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NEW YORK — Australian mining entrepreneur Clive Palmer unveiled blueprints yesterday for Titanic II, a modern replica of the doomed ocean liner.
The ship is to largely re-create the design and decor of the fabled original. Modifications will keep it in line with current safety rules and shipbuilding practices, and modern comforts such as air conditioning will be added, Palmer said at a news conference in New York.
The three passenger classes, however, will be prevented from mingling, as in 1912, Palmer said.
“I’m not too superstitious,” Palmer said when asked whether re-creating a ship best known for sinking is tempting fate. “Anything will sink if you put a hole in it.”
Unlike the original, Titanic II will have more than enough lifeboat spaces for every person on board. Markku Kanerva, sales director at Deltamarin, the Finnish company designing the ship, said it would be the “safest cruise ship in the world.”
Palmer declined to answer questions about the project’s cost. Forbes estimated Palmer’s net worth to be $795 million in 2012. He describes himself as a billionaire.
Titanic II is to be built by a Chinese company. Although the Titanic was the world’s largest ship in her time, she would be smaller than many of today’s modern cruise ships.
Palmer hopes that construction can begin this year, and that the maiden voyage, re-creating the trans-Atlantic crossing of the original, would take place in 2016.
The plan is for passengers to find 1912-style clothing in their rooms should they wish to pretend they are living in an earlier era. Prices will be announced later.


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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Despite the soft market, there are plenty of positives surrounding Mack Trucks this year.
That was the message executives of Mack Trucks gave to trucking journalists this week at a press conference in the place the company was founded, New York City.
Right now, said Dennis Slagle, president, Mack Trucks, the company is fixing its original 2016 forecast for North American Class 8 truck sales to 240,000. But, Slagle said, the good news is that, “Mack had another good quarter in market share. The mDrive is going nuts. People love it. The more we sell, the more word of mouth as well as the more testimonial strength we get…We’re really happy…we’re getting back on our feet and we are continuing to grow.”
Slagle added that Mack is focusing on correcting the bubble surrounding the inventory levels in America right now.
“The bottom line is that we had too many trucks come in the pipeline and that needed to be corrected,” he said, adding that the initial response in September/October of 2015 was that a few quarters would solve the problem, but Christmas came and went and shelves were still overstocked.
To help accelerate the correction, Slagle confirmed that Mack is adjusting its production levels (through planned down weeks) to “ensure the correction happens” but added that he is “optimistic on the pace of the correction.”
“I’m more encouraged today,” he said. “We’re seeing more employment, we’re seeing record levels in the stock market, and I think we’ll see consumer spending increase…and start to clear off those shelves and restocking start to generate more truck activity. In general, we think, in 2017 we will begin to return to normal.”
As well, Slagle said, Mack is turning its focus to its dealer and service centers for an opportunity it sees as a great potential.
“We have information that only 15% of the service work available from the 3.5 million trucks is done by OEMs,” he explained during the press conference. “And if you go to Europe that switches to 85-90%. The rest are going to independent repair shops. Here, the customers do service through their own repair shops. Why? Because they want uptime. So the opportunity of that other 85% here is fantastic. We’re focused on that and have been since 2010.”
According to data collected by a third party group, when fleet managers use an OEM dealer for a 3.5 hour repair, it takes, on average, four days for the truck to leave the shop, said John Walsh, v.p. of global marketing and brand management for Mack.
With “uptime, uptime, uptime” as its de facto slogan, Mack Trucks said that this wait time for customers is inexcusable and is part of the reason it launched its Certified Uptime Center program this January. The program evaluates dealers on 28 required process elements like shop organization and implementation of diagnostic tools. To become certified, it takes close to eight weeks as they have to undergo a number of assessments to make sure they meet each and every criteria outlined in the certification.
“It’s not a rubber stamp,” Walsh stressed. “The dealer has to enact processes to get certified. We’ve gone back to dealers and pulled their certification because they weren’t up to speed.”
So far Mack has 32 certified uptime centers and its hope by the end of 2016 is to have at least 60. Eventually, Walsh said, Mack wants all 430 dealer locations certified.
“And in those 32 dealers that four-day average you saw, we’re cutting it in half and overall, we’re seeing increased productivity,” Walsh added.
Furthermore, Mack said since focusing on increasing the percentage of service work for OEM dealers in 2010 it has increased the number of its technicians by 90% and have added 40% more service bays across North America.
“We have to convince the customers that they will get uptime with our service centers,” Slagle said.
In addition to a business update, executives gave trucking press a peek at what is to come in the near future for the brand.
Specifically, the company gave trucking journalists a taste of the dimethyl ether (DME) fuelled truck is has in the works.
“We’re constantly looking at what is needed in the industry,” said Roy Horton, director, product strategy, Mack Trucks, “especially when it comes to alternative fuels. DME is one of them. DME is not a natural product. It’s synthetic.”
DME can be made from a variety of methane-containing products, including food waste, Horton explained.
“So to have an option to convert food waste into fuel is very interesting, especially for a city like New York where food waste is an issue,” Horton added.
Mack Trucks announced that they are currently looking to work in partnership with the New York’s Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to determine if DME can work for its various applications in the city.
“It’s a fantastic opportunity for us and for the industry,” Horton added saying that it has a DME-powered Mack Pinnacle ready for testing.
Mack Trucks execs said they have had their eyes on DME as a fuel option for a while because of its potential.
“Our expectation is (DME is) going to be in line with diesel,” Horton said. “It answers a lot of challenges that has been posed but the natural gas industry. And there’s lots of positives…It’s not under high pressure. It doesn’t vent. If you puncture a tank, it’s not going to explode. It’s something that you can use with little modification to your diesel engine.”
And these positives have seemingly rubbed Kathryn Garcia, DSNY’s commissioner, and Rocco DiRico DSNY’s deputy commissioner the right way. Both agreed that DME would be a good way to fuel trucks for the department.
Garcia said she likes that DME trucks can fuel in the same way and the engine of the truck isn’t complicated with many afterparts.
However, for now, DME is not a reality for DSNY because of the various regulatory steps the fuel and truck have to go through before it can legally hit the busy roads of New York.
“Look we’ve already driven DME,” DiRico told the press in attendance. “The truck I drove performed flawlessly…and it had the torque and the power that we need…but once again, the regulatory side, the fuel needs to be vetted.”
Garcia added that she also likes the fact that DME fits in with the notion that trash has a value – something she said more people need to be thinking about.
DSNY said the DME-fuelled trucks is still an ongoing process and to put a timeline on when they could potentially invest in the alternative fuel is tough to say.
Currently, Mack is the main provider of heavy-duty vehicles for DSNY by way of competitive bid. More than 90% of the trucks in DSNY’s fleet of 7,000 are Mack.
“(Mack Truck’s) been able to produce trucks that fit the stringent needs that we have at a competitive price,” DiRico said. “They’re our current contract provider. Though the contract expires in nine months.”
So it’s a no-brainer that in the coming months Mack will be getting their ducks in a row for DSNY and its competition.
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Programmatic Direct: Non-auction-based approach to buying or selling ad inventory, not at the impression level. Programmatic direct deals can be orchestrated via preexisting RTB technology, through publisher-owned APIs such as on social sites or via self-service user interface or deal discovery tools. Programmatic direct deals specify a fixed price and may or may not guarantee fixed inventory amounts.
JUN 17, 2021
Growth drivers: Brand recognition, trust, breadth of account offerings, legacy account opening channels, cross-selling opportunities. Growth inhibitors: Legacy core technology, high costs to serve customers due to legacy channel maintenance, heavy regulatory scrutiny, dependence on vendor solutions (with the exception of bigger banks).
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It doesn’t help matters that the people selling smartphones may not be very interested in making sure boomers are set up with the right apps and preferences. Vendors need to “make sure you provide the information to onboard people,” Bryant said. Despite these problems, the desire for interaction in a period of pandemic and social isolation has given fresh impetus to digital usage by boomers.
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Amazon has revolutionized the online marketplace, but that doesn’t mean businesses are only interested in selling on a single platform. Diversification of marketplaces remains a key prospect, and given that each platform has distinct requirements, managing a multichannel ecommerce strategy can be an arduous task.
AUG 18, 2021
Walled gardens including Google, Facebook, other social platforms, and Amazon will continue to offer microtargeting options based on their first-party data plus advertiser first-party data.
JUN 2, 2020
Now you have consumers shopping via social networks, and we'll continue to see a real spike in social commerce. Speaking of social, more brands are leveraging the live streaming aspects of social platforms. Is it just a current fad, or does it have legs? It was a bit of a fad back in 2016, and then in the past 12 to 18 months it boomed again.
JAN 28, 2020
The auction site’s product recommendation engine uses algorithms to calculate the potential for cross-selling items similar to those already viewed by a visitor. Also, eBay’s Image Search function allows consumers to reference a photo or online image, and pulls up similar products.
MAY 24, 2021
These assistive selling technologies don’t just provide unique experiences when the customer is physically distant from the product being sold; they are also being increasingly sought out in brick and mortar.
OCT 29, 2020
General economic policy, social policy, healthcare, and international relations have a major impact on the advertising industry as well. The end of this report includes a brief summary of these policies as they relate to marketing. Data Privacy Laws.
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She is an experienced sales and account executive, with a proven track record of selling on an enterprise level while educating and building value among the world’s largest and most recognizable brands, agencies and ad-tech companies.
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Many premium location data firms insist on keeping all raw data secure and only selling aggregated insights (such as audience segments or visitation rates). Brands are willing to pay extra for quality data with consent files. “Ethically sourced data is most likely going to come at an increased premium,” TGI Fridays’ Syracuse said.
JUN 10, 2020
By contrast, smaller challengers like Jumei, Dangdang, Vipshop (vip.com) and Mogujie (all of whom overly rely on selling discretionary products like apparel, cosmetics, electronics, etc.) will suffer from very poor H1 sales this year.
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Programmatic TV: The use of software platforms to automate the buying or selling of TV advertising distributed through cable, satellite, or broadcast networks. Smart TV: A TV with built-in internet capability. Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD): OTT services that generate revenues by selling subscriptions to consumers. Examples include Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video.
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The CPRA puts a spotlight not just on “selling” consumer data, which is what the language of the CCPA refers to, but also on “sharing” it. Marketers must be ready for more and more stringent regulation of these activities in the US as well as elsewhere in the world. The IDFA Goes (Mostly) Away.
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For B2Bs selling physical products to their customers, the road to digital transformation has been slow. Our B2B marketplace report from last year showed how some B2Bs have been reluctant to adopt an ecommerce strategy. In fact, our March 6 forecast found that just 9% of total B2B US product sales occurred via an ecommerce website.
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But one company is now selling an electronic baby bassinet that can be completely controlled by an app. It’s meant to help sleep-deprived parents: If their baby is crying, they can stay in bed and just press a button on their smartphone to get the electronic bassinet to play sounds and rock the baby to sleep.
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We expect the combined programmatic video ad revenues of social networks today to account for roughly a third of total programmatic video ad spending. Much of this spend is being directed through mobile devices. Within programmatic video, dollars allocated to mobile devices edge out dollars given to desktop, laptop or connected TV this year.


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For users, Twitter’s all about the moment. For marketers, Twitter’s increasingly about hijacking the moment from competitors through the social site’s Promoted Tweet ads. That’s why it will be worth a peek here and there today (Sept. 12) to see what Twitter search marketers are trying to capitalize on the iPhone 5 leading into the product’s much-anticipated announcement at 1 p.m. ET.
At press time, it’s clearly Samsung seizing the game. The cellphone brand is the top bidder for the following Twitter search terms: “iPhone”; “iPhone 5”; “new iPhone”; “Apple iPhone”; etc.
And Samsung’s copy is pretty cheeky (see below), repeatedly suggesting that consumers have been waiting for the iPhone 5 for quite some time and may have to wait even longer before they can get their hands on one.
Promoted Tweets for American Express’ card-syncing rewards program are also appearing today, as they have since the work week began—although the financial brand today evidently isn’t bidding as high as Samsung, which appears first for the search term and more often. Twitter users who click on organically trending terms—appearing on the left-hand side of the social site's page—such as "iPhone" will also see ads for Samsung, AmEx and possibly others.
Indeed, the bidding wars can tilt in new directions at any time if, say, Nokia and Motorola marketers decide to purchase part of the tweet buzz that will certainly flood newsfeeds for a few hours on Wednesday (which might as well be National iPhone Day). In nearly identical fashion to how brands buy Google AdWords, all they have to do is outbid Samsung for the eyeballs.
Twitter's real-time marketing battles were perhaps best exemplified by incidents last week on the political front. President Barack Obama's re-election team on Sept. 5 bought the promoted tweet for the search term for "literally" minutes after veep Joe Biden flubbed the word during his Democratic Convention speech. The Democrats aimed to turn a negative moment into a positive one. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney also showed Twitter savviness, buying the Promoted Trend ad during the first two days of the Democrat's convention.
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The New Black Junction Tv Android app is in the google play store and available for download!
The old app will continue to be available for a couple more weeks. Click here to download the app or search 'Black Junction Tv' in the Google Play Store.
Amazon is paying people $10,000 to start a business - A Finance professor explains why
Amazon said Monday that it would contribute as much as $10,000 if employees want to leave the company and form new U.S. start-ups centered on delivering packages. Amazon said it would also pay these people the equivalent of three months of their most recent gross salaries when they were working for the company.
The offering follows the company’s previous efforts to discourage its workers from staying if they don’t want to stay. CEO Jeff Bezos talked about the company’s “Pay to Quit” program in a shareholder letter five years ago, and now the company is going further.
“We want people working at Amazon who want to be here,” an Amazon spokesperson told CNBC’s Make It last year.
The program also lines up with Amazon’s efforts to open up new delivery options. Last year it established the Delivery Service Partners initiative -- which sought to have independent business owners put the Amazon Prime logo on delivery vans -- even as it continues working with FedEx and UPS.


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EU considers price caps for cross-border ecommerce delivery
The European Commission is looking at possible price caps to bring down costs of delivering parcels, including ecommerce items, across borders within Europe.
The European Union’s executive branch issued a green paper today looking at “gaps” in current regulation as it seeks more of a “truly integrated” single EU market for parcel delivery.
It said only 9% of EU consumers are currently buying goods online, with doubts about whether goods will arrive seen as one of the key barriers to higher levels of international ecommerce.
The consultation, which runs until just after Valentine’s Day, could pave the way for new measures to bring down delivery costs for cross-border parcels within Europe, particularly for international ecommerce transactions, and maximise convenience for consumers.
Officials in Brussels have even suggested a whole new “universal delivery service” for parcels, setting out requirements for affordability and quality of services.
With a particular eye on improving the delivery services available for smaller and medium-sized online merchants, one of the key concerns in the green paper is that delivery prices for cross-border ecommerce “vary significantly”, even for goods sent to the same destination.
“There is a need to identify solutions to limit the impact on delivery prices of crossing borders and to close the existing gap between the domestic and the cross-border price,” said the Commission’s consultation, which asks whether delivery tariff levels should continue to be left to the market, or whether measures like a price cap would be feasible.
Along with prices, other notable issues that the Commission wants to address is the convenience of parcel delivery for consumers and the interoperability of different delivery networks within Europe.
“This Green Paper consultation will help identify the right measures to improve parcel delivery in the single market,” said Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services. “A flexible and well-performing EU-wide delivery system focusing on the expectations of consumers and specific needs of e-commerce will contribute directly to the enormous potential of e-commerce for boosting growth and creating jobs.”
Delivery is “critical” to facilitating European trade, the Commission said in its green paper, but warned that cross-border delivery was currently considered an obstacle by 57% of retailers, while 46.7% of European consumers are concerned about delivery in cross-border transactions.
The EUR 42.4bn EU ecommerce market is currently fragmented and under pressure, said the paper, with consumers wanting more convenient and low-cost delivery, along with more transparency in the delivery chain, with online merchants scrapping for market share desperate to meet these consumer demands.
Delivery operators are similarly under pressure to meet conflicting demands for low-cost and increasingly sophisticated delivery services, in often highly competitive home delivery markets.
The Commission decided back in January to investigate the market, after research it commissioned suggested there was a “two-tier” ecommerce market forming in Europe, with large ecommerce merchants running away with the market, while smaller competitors faced high delivery costs and complex delivery services.
The Commission said today it wants to see whether better services could be provided through new logistics platforms bringing together groups of delivery operators to better meet the needs of retailers, including the provision of returns services.
Among the questions posed by the Commission’s green paper, stakeholders are asked what kind of delivery information needs to be available to consumers shopping cross-border. E-tailers could be required to make their actual costs of delivery more transparent in the purchase process, under one suggestion.
And, the consultation asks whether a system of performance standards need to be developed, under which delivery services can be monitored, and perhaps certified under a “trust label”.
The EU Commission’s consultation is accepting views from all stakeholders until 15th February, 2013.
Along with the formal consultation, the Commission has engaged consultancy partners to reach out to key stakeholder groups across Europe to gather more insight into the challenges and possible solutions.
In the Spring of 2013, the Commission said it would look to outline a “set of actions to be taken to complete the single market for parcels”.
- Post&Parcel’s publisher Triangle Management Services has published a major research study detailing the issues that cross-border ecommerce currently faces in Europe. More details are available here »


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OfficeMax NZ unit boosts profit 6.6%, still mulling Croxley Stationery's future
By Paul McBeth
May 22 (BusinessDesk) - OfficeMax New Zealand, the local unit of the global office supply company, lifted profit by 6.6 percent last year, even as sales fell, and has still to decide whether to sell its Croxley Stationery unit.
Net profit was $14 million in the 2011 calendar year, up from $13.1 million a year earlier, according to OfficeMax Holdings' financial statements, lodged with the Companies Office. Profit was boosted by lower costs of tax and interest, while sales fell to $382.5 million from $389.8 million a year earlier.
OfficeMax said no decision had been made on "the future of the Croxley business and it continues to operate as a going concern."
In November, global group chief executive Ravi Saligram told investors in New York the board was evaluating divesting Croxley as it looked at ways to align its trans-Tasman businesses. The Croxley unit's goodwill was valued at $13.7 million as at Dec. 31, making up 19 percent of the New Zealand group's $71.7 million goodwill.
In March, OfficeMax New Zealand opened an Australasian contact centre in Christchurch, adding 60 employees to the 110 at its South Island regional sales office and distribution centre.
OfficeMax's local unit finished repaying a $177 million loan accruing 7.5 percent interest owed to its parent company. The term loan matured on Dec. 31 2011, and was taken out when OfficeMax, then known as Boise Cascade Corp, bought the New Zealand business in 2000.
Over that period, the parent hasn't taken a dividend, and OfficeMax's local group has retained earnings of $150.1 million.


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"So far India was dependent on other countries (for PV modules and solar components) but under Aatmanirbhar Bharat, we should not become only traders, we have to be manufacturers. India must be a hub of it," he said while addressing over 300 participants in a session on renewable energy.
The minister said the government launched the PLI scheme to manufacture of PV modules and related components in India to support the domestic solar sector.
In April 2021, the Union Cabinet approved a Rs 4,500 crore Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to boost domestic manufacturing capacity of solar PV modules.
The funding under the scheme for domestic solar cells and module manufacturing was enhanced to Rs 24,000 crore by the government to make the country an exporting nation.
On the duties levied on solar modules, the minister said, "it was not to discourage our Indian investors. It is to encourage Indian manufacturers so India should become a solar manufacturers hub in future."
In 2021, the government had announced imposing 40 per cent BCD (basic custom duty) on solar modules and 25 per cent on solar cells with effect from April 1, 2022.
Raj Prabhu, CEO of Mercom Capital Group said a report will be shared with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) on the outcome of the sessions of the two-day summit.
"We will share details on the challenges the industry is facing and stakeholders' expectations from the government to address their concerns," he said.
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Online ad spending growth in Mexico cooled off slightly in 2013, when it added 31% to near MXN8.36 billion ($654.8 million), according to a June 2014 Interactive Advertising Bureau México (IAB México) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) study. Despite the 7-percentage-point year-over-year growth rate drop, 2013 marked the fifth annual period in a row with improvements of at least 30% for online ad investments in the country.
The slowdown, however, is only apparent. In absolute terms, 2013 registered an increase of nearly MXN2 billion (over $150 million) in online advertising investments—the greatest amount since IAB México and PwC started measuring the category. This figure also excludes mobile ad spending (IAB México publishes a separate report for it), a small digital spending subcategory that is now expanding at a faster pace than online advertising on fixed devices.
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Within online ad spending on fixed internet access devices, display advertising accelerated last year thanks to the rising use of social media and video among advertisers. According to IAB México and PwC, nearly MXN5.61 billion ($439.3 million) went toward online display ads in 2013, a 48% improvement over 2012. Social media ad spending and online video ad spending surged 155% and 100%, respectively, last year. The two emerging categories still trailed banner ads in total pesos spent, however, as the most commonly used type of online display ad used in Mexico expanded 6% to approach the MXN3.5 billion ($274.3 million) mark—or three times the investments placed in social media or video.
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The online shopping giant is pushing landlords around the country — sometimes with financial incentives — to give its drivers the ability to unlock apartment-building doors themselves with a mobile device.
The service, dubbed Key for Business, is pitched as a way to cut down on stolen packages by making it easy to leave them in lobbies and not outside. Amazon benefits because it enables delivery workers to make their rounds faster. And fewer stolen packages reduce costs and could give Amazon an edge over competitors.
Those who have installed the device say it reduces the constant buzzing by delivery people and is a safer alternative to giving out codes to scores of delivery people.
But the Amazon program, first announced in 2018, may stir security and privacy concerns as it gains traction. The company said that it does background checks on delivery people and that they can unlock doors only when they have a package in hand to scan. But tenants may not know that Amazon drivers have access to their building’s front doors, since Amazon leaves it up to the building to notify them.
Ashkan Soltani, a privacy researcher who was a senior tech advisor to former President Barack Obama, said that any device connected to the internet could be hacked, including the Amazon one, and bad actors could try to unlock the doors.
“You’re essentially introducing a foreign internet-connected device into an otherwise internal network,” said Soltani, who was also a former chief technologist at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Amazon didn’t respond to questions about potential hacking.
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Apple Won't Let Fortnite Back Until Case Ends
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc., said Wednesday it’s been told by Apple that the game will be “blacklisted from the Apple ecosystem” until the companies’ legal case is resolved and all appeals are exhausted, which could take as long as five years.
CALIFORNIA 1ST TO SET QUOTA LIMITS FOR RETAILERS LIKE AMAZON
California became the first state to bar megaretailers from firing warehouse workers for missing quotas that interfere with bathroom and rest breaks under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that grew from Amazon’s drive to speed goods to consumers more quickly.
FACEBOOK OVERSIGHT BOARD REVIEWING ‘XCHECK' SYSTEM FOR VIPS
Facebook’s semi-independent oversight board says it will review the company’s “XCheck,” or cross check, system following an investigation by The Wall Street Journal into the use of this internal system that has exempted high-profile users from some or all of its rules.
CHINA'S ANT GROUP TO SHARE CREDIT DATA WITH CENTRAL BANK
China’s central bank will soon have access to the private credit information of hundreds of millions of users of Ant Group’s online credit service, in a move signaling more regulatory oversight of the financial technology sector.
NETFLIX BUYS WONKA AUTHOR DAHL'S CATALOG
Netflix has acquired the works of Roald Dahl, the late British author of celebrated children’s books such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
APPLE, GOOGLE RAISE NEW CONCERNS BY YANKING RUSSIAN APP
Big Tech companies that operate around the globe have long promised to obey local laws and to protect civil rights while doing business.
CHINA SETS UP PLATFORM TO POLICE GAMING FIRM VIOLATIONS
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ONE TO CHARGE THEM ALL: EU DEMANDS SINGLE PLUG FOR PHONES
The European Union unveiled plans Thursday to require smartphone makers to adopt a single charging method for mobile devices.
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Israel Decides That Heinz Ketchup Is Not Real Ketchup
You probably think that Heinz ketchup is in fact ketchup, but Israel is skeptical.
Israeli trading standards say that ketchup must contain at least 41 percent tomato paste. Heinz allegedly claims that there is 61 percent tomato paste in its ketchup, but Osem Group — a food manufacturer and distributor — said that independent testing that they commissioned found that the product only contains 21 percent tomato paste.
Heinz ketchup will now be referred to in Hebrew as “tomato seasoning.” This will not affect Heinz’s use of the English word “ketchup” on its labels, however.
Osem ketchup is the top-selling brand in Israel, followed by Heinz. Osem’s brand contains all-natural ingredients and no artificial preservatives or colors.
Diplomat, Heinz’s local importer in Israel, petitioned to have the definition of ketchup changed. Israel’s Health Ministry notes that it must contain at least 10 percent tomato solids, and Diplomat wants this changed to six percent.


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Zomato raises $150 mn from Alibaba's Ant Financial at $3 bn valuation1 min read 10 Jan 2020, 04:19 PM IST
The latest round of funding in Zomato is part of $600 million funding round announced by Goyal
In 2018, Ant Financial invested $210 million in Zomato for 14.7% stake and later raised the stake to 23%
New Delhi: Valued at $3 billion, leading food delivery platform Zomato on Friday announced it has secured $150 million in fresh funding from Ant Financial, a subsidiary of China-based giant Alibaba.
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News.com.au is the first Australian media outlet to launch on Snapchat’s news tool Discover, targeting a young audience with curated news stories tailored for mobile. Snapchat is one of the most popular mobile apps among 18- to 34-year-olds, reaching more than 100 million active users every month. The Discover tool launched in January with brands including...
News.com.au is the first Australian media outlet to launch on Snapchat’s news tool Discover, targeting a young audience with curated news stories tailored for mobile.
Snapchat is one of the most popular mobile apps among 18- to 34-year-olds, reaching more than 100 million active users every month.
The Discover tool launched in January with brands including CNN, Daily Mail, Yahoo! and Vice.
News.com.au general manager Julian Delany said Snapchat’s popularity among young mobile consumers provided an opportunity to showcase the site’s content to an additional group beyond its existing audience.
“Snapchat is a very visual platform, so news.com.au’s Discover content will be presented in this way,” he said.
Described as a “full-screen, creative canvas for storytelling”, Discover allows users to swipe through five to 10 stories curated by the news.com.au editorial team, each headed by a top snap from which readers can scroll down to read the full text , then swipe across to the next story as well as animated photos. The content arrives in daily editions.
Mr Delany said that Discover would not drive viewers directly to the news.com.au desktop and mobile websites, but would be a useful tool in bolstering awareness of the outlet.
“Upfront, this is a brand play for news.com.au. It’s not core to our m-site or our desktop,” he said.
“This is a way in which we can connect to a younger audience and a new way for our content to be displayed.”
He said expectations for traffic at this stage were not especially high, but news.com.au was focused on finding out what worked well on Discover, and what worked on the desktop or mobile website.
Editorial direction has so far taken a lean towards quirky, funny and pop culture-centred stories with which the young audience will engage and share, but news.com.au is looking to the longer term.
“If you can introduce a new audience to your content as they grow and mature as a news consumer, you’ve more of a chance to get them to switch to news.com.au in their next stage of life,” Mr Delaney said.
It is a sentiment shared by News Corp Australia’s head of innovation Mark Drasutis.
“I guarantee most Snapchat users aren’t newspaper readers,” he told The Newspaper Works.
He said the foray into Discover fitted within News Corp Australia’s focus on experimenting with different types of content on different platforms.
“It’s the definition of innovation – curating content in new ways for a new type of customer – so it fitted quite nicely for us,” Mr Drasutis said.
“We need to think about the customer at the centre of everything we do…and we’re trying as a business to do a large number of experiments in the marketplace.”
Publishers using Discover still have a fair degree of control over how the content is presented, ensuring it retains the appearance and the tone with which readers are familiar.
“We control the edition, its look and feel, how it operates within the Snapchat platform,” Mr Drasutis said.
He said the media outlet was now working out how best to produce content for Snapchat, focusing on using existing content assets.
Part of the content experience in the news.com.au edition, including animated gifs displaying Oscar fashion in Monday’s edition, was produced using an idea brainstormed at the last News Foundry, News Corp Australia’s “hackathon” innovation event which it holds several times a year. The Matcha app, currently being trialled by The Daily Telegraph, was also a product of News Foundry. The next event is in April.
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Reliance, controlled by one of Asia’s richest men, Mukesh Ambani, will file a petition on the matter in the Punjab and Haryana High Court later on Monday, it said in a statement to stock exchanges.
In India’s biggest farm unrest in years, tens of thousands of growers largely from the states of Punjab and Haryana in India’s north have been protesting near New Delhi against the laws, for the past 6 weeks which seek to allow farmers to sell to institutional buyers and big retailers such as Reliance Retail, Walmart and Cargill.
The farmers, who form a powerful political constituency, fear the laws passed in September could see the government stop buying grains at guaranteed prices, leaving them at the mercy of private buyers that may not pay guaranteed prices for food grains.
Reliance, which also operates India’s largest retailer, said it would insist that its suppliers abide by these minimum support prices or any similar mechanism that may be implemented by the government.
The company also said it had not done any corporate or contract farming in the past and has no plans to enter the business.
But the company allege Protesters have attacked hundreds of telecommunications masts of companies such as Reliance’s Jio in recent weeks, resulting in damage or their power supply being cut off. Jio is India’s top telecom provider by subscribers.
Reliance said “these acts of violence have endangered the lives of thousands of its employees and caused damage and disruption to the vital communications infrastructure, sales and service outlets run by its subsidiaries.”
More than 1,400 of Reliance’s 9,000-plus telecom masts had been hit, with power supply and fibre cut by unidentified people, Reuters reported last week.
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The miscreants indulging in vandalism have been instigated and aided by vested interests and our business rivals. Taking advantage of the ongoing farmers’ agitation near the national capital, these vested interests have launched an incessant, malicious and motivated vilification campaign against Reliance, which has absolutely no basis in truth.
The falsehood of the campaign becomes crystal clear from the following irrefutable facts, which we have placed before the Honourable High Court. These facts establish that Reliance has nothing whatsoever to do with the three farm laws currently debated in the country, and in no way benefits from them. As such, the sole nefarious purpose of linking the name of Reliance to these laws is to harm our businesses and damage our reputation.
“Reliance Retail Limited (RRL), Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), or any other affiliate of our parent company, i.e., Reliance Industries Limited have not done any ‘corporate’ or ‘contract’ farming in the past, and have absolutely no plans to enter this business,”
Neither Reliance nor any of our subsidiaries has purchased any agricultural land, directly or indirectly, in Punjab/Haryana or anywhere else in India, for the purpose of “corporate” or “contract” farming. We have absolutely no plans to do so,
Reliance Retail is an unmatched leader in organised retail business in India.
It retails products of all categories including food grains and staples, fruits and vegetables, items of daily use, apparels, medicines, electronic products of various brands belonging to independent manufacturers and suppliers in the country. It does not purchase any food grains directly from farmers, according to RIL.
It has never entered into long-term procurement contracts to gain unfair advantage over farmers or sought that its suppliers buy from farmers at less than remunerative prices, nor will it ever do so.
“We at Reliance have immense gratitude and the greatest respect for India’s kisans, who are the ‘ANNA DATA’ of 1.3 billion Indians.
Reliance and its affiliates are committed to doing everything to enrich and empower them. As customers of their services, we believe in building a strong and equal partnership with Indian farmers on the basis of shared prosperity, inclusive development and an equitable New India,” said RIL.
Therefore, Reliance and its affiliates fully share and support the aspiration of Indian farmers to get a fair and profitable price on a predictable basis for what they produce with exemplary hard work, innovation and dedication.
Reliance seeks significant augmentation of their incomes on a sustainable basis, and pledges to work towards this goal.
Indeed, we shall insist on our suppliers to strictly abide by the Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism, and/or any other mechanism for a remunerative price for farm produce, as may be determined and implemented by the government, RIL added.
Far from hurting the interests of Indian farmers, the businesses of Reliance have actually benefited them and the Indian public at large.


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Lexus has unwrapped a racing version of its RC F performance coupe at the 2014 Geneva International Motor Show.
The RC F GT3 concept has been developed to meet GT3 international racing standards. Weighing just 1,250 kg, the RC F GT3 features a modified version of the RC F’s V8 engine, producing a maximum power output of 397 kW.
Lexus will supply GT3-compliant, FIA-certified RC F racer to racing teams starting in 2015, with official track testing to start this year. The RC F GT3 will compete in events such as the 24 Hours of Nürburgring endurance race in Germany and the Super Taikyu Endurance and Super GT series in Japan.
Lexus Australia chief executive Sean Hanley said that motorsport is an important component of Lexus’ global brand activities.
“Motorsport forms an integral part of our commitment to building Lexus’ credentials in the area of vehicle dynamics, while also complementing our focus on design,” Mr Hanley said.
“Through initiatives like the RC F GT3 Concept, Lexus will give car enthusiasts and customers the opportunity to experience the excitement of motorsport.”
The RC F GT3 is only the beginning for Lexus and is part of a larger project as the company also hinted that another version capable of racing at Le Mans is in the pipeline.
Speaking at the launch of the new RC F at Geneva, Chief Engineer Yukihiko Yaguchi explained why a GT3 version was launched at this time. “We do not know what the new rules will be, but we could not wait until they appeared as the production car is launched now, we had to design the car to the rules we knew and that is GT3. This car was designed for global competition, GT300, the USA and of course here in Europe.”
Asked about the future of GT racing Yaguchi admitted that the car would likely be seen at Le Mans. “We have to be racing in whatever the global GT class is, so in 2016 we will produce a kit which will allow this car to race in GT and GT+”
The road-going RC F was unveiled at the North American International Auto Show earlier this year. Designed to take on BMW’s recently launched M4, the sports coupe packs the most powerful V8 engine ever developed by Lexus – an improved 5.0-litre V8 engine from the outgoing IS-F – with over 330kW (450hp) of power and 520Nm of torque. It unleashes from standstill to 100km/h in around 4.5 seconds, en route to a top speed of 300km/h (186mph).
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Porsche has announced a new set of price increases alongside its incredible Q1 financial report, which crushed investor expectations.
Since the end of the pandemic, Porsche has seen nothing but success across the board. Sales have exploded, order backlogs have hit record numbers, revenue has skyrocketed, and the German performance brand is now on the cusp of dramatically increasing its EV offerings. However, while this success has been great for Porsche investors and fans, buyers have been less lucky as the automaker has increased pricing on popular models. According to statements from the Porsche CFO, more increases are on the horizon.
Porsche first increased prices in the first quarter of the year, which it believed was necessary to help combat climbing input costs and investments into vehicle development. Now, the company has seen the results of that price increase, with both revenue and profits climbing roughly 25% year-over-year (YoY) during Q1. Porsche pulled in 10.1 billion euros ($11.16 billion) in gross revenue and 1.84 billion euros ($2.03 billion) in profit, demolishing investor expectations.
It should be noted that, as reported by the company, Porsche Taycan sales took a slight dip during the first quarter of the year, down 3% YoY. Porsche executives blame supply chain snags that continue to limit the company’s EV output. Porsche expects to overcome these supply issues by the end of Q2 this year.
Seeing as consumers were unphased by the first round of price cuts, the Porsche CFO has announced that pricing will be increased between 4-8% across the model line in Europe and North America. The German executive specifically pointed out that order backlogs hit a record high during Q1, growing 18% YoY.
“Our sports car brand is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year,” says CEO Oliver Blume. “We are stronger positioned than ever before. Our products are highly sought-after by customers around the world. Our business model is flexible and robust – even in a challenging market environment. This can be credited to the entire Porsche team.”
Porsche has much to look forward to in the coming months and years. Not only is it well positioned to maximize sales of its second EV offering, the electric Macan, but with two other EV SUVs in the works, fans can look forward to an extensive library of offerings in the near future. Hopefully, for the more diehard fans, an electric 911 is just around the corner.
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The late 2019 Vive launch brings you the latest and greatest in virtual reality (VR). Does it outsmart the Rift S and is it the headset to own?
All the best HTC Vive Cosmos and Vive compatible games and virtual reality experiences to play today. See the list here.
We've been playing with the Oculus Rift for a couple of years now and these are our favourite experiences to try. Click to see them.
HP is promoting an upcoming VR headset that could serve as a successor to the $599 Reverb, which was made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve.
Oculus Quest is one of the best VR headsets that money can buy at the moment and Facebook is striving to make it better with regular updates.
The Oculus Quest is a brilliant bit of kit. An affordable VR headset that surprises many people that use it and is certainly one of the best around.
Apple has its own an augmented reality (AR) platform. Known as ARKit, there are a bunch of ARKit-enabled apps you can use on your iOS device.
Not only has HTC Vive expanded its range of Cosmos virtual reality headsets for the here and now, it has unveiled its idea of future of the tech.
HTC Vive is greatly expanding its Cosmos range of virtual reality headsets, with three new models inbound.
We've been testing different games for the Sony PlayStation VR headset to bring you the list of the best games and experiences to try.
Think your HTC Vive couldn't possibly get any better? Let us open your eyes to a number of brilliant accessories to improve your VR even more.
The latest version of Google's augmented reality headset, the Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, can now be purchased online.
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Oculus has announced that the hand tracking feature that it promised for its Oculus Quest VR headset earlier this year at Oculus Connect 6 will launch
From Qualcomm's annual technology summit comes the news that the company is working with Niantic on both hardware and software for future AR glasses.
Qualcomm has unveiled a new hardware platform to power extended reality devices - that's AR, VR or a mixture of both - called the Snapdragon XR2
If you want a personal viewing experience for your favourite movies and TV shows, then the Royole Moon is an interesting option.
Russian farmers are experimenting with virtual reality in the hope that it can help cows produce more milk.
It's tempting to see VR as one of the next big technological battlefields in gaming, but Microsoft won't be overcommitting with its next Xbox, it woul...
At the Tech World 2019, Lenovo has unveiled a new concept for AR glasses that connect to a PC and let users see up to three displays at once.
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Just last month Google announced that it was killing off its Daydream VR project. The news came in the midst of the company's annual "Made by Google"
News of Apple's augmented reality headset has been popping up for a while now. The latest rumour is that Apple is working with Valve on it.
Here are the Pocket-lint Awards nominees for Best Gaming / VR Device 2019 and details on how to vote for your favourite.
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We've been taking a look back at films from the last few decades on the lookout for the best examples of how this technology is used in the movies.
The iPhone debuted in 2007 and was followed by the iPad in 2010 and the Apple Watch in 2015. Now, Apple's next innovation might land in 2020.
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This is our guide on setting up the HTC Vive Pro with tips on how to handle any issues you might have along the way.
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Expert industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has apparently reported that Apple may be working with third-party brands on its upcoming AR devices.
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A new patent filing seems to imply that Microsoft is considering a vibrating floor mat for virtual reality with interesting implications.
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WhatsApp has introduced a new feature that lets you send messages to yourself like reminders and shopping lists.
Get $200 off the MacBook Air and $99 off AirPods Max headphones — how do you like them apples?
The pre-tournament favorites, Brazil, will have to finish out the group stage without Neymar.
South Sudan should investigate officials accused of overseeing systematic gang rapes, some of whose victims were girls as young as nine, UN rights experts said on Monday in a statement the government dismissed as a fabrication. Investigators say sexual abuse has been used as a weapon by all sides in South Sudan's civil conflict, which erupted in 2013 and triggered Africa's biggest refugee crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said it had reasonable grounds to believe a county commissioner in the northern oil-rich state of Unity orchestrated gang rapes at a military camp.
Cyber Monday deals are here for Kate Spade, Tory Burch and Michael Kors. You can find excellent markdowns on designer wallets, purses and handbags.
During the Charlotte Tilbury Cyber Monday 2022 sale, you can snag the brand's best-sellers (like its Pillow Talk Lipstick) for less. Two is always better than one: Get the best-selling Pillow Talk lipstick in a set that includes the coveted original shade, plus, and a slightly vampier version of it for nighttime.
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., November 28, 2022--Mereo Capital Partners and Hyperion Capital Partners Acquire Rapidly Growing Manufacturer of Packaging Solutions
Walmart Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are still live. Shop the biggest holiday deals on TVs, tires, Shark, LG, Xbox, Acer, Lenovo and PlayStation bundles at Walmart.
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A man was killed and four others, including a child, were wounded in a shooting at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, police said.
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The demonstration comes at the start of what is expected to be two weeks of action in the capital.
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GROUPE ARNAULT, TH LEE INK DEAL
PARIS — Groupe Arnault, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton chairman Bernard Arnault’s private holding company, said Thursday it would form a joint venture with Boston-based equity firm TH Lee, Putnam Capital to create an investment vehicle in Europe.
To be called TH Lee Groupe Arnault Partners, it will invest in sectors including financial, business and information services, telecommunications and consumer products. A spokesman for Arnault, who controls fashion houses from Christian Dior to Louis Vuitton through LVMH, said the new venture will not concentrate on fashion-related investments. The new leveraged buyout firm will run offices in London and Paris, and perhaps other cities. Thomas H. Lee and Arnault will be on the investment committee. Richard S. Trutanic, senior managing director at Groupe Arnault, will serve as the joint venture’s senior managing partner and will recruit a team of private-equity professionals.
“We have seen from firsthand experience the compelling investment opportunities in Europe,” Arnault said in a statement. “We believe Tom Lee and the THL organization are ideal partners in this endeavor in view of their outstanding record in identifying companies with exceptional growth potential, together with their demonstrated ability to help create value by strengthening management, increasing access to expansion capital and crafting appropriate and timely exit strategies.”
TH Lee, Putnam Capital is a strategic alliance between the private-equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners and Putnam Investments, a money-management firm.


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MADISON, Wis. (6/18/14)--An article on NerdWallet.com Tuesday described how merchants reacted to the interchange fee cap rule by pocketing the difference rather than passing the savings along to consumers.
The article outlines the findings of a paper published by Todd Zywicki, a published, nationally recognized expert on consumer credit. He, along with colleagues at the International Center for Law and Economics, just studied the effects of the interchange rule.
Prior to the new law, interchange fees would be assessed by issuers, such as Visa and MasterCard, to merchants when a credit or debit card transaction was executed. Debit card usage was usually free of charge to the consumer. On average, the financial institutions would end up getting 2% of the transaction as interchange fees.
The interchange rule was intended to cap the fees, and was supposed to limit them to charges that were "reasonable and proportional to the actual cost" of the service. It reduced the fees financial institutions were collecting, allowing merchants to save money, which, they argued during the legislative battle that won the cap--they would pass along to consumers. Not so, says NerdWallet.
Under the interchange rule, merchant fees are capped at 1.12%. "Yet they keep that 0.88% difference rather than pass on savings to consumers," NerdWallet explained in the article. "What genius politician thought that merchants would pass on those savings? There is no incentive for them to do so. Merchants are businesses. If a business finds a way to save on costs, they will save on costs, which increases their net profit."
In a letter to Congress last fall, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and finance industry partners highlighted that "there is no evidence that consumers are seeing lower prices" on retail goods, a direct contrast from what they were promised by merchants.
"Despite promises by retailers, and despite a realized $8 billion windfall by these retailers over this past year, consumers have yet to see discounts for using their debit cards at the register," the letter said (News Now Sept. 24, 2013).
Credit unions and community banks are being harmed by the regulation, according to CUNA. The letter noted a U.S. Government Accountability Office study which found smaller community banks and credit unions, which were supposed to be "exempted" from the fallout of this legislation, have instead seen interchange revenue decreases of 5% in the first three months following interchange fee cap implementation.
(See related story: Retailers appeal 'interchange fee' lawsuit settlement.)


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What better time to experiment with your beauty look than at fashion week when you get little choice in the matter – designers have visions for their runway, after all – but equally the opportunity to try before you buy, and switch it back immediately afterwards.
At the Balmain show in 2016, Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid famously switched hair colours – Hadid walking the runway with long brunette locks and Jenner peroxide blonde. This season, both Hadid sisters lost their eyebrows for Versace. Then for Prada, Jenner went redhead for the first time, debuting a brand new copper shade as she walked the show with her hair pulled back into a sleek bun.
Though the look could be just a fleeting fashion week moment, it looks like Jenner’s experimenting with keeping the colour. Similar to that of Sophie Turner, who recently went red and both Zendaya and Gigi Hadid, who experimented with the colour last year.
Today, Jenner was photographed out in Paris – where she’s jetted ahead of the final slew of fashion month shows – showing off her fresh locks while walking around the city with friend Fai Khadra. Wearing a sleek black midi bodycon dress with a black cardigan over the top and black knee-high boots by Gia Borghini Rosie, Jenner looked every bit French chic as she lapped up the European sun.
She wore little to no makeup and accessorised with a pair of square-frame micro-shades in tortoiseshell while wearing a brown shearling mini shoulder bag by Jil Sander.
Though Jenner’s fellow supermodel friend Bella Hadid has used the occasion to mix work and play by bringing her boyfriend Marc Kalman along for the ride, it looks like Jenner’s NBA-playing boyfriend Devon Booker stayed behind in the states with her longtime bestie Khadra taking the obligatory plus-one spot.


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Which new iPhone features will Tim Cook unveil on September 10?
Earlier this month, billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s tweet made Apple’s stock go bananas.
Shares rocketed by $17bn in less than two hours after Icahn tweeted: “We currently have a large position in Apple. We believe the company to be extremely undervalued”
At the time of the tweet – around 1pm – Apple’s market cap stood at $472bn. By 4pm it had hit $489bn – a rise of 4.75%. Apple’s market cap had risen by $171m every minute until the market closed.
We currently have a large position in APPLE. We believe the company to be extremely undervalued. Spoke to Tim Cook today. More to come.
— Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) August 13, 2013
This was exactly the kind of stimulus the tech goliath needed after Samsung crunched Apple in the battle of mobile phones in January and the iPhone 5 was named the most-hated phone in the world.
What may make Apple’s stock even juicier now is its impending new iPhone launch. The rumour mill is churning at full speed that Apple will unveil its latest iPhone as early as September 10.
By now you all know that Apple CEO Tim Cook is planning to launch two phones: iPhone 5S, an upgraded iPhone 5, and a cheaper iPhone called iPhone 5C.
But what are they going to look like? Here’s our pick of the best rumours:
1. iPhone 5C – a cheaper, plastic-cased & scratch-resistant phone
The iPhone 5C is expected to replace iPhone 4 and 4S. It will supposedly come with a plastic casing instead of a glass and aluminium cover. It may come without features like Siri voice control, hence the cheaper price.
Benedict Evans of Enders Analysis says it will be priced between $200 and $300. However, UBS and Morgan Stanley analysts expect it to be priced at $399.
The phone case is predicted to be scratch-resistant. There are videos showing reporters trying and failing to scratch the plastic case with keys, nails and safety clips.
iPhone 5C scratch-resistant
2. The iPhone 5S will include a 64-bit A7 processor, making it 31% faster than the iPhone 5
On Sunday, Fox News Channel anchor Clayton Morris tweeted: “Sources are telling me the new iPhone’s A7 chip is running at about 31% faster than A6. I’m hearing it’s very fast.”
Tech site 9to5Mac reported that Apple is testing 64-bit A7 processors in its prototypes. If this is true, then the new iPhone 5S will be able to give a “much better performance per watt” and will be able to “handle animated graphics more smoothly”.
Sources are telling me the new iPhone’s A7 chip is running at about 31% faster than A6. I’m hearing it’s very fast.
— Clayton Morris (@ClaytonMorris) August 25, 2013
3. iPhone 5S: Slow-motion camera called ‘Mogul mode’
The new phone will come with a slow-motion camera that will help users to film video at the highest levels of detail and resolution. Shooting in ‘Mogul mode’ would mean recording video at 120 frames per second (FPS) compared to 30 FPS in the current iPhone 5.
4. Click! iPhone 5S will have a dual LED flash for better photos
The new iPhone 5S is expected to come with a dual LED flash that will help you take better photos and let you click away in places with dim lighting. Chinese tech blogs have published photos purportedly revealing the plastic casing for the double flash, such as the image above.
5. The new iPhone 5S to come with biometric fingerprint scanner (in your face, phone thieves)
The new iPhone 5S will come with a fingerprint scanner on the Home button, rendering the phone nothing a piece of scrap metal for thieves.
The buzz around this new feature is supported by Apple forking out $366m last year for AuthenTec, which produces hardware for fingerprint sensors.
6. iPhone 5S to come in gold
iPhone 5S in gold
For those Apple lovers who are bored of the black and white colours, it’s time to rejoice. There are photos doing rounds that show Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5S in a champagne gold colour.
7. Bonus rumour: Old for new – the iPhone trade-in programme
According to tech new sites 9to5mac and MacRumours, Apple is planning to offer an scheme wherein customers can exchange their old iPhone for a newer model at a discounted price.
Store staff have already been given training to assist customers with this trade-in scheme.
According to TechCrunch, the range for the exchange is around $120-200 (£77-129) for 16GB iPhone 4 and 4S models, depending on factors like physical damage.
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[Update: Vince Zampella has just confirmed on Twitter that Titanfall will indeed see a beta on the PC and Xbox One. More details will be revealed in the coming days.
Xboxygen is reporting that Titanfall will see a beta on the PC, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 from February 14 to February 19. The beta will be exclusive through Zappos in France, and GameStop in the US along with other possible territories.
The reception to Titanfall has been quite the sight to see on Destructoid, and in general. This is really one of those games that you have to experience firsthand to truly show how this isn’t just another formulaic first-person shooter.
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#supersecret announcement time. I’m sure no one has been able to guess from the leaks. PC and Xbox One Beta! Details in the coming days
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Indianapolis-based Zylo Inc., which helps its customers manage their software subscriptions, has landed another $31.5 million in growth capital from a mix of new and existing investors.
The latest investment, announced Tuesday, was a Series C round for Zylo—the fourth major round for the company since its founding in June 2016.
To date, the company has raised more than $66.5 million: It secured $3.3 million in seed funding in October 2016, $9.3 million in Series A funding in January 2018, and $22.5 million in Series B funding in September 2019.
Zylo, which was launched out of Indianapolis-based venture studio High Alpha, is a software-as-a-service company that helps customers manage their other SaaS subscriptions. A company using Zylo might discover that multiple departments have unnecessarily purchased subscriptions to the same software service, for instance, or that it is paying for software subscriptions that are rarely used.
“The bigger the company, the more complex the issue is—and that’s where the magic is for us. We come in to solve that problem,” said Zylo cofounder and CEO Eric Christopher.
Zylo’s customer roster includes Adobe, Doordash, Intuit, Slack, Salesforce and Yahoo, among others.
The company has about 125 employees, with about 75 in the Indianapolis area. The remaining employees are remote workers who live around the United States.
Zylo’s Series C funding was led by a new investor—the venture team at Chicago-based Baird Capital. Boston-based Spring Lake Equity Partners also joined the round as a new investor. Other participants included returning investors High Alpha; San Francisco-based Bessemer Venture Partners; Menlo Park, California-based Menlo Ventures; and the San Mateo, California-based software company Coupa.
“Baird Capital clearly recognizes the value that Zylo provides to their customers through SaaS management and believes it is of even increased importance in the current economic climate,” Baird Capital Partner Benedict Rocchio said in a written statement.
Rocchio has also joined Zylo’s board.
The downturn in the tech industry this year means raising money is more challenging than it was a year ago—but Christopher said Zylo had several factors working in its favor.
For one thing, the downturn has forced companies to take a hard look at their spending—which works in Zylo’s favor, since its product helps customers analyze and reduce their software costs.
“Now, everyone is auditing everything,” Christopher said.
It’s also been three years since Zylo’s last capital raise, which Christopher said shows that the company has been prudent with its spending. “I think we proved to investors that we can be really capital efficient.”
Christopher said Zylo has done significant hiring over the past 18 months or so. The company plans to hire additional people for engineering, sales and marketing roles, but the actual number of additional hires will be based on revenue growth.
“We’re very bullish that we’re going to do quite a bit of hiring, but we’re going to do it smart,” Christopher said.


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TORONTO, Ontario (BRAIN)—Trek Bicycle Corporation delivered good news to the Bicycle Trade Association of Canada (BTAC) on the eve of one of North America’s largest bicycle show, the Toronto International Bicycle show, which starts today.
BEREA, OH (BRAIN)—Endura appointed Mark Ashley to its newly created position of national sales manager for the United States.
City Councilman Kevin Fogarty: Kevin Fogarty, City Council. I hope I have your vote on election day.
Dr. Frasier Crane: And why exactly should I vote for you, Mr. Fogarty?
Fogarty: Well, because I'm a hard worker, and I take a stand.
Frasier: On what, exactly?
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (BRAIN)—3point5.com recently launched Isis, the online retail training company’s first women’s-specific apparel brand.
Publisher Marc Sani sent out a newsletter yesterday via e-mail that stated Selle Italia had bought Crankbrothers recently, when in fact he meant to say Selle Royal had bought Crankbrothers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN)—In its eighth year running, the National Bike Summit is setting new records this year with more than 500 registered attendees including more than 70 retailers, more than double the number of retailers from previous years.
WATSONVILLE, CA (BRAIN)—Fox Racing Shox has hired David Haugen as general counsel and chief patent counsel. Haugen will be located at the Fox headquarters in Watsonville, California.
WILKES-BARRE, PA (BRAIN)—Loren Sickler, a five-decade fixture in the Pennsylvania bicycle industry, passed away on Feb. 10.
He was 95.
Sickler’s brother, Leo, opened a bike shop called Sickler’s in 1933, and in 1947 Loren Sickler joined the business.
Surf's up, kiddies! The Surf Cycle is the only bike out there with a patented aluminum surfboard toptube, courtesy of the American Flyer Bicycle Company.
COSTA MESA, CA (BRAIN)—Following an initial contribution of $7500 last summer, the NBDA Board has voted to commit another $7500 to defend the ubiquitous quick-release axle.
The latest contribution will be matched by the supplier side of the industry, said NBDA executive director Fred Clements.
SANTA FE, NM (BRAIN)—Bicycle Technologies International (BTI) is seeking a few good dealers to introduce the Commencal brand to the U.S. market.
Pro riders like Cedric Gracia have racked up an impressive list of world championship wins on Commencal bikes since the brand launched in 2000.
"Wait, what did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gasoline? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that...I know it's high now."
—President Bush, responding in a news conference to a reporter last week, who said some analysts expected prices to climb that high shortly.
VALYERMO, CA (BRAIN)—Slowtwitch.com recently acquired the multisport race calendar Findatriathlon.com and incorporated it with several updates into its very popular multisport Web site.
WASHINGTON D.C. (BRAIN)—A recent survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) found that 12.1 percent of consumers plan to treat themselves to a major purchase with their tax refunds. But bike shops aren’t too bullish on consumers spending it in their stores.
LAGUNA HILLS, CA (BRAIN)—Bicycle Retailer and Industry News is once again doing the Sea Otter Show Dailies.
That means we need your help.
In the Cannondale/Dorel March 1 print story, there was a line that stated when Performance used to carry Cannondale "apparel" in parenthesis. We meant to say when Performance used to carry Cannondale "bikes." Performance still does carry select Cannondale apparel and accessories.
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA—Interbike will decide in the coming months where the industry will gather for its annual event starting in 2010. Along with Las Vegas, Interbike’s home for the past 10 years, Denver and Anaheim are on the table.
BY JASON NORMAN
PORTLAND, OR—Local fire officials were among the unlikely guests at this year’s North American Handmade Bicycle Show. They dropped by on the second day of the show because the Oregon Convention Center exhibit hall was at capacity.
BY JASON NORMAN
MONTREAL, Quebec—When Dorel Industries purchased Cannondale early last month the industry’s top tier became a little more crowded and competitive.
Dorel had no problem throwing down the gauntlet either.
LAGUNA BEACH, CA (BRAIN)—After his longtime partnership with GT ended at the end of 2007, Brian Lopes was continually asked by media and fans who he'd be riding for in 2008.
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Apple Officially Announces Its Q2 2015 Financial Results
Apple on Monday announced its financial results in the second fiscal quarter of this year, which ended on March 28th. According to the financial report published by the guys from Cupertino, the quarterly revenue equalled to $58 billion and the net profit - to $13.6 billion. If to compare these results to the results of the year-ago quarter, we may see a noticeable improvement. In case you don't know, last year, Apple managed to earn $46.5 billion in revenue and $10.3 billion in net profit. As to the gross margin, it increased from 39.9% in 2014 to 40.8% in 2015. I guess Apple is quite satisfied with the aforementioned financial results.
Here's how Apple CEO Tim Cook commented on the results in Q2 2015:
We are thrilled by the continued strength of iPhone, Mac and the App Store, which drove our best March quarter results ever. We’re seeing a higher rate of people switching to iPhone than we’ve experienced in previous cycles, and we’re off to an exciting start to the June quarter with the launch of Apple Watch.
To be honest, I'm thrilled to see the sales results of the next fiscal quarter. I'm sure that the sales of the Apple Watch will generate a record-breaking revenue. Well, we'll see.
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ARCO to Expand inOvationTV as BP Accepts Fleet One
LA PALMA, Calif. -- ARCO signed an agreement to add inOvationTV to additional stations, effective immediately, growing its partnership with Gas Station TV (GSTV) in seven major west coast markets: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego, and Las Vegas.
ARCO has utilized GSTV's network at their stations in 2 major markets for the past 5 years, with inOvationTV available at no charge to its 1,400 retailers.
GSTV says this will grow customer penetration and add three million monthly impressions, bringing a combined total of 31 million to the nation's largest on-the-go network.
Meanwhile, ARCO's parent, BP , now accepts Fleet One fuel cards at all its retail locations across the country.
Fleet One said this now adds thousands of locations that Fleet One cardholders may access.
"Fleet One acceptance at all BP locations provides our fleet customers with high quality fuels, a great in-store variety of offerings, and a substantial network of convenient locations," said Robert "Bert" Nix, Fleet One VP of Merchant Acceptance.


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The funding will help Fashinza accelerate its expansion in the US and the Middle East. Here are the top-line bullets you need to know.
Fashinza, a fashion technology platform, has raised $20M in a mix of debt and equity. The debt was part of a Series A that drew participation from Accel, Elevation Capital, Stride Ventures, and DisruptAD, among others.
HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING?
- India-based Fashinza is an AI-enabled manufacturing technology provider for the apparel industry. The platform connects manufacturers and suppliers.
- It has partnered with 150 global brands, including Forever 21, Hummel, Clovia, Bewakoof.com, and Centrix.
- In May 2021, Fashinza expanded its operations in New York. It operates across 10 countries including the US, Canada, the UK, the Middle East, and India. It also has 400 ethical partners in countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, and India, as of January 2021.
WHY DOES THE MARKET MATTER?
- The global business-to-business e-commerce market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 18.7% to reach a value of $25.65T by 2028, according to Grand View Research.
- When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, retail operations changed overnight. Brick-and-mortar locations closed. Customers shopped online at record levels, with knock-on effects in cybercrime and fraud. Supply chain disruptions led to product shortages and unpredictability. AI for retail took a hit in 2020 as pandemic-related uncertainties shook investors’ confidence. Funding to the space fell 30% yearover-year in 2020, and deals reached a 4-year-low.
- But retail AI has already hit a record funding level in 2021, driven by mega-rounds ($100M+) to vendors tackling issues like e-commerce fraud, e-commerce fulfillment, and first-party data analytics.


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It is described as the “capital of tourism” in terms of the number of tourists it hosts. AntalyaIt hosts tourists from different countries of the world with its historical and natural beauties as well as its sea, sand, sun, cultural structures, ancient cities and luxury accommodation facilities.
In Antalya, which hosts millions of tourists every year, under the coordination of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, it was launched during the corona virus (Covid-19) epidemic process.Safe Tourism Certification Program” within the scope of healthy and safe holiday opportunities are offered.
In the facilities where strict measures are taken within the scope of epidemic measures, guests from different countries enjoy a healthy and safe holiday.
According to the data of the Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism, despite the epidemic in the January-June period and the restrictions of some flight countries, 1 million 551 thousand 633 tourists visited.
Russia was the country with the highest number of tourists with 439 thousand 209 tourists. Russia was followed by Ukraine with 429 thousand 366 guests, Germany with 145 thousand 444 people, and Poland with 90 thousand 739 tourists.
“GOOD NUMBERS TO START THE SEASON”
Ferit Turgut, Chairman of the Mediterranean Region Representative Board of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies, said that Antalya hosts tourists from all nationalities.
Stating that tourists are offered safe vacation opportunities, Turgut said, “It is important that 1.5 million tourists have come to the city so far. This is an incomparably better figure than last year. We think these numbers will be much better.”
Referring to the fact that most tourists come to the city from Russia, Turgut said that according to reservations, the number of tourists coming in July and August is predicted to be better.
Emphasizing that 250 planes arrived in the city on July 6, Turgut said, “650 planes arrived in the city from the international area on the weekend, that is, on July 3-4. Of the planes that arrived yesterday, 80 were from Russia, 40 were from Ukraine and 50 were from Germany. from,” he said.
“I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE A VERY GOOD NEXT 3 MONTHS”
Antalya City Council Tourism Working Group President Recep Yavuz noted that with the Russians’ holiday in Turkey, Antalya is trying to return to its old days.
Reminding that a total of 60 thousand tourists came to Antalya on June 26, 18 thousand of which were from Russia, Yavuz said, “I believe we will spend the next three months very well. We expect the numbers to continue to increase.”


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The retail chain, specialized in home wear and home textiles, has started to distribute bikinis and accessories such as sunglasses.
Inditex proceeds with the Zara and Zara Home merger. The Spanish giant has started to distribute fashion and accessories at its home textiles chain, Zara Home. The brand, which until now had a small offer of home wear, has started to sell sunglasses and bikinis, among other products.
This move comes just months after Inditex announced it was merging Zara Home and Zara starting next fall. That way, Zara offer will be sold also at Zarahome.com and vice versa. The group explained the decision as a “natural” move, explaining there are many “synergies” between both concepts.
The idea -explained Pablo Isla, Inditex president- was to consider Zara Home as a fourth section in Zara. However, both chains will keep their store network, just like Zara Kids has some independent stores as well.
Zara Home sales reached 830 million euros in 2017
Zara Home is lead by Lorena Mosquera, who took helm after Eva Cárdenas left the group. Cárdenas had been the managing director of Zara Home since its creation in 2003. The company has also diversified this year, launching a new consulting service for restaurants, hotels and other businesses.
Zara Home sales rose 7.2% in 2017, the last year Inditex gave separate results for Zara and Zara Home. The brand net revenue reached 830 million euros and opened 38 new stores throughout the year.