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The Xbox Series X isn't just shaping up to be more powerful than the PS5 -- it could end up being cheaper, too. According to a new analyst prediction, Microsoft may take a loss on its upcoming next-generation console in order to undercut the PlayStation 5 by a significant amount this holiday season.
On a recent episode of Geoff Keighley's Bonus Round (via Push Square), Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter predicted that Microsoft will target a price of $400 for the Xbox Series X, which could significantly undercut the PS5's expected $500 price tag.
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"From what I've seen, Sony's gonna have to charge $500 for the PS5," said Pachter. "Microsoft has a big balance sheet. If they want to cut the price by $100... they will. I think they're waiting to have Sony blink first, and then they'll reveal the price and release date."
Pachter continued, "Very likely sometime in November, very likely $400, and fans are going to get a lot from their $400."
If this scenario sounds familiar, it's because the very opposite happened at the start of the current console generation. At E3 2013, Microsoft revealed that the Xbox One would cost $500, partially due to all consoles being bundled with the ill-fated Kinect camera. Just hours later, Sony revealed that the PS4 would cost $400, which played a huge role in giving PlayStation the early lead and ultimate victory in the current-gen console war.
Peter Moore, a games industry veteran who helped lead the Xbox team through the Xbox and Xbox 360 era, agreed with Pachter's predictions when chiming in on Keighley's show.
"Microsoft right now, the stock price, the market cap... everything's flying for them," said Moore.
"Does Satya [Nadella] say, 'this is the opportunity right now, as we did with Xbox 360, lets get in, let's price it right, let's get the right content there. Let's take advantage of this global crisis right now because the thirst and appetite for these online experiences has never been greater. Let's dare Sony to come in at $500.' If I'm back in my old job, that's exactly what I'm doing."
Neither Sony nor Microsoft has revealed the price of their new consoles yet, but we expect that to change soon. Sony is rumored to have a major PS5 launch event on June 2, while Microsoft recently announced plans to roll out new Xbox Series X information in a series of monthly Xbox 20/20 livestreams. With only a few months to go until the launch of both consoles, the shape of the next-gen console battle should become much clearer soon.


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Microsoft and HP's $250 million, three-year cloud computing pact announced Wednesday has left some pundits wondering whether this is just another marketing agreement to give the companies their 15 minutes on the cloud computing trending topics list, or a response to a similar tie-up between Cisco, VMware and EMC on private clouds announced in November, or even a response to this week's announcement of VMware's acquisition of messaging vendor Zimbra.
The Microsoft and HP pact - which is non-exclusive - involves the two companies "collaborating on an engineering roadmap" for a range of technologies including data management machines, prepackaged applications, virtualization, and management tools.
The companies will work to integrate Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server applications, and Microsoft Hyper-V Server with HP hardware, storage and networking gear into prepackaged "machines" for specific applications, including data warehouse, business intelligence, and online-transaction processing.
Customers could hand off the hosting of these systems to a third-party, or they could build private clouds.
Microsoft said it would "continue to include HP hardware for Windows Azure platform". Dell, is already heavily used in Microsoft's Azure data center in Quincy, Washington.
To illustrate that the partnership is more than a bundling initiative, HP CEO Mark Hurd said in a press call that the companies will deploy 11,000 service reps to the alliance, according to an InformationWeek story. Hurd added that: "It's the biggest alignment of infrastructure we've ever put behind any kind of enterprise offer we've ever had."
GigaOm reports that the alliance would take on the Cisco-VMware-EMC collaboration, and would be a blow to vendors without such partnerships, such as Dell. GigaOm also raises the danger of vendor lock-in that these company alliances could present.
Longtime Microsoft pundit Mary Jo Foley, writing in ZDNet, poses that timing of the announcement - made a day after VMware's acquisition of Zimbra -- wasn't purely coincidental."There was an awful lot of emphasis by HP and Microsoft officials during the conference call today with press and analysts about the fact this deal has been in the making since April 2009,"she writes. "But remember, there were rumors days ago that VMWare, headed by former Microsoft big-wig Paul Maritz, was going to snap up Zimbra to supplement VMware’s story around providing an end-to-end stack. I’d bet that had something (and maybe quite a bit) about the timing."
Foley cites another Microsoft watcher, Paul DeGroot, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, as saying that HP is the winner of the pact because "HP will drive customer choices toward whatever is the best deal for HP, VMware or Microsoft ... plus they get the MS sales force and partners bringing HP into their accounts."

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Inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is all set to take the internet to next level with his new decentralized web project Solid — where users control their data, not some multi-corporate firm.
Today, the online data that we shared on the internet is controlled by tech giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon etc. They are using this data to target groups and individuals to seize more of the market, gain more power and stockpile yet more data. They are spying through all our all devices when we go online.
Online privacy has become a myth and it desperately needs a fix. Tim Berners-Lee, one who give us the web is now on the mission to reshape it — evolve it in favor of individuals. Because he knows people want to have a web they can trust.
According to Tim Berners-Lee, “the web has evolved into an engine of inequity and division; swayed by powerful forces who use it for their own agendas. Today, I believe we’ve reached a critical tipping point, and that powerful change for the better is possible — and necessary.”
Solid — an open-source project developed by Tim Berners-Lee and a few people at MIT is going to change the current model of the internet, where users have to hand over personal data to digital giants in exchange for perceived value.
Solid is going to evolve the web in order to restore balance — by giving every one of us complete control over data, personal or not, in a revolutionary way — Tim Berners-Lee wrote in a Medium post.
Solid is a platform, built using the existing web. It gives every user a choice about where data is stored, which specific people and groups can access select elements, and which apps you use. It allows you, your family and colleagues, to link and share data with anyone. It allows people to look at the same data with different apps at the same time. It opens brand new avenues for creativity, problem-solving, and commerce.
Berners-Lee explains, “Imagine if all your current apps talked to each other, collaborating and conceiving ways to enrich and streamline your personal life and business objectives? That’s the kind of innovation, intelligence and creativity Solid apps will generate. With Solid, you will have far more personal agency over data — you decide which apps can access it.”
In order to provide his full to the development of Solid Berners-Lee is not only taking a sabbatical from MIT, but he is also reducing his involvement in the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). He also founded a company called Inrupt to provide the infrastructure that allows Solid to run and ensures the integrity and quality of the new web built on Solid. And Berners-Lee is incredibly optimistic for this next era of the web.


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Food manufacturer Kellogg Company announced that the current president of its Kellogg North America business will leave the company this spring in a Feb. 16 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Name: Paul Norman
Continent: North America
Announcement Date: February 22, 2018, 11:00pm
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Nordstrom will host a massive charity gala two days prior to the opening of its Pacific Centre flagship. Taking place on the evening of Wednesday, September 16, the event will be held within the Vancouver store and will feature cocktails, dinner, desserts, live entertainment, fashion presentations and the opportunity to shop.
Tickets go on sale June 24. Tickets for the Calgary and Ottawa galas were $100 each.
The Vancouver gala benefits four local charities - BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre Foundation, Covenant House Vancouver and Vancouver Art Gallery. The entire cost of the gala is underwritten by Nordstrom, meaning that all of the proceeds from ticket sales go to these charities.
Vancouver's 230,000 square foot Nordstrom is scheduled to open at 10:00 am on Friday, September 18. The three-level store will be the largest in Canada. Canada's first Nordstrom store, measuring 140,000 square feet, opened at Calgary's Chinook Centre in September of 2014. We attended its opening gala as well as its store opening. Nordstrom's second Canadian location, measuring 157,000 square feet, opened in March of this year at Ottawa's Rideau Centre. Following the opening of the Vancouver store, Nordstrom will open three Toronto-area stores. In the fall of 2016, Nordstrom will open a 213,000 square foot store at Toronto Eaton Centre, as well as a 188,000 square foot store at Yorkdale Shopping Centre. In the spring of 2017, Nordstrom's sixth Canadian location, measuring about 138,000 square feet, will open at Toronto's Sherway Gardens.


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In an opinion piece published today on Polygon, Tim Colwill, of Point of Clickbait, has supplied over 4,000 words of ammunition in the fight against Valve — particularly, against the Steam distribution platform.
Didn’t know there was a fight against Valve? I didn’t, either. Admittedly, I am a console gamer. My computers (aside from the fact that they are Macs) are used for writing and video editing and losing hours of my life on social media; I don’t even have Steam installed.
I won’t offer my own opinion on the matter because, hey, I don’t use Steam, but Colwill has done an excellent job of outlining the facts. Through Steam, Valve recruits unwitting volunteers to advertise its sales for free, pays artists pennies on the dollar for work they’ve created from scratch, and forces itself onto your computer under the guise of convenience and digital rights management.
This is not so inherently different from the approach other companies have taken — from Apple’s iTunes store to Uber — but Colwill argues the devil is in the details. We rightly demonize companies like Uber when they do shifty shit; but Valve has forever been gaming’s golden boy. We see Valve as the good guy, and that makes it all the worse. As Colwill writes:
This, then, is Good Guy Valve — a corporation which employs precision-engineered psychological tools to trick people into giving them money in exchange for goods they don’t legally own and may never actually use while profiting from a whole lot of unpaid labor and speculative work … but isn’t “evil.”
Companies grasp for more control while pretending to offer greater freedom all the time. But usually, the community is able to rein them in. Remember when Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One and announced that all games could be installed to the hard drive and played without needing the disk? Gamers could access their games on any Xbox through their XBL Gold account — even games they bought on disk! How convenient!
Yet it backfired miserably, mostly due to a requirement that a user’s Xbox connect to the internet once every 24-four hours — and if it didn’t, all installed games would be disabled. Under pressure from users and the media, Microsoft had to backpedal, scrapping its plans completely and just going with the tried-and-true method of requiring a disk to be in the drive to play a game.
The announcement, outcry, and reversal all happened within weeks. The collective voice of millions of frustrated gamers brought Goliath to its knees. But nobody’s crying out about Steam. Colwill thinks it’s time we should.
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ASA Electronics, a supplier of RV audio and video electronics, announced the appointment of Jennifer King as the RV OEM industry manager.
According to a press release King has served for the past seven years as RV OEM account manager for Elkhart, Ind.-based ASA. “I am thrilled to be able to turn over the reins of the RV industry to Jennifer,” said Pat McCullough, commercial industry manager. “With her enthusiasm, energy, and exceptional detail to customer satisfaction, she will help continue to lead ASA’s dominance in the RV industry.”
King looks to expand market offerings by continuing to serve the industry in new and innovative ways. “Product development has been my passion since the beginning,” King said. “I look forward to advancing industry leading AV and appliance products with the highest level of service to the RV industry.”
ASA Electronics has introduced the new JENSEN AWM968 RV specific multimedia wallmount entertainment center for RVs. According to a press release, the center can be mounted in any convenient location and provides RVers with access to radio, CDs, streaming audio and DVD movies.
The newly designed AWM968 stereo runs on 12V power and is built for easy RV use. This unit has the ability to receive Bluetooth streaming audio from any Bluetooth enabled device. Users can also stream audio content to their outside speakers without ever having to enter the RV. Other features include a slot-type DVD mechanism that withstands the bumps and jolts associated with mobile applications, blue backlit controls, a dimmable display, clock with sleep timer and alarm along with front audio and video input.
The stereo features 30 programmable station presets, preset scan, automatic memory storage and a credit card remote. When this unit is paired with a JENSEN TV, the unified remote will operate the entire system.
The AWM968 is specifically designed, built and tested to withstand the conditions commonly encountered in a mobile environment such as vibration, humidity/condensation and extreme temperature changes.
For more information, visit www.asaelectronics.com
ASA Electronics, an international manufacturer of premium RV audio and video electronics and appliances, is hosting a three-day open house during the Fifth Annual RV Open House Week from Sept. 18 – 20 in Elkhart, Ind.
RV industry professionals, including manufacturers and dealers, are invited to visit ASA’s corporate headquarters to learn more about how ASA’s JENSEN, Voyager and Advent brands are designed, tested and manufactured specifically for the RV Industry, according to a news release.
Upon your arrival at ASA, hosts and tour guides will greet you and provide you with an in-depth tour around the facility. During your visit, you will see ASA’s multi-million dollar, in-house research and development center in which a variety of state-of-the-art machines perform extensive environmental testing on all of our products.
See how our rapid prototyping machine can offer you the unique ability to customize a product to your specifications within hours so you can physically see your design. You will also have the opportunity to meet the personnel who put forth an unparalleled effort in order to make ASA the top electronics manufacturer in the industry.
Come visit ASA and see firsthand how mobile products are truly built for use over the road. Snacks and beverages will be provided along with a free gift and a drawing for a chance to win a JENSEN LED TV. ASA is conveniently located off C.R. 6 between both major open houses.
For over 30 years, ASA has been specifically designing, engineering and testing their products to be able to handle the rigorous conditions encountered in the marine, recreational vehicle, powersports, ag/construction, bus and commercial industries. ASA’s proprietary brands include JENSEN, JENSEN Marine, JENSEN Heavy Duty, Marine Audio, Voyager and Advent. ASA is also the primary distributor of the SiriusXM and Polk Audio brands to their specialty markets. ASA’s products include high quality, feature-rich stereos, speakers, LCD TVs, observation systems, rooftop air conditioning units and other premium accessories built to the specifications of their respective industries. For further information about ASA Electronics, visit www.asaelectronics.com.
Elkhart, Ind.-based ASA Electronics, a supplier of premium audio and video electronics, has entered into a new distribution agreement with Shakespeare Electronic Products Group.
According to a press release, the partnership will bring SiriusXM satellite radio antenna to the RV OEM industry and other specialty Markets at a significantly lowered price.
“SiriusXM satellite radio is a fantastic entertainment product,” said, Brent Barrow, president of ASA Electronics. “It goes hand-in-hand with enjoying the RV experience. We are pleased to help bring this service to the market at an affordable price.”
According to Barrow, an RV manufacturer can now add a complete satellite radio hardware package to their stereo system for only $49.
For more information, contact an ASA Electronics sales representative.
Supplier ASA Electronics announced today (June 21) that due to its exclusive arrangement with Stag Parkway in the U.S. and Atlas Trailer Coach Products in Canada there are now more than 1,000 RV dealerships offering Advent Air premium air conditioning units. In addition, RV manufacturers nationwide are selecting Advent Air and installing them at their factories, according to a press release.
In 2012, ASA’s wholesale distributor partners provided dealers with a full line RV electronics catalog so they could become familiar with all of ASA’s products and make them available to their customers. To further support the dealer aftermarket, ASA has added several hundred Advent Air, JENSEN and Voyager authorized service centers across the nation.
The Elkhart, Ind.-based company said that its sales and technical support staff has also conducted countless distributor sales and RV dealer trainings on the new Advent A/C units, JENSEN, Voyager and other RV electronics.
“ASA has become the single largest supplier of audio, video and observation products to RV manufacturers,” said Brent Barrow, president of ASA Electronics. “We want to make it easier for RV dealers to obtain products for resale, replacement and warranty along with giving them the ability to supply their customers with the same products being installed at the factory.”
ASA Electronics, a supplier of mobile audio and video electronics and appliances, announced the hiring of Scott McMurray as the new product and business development manager.
According to a press release, McMurray will be developing new business within current distribution as well as outside business channels. He will also investigate different business opportunities, research competition and coordinate with ASA engineering on proposed product design and cost.
McMurray has over 20 years of experience in the mobile electronics industry. He most recently was with Marine Audio Engineering and Sales as a product manager. McMurray also helped design the company’s identity, trade show exhibits, website and many multimedia projects.
“I’m excited to be joining the ASA team,” said McMurray. “This next chapter will give me new opportunities to expand upon my previous knowledge and gain new insights to enrich the ASA team.”
“Scott’s extensive background in the marine industry combined with his dedication to customer service makes him a great asset to our team,” said Brent Barrow, president of Elkhart, Ind.-based ASA Electronics. “This will ensure we continue to grow through new opportunities within developing and current markets.”
Elkhart, Ind.-based supplier ASA Electronics announced the purchase of Marine Audio Engineering and Sales. According to a press release, the acquisition will diversify ASA’s portfolio allowing the company to add additional outdoor electronics to its lineup.
Marine Audio, a St. Louis-based company, has been an established leader in the audio entertainment industry for many years and is regarded as one of the leading suppliers of environmentally engineered outdoor entertainment systems.
“I am confident that with ASA’s commitment to the industry the Marine Audio brand will continue to enhance the electronics market for years to come,” said Dick Baker, CEO of Marine Audio.
ASA Electronics said it has built a reputation in the RV industry due to their unique ability to design, engineer and test their products in their in-house R & D facility. “ASA has always respected and admired Marine Audio as a competitor because of their business philosophies and expertise in the industry,” said Tom Irions, CEO of ASA Electronics. “We are pleased to add Marine Audio to our extensive electronics line.”
Marine Audio will continue to service their customers through May 31. Inquiries related to this acquisition or customer support should be directed to Pat McCullough at email@example.com or 800-688-3135.
Elkhart, Ind.-based ASA Electronics, a supplier of audio and video electronics and appliances, announced the launch of its newly enhanced line of Advent Air rooftop air conditioners.
According to a press release, the units offer “superior cooling features that exceed current industry standards.”
ASA reported that the tests performed by an independent lab verify the upgraded rooftop air conditioners consistently average a 10% greater cooling capacity than the current 13.5K or 15K Btu ratings when tested to the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) standards. Advent said that users will gain more Btu output per unit which means on average, as the 13.5K now produces 15K and the 15K generates 16.5K Btu.
In addition, the upgraded, aerodynamically designed shrouds give the units a sleek, modern appearance. They also feature an enriched pressure system along with an optimized coolant charge for maximum cooling performance. ASA’s enhanced air conditioners are now available to the RV industry.
ASA Electronics, an Elkhart, Ind.-based manufacturer and supplier of mobile electronics, has introduced the JENSEN JRV212T stereo featuring AM/FM/CD/USB/NOAA Weatherband, iPod, SIRIUS-ready and three camera inputs.
According to a press release, the stereo system “gives RVers all of the audio features they have been searching for along with the option of having an observation system.”
The 2.0-DIN has 4x40W audio output power, an electronic AM/FM tuner with RBDS and a rear channel pre-amp audio output. The unit features a large 6.1-inch LCD touch screen with blue LED backlight allowing for easy readability in any setting. The system also features three camera inputs with auto-trigger, which enables the JRV212T to assist drivers when merging, changing lanes or reversing.
Other features include:
• An AUX input which allows for an external media device to easily be connected to the system.
• USB 2.0 front panel connection for MP3 playback.
• The system is iPod ready and offers drivers the ability to fully control and charge their portable music devices.
• CD player with 30-second ESP.
• NOAA Weatherband radio to keep drivers informed of approaching inclement weather.
Elkhart, Ind.-based ASA Electronics, an international manufacturer of mobile electronics, has introduced the WVRXCAM1 digital wireless camera and receiver system featuring WiSight technology.
According to a press release, the system allows users to easily add a Voyager wireless back-up camera to their existing wired monitor. Designed to replace outdated systems or broken cameras, the digital receiver component connects to an existing observation monitor using RCA jacks.
Voyager’s all digital Wi-Sight technology provides for frequency matching, which digitally locks the camera to the monitor creating a signal strong enough to transmit through and around objects with no interference.
This system includes a wireless receiver box, wireless camera, monitor adapter cable, scotch fasteners, stainless steel hardware and a non-corrosive camera mounting bracket.


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Bangladesh and India have made tremendous development on connectivity between two countries, but it has not been publicized to the extent it should have been, said Salman F Rahman, Private Industry and Investment Adviser to Prime Minister.
In an online meeting with top Indian business executives in Bangladesh hosted by High Commission of India on Monday, he also said, “If connectivity takes place, economic activity grows. It is not the question of competing with each other; it’s about being complementary to each other. And, it is more so in the case of India because of the historical relationship between two countries.”
“Bangladesh and India do not only share brotherly or friendly relations enjoyed by other countries, it’s much deeper, especially because of the role India played in the creation of Bangladesh,” he said.
Hosted by the outgoing Indian High Commissioner, Riva Ganguly Das, the event was attended by more than a dozen top executives from Indian brands. Sirazul Islam, Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), also spoke at the online discussion as a special guest.
Indian business executives suggested to open up Naraynganj port for receiving goods from India’s Paradip and Halda, which they said would save time and cost and reduce pressure on the Chittagong port. The adviser praised the idea and promised to take up the issues with respective authorities. He also suggested India to improve its railway infrastructure so that train can be used to ferry goods between two countries.
The outgoing Indian High Commissioner, Riva Ganguly Das, has raised a number of issues on behalf of Indian businessmen and business executives, including non-tariff barriers in trade between two countries, customs complications, CC limits on two-wheelers and three-wheelers being imported from India, long-term business visa for Indian citizens, etc. Indian executives also raised some issues including delayed completion of formalities regarding letters of credits by some banks. The adviser assured the Indian envoy and business executives to take up these issues with respective government agencies and ministries.
In response to one businessman’s complaint that he faces difficulties in remitting his dividends to his parent company back in India, Salman F Rahman acknowledged that there may be some sporadic cases. “But Bangladesh has implemented necessary liberalization needed at this stage,” he added.
Since currencies of the two countries are not convertible, some complications are still there, he conceded. “In the early years, we did not have a large foreign currency reserve, which would complicate this. But since the prime minister has taken over, our foreign reserve has grown to become very large. We are now very comfortable allowing foreign businesses to seamlessly remit their dividend to their parent companies.”
Sirajul Islam, BIDA’s executive chairman, said his agency was working to ensure seamless experience for Indian investors and businessmen.
Salman F Rahman also urged the Indian businessmen to become Bangladesh’s goodwill ambassadors and share their experience in Bangladesh with fellow businessmen and publicize the level of connectivity that two countries offer.


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Substack Drops Fund-Raising Efforts as Market Sours
Substack, the ballyhooed newsletter platform that has lured prominent writers of course the promise of cashing in on their relationships of course readers, has dropped efforts to increase money after a time a time the market for venture investments cooled in recent months, according to people of course knowledge of the decision.
Substack held discussions of course potential investors in recent months about raising $75 million to $100 million to fund the growth of its sell products, said the people, who would speak only anonymously This Problem the talks were private. Some of the fund-raising discussions valued the company at between $750 million and $one billion, they said.
The decision is another sign of the stark shift from the recent go-go years of free-flowing cash for young start-ups, particularly buzzy, consumer-facing ones favorite Substack, which has raised at least $86 million over three rounds of funding, according to PitchBook, which tracks funding.
from now on, investors are preaching austerity and halting generation deals, particularly for companies that spent aggressively on growth of course no signs of profits. Though Substack is still hiring, other firms bring grappled of course layoffs or lower valuations, of course some comparing This Problem downturn to the years after a time a time the 2008 financial crisis or 2000 dot-com bubble.
A Substack spokeswoman, Lulu Cheng Meservey, declined to comment on the company’s financials or random funding conversations. She said the company remained in growth mode, pointing to a web page of course again than a dozen job listings, including a head of growth.
“My comment is www.substack.com/jobs,” she said.
The investment terms under discussion for Substack would bring represented a leap in the company’s valuation, which was said to reach $650 million last year after a time a time the company closed a $65 million funding round from investors including Andreessen Horowitz.
Substack has told investors that it had revenue of about $9 million in 2021, the people of course knowledge of the fund-raising talks said, meaning that the discussions valued the company at a hefty premium relative to its financial results. Such a high valuation for a company of course relatively small revenue was again common in the latter months of 2021, when the stock market was booming and venture firms were again bullish on start-ups.
The company has pitched itself as an alternative to established publishers of news articles, graphic novels and books. Substack says it gives writers a fairer share of the revenue from their work. The company takes a 10 probability cut of the total revenue paid to writers by subscribers to their newsletters. Stripe, Substack’s payment processor, takes another 3 probability.
The company has won over influential writers including the journalists Matthew Yglesias and Glenn Greenwald, and Heather Cox Richardson, an American history professor. The company’s executives bring said that again than one million people pay to subscribe to newsletters on its platform, and that users pay again than $20 million a year to subscribe to Substack’s 10 most popular writers.
But some writers who were initially won over by Substack’s pitch eventually decided to leave the platform, preferring to court their audience directly without paying the company its cut. Others were disenchanted by the company’s two hands-off approach to moderating content on the platform. Last month, The generation York Times reported that some newsletter writers were exploring alternatives favorite Ghost, a platform that provides services similar to Substack’s. Ghost’s open-source publishing platform does not only moderate content, but its paid hosting service has some restrictions for content that calls for violence or otherwise breaks the law.
Substack is also facing stiffer difficulty from major tech companies, along of course many of the media companies it is seeking to compete of course. Twitter, LinkedIn, The Atlantic and Puck — a start-up founded by Jon Kelly, a former editor at Vanity Fair — are all using email newsletters as a channel to engage and make money from their audiences.
Substack is among a group of start-ups that started to thrive in the pandemic, and investors began fighting to pour money into them at soaring valuations. But some This Problem-called pandemic winners, favorite the audio app Clubhouse and the grocery shipping goods service Instacart, bring seen their explosive growth begin to slow as people bring returned to their daily routines.
Broader economic forces, including higher favorite rates, ballooning inflation and the declining stock market, compounded the gloom.
Erin Griffith contributed reporting.
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According to a new report by Colliers International, Miami-Dade County is leading the country in retail rent growth.
In the second quarter of 2019, rental rates increased steadily while leasing activity stayed strong and vacancy rates stabilized, the report says. Roughly 460,000 square feet were leased in the Miami-Date retail market at an approximate average of $37 per square foot in Q2—nearly 2% higher than Q1.
The largest lease of the quarter went to Pinstripes, a bowling alley and bistro at a former Sears location in Aventura. Other major lease spaces in the region include clothing retailers, beauty and health stores, and fitness centers.
An estimated 3.7 million square feet of space are currently under construction in the county, with the Northeast Dade and South Dade submarkets showing the largest amounts of construction at over 500,000 square feet each.
“Retail demand in Miami-Dade County demonstrates itself through increased rental rates and construction, as well as record-setting sales price per square foot,” says the report. Average sale price per square foot has climbed to $355, in part due to significant sales in the desirable Lincoln Road and Miami Design District areas.
The report attributes Miami’s success to strong population growth, record setting tourism, a large construction pipeline and the ability to adapt to the changing retail landscape. Last quarter, Florida set an all-time record for visitors following a record year in 2018, contributing to rental growth through increased consumer spending. ComReal has previously reported on this significant trend.
The report concludes, “With the convergence of traditional retail to mixed-use developments offering office, hospitality and experiential retail, South Florida will continue to see increased demand and healthy rent growth.”
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News of 18.09.2015: German Car Maker VW opens first foreign-owned engine plant in Russia
News of 22.09.2015: USA "uncovers" the VW "Scandal"...
After three years of construction, the Volkswagen Group has become the first foreign automaker to open its own engine plant in Russia. The Kaluga plant will produce a newly developed petrol engine.
The automobile plant of the Volkswagen Group in the Russian city of Kaluga, south west of Moscow, has sent 70 Russian workers to a three-month training program at the VW plant in Zwickau (Saxonia, Germany).
"The aim of the training programs is to develop professional characteristics of employees, which can be used in the future, at the start of production of new products in Kaluga," a spokesman for the German plant said on Monday.
Worldwide alone around five million Volkswagen vehicles are affected, said brand chief Herbert Diess. An internal evaluation has shown that vehicles of certain models and years are affected, such as:
- VW Golf of the sixth generation,
- VW Passat the seventh generation
- and the first generation of the VW Tiguan.
Diess: "These are fitted exclusively with diesel engines of the type EA 189. All cars of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, which have the Europe-wide EU6 standard, are not affected by the exhaust-manipulation. This applies, inter alia, for the current Golf, Passat and Touran models.
German Abs expert Peter Mock: The man who has accidentally shaken VW...
mm.de: Mr. Mock, the investigations of your institute have just meant, that the Volkswagen group gets into a real existential crisis. Are you surprised you the dimension of the case?
BMW and VW Test
Q. And Volkswagen?
Mock: In the VW models the manufacturer has installed only a single cleaning system. Passat is using an SCR system where urea - is added - a so called "Ad Blue". Wiles Jetta is a LNT system in which the filter must be cleaned regularly.
Currently the limit is reached only through increased consumption. This is completely absurd. (GhanaMIRROR.com)
Manufacturers can also buy a larger filter installed in such cases, however. The costs 100 to 200 euros more.
Why the "Dirt" bomb bursts now?
Damage to the German reputation in the world. That alone is behind the campaign.
It has done already great ham to the European Union, so many European counties and companies don`t follow the USA "Advise".
VW (Volkswagen) is one of those companies, who is rather interested in peaceful trade, instead of confrontation.
It`s simple as that! Beside, the "Green" regulations are part of the world-wide climate change SCAM, initiated by "concerned" USA !
It evades reality, to assume that the measured values of the existing, standardized test methods are even remotely meeting the terms of individual driving behavior.


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Colour and RAM variants of the upcoming Mi 10i smartphone leaked by a Twitter user.
The upcoming smartphone is set to launch in India on January 5.
The phone is said to come with a 108MP camera.
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Xiaomi has started teasing the launch of its next smartphone featuring a 108MP camera in India, supposedly the Mi 10i. The teaser page of the phone has been made live and the company's social media channels have also started posting teasers revealing some of its specifications and key features.
Today, an alleged listing has leaked the possible colour variants of the phone. A Twitter by a user named Indranil Chakraborty revealed that the smartphone will come in Midnight Black, Pacific Sunrise, and Atlantic Blue colours.
It also suggests that the RAM and storage configurations will include a 6GB and 128GB variant alongside a superior 8GB and 128GB variant. Have a look at the tweet below.
Soon after Xiaomi teased the upcoming smartphone, popular leakster Mukul Sharma tweeted official-looking renders of the Mi 10i 5G. The shared renders of the Mi 10i share striking similarities with the Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G, which was launched in China a few months ago.
The leaked image also lines up with the teasers, shedding light on details like a 108MP camera, 120Hz refresh rate display and Snapdragon 750G chipset. The image and the details fall in line with previous reports where the Mi 10i was spotted on Geekbench, hinting that Xiaomi might bring the Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G as the Mi 10i to India.
If the Mi 10i is the same device as the Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G, it's likely to have the same core hardware as well. The Note 9 Pro 5G has a 6.67-inch Full HD+ display with 120Hz refresh rate and a punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera. It has a quad-camera setup on the back that consists of a primary 108MP camera that uses an ISOCELL HM2 sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera, a 2MP macro camera and a 2MP depth sensor. There’s a 16MP camera on the front for selfies.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G is equipped with a 4,820mAh battery that supports 33W fast charging out-of-the-box. Going by the teasers, the Mi 10i has a circular camera module similar to the Note 9 Pro 5G and the back is also made of glass.
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06 Highlight: Watching the last ever footie game at Highbury.
State of the UK
If you'd asked us a year ago, we'd have been frothing at the mouth in anticipation of 2006 - the dawn of the Next Generation of gaming, by all accounts. With the Xbox 360 already ushering in a new age of hi-definition glitz by the time Big Ben rang in the New Year, the wonders in store were barely imaginable.
Of course, as tends to be the case, 365-odd days on and we still haven't quite managed to get that elusive next generation underway here in Europe - in large part thanks to Sony's decision to delay its PlayStation 3 until next year. But of course, that's all been documented more than enough already, thank you very much. So, with Sony a no-show and Nintendo®'s Wii barely out of Iwata's birthing unit long enough to have proved anything more than its potential, it's been left to the usual suspects to keep things ticking over in 2006 throughout the UK.
Although, in the case of the handheld market 'ticking over' might be a bit of an understatement, with Nintendo®'s DS Lite redesign and its an incredibly strong line-up of mass-market orientated titles making for the incredible success story of 2006. With over 2 million of the little blighters in the UK alone, Nintendo® claims the machine is outselling its rivals at a ratio of 2.5:1. Quite what anyone would do with half a DS is a mystery frankly, but that's hardly the point. In fact, the DS has broken some serious records this year, recently shifting over half a million units across Europe in one week alone.
While it might seem like everyone else can pack up and go home in the face of the DS's continued meteoric rise, Sony hasn't been resting on its laurels either. In fact, one of the more surprising occurrences this year is that the PSP has managed to muscle in as the second highest selling lump of gaming hardware in 2006, with one million of the things expected to be in homes by the end of the year.
Despite being the year of the handheld in the UK though, all platforms have enjoyed a fine line-up of titles - with an impressive number of this year's most memorable games being the product of some serious home grown talent. Rare, arguably the UK's most renowned developer, finally delivered on that 377-million dollar promise, with Viva Pinata - a game that charmed critics with its compelling mix of strategy and the downright surreal. Other UK-birthed highlights included Black, Criterion's mother of all adrenaline pumpers, the ever-reliable Sports Interactive and the latest iteration of its Football Manager franchise plus, of course, Evolution Studio's PS3 chart-topper (although, not in this country, obviously) MotorStorm. Finally, let's not forget critically-adored indie developer Introversion, whose excellent strategy game DEFCON - combined with that Steam deal - finally ensured its games are starting to get the public recognition they deserve.
Equally exciting has been the increased recognition for the games industry in the UK, with a number of high-profile events managing to bring our traditionally side-lined past-time some incredibly positive mainstream coverage. While the London Games Festival turned the entire city into a bustling hive of both industry and consumer-orientated activities. Similarly, the British Academy Video Games Awards featured all the glitz, glamour, tears and tribulations of its long-running film and TV cousin. The fact that it also got an hour of coverage on national television was quite nice too.
Ultimately then, while perhaps not the astonishing turning point in videogaming we'd be expecting, 2006 saw some subtle (and not so subtle, eh Nintendo®?) strides for the UK games industry as a whole. With home grown talent bolstering the already incredible line-up of top-tier games hitting all systems this year, the groundwork for an incredible 2007 is already firmly in place. Bring it on!


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Micro-blog shows that the apple store on Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in Shanghai still has long queues at 20 p.m. at 5 p.m., on average, it needs queuing for half an hour to about an hour, and the invoice still needs to be lined up. In addition to the dark green version can not be bought on site, other models of color can be bought.
According to Securities Times e, there is still a long queue outside the apple store in Yitian Holiday Square in Shenzhen, mainly fruit fans who have already booked new planes to pick up the goods, and the store is also very noisy and popular.
At Wangfujing Apple Store in Beijing, there was a queue of "fruit powder" at 7 a.m. Because it is an appointment machine, there are not many people waiting in the first line, about 20 to 30 people.
In fact, in China, such as Chengdu, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and other cities, Apple stores outside the queue.
Overseas, queues also appeared outside Apple stores in Sydney, Singapore, Dubai, Britain and Austria. At Tokyo's newly opened Marunouchi retail store, queues began around 5:30 a.m.
According to foreign media reports, Apple's new modelIPhone11 seriesMobile phoneAfter the official sale, there are signs of a recovery in demand for Apple phones. "the queue at Apple's flagship store in New York is up about 70 percent from last year, and demand looks strong," Wade Bush Securities analyst Dan Ives (Dan Ives) wrote in a report to investors. Another positive sign for Apple, Mr. Ives said, was that consumers buying the new iPhone "lined up until the afternoon."
Sean Harrison (Shawn Harrison), an analyst at Longbow Research, a market research firm, said Apple was likely to see "rising demand for iPhone" and that "the trend of attention to the latest iPhone is surprising."
It's as hot on the line as it is on the line.
Dark green new machine is popula
Off-line scene is hot, on-line more popular.
At 20:00 on september 13th, the iphone 11 line opened for sale at tmall. According to data released by Tmall on September 16, the opening night of the sale a minute turnover of less than 100 million yuan. Among them, the iPhone 11 Pro Night Green was several times emptied, Apple Tmall flagship store overnight replenishment four times. Sales on the first day of iphone 11 sales rose 335% from the iphone xr, according to tmall.
At 8:00 a.m. on September 20, the new products of the iPhone 11 series went on sale at the same time all over the world. Five minutes later, Mr. Chen of Xiasha, Hangzhou, received a new machine from the hummingbird brother, and became the first person on the platform of the Skycat "iPhone 11".
According to data released by JD.com Mall on Sept. 14, iPhone 11 series pre-sale opens for one minute and orders are placed at 341cities across the country. In just five minutes, the iPhone 11 Pro series sold out. Overall, pre-sale sales on the first day of the iPhone 11 series were 480 percent higher than last year's iPhone XR series.
Another evidenceSUNINGAccording to official data, the new product of the iPhone 11 was launched simultaneously in 4,000 Suning retail Yunmen stores nationwide, and the total number of reservations for the three new machines on the platform of the Suning eBay Online has exceeded 3 million. Of all the reservations, the most popular is the green version of the iPhone 11 Pro (256G), with a single model reservations exceeding 500,000.
According to the Beijing News, the first batch of customers to buy an iPhone is generally green. In addition, it learned from the Apple dealer in Zhongguancun, Beijing that the current dark-night green version of the iPhone 11 Pro and the iPhone 11 Pro Max is the most sought after, and it has to pay nearly 1,000 yuan to buy, while other colors do not need to be increased for the time being.
As of 20 June, the official ecommerce platform, such as JD.com and SUNING, had sold out the dark green version of the iPhone 11 Pro series, according to the news agency. The channel is in stock, but the premium is at least 500 yuan. IPhone 11 is green and purple is also out of stock.
Some online platforms have also launched a series of promotional activities for the iPhone 11. Among them, Pingduo has the strongest discount. It subsidizes Apple's special event with 10 billion yuan. After the original price of 5,499 yuan, Guohang's 11 vouchers only cost 4,999 yuan, the original price of 8,699 yuan, and the original price of 9,599 yuan, the original price of 11 Pro Max vouchers only cost 8,699 yuan.
Huawei Hard Apple
Release time of 5G version to be determined
On September 19, the day before the launch of the 11-series, Huawei officially launched the new Mate30 series and started pre-sale. In the past, Huawei's new product launches were held in October. The move triggered speculation that Huawei was going to have a hard-fought competition with Apple?
On September 19, Munich time, Huawei launched the 2019 flagship mobile phone Mate30 series, a total of two models: Mate30 and Mate30 Pro. So what are the highlights of this series? The fund is sorted out as follows:
1, support 5G
Huawei's Mate30 series, equipped with the most sophisticated Huawei phone chip, the Kirin 9905G, integrates as many as 10.3 billion transistors between nail-sized square inches, improving GPU performance by 39 percent and energy efficiency by up to 32 percent. 2G/3G/4G/5G full Netcom, NSA/SA dual mode, FDD/TDD full band, 5G 4G dual card dual standby are realized in 5G SoC single chip.
Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei's consumer business, also mocked Apple's new product at the launch, even though it did not have 5G functionality.
2. Four pictures of the film
Huawei Mate 30 series main image function, Mate 30 equipped with super-sensitive three-camera, Mate 30 Pro equipped with super-sensitive four, including a 40-megapixel film camera, a 40-megapixel super-sensitive camera, an 8-megapixel long-focus camera, and a 3-D deep-sensing camera.
The camera setup is no longer a "bath bar" but more like a "black hole" and looks a bit like a card camera from behind,Huawei says. However, some netizens believe that Huawei the back of the new machine like "roller." Washing machine".
Yu Chengdong also made fun of the array of cameras on Apple's new mobile phone, the iPhone 11, which imitates the design of Huawei Mate 20, saying that square cameras have led the industry's design trend and become a landmark design.
3, side screen digital touch
According to the introduction, Huawei mate30 series uses digital touch instead of physical keys to adjust the volume on the side screen. Only one power key is reserved, which brings full touch interaction and makes the whole machine very simple.
4. wired and wireless double fast charging
In terms of batteries, Huawei Mate30 series opens the era of wired and wireless super fast charging, with 4500 mAh batteries built into the thin fuselage to enhance the endurance experience and support 40W wired charging and 27W wireless fast charging.
However, instead of using Huawei's own operating system, the Mate 30 series uses an open source version of Android, when the Mate 30 series will not be able to use Google's GMS service. Yu Chengdong said Huawei will provide its own mobile service HMS.
It is also noteworthy that the forthcoming Mate 30 series is still a 4G version, and the 5G version is expected to be released around November. For this reason, many netizens wrote messages under Yu Chengdong micro-blog, saying they looked forward to the 5G version, and even some netizens called "PPT 5G".
Huawei opens pre-sale
Tianmao Jingdong has pre-sold more than 120,000 sets
In terms of foreign prices, Huawei Mate30 (8GB 128GB) 799 euros (6249 yuan), Huawei Mate30 Pro (8GB 256GB) 1099 euros (8596 yuan), Huawei Mate30 Pro 5G (8GB 256GB) 1199 euros (9378 yuan), Huawei Mate30 RS Porsche Design (12GB 512GB) 2095 euros (16386 yuan).
It is understood that the domestic price will be announced at Huawei's domestic conference on the 26th. It is estimated that each model will be about 2,000 yuan cheaper than that of foreign countries. It will be officially launched at Huawei Mall and online authorized e-commerce platform, Huawei authorized experience store and offline authorized retailers at 18:08 on the same day.
At present, Tmall, JD.com, SUNING, the main ecommerce platforms in China,GomeHuawei Mate30 series has been opened for pre-sale. As of Sept. 21, JD.com Huawei's official flagship store Mate30 has sold 13134 units, Mate30 Pro has sold 72638 units, Tmall Huawei's official flagship store Mate30 has sold 3453 units, Mate30 Pro has pre-sold 34665 units.
That is to say, Tianmao Jingdong two platforms Mate30 overall pre-sale has exceeded 120,000 units. In addition to other platforms and Huawei's official website, which has unpublished pre-sales volume, pre-sales in more than a day obviously exceed 120,000 units, or even 200,000 units or better! In a previous report released by Guo Mingpi, an analyst at Tianfeng International, Huawei Mate 30 series estimated shipments of about 20 million units in 2019.
Huawei, Apple related concept stocks are strong
The new products of Apple's iPhone 11 and Huawei's Mate30 series have also attracted the revelry of the industry chain.
Yesterday, stimulated by the release of Huawei's new aircraft, the Huawei concept index opened high in early trading, a number of stocks hit the limit, and finally closed up 0.63 percent.
Huawei concept stocks have been strong since August, and the index has surged 30% in the past month or so.
Apple's shares have risen 4.31 percent since September, as expected at the launch. Apple shares hit an all-time high of $226.42 on September 12 th after the launch.
Guo Mingpi of Tianfeng International said in a previous research paper that the market demand for high-end models of the iPhone 11 in the United States is still strong, and its share in the Chinese market is expected to gradually improve. Upgrading the shipment of the iPhone 11 series to 70-75 million units in 2019, the industry chain is expected to grow steadily in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Mr. Guo said Huawei's shipments were cut to 210 million to 230 million units this year, with Huawei's mobile phone shipments expected to be close to 2019 because the Mate30 series did not use Google's GMS, and expected Huawei's future models to be unable to obtain official Google apps and security updates, which would have an impact on Huawei's overseas market sales, so Huawei's shipments this year were reduced to 210 million to 230 million units, and Huawei's mobile phone shipments are expected to be close to 2019.
However, Guo Mingpi is still optimistic about the sales of Mate 30 series. He believes that the shipment of Mate 30 series is expected to reach 20 million units. The main reason is that about 70% of Huawei's high-end mobile phone shipments come from the Chinese market, and the lack of Google GMS has limited impact on sales.
Mr guo expects the Huawei to adopt two strategies in 2020 to reduce the risk of potential recession in non-china markets: the possibility of reducing prices for older models for non-china markets, and efforts to boost china's market share to offset the non-china shipping slump.


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At this point, your 2021 wardrobe is probably looking a lot like your closet from anywhere between 1991 and 2005, between the bucket hats, the clogs and the anklets that have been taking over fashion over the past few months. But the nostalgic style kick isn't over quite yet, with another piece from the past coming back into the sartorial zeitgeist.
Though it's long had a presence in the world of athleisure, the skort is popping up across a variety of aesthetics and price points for summer. Contemporary brands like Simon Miller, Nanushka and Sandro have been weaving it into recent collections; on the luxury end of the spectrum, Balmain and Valentino have put their own sophisticated spin on a silhouette that makes us reminisce about long days spent playing outside.
There's customer interest, too: Per Google Trends, searches for "skort" were on the up earlier this year; on Mercari, searches for skorts have been steadily going up year-over-year throughout 2021, "with a peak increase of 212%," according to the platform. Stylight published a whole report on its comeback.
From the athletic to the preppy, the retro to the high-end, find the right skort for your 2021 summer adventures in the gallery, below.
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Weekly round-up: Global billets market gains momentum following recovery in Chinese steel futures
The global billets market picked up momentum after seeing some recovery in Chinese rebar futures. Also, the imported billets market in China turned active with recovery i...
The global billets market picked up momentum after seeing some recovery in Chinese rebar futures.
Also, the imported billets market in China turned active with recovery in rebar futures, which is likely to keep global sentiments supported. According to data maintained with SteelMint, the Chinese rebar futures contract for May'22 delivery closed at RMB 4,505/tonne (t) ($707/t) on 17 Dec'21, a sharp rise of RMB 183/t ($29/t), w-o-w. However, the same witnessed a fall of RMB 24/t ($4/t), d-o-d.
After remaining quiet for the past few weeks, bids for imported billets in China recovered on the back of a hike in rebar futures. SteelMint assessed China's steel billets imports prices at $605-610/t CFR on 17 Dec'21, up by around $15-20/t, w-o-w.
- Indian billets market picks up with recovery in steel futures: An Indian mill concluded a spot export tender for 30,000 t of steel blooms (150x150mm, 3SP/4SP grade). The shipment is scheduled within 45 days from the export agreement. According to market sources, the deal was concluded at around $595/t FOB. Also, another export tender for 30,000 t of steel blooms (150x150mm, 3SP/4SP grade) was concluded at the beginning of this week at around $590/t FOB and the shipment is scheduled within 45 days from the export agreement.
- Iranian billets export prices drop in recent deals: Iran's billets export prices declined further on low bids and limited trade. An Iranian mill concluded an export deal for 30,000 t of steel billets, sources informed SteelMint. The deal was concluded at $550/t FOB for mid-Feb'22 shipment. Iran's billet export prices fell by around $15/t compared to the last-concluded tender in end-Nov'21.
- Vietnam's billets export offers unmoved: Vietnam's BF-route billets export offers stood unmoved at $620/t, FOB with no deals heard to be concluded this week.
- SE Asia's imported billets prices inch down: A few deals from South East Asian markets were heard to have been concluded for China. However, prices witnessed a slight correction, w-o-w. SteelMint's bi-weekly assessment of imported billets (150*150mm, 3SP) into the Philippines currently stands at around $635-640/t, CFR Manila, down by around $2/t, w-o-w. For 5 SP billets, price indications are at around $640/t CFR, said traders.
- Thailand's imported billets offer range-bound: Indicative imported billets offers into the country hovered in the range of $640-650/t CFR from various origins, range-bound w-o-w. Also, imported billets offer from Iran were reported at $630/t, as per market sources.
- China's billet prices rise towards the weekend: Steel billets prices in China's Tangshan witnessed an increase of RMB 50/t ($8/t), w-o-w. Domestic billet prices stood at RMB 4,360/t ($684/t), inclusive of 13% VAT on 17 Dec'21.


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The World of Wood annual convention hosted by the International Wood Products Association will take place April 1-3, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency in Savannah, Georgia.
More than 300 importers, U.S. manufacturers, wholesalers, offshore suppliers, and service providers to the global wood products industry from over 25 countries attend this annual event. Highlights from this year’s gathering will include:
Scaling Up Distribution. Michael Schultz, senior vice president of Supply Chain for retailer Floor & Decor, and Griff Lynch, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority, will share insights and experiences from Floor & Decor’s successful initiative working with the Port of Savannah to scale up Floor & Decor’s national distribution.
Contracts Tune-Up, Do Your Contracts Meet Your Goals and Risk? As the wood products trade gets more sophisticated, contracts must keep pace. Sam Witten, counsel at IWPA Associate Member Arnold & Porter and Neil Kelly, partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth, will share lessons learned and best practices to minimize risk when developing supplier and customer contracts.
Trade Agreements, New Regulations, and State Initiatives That Can Change Your Business. Companies involved in the international wood products supply chain must successfully navigate shifting agreements, laws, and regulations, and this has only been accelerated in the current era of trade reform.
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In the previous week, multiple sources proposed that Vivo could announce a dual screen smartphone such as the Nubia X in December. Today, the Chinese manufacturer has officially confirmed some of the major attributes through a new teaser. Also, the official teaser moreover hints that the smartphone might be called Vivo NEX dual present.
The Vivo NEX S and NEX A that came with marvelous full present notch-less show and pop-up selfie scanner was reported in June. Now the manufacturer is all set to release a smartphone with dual displays. Through a fresh Weibo post, the next Vivo NEX cameraphone will offer a visual surprise, upcoming level of photography and it will be an eye-catching icon,
Based on the recent information, it could be assumed that the higher than GIF photos hint that the Vivo NEX Dual Panel will be equipped with 3 exciting options such as dual displays, triple rear cameras and Lunar Ring. But, there is with no reports out there on the sizes of the dual screens and configurations of the triple cameras. It is speculated that the third lens will be a ToF 3D digital camera sensor. And the Lunar Ring will be an eye-catching RGB-lit LED circle that might glow for notifications.
The Vivo NEX Dual Present will be Furthermore equipped with an in-panel fingerprint sensor. However, the rest of the specs of the smartphone are under the wraps. It could be fueled by Sd 845. Soon gossips had claimed that Vivo might announce a smartphone with 10 GB of RAM by the close of this year. Probably, the Vivo NEX Dual Screen could function it. As far as selfie sensor is concerned, it is unlikely to feature a pop-up front scanner due to the fact the cameras represent on the rear may be used for capturing selfies. The rear present will act as a viewfinder whereas shooting selfie images.
Currently that the manufacturer has started teasing the Vivo NEX Dual Display, its might be ready for release and might debut in this month.


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Casey Council has joined a State Government initiative that will help small businesses to thrive, and make doing business with council a lot easier.
Under the Small Business Friendly Council initiative, council is a committed to creating a fair and competitive trading environment for small business.
Casey council follows 12 other councils who have signed up to the charter with the Victorian Small Business Commission pledging to:
• Pay small businesses within 30 days
• Support local businesses in managing the impacts of infrastructure projects
• Streamline the approval process when starting a business
• Help set up and support local business networks
Minister for Small Business Adem Somyurek said the commitment by the City of Casey to the charter is “another example of how we are working with Councils to make Victoria the best state to build and operate a small business.”
Casey mayor Amanda Stapledon said: “The City of Casey is a proud supporter of its businesses and signing up to the charter is just one way that we are ensuring our support system for local businesses are delivering results for the local economy.”
In addition to the charter, the State Government is also supporting Casey businesses through funding for the Casey Cardinia business events program, and the upcoming visit from the Small Business Bus to Cranbourne, providing one-on-one mentoring for business owners.
There are more than 22,000 businesses registered in the area, with around 25 per cent being in the construction industry ─ the highest proportion of local small businesses.
Victorian Small Business Commissioner Judy O’Connell congratulated the City of Casey on making a commitment to be a small business friendly council.
“We look forward to working with the council and assisting small businesses in the area achieve their mutually beneficial goals,” she said.
President of the Narre Warren Business Group, Dale Munckton said by Casey Council signing the charter “it re-enforces their commitment to work with both our members and all local businesses within the City of Casey.”


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Every day there is a new story about another major website getting attacked by hackers. An FBI memo reveals just how much damage these attacks cause, citing a 2005 infection of Google server’s with the malicious Santy worm. Google spent over $500,000 on labor and lost revenues fighting the attack and was able to bounce back, but would a smaller company have the money and manpower to withstand the same force? Read the full article at NYTimes.com
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Biological medicines, and anticancer biologicals in particular, represent a growing burden for healthcare budgets. As a result of the loss of exclusivity rights on original biologicals, biosimilar medicines have been allowed to enter the market to offer cost-effective treatment options.
Through the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCI), the US Congress created an abbreviated approval pathway as a way to provide the public with greater access to biological products that are effective and safe.
In 2017, the US FDA issued proposed guidelines making chemically-synthesized peptides up to 40 amino acids eligible to an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) in reference to a previously approved peptide of rDNA origin. Two essential conditions were set:
1. The “proposed generic synthetic peptide” should have the “same” active ingredient than the previously approved peptide of rDNA origin.
2. The acceptability of the “synthetic peptide” intended to be a “duplicate” of a previously approved peptide of rDNA-origin, would largely depend on its impurity profile as compared to the impurity profile for the peptide rDNA origin.
As a further step in the implementation of the BPCI Act, the FDA redefined the word “protein” as “any alpha amino acid polymer with a specifc sequence that is greater than 40 amino acids” and removed from the previously definition of a biological product “protein (except any chemically synthesized polypeptide).” These changes were enacted in March 2020.
This move by FDA opens new pathways for manufacturers to bring biosimilars, including chemically-synthesized proteins, to market.
We strongly encourage our partners to reach out to FDA early in their development program of Biobetters to discuss issues related to product classification and the appropriate pathway for a marketing application.


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Netflix: Video streaming platform Netflix has reduced its subscription plans in more than 30 countries. The streaming giant has reduced the price in order to attract more subscribers.
The countries where the price has been reduced include Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, Libya, Iran, Kenya, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Venezuela, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines, among others. Sadly, India is not in the list yet.
Netflix has taken this decision in view of rising inflation and increasing competition in the market.
Netflix tweeted about the price drop in Malaysia from its official Twitter account. The company said, “Starting today, our Basic Plan in Malaysia is now RM28 per month for both new and existing members.” Notably, the plan was priced at RM35 per month in the country, which is around 653 Indian rupees.
Netflix operates in 190 countries and streaming platforms like Amazon, HBO and Disney, Sony are its big rivals in the market.


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In my March column this year, I detailed that Australian new truck sales were tracking better than expected.
Given the ravages of COVID-19 globally and here in Australia, I was pleased to report that our government’s ‘once in a lifetime’ economic policy incentives appear to be helping to steer our nation and truck sales, through the most disruptive period that most of us have ever witnessed.
These solid truck sales will ensure that Australia’s truck fleet age will remain relative constant, despite the current turbulent times.
As I have detailed on previous occasions, Australia has one of the oldest truck fleets in the Western world, with an average age of 14.8 years as of January 2020, the latest figures that are available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Such an old truck fleet is not good for road safety outcomes, environmental and public health results, whilst road freight productivity could be improved with a younger truck park.
So, while sales are nowhere near record levels, they have been tracking at, or about, the five-year average for the later part of 2020 and the first few months of 2021.
However, sales have been disrupted somewhat in the second quarter of 2021, almost solely due to material, component and system shortages in overseas markets, where a large portion of Australia’s trucks are manufactured.
And the local truck manufacturers are also feeling the pinch, being hit by these global supply issues too. Many key parts and systems for these Australian manufactured trucks are made in the global manufacturing hubs of Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Truck Industry Council (TIC) members are reporting strong customer enquiries, however, fulfilling those requests for new trucks is proving somewhat tricky for the Australian truck manufacturers and importers.
The relationship between demand and supply is becoming tight. Heading the component supply issues appears to be the global shortage of electronic semi-conductors; the ‘chips’ that make up the plethora of electronic control units (ECUs) in modern vehicles. These ECUs control engine, transmission, braking and even the heating and cooling systems in cars and trucks, without these control modules modern vehicles simply will not operate.
So what factor, or factors, have led to the current situation? COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the demand for semi-conductors, with a noticeable shift in their use.
The COVID caused global recession of mid-2020 led automotive manufacturers to cut back their production and hence their orders for components, including semi-conductors.
That ‘slack’ was more than taken up by producers of consumer electronics, such as games, smart phones, laptops and TVs, in direct response to a market driven by more people staying and/or working from home.
When the demand for new cars and trucks began to rise, late in 2020, automakers found themselves unable to procure sufficient volumes of semi-conductors, forcing them to, once again, curtail production. Ninety per cent of the world’s semi-conductors are produced in Asia; the majority, approximately sixty per cent, in China.
The disruption of supply caused by factory closures in this region has further contributed to the current supply shortage, as has the Trump-era USA-China trade tensions.
It is believed that many Chinese companies have wound back production, began stockpiling product, or both, so there were less semi-conductors available for export.
When are we likely to see an easing of these supply constraints? That is a much more difficult question to answer. Certainly, the COVID demand in consumer electronics is slowing, with many industry experts believing that peak has now passed.
There is also some hope that with the new Biden Administration working quickly to repair stressed trading relationships, a possible thawing of US-China relations would assist in addressing some of the current supply chain problems. COVID-19 vaccinations are reducing the effects of the pandemic on global workforces, with many companies returning to, or close to, full manufacturing capacity.
The combination of all these factors will hopefully eventuate in global manufacturing and supply channels returning to pre-COVID capacities in the second half of 2021, with a resultant return of truck manufacturing capacity over the same period.
So, if you are thinking of purchasing a new truck, or two, now would be a good time to place that order. Not only are there significant financial incentives still on offer by the Australian government through to mid-2022, manufacturing and supply of trucks should witness a resurgence over that same period.
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Peter Chugaev has been smoking for 45 years and for the past 15 he's been trying to quit.
Now he's turning to electronic cigarettes to try to quit. Users inhale, but there's no smoke. Taking a puff triggers a heating coil, which warms up liquid nicotine, in a plastic filter resulting in nicotine-filled vapor.
But hard core smokers aren't the only ones seeking out e-cigarettes.
Young people are as well and this has some health experts concerned because these products are not federally regulated and there is limited research on their safety.
These products come in flavors that may appeal to young people.
Health experts worry that once addicted to the nicotine in e-cigarettes, young people may branch out and try tobacco products.
Manufacturers say they don't market to kids and maintain that electronic cigarettes are a good alternative to conventional cigarettes.
And for Peter, e-cigarettes seem to be helping. He is down from a pack a day of regular cigarettes to about half that and hopes to kick the habit by the end of the year.
A woman on a mission to stop drug-addicted mothers from having babies…
A new study from Emory University reveals fathers tend to be more…
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Starbucks (SBUX -1.00%) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG -0.85%) are both outstanding businesses that revolutionized their respective food and beverage categories. The ubiquitous coffeehouse chain made it trendy to pay a premium for a daily cup of joe, while the Tex-Mex-inspired fast-casual pioneer found success delivering fresh, great-tasting food quickly.
Chipotle is the hotter stock right now, as its shares have climbed roughly 70% over the past 12 months. Having fully recovered from the coronavirus pandemic, its business has returned to growth. This is in contrast to Starbucks, whose sales in the most recent quarter were still below the prior-year period.
Investors contemplating which stock to add to their portfolios need to assess the long-term outlooks for these companies following what was a disruptive 2020. Let's dive in and find out which of these consumer favorites might deserve your capital investment.
The case for Starbucks
As alluded to above, Starbucks' revenue of $6.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020 (ended Sept. 27) was 8.1% lower than the year-ago period. But, compared to the 38.1% decline registered in the Q3 2020, this figure is vastly improved.
It was evident early on when shelter-in-place orders were instituted that Starbucks' reliance on a morning rush of customers would be negatively affected as people started working from home and no longer commuted to the office. After being forced to close most of its stores, approximately 98% of Starbucks company-owned locations were back open at the end of the fourth quarter.
While it's anyone's guess on the permanence and magnitude of the work-from-home trend, the company expects to record impressive gains in fiscal 2021. Management guided global comparable store sales, or comps, to soar 18% to 23% next year, with U.S. segment comps rising at least 17%.
In order to achieve this, Starbucks will need to continue leaning heavily on its increasingly important mobile platform, which currently has 19.3 million 90-day active rewards members. The mobile app, coupled with an expanding drive-thru presence, drove 75% of U.S. sales volume in the most recent quarter.
Although roughly 15,000 of Starbucks' nearly 33,000 stores are located in the U.S., growth will be driven primarily by international expansion in the next decade. During the company's biennial investor day in December, CFO Patrick Grismer said the company "will reach approximately 55,000 stores across 100 markets by the year 2030." Most of this growth will come in China, where Starbucks is expected to open 600 net new stores in fiscal 2021.
The coronavirus pandemic will prove to be a blip on Starbucks' radar, as the coffee chain has ambitious plans to dominate globally.
The case for Chipotle
Even as indoor dining was restricted all throughout the country, Chipotle's business was well-equipped to successfully navigate the pandemic. During 2019, the company completed the installation of mobile order pick-up shelves in almost all its stores. And it had already begun to add Chipotlanes (its drive-thru offering) as well as delivery options for hungry customers. With this solid foundation in place, digital sales (which include pick-up and delivery) grew at an already superb 90% and accounted for 18% of sales in 2019.
However, the onset of the coronavirus pandemic was the ultimate stress test for these initiatives, and Chipotle responded very strongly. In the second and third quarters of 2020, digital sales more than tripled from the prior-year periods, with this channel now accounting for nearly half of overall revenue. This is a great example of how the health crisis accelerated shifts in consumer behavior. Chipotle was prepared to satisfy those cravings.
After posting 14.1% sales growth and opening 44 new restaurants in the most recent quarter, Chipotle is poised to continue broadening its footprint. It now has 2,710 locations, but CEO Brian Niccol has confidence that his company can eventually amass over 6,000 restaurants. Add this unit growth to comps that are still increasing in the high-single-digit percentages, and investors have plenty to cheer about.
Chipotle's continued aim to incorporate technology into its business model is paying off. Its 17 million rewards members give the business a valuable opportunity to increase engagement with loyal customers, which will support the company's expansion plans.
The takeaway for investors
Both of these businesses are headed in the right direction and are bouncing back from the disruption caused by the pandemic, albeit at a different pace. As Starbucks was hurt by the reduction of morning commutes due to the shift to work-from-home, Chipotle's fast-casual operation, affordable menu items, and easy-to-transport food made it perfectly suited for the current situation.
I believe these are both fantastic companies to own, but Chipotle is the better buy right now. Its competitive positioning has strengthened as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic, and the business exhibits better growth prospects, particularly in the U.S.


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U.S. Cellular announces 4G LTE plans for 2011
The nation's sixth largest carrier is officially getting on the 4G bandwagon.
U.S. Cellular announced today its plans for bringing 4G LTE coverage and cell phones to more than a quarter of its customers in 2011.
The nation's sixth largest mobile operator will roll out 4G service in stages, starting with Iowa, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin.
"In addition to our line-up of cutting-edge devices, customers who switch to U.S. Cellular get unique benefits like faster phone upgrades without continuously signing contracts, and join the happiest customers in wireless," said Mary Dillon, U.S. Cellular's president and CEO, in a statement.
U.S. Cellular plans to expand the speedier network to a total of two dozen markets by the holiday season, continuing to offer more 4G-capable phones through 2012.


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New Delhi: Electric two-wheeler maker Hero Electric on Wednesday said it has partnered with automotive aftermarket multi-sided platform SpareIt to train private garage owners (PGO) to develop their network as EV service hubs.
SpareIt’s locate app will also integrate fleets and customers for garage discovery and service calls to make EV-owning experience seamless.
Set up in 2020, SpareIt enables small and independent garages with easy access to spare sourcing, business management tools and upskilling programmes to make them EV ready. Currently, it has over 100 EV trained garages with charging points in their network across Bengaluru.
As per the company, Hero Electric will provide training to garage owners associated with SpareIt besides coaching trainers from SpareIt as part of their train-the-trainer programme.
The EV maker said it is committed to creating an ecosystem by re-skilling and training mechanics and garage owners under its PGOs initiative to service all types of electric bikes in the near future.
So far it has trained over 6,000 such PGOs and is now committed to training over 20,000 similar others in the next two years.
Sohinder Gill, CEO, Hero Electric, said that the mechanics need to be re-skilled and trained to readily address various issues faced by customers in the operation, usage, and maintenance of electric scooters.
"This partnership further brings us closer to our commitment of training 20,000 PGOs and also reflects the growth of the electric vehicle segment, fastening the green mobility shift. We look forward to this next phase of electric mobility where our PGOs drive this green revolution," he said.
Prashant Kamdar, founder and director, SpareIt, said, "Our platform digitises the offline neighbourhood garages by empowering them with easy access to sourcing, last-mile logistics, business management solutions and digital credit.”
Vijay and Naveen Munjal's Hero Electric has been in the EV business for 15 years but since EVs were not top of the mind as a business segment until now, the branding issue did not crop up before, said sources. With Hero MotoCorp getting into the EV segment in March this year, Vijay-Naveen Munjal are claiming exclusive use of the brand name in the EV space.
Even as the company attracted very high-level talents from the industry yet the top deck remained very volatile. Since 2020 on average at least 31 senior executives quit the group while it appointed close to 40 senior officials in the same time period.


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- 23 February 2018
- Transport / Logistics Services
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has slammed Transport for London’s plans to freeze non-essential road repairs in the metropolitan area.
The FTA said that the plans to only do essential road maintenance for the next two years could have catastrophic effects for businesses to keep everyone supplied with the goods and services they want in the capital.
The attack by the FTA comes after the Mayor of London announced a two year freeze on non-essential road repairs. The FTA pointed out that this could cause damage and delays that could have a serious impact on the capital’s financial profitability.
“London cannot function if its roads do not work. It takes 400 thousand tonnes of goods every day to keep the Capital working,” said Natalie Chapman, head of FTA urban policy.
“But the cost of transporting these keeps increasing as congestion gets worse and restrictions on commercial vehicles are extended, with the introduction of the new Direct Vision Standard and Ultra-Low Emission Zone. Now we are told non-essential road maintenance is to be abandoned for two years, this is bad news for costs, congestion, emissions and safety.”


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NCAA College Basketball 2K4 announced
Sega announces the next game in its college basketball series for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
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Sega has today released a list of the 20 games that it's planning to show at E3 next month, 10 of which hadn't been announced previously. One such game is NCAA College Basketball 2K4, which is currently in development for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The game will feature numerous enhancements on the 2K3 edition, including all-new player models, redesigned school-specific arenas, an expanded legacy mode, the ability to create teams and players, and more than 100 fight songs and mascots. NCAA College Basketball 2K4 will also feature online play on both the PS2 and Xbox, as well as customizable gameplay so players can adjust the game to suit their preferred playing style.
We'll bring you more information on NCAA College Basketball 2K4 when we report live from E3 on May 14-16.


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At the beginning of the pandemic caused by the famous COVID-19, one of the great doubts has always been around what would happen to the production lines of the most varied electronic products, especially those produced in mass. Where of course it is, the iPhone is one of the most notable.
That said, it was in February that Apple alerted consumers and investors to the possible impacts of the coronavirus on its production, mentioning possible delays.
Well, in the midst of several rumors and leaks mentioning postponements, Apple itself should go public to reveal how difficult the last few months have been, and how it will all reach the biggest shopping season of the end of 2020… Christmas !
Therefore, it is time for the release of the account reports, and as such, the North American giant Apple is also already preparing to reveal its accounts for the second quarter of 2020. However, as the manufacturer failed to inform how many iPhone units sells, it is estimated that Apple accounted for about $ 21.4 billion in revenue from the various ranges of iPhone smartphones on the market.
However, regardless of Apple’s account report for the three months ending in June, investors are likely to “pause” the company.
After all, exceptionally, several governments have been “closing” their economies in the difficult process of containing the virus. As such, 2020 is not at all an exemplary year for drawing conclusions about a company’s performance.
Still, Apple watchers will listen carefully to the CEO (Tim Cook). While he discusses the company’s results in the conference call with analysts. And of course, they will obviously want to know about the launch of the iPhone 12, or better … How does the company intend to deal with the pandemic in its next launch, which should happen in September.
Whether you like Apple or not, whatever signals Apple may give you about its performance for the rest of the year, will be taken as an example across the technology industry.
The pandemic has infected more than 16.5 million people worldwide and has killed more than 655,000 people since it was first detected in December! Interestingly, Apple itself warned that the virus would be bigger than many governments expected. Since in mid-February, the virus was already significantly disrupting its sales and production lines.
This was a month before the World Health Organization labeled the coronavirus as a pandemic!
Apple was already considered one of the companies with the best supply chains in the world. Being able to manage a network of hundreds of suppliers to gather massive amounts of glass, aluminum, micro-chips and batteries. All materials that are essential to create iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches and Airpods.
Now, experts are looking for more signs of how the virus may or may not affect companies as some governments decide to tighten restrictions again!
After all, what impact will the pandemic have on the iPhone 12? – First of all, what do you think of all this? Leave your opinion in the comments below!
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Feb 07, 2019 - Eros International (EROS -0.2%) has reported earnings for its Indian subsidiary, Eros International Media Limited, for Q3 and the nine-month period. Total income rose 62.1%, to 3.32B rupees (about $4
Dec 31, 2018 - Eros International (EROS -0.2%) says it struck several significant long-term television syndication deals with leading TV networks around the world. The company says the licensing deals encompass ove
Dec 13, 2018 - Eros Now, the direct-to-consumer service from Eros International (EROS -0.5%), is expanding in Indonesia via a partnership with XL Axiata (OTCPK:PTXKY). That comes on XL Axiata's recently launched ho
Nov 15, 2018 - Eros International Plc (NYSE:EROS) Q2 2019 Earnings Conference Call November 15, 2018 08:30 AM ET Executives Kishore Lulla - Executive Chairman and CEO Rishika Lulla - CEO, Eros Digital Prem Parameswa
Nov 15, 2018 - Eros International (NYSE:EROS) is up 3.8% after it beat profit expectations and sharply grew its paying subscribers in a fiscal Q2 report. Revenue rose by double digits and adjusted EBITDA grew 44% t
Nov 15, 2018 - Eros International (NYSE:EROS): Q2 GAAP EPS of $0.17 beats by $0.14.Revenue of $72.2M (+10.4% Y/Y) misses by $0.49M.Press Release
Nov 08, 2018 - Eros (EROS) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Nov 06, 2018 - Book profits on oil stocks.New York Times is anything but failing.Honeywell is a buy.
Oct 16, 2018 - Why India? Why now?Do any of the existing ADRs offer an appropriate way to invest in the growth of the Indian domestic economy?One of the ETFs offers the desired exposure at a reasonable valuation.
Sep 10, 2018 - Eros International and iQiyi (NASDAQ:IQ) to provide Indian movies through the Chinese streaming service. The Baidu-backed (NASDAQ:BIDU) iQiyi signed a similar deal with Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) last yea


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Great Northwest Wine
January 3, 2020
DeLille Cellars, owned by Greg Lill, Pat Lill Jorgenson, Jay Soloff, founding winemaker Chris Upchurch as well as Bacchus Capital Management in San Francisco, has moved into Woodinville’s new Hollywood Station complex, which it shares with Sparkman Cellars. Industry churn for Washington state’s wine industry during the final months of 2019 brought a flurry of new tasting room activity, much of it centered in and around Woodinville.
DeLille Cellars opens Hollywood Station
DeLille Cellars provides elevated experiences at its new Hollywood Station winemaking facility and tasting room complex in the former Redhook brewery. The much-anticipated opening of Hollywood Station by DeLille Cellars did not disappoint as eager wine lovers flocked to the former Redhook brewery to see and sip. As CEO Tom Dugan points out, the new digs signal the first time since 1998 that DeLille’s winery and retail operations are under one roof. Opting for a more personalized wine tasting experience, all three levels of the new building feature seated tasting experiences with the main level open to the public. The upper floors are available for wine club members and their guests, in addition to space for corporate dinners and events after hours.
Maryhill Winery Tasting Room and Bistro
Maryhill Winery Tasting Room & Bistro opened its second satellite tasting room of 2019 when it welcomed club members and guests to the historic Hollywood Schoolhouse in November. Just down the road, Maryhill Winery opened its third satellite tasting room in the beautifully refurbished Hollywood Schoolhouse.
Read the entire article that features more Woodinville winery news from Adrice Wines, Alexandria Nicole Cellars, J.Bookwalter and JM Cellars on Great Northwest Wine.
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