and flatbread options have more fat, salt and calories per serving than traditional bread products.
“Consumer perception of what they need for health and wellness has shifted over the years,” said Tim Grzebinski, client insights principal for dairy and bakery, IRI. “It’s not just considerations about calories and fat anymore. Consumers are opting for foods with higher protein, lower sugar and carbs, and free-from GMOs, additives and preservatives.”
Today’s shoppers are informed, and they read labels to better understand what is in their food. Simple, authentic, nutritious ingredients will remain a key priority for consumers.
“Whether or not a food is considered healthful depends on the individual,” said Eric Richard, education coordinator at the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association. “Highlighting the healthy ingredients versus promoting the whole product as more nutritious will more likely influence consumer interest.”
Clean and simple has been the focus at FGF Brands. Its Stonefire naan is made with an authentic recipe, including real buttermilk and ghee, so when baked in the patented tandoor tunnel ovens at high temperatures, it creates the signature bubble and chars of an authentic naan.
Producers would do well to innovate functionality. The use of alternative flours is becoming more prevalent. Tortilla producers have responded to the appeal of plant-based foods, outside of traditional grain, using options like almond, coconut, cauliflower and pea protein. With the right combination of taste, flavor, texture and performance, these products are doing well, Mr. Grzebinski noted.
[Related reading: Tortillas and flatbreads capitalize on other channels]
Parsippany, NJ-based B&G Foods expanded the Ortega brand lineup with taco shells and flour tortillas formulated with cauliflower. Ortega Cauliflower & Corn Taco Shells and Ortega Cauliflower & Flour Tortillas, paired with new Ortega Street Taco Sauces, respond to consumer needs for more fun and bold flavors.
Health claims posting strong dollar growth for tortillas include high fiber (+45.7%), low/less or no sugar (+53.9%), and low or no carbs (+38.8%), according to IRI. Gluten-free claims also boosted dollar growth 48.8% for tortillas, as corn tortillas are a low-calorie, low-fat option.
“Gluten-free drives corn tortilla sales,” said Natalie Bacani-Gutierrez, managing director, Tortillas Inc., Las Vegas. “At Tortillas Inc., we have always prided ourselves on the fact that we keep our products as simple and natural as possible. We have taken steps to make sure we are able to keep up with the trends, producing organic and products free from preservatives.”
Pita/flatbread products with gluten-free claims posted the most dollar growth at 39.2% with heart claims (+38.2%), 100% natural (+27%), and no artificial preservatives (+23.8%) claims also seeing significant growth, according to IRI.
“Consumers are getting smarter all the time, and they pay attention to labels and certifications,” said Harry Toufayan, founder and chief executive officer of Toufayan Bakeries. “We are naturally vegan, and some of our products are organic, such as our pita and wraps. We hope to create more ‘all natural’ products this year.”
This article is an excerpt from the February 2021 issue of Baking & Snack. To read the entire feature on tortillas & flatbreads, click here.


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This week, Japan agreed to ease import restrictions, allowing U.S. beef from cattle up to 30 months of age. Prior to the anticipated announcement, we spoke with Joel Haggard, the U.S. Meat Export Federation’s senior VP for the Asia-Pacific region, about the implications of expanded beef trade with Japan and the rest of the region.
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"Police knocked at our doors asking if we knew anything but sadly we just couldn't help."
Around 14 floral tributes together with the candles and two ornate lanterns were left at the spot on the side of the A47 where it is believed Nonita Karajevaite, 24, was pushed to her death in front of a car.
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He would like to hear from anyone who saw Miss Karajevaite and Mr Zaleskas, who worked at Fenmarc in March, as they walked barefoot along the grass verge of the busy A47 on what was one of the hottest days of the year.
Det Chief Insp Paul Durham, who is leading the inquiry, has issued an appeal for witnesses stating there was "sufficient cause for concern that this was more than just a tragic accident".
Another woman said: "The Lithuanian community is very close knit and you tend to find people keep themselves to themselves.
Neighbours of the Lithuanian couple, who lived in a bungalow in Church Road, Emneth, said they knew nothing about them and that they kept themselves to themselves.
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Apple sues Amazon over 'App Store' name
The inevitable arrives
Apple has sued Amazon.com, claiming the retail giant is using its "App Store" trademark without proper consent.
As reported by Bloomberg, Apple filed suit on March 18 seeking to prevent Amazon from using the app store name and to win unspecified damages.
"Amazon has begun improperly using Apple’s App Store mark in connection with Amazon’s mobile software developer program,” the complaint reads, according to Bloomberg. Steve Jobs and company filed for a trademark on "App Store" following the release of the iPhone 3G in the summer of 2008.
In September, word arrived that Amazon was planning an Android application marketplace called the "Appstore", designed to compete with Google's official Android Market. Developers pay $99 to join the program, and Amazon will take the standard 30 per cent of purchase prices. The rumor is that the store will open on Tuesday.
Unlike Google's marketplace, which lets developers list any application after paying a fee, Amazon's Appstore will be curated, just as Apple's iTunes App Store is.
Microsoft has filed a complaint against Apple's "App Store" trademark application, claiming the name is too generic. Naturally, Apple said otherwise, and Microsoft responded by arguing that Apple's filing used a font that was much too small. ®


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This was the result of the recent abandonment of a large batch of vegetables and other vegetables exported from Nigeria to the United States, on the grounds that they were not accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.
Recall that 10 months ago, the administration of pits exported to the United States was also rejected due to poor quality.
Until then, the European Union banned the export of dried beans from Nigeria in June 2015 on the grounds that the product contained a high level of pesticide, which is considered dangerous to human health.
The EU extended the ban in June 2016 for three years.
The ban, which is expected to expire by next year, not only affected the currency of the country, but also negatively affected the image of the country in the outside world.
The most recent discarded farm product is estimated to be in the area of more than N5m, includes: pumpkin leaf, water leaf, bitter leaf, local pear, garden eggs, leaf wrapping and others.
Although NAQS officials stated that the product was not rejected because of poor quality, but because they were not accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, they accused some exporters of evading due process.
The head of the NAQS inspection, South-Western zone, Dr. Moisei Adewumi, said at the international level that the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) requires that the movement of agricultural products or goods around the world should be free from pests.
“In this case, we have up to 41 International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM), which directs the movement of goods.
“When you ship goods outside the country, the international procedure is that it must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, that is, the health of the exported goods.
Any product not accompanied by a certificate is illegal.
“That’s why all these parties were returned to the country, because most of them were not accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.”
He noted that NAQS is trying to force exporters and people to come into business to know that they need to get a certificate when sending agricultural products outside of Nigeria.
“The certificate indicates the state of the goods.”
The station’s head, Ms Eze Veronica and Zonal Office-Scientist Dr. Daio Folorunso, accused some exporters of evading due process.
They noted that the refusal was caused by the similarity of the Nigerians with a view to reducing angles, “which is why most of these things shy away from verification.
After the closure of all procedures, we are forced to follow them to the exit point, where some of these events occur.
They tried to evade the inspection, but they did not know that they would be caught, and it happened.
The head of the NAQS department, Dr. Gozi Nwodo, who represented the Coordinating Director, Dr Vincent Issegbe, said that the agency is ready to help on the basis of its core mandate to promote international trade, and also helps farmers to succeed on the international market.
He led the Zobo market, which was exported to Mexico and other European countries, helped by NAQS, which for the first nine months of last year brought the country $ 23 million.
“This is part of the feedback on the work of NAQS for farmers, exporters and buyers.
You have to come to NAQS to get an education and get a guide for processing your products in accordance with international standards, “he said.


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BlackBerry is bringing development containers to connected automobiles with a hypervisor for its QNX operating system that separates non-safety applications from critical ones.
QNX, one of BlackBerry's main pillars for its software and Internet of Things strategy, is launching QNX Hypervisor 2.0. The hypervisor is based on QNX SDP 7.0, BlackBerry's 64-bit embedded operating system.
The general idea is that BlackBerry will enable developers to partition applications based on relation to safety and critical systems. These partitions could prove to be valuable as cars become increasingly connected and ultimately autonomous.
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QNX Hypervisor 2.0 creates containers to ensure that any breach in one auto application can be contained. For instance, an issue in the infotainment system wouldn't impact digital instruments with containers and application isolation.
Qualcomm Technologies is adopting QNX Hypervisor 2.0 for some of its digital cockpit applications. Qualcomm will use BlackBerry's hypervisor for its Snapdragon 820A automotive platform.