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Richard “Skip” LeFauve
President of General Motors University
LeFauve’s Choice: What’s My Legacy?
As president of General Motors’s Saturn Corp., Richard “Skip” LeFauve had worked for more than 10 years to overturn much of the conventional wisdom in his industry: Unions and management can’t work together; American automakers can’t compete with the Japanese; company decisions can’t be made by consensus. In late 1996, General Motors suggested that he leave Saturn to head up a new venture – GM University. LeFauve resisted the move.
Helping to create Saturn – from the plant’s team-driven environment to the brand’s funky, home-style ads – was a labor of love for LeFauve. But the offer of the university post triggered new reflection in LeFauve. Was there more to life than Saturn? “I got to talking to myself and thinking, ‘You’re not going to live forever. What’s more, they’re not going to put up with you forever. So, what if you created something that would last forever?’ ” LeFauve says. “If I really put a solid foundation under the university, it would be there long after I’m gone.”
The fourth time GM offered him the job, LeFauve accepted. Since March 1997, he’s applied the lessons he learned at Saturn to build one of the world’s most ambitious virtual universities. Leaders within GM are the teachers; union members, managers, and representatives from communities near GM plants are the students. LeFauve has no doubts about his choice. “I’ve had people come up to me, choked up about what the GM University experience has meant to them personally and professionally,” he says. “I’ve heard them use phrases like ‘life-changing event.’ “
Founder, Carver & Associates
Carver’s Choice: A Question of Values
When Joy Carver left her job as executive director of management development at Honeywell in 1991, she didn’t get more money or better benefits from her new employer. What she got was a promise that she would be allowed to take advantage of educational opportunities as they arose. That was incentive enough for her to accept a lateral move. Nine months after she relocated, she was invited to attend an elite two-week CEO retreat, all expenses paid. Her new company said no.
When Carver called the associate who had extended the invitation, she shared her shock and disappointment. “If I could, I would leave the company today,” she said. “How much are your expenses?” asked the associate, who was a friend of hers. “I’ll bridge you.” The offer jolted Carver into thinking about her options. If she did leave, what would she want to do?
Carver gave 30 days’ notice and went to the retreat in Colorado. Then she started her own consulting firm, Carver & Associates, which now does a thriving business offering team-building, leadership, and human-development programs to such companies as Citicorp and Coca-Cola. Even without her friend’s loan offer, Carver says she would have left her then-new employer. “It was not a big choice,” she says. “In my soul, I felt that I could no longer be with people who had broken such a big promise. I had to leave to do something that was more compatible with my values.”
Vice president of engineering, Cisco Systems
Bechtolsheim’s Choice: Fight or Sell?
In 1995, Andy Bechtolsheim, one of the original engineering geniuses behind Sun Microsystems, left to start his own company – Granite Systems. Its product: Gigabit Ethernet switching, which promised to be a relatively cheap way for companies to increase the volume of information they could send across internal computer networks. One year later, Bechtolsheim noticed that what had been a wide-open market was already filling up with agile, well-financed startups as well as large, established competitors. Should he bank his company’s future on the new product (which wasn’t ready to ship) or sell Granite to a big player while it was still worth something?
Granite had superior technology. It didn’t have time – time to establish sales channels or to expand its marketing “department” from one person to a real team. “The real question was whether there was a distinct-enough business opportunity – enough of one to base a new company on it?” Bechtolsheim says.
In late 1996, Bechtolsheim sold Granite to Cisco Systems and became a vice president of engineering. He might have made a different choice 15 years ago. “Then you had stodgy, traditional companies, and it was easier to compete against them,” he says. “Now any new startup competes with startups from the ’70s and ’80s, including Intel and Microsoft. The window of opportunity created by ignorant or conservative companies has shrunk.” In the end, Bechtolsheim’s decision was strictly business. “I don’t claim much intelligence here,” Bechtolsheim says. “I looked at the opportunity and the market reality, and the choice was crystal clear.”
Founder, Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Powell’s Choice: Stay or Go?
After spending almost 20 years at Intel, Casey Powell considered himself a company patriot and CEO Andy Grove a tough but important mentor. In the early 1980s, Grove put Powell, then general manager for microprocessor operations, in charge of a marketing campaign against Motorola. Although Powell felt he had things under control, Grove was disappointed. At an executive committee meeting, Grove humiliated Powell in a diatribe that Powell says was reminiscent of his days as a first-year plebe at the Merchant Marine Academy. Powell was furious, both at the outburst and at the politics that he believed had fueled it. But was the incident worth quitting over?
The last thing Powell wanted to do was make a decision that he’d regret later. He cooled off for a few months, assessing his options while focusing even harder on the marketing campaign. After filtering out his emotions, Powell realized his problems at Intel involved more than one bad meeting. “I was not in a winning situation,” he says. “I was giving a lot of myself in an area that didn’t seem to be appreciated, and I was being judged on several major programs that I knew would work but that others had doubts about.”
Powell decided that starting his own company was the right decision. He left Intel and founded Sequent Computer Systems, a technology company that now has annual revenues of almost $800 million. Powell feels he made the choice for good motives – not for revenge. Shortly before leaving Intel, he received a memo from Grove congratulating him on the successful completion of the marketing project. “I felt exonerated,” Powell says. “I didn’t want to get even with him. I did want his approval.”
Title Director of Cool Stuff Technology, Turner Broadcasting Sales Inc.
Pizzurro’s Choice: Freedom or Security?
It took Chris Pizzurro less than three years to turn his own multimedia marketing firm into Vision Media of NY Inc., a thriving company in which he had a 50% stake. Then he got a job offer from Turner Broadcasting Sales, one of his most lucrative clients.
The offer was enough to get Pizzurro to reassess his business and its future. The company needed $120,000 for additional computer equipment and staff. To generate that sum, he’d have to mortgage his house. “People said to me, ‘You have shares in your own company. How could you possibly throw that away?’ ” Pizzurro says. But he was spending nights worrying about finding new clients and rarely got home until after his two young children were asleep. “I knew the business would pay off big – three or four years down the line,” Pizzurro says. “The question was, Did I really want to invest the time and risk?”
Pizzuro took Turner’s offer and has led the company’s multimedia sales division for two years. He has no regrets. The decision wasn’t really about freedom or security, money or risk, he says. Trusting his emotions more than his business sense, Pizzurro realized that for him, spending time with his family was more important than any future stock payoff. His company was simply a vehicle for doing great creative work. At Turner, he has that opportunity – without the administrative hassle. “I never really wanted ‘freedom,’ ” Pizzurro says. “I just wanted to do quality work.”


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David Koch on whether you should get a credit card.
CREDIT card customers who fail to pay off their plastic in full have an array of single-digit cards to choose from as desperate lenders look to sign them up.
The nation’s plastic customers have racked up a whopping $52.3 billion in card debt and more $32.3 billion is accruing interest, but experts warn customers if they’re not paying off their card in full each month they need to zoom in on the rate they are paying.
Financial services firm Canstar’s database shows on non-rewards credit cards the variance on interest rates is huge — ranging anywhere from 7.99 per cent to 24.99 per cent — while the average card rate is 14.25 per cent.
It also found there are many cards with purchase rates below the 10 per cent mark and some have interest-free periods stretching out to 55 days.
This gives customers nearly eight weeks to pay off their card debt without being slugged interest.
One of the nation’s largest lender’s Westpac recently rolled out a new card, the Lite card, with a purchase rate of 9.9 per cent, but put the card limit at a low level of just $4000.
And rival lender ANZ earlier this year announced cuts to two credit card interest rate deals, a move banks rarely make, so it really does pay to look to see what new deals are available and if you can save.
But Canstar’s spokeswoman Belinda Williamson said that regardless of rates on a card, “if you can’t control credit and spend more than you would because you have plastic in the pocket no credit card is right for you.”
She said sticking with a debit card was the best option, but those who insist on paying interest for a credit card each month should hunt around for a cheaper rate.
“There are low rate credit cards with interest rates below 10 per cent,’’ Ms Williamson said.
“This is in stark contrast to flight rewards cards which typically have interest rates around 20 per cent.”
Westpac’s head of consumer finance Stephen Benton warns before signing up to a credit card consumers should ensure they can “afford to make a regular repayment.”
“The basic thing people should be considering when applying for a credit card is the purchase interest rate, which will apply if customers don’t pay off their balance in full before the interest free period ends,’’ he said.
“The second factor to consider are the fees and charges associated with the card and where possible we recommend avoiding making cash advances.”
This is where you withdraw cash from the credit card and pay interest from the moment you get your hands on the cash — these rates can be well above 20 per cent.
$3000 CREDIT CARD DEBT
(Opening balance of $3000, minimum repayment of 2.5 per cent or $20, whichever is the highest value and no annual fee.)
|Interest rate||7.99 per cent||24.99 per cent|
|Time to repay||9 years, 10 months||30 years, 8 months|
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It seems the British chef Heston Blumenthal has once again teamed up with the supermarket Waitrose to bring a new line of ready meals to the UK stores.
It was only last month that the chef launched a new range of lemon and earl grey tea gin at the supermarket and he has previously worked with them on a number of food projects including a range of desserts.
The new Dine-in with Heston range includes fish pie, lasagna, chili con carne, shepherd's pie and macaroni cheese all priced at £4.89, around $8.00. The chef has also created two sides of mash potato and carrots in caraway butter.
If they're anything like the chefs make at home recipes - especially his chili con carne - then they're sure to offer a tasty and quick meal when you're in a bit of a rush.


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According to reports, Apple is planning on using AI to help track your mood, while the Health app is finally moving to iPad.
Hello Fresh is not gluten free but there are a few gluten-free options include two with Gluten Intolerance Group certification.
Sumbul Desai, MD, Vice President of Health at Apple, joined Rene Ritchie for an interview about the company's focus on health.
Do you spend a lot of time on your feet? If so, an anti-fatigue mat might be just what you need.
Apple has today unveiled some big new changes to Health on its ecosystem, announced at WWDC 2021.
OPPO has rolled out its HeyTap Health companion app for iPhone and iPad, meaning you can now use the OPPO Watch and Band with an iOS device.
Apple has posted a new position to its career website that seeks to hire a senior cardiologist with experience in building health products.
These scales can track your weight, BMI, body fat, muscle mass, and more, then sync it all to your phone via Google Fit or Apple Health.
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The Nvidia GeForce RTX series brings real-time ray tracing, artificial intelligence, and programmable shading together for a new PC gaming experience.
The 2070 starts at $499, while the 2080 starts at $699, while the 2080 Ti starts at $999.
The new line hits in September with the GeForce RTX 2080 listed at $800 and the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti listed at $1,200, both for a Sept. 20 release. These new GPUs will also feature the standard NVIDIA features such as Showplay, VR support, 4K output, DirectX 12 support, G-Sync, HDR and many more. In short, ray tracing technology is capable of more realistic global illumination and accurate projections of ambient light, and affords the ability to efficiently calculate the reflections and light sources that exist outside of the screen space.
At $599, the Founders Edition of the GeForce RTX 2070 is a little more affordable, though Nvidia hasn't said when it'll release the card. Furthermore, the entire power delivery system has been rebuilt for GeForce RTX Founders Edition graphics cards, starting with the all-new 13-phase iMON DrMOS power supply.
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He also said that development is still in the early stages, and that sharing information too early could quote "cause issues". Google later said in June that it will not allow its artificial-intelligence products to be used in military weapons.
20 mln Dollars needed to reconstruct Ghazni public facilities: Afghan president
A suicide bomber targeted students in a Shiite neighbourhood of Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 48 young men and women. The Taliban attacked the city last Friday and briefly gained control of it, before losing most of the city in fighting.
As for those internals, HP has gone with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, along with Intel's 8th Gen Core i+ CPUs or AMD's 2nd Gen Ryzen CPUs.
To deliver record-breaking performance, the factory-overclocked GeForce RTX 2080 uses 225 Watts of power out of the box and tops out around 280 Watts for enthusiasts chasing ultimate overclocking performance. The Turing GPU architecture is the first generation of graphics card that offers real-time ray tracing performance, and evidently, the new technology has Nvidia's board partners excited. And Alienware just took the wraps off its new gaming desktops that will make use of Nvidia's brand new GPUs. All cards are tested by NVIDIA to ensure they run at the state clock speeds and are backed by a 3-year warranty. The tech creates cinematic renderings for video games.
Aside from games, Nvidia says its new RTX platform has major impacts on other things, including autonomous driving, medicine and machine learning. These cards have the same port cluster as the Gaming X Trio series cards, but they don't have the beefed-up power delivery.


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The European Commission (EC) has put the brakes on Project Oscar, a mobile payments standard proposed by the four largest UK carriers. Conceived by O2, Vodafone, and Everything Everywhere (a joint venture between Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom which consists of the Orange and T-Mobile networks), Project Oscar aims to develop a single standard for payments over all the companies networks, as well as providing a framework for advertisers, retailers and banks to launch services from. The coalition gave the EC its required notification early last month, but the commission has announced it is to launch a formal in-depth investigation that may take many months. All four carriers are also reportedly involved in an enquiry into collusion between the five largest carriers in Europe that started last month.
The EC's issues are related to competition or, more accurately, the lack of competition that the standard would allow. Stephen Lerner, the regulatory director for Three, the other mainstream non-virtual carrier in the UK, said that Project Oscar was "akin to a joint-selling arrangement", and would lead to the big four "controlling and selling access to over 90 percent of UK mobile subscribers." He added that the coalition wants to "foreclose the market to third parties and do away with the inconvenience of competing with each other." Three is not part of the proposal and has a relatively small marketshare at around 10 percent.
According to The Telegraph, Google is also unhappy about the carriers pushing it out of the market — the search giant recently began piloting its Google Wallet payment system in the UK, but has not yet set a date for the service to launch. The EC now has until August 27th to decide whether or not to allow to allow Project Oscar to commence as proposed.


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Christian Lee, the newly appointed CFO of Transfix, says it’s important to build a resilient environment not only for shippers but for carrier partners as well.
“Working with Transfix has to be an experience that’s better for carriers and it has to allow them to both make more money but in a way that is more sustainable for them,” Lee told FreightWaves. “It is the DNA of the company that this wasn’t going to work unless it worked for carriers.”
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Transfix, a transportation solutions provider, backed this up with its announcement Wednesday that it is partnering with carrier payment platform TriumphPay.
TriumphPay, a division of Triumph Bancorp (NASDAQ:TBK), works with carriers to create a seamless process of obtaining load paperwork, processing and billing their shipping partners.
With its newest acquisition of Hubtran, a cloud-based automation software for the transportation industry, carriers have grown to trust TriumphPay to manage and automate their accounting and back-office needs efficiently with its number of integrations with factoring companies and freight brokers.
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Under the new partnerships, the tens of thousands of carriers within Transfix’s network will be able to submit invoices to the company, upload paperwork and view the status of their payments within one online platform.
The partnership will also allow Transfix to continue to grow its carrier network, onboarding carriers within the TriumphPay network without the carrier having to change its current invoice process.
“We are delighted to be partnering with Transfix to enhance carriers’ payment needs,” said Jordan Graft, the executive vice president of TriumphPay, in the release. “By working closely with the Transfix team, we’re now offering carriers a hassle-free way to receive instant payment status updates at their fingertips.”
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a India Approved a $10 billion stimulus plan to attract semiconductor and screen makers, the minister said Technology The country on Wednesday as part of the country’s efforts to establish itself as a global electronics manufacturing hub.
Israeli Tower Semiconductor, Foxconn, manufactures the products of Joe Apple, and a union headquartered at Singapore A government source said that India has shown interest in setting up semiconductor manufacturing units. Reuters,
The source said the Vedanta group wants to develop the monitor in India as well.
Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnav told reporters that New Delhi has also passed a Design-Linked Incentive Scheme (DLI) to encourage 100 local companies to develop semiconductors for integrated circuits and chipsets.
“…Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) took a historic decision today, which will help develop the entire semiconductor ecosystem in the country from semiconductor chip design to manufacturing, packaging and testing,” Vaishnav said.
The Tata Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates, is also getting into business and is in talks to invest up to $300 million with three Indian states to set up semiconductor testing and assembly facilities.
India, the world’s second largest smartphone maker, announced the plan at a time when carmakers and business Technology companies are facing problems due to the global shortage of electronic components.


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Disney plans to get scary with Guillermo del Toro.
At the first D23 fan confab in Anaheim on Friday, Mouse House unveiled plans for the helmer to launch toon label Double Dare You that will produce darker animated films meant to thrill audiences.
Move can be viewed as yet another way for Disney to try to lure males to the company’s projects and pairs up with its recent takeover of Marvel.
Del Toro will produce all the pics the new label makes and also step in to direct several of the titles.
“As a director, I love to take audiences into fantastic new worlds and provide them with some anxious moments in the process,” del Toro said. “It is part of the Disney canon to create thrilling, unforgettable moments and villains in all their classic films.”
First pic will be “Trollhunters,” based on an original story from the helmer. The pics will all be tied together by “one feature that shall remain secret, but that you shall soon be very familiar with,” del Toro said in a video played at the convention.
Walt Disney chairman Dick Cook said del Toro’s “appreciation for Disney films” and his ability to create fantasy worlds presented an opportunity for the company to “explore a whole new genre of filmmaking.”


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Google is expected to launch several new Pixel-branded smartphones this year, and over the past month or so we’ve seen signs in the Android Open Source code suggesting that there may be three models on the way, code-named Walleye, Muskie, and Taimen.
That’s not exactly a huge surprise. The original Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones shipped with Snapdragon 821 chips, which were the most powerful Qualcomm processors available at the time. This year’s top Qualcomm chip is the Snapdragon 835, which is the processor that powers the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Xiaomi Mi6 as well as several other upcoming phones.
We don’t know much else about the new phones yet… or even if they’re all phones. While Droid Life’s sources say Taimen will be a big-screened phone, it’s unclear why Google would launch three Pixel phones this year, so it’s possible that there could be two phones and a tablet… or something.


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A pet shop owner, who lost his market premises after 32 years, has moved into a new store.
Pet Supplies Direct owner Nigel Cain was served an eviction notice by Farnworth Market Precinct landlords over three months ago, the Bolton News reported. The notification came ahead of plans to demolish the site, before it is sold to Bolton Council in a multi-million pound deal. He has now moved into a unit in nearby Brackley Street.
Nigel told the News: “The response since I moved in… has been absolutely fantastic. I couldn’t ask for more.
“Everybody’s been so positive. There’s been hundreds of people commenting saying nice things on Facebook. It’s lovely. You can’t buy that.
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“It had already been refurbished to a degree so I’ve just had to put my own stamp on it.
“It’s still a work in progress but the main thing was to get in here and trade. We’re just tweaking it as we’re going along but everything’s on track.”
The new store is Nigel’s fourth within a 50-yard area; his previous three were all in the market precinct.
He said: “The truth of the matter is I had no choice. I probably would have stayed in the old premises given the choice but it so far it seems like some positive can come out of the move.
“The real truth is the operating costs are greater so I do need a bigger customer base. That stands to reason. However, I want to thank everyone that’s helped me so far in getting here.”


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As coronavirus cases surge, top U.K. health official says people "relaxed too much"
Tuesday, 8 September 2020 () There were nearly 3,000 daily coronavirus cases recorded in Britain on Monday and Tuesday, up from between 1,400 to 1,700 daily cases over the previous week. CBS News' Haley Ott reports from London.
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Supporters of the animal welfare organisation Peta have demonstrated outsideSomerset House in central London, protesting against the killing of animals tomake shoes and bags, at London Fashion Week. It comes as the charity claimsthat conservation experts warn that the trade in exotic skins risks fuellingthe spread of diseases like Covid-19. British brands such as Mulberry,Victoria Beckham, and Vivienne Westwood are all free from exotic skins, whilea few labels, such as Burberry, continue to use them.
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Towards Industry 4.0 - is the motto of the upcoming edition of the Innovations-Technologies-Machines ITM Poland, which will be held in Poznań 4-7 June 2019. ITM Poland is the key exhibition in Central and Eastern Europe where the offerings of the Polish and global industries, whose products and services are in line with the idea of Industry 4.0, will be presented. It is a major venue for meetings and exchange of technological experiences for leaders in the innovation sector. World-class exhibitors, professionals in the field of production automation, metallurgy and metalworking, modern machines and technologies, an abundance of accompanying events and a unique atmosphere - all of these make the June trade show a mandatory entry in the calendar for companies seeking innovation and optimized solutions in line with the fourth industrial revolution.
The exhibition is divided into seven thematic showrooms: MACH-TOOL (machine tools and tools), METALFORUM (metallurgy, foundry and metal industry), HAPE (hydraulics, pneumatics and drives), SURFEX (surface treatment technology), WELDING, OHS - showroom of occupational safety in industry and Science for the economy. These showrooms will house all the latest developments and a wide range of solutions in key industry branches that are developing in Poland.
The 2018 edition of ITM Poland was record-breaking - 1,000 exhibitors from 28 countries showcased their products on 25,000 m2 of exhibition space located in 10 exhibition halls, which were visited by a total of 17,090 professionals from the industrial sector throughout the four days.
Whilst the industrial production sector is one of the factors driving the development of the Polish economy, the output level is constantly growing. The offers showcased at ITM Poland will enable companies to develop even faster and gain a unique competitive advantage based on the latest technologies.
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BT is to convert payphones into digital hubs in more than 200 towns and cities across the UK.
The telecoms company has formed a 10-year partnership with outdoor media company Global to upgrade up to 2,000 conventional BT payphones and kiosks into Street Hubs, starting in 2025. Street Hubs are digital units that provide public Wi-Fi and hyper-local advertising — with some also extending EE’s mobile network capability to provide 4G and 5G connectivity.
Global will continue to manage BT’s 959 existing Street Hubs, and BT will continue to provide mobile and Wi-Fi connectivity to the units.
The modern Street Hub 2 units provide secure connectivity at speeds of up to 1Gbps within a 150-metre radius, as well as a dedicated 999 calling button, USBs for free device charging, and touch-screen tablets displaying real-time public information. They also feature large screens to open up digital, street-level advertising for businesses.
“BT’s payphones have long been an iconic feature on the UK’s streets — and with the way we all communicate changing, today’s announcement marks a further step into the future,” said Bas Burger, chief executive of BT’s business unit. “There are already almost 1,000 modern digital Street Hubs bringing communication benefits to local communities across the UK. By bringing together BT’s rock-solid connectivity with Global’s unrivalled expertise in out-of-home advertising, we can almost triple this number over the next decade.”


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Retailers are turning to ever more devious ways of attracting customers to their stores. As economic gloom worsens and amid news that TESCO is to socially engineer the UK even further by selling nice food to nice people in nice southern areas and value food lines to the scum in the north. A tweeter has drawn our attention to Waitrose which has today adopted an even more agressive tactic of simply hurling abuse and profanity at its customers from within in an effort to enhance market share.
Is this a step too far in abuse of Class 12 of the deemed consent rules? Should we be re-examining all our retail impact assessments to ensure they robustly take account of this evidently new sector of the market?
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Amberley Labels, Coveris Group
Amberley Labels, part of Coveris’ packaging group, has recently begun implementing Siteline for Label Traxx at its Blandford site, enhancing its customer service capabilities.
The early stages of Siteline’s implementation have already garnered positive feedback from Amberley’s customers, appreciating the immediate, round-the-clock access to a wealth of information.
Company Name: Amberley Labels
Customer: David Richards, managing director for Amberley Labels
“Customers that have received demos have all said what a great system Siteline is.”
- Managing complex cosmetic projects that last up to 24 months
- Being able to respond to customer demands out of office hours
- High burden on customer service staff through increasing order volumes and order complexity
- Chasing artwork proof approvals
- Implementing Siteline has given customer service a tool to collaborate with customers on projects
- Siteline gives customers access to their account data 24/7
- Customers can order repeat projects through the Siteline web portal
- Siteline job tickets drop straight into the MIS ready for scheduling
Coveris is one of Europe’s leading packaging companies, with more than 800 million euro in annual sales and over 4,500 customers. The company employs more than 4,100 people throughout its 26 production facilities, and is divided into three business units – Films, Flexibles and Labels & Board.
Amberley Labels is part of Coveris’ pan-European packaging group, and its luxury product offering has recently been extended to offer multiple print and embellishment technologies at its twin Blandford and Boston (UK) sites. Continued investment in production technologies has established the Blandford site as a leader in digital print, achieving multiple award wins, industry accolades and some of the world’s most iconic brand campaigns.
Amberley’s Blandford site is primarily focused on digital printing, supported by three HP Indigo presses. All of these HP presses offer inline priming along with specialty inks, and can cover the widest of color gamut design requirements as demanded by the markets the company serves. These markets include cosmetics, health and personal care, and other premium sectors in beverage and consumer goods, among others. In addition, Amberley Labels has been a longtime supplier to the artist paints industry, where color matching of specific colors is absolutely critical.
At Amberley Labels’ Blandford facility, the company has begun implementing the new Siteline ordering module from Label Traxx for enhancing its customer service capabilities. The move to Siteline has allowed Amberley to provide its customers with a new level of customer service.
The Siteline web interface was created by Label Traxx in response to label buyer demands for online access to product information and ordering 24 hours a day. Siteline allows for self-service access for label customers to data about orders, labels and artwork. It also allows customers the ability to perform the simple functions themselves – place reorders, check order status, look at past invoices, packing slips and estimates. With Siteline, label buyers can easily place repeat orders via a computer, phone or tablet, and the jobs then automatically load into their Label Traxx MIS system awaiting scheduling.
“We wanted our customers to have full access to all their product specifications, order history and the Siteline collaboration tools,” explains David Richards, managing director for Amberley Labels. “This is critical for the cosmetics industry where long project timings of 18-24 months result in extensive data, which could otherwise be lost in phone calls and emails. The ability to order online for all customers at all times was a real advantage when making this decision, as we work with many smaller start-up brands with limited procurement resources. The ability to order on your PC, Mac, tablet, IOS or Android from anywhere in the world is a competitive edge for us without doubt.”
Chris Spooner, business development manager, Label Traxx, says, “End users want to move at a pace that is convenient for them. This means they may want to place orders after hours, check inventory levels from their mobile devices, and approve proofs while they are traveling. You cannot afford to burden your customers with having to communicate directly with your customer service staff to get anything done.
“Your customers are on the move and are using their mobile devices as their primary way of connecting online,” adds Spooner. “They are no longer tied to desks and are working at all hours from all places. They want to be able to access information about their orders, their label products and their artwork, at all times, from their mobile.”
Amberley Labels is still in the early stages of implementation at its Blandford site, and the company’s customers are already enjoying the benefits. Richards says, “While we enjoy the daily contact with our customers, there are times in their busy lives where they need information and need it now. Siteline allows immediate access 24/7 to capture information about the range of specifications we hold for our customers, without the need for additional software/hardware upgrades.”
According to Richards, a huge benefit of Siteline is how it allows Amberley Labels’ customers the ability to view a “customer version” of Amberley’s own Labeltraxx MIS. “This allows our team to talk about Siteline with confidence, as they know it’s simply a portal into the system they know and use every single day. This, in turn, gives confidence to our customers – knowing that we have a team of experts on hand to support them when increasing their use of our new site, which we have branded as ‘Amberley Online.’”
Richards continues, “If you have modified your own internal processes over the years and how you use Label Traxx, then there may be times where you need to amend your own practices to ensure the customers using Siteline make the most of the information available to them. The Siteline team has created a portal that assumes best practices when using Label Traxx, but we all have to admit that in our daily work actions, everyone creates the odd ‘workaround’ here and there, but this can mean the data customers can access is limited.”
All new Blandford customers of Amberley’s are being invited to have access to Amberley Online, which serves as a huge benefit to both Amberley Labels and any start-up business. “Our next stage will be to implement the artwork approval module, then to include further automation via our workflows to deliver customer-approved files directly to press,” Richards says.
User feedback from Amberley customers regarding Siteline has been glowing, Richards says. He adds, “Customers that have received demos have all said what a great system this is, and we have received nothing but positivity. Our customer service team is also seeing huge benefits, but I also appreciate that entering our own orders for over 40 years to a system where customers will place them themselves will require time to adapt, but I am fortunate enough to have a dedicated, award-winning customer service team, who I know will take on this new approach with open arms and sell it to our customers for mutual benefit.”
While Amberley Labels began its rollout of Siteline earlier this year, amid the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Richards notes that Siteline could be a valuable tool when unforeseen circumstances arise. He says, “We were still rolling this out at the time in which the pandemic impacted most, however this would have been the perfect system for us during this time as our customers would continue to have access, regardless of the new circumstances brought on by the pandemic.”
Label Traxx’s Spooner concludes, “E-commerce is expected to ramp up in all aspects of modern life and a label printing business should be no different. Speed to market is key for any brand, and converters should be looking at how they can support their customers. Siteline gives them the buying experience they expect from a modern business and reduces the amount of time between initial enquiry and the order being printed in production. It’s also the ultimate sales tool for reps to offer to new prospects.”
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When COVID-19 is finally under an acceptable level of control – a question being what is the acceptable level? The food sector will be left with some rather large questions to answer in terms of food security.
We have evolved the system, especially on the livestock side of things, to a few very large processors, and when something goes wrong as even one or two such plants, the system is left reeling, and the consumer is left with jumping food prices.
From the consumer perspective the situation is a bad one since rising prices during a crisis such as COVID-19 is the last thing they want to endure. Many people are laid-off, or on reduced hours, so money becomes tight, and higher food prices simply compound the problem for families.
At the other end of the food chain is the producer with markets hammered because large scale production units are shut down.
Making the situation worse is that we have increasingly handed food processing to other countries over the years, particularly the United States.
While Canada may have done a rather admirable job in general in ‘flattening the curve’ of the current COVID-19 pandemic, news reports out of the U.S. suggest the situation there is far from under control.
From comments by President Donald Trump to a number of state governors, to the reaction of segments of the population taking to the streets armed better than soldiers headed to war, the COVID-19 situation is basically running amok down there. That is troubling for Canadians given the long shared border that a disease can come across, to the impact it can have on access to food for our tables.
There is at least some social media chatter about the need to focus more on buying Canadian, more as a backlash against China for its dispute with this country, but at least it speaks to thinking more about what we as consumers buy when we hit the stores.
Of course for many industries the ship has long ago sailed in terms of domestic production and it won’t be coming back.
Whether we should have allowed the export of as much food production as we have is a question economists and historians can debate, but the reality now is that it can impact what is in stores and how much it costs. Should the American situation blow up to the extent some have forecast, we may find out just how significant the impact can be.
That said, we can’t be too upset at the situation as many have lobbied for the supply-managed sectors of dairy and poultry to be bargained away, and of course being a largely exporting nation when it comes to agricultural production we need access to markets above all.
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According to the analysts at Sea-Intelligence, roughly 12.5% of the global container shipping capacity has been caught up in delays, while normalcy is expected by the end of 2022.
Sea-Intelligence reported that in August this year 3.1 million TEU, or 12.5% of shipping capacity was out of service due to delays, using data from its Global Liner Performance (GLP) and Trade Capacity Outlook (TCO) databases, comparing to a previous high of 11.3% in February, which fell down to 8.8% in April.
Alan Murphy, CEO, Sea-Intelligence mentioned this was no different than removing a fleet slightly larger than either CMA CGM or Cosco, the 3rd and 4th largest container lines respectively.
Keeping the near future in consideration, the current boost in new building orders will make little difference for two to three years until deliveries start to filter into the fleet on a large scale.
Delays off the U.S. West Coast made 63 containerships waiting to enter the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as of Tuesday, which was nearly double the number the two ports can handle at any one time. Taking the past congestion in Southern California into consideration, Sea-Intelligence estimated it could take till April 2022 to resume normal operations.
But again, congestion and delays are no longer limited to the U.S. West Coast and are slowly becoming a global problem. The normalization of the worldwide container shipping supply chain will take much longer.
Murphy remarked, “Therefore, with the current operational challenges, it appears that a realistic timeframe for the reversal to full normality stretches at least to the end of 2022.”


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Enron and a major investment bank, UBS Warburg, have a date with a federal court in New York Friday to seek approval of their plan to help rescue the bankrupt company, reports said. The deal calls for UBS Warburg to acquire, at no upfront cost, Enron's energy trading business. For two years, Enron and its creditors will be paid one-third of pretax profits on trades. After three years, UBS Warburg may opt to begin buying out Enron's stake in the business. UBS Warburg, a division of Swiss financial giant UBS AG, outbid Citigroup of the US, a major Enron creditor, for the trading business in a court-sponsored auction last week. The deal also calls for UBS Warburg to assume none of Enron's debt. (Related stories, pages 1, 5.)
The heaviest sanctions in the history of the World Trade Organization - up to $4 billion - could be imposed against the US depending on how the former chooses to implement the tax ruling it issued Monday, reports said. The decision, long sought by the European Union, found that the US policy of allowing Microsoft, Boeing, Eastman Kodak, and other exporters to exempt 30 percent of income earned overseas constitutes an illegal subsidy. Unless the policy is ended, which the Bush administration has not said it is prepared to do, the ruling opens the way for the EU to impose the sanctions beginning in April. The Financial Times reported, however, that the WTO is unlikely to agree to the full $4 billion sought by the Europeans.
Dollar General Corp., a mass discount retailer that operates in Wal-Mart's shadow, announced it would pay $162 million to settle lawsuits filed by its shareholders related to overstated profits. Company officials said an internal investigation of accounting irregularities found the overstatement, between 1998 and 2000, amounted to about $100 million. The company is based in Goodlettsville, Tenn., and operates about 5,400 stores in 27 states.
Another 4,000 jobs will be cut by deeply indebted tele-communications equipment maker Marconi PLC, the company said, citing a "still very difficult outlook." The struggling London-based company warned last summer that the move was likely. It already has laid off 30,000 employees since the start of its current fiscal year and ousted several senior executives as sales fell and debt swelled to more than $6 billion.


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Two days after Tesla delivered a record $312 million profit for the third quarter that far outstripped analysts’ expectations, the electric-car maker that’s had more than its share of drama this year is contending with a new headache: a federal probe into whether it broke the law by misstating Model 3 production goals.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reviewing public statements by the Palo Alto, California-based company dating back to early 2017 to determine if it misled investors based on what it said regarding its ability to produce the Model 3, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. The company’s better-than-expected quarterly profit was driven by that car, but it took half a year longer than CEO Elon Musk had predicted to reach a production pace of 5,000 Model 3s per week.
Tesla confirmed in an e-mailed statement that earlier this year it received “a voluntary request for documents from the Department of Justice about its public guidance for the Model 3 ramp and we were cooperative in responding to it. We have not received a subpoena, a request for testimony, or any other formal process, and there have been no additional document requests about this from the Department of Justice for months.”
Musk had said early last year that production of Model 3, currently priced from $46,000, would reach 5,000 units per week in 2017’s fourth quarter, and reiterated that target in July 2017 after production of it began in Fremont, California. In fact, the company built only about 2,700 of the cars last year. Although it has reached the 5,000 a week rate intermittently since this year’s second half, Tesla said in its results letter to shareholders that production averaged 4,300 units a week in the third quarter.
Former Tesla employees have been contacted by FBI agents seeking their testimony in a criminal case, the report said. The pace of activity in the investigation, which is led by the U.S. attorney’s office in San Francisco, intensified after Musk and Tesla settled a dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission stemming from his tweets in August about taking Tesla private, the report said.
The SEC had sued the billionaire for comments the regulator viewed as share price manipulation. As part of a settlement concluded this month, Musk agreed to step down as Tesla’s chairman, a position he assumed long before becoming its CEO, and pay a $20 million fine to settle the matter. Tesla also must pay a further $20 million and add two independent directors to its board.
Tesla shares surged 15%, or by $42.40, to $330.90 in the days following its surprise quarterly results. The stock was down less than 1% in after-hours trading following the WSJ story.
Tesla defended its past statements, and that its “philosophy has always been to set truthful targets—not sandbagged targets that we would definitely exceed and not unrealistic targets that we could never meet.”
“When we started the Model 3 production ramp, we were transparent about how difficult it would be, openly explaining that we would only be able to go as fast as our least lucky or least successful supplier and that we were entering ‘production hell,’” the company said. “Ultimately, given difficulties that we did not foresee in this first-of-its-kind production ramp, it took us six months longer than we expected to meet our 5,000 unit per week guidance.”


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Bitcoin rally: RBI again warns users of risks, says huge recent volatility increases possibility of lossesExchange platforms on which the Bitcoins are traded are set up in various jurisdictions whose legal status is also unclear.
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Lead developer quits Bitcoin claiming 'it has failed'Bitcoin slid by 10 percent on Friday after one of its lead developers, Mike Hearn, said in a blogpost that he was ending his involvement with the cryptocurrency and selling all of his remaining holdings because it had "failed".


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HOUSTON — We're in the home stretch of the KHOU 11 Secret Santa Toy Drive, so it's only natural that we called in some extra horsepower Saturday morning!
Dozens of classic cars lined up at the KHOU 11 studios to help those in need. It's the eighth year in a row we've partnered with Bobby Jenkins, the organizer of the Classic Car Toy Drive.
For more than two decades we’ve helped make Christmas brighter for tens of thousands of families through our Secret Santa Toy Drive. Last year alone we assisted 5,352 families, and the need for holiday assistance is even greater this year.
The Secret Santa Toy Drive benefits the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program which provides Christmas assistance to disadvantaged children. Due to the high costs of goods and services, many families are struggling to make ends meet. Therefore, making it difficult for them to provide gifts for their children this holiday season.
How You Can Donate
Now through December 3, you can be a Secret Santa to a child in need by donating new, unwrapped toys at participating sponsor locations found on the map below.
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Private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners has closed on its sixth fund at $1.3 billion.
The San Francisco-based firm specializes in investments in high-growth, middle-market branded consumer firms. So far in the personal care space, it has made investments in beauty and skin care firms Smashbox Cosmetics, Elf Cosmetics and Perricone MD Cosmeceuticals, as well as nail care brand Cutex. It also has made investments in premium hair care brands Alterna, Kenra and Pureology. TSG acquired Sexy Hair Concepts in May. The firm sold its minority stake in Smashbox to The Estée Lauder Cos. Inc. in 2010, and its stake in Pureology to L’Oréal in 2007.
With the new fund, Jamie O’Hara, managing director, said TSG will also eye investment opportunities in fashion and apparel. “We’ve looked at many fashion and apparel firms over the last several years, and we are actively looking at opportunities in those segments,” he said.
According to O’Hara, the firm was able to complete fund-raising in 60 days from the time it issued its private placement memorandum.
“The vast majority of investors are [repeat] investors who re-upped at often higher levels in the new fund. We also added a select group of international and U.S.-based institutional investors,” O’Hara said, noting that an attractive investment criteria is that the TSG funds create returns through growth versus leverage.
The TSG team members are primarily marketing strategists who help brands and partner companies focus on strategic growth options, whether new products or channels of distribution, and ensure that the firms have the capital structure to follow-through on those initiatives, O’Hara explained.


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J.C. Penney Co Inc. is heading back to school with an aggressive campaign largely built around digital and social media and mobile marketing.
For the first time, the department store chain will use haul videos in which consumers assess product, and mobile iAds, signaling Penney’s determination to capture a bigger share of the youth market. This year, on a monthly basis, Penney’s has been lagging its prime competitors, Macy’s and Kohl’s.
“Back-to-school is very important,” said Mike Boylson, Penney’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer. “It’s destination shopping and malls are the destination. It’s when a lot of our key categories peak. Denim, juniors, young men’s, children’s, footwear, lingerie and home all have big peaks in August. This year, we will fight tooth and nail for market share. We are spending a lot more on nontraditional marketing.”
Digital is a larger percentage of the total spend, which Boylson declined to disclose. It includes search, social, mobile, targeted display, jcp.com and a number of new initiatives, including so-called hauls in which consumers critique Penney’s merchandise on jcp.com and Penney’s Facebook page.
“Hauls is the next evolution,” Boylson said. “They’re starting to replace bloggers.”
They average 10 minutes in length and Penney’s is using six haulers, who were each given two $500 gift certificates and complete freedom to say what they want, except if the language is inappropriate. Penney’s b-t-s marketing starts today and continues through Labor Day.
“We still have traditional media going,” Boylson said, including newspaper inserts, direct mail and the jcpenney rewards program.
Penney’s is also joining seventeen.com later this month with live video and computer-generated visualization that allows teens to digitally try on merchandise, show it to their friends and click and buy it.
The b-t-s slogan is “New Look. New Year. Who Knew?” It is a variation of the current slogan, “New Look, New Day, Who Knew?”
On the more conventional side, Penney’s will run 30-second and 60-second spots preceding PG and PG-13 movies in about half the theaters in the U.S. The spots depict students taking over school picture day with their own fashion shoot. The concept continues in print ads in Teen Vogue, Seventeen and People StyleWatch. There also will be a sweepstakes for tickets to a Jonas Brothers concert, a meeting with the band and a $100 gift card.
The campaign, created with Saatchi & Saatchi New York and Razorfish, will highlight Penney’s private, exclusive and national brands, such as Arizona, Levi’s, Decree, City Streets, RS by Sheckler, Olsenboye, Rusty, Vans, Ditch Plains and Converse as well as new brands this season — Uproar, Supergirl by Nastia and Zoo York.
The company will showcase its exclusive brands via the Supergirl JAM sports competition, the Dew Tour sports competition, the Miss Universe contest and Premios Juventud, the Hispanic music awards show in the U.S. During an International Secret Agents concert, Penney’s will host an online contest giving teens an opportunity to upload a video to YouTube to showcase their talents. The most-talented performer — chosen through popular vote — will be awarded a Penney’s gift card and an opportunity to perform at ISA concerts in Los Angeles and New York.
“These collections continue to build on that vision, empowering differently abled adults to express themselves through fashion,” said @tommyhilfiger of his line of adaptive apparel, which launches today. The line consists of 37 men’s and 34 women’s styles based upon the pieces from the spring Tommy Hilfiger sportswear collection. #wwdnews
“Stranger Things” is getting a new cast member for season 2. Meet @sadiesink_, the 15-year-old who will be joining the Netflix series for its new season. You may recognize her from “The Glass Castle” with Brie Larson and Woody Harrelson, but the Texas native’s next role goes in an entirely different direction. She describes her character, Max, as “a rough and tumble skater girl [who] becomes friends with the boys at school.” The second season debuts on October 27. (📷: @jgreenery) #wwdeye
Amid the Harvey Weinstein controversy, there’s another sector that’s being put under the spotlight for sexual abuse: the modeling industry. While rumors about abuse and sexual harassment of female and male models — and the photographers, agents and others who perpetrated it — have circulated within the fashion world for years, model @cameronrussell started posting stories from models on Instagram last week about abusive situations they’ve encountered — from sexual harassment and molestation to attempted rape. Over 75 have weighed in so far. Read more on WWD.com. Link in bio. #wwdnews
To celebrate its 16th anniversary, @dylanscandybar tapped designers and celebrities to create mosaics out of candy. The mosaics will be auctioned off to support the philanthropic cause of each participant’s choice. Pictured here is the mural created by @aliceandolivia's Stacey Bendet. For a first look at some of the other artwork being unveiled tonight, go to WWD.com. #wwdeye
The annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Pacific Palisades this weekend drew Kate Hudson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Laura Dern and more. See pictures of the star-studded event on WWD.com. (📷: @chelsealaurenla) #wwdeye
In his new book “Hollywood Royale,” Andy Warhol’s Protégé Matthew Rolston celebrates the Eighties revival of Hollywood glamour. Featuring more than 100 portraits taken by Rolston from 1977 to 1993, the book contains photos of icons like Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and @drewbarrymore, pictured here in 1991. “Hollywood Royale,” out today, will be accompanied by an exhibition opening at Los Angeles’ Fahey/Klein Gallery on March 1. #wwdeye
"Nowadays when life is not so happy with everything going on in the world, I think people come to me for a little bit of whimsy and color and fun." - Designer Rebecca De Ravenel on her cult-favorite jewelry line. (📸 : @vsteves) #wwd40
“Everyone is talking about how the retail industry is struggling, but I think it’s an incredible time because brands who are doing something different and innovative are setting themselves up for the future,” said @adamgoldston, who founded the luxury athletic brand @apl with his brother @ryangoldsten. The Goldston’s are part of WWD’s 40 under 40: a group of industry notables. See the rest of the list on WWD.com. (📷: @vsteves) #wwd40
@eyeswoon blogger Athena Calderone debuted her first-ever cookbook, “Cook Beautiful,” which is heavily centered on the presentation and visual expression of food. Pictured here are her miso glazed carrots from the book. Get the recipe on WWD.com. (📷: @johnny_miller_) #wwdeye


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By Kimberly Pierceall and Robyn Sidersky
WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Craft Brewers grapple with how to creatively attract customers in a competitive industry.
HAMPTON ROADS, Va.
It can be pretty easy to spot the craft beer drinkers in the crowd, and that may be a problem for regional breweries looking to grow.
“They are caricatured as young, Caucasian men with white-collar jobs, likely sport beards and perhaps have a few discreet tattoos, and are outdoorsy on the weekends,” a report from Old Dominion University economists says. And the data appear to confirm at least some of that stereotype.
In 2015, 86 percent of craft beer drinkers were white, according to a Harris Poll cited by the Brewers Association.
By 2018, the percentage had dropped, but only by a half a point. Most are millennials and those earning more than $75,000 a year.
Those figures aren’t inherently bad news for any industry. As far as age goes, as the report points out, younger millennials will reach drinking age and the older ones will, ideally, begin earning more money.
But there’s a whole world of people out there who might be craft beer customers too – people who, if recruited, could keep the taps open for years to come.
The number of breweries nationwide rose from 2,898 in 2013 to 6,266 last year. In Hampton Roads, the number went from about a dozen to 36. Without adding new customers, could craft beer growth hit a wall?
“A lot of the advice I give to brewers is to think of people as beer drinkers, first,” said Bart Watson, an economist with the Brewers Association. The locales that do it well? “It’s because there’s a very pervasive culture of drinking beer, so everyone drinks beer.”
Nationally, nonwhite consumers accounted for 14.5 percent of craft beer drinkers, less than 1 percentage point higher than three years earlier. African-Americans accounted for just 10 percent of those drinking craft beer weekly.


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Among Japanese automakers in the United States, Mitsubishi is largely relegated to "also ran status" alongside the likes of Subaru and Suzuki, and behind heavy-hitting rivals like Toyota, Honda and Nissan. The Diamond Star automaker will soon have a lineup consisting of only three model lines. But that wasn't always the case, and may not be again if the latest reports come to fruition.
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The good ol' Diamond Star Motors plant in Normal, Illinois – where such well-regarded vehicles as the original Mitsubishi Eclipse, Eagle Talon and Plymouth Laser were built, among others – is apparently getting a new lease on life now that Mitsubishi, the United Auto Workers and laborers at the plant have all approved of a new contract.
The next logical progression in removing unsprung weight will finally be made available to U.S. enthusiasts. Rennworx Ltd., a company that imports a variety of top dollar rims and parts, has agreed to bring Dymag's full lineup of custom carbon fiber rollers. Their products have found their way into the wheel arches of some top dollar machines, including Ascari, Mosler and Koenigsegg.
Mitsubishi has thrown down the gauntlet. If dealers can't sell its new products like the Outlander and Lancer, the company may pull out of the United States completely. Mitsubishi's product boss, Shinichi Kurihara said as much at a press event, indicating that the company's recovery rides on the success of the vehicles. The company is down 16.5 percent to 36,536 units so far this year, and its Normal, Ill. plant employs just one shift. Predictably, dealers have responded by urging Mitsubish
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HP recently announced that it has set a goal of driving a 20 percent decrease in its first-tier manufacturing and product transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity by 2020, compared to 2010, a first for the information technology industry.
Developed in consultation with the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Climate Savers Program, HP says the GHG emissions-reduction goal will be pursued through a variety of HP-led activities, including:
· Business incentives for suppliers to set and achieve tangible GHG emissions-reduction goals.
· By 2020, direct prevention of 2 million metric tons of GHG emissions across HP’s multitier supply chain, cumulatively, through specific supplier environmental improvement projects, including:
o Expanding HP’s Energy Efficiency Program (EEP) for manufacturing suppliers.
o Instituting specific emissions reduction initiatives with suppliers with GHG intensive operations, e.g., LCD panel manufacturing.
o Creating product transportation-related efficiency initiatives.
· Public reporting through the company’s Global Citizenship Report (GCR) on supply-chain GHG emissions to create awareness among HP’s supply base and demonstrate progress.
“HP has one of the largest supply chains in the industry. It’s imperative to manage it not just efficiently, but also ethically and in an environmentally sustainable way,” said Tony Prophet, senior vice president, Operations, Printing and Personal Systems, HP. “We understand the importance of reducing our carbon footprint, promoting sustainability throughout the IT supply chain and driving innovation that creates a better world and brighter future.”
HP’s GHG emissions reduction goal for supply-chain partners is the latest in a series of successful initiatives by HP’s supply chain Social and Environmental Responsibility (SER) program. In 2008, HP became the first major IT company to measure and publish aggregated supply chain GHG emissions. Since then, the company also has implemented projects that cut emissions from product transport collectively by 190,000 metric tons CO2 equivalents.
“This is a significant commitment that will have a measurable impact on HP value chain emissions, furthering WWF’s objective of overall climate protection,” said Matthew Banks, senior program manager, Business and Industry, World Wildlife Fund. “We hope others follow the lead of HP in realizing the cost and emissions savings for their suppliers. HP and the other 29 WWF Climate Savers partners have the potential to make immense impact in innovating our way through the planet’s climate challenges.”
In February, HP agreed to continue development of a database used by nearly three dozen car manufacturers to eliminate harmful substances from their automotive supply chains. The IT company said it will continue to support the International Material Data System (IMDS), a shared service that enables automotive manufacturers and more than 100,000 companies in the vehicle supply chain to meet regulations on hazardous materials.
Published Oct 6, 2013 5pm EDT / 2pm PDT / 10pm BST / 11pm CEST
Mike Hower is a sustainability communicator and connector committed to helping purpose-driven businesses and people unlock their full potential for positive impact. As founder and principal consultant at Hower Impact, he works with companies to translate sustainability strategy into stories that inform, engage and inspire investors, customers, employees, regulators and other stakeholders in the service of social, environmental and business goals. Through his Impact Hired initiative, he works to connect and engage corporate sustainability professionals at all stages of their careers.
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Snickers giving away free bags of candy; how to get one in time for Halloween
Go to OneMillionSnickers.com to sign up for a gift card good for one bag of Snickers Fun Size bars.
Snickers wasn’t successful in changing the date of Halloween, but it’s still delivering on its promise to give away free candy.
Go to OneMillionSnickers.com to sign up for a gift card good for one bag of Snickers Fun Size bars worth $3.90, available through Oct. 31 or while supplies last. Giveaway times will vary.
Snickers, which is made by Mars, Incorporated, on Chicago’s Northwest Side, supported the Halloween & Costume Association’s Change.org petition to move Halloween to the last Saturday of October by pledging 1 million free fun size bars if the federal government officially declared a Saturday Halloween.
The petition, also backed by Party City, has more than 150,000 signatures but after the movement faced some opposition it evolved into an additional day of celebration – National Trick or Treat Day.
“We promised a million SNICKERS, and regardless of the date, we’re going to deliver,” said Josh Olken, the candy’s brand director, in a news release. “Whether fans enjoy their free SNICKERS themselves or hand them out to trick-or-treaters, we want everyone to have a satisfying Halloween.”
According to the promotion’s terms, more than 55,500 gift cards will be given out at various times. A message saying “we need to refill our bowl” will be displayed when supplies run out for the day.
There’s a limit of one gift card per working cellphone number.
According to a poll from Monmouth University, more than 36 percent of Americans say Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are their favorite Halloween treat. Snickers came in second at 18 percent.
Read more at usatoday.com.


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This week in pictures: We'd never seen anything like it and we hope to never see it again
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Johannesburg - A total of 25 000 soldiers, more than 200 shops destroyed, tens of thousands of looters, nearly 2 000 arrests and at least 70 people dead.
Chaos. These were the devastating scenes South Africans and the world witnessed in their communities and on their TV screens.
We saw people walk off with simple things like rice and canned food and watched in disbelief when they rocked up in their expensive SUVs and drove off with fridges and Smart TVs.
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China has lashed out at the U.S. government because of a new law that encourages chip production in the U.S. The chip law would be a ” violation of the principles of fair trade.”
US president Joe Biden signed the new chip law earlier this month, which allocates $ 52 billion to increase computer chip production in the US. According to Biden, This is necessary in order to be less dependent on Asian chip manufacturers and to stay ahead of China.
The industry association for the Chinese chip sector CSIA, which is controlled by Beijing, has expressed harsh criticism of the US chip law during a press conference. According to CSIA director Yu Xiekang, this is primarily intended to help competitors of Chinese companies. “The law contains discriminatory clauses that lead to an unfair playing field, which goes against the fair trade principles of the World Trade Organization,” says Yu.
“Chaos in the chain”
The law states that chip companies will only receive subsidies for the construction of their US factories if they do not further expand their chip production in China. The CSIA also warns that U.S. law could lead to ” chaos in global supply chains.” 744 Chinese manufacturers are affiliated with the CSIA.
The Chinese government itself has also been giving tens of billions of dollars in subsidies for many years to increase chip production in its own country, including large manufacturers such as SMIC and Yangtze. The turnover of the Chinese chip sector increased by 18 percent last year and is expected to increase by 15 percent this year.
China is still a relatively small player in the production of chips, although the country is making progress, for example in the manufacture of memory chips. The US has been pursuing a policy to curb China’s chip ambitions for years, including with all kinds of sanctions.
The US government recently exerted pressure on the Netherlands to ban the Veldhoven chip machine manufacturer ASML from selling certain technology to Chinese companies. ASML is the world’s leading manufacturer of machines used to produce chips.
U.S. chip companies account for nearly half of global chip sales. Of global chip production, only 12 percent takes place in factories in the US, the vast majority is produced in Asia, especially in South Korea and Taiwan. Taiwan’S TSMC is currently the largest chip manufacturer in the world, but the company may face mounting tensions between China and Taiwan.
For the assembly of gadgets, most brands are also very dependent on China, although companies like Apple are moving more and more of those activities to countries like Vietnam and India.
About the author: Rick Culpepper
Rick Culpepper is of those journalists who dig the topic to the very bottom. He is often late with the delivery of the piece, but always does it perfectly. In his spare time, he collects data for one of the most high-profile investigations of corruption in the EU.


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National Prosecco Week
The Prosecco DOC Consortium invites you to celebrate the fifth annual National Prosecco Week, to help celebrate the world’s most popular sparkling wine. National Prosecco Week will take place from July 18 through July 24, 2022. Prosecco DOC will be promoting the popular sparkling wine and the recently introduced, Prosecco Rosé DOC, with a nationwide retail and restaurant program, e-commerce partnerships, digital marketing initiatives and exclusive events for consumers, media and industry influencers.
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Prosecco Week in the News
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By Whitney South, Best of London. 01.10.20
It’s been 15 years since Forest City foodies got their first taste of something special at the Western Fair District.
Now, organizers are celebrating that milestone with an event guaranteed to be tastier than ever as the London Wine & Food Show takes over the Agriplex from Jan. 16-18.
“It is hard to believe it’s been 15 years, and we couldn’t be prouder of how the event has grown,” said show manager Robyn Baker. “We appreciate the support that Londoners and visitors from outside the city have shown and look forward to an even bigger and better show this year.”
The latest offering is set to feature a wider variety of cooking and tasting room experiences, along with an expanded selection of wine vendors including selections from over a dozen local and provincial wineries and vineyards.
In addition, tasty treats from some of London and areas finest eateries will be on-hand to tempt the palate, with everything from fine canapes and cuisine, to cheeses and chocolates.
New features include guided sommelier tours, charcuterie tastings, vegan food demos and a dance showcase performed by Phoenix Fitness for the Arts.
As always, there will also be a wide variety of other entertainment offerings including scotch tastings and mixology demos, as well as performances by lobby aerialists, local musicians Melissa Megan, Patrick James Clark, Connor Morand and more.
The popular Glow Lounge, sponsored by 103.1 Fresh Radio, will be back in the Central Lounge where guests will get the chance to enjoy the ‘create your own cocktail’ feature, sponsored by PMA Canada.
In honour of the 15th anniversary, those in attendance on opening night will have a chance to win one of 15 fantastic prizes. These include a $500 Grand Prize package from Via Rail as well as overnight packages and tasting tours at some of the finest wineries and restaurants in Southwestern Ontario.
Guests who attend on Friday could win an overnight stay along with 3-course dinner and much more at the luxurious Retro Suites in Chatham — a prize valued at almost $1,000.
The London Wine & Food Show takes over the Western Fair Agriplex (845 Florence St.) from Jan. 16-18.
Hours are Thursday and Friday 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Saturday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a second session from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
You can save by purchasing your tickets online in advance by Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 11:55 p.m., while entry will be sold for full price at the door while quantities last.
This is a 19+ event.
To purchase tickets, and find out more about this year’s 15th anniversary show including a full list of vendors, visit www.westernfairdistrict.com.
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The Scottish Government’s recycling road show visits Aberdeenshire this month, to encourage people to recycle more and give recyclable items another life.
The roadshow will be at the Asda store, Muir End Road, Portlethan today (Thursday), to remind the public of the wide range of items that can be recycled, provide top tips on how to recycle more and give details of the recycling collections and facilities available in the local area. There will also be an opportunity to take part in a fun, interactive Rapid Recycler game, challenging the public to recycle as many items as they can in 60 seconds, saving them from landfill. The events will be supported by Aberdeenshire Council and a local Waste Adviser will be on hand to answer questions about recycling. The road show events are part of the Scottish Government’s 2012 recycling campaign, which launched on the January 30, to encourage the Scottish public to recycle more recyclable items, more often.
Encouraging people to recycle more helps us tackle climate change. It avoids materials decaying in landfill and releasing greenhouse gases. Recycling also uses less energy, and creates fewer emissions, than if we produced materials from scratch. The Scottish Government has set ambitious targets for recycling in its Zero Waste Plan - the aim is to have 70% of all waste recycled by 2025. To encourage people to do more, the campaign features memorable characters that have been created from boxes, cartons, bottles and cans.


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Bangalore-based Olmec Technologies Pvt Ltd, which owns and operates allMemoirs, a products classification and discovery engine for online shoppers, has had more than 20,000 downloads for its mobile version since going live in October last year, according to a top executive of the firm. allMemoirs, which also enables consumers to discover gift items collated from various e-commerce sites, said its web platform sees close to 50,000 visits on a monthly basis.
allMemoirs was started in January 2013 by IIT Delhi alumni Mrigank Shekhar and Kush Srivastava. Shekhar had earlier worked at companies like RSA, Qwest and Tavant, while Srivastava worked at mChek and Qwest, prior to starting the venture.
"On the birthday of one of the co-founders, we were discussing how we can find gift items online at ease and at one place. As the discussion went on, we realised that finding a perfect product is a huge pain. This led to the launch of allMemoirs, which can offer a fully personalised shopping experience for the end consumer," said Shekhar.
In a nutshell, allMemoirs is aimed at making online shopping and finding gifting products hassle free. It handpicks products from multiple e-commerce sites and these items are classified into collections and tags according to a consumer's likes and tastes. The gift items are also categorised based on relation, occasion, mood, interests, age and price range. "This makes product discovery simple. Users can also save products into three buckets based on what they like, what they wish and what they want to gift," Shekhar added.
According to the company, the mobile version of the product (iOS and Android combined) is currently seeing around 200 downloads per day. "Problems are aplenty when it comes to online shopping even as the e-commerce space is witnessing a boom. We feel that our product classification and personalised approach will make choosing of products easier for the end consumer and thereby making shopping faster and simpler," said Shekhar.
Although allMemoirs is targeting the Indian audience with its product discovery engine, the company believes that its 'gift ideas' product has a global value proposition, given the large number of Indian expats in developed markets such as the US. Shekhar mentions that they (Indian expats) can use allMemoirs for sending gifts to their kith and kin in India and elsewhere.
Talking about the business model, he said, "Mainly, we bank on an affiliated revenue model. The end consumer can discover products/gift ideas offered by various sites/merchants from our portal/application. Also, we serve as a marketing platform for merchants who can display their new products/promotions on our site."
According to Shekhar, social commerce and product discovery should be a $250 million market in India by 2015. The company currently has four part-time employees, and is planning to hire more people starting this month. As for competition in this space, Shekhar said, "There are a few companies such as Sweetcouch (in discovery), Giveter (in gift Ideas) and Voonik (in style). However, all these companies are focused on one niche segment while we are building a classification platform (server and mobile app) which can cover all niche areas."
Going forward, the company will be focusing more on the mobile app segment. A self-funded startup, the company is now looking to raise $1-2 million to upgrade technology, rope in more merchants and for marketing activities.
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The Lexus ES has been introduced in Europe and also on our sunny island recently. However, only the Japanese get to have theirs with digital mirrors.
Said to be equipped the world’s first Digital SideView cameras in a production car, the seventh-generation ES's normal wing mirrors has been replaced by wing mirrors with digital cameras that display images on five-inch monitors mounted on the A-pillars.
The idea is barely new as concept cars have been dressed up with this feature before. Despite the frequent public showing, the technology has only been approved by the Japanese government recently.


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Through the first four months of the year, Ford's advanced-powertrain sales increased almost fivefold to more than 30,000 units, including plug-ins. To compare, Ford's previous company record was 35,496 hybrids sold in all of 2010. Ford is benefiting from a broader offering of advanced-powertrain vehicles, and its newer C-Max Hybrid has done particularly well, moving 11,708 vehicles through April. The revamped Fusion Hybrid has sold almost 14,000 units.
The company also appears to be eating into Toyota's market leadership. The Japanese automaker, which still accounts for almost 60 percent of US hybrids, sold 19,889 vehicles last month across its four Prius variants, down 21 percent from a year earlier.


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RTL Today – STATEC: Annual inflation remains stable at 6.8%
For now, STATEC is still unable to predict when the next wage indexation will be triggered.
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (STATEC), prices increased by 1% between July and August. Overall, they remained relatively stable, and were mainly boosted by the end of the summer sales, which caused clothing and footwear prices to jump by 13.7%. “The return of sale products to their normal price level in July explains the strong monthly increase”, writes STATEC in its report, adding that “compared to August of the previous year, the prices of clothing have increased by 2.2%, while those of shoes fell by 4.2%.
Travel has become significantly more expensive, with STATEC recording an increase of +21.4% for plane tickets and +7.3% for package travel.
On the other hand, and despite the end of the rebate on fuel, energy prices have fallen. The price of diesel oil fell by 6.1% against 8.6% for gasoline. Ditto for fuel oil: the tank filling bill is 9.2% lower than in July. Of course, prices remain at levels well above those of last year.
STATEC also indicates that food prices are still “on the rise”. In particular for cheeses (+2.3%), meat (+0.6%), fresh fruit (+2.7%), as well as fats and oils (+2.9%). The price of fresh vegetables fell (-1.8%).
The annual inflation rate remains at 6.8%, writes STATEC. Excluding variations due to sales and excluding petroleum products, the prices of other goods and services only increased by 0.4%.


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What a year. It has been, in fact, quite a terrible one on many fronts, yet still eye-opening. The pivots we’ve had to make in many aspects of our lives extends to the way business has been conducted and will continue to as we enter 2021. Remember when we thought this would be over and 2021 would be, like, brand new? Heh.
Recognizing that the hell of 2020 is not ending any time soon, the entertainment landscape continues to evolve. Warner Media dropped a major bombshell this past week, announcing their entire slate of 2021 releases would skip the box office and debut on HBO Max, the streaming service that is a combination of what feels like 15 HBO streaming services. This haul includes major releases such as Mortal Kombat and Matrix 4. It’ll be a one-month release window on HBO Max for each title, as it would in theaters. According to the New York Times, HBO Max will pay Warner Bros. a licensing fee for the 31-day concurrent rights. The fee will be equal to the studio’s portion of ticket sales in the United States. (Ticket sales are generally split 50-50 between studios and theaters.)
Warner Media has said this is only to be for 2021 and has no indications or plans for a post-pandemic continuance, but if we are being real, this is changing the entire landscape of traditional release of entertainment content.
Evolution of streaming
Streaming has changed the entire business model. The traditional cable format is on a lifeline, but history repeats itself. Streaming services now could easily be argued as traditional cable 2.0, with bundling and pricing mirroring what consumers used to pay. The difference is how much it costs for that delivery of product. Wifi/broadband delivery cost is pennies compared to traditional cable, and its why providers who didn’t offer broadband have gone out of business. And as consumers, we want content on demand, preferably all at once, and on every device. Throw a pandemic in the mix? The top box office titles are now in your living room. It’s what makes this Warner Media deal such a monumental move, and win for Warner, HBO Max, and consumers. The HBO Max subscriber base sits at 38 million, which will only grow with this play. It will also hopefully nudge an agreement to be completed with HBO Max and Roku, especially since a deal was recently completed with Amazon Fire TV.
This deal has pissed a lot of people off, too. Christopher Nolan, in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter, said “Some of our industry’s biggest filmmakers and most important movie stars went to bed the night before thinking they were working for the greatest movie studio and woke up to find out they were working for the worst streaming service.” Uh, ouch.
But we are selfish, so what’s in it for us? Um, blockbuster movies included in your $14.99 price tag for HBO Max, or in my case, nothing since I bundle my AT&T Wireless Unlimited Plan with my AT&T TV Now. This move is major, and we won’t know what the results are until the dust settles and if the move was worth it. It opens up the door, however, to completely changing the way we get content and when, but at what price? I can’t imagine that reasonable cost at $14.99 stays put, or that the titles continue to be released inclusive of the HBO Max monthly fee. (I was so excited to watch the new Live-Action Mulan with my niece on Disney+ but not for $27.99! Sorry, Lilly.)
What could this mean for the future of live sports streaming?
We’ve been teased with the idea of a stand-alone sports streaming app for years now. For it to actually get deployed is a lot closer than it’s ever been. When 21st Century Fox sold off the Regional Sports Network properties, to Disney, I thought this was the opportunity. However, we know they were forced to sell them off landing at Sinclair Broadcasting. And, for both properties, it has benefited both as intended.
The creation of Fox Sports GO was the first major step in the evolvement of live sports streaming. “Couch Rights” were created, with the ability to watch your game wherever you were with authentication through your provider. Then came ESPN+, and as they continue to grow their library, including bundling with other services like Hulu and Disney+, I do believe RSNs are next.
With the Sinclair/Bally’s sportsbook partnership agreement that I wrote about last month and the evolution of sports gambling growing in additional markets, the money to be made as their reach expands will be lucrative. I’m talking an estimated $50 billion market by 2025, according to the Wall Street Journal. What does this all mean, then? It’s a great set up to Sinclair’ s direct-to-consumer app in the works, set to debut in the spring of 2021, replacing the Fox Sports Go app. But it paves the way for a type of stand-alone sports-streaming app to be a reality. The one I had hope of ESPN offering. Imagine paying a flat fee per month to log in and watch your teams anytime, anywhere, with no authentication requirements. A girl can dream.
Oh, and not to mention the leverage this creates. Sinclair owns 190 broadcast stations across the country. Regional games could only be the beginning, with national games that air on Sinclair stations right in play. Sinclair will be rolling with that BDE (Big Distribution Energy, of course).
Lots of things to iron out, but if we’ve learned anything in 2020 it’s that anything is possible, and you have to evolve and adapt. (I even picked up running, and I hate running). We live in an on-demand world, there’s no doubt about that. But everything comes at a price. What are you willing to pay?


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BT Assure security is launching its “ethical hacking” service to improve connected car security. The service will hack and attack connected vehicles to help automotive players develop security solutions. This is good news, since there
A new study by Accenture shows what car buyers want digitally from auto buying websites. Buyers are ready to buy cars completely online. Three-quarters of those surveyed said they would consider conducting the entire car-buying
A new coalition has been formed to promote safety features of connected cars, the Smart Transportation Innovation Coalition. The group membership includes Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Association of Global Automakers, Information Technology Industry Council, Intelligent
QNX is one of the most popular operating systems for in-car infotainment systems. When we last talked to Derek Kuhn, he said the software could reduce development time to a year and a half. In
Gfk published its Connected Car Preview Report to show the road ahead for connected cars. Those who want connected features the most are ‘Leading edge consumers’. The study also showed that people love to drive.
The people who need a ride home late at night, more than anyone else are those that are intoxicated. Until we get breathalyzers in cars in the form alcohol interlock devices, a new promotion from
Topology, a division of TrendForce predicts that autonomous vehicles will enter mass production by 2020. A million self-driving cars are expected on the road by 2035 reports their IoV (Internet of Vehicles) research. Analyst, Eric Chang
A problem with self-driving cars doesn’t have to do with technology but the human body. Some people riding in self-driving autonomous cars experience motion sickness and nausea. Motion sickness is caused by factors that are
The OPEN Alliance (One-Pair EtherNet) Special Interest Group (SIG), published its automotive Ethernet specifications. The release of the specifications is to help establish single pair Ethernet as the connectivity technology of choice for connected cars.
Subaru revealed how their new STARLINK infotainment and safety system will work on new 2016 models. The the new infotainment system and apps are being shown at the New York Auto Show. Subaru also released
AUTO Connected Car News is pleased to announce that our editor, Lynn Walford is writing some car tech articles for TopSpeed. TopSpeed is car enthusiast website that was ranked number three after AutoBlog and Jalopnik
It comes as no surprise that Audi has been working with Delphi and other tech giants to get auto-piloted Audis on the road. Audi will use Delphi as the future system supplier for the zFAS


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According to the index of economic activity published by the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat), the economy added 5.7% in November over the same month last year. The result marked a notable deterioration compared to October, when activity grew 7.5% and, in fact, represents the slowest expansion seen since June. The trend remained stable though, with annual average growth remaining unchanged over the previous month at 5.4%. On 12 January, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that the government estimates the economy to have grown 4.2% in the whole year 2011, slightly up from a previously forecasted 4.1% and broadly in line with the 4.0% expansion recorded in 2010. Currently, the government expects the economy to grow 3.7% in 2012 and 3.9% in 2013.
November economic activity moderates
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Industrial production shrank in September, falling at the fastest pace seen in 8 months.
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Business activity in Russia’s manufacturing sector continues to show signs of improvement.
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In September, consumer prices increased 0.2% over the previous month, which was up from the flat reading registered in August.
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In August, Russian exports totaled USD 22.7 billion, which marked a 9.5% annual contraction (July: -17.5% year-on-year) and represented the softest decrease since October 2014.


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Just what “overtly sexy” is remains vague. Apple’s Morality Police haven’t defined their guidelines except to tell the developer of Wobble iBoobs, “we are constantly refining our guidelines,” according to TechCrunch.
“Your application, Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored), contains content that we had originally believed to be suitable for distribution. However, we have recently received numerous complaints from our customers about this type of content, and have changed our guidelines appropriately.”
What Apple does not address is the myriad other porn and sex-related apps that remain available, not to mention audiobooks distributed by the likes of Penthouse.
Sure, Apple has every right to apply its own decency standards to its invention – but it seems to be picking and choosing without lending clarity to what is considered appropriate. This has been a question for a long time, though. A few months ago, Apple gave the thumbs-up for apps for porn stars Sunny Leone and Aria Giovanni, but refused an iPorn app whose content actually was accessible only through iPorn’s Web site.
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