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It's more bad news for American Apparel.
The brand well known for their bodysuits and leggings filed for bankruptcy early Monday morning, filing a for a protective Chapter 11 petition in Delaware. The controversial clothing company has endured a lengthy battle with sales in addition to a slew of nightmarish PR scandals, and has suffered a drastic 17 percent drop in second quarter sales since just last year. And reportedly, the Los Angeles-based retailer is now roughly $300 million in the hole.
Oh, and then there's the many lawsuits pending against the company (many involving ousted CEO Dov Charney) which will also be put on the hold until the company's financial mess is sorted.
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Really, the bankruptcy news can't come as a shock to anyone who's been keeping up with the once champion retailer's decline into ignominy. American Apparel hasn't turned a profit since 2009, and has repeatedly made headlines for all the wrong reasons, including model casting emails referencing "Instagram hoes", offensive mini skirt ads and hair-raising allegations against Charney for shocking instances of sexual harassment.


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By: Red Hot Mamas
Published: December 17, 2014
The winners were chosen from nearly 400 entries by a panel of distinguished experts in digital health media. The Web Health Awards(SM) program is organized by the Health Information Resource Center(SM) (HIRC), a national clearinghouse for professionals who work in consumer health fields.
Several months ago, The Endocrine News (June 2014), featured an InTouch article ‘HHN Partners with Red Hot Mamas‘, highlighting the creation of the Menopause Map by these two organizations.
“This is the first time we’ve partnered with a group like the Red Hot Mamas® to develop an online, comprehensive tool,” Cheretta Clerkley, Director, Hormone Health Network, explains.
The team-up allows the Red Hot Mamas® to have a hand in all aspects of the Menopause Map’s development and evolution. “By partnering with the Red Hot Mamas®, we feel like we’ll come out with a stronger tool”

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A COMMONS inquiry has been told 08 visitors risk being caught short by a lack of public toilets in Liverpool.
The communities select committee heard the city was a “classic example” of where too many facilities had been shut down.
The claim was made by Richard Chisnell, chairman of the British Toilet Association, told MPs some councils, particularly Westminster and east of Edinburgh, have opened new public toilets for tourists.
But he said elsewhere the general picture was very mixed.
He added: “Liverpool is a classic example – the European capital of culture with just two automatic public toilets, neither of which were working when we visited 12 months ago.”
The select committee is expected to recommend a legal duty on all councils to provide public toilets in major shopping areas and tourist draws.
A Liverpool city council spokesman said the claim of only two public toilets was surprising because “we have more than many other cities”.
He agreed the council only operates a WC in London Road and a second in Bold Street.
But he said toilets could be found at St John’s shopping centre, Clayton Square, the Met Quarter, Central, James Street and Lime Street stations and a pay WC in Queen Square.


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The flagship Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G has won the award for best smartphone, being recognized for its premium features and innovative design as the best in a smartphone over the past year.
Samsung Electronics is pleased to announce that the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G has won the Best Smartphone category at the Global Mobile Awards (GLOMO Awards) at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2021. The annual GLOMO Awards recognize hardware, software and services that stimulate innovation. across the global mobile industry.
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G: the best smartphone
During the awards ceremony on June 30e, the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G was named âBest Smartphoneâ last year. The smartphone, which features a professional-grade camera system and a bright smart display, is the perfect choice for users who want to take stunning, detailed photos. It’s also the first S-series device to support the S Pen, bringing advanced productivity to power users. With all of these features bundled together in a clean design, the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G represents the best of Samsung engineering.
The category judges said: âThe best Android smartphone Samsung has ever made with a wide range of features, a stunning AMOLED display, best-in-class cameras and more – this phone works across the board and is a worthy winner of the best smartphones in 2021. “
The Samsung Galaxy S20 FE was also shortlisted in this category, which brought the fan-favorite features of the flagship Galaxy S20 to even more users, including the incredible AI-powered camera and beautiful Infinity-O display. 120 Hz.
âWe are honored to have been recognized in such a competitive category at this year’s GLOMO Awards. Samsung has a long and proud history of driving innovation, and we aim to deliver devices that meet the needs of our users today and into the future, âsaid Stephanie Choi, Senior Vice President and Head of marketing, mobile communications activities at Samsung Electronics. âAs user needs continue to grow in such varied and dynamic ways, we are committed to leading the journey in the development of devices loved by users around the world. “
âCongratulations to all GSMA winners and nominees‘s GLOMO Awards 2021. You truly embody this year’s theme‘s event, Connected Impact,“ said John Hoffman, CEO of GSMA Ltd. “In view of the difficult circumstances, we‘have all been faced with in the last 15 months it‘It’s more important than ever to come together to recognize the incredible innovation and ingenuity that is shaping our industry, and the positive impact it has on the world around us.“
For more information on the latest Galaxy devices and services, please visit news.samsung.com/galaxy, www.samsungmobilepress.com, www.samsung.com.


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Google wants to get in on FarmVille and Mafia Wars. The search engine giant's latest run at rival Facebook is an attempt to get a piece of the social gaming pie. Google recently took a financial stake in a social game developer, and is reportedly in talks with other online game companies about offering their games on the new social networking service it is building, the Wall Street Journal reports.
It's not clear when the new service would launch or what exactly it would be, but Google denies it's mimicking Facebook. "The world doesn't need a copy of the same thing," said a Google exec. Social game developers, who give Facebook a 30% cut of virtual purchases made in their games, may welcome the Google offering as a chance to decrease their booming businesses' dependence on Facebook. Click here for more on Google's "Facebook killer."
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Here’s a combination we haven’t heard before. A gas station in Philo, Illinois said they need to up their game if they want to maintain sales as a Dollar General opens up next store. And to ensure more foot traffic and sales, the owners of Philo Country Store say they want to begin offering wine tasting to customers.
The News-Gazette reports that the gas station would need to get a new business license that would allow it to sell alcohol for consumption on premises. The owners also said they want to look into adding poker machines to the building for people to play while they drink. Sounds like a full-on casino.
Somewhat surprisingly, the local government leaders say they support that idea because they don’t want to see the company go out of business.
“Anything to bring in revenue — as long as it’s safe, above board and legal,” one of the trustees said.
This story reminded us of some of the interesting car wash combinations we’ve seen in recent years as businesses look to thrive in an ever changing economy, not just for car wash owners. Here are the highlights:


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From January to December 2019, the trade volume between Pakistan and the UK remained at 2.043 billion pounds, a 6% increase over the same period last year, according to UNHCR sources.
Shafiq A Shehzad, the Pakistani High Commissioner’s business and investment arm in London said Britain is an important trading partner for Pakistan.
He said that the UK is Pakistan’s third-largest export destination worldwide and the leading destination within the European Union. Shehzad said that the UK was a source of British foreign direct investment (FDI) in Pakistan.
He said Pakistan is also one of the largest funding recipients for the UK Department of International Development (DFID) programme. “All these facts attest to the commercial importance of the United Kingdom to Pakistan,” he said.
He said that while exports in other markets have fallen, Pakistan has helped restore our export revenue in the European Union. In addition, Pakistan has benefited from the General Preference Scheme (GSP) preferences.
Safi Shehzad emphasized trade analysis, saying that the trade volume between Pakistan and the United Kingdom in the calendar year remained at 2.043 billion pounds, an increase of 6% over the same period in 2018.
In addition, he said that Pakistan’s exports increased by 3.2% in 2019, which is a healthy sign, while imports from the UK showed a decline of 1.9%, which increased the trade balance by 6%. By comparison until last year. Shahzad added that during 2019, the composition of Pakistan’s export baskets shows a large part of the textile group, followed by the food group. He revealed that during the calendar year from January 2017 to December 2017, Pakistan’s exports to the United Kingdom amounted to 1.247 billion pounds from January to December 2018 and 1.27 billion pounds. It remained at 1.311 million pounds during December.
Similarly, he said Pakistan’s imports from the UK from January to December were 686 million pounds, compared with 746 million pounds in the same period in 2018 and still 732 million pounds in 2019.
Shahzad said that the total trade between Pakistan and the United Kingdom between January and December 2017 was 1.933 billion pounds, and from January 2018 to December 2018, it was 2016 million pounds. He said that the total trade between Pakistan and the UK remained at 2.043 billion pounds from January to December 2019.
Shafiq Shahzad also stated that the trade balance between Pakistan and the UK was 561 million pounds from January to December 2017, compared with 524 million pounds from January to December 2018, and reached 597 million from January to December 2019. lb.
On the other hand, Asad Omar, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, assessed the level of British commitment in Pakistan and confirmed the decision to raise bilateral trade and investment relations to new heights.
The British High Commissioner, Dr Christian Turner, told Assad Omar, Minister for Federal Planning, Development and Special Planning, in a press statement issued by the Department of Planning, Development and Special Planning.
The Commonwealth Minister highlighted the potential of British investors in new areas of the economy, such as communications and information technology, as well as investments in agriculture, health, higher education and skills development. The two sides confirmed the decision to expand areas of cooperation and economic, cultural and educational cooperation.
He said that as the Pakistani economy begins to decline, the inflation rate may decline further, and the reform process is bearing fruit.
He commented that Pakistan is achieving sustainable growth and that after the successful implementation of the IMF plan, Pakistan will overcome the recurring problems of the balance of payments.
Asad Omar said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) had entered the second phase, and the private sector will continue to develop.
He asked the High Commissioner to urge British investors to take full advantage of this opportunity. British High Commissioner Dr Christian Turner said the UK would explore investment potential in areas such as Pakistan‘s clean energy, climate change, health, education and tourism.
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A MUM and daughter are celebrating after going into business together.
Joanne Stobbs and her daughter Lauren Robson have opened a hair and beauty salon in Fielding Court, Biddick Hall, South Shields.
Dezire with Inner Beauty was officially opened on Saturday by deputy mayor of South Tyneside, Coun Fay Cunningham,
Mum-of-two Joanne, 43, said: “I’ve been a hairdresser for 28 years and I was at a salon called Jazz for nearly 20 years.
“Opening the salon with Lauren is very exciting, and we make an excellent team.
“Getting the salon just kind of happened, but we’re really happy and we’re just going to go for it.”
Lauren, 22, will leave the hairdressing to her mum while she carries out beauty therapy treatments and massage.
She said: “This is my first real business venture and it feels brilliant to be doing it with my mam.
“We were working at the same place when the opportunity came up to open our own salon, and we just went for it.”
A crowd gathered outside the salon to watch Coun Cunningham cut the ribbon.
It’s already proving to be a popular business, with appointments in the book right up until Christmas.
Joanne added: “We’re really excited to start getting customers in. We even have people making appointments for New Year’s Eve.
“I’ve got a very loyal group of clients who have followed me over the years, and I’m very thankful to them.
“It’s amazing to see so many people here today to watch the ribbon being cut.”
Ward councillors Olive Puncheon and Tom Pigott were also at the opening.
Coun Cunningham said: “It’s lovely to see a business opening up, and I do hope that everyone in Biddick Hall will give them some support, because small businesses do need all the support that you can give them.”
The salon opens its doors at 9am tomorrow.


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Security researchers have published a report that Ars is having a tough time swallowing, despite considerable effort chewing—a botnet of more than 100,000 smart TVs, home networking routers, and other Internet-connected consumer devices that recently took part in sending 750,000 malicious e-mails over a two-week period.
The "thingbots," as Sunnyvale, California-based Proofpoint dubbed them in a press release issued Thursday, were compromised by exploiting default administration passwords that hadn't been changed and other misconfigurations. A Proofpoint official told Ars the attackers were also able to commandeer devices running older versions of the Linux operating system by exploiting critical software bugs. The 100,000 hacked consumer gadgets were then corralled into a botnet that also included infected PCs, and they were then used in a global campaign involving more than 750,000 spam and phishing messages. The report continued:
The attack that Proofpoint observed and profiled occurred between December 23, 2013 and January 6, 2014 and featured waves of malicious email, typically sent in bursts of 100,000, three times per day, targeting Enterprises and individuals worldwide. More than 25 percent of the volume was sent by things that were not conventional laptops, desktop computers or mobile devices; instead, the emails were sent by everyday consumer gadgets such as compromised home-networking routers, connected multi-media centers, televisions and at least one refrigerator. No more than 10 emails were initiated from any single IP address, making the attack difficult to block based on location – and in many cases, the devices had not been subject to a sophisticated compromise; instead, misconfiguration and the use of default passwords left the devices completely exposed on public networks, available for takeover and use.
The Proofpoint report quickly went viral, with many mainstream news outlets breathlessly reporting the findings. The interest is understandable. The finding of a sophisticated spam network running on 100,000 compromised smart devices is extraordinary, if not unprecedented. And while the engineering effort required to pull off such a feat would be considerable, the botnet Proofpoint describes is possible. After all, many Internet-connected devices run on Linux versions that accept outside connections over telnet, SSH, and Web interfaces.


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POTTSTOWN – Sly Fox Brewing Co. has launched an innovative method to raise awareness about and funding for its newest satellite pub in the Knitting Mills, an upscale mixed use complex of office, retail and restaurant space in Wyomissing.
The newest Sly Fox outpost – an 8,000-square-foot pub – will be located at 801 Hill Ave. in a renovated building that was formerly a part of Vanity Fair Outlet Complex. It is expected to open in early 2019, according to John Giannopoulos, Sly Fox Brewing Co. managing partner.
Sly Fox has kicked off a unique funding campaign in association with WeFunder, an online investment facilitator that offers contributors the opportunity for return on investment (ROI).
In an interview Friday, Giannopoulos said through WeFunder, participants can make an investment in the new Sly Fox Wyomissing location ranging from a minimum of $1,000 and up.
The goal, according to the Sly Fox WeFunder website is to raise $250,000. As of Friday afternoon, $33,501 had been invested.
“I wanted to do it because I thought it was new and different. I’m really excited and optimistic,” Giannopolous said, adding that he feels confident the idea will take off. “We’re a week into it now, and I have been talking to lots of people that wanted additional information. I expect they will jump in over the next week.”
Giannopolous added that Sly Fox Brewing Co. has funding available in the form of a loan commitment from Tompkins Vist Bank, “But this is something cool,” he added.
Giannopolous said the initiative is about building excitement in Sly Fox and expanding the company’s community. He added that the idea of crowdfunding is “modern – and younger people are interested in it.”
In return for their investment, the Sly Fox Brewing Co. will share with investors 6 percent of revenues from the Wyomissing location each quarter, until 100 percent of their principal is returned, plus an additional 50 percent.
That means, according to Giannopolous, that someone who invests $1,000 could see a return of $1,500.
“The question is – how long does it take to get paid back,” Giannopolous said, adding that the company conservatively estimates $1.5 million in annual gross sales from the new Wyomissing location. Of that amount, 6 percent would be set aside to be divided among the investors. That figure, he said, is based on current performance at the company’s Pottstown and Phoenixville locations.
Giannopolous points out that as with any investment, there is a level of risk involved.
“We have been around for 23 years, and I feel this location will be good for us,” he said. “There is certainly risk, but we believe it to be minimized.”
Sly Fox selected WeFunder after brainstorming ways to proactively enter the highly competitive market, according to the company. In addition to ROI opportunity, contributors will receive exclusive perks and discounts at the pub, based on their level of investment.
The Sly Fox section of the WeFunder website has information about the company – its history, the Sly Fox team, a question and answer section, risks and an interview with Giannopolous.
The new Wyomissing location is the company’s first brick and mortar location in Berks, but it isn’t the company’s first foray into the county. This year marked Sly Fox’s third season affiliated with the Reading Fightins’ minor league baseball team. Sly Fox Brewing Co. is also the exclusive beer provider for Belly – Kitchen & Drinkery, a bistro at GoggleWorks in downtown Reading.
The new Sly Fox Wyomissing location does not mark the end of the company’s expansion plans according to Giannopolous. The company will be opening locations in Malvern at The Grove at Malvern (opening fall/winter 2019) and at The Highline in Pittsburgh (opening fall 2019).
For more information about Sly Fox Brewing Co.’s WeFunder campaign visit www.wefunder.com/slyfox
For more information about Sly Fox Brewing Co. visit www.slyfoxbeer.com.


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Can Coronavirus Live On Clothes? Your Fashion Questions, Answered
Now a pandemic, coronavirus is having a major impact on the lives of people across the globe. Major events are cancelled or postponed, travel is restricted, companies are asking employees to work remotely, and a certain segment of the population is just learning how to properly wash their hands. And while many grapple with disruptions to their everyday routine, some coronavirus patients suffer far worst fates as hospital beds fill up and the death toll rises. But there’s still a lot that remains unknown about the virus, specifically as it affects one of the mainstays of your daily life: your clothing. Can coronavirus live on clothes? Is it safe to rent clothing or shop online? Here’s what experts are saying:
Can coronavirus live on clothes? If so, for how long?
Information on whether coronavirus can live on any surface is still unclear, but there are a few reassuring things we do know. Harvard Health says the disease is more likely to survive on a hard surface than a soft surface like fabric. Smoother surfaces, like patent leather, may be safer to wear. The length of time that coronavirus can live is also still under speculation. The World Health Organization estimates the lifetime of the disease is between a few hours and a few days.
Saralyn Mark, American Medical Women’s Association leader and Senior Medical Advisor to HHS, tells Bustle that it’s best to practice good clothing hygiene. “If one is living with a person who is vulnerable — age, pre-existing conditions — it may be worthwhile to change clothing once inside your home and wash items.” She recommends washing clothing in detergent in hot water, and washing surfaces with alcohol-based products.
How to wash clothes during coronavirus:
Currently, there’s conflicting information about whether the coronavirus can be killed at a certain temperature or if it can survive through a laundry wash. To be on the safe side, wash items in hot water when possible. You should also consider wiping down your washer and dryer with a disinfectant.
“People can practice infection control through basic hygiene,” Mark says. “Wash surfaces with alcohol-based products — at least 60% — and clothing in detergent in hot water.”
If you don’t have your own in-unit washer and dryer — which is especially common in major cities — you should take extra precautions when heading to your building’s laundry room or laundromat. Experts recommend wearing gloves and sanitizing all of the shared spaces you might use. You may also want to dry your clothes on high heat and for a little longer than usual.
How do I protect myself from coronavirus when shopping?
Some good news: For the most part, you should feel free to shop away. The likelihood that a person can infect a package — and that the infection will last through the shipping process long enough to infect the recipient of the package — is relatively low.
“The biggest risk from shopping is going to come from interaction with other people, not the product,” says Brian Labus, assistant professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Public Health. “If you minimize direct contact, you will reduce your risk of disease. As it is a rapidly changing situation, there may be numerous changes in recommendations as to how we go about our day-to-day lives, and that will include our shopping behaviors.”
Can you get coronavirus from packages?
All official government sources estimate the risk of infection via a package is low, even if an infected person has handled it.
“By the time products reach your store shelves, it has usually been a few weeks since they were manufactured,” Labus explains. “The virus might be able to survive a few days given the right environment, but it will be long dead by the time you purchase that product. Even if something you order online is shipped to you the next day, it has been sitting in a warehouse somewhere long enough for the virus to die.”
Can coronavirus be spread through renting clothes?
In a statement provided to Bustle, the clothing rental service Nuuly explained how it’s working to ensure the safety of its customer base.
“Even before the coronavirus, we have had precautions in place when handling newly returned and therefore unwashed garments and bags,” the statement read. “During the receiving and unpacking process, our employees have always worn gloves and we have fully stocked our fulfillment center with hand sanitizing stations. Additionally, one of our areas of expertise at Nuuly is cleaning and sanitizing clothing.”
The company also uses both wet and dry cleaning for all of its garments and bags to eliminate dirt and germs, and it sends everything through a steam tunnel at 250 degrees. “The end result: clothing that is clean, free of germs or bacteria, and safe for the next consumer to use,” Nuuly said.
Another player in the rental space, Armoire, is doing the same.
“All Armoire clothing is cleaned and sanitized prior to shipping,” says the company’s founder and CEO, Ambika Singh. “We use both wet and dry methods for cleaning, and utilize a steam process, which heats to 250 degrees. We are also doubling down on our standards and quality control around shipping.”
According to Singh, Armoire hasn’t seen major changes in customer usage yet. “As the situation evolves and more people are working from home, that could change,” she says. “We would like to urge our customers to keep supporting the services you rely on normally. Your support of small businesses matters.”
How are retailers dealing with coronavirus?
Retailers are taking the spread of coronavirus day by day, but they are in a critical position: supplying the public with much-needed everyday items. Walmart, known for its response to Hurricane Katrina, has pledged to remain open as long as possible. The retail giant wants the ability to provide necessary materials to those who need them like antibacterial soap, food, water, disinfectants, among other items.
Target released a statement informing customers it would be increasing the inventory of priority products (disinfectant, hand soap, toilet paper, etc.) and cleaning times to every 30 minutes in accordance with CDC recommendations.
Several retailers including Nike, Lululemon, and Aritzia are closing stores due to coronavirus, but their e-commerce sites are still running.
Luxury brands aren’t faring as well as the big box brands. Brands like Burberry are experiencing closures all over China — where the outbreak began — that have affected global supply and demand. Coronavirus will likely have consequences for the luxury space for years to come.
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If you think you’re showing symptoms of coronavirus, which include fever, shortness of breath, and cough, call your doctor before going to get tested. If you’re anxious about the virus’s spread in your community, visit the CDC or NHS 111 in the UK for up-to-date information and resources, or seek out mental health support. You can find all Bustle’s coverage of coronavirus here, and UK-specific updates on coronavirus here.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Corning Inc. said today it is cutting 3,500 jobs, or 13 per cent of its payroll, as demand slumps for glass used in flat-screen televisions and computers.
The specialty glass and ceramics company (NYSE: GLW), the world's largest maker of liquid-crystal-display glass, announced the cuts as its fourth-quarter profit plunged 65 per cent to US$249 million, or 16 cents a share. That compared with $717 million, or 45 cents a share, a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, its profit of 13 cents a share came in well below Wall Street's forecast of 20 cents a share.
Sales plunged 31 per cent to $1.08 billion from $1.58 billion, below $1.16 billion in sales forecast by analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
The company also cautioned that per-share profits before one-time items will likely be cancelled out in the first quarter. Sales will fall below fourth-quarter levels as projected LCD glass volumes slump 20 per cent to 25 per cent, it said.
Shares of Corning rose six cents to US$10.01 in trading today on the New York Stock Exchange.
In December, the company withdrew all guidance for the October-December period because of volatility in the LCD market. An earlier projection called for profit of 20 cents to 28 cents a share on sales of $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion.
"We're not in denial about the recession and started taking quick action in quarter four and are continuing to do so in quarter one to get our cost structure in line with the sales level," chief financial officer James Flaws said in a conference call with analysts.
The cuts at Corning, which employs 27,000 people, will result in first-quarter restructuring charges of $115 million to $165 million before taxes as well as fourth-quarter charges of $22 million. The move will bring annualized savings of $150 million to $200 million, it said.
About 1,500 of the 3,500 jobs being eliminated are salaried employees. In addition, the company is cutting more than 1,400 temporary jobs. The restructuring program will include a selective early retirement program and consolidation of manufacturing plants.
The 157-year-old company is based in the city of Corning in rural western New York state. About 640 of its 5,000 employees in the Corning region will be laid off, it said.
Sales in its display technologies segment fell 50 per cent to $390 million from $774 million a year ago. Aside from a drop in retail sales, panel makers have slowed their purchase orders to try to reduce a buildup in inventories as prices fall, the company said.
DisplaySearch, a market research firm based in Austin, Tex., estimates about 102 million LCD-TVs were shipped worldwide in 2008, up from 78.5 million in 2007. In North America, shipments were expected to grow to 29.5 million in 2008 and edge up to 30.1 million this year.
"There's always this oversupply-undersupply cycle in the LCD business, and this time the down cycle just happened to coincide with the recession," said analyst Paul Gagnon. "It's driven a lot of pessimism, but long-term we still see this as a product with growth potential, even in mature markets" such as the United States.
The abrupt slowdown in LCD-TV sales, its biggest business by far, serves as a nagging reminder for Corning that relying on one colossal cash cow product leaves it vulnerable to severe cyclical swings. The dot-com bust in 2001 came close to sinking a company with lopsided investments in fiber optics.
Corning is striving to expand beyond a heavy focus on display glass. Among its high-wager hopefuls are mercury filters for coal plants, green lasers to equip cellphones with projectors and silicon bonded to glass to extend battery life for handheld electronics.
Sales in Corning's telecommunications unit fell six per cent to $405 million from $430 million on weakened optical fibre sales for private networks. Environmental technologies sales fell 32 per cent to $128 million from $189 million, hurt by weaker auto-pollution filter sales.
For all of 2008, Corning earned $5.26 billion, or $3.32 a share, up from $2.15 billion, or $1.34 a share, in 2007. Sales edged up to $5.95 billion from $5.86 billion the previous year.


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For the past few days, Indians have probably been using Chinese mobile phones to raise awareness on boycott of made-in-China products.
Ever since the deadly clash between the Chinese and Indian soldiers took place, calls for boycotting China-made products have grown louder. For the first time ever even the government has started taking steps to reduce dependence on Chinese companies. The Indian Railways today cancelled a ₹ 470 crore contract given to Beijing National Railway Research & Design Institute of Signal & Communication citing poor performance.
But do the Indian consumers possess the same level of will power to abandon Chinese products?
A quick look at the market share of Chinese mobile companies tells a very different story.
In our country, most of the people compare their cell phones with others. For example,
If you will ask them to boycott their Chinese phone, then there will arise the question which phone to use. An Apple phone is also made in China. On the contrary you may find Made in India written on the phones of Chinese companies. This because most of the Chinese companies like Xiaomi, Oppo and others have opened their factories in India.
Apple and Nokia phones, on the other hand, are manufactured by Foxconn (a Chinese brand)”. This is the best excuse from you people. But you don’t understand that made in China is way different than made by China.
Why Chinese Mobile phones are so popular in India?
According to Li Bingzhong, innovation has shaped the image of Chinese handsets in the Indian market. The combination of quality, affordability, localization strategies, and strategic marketing allowed Chinese phones to rapidly dominate the Indian market.
The latest market research data show that among the top 10 best-selling smartphone brands in India in Q4 2017, all except Samsung are Chinese manufacturers, whose total market share exceeds 50 percent. There were Indian companies like Micromax, Lava, but they had to shut shop due to the superior quality of Chinese phones. A brief look into OPPO and Xiaomi stores in India, along with surveys with Indian consumers and business executives, shows why Chinese mobile phones are so popular in India.
Indian people’s love for Chinese cell phones
For the past few days, Indians have probably been using Chinese-made phones to seek a boycott of made-in-China products.
Beijing-based Xiaomi recorded its highest ever shipments in India during 2018. Realme, which started off as a sub-brand of Oppo in mid-2018 and was spun off into an independent company, surpassed Oppo in terms of shipments by year-end.
What 2020 report says about Chinese cell phones?
India is the world’s second-largest smartphone market that makes it attractive for brands looking for expansion.
Also, the Chinese market is saturated and has extreme competition. It is even more competitive than the Indian market.
Moreover, looking at some Chinese brands getting success in India; more Chinese players want to gamble on the Indian market.
Indians spent over Rs 50,000 crore on Chinese smartphones in a year-
Indian consumers doubled their spending on the top four Chinese brands – Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Honor – to over Rs 50,000 crore in FY18.
The Chinese dominance of the Rs 1.5 lakh crore Indian smartphone market, growing at about 10-11% as per research reports, has never been questioned. But it’s still surprising that Indian consumers doubled their spending (year-on-year) on the top four Chinese brands – Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Honor – to over Rs 50,000 crore in FY18. These four brands along with a few other Chinese brands like Lenovo-Motorola, One-Plus, and Infinix, make up more than 50% of the total Indian smartphone market by sales, The Economic Times reported, adding that data available thus far suggests their sales are growing rapidly this year too.
As per Registrar of Companies filings for FY18, Xiaomi Technology India’s revenue from operations stood at Rs 22,947.3 crore, up from Rs 8,334.4 crore in FY17 while that of Oppo Mobiles India jumped nearly 50% to Rs 11,994.3 crore in the same period. The most impressive growth was posted by Vivo Mobile India, up 77.6% year-on-year to Rs 11,179.3 crore. Meanwhile, Huawei Telecommunications India’s mobile business revenue went up 56% to Rs 5,601.3 crore. Honor, a leading smartphone e-brand under the Huawei Group, claimed to have registered an unprecedented growth of 281% in the first half of 2018 and rank among the top 2 brands in the online segment in the second quarter (Q2) of this fiscal.


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Today, we embark upon the next major evolution of Mixer…. a journey we’re calling “Season 2.” We’re specifically calling it a Season because it’s not just a one-day thing. Season 2 reflects the living, breathing nature of Mixer with new experiences and new things to try all the time. As part of Season 2, we’re continuing to grow and refine our existing experiences with new video capabilities for streaming and viewing. And then we’re also investing in three big new areas: expression, supporting creators through new monetization opportunities, and strengthening streamer communities. Excited? Us too! Let’s take a deeper look at what’s coming today and on the horizon for Season 2…
Apple unveiled the biggest revamp to the iPad since its launch – with the screen covering the whole front of the gadget. The iPad Pro also now has Face ID, so users can unlock it and approve purchases just by looking at it, instead of the fingerprint scanner. Apple said new, bigger “brains” mean it is more powerful than nine in ten PCs – despite being in a super-slim case just 5.9mm thick.
WhatsApp ads are coming. After being free to use for years, details are starting to come out about just how Facebook will monetize WhatsApp, the popular mobile messaging app it purchased for $19 billion in 2014. According to India’s The Economic Times, WhatsApp vice president Chris Daniels revealed that the company is going to start putting ads in the “Status” feature of the app.
Is it scratching an itch? Does it represent bad Botox? Perhaps it’s your reaction to an awful pickup line. A new emoji with an uneven face and rosy cheeks is driving the internet wild. One eye is open, one eyebrow is slightly furrowed, and the mouth is doing something pretty inexplicable. According to the Emojipdia, the go-to blog about emoji, this Woozy Face digital expression represents the state of being tired and emotional (aka drunk), but people on the internet seem to think it represents a wide range of other occurrences…
Flickr is making some big changes, following its acquisition by SmugMug earlier this year. The company announced this week it’s addressing a series of issues on the site, including spam, customer support and use of the Yahoo login, for example. But more notably, it’s also revamping its account structure to impose increased limits for free users, while rolling out unlimited storage for Pro subscribers.
The streamer was trying to catch a supply drop in midair using a helicopter he was piloting, with Skadoodle, just9n and anythING directing him on how to steer the helicopter so it would be directly underneath the falling package. Shroud was able to position the helicopter perfectly, with the supply drop landing neatly on top of the helicopter. Unfortunately, instead of sitting on top of the vehicle, it began to drag the helicopter down to the ground, and Grzesiek could only watch in horror as he was pushed through the map and into an abyss below.
Whatever your preference, in today’s image-conscious social media world people generally want to look the best they can, and that’s why SenseTime, the world’s most highly-valued artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, is offering a filter for smartphone cameras and live-streaming apps that can automatically touch you up.
Four days after admitting that it continues to track users even after the Location History tracking has been disabled, Google has updated its website to more accurately reflect the nature of its location policy.
Apple will launch a refreshed entry-level MacBook next month, according to a report, with an updated model claimed will be revealed during the company’s September event alongside new iPhones and other product announcements.
Cupertino-based Apple Inc. will be holding a party next week. To be exact, the tech giant’s spring event is slated on March 27. News about Apple’s event has been circulated to the media since last week.
“Join us to hear creative new ideas for teachers and students,” Apple said, suggesting that its focus now is on education. But there’s more to that, Apple may seem to disclose details of its new product, a new iPads, for instance.
Apple to release new iPad product lines?
Although Apple has yet to issue a comment on the rumored new iPads. The iPad lineup obviously got a major makeover since last year. For instance, in 2017 Apple’s iPad Air 2 was replaced with the current 9.7 inch iPad. In case you don’t know, the company has also discontinued the production of iPad Mini 2.
The recent of which is Apple’s 10.5 inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros. This leaves the iPad Mini 4 isolated as it received only a minor upgrade. Fast forward this year, a rumor has circulated that Apple’s new iPad would feature Face ID.
Also, we might expect as well that Apple would announced a new version of $329 iPad or the Mini. But all these remain speculations, unless Apple would confirm that a new iPad product launch is likely.
Meanwhile, Apple’s event would be held at Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago on March 27. The company’s invitation is devoid of any hint that it would launch new iPads or any Apple products.
If Apple won’t reveal anything on March 27 then the perfect venue would be this year’s WWDC which is slated to commence on June 4 at San Jose.


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On Wednesday, Starbucks
the famous coffee-chain, released 5,000 nonfungible tokens, called The First Store Collection. It’s a series of images that look like stamps. The company launched them on Nifty Gateway, a digital art online platform, and minted them on Ethereum scaling network Polygon.
The non-fungible tokens are priced at $100 each. This is around the same price of its previous NFT drop in March that offered just 2,000 NFTs and sold out within minutes.
Buying an NFT also earns users 1,500 points toward rewards within the Starbucks Odyssey app, which was launched by Starbucks in fall 2022.
Broader interest in collecting, trading, and making NFTs appears to have died down since its peak in 2021 and 2022, but big brands are still moving ahead with plans to launch them. Earlier this week, Nike
announced launching its first NFT drop on .Swoosh, the brand’s Web3 community branded as a place to co-create “the future of Nike” with its fans.
One of the reasons brands are pushing forward into launching NFTs is because it seems to work for their bottom line.
“Starbucks is venturing into web3 technology because they recognize its potential and are looking to tap into new user segments and revenue streams. Their first NFT drop, The Siren Collection Stamp, launched on March 1, 2023, sold out in just 18 minutes with a price of $100 each,” said Sara Gherghelas, a blockchain analyst at DappRadar.
“In the past 30 days, it has seen a trading volume of $195,000 and an overall trading volume of $561,000. The floor price for the collection is at $450, which is a 350% appreciation since the mint.”
Gherghelas said that it’s noteworthy that only 17.1% of the collection is currently on sale, indicating that holders of the tokens are not just looking to flip the collection, or buying with the aim of selling at a higher price.
“Regarding the coming second drop, it is expected to have a similar impact, especially as they are also rolling out a series of benefits for beta users on April 24,” said Gherghelas.
Brands are using NFTs, which serve as a certificate of authenticity as well as a collectible, as a way to build loyalty with their fan bases.
“The introduction of NFTs in their loyalty program has the potential to build a deeper relationship between the brand and customers, providing them with a new way to engage with the brand and earn rewards,” said Gherghelas.
The market for NFTs broadly though has slowed, with trading volume approaching $1 billion and 2.96 million in sales, DappRadar shared. This is far from a high of $17 billion in January 2022.
Starbucks did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


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Syrah (SYR) $0.48 as at 10/09/2019
Graphite miner and processor Syrah has taken a big hit today on the back of a company update regarding spot prices of their product in China. The company recently dipped out of the ASX200 index at the June rebalance and seems to be going out the back door with this update.
Prices received have dropped around 12% in the current quarter versus what the company was receiving the Q2, down to $US400/t, blaming the fall on a falling Chinese Yuan as well as concerns around inventory levels saying “supply growth has outpaced demand” despite China becoming a net importer at the start of the year. This problem is facing many producers of minerals that are used in batteries where supply was ramped up a few years ago when prices spiked on demand forecasts which proved a little premature.
In response, Syrah has moved to cut production and review cost levels at their Balama facility as well as flagging an impairment charge of up to $US70m and writing down inventory levels. The company talked up its cash levels despite the disappointing prices.
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Revamp of Redhill Road shops is now complete
Work to improve a parade of shops in Roseworth is now complete.
Shoppers visiting Redhill Road Shops will notice improvements have been made to the paving, benches, bins and landscaping around the parade. Trees have been planted and improvements have been made at the nearby bus stop, including a new dropped kerb crossing point for pedestrians.
The works at Redhill Road shops have been carried out by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council as part of a Borough-wide shopping parade enhancement programme.
The Council is also carrying out works on footpaths at the front of High Newham Court in Hardwick to improve safety for pedestrians. Work to rejuvenate Windlestone Road in Billingham is expected to start this week with the introduction of new paving, seating, trees and additional parking.
Thirteen Group, the owner of several shops on Redhill Road, is also due to carry out work, particularly to the canopies above their shops on the parade.
Councillor Nigel Cooke, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council's Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Transport, said: "We have invested in this improvement programme to shopping parades across the Borough because we know how much local residents value the shops in their communities. It is important that they are kept in a good state of repair so people can enjoy shopping there and can access them easily."


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Update: Analysts say Verizon, unions face pressure to settle by July
"Beer and barbecues" on CWA, IBEW picket lines
TUESDAY Update: Verizon will likely have to sweeten its "last, final offer" from April 28 to get new labor contracts approved by striking workers, writes analyst Amy Yong in a report to clients of Macquarie Securities. The proposal, so far, includes pay increases of around 7.5%, plus higher 401K retirement-plan contributions.
The strike has hurt new Verizon Internet sign-ups and will force higher repair and maintenance costs, Yong argues. Verizon wants more flexibility to use cheap, non-union workers "to lower costs" for its shrinking wired phone business. The company last week resumed installations, but will likely be nearly 50,000 accounts down from projections, she added. Yong estimates the cost of the strike to Verizon at up to $80 million, and compared it to the impact of Hurricane Irene in 2011.
MONDAY: Re the seven-week strike against Verizon by nearly 40,000 CWA and IBEW union members: After talking to company and union leaders, "we continue to expect the strike to end relatively soon," but it will still reduce this year's earnings for Verizon by around $200M, or a nickel a share, writes New York-based telecom analyst Barry Sine, in a report to clients of Philadelphia-based Drexel, Hamilton & Co.
Both labor and management say "a solution is possible," likely in June, Sine added. The bosses are hurting, but not a lot, so far, while union members at larger Verizon sites "seem to be having fun picketing in the Spring sunshine with on-site beer and barbecues."
He adds: "While union healthcare benefits ceased on May 1, workers can
retroactively sign up for benefits under COBRA with benefits taking effect up
to 60 days prior. So even those incurring significant costs can wait until July 1."
Verizon will lose around 150,000 FiOS video and data customers this Spring as a result of the strike, "as the company's management and contractor workforce focuses on repairs, with few installations getting done." Verizon adds were down anyway, due to asset sales in California, Florida and Texas. The company should gain about 75,000 in the summer quarter after the strike is settled. Verizon is likely to focus in future on new commercial accounts.
"The net savings of avoiding union benefit payments after May 1, and wages since the start of the strike, will roughly offset increased overtime for supervisors and payments to contractors, so we expect no impact on profit margins. However, with more focus on repairs, and less on installs, more operating costs will be expensed and less capitalized," Sine adds.


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Oppo has had a great success. Oppo has become the best-selling smartphone brand in its market for the first time. This has been said in a report of Counterpoint Research. Oppo has surpassed Huawei in the Chinese market. In January this year, Oppo (Oppo) topped the world’s largest smartphone market with a market share of 21 percent, Counterpoint reported.
These mobile companies were in the top 5
Both Vivo and Huawei have gained 20-20 percent of the market share. At the same time, Apple and Xiaomi are in the top five with 1–1–1 percent shares. OPPO sales increased 26% on an annualized basis. At the same time, the company’s sales increased 33 percent over the previous month. Counterpoint says the launch of the new Renault 5 series has been a success. Compared to the Renault 4, this smartphone series was launched with better specifications at a lower price point.
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Huawei’s market share may decline throughout the year
The report said that Huawei has hit China in addition to other markets in the world. Counterpoint said that due to the lack of components, Huawei has increased its focus on the premium market, so Chinese distributors are focusing on other brands for volume. Currently the figures are for one month (January 2021). However, Counterpoint says that Huawei’s market share may decline this whole year. At the same time, Oppo will try to strengthen its position in the market by launching the latest flagship phone Find X3 Pro.
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text: The buzz in the air at the start of the US’s biggest motor show was of an electric nature. The growing interest in hypbrid and even so-called “plug-in” electric cars was one of the main themes at the calendar event for the world auto industry. Manufacturers are increasingly turning to alternative power systems for their vehicles. But BMW chief in America, Tom Purves, said the traditional market is still booming: “It was a record year, actually it was a record year after record year recently, and that is great for BMW, and I think it shows just how much interest there is in the premium car business here in the United States. We were 3 percent ahead of the market and that was great for us.”Ailing General Motors swept the awards, winning top honours in the best car and best truck categories. The winners at the Detroit show were chosen by a jury of 49 auto writers in the United States and Canada. The recognition represents the latest sign of a turnaround at GM, which just a year ago faced daunting threats of bankruptcy.


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Co-op poaches in Kingfisher's pool as it hires Euan Sutherland as new chief executive
'Retailer': Co-op's new chief executive Euan Sutherland
More question marks were raised over the Co-operative’s banking ambitions when the retail and financial services group hired Kingfisher executive Euan Sutherland to its top spot.
Doubts have emerged over a bid by Co-op to buy 632 Lloyds branches in a deal code-named Project Verde, with advisers to the state-backed bank expected to put out feelers to other potential buyers in case it hits the buffers.
Sutherland who will take over from Co-op supremo Peter Marks, was seen as a likely heir to Kingfisher’s chief executive Ian Cheshire.
Some observers said the appointment
of another retailer, rather than a banker, did not augur well for the
Co-op’s ambitious plans to expand its financial services operations.
The group had been expected to poach a banker as its new boss. Its protracted bid for the Lloyds branches has triggered concerns about the lack of banking experience on the Co-op’s main board, along with worries over its ability to raise capital and to deal with the IT issues.
The Verde branches will be run by Lloyd’s executive Paul Pester under the Co-op plan.
The mutual is in exclusive talks with Lloyds but the ink is not yet dry on the deal. Lloyds has to offload the branches under orders from Brussels, as a condition of the state aid it received from the UK taxpayer.
Royal Bank of Scotland’s attempt to sell 316 branches to Santander collapsed earlier this year after a series of delays.
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FaceBook looks to Video Content
In 2012 Facebook focused on making a giant leap from desktop computing to providing it’s social network on mobile technology and in particular smartphones using the launch of its mobile app to increase its market share of the growing mobile consumer market.
In 2016 Facebook sees a new avenue to increase its market share by launching “Video First” a visual centred content.
Facebook says video will soon consume the lion’s share of attention of its 1.7 billion users and it’s making aggressive moves to get people to produce and view more video, whether from friends and family or from industry professionals.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and Chief Executive, stated “We see a world that is video first, with video at the heart of all of our apps and services,” he went on to say “video will look like as big of a shift in the way we all share and communicate as mobile data has been.”
Facebook is set to launch ‘Facebook Live’ a new app that makes it easy to shoot streaming video on mobile devices. It is also encouraging more media professionals and the corporate sector to provide more video centric content. It is also building video products for its current messaging apps ‘Facebook Messenger’ and ‘WhatsApp’ both of which have over a billion users.
It’s no secret that Facebook is interested in tapping into television advertising revenue which generally commands larger budgets than those typically available to social media. Video ads are expected to boost Facebook’s revenue growth in 2016 as marketers see increasing potential in embracing video to reach out to the 1 billion potential mobile consumers. “We see Facebook’s continued push into more immersive content as critical to future engagement growth, and thus far we have been impressed with product changes.”
More than a billion people a day use Facebook on their mobile devices for the first time, up 22pc on a year ago, while overall daily users rose 17pc to 1.13bn in the three months to the end of June. This surge has driven advertising towards mobile devices, with 84pc of Facebook’s sales coming from mobile adverts, up from 76pc a year ago.
Overall, more than 1.7bn people use Facebook at least once a month, with this figure soaring 15pc in the past year. Zuckerberg said, “Our community and business had another good quarter. We’re particularly pleased with our progress in video as we move towards a world where video is at the heart of all our services.”
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A BMW advert designed to appeal to bad-mannered businesspeople has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority.
The ad, which was titled "Luxury Just Lost its Manners" was crafted to help the German car giant sell the latest BMW 760Li xDrive, and appeared in the Telegraph newspaper.
It explained that the luxurious saloon could sprint from 0-62mph in a staggering 3.7 seconds courtesy of its 602bhp, 6.6-litre V12, adding that "for some, the climb to the top is quicker".
Following a complaint, the ASA ruled that the ad contradicted rules that state car firms are not allowed to sell cars using speed.
The organisation also stressed that the advert was in breach of the Highway Code, which states that motorists must not drive without reasonable consideration for other road users.
According to the ASA ruling, BMW claimed it had included the car's specifications in order to inform consumers.
The manufacturer also stated that as the target market for the vehicle was "high-net-worth business leaders", the claim "for some, the climb to the top is quicker" was not a reference to the car's acceleration, but rather to its audience climbing to the top of their careers.
The Telegraph also believed the ad didn't focus on speed, highlighting the fact that 62mph was below the UK motorway speed limit.
However, the watchdog ruled: "We considered that the cumulative effect of the claim 'Luxury just lost its manners', the vehicle's acceleration and power statistics, and the claim 'For some, the climb to the top is quicker' made speed and acceleration the main message of the ad. We therefore concluded that the ad breached the Code."


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English 'not business lingua franca'
"Sometimes people think that English is the lingua franca for business, but this is not true," Commissioner Orban told participants in a roundtable discussion on the importance of language skills for SMEs, held as part of the EU's SME Week.
"In terms of communication, English might be the lingua franca, but in addressing consumers everywhere in Europe and outside the EU, of course the company should […] develop linguistic and intercultural strategies," Orban said.
The commissioner was addressing a roundtable which focused on "practical tools" to help small countries improve their work with languages. Discussions focused on possible shortcuts to better multilingual communication, reaching out to new customers abroad, and "making better strategic use of language skills".
EU business 'losing competitiveness'
Referring to a Commission-backed report released by European business leaders last year, Orban said "the study clearly shows that small and medium-sized companies are losing business – losing money – due to the lack of linguistic and intercultural skills".
The report had warned that EU industry is at risk of losing competitiveness as other countries start outperforming the bloc in terms of language skills (EurActiv 14/07/08).
'Platform for dialogue'
Commissioner Orban announced that the EU executive was planning to set up a "permanent platform" to boost dialogue between business and "stakeholders from the linguistic scene," with the aim of helping companies to develop their use of foreign languages.
In last summer's report, the Business Forum for Multilingualism warned that emerging economies, primarily in Asia and Latin America, are quickly acquiring the solid language skills necessary for successful competition and that Europe will have to promote formal and informal language learning more effectively if it wants to compete.


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Liu Fan, 25, who works for a construction company in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, used to spend most of her salary on cosmetics, clothes and entertainment each month.
However, the onset of the pandemic meant she had to curb her desire to shop, and instead start saving.
“The pandemic has made me realize the uncertainty of life. Some friends have lost their jobs or had their salaries cut, so I started to save money in case I needed it,” she said.
“In the past, I used to buy things on impulse that I didn’t really need, but now I like to be more rational and purchase items that I truly require.”
The pandemic has reshaped young people’s lifestyles and changed their consumption patterns to some extent.
According to the China Youth Consumption Report 2019-20, after the pandemic emerged, nearly 56 percent of young people surveyed in China have tended to only buy daily necessities. Just over 40 percent chose to “buy less and buy better”, while nearly 40 percent opted to “buy more carefully than before”.
Young people also look to buy items they need and which they can afford.
Just over 45 percent said they would buy green products or those offered with subsidies or discounts, while just 4.3 percent would purchase products that celebrities use, the report found.
Jason Yu, general manager of consultancy Kantar Worldpanel China, said the pandemic has had an impact on young people worldwide, but in China, this group is in a relatively better position.
“For instance, young people in many Western countries face high unemployment rates and usually take low-skilled occupations after graduation, such as working in restaurants or as cleaners. The pandemic has had a severe impact on them and will continue to affect their lives,” he said in Hangzhou China.
In China, GDP exceeded 100 trillion yuan ($15.42 trillion) last year, according to official data.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the country, which last year saw GDP rise by 2.3 percent year-on-year to 101.6 trillion yuan, is expected to be the only major economy to post growth in such challenging times.
Yu said the nation’s effective containment of the outbreak and its economic recovery have given young people confidence.
“Young Chinese have played a leading role in the economic recovery, as they generally still feel confident about the country and the future,” he said.
Yu added that this group has been especially active in boosting the digital economy during the pandemic. Moreover, young people have sought to socialize and pursue “spiritual comfort” online, helping them retain a positive view about life.
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A life-size bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti has been sold at auction for the world record price of £65,001,250.
It took just eight minutes for bidders to reach the hammer price after L'Homme Qui Marche I opened at £12 million at Sotheby's in London yesterday.
The winning bid - the highest for any work of art ever sold at auction - was made over the phone by an anonymous buyer.
The sculpture is considered to be one of the most important by the 20th-century Swiss artist.
It had been estimated to sell for between £12 million and £18 million.
But furious bidding saw more than 10 rivals bump the price up to ever higher levels, eventually topping the £65 million mark.
In so doing it beat the 104,168,000 US dollar (£58,520,830) price paid for the previous auction record holder - Pablo Picasso's Garcon a la Pipe which was sold in New York in 2004.
In a bumper night for Sotheby's, one of the other highlights of the Impressionist and Modern Art sale also exceeded expectations.
Gustav Klimt's Kirche in Cassone went for £26,921,250, far above the £12 million to £18 million estimate.
It proved to be a record price for a Klimt landscape and the second highest auction bid for any work by the Austrian painter.
Paul Cezanne's Pichet et Fruits sur une table was sold for just under £12 million.
Commenting on the evening's record breaking sale, Melanie Clore, co-chairman worldwide of Sotheby's impressionist and modern art department said: "We are thrilled to have sold these great works and that they have been recognised for the masterpieces that they are.
"The competition which generated these exceptional results demonstrates the continued quest for quality that compels today's collectors."
The sale of L'Homme Qui Marche I marked the first time that a Giacometti of its size had gone under the hammer in more than 20 years.
Cast in 1961 at the height of the artist's mature period, it was bought by Dresdner Bank in the early 1980s.
Proceeds from yesterday's sale will go towards foundations and selected museums supported by Commerzbank, which took over Dresdner in 2009.
Art business expert Henry Lydiate said he was not shocked by the huge price tag.
He said: "I am not overly surprised because of the status of the artists and the rarity of the piece."
Mr Lydiate suggested that the buyer was unlikely to be a major public collection, but a wealthy individual buying the piece as either an investment or because they were a genuine collector.Reuse content


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Morgan Stanley is expecting an “unprecedented” expansion of auto credit for the upcoming year, Equity Analyst Adam Jonas said in a recent Morgan Stanley report.
Part of the rationale for this expansion is that U.S. auto sales are forecasted to drop 5% to 16.5 million units. Extending more loans — via new products, markets, or into new credit buckets — may prevent a larger drop in sales. However, it’s hard to accurately predict year-over-year same-store sales for the second half of 2017 due to unusually high demand following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
Roughly 95% of U.S. auto purchases are financed or leased, with nearly 70% of the financing provided by captives, according to the report. Additionally, if vehicle mix of SUVs and pickups continue to increase, then the value of the SAAR for 2018 could remain on par with levels seen in 2017 supporting industry profitability for yet another year, he said.
Additionally, leasing growth is projected to continue or accelerate, because consumers want to avoid long-term ownership of a vehicle that could experience a devaluation during a time of rapid improvement in vehicle connectivity, electrification, and active safety technology. However, this trend may lead to a significant risk of about $2 trillion worth of declining vehicle assets on the road, and will face “unprecedented risk, contributing to a consumer credit challenge that threatens affordability of both new and gently used cars.”Like This Post


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Toyota Motor Corp. will move more production of Highlander sport utility vehicles to an Indiana plant in August, the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reported, without saying where it obtained the information.
The company, which makes many of the vehicles at a plant in Kyushu in southwestern Japan for export to North America and Australia, will now build more than 2,000 vehicles a month in Indiana, the newspaper said. The Kyushu factory will retain its production of the gasoline-electric hybrid version of the Highlander as well as output of models for export to Australia, according to the sources.
Toyota began manufacturing the Highlander SUVs in November 2000 and has been making between 1,000 to 9,000 gasoline vehicles a month. In April, it produced about 1,900 units.
The newspaper did not specify which Indiana plant would receive the work. Toyota employs about 4,200 in the southwest Indiana city of Princeton, where workers already assemble Highlanders, as well as Sequoias and Siennas. Another 1,000 work at the Subaru Of Indiana facility in Lafayette, which makes the top-selling Camry.


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Half travel guidebook, half app, Roadtrippers’ goal is turning trips into adventures. The website, which was recently redesigned as a fully responsive web app, gives globetrotters a tool to discover mainstream and offbeat attractions, lodgings, and restaurants from West Virginia to West Hollywood. Launched in late 2012, the site has just passed a quarter million trips planned.
New York U.S. Attorney Andrew Baxter accused Feldman on Thursday of being a “perpetrator of an unconscionable scheme directed at desperate and vulnerable victims.”
General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Lyft are moving forward with plans to create self-driving taxis. The companies expect to launch a test service within a year, raising the bar as Detroit’s Big Three automakers increase their investments in autonomous cars.
The StoryBots spent that first year working methodically through the alphabet, with the occasional spin on a classic—the StoryBots version of “Jumping on the Bed” has 35 million views—thrown in for good measure. But in 2015, they began to branch out. That summer, the Spiridellis brothers released thematically linked sets of songs: outer space, animals, seasons. Then came body parts, time, vehicles, shapes. Colors, emotions. The works.
You can change the harmonic scale and the tempo of the music using a beats-per-minute slider. You can also share your favorite barcode tunes on Facebook. This means that you can make sweet music from mundane purchases like Monster Munch, cotton buds and loo paper.
Taylor said the government will have to continue prosecuting obscenity and cracking down on the “mousetrapping” tools used by porn sites to keep Web surfers trapped on their sites. But he admitted that support from the tech sector is key.
Widgetbox is one of several companies competing in the growing “widget” marketplace. The company provides a platform for developers to create widgets – small programs that can be embedded in web pages, MySpace profiles and Facebook pages – and to distribute them throughout the internet, primarily via social networks. According to the press release, Widgetbox currently hosts 26,000 developers and reaches 28 million users every month.
Smith, whose teacher’s union refused to support him, is now on paid administrative leave. He hired a lawyer to press invasion of privacy and harassment charges against the group, but the lawyer has been unable to ascertain the volunteers’ true identities.
It reminds me of playing board games on the iPad or on a computer: it’s not the same as playing in real life, but one of the distinct advantages is that you don’t have to remember all the rules yourself. If you can’t play a tile in a particular location in Carcassonne, the app simply won’t let you put it there. When you try to take a second face-up locomotive card in Ticket to Ride, the app doesn’t allow it. Play the app enough times, and the rules gradually become second nature, without having to consult the rulebook or have an experienced player walk you through it.
Internet privacy and security activist Keith Little, however, was not convinced.
The service arrives at a particularly good time. The financial technology market is flourishing, thanks to enterprising startups working to fix what the last decade has proved to be an imperfect industry. According to a recent study by Accenture, global investment in financial technology tripled between 2008 and 2013 from $928 million to $2.97 billion and is expected to double again to between $6 billion and $8 billion by 2018. For many of these well-meaning companies, debt collection is a necessity, but they don’t want to deal in the dark arts.
While on stage, Terry Myerson, executive vice president of the Windows and Devices Group, said the S stands for “streamlined, significant performance, security.” He added, “I personally like to think of it as the soul of today’s Windows.”
I feel because it is my image I do own some copyright interest in it. My permission was given to Fox News, not to 10 Zen Monkeys.
To be more specific, it’s a dying tradition. The Wednesday crowd is the old-school audience, collectors who are willing to shell out $3 or $4 for a stapled-together pamphlet that they’ll put in a plastic bag with acid-free cardboard and store in a long white box. Those customers have been trickling away for years.
Dr. Andrew B. Whinston saw the Toysrus deal as Amazon’s olive branch to the investment community.
Picnik also integrates seamlessly with the websites where your photos are already stored. Picnik is leading a revolution as an entirely new breed of web application that combines the power and rich experience of a desktop application, with the convenience and connectivity of the web.
__Duffy: __We thought it was going to be a security camera. It turned out to be an everything camera. We have people catch their kids’ first steps. We’ve had people catch burglars many, many times. Because the video is stored in the cloud, we’ve caught burglars who have even stolen the Dropcams, which is hilarious. We caught the bridge that collapsed up in Washington. Somebody randomly had a Dropcam pointing out their window. It was the only video of the incident. That was totally driven by the user. The [authorities] were able to use it to determine the cause of the bridge collapse. There have been cameras that recorded Hurricane Sandy. It’s really about a personal and global awareness of what’s going on, all in control of individual users. That’s really what Dropcam is about.
The full list of nominees can be found at the IGF’s website.
In many ways, all of the Hubble observations are interesting, but here is a list of some of the standouts in the coming week. A more complete list can be found at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) This Week On HST Website.
Copia doesn’t control any of the ends of book production or distribution. It has to deal with the book publishers, Adobe (who makes the DRM), the companies who make the devices, the App store who has to approve getting your software on a device (over which you have zero control of the date they finally approve an app for release). If you want to broaden your scope, to offer a wider range of formats on every device imaginable, that increases the complication by powers of ten. To try to make all of those partnerships cohere and still create a single, coherent platform without the established relationships or marketing clout to beat everyone into shape is nearly impossible.
Commercial vendors have also taken advantage of the technology to delve into your shopping behavior. Browser cookies give information to aggregators that can trigger price disparities. Your zip code and even your device can make a difference. For example, if you’re looking for a hotel room at 5 p.m. for that evening and you’re using your phone to search, the aggregator’s algorithm will assume you’re more desperate than if you were using your desktop computer. “Every time you look at a deal, your search is recorded somewhere,” the ex-Priceline programmer told me.
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Like what you hear? Tell your friends, then write to email@example.com.
Last month, the FTC filed lawsuits against Stock Value 1, of Boca Raton, Florida, and Comstar Communications, of Sacramento, California, for promoting products that blocked up to 99 percent of the electromagnetic waves emitted from the earpiece of mobile phones. The products consisted of metallic fiber patches the user would place on the earpiece of the phone.
“After all,” he wrote, “what could possibly compete against a game that is six years in the making, is called by the own company’s president ‘turtleware,’ and has a release date that reads, ‘when it’s done’?”
It may sound melodramatic, but I cried through this entire film. The opening scenes intersperse home movies of a toddler giggling up at a camera with scenes of his somber father recounting the life events that ultimately lead up to Tyler Long committing suicide at 17, and that was it: 90 minutes of continuous crying and a headache that followed me all day until bed.
Not only have I read both of [Mortenson’s] books with enthusiasm, but I have sent school supplies to my USAF colleagues in Bagram who have distributed the supplies to schools that were funded by the Central Asia Institute. The Department of Defense even has supported “getting through” to the Afghan people by laying a foundation in education for children, a foundation laid in part by their relationship with the CAI. Three Cups of Tea is on the Joint Forces Staff College’s professional reading list (as well as other military professional reading lists).
These are not the highest quality products. They’re made in China, very simple quality. The website proclaims they’re “department store quality”, but I’m not so sure. Every year that my sons have shopped with this program, my husband and I, as well as the grandparents, definitely know that it’s the thought that counts.
It’s unclear what happened to the Listen4ever site, which has been inaccessible since at least Monday.
As the somewhat confusing New York Times paywall went up Monday, theoretically pushing readers toward new digital subscriptions, Amazon announced that Kindle subscribers will also get access to NYTimes.com for free – albeit not right away.
The Utah Republican said that current antitrust laws prohibit the exchange of critical security information. “We’re going to relax antitrust regulations in this area so companies can share information about attacks,” Bennett said.
The school was awarded the $2,700 prize, and Rusconi was invited to Italy to accept the prize.
“This fact sheet is designed to be as scientifically accurate as possible,” he said. “We specifically tried not to nuance it in the direction either of encouraging or discouraging use of condoms. The interpretation really is in the eyes of the beholder.”
Over the past weekend, the massive anonymous market known as Evolution halted withdrawals of bitcoin from its website, telling users that it was dealing with technical difficulties. Then on Tuesday evening, both its market and user forum went offline, with no opportunity for drug buyers and sellers to pull out the funds they had stored in their Evolution accounts. The result has been a wave of panic that’s shaken the online black market economy as much as any of the law enforcement drug busts of the last two years.


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Swiss Company Recalls Coffeee Creamers With Hitler's Face on Them.
Here are a few things that go really well with your morning cup of coffee: milk, sugar, the newspaper, maybe a donut or two. Something that doesn't go down as easy with your daily cuppa joe? Hitler.
A Swiss company has apologized after a commuter discovered the Fuhrer's face on a mini container of creamer at a Swiss train station. The New York Times reports that Migros, the company that produces the creamer packets, has recalled around 2,000 dictator-themed containers from coffee shops in the Graubunden region of Switzerland, calling the mix-up a "unforgivable incident."
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Yesterday, GM announced yet more recalls that brought the total number of vehicle call-backs to an all-time record. The damage to an already hurting brand–see “Switchgate”–is incalculable. The idea of a “new GM” is taking a beating.
Toyota suffered similar negative press several years ago, but the strength of its brand, built over decades, helped it through. GM does not have that asset so this latest disaster may well sink it.
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LeBoeuf, addressing a recent Morgan Stanley Dean Witter conference for chemical industry analysts and investors, said the company usually emerges from economic downturns even stronger, adding that the company’s strategic focus “positions us to benefit very well from economic recovery whenever it occurs.
“We’re hopeful that there is a meaningful comeback in the second half of the year, but we’re not necessarily expecting one,” LeBoeuf said. “We wouldn’t be surprised if the second half is only slightly better. But if it happens sooner, we’re prepared to take good advantage of it.” In 2000, PPG reported earnings of $620 million on sales of $8.6 billion.
LeBoeuf said PPG has benefited from changes in its mix of businesses that have increased the share of company sales from coatings to 54%, up from 36% in 1989. He said the company also has increased its focus on less-cyclical, higher-margin operations such as the automotive aftermarket. The company has completed 23 acquisitions since 1997, many of them in the coatings market.
The company also has introduced a number of notable new products that are proving to be commercial successes, including waterborne and high-solids automotive coatings, packaging coatings, ultraviolet-cure coatings, and powder coatings, he said.
LeBoeuf also said that due to the downturn in the U.S. economy, the company is accelerating restructuring programs that are expected to result in a first-quarter charge of $50 million to $100 million.


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How the government’s 6pc equalisation levy on digital ads is going to affect Indian startups
In the Indian fiscal budget presented on February 29, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed inserting a new chapter titled 'Equalisation Levy in the Finance Bill 2016'. This will provide for an equalisation levy of six percent of the amount of consideration for specified services received by a non-resident not having a permanent establishment (PE – private equity) in India, from a resident in India who carries out business.
The levy would not be applicable to non-resident service providers having a PE in India, as they will be subject to regular PE-basis taxation. Introduction of this tax is based on the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) report, which was earlier endorsed by G20 and OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).
The specified services covered by the levy include online advertising, provision for digital advertising space and any other service to be notified by government.
It was announced recently that rules for equalisation levy that was introduced in the budget will come into effect from June 1.
What is equalisation levy exactly
This is the first significant step taken by India to tax digital economy transactions. Through equalisation levy, instead of taxing the digital advertisement platforms directly, the government will be taxing international firms like Google and Facebook, which provide digital advertisement services to domestic players.
To explain further, if an Indian company pays more than Rs one lakh in a year for advertisement, to a company having no establishment in India, this foreign company will have to pay six percent as equalisation levy. The levy will only apply to B2B transactions.
As these companies do not have a base in India, they cannot be taxed directly. Also, these companies are supposedly paying taxes in their home countries, thus taxing them again will lead to dual taxation.
Equalisation levy has been brought in order to tax e-commerce transactions of non-residents.
How does it impact Indian starups
Online marketing is very important for startups, because of its comparatively lower cost and targeted customer reach. Google and Facebook ads are the most popular and effective platforms as of now and this levy will eventually impact the small local players more severely than the giant-sized Facebooks and Googles of the world. These foreign advertisement platforms are going to pass on the “extra costs” to the ultimate customers, i.e., the SMEs and startups who sustain on digital advertising.
The equalisation levy would translate into startups ending up paying six percent over the 14.5 percent service tax. Thus, making digital advertisement more expensive for local Indian advertisers.
“This will surely impact us as it will be hard for us to pass on the costs to customers due to local competition,” says Aseem Khare, Founder of handymen service platform - Taskbob. For Aseem, digital marketing accounts for about 80 percent of total marketing spends.
The final cost that the startups and small businesses will have to bear depends on their negotiation powers with these platforms, which we all know are minimal. This will further financially rip the fund-deficit startups who will have to eventually cut down on their marketing budgets. Any cut of digital advertising budgets will show direct effect on the customer acquisition and growth of the company.
Parul Shrivastava, Senior Brand Manager at Bank Bazaar says, “We will need to tweak our short term and long term marketing plans as we heavily reply on Google and Facebook for marketing.”
Digital advertising is the backbone for startups who have to register rapid growth consistently, and this is only achievable through maximum customer acquisition.
This move by the government might go unnoticed by the foreign digital advertising giants, but will burn a hole in the cash-crunched pockets of Indian startups.
Nobody is sure about the degree of impact of this levy. However, this is something that is worrying the startup world, especially as it heavily relies on digital advertising to get the word out.
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The average price of a pint of bitter in pubs has topped £3 for the first time, a new report has revealed.
The price rose by 6p over the past year to £3.05, the biggest increase since 2014, data published by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) showed.
Lager prices increased even more, by 10p to £3.58 for a pint - another record high.
Brigid Simmonds, chief executive of the BBPA, said: "Our latest Stats Handbook shows that the taxes on UK beer are still a huge cause for concern, and we cannot afford another beer duty hike in the November Budget, if we are to keep a pint in the pub affordable for British beer drinkers.
"However, a wealth of other data, shows that with the right policies, the beer and pub industry, which supports 900,000 jobs, can continue to help grow the economy, creating new jobs and more opportunities for the people who work in our sector."
The report, by the Good Food Guide, found that for the first time ever the capital had been replaced by Surrey, where the average price of a pint was £4.40. In London, the average price was £4.20.
The guide claimed that prices in the country had been driven higher by a surge in affluent people searching for the "good life".
Meanwhile, Brewers Young's is offering a free pint in its pubs from Thursday to Sunday to mark its 186th birthday.


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Soy Protein Under Fire, But Experts, Industry Confident In Heart Health Claim
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Nutrition experts say a citizen petition requesting FDA revoke a health claim linking soy protein to heart health benefits weakens its own argument by citing data selectively and in error
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The European Food Safety Authority concludes that a cause and effect relationship is not established between the consumption of soy protein and lower levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, which lowers the risk of coronary heart disease. Though petitioners submitted 40 studies, the regulatory authority rejected most because they did not test soy protein but soy protein isolate or soy foods containing other substances that have a proven effect on heart health. The petitioners submitted four additional meta-analyses, all of which EFSA said failed to show a relationship between the consumption of soy protein and lower levels of LDL. The soy heart health claim also is under fire in the U.S., where nutrition groups submitted a 2008 citizen petition to FDA to have the health claim overturned and the American Heart Association recommended the claim be revoked (1"The Tan Sheet" Sept. 1, 2008)
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It’s a big effect, much bigger than we would have dreamt of. I find the specificity of this staggering. We never dreamt it would be so specific.”
Although wider studies are needed to confirm the findings, pharmaceutical companies, who have spent billions on so-far ineffective therapies -- won't likely want to fund the research.
“The pharmaceutical companies aren’t going to make any money on this and the supplement companies aren’t going to have enough money to do it,” Joshua Miller, a professor of nutritional sciences at Rutgers University, said. “This would have to be government-funded. I’m just not sure the climate is right for it now.”
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