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Zomedica Corp (NYSEAMERICAN: ZOM) had a rough day in the market yesterday after announcing that it has increased the size of a public offering 7 fold due to high demand for the stock. However, it’s recovering this morning as investors realize that the offering will put plenty of money in the company’s bank for the launch of TRUFORMA and beyond.
Here’s what’s happening:
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Zomedica Increases Offering Size
As mentioned above, Zomedica took a bit of a dive in the market yesterday after announcing that it has increased the size of a previously-announced public offering due to demand. The offering now consists of the sale of 91,315,790 shares of common stock at a price of $1.90 per share.
The underwriter also has a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 13,697,368 shares at the offering price.
In the release, ZOM said that the increase means that the offering will generate about $173.5 million before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and other offering expenses.
The TRUFORMA Launch Is Coming
While public offerings of common stock are never fun, as could be seen from the sharp declines in the value of ZOM stock yesterday, investors seem to be shrugging it off, sending the stock back for the top today.
The reason is simple.
With the upsized offering, the company will have plenty of money in the bank, and there couldn’t be a better time for it. Don’t forget that on the 30th of next month, Zomedica will be launching its TRUFORMA pet diagnostics product, which is expected to make waves when it hits the market.
The TRUFORMA platform is capable of detecting several ailments commonly seen in our furry friends. Importantly, many of the ailments the platform picks up on had no diagnostic testing prior to TRUFORMA. Moreover, some of the ailments required samples to be sent to a lab, which took days, or even a week or more, to generate results.
ZOM and its TRUFORMA platform have the ability to provide vets and pet owners results in a matter of minutes, rather than days, as TRUFORMA is a point-of-care platform. As a result, it’s expected that demand for the platform will be incredibly high.
Retail Investors Band Behind ZOM Stock
Another factor that’s likely helping to push ZOM stock for the top after the painful declines experienced yesterday is that retail investors are standing behind the company. In fact, these investors have led the stock on a dramatic run for the top in recent weeks, and will likely continue doing the same.
Moreover, there’s quite a bit of short interest in the stock, and we’ve seen what retail investors are capable of when it comes to heavily shorted stocks.
Considering the fact that the Wall Street Bets Reddit recently declared war on hedge funds that are short biotechnology companies, ZOM stock remains a prime target for the continuance of a massive short squeeze.
What Analysts Think About ZOM Stock
At the moment, there aren’t many analysts that are diving into Zomedica stock. In fact, according to TipRanks, there’s only one. However, that analyst holds a positive opinion, rating the stock a Buy.
While it’s never a good idea to blindly follow analysts, as many of them work for firms with vested interests in the stocks they cover, analysts’ opinions are a great way to validate your own, well researched, well thought out opinion.
Risks to Consider Before Buying ZOM Stock
Before diving into ZOM stock, it’s important to consider the risk. After all, there’s no such thing as a risk-free investment. In terms of Zomedica, here are the most significant risks to consider:
- Speculation. Much of Zomedica’s value is the result of the fact that the company will launch TRUFORMA relatively soon. With the benefits the platform offers over currently available diagnostics tests, it’s expected that the platform will be met with heavy demand. If this isn’t the case, and sales aren’t what investors are hoping for, significant declines may be the result.
- Profitability. ZOM is still far from achieving profitability. While the recent offering puts plenty of money in the bank, the lack of profitability shows that the company’s business model is unproven to date.
- Volatility. Finally, ZOM is subject to extreme levels of volatility, making entrance and exit decisions difficult and opening the door to potentially significant declines over a short period of time.
While there are risks to consider before diving into Zomedica stock, you’ll be hard-pressed to find an investment that offers any kind of return without risk. It’s all part of the game.
Nonetheless, ZOM stock has a lot going for it right now. With the launch of the TRUFORMA platform just around the corner, significant revenue may be on the horizon. Moreover, with the offering that’s in play at the moment, the company will have a long financial runway to reach profitability. All in all, ZOM stock is one to watch.


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While the Chevrolet Camaro will not go racing in Australia’s Supercar Series, Holden is still focused on the local motorsport. The brand is already working with organizers of the series to help shape its future.
Motorsport.com reported Thursday Holden has been in discussions with the series about what will become of the motorsport when Next Gen technical rules are finalized and put in place for 2021. Holden most recently inked another two-year-long commitment to Supercars, which will run through 2020. The deal will see the ZB Commodore sedan as the race car with a familiar 5.0-liter V8 under the hood, which meets current regulations.
One of the major talking points is a possible switch to hybrid powertrains, which could provide a better link to roadgoing cars that teams run. Holden, however, isn’t pushing the powertrain, and in fact, is indifferent. The brand’s marketing director, Kristian Aquilina, confirmed Holden was speaking with Supercars but had no opinion on the floated hybrid powertrains.
Holden currently does not sell a hybrid vehicle.
The powertrains could be hybrid V8s, though one thing is clear: the twin-turbo V6 engine is dead. Holden focused on the development of the engine for some time before shelving the powertrain altogether. It will focus on the V8 through 2021 until new regulations paint a clearer picture of what will power tomorrow’s Supercars.
The new regulations may also provide a control chassis suitable for two-door vehicles. Currently, the chassis is suited to four-door sedans, which has made the Ford Mustang Supercar an awkward looking thing. Nevertheless, the Mustang has dominated down under. A change to a new control chassis could once again reopen the door for the Chevrolet Camaro to race in the series.
That’s especially true as the future of the Holden Commodore itself appears murky. The contract between PSA and GM to produce the Commodore (and Buick Regal) runs out early next decade with no word of a replacement yet.

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ADATA Formally Announces DDR4-2133 CL15 UDIMMsby Ian Cutress on July 31, 2014 5:17 PM EST
One of the hot topics in computer upgrades for the next couple of years is going to be the move to DDR4. Intel has already announced that the Haswell-E / X99 platform will be based on DDR4, and we can only assume that other future platforms will use it as well. The shift from DDR3 to DDR4 is a the big jump for DRAM manufacturers as well, shifting gears to the new product and maintaining stocks of both for the meantime. ADATA is one of the first to officially launch their consumer memory, their Premier line of DDR4.
JEDEC specifications have the DDR4 base frequency at 2133 MHz with sub-timing latencies of 15-15-15 at 1.2 volts. This is where ADATA will be positioning their first DDR4 modules in the market, and we can assume that others will as well until higher frequency parts are binned. Compare this to the rate of DDR3-2133, which is often at 10-12-12 timings or similar, but uses 1.65 volts, and typically comes with heatsinks.
Because we are far from the launch of a consumer platform for DDR4, as one might expect this comes across more as a paper launch. ADATA in the past typically publishes a PR about new memory about two weeks before it goes on the market, and I am asking about pricing which was not mentioned. Given the pictures we received with the modules, it would seem that 4GB and 8GB modules will be first to market for DDR4 unless another DRAM manufacturer has something up its sleeve.


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Depilex to hold fashion week in Karachi
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LAHORE: Depilex Vision will hold a fashion week in Karachi at the end of next month, Muhammad Ali, Depilex Vision country manager, told Daily Times on Monday. “A nation-wide competition will also be held for models, actors and photographers.”
“Designers and models from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, France, UAE and Italy will participate in the event,” he said. “Each country will send one model and one designer to Pakistan.”
“After the fashion event in Karachi, another will be held in Islamabad,” he said. “We selected Karachi for our first event because we feel there are many international buyers in the city. Lahore, on the other hand, has already hosted several international fashion events recently.”
Ali said that beauticians, jewellery designers and lifestyle-related people would attend the show. “Preparations are in full swing for the first show.”
“Depilex Vision will award the best candidate from modelling, acting and photography in two categories – amateur and professional. We will start accepting applications in the last week of May,” he said. “The competition is being organised by Depilex Vision’s Performing Arts College.”
“The two semi-finals of the competition will be held at Karachi and Islamabad. The final will take place in Lahore,” he said.
He said that Depilex Vision wanted to show the “softer side of Pakistan” by organising a fashion week and promoting modelling, acting and photography by holding competitions.
“This is the need of the day. Depilex Vision staged Anarkali in Norway and London to boost Pakistan’s image.”Ali said that soon Depilex Vision would hold dress exhibitions at different major cities of country, “not only to promote fashion, but to provide people with economical and fashionable dresses”.
Pakistani models Amna Haq, Natasha Hussain, Veneeza Ahmed and Iman Ali will be some of the model participating in the fashion week.


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While Acreage Has Shrunk, Census Finds Mass. Farms Have Seen Rising Market Value
Though the number of farms and amount of farmland in Massachusetts is declining, the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation said it found a few bright spots in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's recently-released 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture.
The federal survey, conducted every five years, found that Massachusetts had 7,241 farms totaling 491,653 acres in 2017, compared to 7,755 farms and 523,517 farming acres in 2012.
Farm Bureau Federation President Mark Amato said his organization was "disappointed, but not surprised" by the findings.
"With a crippling drought a few years ago, increasing expenses and increasingly tough regulations, agriculture in the Commonwealth has been hard hit," he said, referring to the serious drought of 2016.
Though the number of farms and acreage utilized for farming has dropped, the average market value of a Massachusetts farm has risen since 2012.
The average farm is valued at $739,711 or $10,894 per acre, compared to an average farm value of $704,071, or $10,430 per acre, in 2012.
The 7,241 farms in Massachusetts sold $475.2 million worth of products in 2017, the USDA said.
Ranked by sales, the top product category in 2017 was "nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod" followed by "vegetables, melons, potatoes, and sweet potatoes," then "fruits, tree nuts, and berries" and "milk from cows."
Those top four categories account for about three-quarters of all Massachusetts agriculture sales.
Amato said he was heartened to learn from the census that there are 1,238 "young producers," or farmers who are 35 years old or younger, farming 73,389 acres in Massachusetts.
"It is refreshing to see this large number of young folks interested in farming," he said.
The Farm Bureau Federation also highlighted the 204 organic farms in Massachusetts, which in 2017 sold $32.8 million worth of organic products — an increase of six farms and $6.5 million in sales over the 2012 census.
The census of agriculture also reported that the number of Massachusetts farms that are harvesting renewable energy has more than tripled — there were 1,435 Bay State farms working to generate renewable energy through biomass, solar or other means in 2017 compared to just 465 farms in 2012, the federation said.
This report was originally published by State House News Service.


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IDC: Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure spend jumps almost 10% in 2016
Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products for cloud IT grew to $32.6 billion in 2016, with Japan leading the way and APAC above average.
China gets new cloud company with Wanda, IBM agreement
The agreement is designed to answer China’s growing demand for cloud computing and cognitive capabilities in the Chinese market
Dell EMC muscles in on cloud infrastructure leaders HPE and Cisco
Dell’s merger with EMC has seen it jump to the top of the cloud infrastructure market to share a three way tie with HPE and Cisco.
Curing security alert fatigue while still protecting your cloud infrastructure
Unfortunately, IT professionals can’t easily determine what class of alert the messages represent until they’ve examined them.
To cloud or not to cloud – what’s the alternative?
Almost every business is constantly in evaluation mode as they are driven by cloud and mobile initiatives to explore new technologies.
Singaporean companies on the brink of cloud tipping point
Singapore is slated to reach the tipping point where the majority of enterprises will become cloud-first within the next two years.
Introducing Google’s latest addition to the toolbox – Cloud Spanner
“Cloud Spanner presents tremendous value for our customers who are retailers, manufacturers and wholesale distributors around the world.”
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QNAP is inviting AU and NZ managed service providers, resellers and pre-sales teams who are interested in gaining business in the cloud.
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Snapdeal, India’s largest online marketplace, has reported incredible savings from the use of their hybrid cloud platform.
World-first SAP partner channel launching in AU to boost growth
SAP today announced a partnership with NEXTGEN, with the aim to fuel the Australian channel community’s capacity to grow in the cloud.
Rapid enterprise cloud adoption bolsters Kiwi company
This Kiwi company that helps businesses tap into cloud technologies and business analytics has experienced incredible growth.
Japan & China among desirable cloud data center locations
“Expanding data center locations across the world and into key economies has been critical in supporting multi-national customers."
Rise & shine: Indonesia wakes to dawn of the DX economy
Indonesia wakes to the dawn of the “DX economy” this year as digital transformation reaches a macroeconomic scale over the next 2-3 years, says IDC.
AWS, Microsoft, IBM and Google dominating cloud but some tier twos are fighting back
Amazon is continuing to dominate the public IaaS and PaaS space, as quarterly cloud infrastructure service revenues top US$8 billion.
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Microsoft's local cloud services experience huge uptake in India
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YOU’RE INVITED: Cloud Expo Asia – biggest cloud industry event in Asia
Cloud Expo Asia is the biggest and best attended cloud industry event in Asia - not one to be missed, regardless of where you reside.
Snapdeal launches open-source hybrid cloud platform Snapdeal Cirrus
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Amazon, Microsoft, IBM and Google widen gap on cloud rivals
Global reach is helping Amazon, Microsoft, IBM and Google stretch their lead in the cloud market. So who else is winning in the market?
Microsoft recommends: Three tools for increasing cloud profitability
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Acronis announces cloud backup through Microsoft Azure at WPC 2016
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Urbanise and PICA chase cloud in 16 million dollar deal
Urbanise.com Ltd and Prudential Investment Company of Australia (PICA) have just announced their new agreement.
Cloud IT revenue skyrockets in first quarter 2016
Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure revenue has grown 3.9% to 6.6 billion on slowed demand from public cloud in the first quarter of 2016.


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Dell confirmed in an interview Monday that the company is currently in talks with Google about using the upcoming Chrome OS on its laptops.
The news comes after Dell put the smack-down on Microsoft last week, promoting its Ubuntu Linux-based products as more secure than those using Windows 7. Now Dell is seeking to use another alternative, turning to Google's upcoming Linux-based OS scheduled for release later this year.
Details on the deal weren't all that forthcoming, however there was indication that devices are currently in development, and that the relationship would last between two and three years.
"There are going to be unique innovations coming up in the marketplace in two, three years, with a new form of computing, we want to be on that forefront," said Amit Midha, Dell's president for Greater China and South Asia. "So with Chrome or Android or anything like that we want to be one of the leaders."
Earlier reports indicate that Dell development was previously confirmed by reference within the Chrome OS code itself. HP and Acer were also listed, indicating that these three manufacturers could have Chrome-installed devices ready for consumers by the end of the year.


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Wills Lifetstyle India Fashion Week (WIFW), beginning March 24, will have an unexpected participant on the ramp this time — designer duo David Abraham and Rakesh Thakore, who have never participated in any fashion week in their 18-year-long career, will unveil their label Abraham & Thakore on the catwalk at WIFW.
The duo earlier never felt the need to participate in fashion weeks since they were getting the business they wanted.
“Fashion weeks in India have assumed seriousness and are conducted in a professional way,” says David Abraham.
“With the changing scenario in India, there’s a serious market for quality fashion here. India is the only country in Asia with such a big, organised fashion industry.” With minimalism as their USP, David says what they.


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tYears after the federal government banned using plastic straws, cotton buds and microbeads in some magnificence merchandise in England, Therese Coffey determined to set to Ban single-use plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups. Because of this maybe 1.1 billion plates and 4.25 billion items of cutlery wouldn’t be made in England every year.
It sounds spectacular, as if the Minister of the Surroundings is trumping at plastics which are solely used as soon as however final for hundreds of years, breaking down into numerous smithereens and polluting rivers and seas within the course of. However the brand new ban barely scratches the floor of a decades-old downside that’s now uncontrolled.
Not solely has Coffey been embarrassed by motion by the Scottish and Welsh governments, which acted final yr on plastic waste, however the English ban seems vaguely to solely apply to plastic utilized in takeaway retailers and never in supermarkets or comfort shops.
There are few pollution extra insidious – or extra pressing to take care of – than plastic. Microplastics prolong from ocean trenches to mountain peaks. Plastic is present in human our bodies and within the meals we eat It actually rains on folks and animals. However the ban could be very slender in scope. It would not cowl single-use plastic water bottles, would not point out plastic baggage and would not even attempt to management the burning of plastic waste in incinerators. There may be nonetheless no scheme for refunding deposits for beverage containers and no crackdown on exporting plastic waste to poor international locations.
“A plastic fork can take 200 years to decompose,” Coffey mentioned when saying the ban. Nevertheless, by the point the brand new legislation is handed, it should have taken about 18 months of session, a number of environmental trustees and large public strain simply to make this minimal progress. At this fee, it could take greater than 200 years to cease plastic air pollution fully.
It’s clear that the federal government has little intention of appearing comprehensively anytime quickly. There isn’t any monetary incentive for catering or quick meals firms to ditch single-use plastic and nothing to encourage the meals business or households to recycle extra. Native authorities shouldn’t be assisted in any manner in cleansing up plastic on seashores or roadsides. There will likely be no restrictions on the manufacturing of single-use plastics, just for some objects that aren’t nicely outlined in chosen locations. It seems that the laws will likely be stuffed with loopholes.
Fairly merely, the Division for the Surroundings, Meals and Rural Affairs, suffering from allegations of inaction and delay by sewage being pumped into English waterways and battered by sluggish and poor air air pollution targets, has been politically embarrassed sufficient to introduce minimal laws that may give the impression of motion. . Undermined by an ideological dedication to letting large industries do as they please, it opted for fast-food retailers, lots of which served low-cost meals, plastic waste framed as garbage made by the general public. The actual downside is that plastics are produced by a really highly effective world petrochemical business that produces the supplies wanted to make the world’s plastics.
Plastic has been on an unstoppable roll for the final 70 years. Unrestrained by governments, the petrochemical business is weathering the worldwide recession and constructing big new plastic crops, like an enormous new manufacturing facility. Shell plant In Pennsylvania, to create worthwhile new markets for the inhabitants in industrialized international locations. At the moment’s fossil gasoline business depends on plastic income to offset anticipated future losses from the transition to renewable power.
The dimensions of plastic air pollution, particularly within the marine surroundings, is now big, though it’s well-known to governments. Virtually half of the plastic is used for single-use objects, of which 40% is for packaging. Nevertheless, lower than 10% is recycled. The stunning fact is that nearly each piece of plastic continues to be there in some form or type, aside from the small quantity that was burned off.
Britain took world management when it handed the Local weather Change Act in 2008. It arrange a strong impartial advisory committee and dedicated itself to a internet zero technique. She now has the chance to guide the United Nations’ negotiations to go the primary world plastic air pollution treaty, finally aiming to chop plastic manufacturing by half.
However you shouldn’t anticipate a UN consensus, which could be very sluggish to attain and can inevitably face stiff opposition from the fossil gasoline foyer. Can take an ethical excessive floor and lead by instance. It might price the general public exchequer nothing to rein within the plastics business, restore confidence within the capacity of governments to sort out these urgent issues, and forestall Britain from showing to be an environmental defaulter.


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Major financial institutions across Africa have tapped into hybrid cloud and AI capabilities from IBM to unlock digital innovation.
This also helps continue their work to develop digital-first solutions, ultimately broadening access to financial services on the continent.
It comes at a time when Covid-19 continues to accelerate the already rapid changes that were happening across the financial services sector in Africa, fast-tracking the adoption of digital technologies to boost financial inclusion.
With over 475 million Africans expected to be mobile internet users by 2025 GSMA –the mobile economy sub-Saharan Africa 2020, digital and mobile play a critical role in facilitating the delivery of digital financial services to consumers who transact on their mobile phones.
As banks focus their efforts on open innovation, security and high-value services, hybrid cloud solutions have become increasingly important to deliver seamless and secure digital banking experiences.
The lenders on the move include EcoBank, Nedbank, Attijariwafa Bank, United Bank of Africa, Co-operative Bank of Kenya and Banco Ma.
“Enterprises, especially those in highly regulated industries like financial services, face unique challenges when it comes to balancing innovation and regulatory compliance,” says Alan Peacock, General Manager, IBM Cloud.
For decades, IBM has been fueling the transformation of the financial services industry, bringing IBM’s industry experience and leadership in security and data privacy to help banks modernise, transform operations and drive innovation.
According to IBM’s Covid-19 future of business study, more than 59 per cent of the organisations that participated said that the pandemic accelerated digital transformation.
More than 75 per cent of responding executives indicated they expect changed customer behavior to continue post Covid-19.
As companies in the financial services sector are speeding up transformation, IBM hybrid cloud and AI solutions are supporting their drive to accelerate digitalisation in different parts of the continent.
“In the past year we have seen banks navigate changes brought on by a growing preference for digital and mobile solutions, increasing smartphone penetration and the demand for convenience, innovation, and simplicity from today’s modern consumer,” notes Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh, Regional, General Manager for IBM North, East and West Africa.
As banks across the continent take advantage of the opportunity to provide digital financial services which boost financial inclusion, IBM is working with Africa’s leading financial groups to deliver intelligent, cloud-based, digital-first innovation through IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI capabilities, Kyerematen-Jimo notes.


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2021 will see the British marque bringing back the legendary Triumph Trident name.
We head to Spain to ride the 2020 Triumph Street Triple RS
A statement has been issued by Triumph Motorcycles India stating that they are in the process of launching a safety recall for the Street Triple RS to remedy an indicator and high-beam malfunction caused by water entering the left-side switchgear. [Read more…]
When the first Triumph Street Triple was launched in India, it made sure that it was here to stay. [Read more…]
The British marque will replace Honda as the exclusive engine supplier from the 2019 season onwards. [Read more…]
This middleweight streetfighter will soon join its litre-class cousin in the Indian market. We recently rode the bike in Italy and will be bringing you a detailed ride report in the June issue of Bike India; until then, here’s what you need to know. [Read more…]


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A blizzard of 30 to 35 Dairy Queens could head to Chicagoland by next year. That includes "several" in the city, according to Crain's. The company didn't share locations of potential stores. There are four Dairy Queens currently open in Chicago.
DQ has attempted to expand beyond soft-serve baseball helmet sundaes. They've marketed under the banner "Fan food, not fast food," and Crain's noted the growth of their Grill & Chill concept built around hot dogs, chicken strips and more. One such restaurant is open at 436 S. Wabash Ave. There are 145 DQs in the metro area, according to Crain's, and 269 in Illinois.
Back in 2008, long lines were the norm in Bucktown when DQ opened its restaurant at 1649 N. Damen Ave. The good times melted in 2010 when the restaurant closed, and it's since been taken over by The Goddess & The Grocer.


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As well as serious implications for people's health and the NHS, coronavirus COVID-19 is having a massive impact on businesses and the economy.
Since this novel virus was first identified in Wuhan, China in late 2019, COVID-19 has brought the kind of health, social and economic chaos never seen before in peace time. With the pandemic now wreaking havoc across the world, governments are acting to not only shield their people from its terrifying health effects, but also to prop them up financially.
Thankfully the UK government is now pumping cash into our ailing economy to last for a minimum of three months. A large number of emergency measures have been taken, alongside more long term help, which businesses can also benefit from. They were announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak during the last week of March, as the reality of coronavirus COVID-19 really hit home. Here we’ve rounded up some of the key points.
On 23rd March the Government outlined stringent and highly unprecedented measures to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. These include social distancing (not meeting up with friends and family outside the ones you immediately live with) and keeping a distance of 2 metres (6ft) from others. Only essential activities like food shopping, medical visits and one form of exercise can be undertaken each day, and only those in essential services should go to work.
With many workplaces closed, support for businesses includes everything from grants and loans to delayed payments and reimbursements. We’ve summarised many of these below, however more in-depth information can be found on the government’s website: COVID-19 support for businesses.
The new Job Retention Scheme allows all UK employers with a PAYE scheme to access support so that they can continue paying staff salaries instead of laying them off. In this way staff will be “furloughed”.
The government is also allowing small and medium-sized businesses to reclaim Statutory Sick Pay provided for staff who have been ill during the coronavirus pandemic.
The COVID-19 Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) has been launched so that the Bank of England can step in and purchase short-term debt from larger companies. Find out more on the Bank of England website.
If your business falls into the sectors of retail, hospitality or leisure, then a one-off cash grant is being offered to those with a Rateable Value on their occupied property of under £15,000. For businesses with a Rateable Value of more than £15,001 (but under £51,000), the grant is bumped up to £25,000.
This scheme is designed to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to access finance of up to £5 million. Again, more can be found about this on the Gov website.
Aimed at self-employed individuals (including members of partnerships), this scheme offers assistance to those who have financially suffered due to COVID-19. More can be found on the Self-employment Income Support Scheme page of the Gov website.
Under the new measures, businesses can now defer their Value Added Tax (VAT) payments for 3 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Self-Assessment payments on account - which were due for payment by 31st July 2020 - can now instead be deferred until 31st January 2021.
There is still a range of financial support available for businesses, particularly start-ups and those looking to innovate and grow.
Although the measures we’ve discussed are temporary, designed by the government to soften the economic blow of coronavirus COVID-19, even once this time has passed businesses will need to look to the future. Obtaining essential funding to carry out technological and scientific innovative activities will be as important as ever in surviving and thriving. This is where schemes like R&D Tax Credits and R&D Grants come in to play.
R&D (research and development) Tax Credits enable companies to either reduce their Corporation Tax liability or for loss-making companies to surrender losses for a lump sum. Quite simply, they offer a cash injection for R&D work that has already been undertaken. The resulting money can essentially then be spent in any way a company sees fit, with many reinvesting it back into further R&D activities. Not taking advantage of the R&D Tax Credits scheme can mean missing out on thousands of pounds.
The scheme was launched back in the early 2000s to incentivise UK businesses to innovate. Growing companies take over new sites, make leaps forward in science and technology and employ more staff - all of which boosts government tax take.
R&D Tax Credits can be claimed by any UK company in any sector or industry. The range of eligible costs and projects is vast, and the only real proviso is that an appreciable advancement in science or technology should be made. This could be by developing a new product, process or service for instance, or by substantially improving an existing one.
SMEs can claim up to 33 pence back for every pound spent on eligible activities, so we’re not talking pocket change here. For larger companies claiming under the RDEC scheme the relief is less generous but claims tend to be much bigger.
Find out everything you need to know on our R&D Tax Credits webpage.
R&D Grants are very similar to R&D Tax Credits in nature, but are a state aid grant that’s non-repayable rather than a tax relief. They are a particularly popular way of financing innovation for new companies and start-ups, and funding is offered as a competition. Amounts offered range between £25,000 and £10 million. Again you can find out more - and how to claim - on our R&D Grants webpage.
Myriad Associates is made up of a team of expert R&D accountants and specialists all ready and waiting to help you get the money your innovative business deserves. Our 100% success rate speaks for itself, so you know you’re making fully optimised, accurate claim.
Call us today on 0207 118 6045 or use our contact form - your company could well end up with money you didn’t even know existed.


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Morgan Stanley agreed to buy discount brokerage E*Trade Financial Corp. for $13 billion, pushing further into the retail market with its biggest acquisition since the financial crisis.
The all-stock takeover adds E*Trade’s $360 billion of client assets to Morgan Stanley’s $2.7 trillion, the companies said Thursday in a statement. Morgan Stanley also gets E*Trade’s direct-to-consumer and digital capabilities to complement its full-service, advisory-focused brokerage.
“E*Trade represents an extraordinary growth opportunity for our wealth-management business and a leap forward in our wealth-management strategy,” Chief Executive Officer James Gorman said in the statement. “This continues the decade-long transition of our firm to a more balance-sheet-light business mix, emphasizing more durable sources of revenue.”
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By Paul Sandle LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Sky, the pay-TV company that bought multi-channel viewing to millions of Britons via satellite, is launching a smart TV called Sky Glass that does away with set-top boxes, cables and a dish on the side of the house. The TVs, which are connected by Wifi using any broadband network, will be available on contract from as little as 13 pounds ($17.70) a month, Sky said on Thursday. “This is the only TV in the world with Sky inside, and all of your favourite apps too. It works on WiFi, so no dish, no box and no fuss,” Chief Executive Dana Strong said. Sky Glass will bring content from the likes of Netflix, Disney+, and Spotify, as well as all Sky’s entertainment and sport into one device, the company said.
Sky’s entry-level TV package can be added for 26 pounds a month. It would also make all Sky’s output more easily available for customers unwilling or unable to have a satellite dish on their home. Sky did not divulge sales targets. “The UK market is a very big TV market, it sells over 6 million TVs every year, you don’t need a big portion of that to be very, very happy,” Strong said. However, she described pricing as “punchy”. Available in 43-inch, 55-inch and 65-inch screens, the device will launch in Britain on Oct.
18, followed by more markets in фильмы 2022 года онлайн. Priced to buy outright at 649 pounds, 849 pounds and 1,049 pounds respectively, Sky said they cost on average 30% less than comparable models. Sky designed and will build the TVs itself. The devices, which have no logo on the front, come in five colours and have 4K Ultra HD screens and Dolby sound. Strong told reporters the user experience set Sky Glass apart from smart TVs made by the likes of Samsung and Sony. “There’s always a tremendous amount of focus in the TV market about the actual hardware,” she said.
“But importantly, it’s actually the software that’s integrating the content, running the TV and controlling the voice platform.” She said Sky Glass would not have been possible without the technology – for example in voice – of Comcast, the U.S. cable company that bought Sky for $40 billion in 2018.
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The former boss of Sainsbury’s has roundly rejected claims that British supermarkets are profiteering during the cost of living crisis, arguing that the government and regulators should focus on helping those in need instead of considering “interfering in markets”.
“This idea that [supermarkets] are somehow profiteering in these circumstances… it doesn’t even pass a basic smell test,” Justin King told City A.M.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt met with supermarkets last month over concerns about the current cost of living and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has also opened an investigation into whether a lack of competition is contributing to grocery prices being higher than they would be in a well-functioning market.
However, King, who served as the boss of Sainsbury’s for 10 years until stepping down in 2014, said that both Tesco and Sainsbury’s reported a decline in their profit margins in their most recent financial results.
“There is no profiteering,” King said. “It is not grounded in the reality of publicly available and reported numbers.”
“I would encourage the CMA not to respond to the political conversation and focus on the facts, which is what their job is supposed to be,” he said.
Grocery price inflation eased slightly yesterday, but still came in at 16.5 per cent for the four weeks to June 11.
While many supermarkets have cut prices on certain key items, the government previously discussed the idea of voluntary price limits for basic food items – an opt-in scheme that requires shops to charge the lowest possible price for kitchen essentials such as bread and milk.
King said the proposal, which supermarkets rejected, was dropped as it was a “truly silly idea”.
“These are not the things the government should be doing,” he said. “Helping those in most need is what the government should be doing.”
“I’ve said consistently, the government should not try to interfere in markets. It actually can’t do that successfully,” he said.
In response to the remarks a CMA spokesperson said: “As the cost of living continues to rise, it is our responsibility to make sure that market conditions aren’t making things worse.
“This is exactly why we stepped up our work on grocery prices – to make sure that weak competition isn’t adding to the problems people are currently facing. As always, we will conduct an evidence-based assessment.”
Since leaving the supermarket, King has turned his focus to the technology space, where he is currently a major investor in, and advisor to, food delivery app Snappy Shopper.
Snappy Shopper, which hopes to rival the likes of Deliveroo and Gorillas, recently recorded 50 per cent growth year-on-year and completed 5.5 million orders during the year.
“We are growing organically,” King said, with the business still focusing on expanding in the Scottish and the north of England, not yet having a presence in London.
He concluded: “We’re building the business for the long term and we think 50 per cent is a good rate of growth for now.”


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A total of 3.4 million tourists visited Morocco between January and April 2018, up 12% compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the Tourism Observatory.
The number of foreign tourists increased by 19%, while the arrivals of Moroccans living abroad grew by 1%, said the Observatory in its statistics on Moroccan tourism for the month of April 2018.
This increase concerned the main tourist markets, in particular Italy (18%), Germany (+14%), France (11%), the United Kingdom and Holland (10% each), the Observatory noted.
Total overnight stays in classified tourist accommodation establishments increased by 10% during the first 4 months of 2018 (+13% for non-resident tourists and +4% for residents).
The two tourist destinations Marrakech and Agadir alone generated 61% of total overnight stays at the end of April, according to the Observatory.
Other cities also posted good performances, notably Fez, Tangier and Rabat with increases of 25%, 12% and 13%, respectively.


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Xiuhtezcatl Releases Film as Ambassador for Levi's Buy Better, Wear Longer Campaign
Launched last month as part of Levi's initiative to create a cleaner fashion industry that will help heal the planet, the Buy Better, Wear Longer campaign encourages consumers to purchase quality products that will last. Climate activist and artist Xiuhtezcatl created a short film with the brand to support this messaging. In “Reimagining Our Future with Xiuhtezcatl,” the artist shares sentiment that reflects a generation on the cusp of adulthood that is aware and determined to change the world, yet hopeful.
“The last year has shown us the power that the people have to not just reimagine the systems and the structures in the world that exists around us but to push for that as a political reality and a social reality. There is not a lot more time to sit around and debate it,” Xiuhtezcatl said in the film. “People are suffering right now from the climate crisis. We saw what has happened, whether it was in Texas or the wildfires on the West Coast. We have to reorient ourselves to be in more of a reciprocal, balanced, regenerative, relationship with the planet.”
With a group of fellow youths, in the film Xiuhtezcatl is seen running along the Los Angeles River, as footage of the artist's work in the studio, in concert and simply reflecting in peaceful solace flashes across the screen. With Xiuhtezcatl's voiceover blending with the imagery, the eco-aware messaging is clear.
“You have this space and this opportunity to speak, to tell these stories, to reflect my reality of a young Indigenous person going through the world and figuring things out,” Xiuhtezcatl explained in the footage. “Our whole generation is thinking about this kind of stuff because we were born into a world that was changing all around us and we are at the forefront of really pushing things in a different direction. Transformative change comes from people imagining alternative futures and then doing the work to build it. I see that strongly among my generation.”
As Levi's has committed to more environmentally sound practices, it has adopted cottonized hemp, organic cotton and employed its WaterLess manufacturing. The San Francisco company revealed that 76 percent of all Levi Strauss & Co. products and 70 percent of all Levi’s bottoms and trucker jackets rely on WaterLess technology, which was founded on finishing techniques and water-recycling guidelines. Through working with these tools, the company has saved more than 4 billion liters of water and recycled nearly 10 billion liters of water since their introduction in 2011.
Xiuhtezcatl has produced tracks such as “What the Frack” and “Speak for the Trees,” which blend hip-hop sounds with environmental-activism messaging. In a campaign that began April 19, Levi's enlisted the help of additional ambassadors including Jaden Smith, Emma Chamberlain, Marcus Rashford, Xiye Bastida and Melati Wijsen. “Reimagining Our Future with Xiutezcatl” is available for viewing through Levi's YouTube channel.


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The biggest losers in the race to bring converged mobile phones and personal digital assistants to market are Palm and Handspring, according to market research firm Strand Consult.
The firm's latest research shows that Palm (PALM) and Handspring (HAND) do not have the financial heft to compete with Nokia (NOK), Sony Ericsson, Siemens (SI), Motorola (MOT) and, now, Microsoft (MSFT).
Even though Microsoft is a newcomer to the smart-phone market, it recently struck deals with several major U.S. carriers that agreed to sell its smart phone. But unlike Handspring and Palm, Microsoft has the finances to compete with dominant smart-phone manufacturers like Nokia, the researchers said.
Handspring would not comment on the study, but it recently released a statement to the media that its combination PDA, cell-phone and e-mail pager "Treo" communicator was now available in Malaysia.
Rogers Wireless, Canada's second-largest wireless service provider in terms of subscribers, said it would be that country's exclusive Treo seller. But the Canadian carrier doesn't plan to subsidize any of the costs for the device, which costs $475 plus a two-year service plan.
Palm said it wasn't manufacturing smart phones, although it's trying to license its operating system to smart-phone manufacturers.
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It's Java vs. BREW: Not only is there a battle between hardware manufacturers in the smart-phone space, but there's one brewing between software companies, too.
To let consumers play games or download business applications onto their cell phones, handset makers are tapping either Sun Microsystems for its Java software, or Qualcomm for its Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) platform.
Side-by-side, applications powered by BREW look no different than those running on Java. But to the companies, naturally, there are big differences.
Paul Pangaro, a director at Sun Microsystems who is in San Francisco for the ongoing JavaOne conference, noted that Qualcomm's software is proprietary. Because Sun is making its software available to anyone –- the company this week showed off a new website for wireless applications developers – Pangaro told Wired News his company will have more content than Qualcomm for mobile phones.
Qualcomm had some news of its own. Jamdat Mobile, a maker of games for mobile phones, said this week it would provide 13 of its games to Verizon Wireless for BREW-enabled handsets. Verizon Wireless subscribers using a BREW-enabled wireless phone will be able to select, purchase and download the games.
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No shield from lawsuits: Comstar Communications, a company sued by the Federal Trade Commission for falsely advertising a technology that shielded consumers from the radiation of cell phones, may be hit by another lawsuit. This time, it's from its distributor, Interact Communications.
Interact said it may take legal action against Comstar because it hasn't stopped using the company's trademark on its products. Interact, whose president Shelly Kalnitsky recently said business was down by 50 percent because of the attention drawn to Comstar by the FTC's lawsuit, said it sent Comstar Communications a notice terminating its contract.
Interact said the package, which included its terminating letter, was returned unopened from Federal Express after Comstar had earlier accepted the delivery.
Last month, the FTC filed lawsuits against Stock Value 1, of Boca Raton, Florida, and Comstar Communications, of Sacramento, California, for promoting products that blocked up to 99 percent of the electromagnetic waves emitted from the earpiece of mobile phones. The products consisted of metallic fiber patches the user would place on the earpiece of the phone.
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DWY riskier than DWI: Yakking on a cell phone while driving (DWY) is more dangerous than driving while intoxicated (DWI), according to British scientists.
The Transport Research Laboratory in Britain said that drivers talking on their mobile phones had slower reaction times and stopping times on the road than those drivers under the influence of alcohol. Using a hands-free kit was almost as dangerous because the conversation, itself, is distracting, the scientists said.
The study included 20 volunteers on a driving simulator. The volunteers' reaction times were, on average, 30 percent slower talking on a mobile phone than if they had drunk a little bit more than the legal limit of alcohol. Their reaction times were 50 percent slower when talking on a mobile than if they'd been driving without one.
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Riot-E goes bankrupt: Riot Entertainment, a distributor of mobile entertainment in Finland that had contracts to make games for The Lord of the Rings, Bridget Jones and Marvel comics, filed for bankruptcy protection.
Riot-E says the bankruptcy isn't due to a lack of customers, but a lack of financing from investors.
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Motorola, Nortel to marry? Motorola is deep in talks with Nortel Networks to combine their wireless network equipment businesses, according to a recent report by BusinessWeek.
Due to the softened economy and fierce competition from Ericsson and Nokia, the two companies are considering combining their infrastructure businesses, the magazine said. Nortel and Motorola declined to comment.
Motorola lost $1.4 billion in the business last year. Nortel slashed 30,000 jobs last year after suffering a second-quarter loss of $19.2 billion.
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Apple grows Bluetooth: Apple Computers said its products would support Bluetooth, a radio that lets devices within 30 feet of each other interact wirelessly.
Apple's first Bluetooth product is the D-Link USB Bluetooth adapter, which is already available in Mac stores for $50, and could be downloaded in April.
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NTT DoCoMo hikes fees: NTT DoCoMo, Japan's No. 1 mobile-phone operator, hiked its fees to connect with subscribers of competing mobile-phone operators to "ensure adequate and smooth interconnection," the company said in a released statement.
Meanwhile, KDDI, Japan's No. 2 mobile-phone operator, plans to offer next-generation wireless (3G) services next month.
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Merger talk: Sonera, Finland's largest wireless carrier, said it was in merger talks with Telia, which has the most subscribers across Scandinavia.
Sonera also said it planned to launch 3G services on Sept. 26.
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(OTTAWA, CANADA) -- Michel Germain today announced that demand has thrust se'xual into overwhelming success, becoming a top selling fragrance at Bloomingdale's, its exclusive American retailer.
Sales of se'xual men's have been steadily increasing and this July it became the #1 selling fragrance at Bloomingdale's world-renowned 59th Street location. se'xual was also Bloomingdale's #2 selling fragrance throughout the chain.
"se'xual sparks a sexy and attractive feeling. Those who wear se'xual enjoy many compliments, romantic hugs, and passionate kisses," noted perfumer Michel Germain. "Our growth has been driven by word-of-mouth. Customers who have felt the power and seduction of se'xual share their experiences. This has created a dramatic buzz."
As a result, demand for se'xual is at a premium. To meet this demand, a new warehouse has been constructed, doubling current capacity, and additional professionals have been hired.
"We were confident of Germain's creations from the start. Our buyers look for exclusive, one-of-a-kind merchandise," stated Michael Gould, Chairman and CEO of Bloomingdale's. "Bloomingdale's is known globally for finding luxurious products that become timeless classics." "I guarantee a passionate experience to anyone wearing my fragrances," promises Michel Germain.
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US: Red Bull in legal battle - report
Red Bull has become embroiled in a legal spat in the US, according to local reports.
The Austrian energy drinks producer and rival US group Vital Pharmaceuticals have launched a series of lawsuits, accusing each other of false advertising and trademark infringement.
According to a report in the Miami Herald yesterday (14 September), a US District Court has granted Vital the right to pursue the false advertising claims against Red Bull. Vital's latest legal action came after the two companies tried unsuccessfully to settle the dispute out of court.
The dispute began last October, the Miami Herald reported, when Red Bull's lawyers sent a letter to Vital demanding it pulled its Redline product amid claims its packaging was too similar to Red Bull. Vital promptly filed a suit in Miami seeking a judgement that it was not infringing Red Bull's trademark.
In March, the newspaper said, Red Bull accused Vital of false advertising with its claims that Redline has fat-burning properties. On its website, Vital espouses a "scientific breakthrough" with its Redline product, claiming it burns fat through a "shivering response", similar to when someone shivers when they are cold.
Vital hit back and threatened to file its own false advertising claims against Red Bull, a suit it was allowed to pursue last week.
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Soroptomist International celebrates 70th birthday with Curiosity Shop renovations, Your Sisters Closet reopening
By Lynn R. Parks
Soroptimist International of Seaford, founded in May 1950, might be closing in on its 70th birthday. But there's nothing stodgy or stuck-in-their-ways about the club's membership.
This fall, the women's service club is renovating its Curiosity Shop, a thrift shop which is the club's only source of income. The project will include redoing the store's office and kitchen area, painting the walls, reworking the check-out area and tearing out the existing carpet and putting in a new floor. Workers will also install a new, upgraded security system, to keep watch over the store's building and parking lot.
Just a few blocks to the west, on High Street, club members held a ribbon cutting Saturday morning to celebrate the re-opening of Your Sister's Closet, a formal dress rental shop. The shop first opened in 2014 in the Odd Fellows building on the north side of the street, but lost its lease there in the spring when the building was sold. It is now on the south side of the street, where the Weatherd Treasures store was most recently located.
"Our motto is to work to do the best for women," said club president Paula Gunson. Both of these efforts help to further that cause, she added.
The Curiosity Shop ~ officially the Nellie G. Allen Curiosity Shop at Soroptimist Park, named for a charter member of the club and a driving force behind the creation of the Curiosity Shop nearly 60 years ago ~ opened in its current location on Middleford Road in 2002. In 2013, the shop got a 20- by 54-foot addition on the west end of the building, to provide space for donations to be sorted and stored. And this summer, Soroptimist retrofitted the building with energy-saving LED lighting.
The most recent renovation is set to start at the end of next week. The store will shut down Thursday, Sept. 20, and remain closed to shoppers during the work, which is expected to take about eight days. The shop will remain open for people who want to make donations.
To clear out merchandise as much as possible, the store will hold a half-price sale Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 17 and 18. On Tuesday, children's clothing will cost 25 cents per item and adults' clothing 50 cents per item.
On Wednesday, Sept. 19, all merchandise will sell for $3 for as much as a customer can fit in a paper bag. The store will supply the bags, but "they are pretty good-sized," store manager Mary Greer said.
Greer said that the renovations will make the store a nicer place to shop as well as to work. The removal of a half-wall that extends the width of the building will make it easier for shoppers as well as employees to move around, she said. And the new floor and paint will brighten up the retail space.
"Our employees will be a lot better off," she said. "They work hard, and they want a nice place to work in."
Club member Margaret Anderson, who is overseeing the renovation, said that the beefed-up security system will be designed to discourage people from leaving furniture, which the store does not sell, and garbage in the parking lot after store hours. Every item that is left outside and that can't be sold in the store means added costs for the club, which has to pay to have it hauled away and put in the landfill, she said.
The new security system is also designed to discourage people from going through the store's dumpsters. "We are trying to do a service for the community, and that is made very difficult for the staff when we have things like that going on," Anderson said.
Your Sister's Closet started out in 2009 as Cinderella's Closet, which was opened just one Saturday in early spring, for girls who needed prom dresses. Last year, the shop was opened for several Saturdays during spring and again for several weeks in winter. In total in 2017, it rented nearly 250 dresses.
"We want girls who can't afford ~ or who don't want to afford ~ to spend hundreds of dollars on a dress they'll wear just once to have an option," Gunson said.
In May, after the spring rental season and after being notified that the shop would have to move, Soroptimist members packed up the shop's dresses and took them to a warehouse on High Street. During the move, members selected about 200 gowns from the stock that they deemed to be out of fashion for teenage girls. Those were sent to the Curiosity Shop to be sold.
The dresses that the club members kept remained in storage until Weatherd Treasures moved to its new home in Bridgeville. On Saturday, Aug. 18, over the course of four hours, volunteers moved everything from the warehouse into the storefront.
The shop has long formal dresses, on display in the front room, as well as short dresses, hanging in the back room. All of the dresses have been donated to Soroptimist and all are dry cleaned before they are rented out.
Rental is $25. That, as well as funding from the Soroptimist Club, covers costs for the shop. All workers at Your Sister's Closet are volunteers from Soroptimist.
Dresses have to be returned by the Saturday after the event for which they were rented. Returns can be made to Your Sister's Closet as well as to the Procino-Wells & Woodland law office on High Street in Seaford. Donations of gowns can also be taken to the law office, or, if it is open, to the shop.
Your Sister's Closet will be open every Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., through Oct. 20. It will also be open Saturdays from Jan. 19 through Feb. 2, and again from March 9 through May 11.
Gunson, who volunteers in the shop, said that she loves to be there, to watch the reactions of girls who visit there. "The best thing is to see them when they first come in," she said. "They've never worn a formal gown ~ maybe they couldn't afford one ~ and when they see what we have, their eyes get real wide. Then they put on a big puffy gown and stand in front of the mirror. The girls know that they're beautiful, but they've never seen themselves look like that before. It is awesome to watch."
For your information
For details about Soroptimist International of Seaford, visit the website siofseafordorg. To follow progress of the Curiosity Shop renovation, go to the Facebook page Soroptimist International of Seaford. Your Sister's Closet also has a Facebook page.
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ISRAEL, Rehovot. From the end of 2022, US restaurants could process the cell meat of an Israeli start-up. A first factory has been built. It can already produce 500 kg per day. Now the costs are to be reduced further.
Future Meat Technologies is in talks with US regulators to start offering its products in restaurants by the end of next year. The company has just opened what it calls the world’s first industrial cellular meat facility, which will be able to produce 500 kg a day.
“From the get-go, our main focus was around scaling up and reducing cost in order to have a commercially viable product,” Chief Executive Officer Rom Kshuk said in an interview to Bloomberg.
According to Future Meat, this is the first industrial production facility in the world. At least half a ton of meat from cell cultures can be produced there per day. Future Meat is by no means the only company involved in the production of meat from cell cultures, reports t3n.
The cultured meat industry, which produces proteins like beef and chicken by growing cells instead of slaughtering animals, now spans more than 75 companies. As pilot plants take the technology out of the lab, Eat Just became the first company to sell cell-grown chicken in a restaurant in Singapore.
Since the first prototypes, start-ups have cut costs by 99% and if consumers take to these products, the market could reach $25 bn. by 2030, McKinsey & Co. said in a report last week. But to compete with conventional meat, costs need to be slashed even further.
Future Meat Technologies, which has raised $43 million from investors including Tyson Foods Inc., Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. and S2G Ventures LLC, claims the lowest price for cultured chicken breast. It’s managed to cut the cost to $4 per 100 g, a fraction of the original price, and plans to cut it by half again by the end of 2022, Kshuk said to Bloomberg.
The company’s facility, located in the Israeli city of Rehovot, can produce cultured chicken, pork, and lamb, with the production of beef coming soon. Still, it’s small compared with some conventional farm factories, some of which slaughter thousands of animals per day. The Good Food Institute said cultured meat production will need to reach millions of tons a year to progress from the demonstration to the industrial stage.
Future Meat will be able to “scale out” production lines and replicate the facility elsewhere, Kshuk explained in the interview with the American news agency. It plans to target the US market - which has some of the biggest meat consumption rates in the world - before expanding to Europe and China. The company has yet to decide what type of meat to start offering first.
Other companies, including BlueNalu., Upside Foods and Eat Just, have expressed an intention to sell cell-based products in the US Like them, Future Meat must get approval from the US Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration before offering its products to the public. Kshuk is optimistic, though reaching price parity with conventional meat will probably take the nascent industry a few years.
“We are aiming to reduce the cost more, more and more,” the CEO concluded. “The story here is not to have a premium product. This is really about finding an alternative way to produce meat.”


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The Comes With Music service for Nokia mobile phones has failed to find support among consumers, despite strong sales for those handsets that came with it pre-installed.
In July this year, the Finnish mobile manufacturer claimed that unit sales for the Nokia 5800 Comes With Music phone had surpassed three million in the three months since its release.
This made the 5800 the most in-demand music playing device of any sort over the period, according to Nokia.
However, data gleaned by music blog MusicAlly suggests that only a small proportion of Nokia owners are using the all-you-can-eat download service, with just 107,000 people signed up across the globe as of July.
Of these only 32,728 are based in the UK, while in Italy and Switzerland the number of subscribers stands at just 691 and 560 respectively.
News of poor take-up for Comes With Music comes just days after Nokia announced it recorded a loss of £838 million for the period from July to September.
The downbeat performance comes amid a slowdown in demand for mid-range mobiles and marks the first time that Nokia has posted a quarterly loss this decade.


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UK waste recycling charity, WRAP, has partnered with the non-profit social enterprise Behaviour Change, to promote consumer awareness of the environmental implications of the products they buy.
It is an issue that WRAP believes has received insufficient attention as worry about the climate emergency grows in the aftermath of COP26. WRAP's priorities will be food waste, plastic pollution, clothing and textiles, and recycling.
The collaboration will include behavioral insights and methods, as well as prototyping, testing, scaling treatments and communicating with the public.
The project will engage the public directly through a suite of citizen-facing brands such as Love Food Hate Waste, Recycle Now, Love Your Clothes, and Clear on Plastics, and will support a variety of environmental commitments made by organizations and governments such as those under Courtauld 2030 and the UK Plastics Pact.
Marcus Gover, chief executive WRAP, said that with over half of all UK emissions related with the products they use, they must influence public behavior about how they shop, eat, dress, and dispose of things. If they don't, they won't be able to address climate change and will severely limit their ability to reduce emissions. Changing behavior on a large scale can have significant benefits, and Behaviour Change and WRAP will work together to create change through the businesses and governments we engage with - here and around the world – as well as through their work with the public.
David Hall, executive director of Behaviour Change, said that they’re focused on learning about what truly works to alter behavior for the better and then scaling it up. Working together with WRAP will allow them to accomplish this in larger, more effective ways that will begin to address the massive sustainability concerns that both organizations exist to address. This new alliance is all about making a difference, and they are excited about the new opportunities it will open up.
The agreement formalizes years of work done by WRAP and Behaviour Change on behavior change interventions. Recent examples include trials with Boots and Unilever to increase bathroom bottle recycling, a pilot with Dorset Council that resulted in a 46% reduction in recycling contamination, and collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste to promote a better understanding of date labels.
Behaviour Change will operate as a subsidiary of WRAP, while continuing to work with its own customers to deliver social and environmental projects.
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Victoria's Secret model Jessica Hart had some harsh words to say about Taylor Swift following the country and pop star's performance at the lingerie company's recent annual fashion show.
Swift, 23, had joined the Victoria's Secret Angels on the runway at Wednesday's event. She wore two sexy outfits at the show and sang with rock band Fall Out Boy and also belted out her hit "'I Knew You Were Trouble" as the models walked the catwalk.
Victoria's Secret model Jessica Hart is now singing the praises of Taylor Swift, days after she criticized the pop star, who had performed at the company's 2013 fashion show.
Hart, 27, had told Women's Wear Daily (WWD) magazine at an after party following the annual runway event that Swift, 23, would not make a good Victoria's Secret model, adding that she "didn't fit."
The 2013 Victoria's Secret Swimsuit Catalogue was shipped out on January 3, and one lucky South African model was named the cover girl for the issue.
Candice Swanepoel, 24, appears on the cover of the catalogue and the model said it was an honor to be picked for the job. Swanepoel also appeared on the cover of the company's swimsuit catalogue in 2011.
Alessandra Ambrosio's 4-year-old daughter Anja shared the spotlight with her supermodel mom recently.
Ambrosio and Anja posed together for a series of photos as part of London Fog's winter 2012 campaign. It's the first U.S. campaign featuring the 31-year-old model and her daughter together, according to USA Today.
Victoria's Secret supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio has given birth to her second child, a baby boy named Noah Phoenix.
The 31-year-old had last month shared with her online fans a photo of herself posing naked while pregnant with her son. The picture was shot for a campaign for the Brazilian jewelry company Vivara.
Adriana Lima, a Brazilian Victoria's Secret model, and husband Marko Jaric, a former NBA player, are expecting their second child.
The 30-year-old announced her pregnancy on her Twitter page on Tuesday, March 20.
Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio, who is pregnant with her second child, showed off her baby bump at a recent fashion show in her native Brazil.
The 30-year-old wore several outfits by Colcci, including a baggy, printed, olive and maroon-colored see-through sweater and a blue, loose-fitting mini-dress, at the designer's show in San Paulo on Sunday, January 22. She was also pictured making a hand gesture to actor Ashton Kutcher, who sat near the catwalk.
Candice Swanepoel, Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio showcased slim figures as they posed in swimsuits before reporters to promote Victoria's Secret's new "Miraculous Push-Up" swimwear line.
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We start the day with more gloomy data on how the cost of living crisis is affecting households.
Retail sales fell 1.1% in May, according to the British Retail Consortium, as soaring energy and food bills left Britons with less disposable income.
ONS figures showed households had saved an average of almost £7,000 after the Covid hit, but those who could save money are no longer willing to spend it.
In a further sign of the squeeze on wallets, data from Barclaycard showed spending on utilities jumped by more than a third, with grocery and transport costs also rising.
5 things to start your day
1) ‘National fuel crisis’ as electric car ownership rises It now costs almost £98 to fill a tank of petrol and nearly £102 to fill a tank of diesel, with crude prices continuing to climb as Russia attacks Ukraine and triggers contingency planning in fuel shortage in Ireland.
2) Pound climbs as Boris Johnson suffers major rebellion The value of the pound rose as markets bet that last night’s substantial rebellion against Boris Johnson could end up watering down UK policy on Brexit in Northern Ireland, easing fears of a trade war by the EU.
3) Chinese chip company boss charged with espionage, stealing trade secrets ASML, the Dutch company whose equipment is used to make advanced semiconductor circuits, said Zongchang Yu, a former employee, transferred trade secrets to Dongfang Jingyuan Electron.
4) Households rack up £7,000 in Covid savings as prices soar Families have saved nearly £7,000 since Covid hit, mainly due to lockdowns when they were unable to spend money on pubs, restaurants, ‘non-essential’ shops, travel and vacations.
5) BlackRock Won’t Be ‘Environmental Police’ in Ethical Investing U-turn Larry Fink, head of the world’s largest fund manager, said it was wrong to ask the private sector to make sure the companies they invest in are doing their part to fight climate change.
What happened overnight
Hong Kong shares opened slightly lower this morning after a strong rise the previous day. The Hang Seng index slipped 0.4pc.
The Shanghai Composite Index was flat, while the Shenzhen Composite Index on China’s second-largest stock exchange also barely moved.
Tokyo shares opened higher as the yen fell. The benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.2pc.
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Turkiye: CHP Deputy Gürer argued that agriculture and livestock supports are insufficient
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CHP Niğde Deputy Ömer Fethi Gürer criticized the lack of adequate support for agriculture and livestock in the 2024 Central Government Budget Law Proposal and the 12th Development Plan. He pointed out that the prices of meat and dairy products in Turkey are consistently increasing, leading to a predicted decrease in meat production. Gürer also highlighted the decline in the number of cattle and sheep, stating that the government has not made effective plans for agriculture and livestock in the past 22 years.
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"Somehow our animal presence has diminished." he said. Stating that breeders are trying to sell their animals due to feeding costs, Gürer said, "Breeders are also confused due to increasing interest rates. The producers we talked to also think that 'we will earn more money if we sell this animal instead of feeding it for 12 months and invest that money in interest." said. Gürer argued that the necessary planning on agriculture and livestock has not been made for the last 22 ...


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Resident Evil 6 is to be the largest game Capcom has ever produced the developer has revealed ahead of the November Resident Evil 6 release date
Reviving the aging horror franchise that resulted in a series of Hollywood action flicks Capcom is set to out the eagerly Resident Evil 6 release in November of this year with a larger team ensure the PS3 and Xbox 360 title lands with more expansive gameplay than ever before.
“This is by far the largest scale production Capcom has ever embarked on,” said Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Executive Producer on the upcoming release. “Between the 150 staff members in Japan and everyone around the world we have more than 600 people involved, a lot of work has gone into this game.”
Resident Evil 6 Features
Boasting a narrative more “intricately designed” than in previous Resident Evil titles the franchise’s sixth instalment will land bigger than ever before with a bevy of “intense drama, realism and surprising plot twists.”
Resident Evil 6 not only has a larger world and deeper experience than you have played before but we are excited to say it is a blend of action and survival horror - something we like to call 'dramatic horror',” said the game’s Producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi.
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Southeast Asians are in for a treat as on-demand services seem to be ready to scratch every conceivable itch.
Right here in Singapore, pet owners can now commute with their pets, thanks to Grab. A beta version of GrabPet was launched this week. And just when the last-mile transportation industry seems to be all about electric scooters and bicycles, Grab is testing out the adoption of the three-wheeled vehicle, “Bajaj” as an alternative short-distance transport in Jakarta.
What about the need to be more environmentally friendly during longer rides? Grab is now looking at launching electric vehicles in Indonesia, not too long after introducing electric vehicles to its fleet in Singapore.
Go-Jek is also busy fundraising as it plans to offer more of its services across the region.
American Business Magazine Fast Company has recently ranked Grab second in its list of 50 most innovative companies in the world for 2019.
Meanwhile, the tech scene in China is experiencing a slowdown. After a number of big restructuring plans were announced among Chinese tech giants towards the end of last year, now some are undergoing major layoffs to prepare for a tough year ahead. Chinese ride-hailing darling Didi was affected and now JD.com is following suit.
Read on to find out more interesting stories from last week, and feel free to tip us if you have news or you just want to give us some feedback, email us at [email protected] We are looking forward to hearing from you.
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Any of you who like to spend time watching videos on YouTube make up for a part of the billion hours of YouTube videos that are being watched by millions of users worldwide, each day — the company announced on Monday.
The California-based video-sharing platform which was launched in 2005, has come a long way in a little more than a decade as its stats have jumped from 8 million views per day in 2005 to a billion hours of videos watched every day in 2016.
The billion hours, if put back to back together, would result in 100,000 years of time spent watching video footage.
“Around the world, people are spending a billion hours every day rewarding their curiosity, discovering great music, keeping up with the news, connecting with their favourite personalities, or catching up with the latest trend,” Cristos Goodrow, VP of engineering, YouTube, stated.
The video service maintains that more than the views they’re focussed on the time a user spends to watch a particular video as it provides an apt scale ‘to understand whether a viewer really enjoyed it’, and to make YouTube a more engaging place for creators and users.
YouTube launched its partner programme in 2007, which allowed creators to earn from their hobby of creating videos and since the platform was growing at a rapid pace — meaning more views and increased revenues — people soon started replacing their full-time jobs to become creators on the video sharing platform.
“If you were to sit and watch a billion hours of YouTube, it would take you over 100,000 years. 100,000 years ago, our ancestors were crafting stone tools and migrating out of Africa while mammoths and mastodons roamed the Earth,” he added.
YouTube has made its presence felt on the online ecosphere — and is currently ranked #3 globally on SimilarWeb — but their YouTube Red paid app hasn’t been as popular.
Reportedly, the company is running into a bit of trouble as YouTube Red had garnered only about 1.5 million subscribers as of last year.
YouTube had recently announced that next year onwards they’ll be removing the unskippable 30-seconds ad format in a bid to make the user experience better and are currently experimenting with shorter ads.
The Google-owned video sharing website is currently way ahead of its competition, but with Netflix, Amazon Prime and other such players coming in the market with their own original content as well as many popular YouTube channels using the platform as a means to drive traffic to their own website, the service needs to innovate a bit more.


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Sony Smartwatch 3 Stainless Steel Edition
The electronics giant just dropped the news that it will be including a stainless steel Smartwatch 3 at CES 2015, just in time to rival Apple’s new Apple Watch. It will feature a 1.6-inch screen, music playback and a built-in GPS to track your workouts. The device will charge using microUSB, and that’s about all we know until Sony lifts the veil in the near future.
Garmin Vivofit 2 Signature Series
GPS manufacturer Garmin’s Vivofit 2 device updates the company’s original fitness tracker with several design upgrades and a handful of new features. Most notably, devices can be fitted with custom Signature Series bands available in premium materials such as stainless steel, rose gold and leather. Style aspect aside, the device gives audible alerts when it detects you have been inactive, sports a stopwatch feature for workouts and comes with a backlit display.
The silver UP3 band recently introduced by Jawbone is the company’s first tracker to include a built-in heart monitor in addition to the typical raft of fitness tracking sensors. The data it acquires about your heart rate, bioimpedance, respiration rate and more is fed into the brand’s proprietary Smart Coach app, which helps visualize your progress and also provide deeper insights into your activity.
Smartwatch makers BURG recently announced that they will be introducing the world’s first all-stainless steel smartwatch at CES later this month. Designed by Dutch designer Hermen van den Burg, it combines a fashion-first aesthetic with standalone smartphone features, including the ability to make and receive phone calls or text messages. The watch will also connect to social media platforms, including Skype; provide GPS tracking; and take photographs with a built-in, two-megapixel camera. BURG expects to release the watch in early March.
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. consumer prices rose in April at the fastest pace in six months, suggesting inflation may accelerate from the 30-year lows reached earlier this year, a government report said yesterday.
Led by higher costs for housing and health care, the consumer price index rose 0.2 percent last month after being unchanged in two of the last three months, according to the Labor Department.
Excluding food and energy, the CPI rose 0.3 percent in April after rising 0.1 percent in March.
"The best news on inflation is behind us," said John Williams, chief economist at Bankers Trust Co. in New York.
Also yesterday, the Commerce Department said inventories of goods at U.S. businesses rose 0.5 percent in March after rising 0.7 percent in February -- either because retailers and other businesses were anticipating further strong demand or because they were stocking up on now-cheaper imports from Asia.
Offering support for hopes that demand won't slow, the Labor Department reported the number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits was little changed last week. Initial jobless claims fell 2,000 to 307,000 in the week ended May 9, as the four-week average for initial claims held below 315,000 for the 14th straight week.
Still, Fed officials have shown their patience with the U.S. economy's strong growth and low inflation, keeping the overnight bank lending rate unchanged at 5.50 percent for more than a year. Only one of the 36 banks and securities dealers that deal directly with the Fed's trading desk -- Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. -- expects the Fed to raise interest rates next week.
April's gain in consumer prices marked the biggest rise since October when consumer prices also rose 0.2 percent. Even so, for the 12 months ended in April, the CPI rose just 1.4 percent. That matched the year-over-year inflation rate for March, the second slowest pace in 33 years.
Price declines were offset last month by rising housing and medical costs. Housing costs, which make up about 40 percent of the CPI, rose 0.4 percent in April. Contributing to housing costs was a big increase, 1.2 percent, in the price of lodging away from home.
Medical care costs likewise rose 0.4 percent, the biggest increase since a similar 0.4 percent gain in January 1996. While it may not mean a return to out-of-control increases in health care costs, the big drops in costs brought about by managed care programs are a thing of the past, analysts said.
"Doctors have big operations, big overhead and it's increasing every year. The technology keeps getting better and better and more and more expensive," said Henry Moyer, a New York health care benefits consultant.
Within other components of the CPI report, food prices rose 0.1 percent. Tobacco prices rose 3.8 percent, the biggest monthly gain since a 4.2 percent rise in October 1982. That followed a 2.6 percent decline in March.
The report on March inventories showed retail inventories -- the only previously unreported element of the total -- rose 0.9 percent. The Commerce Department had estimated inventories would rise 0.5 percent in March. So the 0.9 percent gain suggests the government could raise its growth estimate from the preliminary reading of 4.2 percent at an annual rate.
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online sports making a bet is booming
For years, cell payments didn’t seize off in Nigeria as they’ve in nations reminiscent of Kenya, the place Safaricom’s M-Pesa money transfers have fostered a culture of cashless payments.
worry of digital fraud and slow internet speeds have held Nigerian on-line consumers lower back but making a bet establishments says the brand new, fast digital charge systems underpinning their web sites are altering attitudes in opposition t online transactions.
“we now have viewed giant growth within the number of fee options that can be found. All it truly is basically altering the gaming area,” spoke of Seun Anibaba, CEO of Lagos State Lotteries Board, gaming regulator in Nigeria’s business capital.
“The operators will go along with whoever is faster, whoever can hook up with their platform with much less concerns and glitches,” he observed, including that taxes from activities betting in Lagos State rose 30 % to forty % in 2017 from 2016.
That boom has been matched through a rise in web payments, in keeping with facts from the Nigeria Inter-financial institution agreement system NIBSS, which is owned with the aid of the critical bank and licensed banks.
In 2016, there have been 14 million internet funds price a total 132 billion naira $420 million. Transactions leapt to 29 million price 185 billion in 2017 and within the first quarter of 2018 there have been pretty much 10 million value sixty one billion.
With a younger inhabitants of almost one hundred ninety million, rising cell phone expend and falling statistics costs, Nigeria has lengthy been seen as a fine probability for on-line groups – as soon as patrons consider comfy with electronic funds.
on-line playing establishments say it’s occurring, even though accomplishing the tens of hundreds of thousands of Nigerians devoid of entry to banking services is still a problem for pure online marketers.
British on-line having a bet enterprise Betway opened its first African business in Kenya in 2015, followed via Uganda, Ghana and South Africa. It launched in Nigeria in January.
“there’s a gradual shift to online now, that’s the place the trade goes,” Betway’s Nigeria manager Lere Awokoya mentioned.
“The boom in the variety of fintechs, and the executive as an enabler, has helped the enterprise to thrive. These technological shifts inspired Betway to inaugurate working in Nigeria,” he referred to.
having a bet establishments making the most of the soccer frenzy whipped up by way of Nigeria’s participation on the planet Cup say they are finding the fee systems created through local startups such as Paystack are proving regular online.
Paystack and an additional native startup Flutterwave, each founded in 2016, are offering competitors for Nigeria’s Interswitch which became install in 2002 and became the main platform used through companies operating in Nigeria.
“We delivered Paystack as one in all our charge alternatives with none fanfare, devoid of announcing to our consumers, and within a month it shot as much as the no 1 most used price choice on the web site,” spoke of Akin Alabi, founding father of NairabBET.
He referred to NairaBET, the country’s 2nd biggest having a bet enterprise, now had 2 million regular purchasers on its website, up from 500.”000 in 2013, and Paystack remained the most usual payment option because it was added in late 2017.
Paystack became set up by using two Nigerian computer science graduates, Shola Akinlade and Ezra Olubi, who got early stage funding in Silicon Valley’s Y-Combinator programme.
In December 2016, it raised $1.three million from buyers together with China’s Tencent and Comcast Ventures in the u.s..
Paystack, based in the frenetic Ikeja district of Lagos, said the variety of month-to-month transactions it processed rose from about 8,000 in early 2016 to more than 900.”000 as of June 2018.
“In early 2016 we were processing about $3.”000 a month. today we process well over $eleven million every single month,” mentioned Emmanuel Quartey, Paystack’s head of boom.
He observed an ecosystem of builders had emerged round Paystack, creating utility agen piala dunia 2018 to integrate the platform into websites. “we now have seen a growth in that group and they have carried us alongside,” pointed out Quartey.


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CHIP DESIGNER Qualcomm believes that web browsing performance on smartphones is not being benchmarked and that has motivated the firm to develop its own benchmarking application.
Qualcomm, a mobile hardware company that has peddled various ARM based system-on-chips to many device manufacturers, and is the only vendor chosen by Microsoft for its Windows Phone 7 reference design, last week released Vellamo, a benchmark for Android smartphones. When most people think of benchmarks the metric frames-per-second comes to mind, however it seems that now Qualcomm is more interested in web browsing experience.
While Qualcomm might have released Vellamo on the public Android market, so consumers can now download it, the main target audiences for Vellamo are device makers and web browser developers. Choudhury said, "The tool was originally created for internal testing but we decided to share it with the industry since we knew there was a lack of a benchmarking tool that could provide a holistic view into browser performance. This method enables device manufacturers and browser providers to identify the areas which are slowing the system down the most so they can focus their performance improvement efforts and ultimately deliver better user experiences."
Qualcomm's Vellamo Android application came out last week and it gave us a chance to grab our stash of Android smartphones in the office and see which one came out on top. Samsung's dual-core Galaxy S II led the pack by some margin in a pack that included an LG Optimus 2X, a Google Nexus S and an HTC Desire S.
Some might question whether concentrating on a smartphone's web browsing performance is an accurate measure of overall system performance, especially as firms are starting to promote multi-core smartphone chips as good for gaming.
Nevertheless, another benchmark is just that, another benchmark, and when it's used as part of a suite of tests it will help deliver more information for punters to decide how to shell out several hundred pounds on a smartphone. µ
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The Xbox One 'OneGuide' will not be available in the UK until "some time in 2014", Microsoft has confirmed.
OneGuide offers a personalised guide to channel surfing, letting users browse what's on TV and highlight their favourite channels using their voice and Xbox One controller.
The feature is expected to be available to US users at launch.
"There's a number of different providers out there from where you can get guides," Xbox Senior Product Manager Terry Farrell told TechRadar. "We are choosing to partner with these folks and they are excited about the idea of integration."
Farrell suggests that the amount of television providers is the reason for the Guide's staggered launch.
"We're testing all the boxes," he continues. "You can imagine how many there are in the UK. We've been so focused on testing all the different cable boxes around the globe for just basic passthrough. In 13 different countries - that's a lot of TVs."
Microsoft showed a closer look at the Xbox One's features - including OneGuide - earlier today in the video below.
Xbox One launches in the UK on November 22.