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Houmous lovers are being urged to check they haven't bought one of the 83 types of the food which may contain the harmful bug salmonella.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) originally feared 22 products may contain bacteria, but this rocketed after new findings.
Consumers are being urged not to eat the products, which have all been manufactured by Zorba Delicacies Limited.
Instead, shoppers are advised to return them to the stores in which they were purchased for a full refund, reports Manchester Evening News .
Stores where the Zorba Delicacies houmous was sold include:
- Nando's (sold in Asda and Tesco),
- John Lewis,
- The Real Deli,
In an alert to shoppers, the Government department advised: "The products listed above might be contaminated with salmonella.
"If you have bought any of the above products do not eat them.
"Instead, return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund."


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Businesses are constantly developing their strategies to become more capable of serving their customer’s needs. This is particularly apparent within the online realm, where companies are continuously evolving their methodologies in order to create stronger connections with their customer base. Those who fail to adapt with the changing environment are those that are doomed to lose the interest of their potential clients.Successful customer relations are built through connecting with audiences in a meaningful manner. One digital marketing tool that is successful at this is email marketing. Although some people may claim it is a dead technique, it is likely that those people have not adopted any of the breakthrough strategies that continue to make it an effective method of appealing to a customer base.Forbes contributor, Eric Samson, the founder of Group8A, has learned this the ‘hard way’ through tireless effort in modifying his methods. Samson says “Email marketing is not dead: Email marketing tactics have simply evolved. Businesses must be willing to change with them or fear getting left to rot in the spam folder.”
Utilizing Custom-Fit Email Campaigns
With more access to behavioral analytics and customer data, it is becoming easier to create email campaigns that are specifically geared towards the interests of each customer. “The days when you could drum up a boilerplate email and blast them off to your subscribers are quickly diminishing,” says Samson. “So, what’s the alternative? We looked to one of the most innovative and exciting social media networks: Pinterest.”Last year, Pinterest has stopped using generic email templates entirely and moved towards emails that are custom crafted for each user. The social media giant is able to rely on their goldmine of customer data in order to connect with its customer base through highly effective email marketing. This has lead to more clicks and opens for Pinterest because they are able to make an emotional appeal that is directly intended to inspire each individual.
Connect Through Email Triggers in Real-Time
This is a newly forming technique that can help businesses reach out to potential customers at the exact moment that they are searching for relevant information. “Real-time email triggers, which are already in use but not altogether effective yet, are going to be a game changer for email marketing,” writes Samson. “Essentially, a campaign like this is based on what the consumer is currently reading or searching for in their various social media feeds.”This presents some huge opportunities for digital marketing, which could rival the effectiveness of search engine optimization. Although the methodology is currently underdeveloped and it is mostly limited to triggers such as location and weather, the potential is massive for initiating conversations with customers at ideal times. The strategy is to pull from a company’s knowledge about their potential customer’s inquiries and to use it for a stronger influence when it matters most.
Develop Tailored Emails with Customizable Templates
This is another underutilized strategy that will have a big impact on the future of email marketing. The majority of businesses still painstakingly develop their emails by coding from the bottom up, but there is an alternative that is rising within email marketing. Modular templates offer a faster and easier way to craft personalized emails.“Think of modular email templates as a sort of digital collage: Drag and drop the content you want to use and build it, much like you would use web-building services like Weebly or Squarespace,” says Samson. “…As personalized email becomes increasingly more common, so too will these kinds of email templates.”

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By Morgan Malone
On Saturday, December 9th, the Buhach Colony FFA chapter held its annual Fashion Show at Isabella’s Bar and Grill in Atwater, California. The event was a huge success. Almost 90 guests showed up, every silent auction prize was bought, and all 70 raffle prizes were won. The event earned our chapter nearly $3000, and everyone who attended had a great time eating, socializing, and watching the members of BCFFA model clothes from different local businesses.
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Indian press has such a deep influence over the lives of folks that the Indians trust their media greater than their government in terms of news authenticity. E-newspapers and E-magazines are helpful to busy professionals who must maintain observe of the newest social update in their personal life or company occasions of their respective fields. The importance of digital media advertising has proven itself as an important part of a business and as a quick imply of transferring information.
In a survey of Indian newspapers, the Hindustan Instances (), published from Delhi, came up as the biggest circulated single version day by day with 1,one hundred seventy five,339 copies adopted by the Ananda Bazar Patrika, revealed from Kolkata with 1,130,167 copies.
This is likely one of the reasons people have began flocking to the web particularly in relation to catching up with current world information. Digital know how for advertising purposes. Potential clients might be attracted by banner adverts, pay-per-click on commercials and web advertising.
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Players looking to score a deal on the PlayStation Vita will be disappointed to hear that the handheld console will not be receiving a price cut like the one that was recently announced for Japan. According to Shuhei Yoshida, head of Sony Worldwide Studios, the reason for this is the exchange rate.
The exchange rate has been an issue with Nintendo in recent earnings reports, as well. This could ultimately play into the price of the PlayStation 4, when released, if the exchange rates stay at a similar level to what they are currently at.
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Thursday, October 02, 2014
Using technology as a tool…not a lifestyle He’s been a technology entrepreneur….but nowadays, Brian Hiss is on a different mission. He’s touring the country to promote what he calls the Experience People Movement. It’s not so much that tech is a problem…it’s more the way it is often deployed and used...
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Wednesday, October 01, 2014
A new generation of processors coming from Intel Intel’s new Core M processors are about half the size of the previous generation Core chips …but at the same time 50 percent faster. They will enable thinner, lighter machines ….some about the width of a double A battery…with significantly longer battery...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Feature rich photo editing that’s affordable Corel is out with a new edition of PaintShop Pro to help you organize and edit all of those digital pictures. Director of Product Management Greg Wood…“PaintShop Pro X7 is really about trying to deliver even more professional creative tools. So more creativity...
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Ooma adds a safety phone Ooma has been offering high quality Internet phone equipment and service for years saving consumers and businesses a lot of money. Now the company is out with an add on Safety Phone. VP for Product Management Dennis Peng…“The Safety Phone is a two way speakerphone. It’s...
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Friday, September 26, 2014
Combating the new iPhones with not one, but two new Galaxy Notes from Samsung Samsung created the category of the giant screen smartphone or phablet with the original Galaxy Note. Now the Note 4 is arriving along with the Note Edge, which has a unique screen running along a curved side. They are designed...
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FinFit's online tools for financial fitness: Director Jennifer Creech (09/29/2014)
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Solar powered bulb maker Nokero at UN Conference: CEO Steve Katsaros (09/24/2014)
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- Rocket Internet falls 14 percent in stock market debut (Reuters, 10/02/2014 03:47AM EDT)
- Tweetbot now does justice to Twitter on your iPhone 6 (Engadget, 10/02/2014 03:43AM EDT)
- Netflix Is Making Four Exclusive Movies with Adam Sandler (Gizmodo, 10/02/2014 03:30AM EDT)
- Ad agency Publicis holds on to key Samsung contract: source (Reuters, 10/02/2014 03:11AM EDT)
- Apple's new iCloud tool can show if a used iPhone is stolen (Engadget, 10/02/2014 03:02AM EDT)
- How hackers accidentally sold a pre-release XBox One to the FBI (PCWorld, 10/02/2014 03:00AM EDT)
- Philips Electronics to appeal ruling in $467 million patent lawsuit (Reuters, 10/02/2014 02:57AM EDT)
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Ford is looking to expand it's Ohio-based manufacturing plant to create a new six-cylinder engine. Ford will be investing more than $500 million in the facility, which is located in Lima, Ohio, to upgrade equipment and add more employees.
The new six-cylinder, EcoBoost engine will become an option as an upgrade for the Ford F-150 pickup. The facility currently makes 3.5-liter and 3.70-liter Duratec V6 engines for several Ford models. The Detroit Free Press reported the investment will go to renovating 700,000 square feet of the plant. The Free Press went on to say Ford's goal is to finish these renovations by the fall and add 300 more jobs in the process. The Lima Engine Plant currently employs 900 workers.
Jimmy Settles, vice president of the United Automobile Workers, said in an interview with the Free Press these new upgrades make a better motor vehicle.
"The new jobs at Lima Engine Plant will be a major boost to the community," Settles said. "It's especially exciting that these jobs will go to support a new technology like the 2.7-liter EcoBoost for the all-new F-150."
The EcoBoost engine was introduced in 2011 and has been a hot seller over the past few years. The Free Press said Ford has sold more than 2 million automobiles that come with the EcoBoost engine. Joe Hinrichs, Ford president of the Americas, said consumer demand was a main reason why they are expanding the Lima plant.
"Our truck customers have spoken, and we continue to meet their evolving needs by providing another V6 option in the all-new 2015 F-150," Hinrichs said. "The hardworking team at Lima Engine is thrilled to begin building one of the most technologically advanced engines ever designed for America's No. 1 truck."
Manufacturers who are looking to add experienced workers to their payrolls can use manufacturing recruiters and operations recruiters to help them find new employees.


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Disposable personal income is flat and real disposable income is negative but consumers are spending more anyway.
That is the message from the BEA's Personal Income and Outlays reports for February and March, both released today.
- Personal income increased $11.4 billion (0.1 percent) in March according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) increased $0.6 billion, (less than 0.1 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $123.5 billion (0.9 percent).
- Real DPI decreased 0.2 percent in March, and real PCE increased 0.7 percent. The PCE price index increased 0.2 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased less than 0.1 percent.
- In March, real PCE increased $87.4 billion, which reflected a $66.3 billion increase in spending on goods and an increase of $27.9 billion in spending on services. Within goods, increases were widespread, with spending on motor vehicles and parts the leading contributor. Within services, the largest contributor to the increase was spending on health care.
- Personal income increased $35.6 billion (0.2 percent) in February. Disposable personal income increased $23.0 billion (0.1 percent), and personal consumption expenditures increased $11.7 billion (0.1 percent).
- Real DPI increased less than 0.1 percent in February, and real PCE decreased less than 0.1 percent. The PCE price index increased 0.1 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 0.1 percent.
- The increase in personal income in February primarily reflected increases in compensation of employees, government social benefits to persons, and personal dividend income that were partially offset by a decrease in personal interest income.
- In February, real PCE decreased $2.8 billion, which reflected a $23.4 billion decrease in spending on goods. This was partially offset by an increase of $16.4 billion in spending on services (table 7). Within goods, food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption was the leading contributor to the decrease. Within services, the largest contributor to the increase was spending on household electricity and gas.
Make less, spend more.
This data, released today, was supposedly already factored into the GDP report for the first quarter.
These reports strongly suggest the government slowdown had a far bigger impact than expected.
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A New Taste of Wine on New York's Upper East Side
Manhattan food-maven Eli Zabar is already known for his gourmet market, wholesale bakery and restaurants. Now, he has added a wine bar to his mini-empire. Taste, a newly relaunched venue, brings a conscientious wine selection to the staid Upper East Side.
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After a lot of uncertainty surrounding whether the new EA Sports licenced WRC game would be releasing, we finally have official word on the title. The game will be revealed next week.
The World Rally Championship is undoubtedly the leading form of off road racing, and has a huge fanbase – enough to warrant an officially licenced video game! The licence had been in the hands of Kylotonn between 2015 and 2022.
But now it falls under control of EA Sports and Codemasters, the latter of whom developed the DIRT titles. Now with the official WRC licence, the rally sim racing community will no longer be split between two sets of games.
The initial release date was 28 July for what was originally called WRC 23, but that came and went with no news. Players were beginning to believe the worst. However, those fears can
now be put to bed.
On the official EA Sports WRC YouTube channel on 5 September at 5pm CEST, the game will be publicly revealed. A teaser video on social media shows three World Rally Championship cars, the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 and Ford Puma Rally1.
Not much else has been confirmed beyond this, but it is possible that we may already know
the release date and more.
EA Sports WRC: November Release?
Reputable leaker billbil-kun made the bold claim that the game would not be called WRC 23 as expected, instead taking on the EA Sports WRC moniker, which proved true! So it is not too much of a stretch to believe they are also correct about other details.
The leaker claims it will launch for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S with both a Standard and Champions Edition. But when it will launch? That will be 3 November, and Champions
Edition owners can get early access starting 31 October.
But perhaps the biggest surprise of them all is the price. Most games nowadays are pushing the envelope when it comes to cost. EA Sports WRC on the other hand according to billbil-kun will be relatively inexpensive. The leaker claims it will cost €49.99/£44.99/$49.99.
Considering F1 23 (another Codemasters and EA Sports licenced racing game) launched at £69.99 for the standard edition, that seems almost to be a bargain! Time will tell whether all of this is true. Luckily that time is only a few days!
Tune in to the EA Sports WRC YouTube channel to follow the reveal of the new game.
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Shapoorji Pallonji-backed FinTech player Suvidhaa Infoserve is seeking to enter an unprecedented ecommerce segment – exclusive clearance sales.
The new marketplace, currently run as a closed beta with test users, will be called Suvideals.ooo. The platform will focus on selling only one branded product per day at highly attractive liquidation prices until inventory lasts.
“We plan to offer single branded products per day to the customer,” said Paresh Rajde, founder, Suvidhaa Infoserve, declining to provide further details. The platform would be operational soon.
Founded in 2007, Suvidhaa Infoserve is into the business of offering transaction services that include utility bill payments, insurance premium renewal collection, telecom, mobile, DTH recharges, travel ticketing, domestic remittance and merchant acquiring services. It had last year picked up a 5% stake in Infibeam.com, an online marketplace of Infibeam Avenues Ltd. After amalgamation, Infibeam Avenues will have a substantial stake in Suvidhaa.
Infibeam.com is being replaced by Suvideals.ooo, helping create an exclusive marketplace for clearance/liquidation products only.
At present, Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal and others are focused on adding more product categories to drive GMV (gross merchandising value).
Suvideals.ooo will be a mix of online and offline, where clearance/ liquidation products would be sold as flash sales. Both traders and individuals can buy.
Currently, there are more than 91,000 Suvidhaa centres/franchise across India, mostly in Tier-2, Tier-3 cities and smaller towns and villages. Suvidhaa currently provides last-mile financial services to more than 45 million customers through multiple delivery platforms.
Mostly the small business and traders or even individuals who are engaged in unorganised liquidation channels will be the target sellers on this new marketplace. Sources said that currently liquidation/clearance channel traders may be selling on existing marketplaces, but they lack promotional support.


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Traditional banks continue to wage war on cryptocurrencies with yet another US bank banning their use from its credit cards. Wells Fargo has become the latest bank to announce that it will no longer allow its customers to purchase cryptocurrency according to a report in Fortune on June 11, 2018.
Wells Fargo, the third largest bank by assets in the US, said that its customers are now prohibited from purchasing cryptocurrency through the use of its credit cards. This decision appears to have been taken due to the bank perceiving any purchase of cryptocurrency as an unnecessary risk, which could put the bank’s customers into an uncomfortable situation due to volatility and rapidly fluctuating prices.
A Wells Fargo bank spokesperson said, “Customers can no longer use their Wells Fargo credit cards to purchase cryptocurrency. We’re doing this in order to be consistent across the Wells Fargo enterprise due to the multiple risks associated with this volatile investment. This decision is in line with the overall industry.”
Still, it appears that this is not a definite decision since the spokesperson did say the bank would be evaluating this position in the not too distant future ‘as the market continues to evolve’.
Wells Fargo is certainly not the only bank that has banned the purchase of cryptocurrencies with their cards. Last February, three of the largest US banks – JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup – had announced that they would no longer allow the purchase of cryptocurrencies with their credit cards. Later in February, JP Morgan Chase said that financial institutions would eventually face the risk that payment processing and other services would be disrupted by new cryptocurrency technology.
The list of banks that have banned cryptocurrency has grown quite considerably of late. The Toronto-Dominion Bank in Canada, which is one of the largest banks in North America, announced in an email that it was banning cryptocurrency purchases with its credit cards. The bank said that these measures were being taken to protect customers as well as the bank.
Jay is pretty interested in the crypto space. He’s written for several publications on the topic and has lots of ideas on how the world can be made a better place with blockchain technology. He’s also a fintech journalist with some years of experience and enjoys writing about new startups, ICO’s as well as any other intriguing news that catches his fancy.


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Snake for dinner... yes please! Brits abroad now love to tuck into cultural cuisine, thanks to celebrity chefs
- The likes of Rick Stein and The Hairy Bikers have been credited for changing attitudes
- Some travellers said they had now tucked into sheep's brain and bees
Making the menu: Brits are more likely to order snails on their travels as attitudes to foods change
Brits abroad have bucked the trend of turning their noses up at local food - with snails, frogs legs and even snake on their holiday menu.
Not so many years ago Brits had a reputation for running a mile at the thought of 'foreign muck' - many even taking their own tea bags and favourite foods away with them.
But researchers have found Brits are far more likely to try new types of food when abroad than when they are at home.
Respondents also identified food markets as a 'must visit' on their trips away, many stating that they have taken inspiration from celebrity chefs such as Rick Stein and The Hairy Bikers to pick up foodie ideas and ingredients to take home.
The study also discovered that many Brits are now looking towards foreign shores to inspire their own dinner parties and fuel the ‘Come Dine With Me’ culture.
The poll of more than 960 people by Viking River Cruises found the majority of Brits (97 per cent) are likely to be more adventurous with their food when on holiday than when they are back home.
Inspiration: Celebrity chefs like the Hairy Bikers, Simon King and David Myers, have been credited for helping changing British attitude towards 'foreign muck'
And three out of four Brits (77 per cent) try to recreate their favourite foreign dishes when they return to UK shores.
The most popular dishes Brits tried for the first time when overseas include snails (six per cent) and frogs (five per cent).
The survey also unearthed the more unusual items eaten by Brits abroad included sheep’s brain, cherry soup and one person admitted eating bees while on holiday.
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2. Frogs legs
While ostrich, birds nest soup and even guinea pig aren’t unlikely to make the menu, we’re trying to impress friends with our culinary creations more than ever before, taking inspiration from our travels.
Wendy Atkin-Smith, managing director of Viking River Cruises UK, said: 'When we arrive on holiday we automatically feel a sense of adventure and this seems to be transferred onto our palette.
'The traditional dinner party is back in fashion and we are now looking to impress with international dishes rather than the traditional meat and two veg. '
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September 27, 2016
Legal pot coming soon.
Iconic Californian music chain Amoeba has won a license to dispense medical cannabis from its 25 year-old location in Berkeley.
Amoeba’s flagship store has been competing for a coveted permit since last October. After its initial application failed, Berkeley City Council has now approved the store’s plans for an in-house dispensary.
“We are planning the most epic dispensary ever at the Amoeba location on Telegraph,” wrote the store’s Debby Goldsberry after sharing the news on Facebook.
Amoeba, which already has a medical marijuana doctor’s office, will convert its jazz and classical room into a dispensary with its own shop front, called Berkeley Compassionate Care Collective or BC3. It could, however, be several months before its first pot customers walk through the door because the store still requires approval from Berkeley’s Department of Planning and Development.
“Weed can help save music — absolutely,” Amoeba co-owner David Prinz has previously said. “College kids don’t buy as much music as they used to. It also fits in with what we do, who we are. It’s counterculture to a very high degree.”
The chain was originally established in 1990 with its Berkley branch. Seven years later Amoeba crossed the Bay to open its San Francisco location, in a converted bowling alley at the eastern edge of Golden Gate Park. In 2001, its biggest branch yet opened in Hollywood, LA, which you can take a virtual tour of here.


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Creamy ice cream and bubbly soda are a match made in dessert heaven, and you have the perfect excuse to indulge in a root beer float on Tuesday, National Root Beer Float Day.
The Ben & Jerry’s truck will be giving out free samples at War Memorial Park on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Further stops will be announced on the truck’s twitter feed.
The summer spike in gas prices has drivers feeling the pain at the pump, but that financial stress could be rippling through the rest of the economy as well.
The heated incident at Carvel Ice Cream store in Patchogue Friday night had nothing to do with the scorching temperatures.
Friday’s promotion allows people to use the Uber app to summon an ice cream truck hired by Uber to their location, provided they purchased a minimum number of treats.
Congratulations, you made it to the end of the week, despite a brutal heat wave and subsequent sweatfest. Celebrate the end of the really, really hot week — cool down your Friday with one of these cold ice cream-based concoctions.
Hey, you worked hard for that summer beach body, don’t ruin it with too many hot fudge sundaes. Stop stressing about your diet (we’re serious!). Put your calorie-counting mind at ease when treating yourself to these healthier summer desserts in NYC.
It may not be easy to fit all of New York City into a single cup of ice cream, but Ben & Jerry’s is trying to do it.
The hunt for a better pint of ice cream led one local woman to start her own business. Diana Hardeman, founder of Milkmade Ice Cream, visited The Couch to show us why her version of the cold treat is getting such rave reviews.
William Hotz is charged with robbery and resisting Arrest.
Tangier and lighter than that radioactive-colored stuff you got as a kid, today’s FroYo is more sophisticated and flavorful than ever. Grab a spoon and enjoy the healthier way to chill out – these are your best bets for frozen yogurt in New York City.
What better way to welcome the warm weather back to the Tri-State than with a scoop of ice cream?
Tina Fey is the latest comic to be honored with a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor.
We sipped some fabulous beverages in 2012 (alcoholic and non-alcoholic alike). Some of these drinks listed were invented in New York City, while others were just popularized here. All, however, are worth a try, especially at an equally iconic bar, restaurant, or, yes, soda fountain.
The PTA used the money to pay for arts programs, field trips, and classroom equipment — things parents say is really important. At the Board of Education, however, the superintendent said his hands are tied.


text: Conglomerate South China Holdings saw attributable profit increase in the first half as subsidiaries recovered from difficult conditions the year before. The holding company, with interests ranging from finance to toy manufacturing, said attributable profit rose to $13.02 million for the six months to June, from $1.17 million for the half in 1995. Earnings per share climbed to 3.4 cents from 0.3 cent. Turnover increased to $775.32 million from $718.86 million. Interim dividend was set at 4.5 cents per share, up from four cents for the same period last year. Directors said the group performed generally better due to improved stock market conditions and the steady growth of its manufacturing businesses. The stockbroking unit of the group, South China Brokerage, saw attributable profit soar 55 per cent to $18.5 million. Turnover rose 21.5 per cent to $88.99 million, and earnings per share rose to four cents on a fully diluted basis. Directors said the increase in stock market activity had boosted the brokerage's core business activities, especially commission income on securities broking and underwriting. The group's manufacturing arm, South China Industries, saw attributable profit rise 15.1 per cent to $25.13 million for the half. Turnover for the manufacturing operations rose to $639.35 million from $532.06 million. Earnings per share rose to 4.6 cents from four cents on a fully diluted basis. Toy-maker Wah Shing International, a subsidiary of South China Industries that transferred its listing to Singapore in January, posted a 6 per cent rise in attributable profit to $34.85 million. Wah Shing's earnings per share fell to 9.3 cents from 9.7 cents the year before. Directors said the group's profit margins had been eroded by intense competition, particularly for traditional soft toys.


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Mobile chipset manufacturer Qualcomm on Tuesday said that no mobile payments application being used by consumers in India was completely secure, PTI reported. Senior Director for product management S Choudhury said that the lack of of support for hardware-level encryption could allow for user login details and data to be stolen.
“Most of the banking or wallet apps around the world don’t use hardware security,” Choudhury said. “They actually run completely in Android mode and [a] user’s password can be stolen,” he said, adding that a user did not know if a mobile banking app they were using was utilising hardware-based security or not.
Qualcomm was approaching digital payments companies to urge them to use a secure environment for promopayments through phones, the company executive said. The Centre has been promoting and incentivising the use of digital payment methods following the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on November 8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the step to discontinue the high-value currency was taken to fight black money, corruption and the circulation of counterfeit currency in the country.
Mobile payment apps such as Paytm and Freecharge have been among the biggest beneficiaries of this push. However, these companies and their mobile products have come under scrutiny by security analysts and industry professionals. On November 24, Paytm discontinued its app-based point-of-sale feature for merchants one day after its launch on data security concerns. The feature was criticised for allowing customers to enter their card details on a merchant’s phone, allowing potential thefts of their data.


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It’s hard to think of Facebookas an also-ran, but here it is: Some 59 percent of those who use social networking sites-like Facebook-say that their most important social networking account is theirLinkedIn account. Last year, only 41 percent chose LinkedIn as their most important account.
The fact that LinkedIn is cited as the most important is particularly interesting given that LinkedIn users don’t visit the site nearly as often as Facebook users.
Of the social networks studied, only MySpace was visited less frequently than LinkedIn.
Some 20 percent of respondents said they visited LinkedIn daily, compared to 70 percent for Facebook.
Half of respondents visit linked in every day, but 97 percent visit Facebook daily.
These stats come from Performics, which recently sponsored a studyof nearly 3,000 people who actively use the Web for social networking.
After LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and MySpace were listed as ‘most important,’ in that order. But study respondents were not asked to choose one social networking site over another. Instead, they were asked “How important to you is having an account on each of the following?” The differences between sites were generally just a few percentage points.
Still, it’s a nice vindication for LinkedIn, which until its initial public offering was often perceived as the dull, corporate-minded sibling of more entertaining sites like Facebook. Daina Middleton, CEO of Performics, said that high unemployment, an economy that appears to be slowing, and LinkedIn’s recent IPO all contributed to its popularity.
How We Buy
The larger focus of the study was to get some new information about how people use social networking sites to make decisions about what to buy and to communicate with companies. Some of those findings:
Comparison shopping thrives on social networks. Some 59 percent of respondents said they use social networks to compare prices, and 56 percent use the sites to tell people about sales.
Online referrals matter. Some 60 percent of respondents said they were at least somewhat likely to take action when a friend posts something online about a product, service, or company.
Feedback comes through social networks. Some 53 percent of people said they use social networks to communicate with a company or retailer at least occasionally, and 52 percent think they can influence business decisions made by companies by making their opinions known via social media.
Companies are persuasive on social networks. About one-third of people said that interacting with a company via social media made them more aware of that company’s efforts to be eco-friendly.


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German exports rose in October, Germany's statistics office Destatis said Monday, beating a forecast decline.
German exports were up 1.2% in October from September in adjusted terms, while imports remained flat on the month, the statistics office said. The figures account for seasonal swings and calendar effects. Economists had forecast a 0.3% decrease in exports in adjusted terms, according to a Wall Street Journal poll.
The export data follows declines in industrial output and manufacturing orders reported last week, suggesting a slump in German industrial activity.
Germany's trade surplus--the balance of exports and imports of goods--totaled 20.6 billion euros ($22.8 billion) in calendar and seasonally adjusted terms in October, according to Destatis. This exceeds The Wall Street Journal's forecast of EUR18.9 billion.
Exports totaled EUR119.5 billion, while imports amounted to EUR98.0 billion, both in adjusted terms. Of the exports, EUR70.0 billion went to European Union member states and EUR49.5 billion to third countries, the office said.
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The recent demonetization made online transactions inevitable for now and businesses and people who faced the cash crunch are forced to go online. In this context, the online platforms are playing a significant role though some of them have serious vulnerabilities.
Some of the new platforms such as Paytm have the required security standards. Though we can not tell they safe since there many ways the attacker can attack.With necessary precautions taken while doing online transactions always we can avoid being attacked and be safe in the online world.Some precautions to be taken
- Don’t share username/password,OTP kind of confidential data
- Try to use double authentication
- Keep updating browsers and apps
- Check for authenticity of websites and applications
- Don’t click suspicious links
How Government and companies can mitigate:
- Create awareness ,educate and train people about the usage ,benefits and risks in online payments
- Govt should bring in cyber security policy and make companies to follow high standards while developing their platforms, to punish the attackers and the safegaurds for the victims of cyber attacks
- Companies should make their platforms more easy to use,secure according to the standards
- Establish a cyber security agency who are expertise in handling cyber attacks to minimize the damage and trace and find the attacker
Moving to cashless economy is desirable for any economy but it also comes with the added challenges and risks and no system is fault proof. Government , companies and people should collaborate to achieve the maximum benefits from the digital payments with minimum possible damage.


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Feb 08, 2013, 11.15 AM | Source: CNBC-TV18
Short GAIL India on rally, says Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com.
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Technical Analyst, s2analytics.com | Capital Expertise: Equity - Technical
Sukhani told CNBC-TV18, " GAIL India rallied from Rs 330 to Rs 390 and we felt that the uptrend is starting and it crashed down back to Rs 330-335. What is going on is difficult to say and difficult to answer but the stock is a short sell. Any rally should be used to go short."
At 09:44 hrs GAIL India was quoting at Rs 336.35, up Rs 0.70, or 0.21%. It has touched an intraday high of Rs 337.60 and an intraday low of Rs 335.
The share touched its 52-week high Rs 401 and 52-week low Rs 303.10 on 16 February, 2012 and 18 May, 2012, respectively. Currently, it is trading 16.12% below its 52-week high and 10.97% above its 52-week low. Market capitalisation stands at Rs 42,665.24 crore.
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Another April 20 is upon us as the holiday has become the single biggest day for sales. It doesn’t even seem to matter that the holiday falls on a Wednesday this year. People are sick of the pandemic and ready to party. They may even pass joints in a circle without wiping off the end.
Headset has released its latest report about shopping patterns for 420. Some things remain consistent each year like discounts at dispensaries and a surge in foot traffic. Plus some categories jump in popularity for the holiday. Each year also brings new states online and with that comes even more new data.
Headset is forecasting that total cannabis sales should increase by at least 100% in the US and at least 50% in Canada on 4/20 this year.
The 420 report found that younger consumers are more stoked than older ones. Perhaps older customers are more jaded? They don’t need a special holiday to go shopping at the dispensary? Headset’s report found that sales to Gen Z customers increased by 168% on 4/20/21 over the previous four weeks compared to 91% for the Baby Boomer age group. “Sales to the Generation Z group came pretty close to tripling on 4/20 last year, while sales to Gen X and Baby Boomer groups didn’t even double.” Headset believes that older people may have stronger pandemic fears than younger people who may be more willing to go to a crowded dispensary.
Dispensaries have begun to make 420 specials a regular thing and now the customers expect it. Headset noted that discounting has happened each year, but the increases in discounting have remained reasonable until the effect of COVID in 2020. That year, discounts jumped as sales growth was only so-so.
Planet 13 (OTC: PLNHF) Las Vegas is offering an all-day 25% discount on participating brands and PAX is also offering 20% off site-wide, from 4/15-4/21. 22Red, founded by System of a Down’s Shavo Odajian, is putting up new strains at STIIIZY in addition to hosting a getaway giveaway (it’s gunna be bougie, methinks) on their socials on 4/22.
Headset found that beverages are the consistent winners on 4/20. “We see this trend for Beverages on most holidays. Edibles, Flower, Concentrates, and Pre-Rolls also typically perform well while Tinctures, Topicals and Capsules do not see nearly the same level of sales growth. Interestingly, Vapor Pens are one of the lower growth categories on 4/20. This is surprising, as Vapor Pen products tend to be higher cost, so one might assume that customers would take advantage of 4/20 promotions to get a good deal.” Jumping on the barrage bandwagon, Planet 13’s restaurant is selling a themed “Up In Smoke” cocktail for $15 vodka-based cocktail has hints of blackberry, cucumber, lime juice and simple syrup finished with dry ice to have the appearance that it’s smoking!
The report said that sales increases on 4/20 are mostly caused by a massive increase in transaction volume. They expect nearly double the number of customers than is normally served in April.
“Additionally, 2020 was the only full year since cannabis legalization where 4/20 was not the largest single day of sales (New Year’s Eve took the crown that year). This was almost certainly caused by the early stay-at-home and social distancing precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this, customers probably were less likely to go shop in physical stores during this time.”
Cannabis companies are also using the day for publicity stunts. A cannabis dating site called SmokeandPoke.com is hosting a live event to ring in the holiday. They are rolling a 420-inch joint (equivalent to 35 feet in length). The new dating site was recently launched for pot smokers, weed enthusiasts, and cannabis connoisseurs to connect and build relationships.


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Xiaomi will be launching 8 smartphones including the Redmi 9T smartphone early this year. The smartphones that will be launched by Xiaomi will include smartphones from the Mi 11 Lite 4G lineup.
The Redmi 9T smartphone can be launched in China on 8 January. The leaked report claimed that the new smartphone will be the rebranded version of the Redmi Note 9 4G, which was launched in China in November last year and was then launched in India under the name Redmi 9 Power with a different camera setup. Xiaomi will be launching 8 smartphones including the Redmi 9T smartphone early this year. The smartphones that will be launched by Xiaomi will include smartphones from the Mi 11 Lite 4G lineup.
A few days ago, Redmi 9T also got listed on a few certification websites. The phone bears the model number M2010J19ST. The model number was also reportedly listed on Thailand’s NBTC and Malaysia’s SIRIM certification websites. The listings have not revealed any details about the specifications and features of the device but some reports have hinted that the phone is just a rebranded version of Redmi Note 9 4G, which has been released in China.
Many smartphones lined up to launch in the beginning of the year
According to Tipster’s claim, the Snapdrachun 888 5G chipset can be used in the upcoming Redmi 9T smartphone. The teaser of the Redmi 9T smartphone has been released in Malaysia, according to which the Redmi 9T smartphone can be launched in early January. According to Tipster’s claim, along with Redmi 9T, the company can introduce 9 new smartphones in the global market at the beginning of 2021. However, no official information has been shared by Xiaomi about the launch date of the upcoming smartphone.
Redmi 9T expected specifications
The Redmi 9T is listed in Thailand as model number M2010J19ST and the Redmi 9T moniker. There is no disclosure about the specifications of the phone from the online listing of the phone. However, if it will be a rebranded version of Redmi Note 9 4G, then a 6.53 inch Full HD Plus display can be given on the phone. Its resolution is 1,080×2,340 pixels. Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SoC will be supported as a processor in the phone. In addition, the phone will come in 4GB RAM and a 128GB onboard storage option. Quad camera setup can be given for photography on the phone.
It is being called the rebranded version of the Redmi Note 9 4G, which has already debuted in China and launched in Indi as Redmi 9 Power. If the reports turn out to be true, the Redmi 9T could feature a primary 48-megapixel lens, an 8-megapixel ultrawide camera, and a 2-megapixel macro camera. On the front, there could be a 16-megapixel camera for selfies. The phone could use a 6000mAh battery which might come with support for 18W fast charging.
All the information shared above is based on speculations. Xiaomi has not made anything official so far so we do not know what the phone will look like. Although the launch date has been speculated, it is only after Xiaomi announces the date, things can be confirmed.


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Global marketing technology company Sitecore has named former Salesforce Commerce Cloud executive Kathie Johnson as its new chief marketing officer. Johnson, who was most recently the chief marketing officer for Talkdesk, a leading global contact centre platform provider, is set to take the reins of Sitecore's marketing function at its San Francisco headquarters.
Johnson possesses over 25 years' experience in the B2B technology sector, where she has successfully built brands that have resonated with customers. At Talkdesk, Johnson was instrumental in leading the company through a significant growth period; she led the company to rank as #8 in the Forbes Cloud 100 list in 2022 and 2023, a massive leap from its position at #66 in 2019.
Her previous role at Salesforce, where she served as the senior vice president of marketing, saw her responsible for driving substantial increases in revenue through comprehensive marketing strategies across seven key industries. Her talents were also utilised as the vice president of marketing for Salesforce's Commerce Cloud.
Upon her appointment, Johnson states, "I am excited to join Sitecore because of its innovative technology that is a true game changer for CMOs and CDOs who seek to differentiate their companies through superior digital experiences. Sitecore is a leader in its space and continues to innovate by prioritising a roadmap focused on SaaS-based, cloud native tools built on composable architecture. I am thrilled to be part of Sitecore's journey and look forward to working with our customers, partners, and employees around the globe."
CEO of Sitecore, Steve Tzikakis, equally expressed enthusiasm for Johnson's appointment, citing her proven track record as a marketing leader. "Her formidable background securing brand expansion and delivering incredible digital experiences will massively contribute to Sitecore's efforts to disrupt, accelerate and innovate digital experience delivery," says Tzikakis. "Sitecore's compelling message offering SaaS-based, composable solutions will be greatly aided by this wonderful addition to our leadership."
Sitecore, a global leader in digital experience management software, supports many of the largest and most respected brands in healthcare, financial services, retail, automotive, manufacturing and more. Recent product developments have enabled Sitecore to introduce solutions that ease the transition to a future driven by Software as a Service (SaaS) and a composable future.
In October 2023, Sitecore revealed their extended digital-experience solution, XM Cloud Plus, which combines content management, AI-powered search, personalisation, customer data management and analytics. This was followed by the successful unveiling of XM Cloud, the industry's first fully-native cloud Content Management System (CMS) solution. Sitecore intends to continue bolstering its product portfolio with its Accelerate support package that empowers teams to unlock the full potential of a SaaS-based future.
Sitecore is recognised globally as a leader of end-to-end digital experience software, empowering major brands like L'Oréal, Microsoft, and United Airlines to deliver unforgettable experiences across every touchpoint. Their innovative solutions aid brands in building stronger connections with their customers, establishing brand leaders in transformation and innovation with their cutting-edge tools.


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- The Vivo V27 will feature a curved display with a Full HD+ resolution and a centered punch hole notch.
- The smartphone will be powered by a MediaTek MT6886 processor and 8GB of RAM.
- It will come pre-loaded with Android 13.
Vivo is all set to launch the Vivo V27 series Tomorrow in India and other global markets. The Vivo V27 series will consist of three devices – the Vivo V27, the Vivo V27e, and the Vivo V27 Pro. A day before the official debut, we have now spotted the Vivo V27 4G with model number V2331 on the Google Play Console database.
The Vivo V27 4G Google Play Console listing suggests that the smartphone will be powered by a MediaTek MT6886 processor and 8GB of RAM. The smartphone will boot Android 13 out of the box. The front side of the device has also been showcased in the listing. Let us take a closer look at what the Vivo V27 might have in store for us.
Vivo V27 Will Come Pre-loaded with Android 13
The Vivo V27 will feature a 1080 × 2400 pixel resolution display with a 440ppi pixel density. It will be a curved display that will accommodate the front shooter inside a centered punch-hole notch.
Also read: Vivo V27 Pro With MediaTek Dimensity 8200 SoC and Vivo V27e with Helio G99 Processor Spotted on Google Play Console
Under the hood, the Vivo V27 will sport an octa-core MediaTek MT6886 processor which will consist of 2 × Cortex A715 cores (each clocked at 2.8GHz) and 6 × Cortex-A510 cores (clocked at 2.0GHz). The system on chip will be equipped with an integrated Mali G610 GPU.
The listing further reveals that the Vivo V27 will come in an 8GB memory option. It will come pre-loaded with Android 13, but as usual, it would be topped with Vivo’s FunTouch OS.
What do you think of the Vivo V27? Do let us know in the comments section below.


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As an entrepreneur who has had the privilege of working across Africa, I have come to respect the role that systems and structure have to play in the success of any industry or enterprise. I really believe that these form an integral part of the secret of entrepreneurial success but that's a story for another article.
Garikai Nhongo 4 hours ago
At the beginning of the year we as marketers set goals of what we want to achieve professionally and personally. This bucket list, if you will, contains new initiatives we want to tackle or plans we didn't quite get to the year before.
Amanda Adam 9 hours ago
UNCTAD adviser, Alibaba's Jack Ma, has launched an African Young Entrepreneurs Fund worth US$10 million. In addition, Ma, planned to roll out a partnership with African universities to teach internet technology, artificial intelligence and e-commerce.
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When it comes to the promise of growth in Africa, progress has become less a question of what can be achieved - and more of a question of what can't we achieve? Our potential as a continent is a living, growing force that is difficult to ignore.
Sthe Shabangu 2 days ago
From artificial intelligence to rising data intelligence and brand safety, the IAB South Africa council heads have alerted the industry to the latest digital marketing trends for this year.
3 days ago
JOHANNESBURG: AMEP, the event organiser of the Maputo International Advertising Festival, has announced that the annual event is now open for entry submissions. The festival recognises advertising agencies, producers and other communication companies worldwide, but specifically from Southern Africa and Indian Ocean regions.
9 Mar 2010
MAPUTO: MISA-Mozambique recently conducted a study on behalf of UNESCO on the landscape of media development in Mozambique. The findings were launched at a conference on 10 February 2010 in Maputo.
15 Feb 2010
The Liberty Group announces new team for Rest of Africa to drive strategic growth.
16 Aug 2007
Apparently upset over election coverage, a Malian politician has assaulted a journalist.
2 Aug 2007
Investigative reporter for the Weekly Observer in Uganda, Richard Kavuma outstripped more than 1500 other African journalists to lift CNN's/Multichoice's African Journalist of the Year in Cape Town at the weekend.
23 Jul 2007
Cape Town-based telecommunications company, Yeigo, is one of the first companies worldwide to have developed mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), enabling it to offer cheaper and even free mobile calls.
4 Jun 2007
eLearning Africa, the Pan-African conference on ICT for development, education and training, expects more than 1200 participants to attend the second annual event which takes place from 28-30 May 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya.
18 May 2007
South African PR company HMC Seswa Corporate Communications is the PR partner for the Associacao Mocambicana De Empresas De Marketing Publicidade (AMEP), organisers of the annual Maputo International Advertising Festival, based in Mozambique, it was announced last week. The purpose of this alignment is to highlight advertising creativity in South Africa and in Africa in general.
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Shoes that Light up and play Music when Pokemon are near.
The makers of High Beam Shoes, just announced the release of their newest wearable tech. innovation, Shoes that recognize friend’s shoes. These shoes can “pair” and when friends come near, they light up and play music. This is the first syncing shoe. Since their announcement earlier this month, High Beams are going further. The shoes headlights are all about Safety, and with recent injuries associated with the popular game Pokemon Go, High Beams already have the “pairing” Technology and are developing shoes that let you know when a Pokemon is nearby. The shoes light up and play music when a Pokemon is close.
Photo of the actual prototypes for the Pokemon detecting shoes.
The Technology that makes these shoes actually recognize other shoes is still top secret, but you can bet there going to make a big splash this Christmas.
Simply pair you shoes with your phone, and when you get close to the Pokemon…Wow! The shoes headlights illuminate the path for safety and enables others and traffic to easily identify and avoid the Pokemon hunters. The makers say the shoes will be available this fall.


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Credit: asharkyu/Shutterstock The system of 3D printing is rapidly altering the way entrepreneurs ponder of their production cycles. Historically, 3D printing has been utilized to speed up the system of creating prototypes, but as the innovation has evolved, 3D printing has turn it intod its way into sizeable industries like the aerospace and biomedical fields. And it is actually creating a few revolutionary results.
Whilst 3D printing devices yet have a long way to go preceding they are perfected, their increased adoption by companies big and tiny has signaled a alter in pondering for businesses, during both the turn it into and production phases. To find out additional of how 3D printing innovation is affecting business in these times and where it is actually going in the next, Business News Daily spoke to engineers and entrepreneurs of the possibilities afforded by 3D printing devices.
First of all, what is 3D printing? It’s the system by which three-dimensional digital versions are turn it intod into physical objects via a 3D printing device. Working in tandem with desktop software, the 3D printing device reads a digital .STS file on a desktop and and so uses a filament or a resin to render the digital representation in tangible material, layer by layer.
3D printing devices employ a variety of materials, which include plastics and polymers, steel, titanium, gold, and ceramic. This versatility means 3D printed versions can be utilized for all things of artistic sculptures to airplane components. Some 3D printing devices can actually print proteins and chemicals, allowing the devices to turn it into foods and medicines.
“I don’t ponder there’s a component turn it intod in these times which won’t a fewhow be touched by 3D printing in a few style or another, whether directly or indirectly,” said Mark Cola, president and CEO of 3D printing and high end assurance company Sigma Labs.
Most experts agree major createments in 3D printing are just a few years around the corner, and these manufactures it to can revolutionize the way businesses ponder of making and their donate chains. First, let’s take a appear at a few of the ways businesses are may aleager via 3D printing devices.
Applications for 3D printing devices
One of the oldest uses for 3D printing devices is the swift and efficient creation of prototypes. Since the printing devices were made in 1983, companies have employed 3D printing in order to get a workable version of their desired end product, either to test the concept or present it to next investors.
“Before we called it 3D printing, it was called rapid prototyping,” Greg Paulsen, director of project engineering for third-party createer Xometry, said. “It utilized to be seen as a way to get close adequate to a functional version.”
Now, which’s changing. Whilst entrepreneurs yet gladly use 3D printing for prototyping, the innovation has become additional accessible and adjustable, major to new applications.
But 3D printing devices can be slow-moving, they’re adept at fulfilling low-volume production requires. Much like with prototyping, if an entrepreneur is eager to commence a new product and isn’t sure of the demand, he or she can print up a tiny amount to test the waters. Low-volume production is in addition common when it comes to medical devices, for example, as createers turn it into, test and return it into their products for optimization.
“When tiny companies create new products and require to manufacture 50 parts to test, or just to bring to a trade show, tooling up for traditional making can be quite expensive,” Doug Collins, owner of Avid 3D Printing, said. “They can not have the capital to tackle [traditional making]. 3D printing devices allow low-volume production without as much investment, so they can save which capital for the other significant stuff, like marketing.”
One other beneficial use for 3D printing devices in is the creation of mechanical parts, either for sale in sizeable industries or for very own repairs. Many products of 3D printing aren’t sold directly to consumers, but are turn it intod by companies (or third-party contractors) as components in a sizeabler project. One example is GE Aviation’s 3D printed fuel nozzle, which can be introduced to the company’s CFM LEAP airplane engines.
Compact machine shops or folks appearing to manufacture home repairs can in addition employ the same techniques for their projects. 3D printing has turn it intod it far simpler to reproduce parts for machines which can no longer be in production or which may take too long to arrive.
“I grew up in a tiny town of of 5,000 folks. My stepfather is a mechanic, and he frequently requires to get specific parts which aren’t immediately on the market,” said Brent Hale, owner of 3D printing review website 3D Forged. “Rather than having to drive out of town to get a single part, or instead of having to wait weeks for a custom part to come in, if my stepfather or the tiny local hardware [keep] have a 3D printing device, he can purchase the printable schematics for the part he requires directly of the createer — or turn it into them himself — upload them to the 3D printing device, and have his new part without having to leave town or wait weeks for the part to be shipped to him.”
One particularly amazing aspect of 3D printing is the talent to print biomedical devices tailored specifically to folks. For example, a few companies are createing 3D printed, custom prosthetics for amputees; these prosthetics are turn it intoed to be far additional effortless for the user.
“[Biomedical engineers are] 3D printing components for folks which advantageous match their characteristics than the off-the-shelf components,” Cola said. “I ponder where you see this tech going is additional in the direction of the performance and athletic side of the business, where you have athletes fully regain their performance levels after injuries, or perhaps actually enhance their performance levels with 3D components tailored to their requires.”
Other notable uses of 3D printing in the health care space are in ongoing efforts to create printable organs for patients in require of transplants and the printing of chemicals and proteins to create new medicines.
When engineers turn it into a product, they must keep in mind the limitations of the production system. 3D printing devices are capable of creating parts which may previously not be achievable via traditional making techniques. This opens up an entirely new world in the turn it into phase, which can lead to advantageous, additional efficient products and component parts.
“I ponder the amazing part of an engineering standpoint is how it alters our pondering system for turn it intoing parts,” Collins said. “We have this whole new approach to turn it into. It’s an amazing time of a turn it into perspective.”
“It opens your mind up to all things you can do with it,” Paulsen said. “I’d quite like to take this innovation off the pedestal and say, ‘This is a normal making system,’ just like anything else.”
Copyrights and 3D printing
As 3D printing devices proliferate, the means of easily reproducing protected intellectual property does as well. Roy Kaufman, managing director of new ventures at Copyright Clearance Center, is a copyright and patents attorney by training, and he warned which the making industry may be approximately its “Napster moment.” By which, he intended the experience of the entertainment industry when music and movies may be rapidly reproduced and pirated on the internet.
“I ponder we’re going to see, as we see with approximately equite innovation, two things happen: Things get cheaper, and they get advantageous,” Kaufman said. “As the high end of the printing devices gets advantageous, the on the market materials to print get advantageous, and as costs come down, you get to which moment — ‘the Napster moment.’ [That’s] when the means of reproduction are now so diffuse, the talent to reproduce at a low cost had been so spread out, which you can no longer quite enforce your rights entirely effectively with existing IP [intellectual property] laws.”
That moment may be coming as rapidly as in three years, he said, or it can not come at all. But, the mere fact which 3D printing devices have become so widespread manufactures it a plausible scenario which requires appropriate strategic planning, he said. Kaufman suggested insulating your company by guaranteeing your donate chain and the high end of product which goes along with it.
“[The consumer] can pay a premium for the assurances of the donate chain,” he said, “but they want to understand which it is actually not just a matter of what [the product] appears like, but which it is actually right. Testing and certification can become additional significant.”
Within these major createments, there in addition lies opportunity. 3D printing can allow createers to license the rights to their turn it intos, which may be turn it intod downloadable to the licensee to 3D print. The innovation may in addition bring production levels additional in line with demand, thereby saving on production, shipment and storage space costs.
“If you appear at a typical pharmacy, for example, they have all these medicines with a sell-by date and are hoping a fewone can come in and require a prescription for it preceding they have to throw it out,” Kaufman said. “They pay to keep it, pay to save it and perhaps actually have to keep it in a central warehouse.
“But imagine [which] your local CVS can print all things under license, [and] get the chemicals of the pharmaceutical company, and perhaps actually [the] machine. The company will not have to manufacture things which can never get taken, never has to ship them and never has to keep them. Equitething can be manufactured as requireed.”
How 3D printing creates down the line remains to be seen, but all of the experts who spoke to Business News Daily agreed on one thing: What the world has seen of 3D printing so far is just the beginning.
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Nvidia’s GeForce Spouse Program might face investigation via two regulatory our bodies, the U.S. Federal Business Fee (FTC) and the E.U. Fee, over claims that it employs anti-competitive practices that unfairly merit the corporate over its competition. Despite the fact that no professional announcement has been made via those businesses, every has spoke back to impartial proceedings, suggesting that Nvidia is now at the radar of each.
The unique indication of doable alleged anti-competitive practices of Nvidia’s GeForce Spouse Program got here from a HardOCP file which prompt that Nvidia was once encouraging its graphics card companions not to promote AMD merchandise with a view to get a preferential provide of GPUs. Some players and PC customers have introduced their very own boycott of Nvidia and spouse over those claims, and they have got additionally tried to get the FTC and E.U. Fee concerned.
After emails and calls went out to those businesses from quite a few involved PC customers, there were posts on social networking websites like Reddit, which declare that the businesses spoke back. As WCCFTech stories, this may well be a sign that each the FTC and E.U. Fee will start having a look into the spouse program as a imaginable case of anti-competitive conduct.
Despite the fact that no professional announcement has been constituted of any regulatory frame, and any claims of anti-competitive behaviour from Nvidia are fully alleged and supplied via nameless assets, the proof has been mounting. The unique HardOCP file at the topic is probably the most damning, however different websites have additionally been doing their analysis and feature exposed some an identical proof of their very own. They allege that Nvidia has been placing force at the biggest board companions to provide Nvidia graphics playing cards solely with a view to protected a excellent provide of the ones playing cards.
Making an allowance for the still-ongoing pricing and availability problems with many graphics playing cards, that factor is of much more significance for graphics card spouse firms these days. If true, it will additionally do shoppers no favors in any respect, as it will imply a focus of provide in fewer fingers, thereby probably bearing in mind even higher pricing keep an eye on via a couple of producers and retail companions.
Even though the FTC and/or E.U. do glance into this topic on the other hand, any reaction is not likely to be swift. Except Nvidia had been to voluntarily take steps to switch its alleged practices, any investigation in an professional capability would take relatively a while to return to fruition.


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August 23, 1994
Special Devices Inc., a Newhall-based manufacturer of pyrotechnic devices for the automotive and aerospace industries, announced that it is expanding its Mesa, Ariz., facilities. The company said the expansion will enable it to double its productive capacity and accommodate increasing demand for pyrotechnic materials used in the manufacturing of air bag initiators for automobiles. Special Devices also reported it has ordered additional manufacturing equipment for its Newhall facilities.
July 26, 1994
Special Devices Inc., a Newhall-based maker of pyrotechnic devices used in automotive air bags and tactical missile systems, has agreed to acquire all the assets and operations of a Chicago-area manufacturing company. Special Devices said the purchase price for Scot Inc. will be about $5 million. Scot designs and manufactures aircraft crew escape components and life support equipment that are activated with pyrotechnic mechanisms, including an automatic parachute release used by the U.S.
June 7, 1994
Special Devices Inc., a Newhall-based manufacturer of pyrotechnic devices for the automotive and aerospace industries, said its fiscal second-quarter profit more than tripled on an 81% surge in revenue. For the three months ended May 1, Special Devices posted a profit of $755,000, up from $206,000 in the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue increased to $15.3 million, from $8.47 million, because of greater shipments of devices that trigger air bags in automobiles.
March 22, 1994
Special Devices Inc., a Newhall maker of parts that trigger automotive air bags and missile systems, reported a surge in its fiscal first-quarter profit on a near doubling of revenue. For the three months ended Jan. 31, the company posted a profit of $468,000, compared with a profit of $88,000 a year earlier. Its latest quarterly revenue jumped to $12.3 million, from $6.6 million a year earlier, the result of sharp gains in its automotive division.
January 25, 1994
Special Devices Inc., a Newhall maker of pyrotechnic devices for the aerospace and automotive industries, reported a 49% surge in its fiscal fourth-quarter profit on a 45% climb in revenue, compared with a year earlier. In the quarter ended Oct. 31, the company posted a profit of $662,000 on revenue of $12.9 million. That compares with earnings of $443,000 on sales of $8.9 million a year earlier.
November 16, 1993
Special Devices Inc. of Newhall has received a $5-million one-year contract to provide devices for the TOW missile. The company received the contract from the Missile Systems Division of Hughes Aircraft Co., and actual deliveries are scheduled to begin in late 1994. Special Devices also designs and builds initiators for missiles, as well as supplying equipment used in air bags by the Big 3 auto makers. The TOW missile is used against vehicles and armor.
September 21, 1993
Special Devices Inc., a Newhall-based supplier of parts that ignite missile systems and trigger automobile air bags, said its latest quarterly profit dropped 24%, to $376,000 from $498,000 a year earlier. For its fiscal third quarter ended Aug. 1, Special Devices posted sales of $9.45 million, up 22% from $7.77 million.
September 7, 1993 |
Special Devices Inc., a longtime maker of components that trigger the Patriot and Cruise missiles, now wants to put the boom in automobile air bags. Switching fields could give the Newhall-based company a much-needed boost. With defense budget cuts trimming its market, Special Devices has seen its aerospace sales skid 13% from fiscal 1989, to $17.5 million last year. Its earnings are lagging, and so is its stock, which closed Friday at $10 a share, about where it was two years ago.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 24, 1993 |
A Canyon Country woman filed suit Friday against a Newhall company charging that she was illegally fired after she complained that the firm may be shipping defective parts for automotive air bags that would prevent the bags from inflating in a crash. Amalia Rubin, 35, said in her lawsuit filed in San Fernando Superior Court that she reported her suspicions to her superiors at Special Devices Inc., but they told her "don't worry about it." Company President John Cuthbert denied the allegations.


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Ubuntu developers are in Spain this week for the Ubuntu Developer Summit ahead of the Karmic Koala release later this year. One of the big new developments discussed is a new capability to run Google Android apps natively on an Ubuntu desktop.
Ubuntu developer Michael Frey blogged about his own effort to get Android running on Ubuntu this week.
"I know that others have built Android for x86," Frey wrote. "After digging deeper, I realized that this is not enough to make it 'run' under Ubuntu. It turns out that Android uses it own version of libc and all binaries get linked against that. This causes a problem when a libc already exists on your system."
Yes, Android has a Linux base, so it's not a crazy stretch (though it is some work) to get it to run on Linux. But does it really matter?
Remember that Android is a mobile operating system and it is geared for low-power, low-screen-size handheld devices.
Sure, you can run little Android widgets on a Linux desktop and that might be kinda interesting -- though if you've got full desktop power, or even full netbook power and screen size (8 inches plus), an Android app isn't necessarily as interesting as it is on a handheld device.
But, hey, don't get me wrong -- widgets are cool, but they have their place...


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Digital TV News: Tolka
ADTH begins NEXTGEN TV receiver shipments
Aug 23, 2023 – Atlanta DTH has confirmed that shipments of its ADTH NEXTGEN TV Box have begun. The box allows ATSC 3.0 NEXTGEN TV and ATSC 1.0 FTA TV programs to be viewed on any IP-compatible TV display.
News categories: Atlanta DTH, Ivy Shou, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DRM, Set Top Box, USA
Minneapolis TV stations launch NEXTGEN TV broadcasts
Aug 22, 2023 – Minneapolis viewers can now experience the future of broadcast TV as five local stations - WUCW-TV, KSTP-TV, WCCO-TV, KMSP-TV and KARE-TV - launch NEXTGEN TV.
News categories: ONE Media, NAB, Minnesota Broadcasters Association, Jerald Fritz, Wendy Paulson, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA
Philadelphia television stations launch NEXTGEN TV
Aug 10, 2023 – Six television stations - KYW-TV, WPSG-TV, WPVI, WCAU-TV, WTXF-TV and WUVP-TV - have launched NEXTGEN TV, based on ATSC 3.0 broadcast standards, in Philadelphia.
News categories: Pearl TV, LTN, Anne Schelle, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA
Tolka software powers first certified NEXTGEN TV upgrade accessory receiver
May 9, 2023 – Atlanta DTH (ADTH) is the first vendor to produce officially certified NEXTGEN TV upgrade accessory receivers with its ADTH NEXTGEN TV Box. The receiver is powered by Tolka ATSC 3 Stack software.
News categories: Tolka, Pearl TV, Atlanta DTH, Alex Day, Anne Schelle, Dr. Bob Campbell, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA
Pearl TV brings NEXTGEN TV And Run3 TV to NAB Show 2023
Apr 13, 2023 – At NAB Show 2023, Pearl TV will demonstrate NEXTGEN TV features and capabilities with partners including Comcast NBCUniversal, Samsung and LG Electronics.
News categories: Pearl TV, RUN3TV, Robert Folliard, Anne Schelle, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middleware, NABShow, Smart TV, USA
Tolka software to power first certified NEXTGEN TV upgrade accessory
Feb 6, 2023 – Tolka is the first ATSC 3.0 software vendor to power devices entering the NEXTGEN TV trademark certification process. The Tolka software stack will reside on ADTH-branded receivers planned for introduction later this year.
News categories: Pearl TV, Tolka, Anne Schelle, Sam Matheny, Dr. Bob Campbell, ATSC 3, Digital TV, NABShow, Peripherals / Accessories, USA
Tolka joins Pearl TV ATSC 3.0 FastTrack Program
Jan 5, 2023 – Tolka has joined the Pearl TV FastTrack Program. The FastTrack Program is designed to accelerate and streamline consumer electronics makers’ adoption of NextGen TV technology for smart TV and related high-volume devices.
News categories: Tolka, Pearl TV, Alex Day, ATSC 3, CES2024, Digital TV, Middleware, USA
Tolka to show ATSC 3.0 NEXTGEN TV solutions at CES 2023
Dec 15, 2022 – Tolka has announced that at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show it will demonstrate a range of technology and upgrade accessories supporting the ATSC 3.0 NEXTGEN TV standard as well as ATSC 1.0.
News categories: Tolka, Alex Day, Michael Day, ATSC 3, CES2024, Digital TV, Middleware, USA
Saankhya Labs' SDR chipset powers ATSC designs from ADTH
Oct 19, 2022 – Saankhya Labs (BSE: 540595) (NSE: TEJASNET) has announced that ADTH has launched a series of NEXTGEN ATSC designs, powered by Saankhya's SL3000 SDR-based ATSC 3.0/1.0 demodulator chipset.
News categories: Saankhya Labs, ADTH, Tolka, Vivek Kimbahune, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Korea, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA
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Extreme winter weather continued to put a chill in the Twin Cities housing market in February, area real estate associations said Wednesday.
Inventory levels are hovering at a 10-year low, meaning consumers have less product to purchase than in recent years, the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors said in a news release.
And the St. Paul Area Association of Realtors noted that investor activity, normally associated with bargain-priced bank-listed properties, is fading. This accounted for all of the decline in new listings, as traditional-sale inventory rose in the month compared with February of last year.
This “ongoing recovery, stabilization and normalization” of the market is leading to higher prices, the Minneapolis association said. And the 22-month trend of fewer distressed sales — those of homes in foreclosure or short sales — is expected to continue.
“It was an interesting month,” said Emily Green, president of the Minneapolis association, in the release. “While the market shifts back toward where it was before the bubble, we expect to see foreclosures and short sales become less prevalent, which can dilute overall numbers. Then you have the weather.”
The real estate associations say spring will offer better clues as to the health of the Twin Cities housing market.
“Above-average snowfall and below-average temperatures have almost certainly affected new listing activity, especially compared to last year,” said Michael Hunstad, president of the St. Paul association said in a news release.
New listings in the 13-county Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area declined 5 percent to 4,616 overall in February; new listings in the higher-priced traditional segment rose 9.1 percent over the same month last year, while foreclosure and short-sale new listings fell 34.5 and 54.6 percent, respectively — a 22-month trend.
As a result of this shift, the median metro sales price rose a strong 14.4 percent to $183,044, the association said, officially marking 24 straight months of year-over-year median price gains. Traditional homes are selling at a median price of $210,000; foreclosures for $131,100; short sales for $150,000.
A short sale is defined as one in which the sale price is less than is owed on the mortgage. During the most recent housing crisis, foreclosures and short sales drove down median prices throughout the market.
On the demand side, closed sales were down 14 percent in February to 2,465. Once again, traditional closed sales were up 6.7 percent while foreclosure sales and short sales fell 33.4 and 61.9 percent, respectively. Consumers shopping for homes now have 11,975 properties to choose from — or 9.6 percent fewer than February 2013.
On average, homes spent just 99 days on the market, 10.8 percent less than last year. Sellers are receiving an average of 93.5 percent of their original list price. The Twin Cities now has 2.8 months’ supply of inventory, suggesting a favorable selling environment.
Importantly, interest rates remain affordable and well below their long-term average.
“The fundamentals haven’t changed.” said Mike Hoffman, the Minneapolis association’s president-elect. “Our local economy is diverse and growing and so is our population. It’s important not to read too much into minor fluctuations like this.”


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MILAN – The age of the “Twitter Open Forum” is here. A new way for businesses, the media and consumers to communicate – in 140 characters. This change comes thanks to an influential social network that has now become a key tool for dialogue and today boasts over 500 million users around the world and over 5 million in Italy. Tuesday 11th June saw the first forum on the subject put forward by In a Bottle: “The importance of mineral water – Economy, Territory, Development”. One of the biggest companies in the Italian mineral water industry, respected journalists, experts and organisations came together for a virtual round table to discuss the importance of mineral water in Italy for the economy, society and jobs. The media, consumers and internet users took part on Twitter through the account twitter@Inabottle_mag.
THE MARKET – The most recently data from the Beverfood.com Annual Bevitalia Survey explains that the mineral water industry is in fact important to the Italian economy and consumption in Italy: over 12,25 billion litres produced in 2012; approximately 11,4 billion litres drunk in 2012 equivalent to approximately 192 litres per capita each year, which sets Italy as the most prolific consumer in the European Union; turnover of over €2.3 billion, 320 million of which comes from the export market. Mineral water is therefore an important industry for the Italian economy and a well-loved product in the country, as shown by the penetration of 98% of Italian families.
A NEW FORMAT – In light of these numbers, In a Bottle decided to renew its efforts of spreading the word and optimising the value of the mineral water culture in Italy by designing and launching a new format. “140-character tweet-ups” are themed fora that aim to provide information on everything mineral water stands for in terms of the economy, society and well-being. Designed like television talk shows, these “tweet-ups” host discussions between experts and respected opinion-makers, suggest and capture talking points on Twitter and can also be followed through the live stream.


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IPOs—It’s a story about nothing
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. But what can a hack do when there’s no smoke? Write about being smoke-free of course! Now, Precious de Leon writes about that smoke-free article.
August 23, 2011 2:57 by Precious de Leon
Just like that show Seinfeld. Sometimes you get the odd story on the dailies that is really…well, a story about nothing. Seinfeld was hugely popular. But what was it about? Nothing.
And we found one such Seinfeld-like story today, in The National no less.
Are you ready for this? We hope you’re sitting down for this news: Up to 30 companies are twiddling their thumbs waiting for the “right moment” to launch IPOs.
That’s right. No one’s actually doing anything. They’re just waiting for “improvements in the market.”
See. We told you to sit down.
Kipp has had more than a few slow news days and we appreciate when inactivity in the market becomes the news. But the story about companies “mulling” the launch of IPOs has brought multiple smirks at Kipp Towers.
You see, the significance of the inactivity lies in the current market conditions. Kipp wouldn’t hold our breath for that ‘right moment’ to come; especially now when the global economy looks set for another plunge.
The economy isn’t going to be ‘right’ for a long while. So why even talk about the flurry of future plans for an IPO?
The crux of the story is that companies are waiting and waiting and waiting and…so what?
Of course what can we do about this? For Kipp there was just one thing to do. Write something about the news that leads to nothing, of course. And we certainly hope you enjoyed it somehow.
(If you don’t recognise the photo attached to this article, then Kipp apologises for the Seinfeld rant that most likely meant nothing to you…you were probably just too young to know about the shows that old foggy Kipp remembers…)


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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is scheduled to be in Africa in the month of November, with visits scheduled for ghana, South Africa, Nigeria and Ethiopia.
Making the announcement on his Twitter handle, Jack tagged some three African tech brains who seems to be the people he is scheduled to meet.
Headed to Africa for all of November! Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa. Going to spend a lot of time with entrepreneurs, including @betelhem_dessie @noelkudu @GETNETASEFFA! pic.twitter.com/PcLCw8LZwr
— jack 🌍🌏🌎 (@jack) October 4, 2019
Betelhem Dessie, a young Ethiopian developer who is also the Founder and CEO of iCog- Anyone Can Code is one of those scheduled to interact with Jack Dorse, the billionaire founder of Twitter and mobile payment platform, Square.
Come to Nairobi pleease
— Okii Eli (@Nextstevejob) October 4, 2019
Hey @jack do you know #KOT are the most influential in Africa. #TembeaKenya
This is what is good for business.
— Boneye Kagwe🇰🇪 (@boneyekagwe) October 4, 2019
The other African scheduled to interact with the tech billionaire is Noel Daniel, founder of Kudu Ventures.
Jack Dorsey’s choice of the four countries in his African visit might be due to the importance of the markets in the growth of Twitter, a platform currently struggling with growth.
While this has not been revealed, Jack might also be scheduled to have a meeting with other techies through the various innovation hubs dotting the African tech landscape.
Born in November 1976 and profiled as an entrepreneur and programmer, Jack Dorsey is currently ranked as worth over Ksh 500 billion ($5.5 billion) by the Forbes magazine.
Kenyans have pleaded with Jack Dorsey to consider visiting the country in his trip next month.
It will be interesting to listen to Jack on what his thoughts are of Africa, where Twitter is growing fastest in the continent and what he is doing to improve on the relationship between Africans using the platform.
With Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg recently saying that billionaires don’t need to have so much money, it will also be interesting to understand what Jack thinks of the same.
Facebook still dominates social media use in Africa with close to 70% of social media users in Africa being on the platform, 17 per cent on YouTube, 7 per cent on Pinterest and Twitter fourth at a measly 4 per cent according to StatCounter.
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More stores coming to Bartonsville; hotel construction begins
A portion of Bartonsville Square, the latest retail edition to Route 611, is slated to open this fall.
The new stores are across from Bartonsville Plaza, in the same development as Dick's Sporting Goods, a Pocono Medical Center satellite building and Hampton Inn and Suites.
Permits have been issued for an Ulta cosmetics store, Vitamin Shoppe and Pet Valu pet store, said Stroud Township Zoning Officer John DeCusatis.
The site is being developed by Depg/Legend Properties, which also owns Bartonsville Plaza across the street and an empty lot next door to Sonic Drive Thru, which they plan to eventually develop into another shopping hub called Route 611 Plaza.
The Legend Properties website says the shops will be open in fall 2014, though it does not specify a date.
DeCusatis believes they may be opening in early October. Jim DePetris, CEO of Depg/Legend Properties, did not immediately return a phone call for comment Wednesday.
The biggest retailer in the strip mall will be Ulta, coming in at 10,000 square feet. Pet Valu will be 5,100 square feet, and the Vitamin Shoppe 3,000 square feet.
There remains another 5,100-square-foot retail space in the same strip mall. There is also a separate pad for a 6,000-square-foot restaurant, which has yet to be constructed.
At this time, the remaining retail space and restaurant have yet to be claimed, DeCusatis said.
Last week, construction started on a Fairfield Inn & Suites/Marriott Hotel, located behind Bartonsville Plaza, which includes a Dunkin' Donuts, Sleepy's mattress store and Ichiban Steak House.
That four-story hotel will include 83 rooms, completing Bartonsville Plaza when it is finished.
The original 2004 application for the plaza called for office space instead of a hotel, but Depg/Legend said market conditions have since changed, and a hotel would be more profitable because of upcoming projects, such as the Kalahari water park.