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Consumers are seeking the strengthening benefits of BIAB nails to reduce and prevent nail damage.
The Spate Facts: Biab Nails
On average, there are 3.7K searches every month in the US for BIAB Nails, which is low volume relative to other nail art. It’s grown +514.6% in searches since last year with no market leaders and no competition.
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There’s no need to panic about how you’re “falling behind on trends” if you haven’t heard of BIAB Nails before. The trend is simply in its infancy, as indicated by the low number of related searches. BIAB (builder in a bottle) nails are a strengthening soak-off gel manicure that stays chip-free for weeks. Related searches like near me reveal that consumers are interested in exploring this trend as an in-salon service.
Consumer-driven (rather than brand-driven) searches, show opportunities for brands to enter the space. One major opportunity is to expand the number of BIAB polishes on the market, as BIAB nails currently come in a limited range of colors.
Search interest for purple highlighters indicates that consumers are continuing to get creative with their makeup looks.
The Spate Facts: Purple Highlighter
There are 3.0K searches on average every month in the US for Purple Highlighter, a very low volume relative to other highlighter products. It’s grown +121.6% in searches since last year with very low competition and 3 market leaders: Wet N Wild, Becca Cosmetics, and MAC Cosmetics.
The Spate POV
If you’re looking for a makeup product that’s really going to make you stand out, look no further than a purple highlighter. While it may look extraterrestrial, purple highlighters are universally flattering when applied to the skin. Related searches include terms like holographic, liquid, and look.
Terms such as holographic and look reveal that consumers are looking for different finishes and inspiration when it comes to this trend. The search for liquid alongside purple highlighter reveals that consumers are looking for a flexible, blendable format when it comes to this product.
This is a relatively low competition trend showcasing an opportunity for brands to make a statement in this category. Purple blush has also grown significantly in the past year and is currently up +62.0% YoY. The growth in searches for both purple highlighter and purple blush illustrates the emerging desire consumers have for cool-toned complexion products.
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Consumer interest in peptide moisturizers, especially those that help with skincare concerns like anti-aging or firming, is growing.
The Spate Facts: Peptide Moisturizer
On average, there are 4.1K searches every month in the US for Peptide Moisturizer. This is low volume relative to other moisturizer product searches. It’s experienced a +42.5% growth in searches since last year with high competition and 3 market leaders: Olay, The Inkey List, and Derma E.
The Spate POV
Finding the perfect moisturizer for your skin type can be a daunting task especially when winter rolls around and the need for hydration is dire. Consumers are now turning to peptide moisturizers which work to hydrate the skin, boost collagen, and improve elasticity which reduces the visibility of wrinkles.
When scouring the web for a peptide moisturizer, consumers are searching for other benefits including hydrating, firming, lift, intense, anti-aging, and balancing. This reveals new opportunities for brands to use this language when branding their product. Related searches also include spf, collagen, vitamin c, ceramide, argan, hyaluronic acid, and retinol. Skincare brands should take note of consumer preferences for these ingredients and create a peptide moisturizer that serves all types of people with different skincare concerns.
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There’s a brand new release date for the 4A Games shooter in development for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Although at the time of the announcement of Metro: Exodus made sure that it would appear in 2018 on PC and consoles of the current generation, the fact is that there is finally change of plans and the first person of 4A Games will not be launched until the beginning of 2019.
It has been revealed by THQ Nordic, the project’s distributor, in a press release in which it states http://www.thqnordic-investors.com/regulatoriska-pressmeddelanden/?releaseId=2920036 that the shooter will arrive between January and March of next year to PC, PS4, and Xbox One. No reasons have been adduced to justify the delay of a game that, remember, has only shown two trailers to date.
In Metro Exodus, we will again be Artyom, character that has accompanied us throughout the Metro saga, in a new subjective perspective shooter adventure set in a post-apocalyptic future that, this time, will include much larger and more open levels than in previous episodes to flirt with concepts of “survival sandbox experience.”
You can read our review of Metro Redux (the edition which contains both former games) here.

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Tampa, FL -- The Food and Drug Administration is asking pet owners for help them in solving a mysterious outbreak of illnesses related to jerky treats.
About 3,600 dogs and 10 cats have been sickened in the U.S. since 2007 with jerky-related illnesses and nearly 600 pets have died. More tests are need to identify a cause.
"The FDA needs continued submissions of samples of both jerky treats that are making pets sick and submission potentially of blood samples and urine samples tissue samples of animals that get sick and or die from possible jerky treat complications," said Bluepearl Veterinarian Anthony Ishak.
Dr. Ishak confirms that most of the cases stemmed from chicken jerky treats made in china but says that it doesn't mean those are the only treats hurting animals.
"US law does not mandate that US pet manufactures say where their ingredients came from so even if you have a jerky treat that says made in America that doesn't necessarily mean that all of the ingredients were made here," explained Ishak.
Many of the chicken jerky treats have already been taken off of the shelves of local pet stores.
If your pet becomes sick after eating a jerky treat you should call your veterinarian immediately.


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Say what you want about the power and influence of “Big Soda,” the beverage industry’s game plan to defeat soda-tax measures is remarkably consistent: identify low-income and minority groups, label the tax regressive and unfair, then watch it fail. It’s worked for the industry already in forty cities and states across the country, and they hope it will work in Oakland and San Francisco this November.
Despite contributions of nearly $4 million in favor of Oakland and San Francisco’s soda-tax measures —making Measure HH one of the Town’s best-funded initiatives ever — tax proponents have been unable to match the spending power of multibillion-dollar soda corporations. The American Beverage Association has already thrown more than $13 million on ads to fight Measure HH and San Francisco’s Proposition V this election season.
And “Big Soda” has actually employed a new strategy with its Bay Area campaigns: labeling the soda tax a “grocery tax.”
The opposition claims that the measures will raise prices on items such as broccoli, milk, and even diapers. Anti-soda tax commercials feature Latino, Black, and Asian store owners stating that they’ll have no choice but to increase prices across the board to compensate for lower margins on sugary beverages.
Oakland Councilwoman Annie Campbell Washington called this campaign “reprehensible.” “Everything they’re putting out is a lie,” she told the Express. “They’ve gone to small business owners to tell them lies, and they’re now using [community members’] faces to endorse their cause.” She also explained that this deception was “compelling” to viewers, because it appears authentic.
Beverage company spokesman Joe Arellano defended the ads, stating that they “reflect the community that would be most impacted by these types of highly regressive grocery taxes.” He said that they’ve reserved more than $9 million in television advertising for the last leg of the campaign.
Council members in Oakland, led by Washington, have filed complaints with the Federal Communications Commission and the city’s Public Ethics Commission concerning the language used in the anti-tax campaigns. The response? It is not illegal for the soda industry to lie.
So far, the American Beverage Association has released more than 28 television and online ads in the Bay Area featuring local grocers denouncing the tax.
“I think the money invested, in addition to the framing — which is specifically not mentioning sugary beverages — suggests that there’s a lot of defense in their offense,” said Wendi Gosliner, policy researcher at UC Berkeley’s Nutrition Policy Institute, of the spots.
One commercial released at the start of the campaign features Kay Kay Amamgbo, owner of the African Caribbean Food Market in Oakland. The ad makes an effort to show Amamgbo handling as much fruit and vegetables as possible, but shies away from featuring the sugary beverages that the tax would actually impact.
Many point out that Amamgbo and other critics have a legitimate gripe about the tax’s regressive nature; it will hit low-income consumers the hardest, as data shows that they are the foremost purchasers of sugary drinks. Consumers can expect to see a soda excise tax of one cent per ounce if the Oakland measure passes.
Pat Crawford, senior director of research at the Nutrition Policy Institute, said that justifying the soda tax to the low-income community in Berkeley was an essential part of getting it passed in 2014. NPI hosted multiple town halls when that tax was on the ballot. They invited professors, doctors, and health-care professionals to address the community’s concerns. She explained that the debate raised awareness concerning the public-health hazards of sugary beverages, a critical factor in the 21 percent decrease in the consumption of sugary beverages in Berkeley.
“People think of soda as just another candy or food, and it isn’t,” Crawford said. “[The negative impact on public health] is just too costly … for us to ignore.”


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Tulsa center finds buyer
TULSA — Out-of-state investor GVC LLC has bought 515,870-square-foot Green Valley Center, an industrial-office facility at 11333 E Pine St., for $8 million in one of the largest transactions anticipated in that property sector this year in Tulsa. The seller was William Weinburg Family Trust.
David R. Looney and William Beichler, senior associates with Newmark Grubb Levy Strange Beffort, represented the seller, and Jerry Buckner and Brett Buckner with Buckner & Co. in Atlanta represented the buyer.
Home to a large aerospace firm, several logistic companies, and a couple of food and beverage products groups, the former corporate home of OTASCO (Oklahoma Tire & Supply Co.) is 68 percent occupied. Looney and Beichler said they expect to complete a substantial lease in the second quarter for the new owner, who plans upgrades.
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JENKS — Atlanta-based RADCO Cos., a leading real estate turnaround specialist, has acquired 284-unit The Overlook Apartments in Jenks for $12.8 million. The property is renamed Ashford Overlook. RADCO said it will spend $2.75 million on capital improvements and “be able to quickly reposition Ashford Overlook.”
“We targeted (the) Tulsa (area) for apartment acquisitions because it has an excellent employment base, positive migration and capital has yet to drive prices too high,” said founder and CEO Norman J. Radow. “Moreover, with close to 1 million people, Tulsa will soon reach a population milestone that will attract more global businesses.”
Oklahomans to attend new show
Almost 450 homebuilders and others in the construction business in Oklahoma plan to attend the first Design & Construction Week on Tuesday-Thursday at the Las Vegas Convention Center, according to the Oklahoma State Home Builders Association.
The event is a co-location of the National Association of Home Builders' International Builders Show and the National Kitchen & Bath Association's Kitchen & Bath Industry Show. More than 1,100 of the industry's most well-known manufacturers and suppliers are expected. Attendees also will have access to the show floor of a third trade show, the International Window Coverings Expo.
Residential construction specialists are expected to flock to the annual New American Home, the official show home of the International Builders Show, in the foothills of Henderson, Nev. The 6,700-square-foot home incorporates cutting-edge features will provide ideas and design elements that can be included in homes across the country.


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3 Lessons From the 2023 End-of-Year Shopping Season
The end-of-year season is always a make or break time for e-commerce brands that can accrue earnings that see their businesses through quiet first quarters. Although inflation eased in the third quarter of 2023, the holiday season can be unpredictable and stiff competition will fight you for every sale. Therefore, you must familiarize yourself with recent trends. Below are insights gleaned from 2023 consumer behavior and Black Friday sales and what they may mean for the new year.
1. Consumers Are Buying, But in New and Different Ways
The good news is that spending was up. Profits also experienced a significant jump of 4.3 percent, especially compared to the 0.8 percent gain in Q2. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are often understood to function like litmus tests for the end of the year and once again, the outlook was positive. Black Friday saw record sales of $9.8 billion, a 7.5 percent leap from 2022, while Cyber Monday also hit an all-time record, exceeding $12 billion in sales.
These are undeniably excellent signs for e-commerce, but it must be noted that the spending landscape has changed. While some consumers have become more cautious, others are throwing caution to the wind. Research shows 40 percent of consumers are choosing payment methods that allow them to track their spending more accurately, and 38 percent of online shoppers now believe embedded payments are safer than traditional methods.
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) programs continue to gain traction with consumers, with research showing that more than a third of Americans are considering BNPL for end-of-year purchases, 8 percent more than in 2022. Adobe Analytics meanwhile reports that BNPL revenue jumped 47 percent year-over-year. Black Friday sales confirm this trend, with BNPL surging 72 percent in the week before Thanksgiving.
All of this tells us that while customers are currently eager to spend, you need to meet them on their terms. By offering flexible payment options such as embedded payments, one-click checkouts, and BNPL, you can gain access to a much wider audience than any single payment strategy allows.
2. Diversification is Key
If there’s anything the above information tells us, it’s that diversification is key. However, this applies to much more than just payment methods. It turns out that shoppers are also turning to new arenas when discovering products. While Amazon.com still reigns supreme, with 51 percent of consumers paying for their own Amazon Prime membership, a recent survey showed a huge number of customers are using nontraditional sites like Facebook (21 percent), YouTube (23 percent), TikTok (16 percent), Instagram (17 percent), and Pinterest (12 percent) as their first port of call when searching for products.
Shoppers have also been swapping their laptops and PCs for mobile phones when shopping online. Adobe Analytics shows that consumers used smartphones for 54 percent of online Black Friday sales, up more than 10 percent from 2022. Retailers looking to capitalize on these trends will want to streamline their mobile accessibility, invest in mobile-friendly marketing channels such as social media, and diversify their marketing strategies to include those listed above.
3. Convenience Reigns Supreme
Another widespread behavioral trend in 2023 was a move towards greater convenience. In fact, a recent survey found that convenience was the top reason that individuals shopped online, selected by 33 percent of participants. Let’s look at two contemporary e-commerce strategies for delivering your customers the ease that they desire:
One of the big trends we saw in 2023 is what's known as "quick commerce." Strictly speaking, quick commerce refers to deliveries that take place within an hour of purchase — "last-mile deliveries." Lately, numerous contenders have emerged to offer these services, including Glovo, Meituan, Gojek, Grab, and Delivery Hero, which compete with established giants such as Amazon, Walmart, and Costco for the swiftest grocery delivery.
The statistics tell us why: In a 2023 Q3 study, 31 percent of respondents listed fast shipping as their No. 1 priority when shopping online. Meanwhile, the worldwide industry’s revenue was predicted to reach a record $123 billion in 2023 and grow by 13 percent year-over-year until 2027. Smart business owners who sell compatible products will capitalize on this trend by increasing shipping speeds through methods such as fleet dispatching, route optimization, scheduling, and driver management.
Anticipating Customers' Desires Through First-Party Data
Just as you should be thinking about how to decrease the time it takes for a package to arrive at your customer’s door, you should consider how to decrease the time it takes for them to find the product or deal they’re looking for. Given that each customer’s needs differ, the fastest way to achieve this is through automated personalization of user experience and product deals. Once again, the statistics leave us in no doubt. Research shows that 89 percent of marketers see a positive return on investment when using personalization, and 60 percent of customers say they will return to a retailer after a personalized shopping experience.
While third-party cookies used to provide the bulk of the data on which personalization was based, their total phase-out by 2024 means that marketers must look elsewhere. First and foremost among the alternatives is first-party data. Harvested from your own website, first-party data is reliable, free and futureproof. Furthermore, a range of software solutions can now utilize AI-powered algorithms to leverage this data to offer efficiently personalized offers. Information such as location, device, number of open tabs and type of browser is combined with the user's behavior onsite to determine exactly what product to offer them, at what price, and when. Using this technology, you can deliver your customers greater convenience by anticipating the bargains they desire at prices they can afford.
A Strategy for the New Year
While the stars may be aligning for e-commerce sellers, ever-fierce competition in the arena means that profits won’t be won without hard work. Consumer trends indicate that fortune will favor those that diversify the payment methods they offer and the platforms on which they market, with mobile accessibility proving crucial. Convenience is another key priority for customers in 2024; speedy delivery and personalized deals are also likely to prove the fastest ways to ramp up sales.
Emily Cawse is the customer success team lead at Namogoo, a digital journey continuity platform.
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Emily Cawse is a digital customer experience consultant, working with enterprises in marketing and digital analytics.
As a customer success manager, I help my clients to get the most out of their technology stack by providing data-driven insights and recommendations for their digital strategy and operational efficiency.
I started out managing campaigns across a range of digital and direct marketing channels - email, mobile, direct mail, and more. Analysing the results of those campaigns led me to the joys of data! I have since specialised in platforms that improve digital customer experience, from behavioural analytics to journey continuity.
I've worked with clients of all shapes and sizes, from financial services (including the “Big Four") to not-for-profit charities, and enterprises across travel, retail and telecoms.


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...The price per gallon has climbed nearly 15 cents since Labor Day - a surprising jump, given that prices usually plummet before an election...
...56 percent of Americans say gas prices are "extremely important," according to a mid-October Associated Press-GfK poll that also found 29 percent rated prices at the pump as "moderately important" while 15 percent said they're of little or no importance. Americans are split in their assessment of how Mr. Obama is handling gas prices, with 49 percent approving and 49 percent disapproving of his performance, that same survey found. Among likely voters, just 46 percent approve of his track record on gas prices and 51 percent disapprove.
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Answer by kerp1960 at 7:08 PM on Nov. 1, 2010
As long as it doesn't get to $4.50 near me like it did with the BASH MAN as President ...Im ok with it
Answer by sweet-a-kins at 7:22 PM on Nov. 1, 2010
Yes, because the price of transportation/fuel affects the price of most items purchased. If the price of fuel increases, obviously, the price of other goods and services also rise.
Does it affect how much I drive, no, not much. I already walk to the grocery store and cluster my other errands, but I do drive the big triangle for work and to see family/friends over 1,000 miles 2X/month.
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Answer by Sisteract at 7:05 PM on Nov. 1, 2010
Gas prices are VERY important to me. When fuel goes up so does everything else and while the fuel costs have dropped since 08 other things have not. Milk prices went sky high because of the cost to transport the products, or so we were told. While the transportation fees have gone down the milk prices are still the same. This is only one example, but the moral is if fuel goes up so will everything else - and it won't drop.
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Sarandos: Netflix to Go After HBO Content26 Jan, 2011 By: Erik Gruenwedel
Netflix reportedly will challenge HBO for original Warner content. Its license agreement with the studio expires in 2014, according to chief content officer Ted Sarandos.
Speaking before the beginning of the National Association of Television Program Executives annual confab in Miami, Sarandos said Netflix would compete with HBO for original content, including movies, for its burgeoning streaming service.
In addition to movies, Warner Bros. Television is one of the largest producers of original episodic programming. It has a long-standing license deal with Time Warner subsidiary HBO, which has more than 28 million subscribers. That exclusivity has been an irritant to Netflix throughout the years as it attempts to upgrade its programming.
As Netflix aggressively ups the ante on spending for streaming content, Time Warner would notably benefit as it generates incremental revenue from third-party sources.
“We will be an aggressive bidder for that content,” Sarandos told The Hollywood Reporter. “That will be good for Warner Bros., not so good for HBO.”
Sarandos said Netflix also would be willing to license repurposed HBO content, including the popular “True Blood” series, AMC’s “Mad Men” and Showtime’s “Dexter” when those series conclude their cable runs.
He said the Los Gatos, Calif.-based online disc rental pioneer is not a threat to pay TV, cable or satellite TV. Instead, Sarandos said Netflix complements pay TV by increasing the value of its original programming into the future. The executive said cable costs primarily increase due to the spiraling expense of professional and college sports license fees.
“We’re not in that at all,” Sarandos said.
In Netflix’s financial call Jan. 26, CEO Reed Hastings downplayed analysts’ projections that its subscriber base could surpass HBO’s by 2012, putting parent Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes in the awkward position of entertaining competing content license bids.
Hastings said Netflix spends $100 million a year licensing content from Warner and allowing it to compete with HBO for content going forward could be financially advantageous to Time Warner and mutually beneficial.
Hastings said ongoing growth has made it easier to more aggressively bid on third-party content.
“Clearly, they will make a strategic decision based upon the different interest of the different divisions,” he said.
CFO Wells said subscriber growth is making it easier to pay more for content.
"Three or four years ago when we couldn’t pay much, it was very hard,” Wells said. “And now we have people coming to us.”


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Cost of energy hits family budgets, says ONS
The increased cost of energy has helped make housing the most expensive part of the family budget, according to new figures.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said housing expenses overtook transport as the biggest part of household spending in 2012.
Housing includes rent, fuel, electricity and maintenance, but excludes mortgages.
On average, UK households spent £68 a week on housing and £64 on transport.
In 2011, transport was the largest element in family budgets.
The ONS said the rise was likely to have been driven in part by rises in gas and electricity prices.
It said the cold winters of 2011 and 2012 would have contributed to extra spending on heating.
But it said a rise in the proportion of people renting their homes was also a factor.
In all, 34% of homes were rented in 2012, compared with 29% in earlier years.
The cost of transport has been the biggest spending reduction.
Once inflation is taken into account, spending on transport fell from £87 a week in 2001 to £64 last year.
That is in spite of an increase in petrol prices.
The ONS said it was likely that motorists had responded to such increases by reducing their journeys.
It said the fuel efficiency of cars had improved over that period, while the popularity of more economic diesel engines had also risen.
Unsurprisingly, households have cut back on recreation and culture. In 2011 we spent £64 a week on TV's, computers, books and holidays.
But in 2012 that fell to £61.50.
Clothes and shoes
The figures also show that households still spend more on leisure than on food.
Weekly groceries and non-alcoholic drinks cost families £56.80 in 2012, marginally up from £56.60 in 2011.
In the long run, we are also spending substantially more on clothes and shoes.
In 2001 we spent £15.30 a week on fashion items, a figure which had increased to £23.40 in 2012.
In total, the average household spent £489 a week last year.
When adjusted for inflation, spending has decreased since 2006, when households spent £526.
The ONS said the fall was consistent with trends seen in the economy during the period.
Economic output, as measured by GDP, fell by 7.2% between 2008 and 2009.


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pepsico inc (PEP) Key Developments
Pepsico, Inc. Enters into New Five-Year Unsecured Revolving Credit Agreement
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Pepsico, Inc. entered into a new $2.875 billion five-year unsecured revolving credit agreement by and among PepsiCo, as borrower, the lenders named therein, and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent. The Five-Year Credit Agreement and the new $2.875 billion 364-day unsecured revolving credit agreement by and among PepsiCo, as borrower, the Lenders named therein, and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, together replace the 2011 Credit Agreement and the 2011 364-Day Credit Agreement. The Five-Year Credit Agreement enables PepsiCo and its borrowing subsidiaries to borrow up to $2.875 billion, subject to customary terms and conditions, and expires on June 10, 2018. PepsiCo may also, upon the agreement of either the then existing lenders or of additional banks not currently party to the Five-Year Credit Agreement, increase the commitments under the Five-Year Credit Agreement to up to $3.5 billion. PepsiCo may, once a year, request renewal of the Five-Year Credit Agreement for an additional one-year period. Subject to certain conditions stated in the Five-Year Credit Agreement, PepsiCo and its borrowing subsidiaries may borrow, prepay and reborrow amounts under the Five-Year Credit Agreement at any time during the term of the Five-Year Credit Agreement. Funds borrowed under the Five-Year Credit Agreement may be used for general corporate purposes of PepsiCo and its subsidiaries. The Five-Year Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and events of default.
PepsiCo Appoints Kristin Patrick as Global Chief Marketing Officer of its Soda Brand
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PepsiCo appointed Kristin Patrick, Playboy's top marketer, as global chief marketing officer of its soda brand.
Coca-Cola And Pepsi May Reportedly Bid For SodaStream
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The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), Pepsico, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) are seeking to make a bid for SodaStream International Ltd. (NasdaqGS:SODA), Israeli media reported. PepsiCo denied the report on Calcalist that it’s in talks to buy SodaStream for more than $2 billion and Kent Landers, Coca-Cola spokesman, said the company doesn’t comment on rumors and speculation.
PepsiCo Denies Reports Of SodaStream Deal Talks
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Pepsico, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) has denied reports that Pepsico is in talks to buy SodaStream International Ltd. (NasdaqGS:SODA). Pepsi said in a company statement that the report in an Israeli newspaper is "completely and totally untrue."
PepsiCo Reportedly In Talks To Acquire SodaStream For $2 Billion
Jun 6 13
Pepsico, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) is reportedly in talks to acquire SodaStream International Ltd. for $2 billion, the Calcalist financial newspaper reported. Calcalist said that PepsiCo is willing to go even higher than $2 billion and might agree to pay as much as $95 per share. PepsiCo has already made an offer to buy SodaStream through Goldman Sachs , according to the report. Calcalist also said SodaStream is checking its options for a deal with Coca Cola Co before moving into advanced negotiations with PepsiCo. Officials at SodaStream were not immediately available for comment.


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After its first foldable notebook prototype back in 2017, and the official announcement in May of this year, Lenovo is expecting to release the first foldable PC to the public in the second quarter of 2020.
This past week, Lenovo showed a glimpse of the new ThinkPad X1 at Canalys Channels Forum in Barcelona. The device is yet to be named, as per The Register, and there are not many specifications confirmed. So far, it's known that it uses a 13.3-inch OLED display with a 2K resolution “developed in collaboration with LG.”
Gianfranco Lanci, chief operating officer at Lenovo, stated that the “hardware is ready,” but the software component still has some work to be done. Lenovo might be waiting for Microsoft's Windows 10X, Microsoft operating system for foldable devices. He also commented that there are no high sales expectations for this particular device, but the new form factor is a welcoming addition.
The device is expected to be released in Q2 2020, launching before the highly anticipated Microsoft's Surface Duo and Surface Neo with a scheduled release for the holiday season of 2020.
There's no pricing yet, but based on the fact that it's a ThinkPad product – and a foldable one – it won't be cheap.
KitGuru says: It seems that foldable devices are about to be the next big thing. There's a lot of smartphone prototypes, Microsoft's Surface Neo and Surface Duo, and now a foldable notebook from Lenovo. What do you think of this new trend?


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This summer, it seemed the tides were turning for Accent Signage Systems, the company and life's work of entrepreneur Reuven Rahamim, who was one of five slain yesterday by a disgruntled former employee.
The business, founded by Rahamim in the 1980s, was once again gaining ground after enduring hard times during the recession. According to a recent profile in Finance & Commerce, the interior-signage company depended heavily on clientele in the construction industry, which flatlined after 2008. When construction slowed, then stalled, there was little demand for new room numbers, directional signs and restroom plaques that the company made.
“I knew we needed to find another niche,” 61-year-old Rahamim told the publication.
He soon found a new angle that would prove to be the company's saving grace: Accent went green, making signs from recycled materials and energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs, and they went abroad, seeking international customers.
“He’s like a mad scientist...He likes to solve problems; doesn’t shy away from them even if it might not be a profitable endeavor right away,” said Scott Parizek, principal at Cubic USA, a retail fixtures company in Burnsville that worked closely with the firm.
“The world is full of lighting suppliers,” Parizek added. “What they offer is local customization and their willingness to try new things.”
At the time of Rahamim's death, the company was poised for an era of growth and prosperity. As of July, Accent's revenues had grown 11 percent over the previous year. Rahamim was planning to increase his staff by 25 percent and add 10,000 square feet of warehouse space to accommodate the company's burgeoning workload.
Through it all, Parizek said, Rahamim remained committed to his employees' wellbeing. After weeks under the gun, he personally flew to a Tumi luggage store in California to see that Accent's lighting was properly installed properly. Parizek said Rahamim made the trip to spare his staff the added stress.
“He didn’t want to cut into his employees’ schedule,” Parizek told F & C on Friday.
Rahamim was apparently shot and killed by Andy Engeldinger, 36, who had recently been fired. Armed with a Glock 9 mm, Engeldinger stormed the Accent office in Minneapolis' Bryn Mawr neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, killing four people and then himself. Of the dead, only Rahamim and United Parcel Service driver Keith Basinski, 50, have been identified. Two people remain hospitalized. As of Friday afternoon, news was released that one more victim had died, bringing the total death toll to six.
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EDCs are viewed as contributing factors to endocrine-related disorders and diseases, such as hormonal cancers, impaired fertility and impacts on metabolism [i]. Thus, benefits for human health will result from reducing exposure to EDCs.
A recent economic impact study (Health costs in the European Union. How much is related to EDCs?) commissioned by HEAL conservatively estimates that health care and related cost savings in the EU could be as high as €31 billion annually if use of endocrine disrupting chemicals were curtailed [ii]. This study assumes only a very conservative 5% contribution of EDCs to the origin of relevant diseases.
In November 2014, a study for the Nordic Council found that just the damage to male reproductive health alone from exposure to EDCs is likely to cost many millions of euros every year in the EU [iii], [iv].
Benefits for ecosystems and wildlife will result from reducing environmental contamination, which is still a threat to the health of EU freshwater systems [v]. Achieving these benefits may require increased costs for water treatment unless the use of hazardous chemicals is reduced.
There are benefits for companies, too. Making better and safer products without EDCs is a crucial step on the path towards a sustainable chemical industry. Many businesses and users of chemicals have already started trying to replace known EDCs in their supply chain. They strive to use better alternatives following regulatory and consumer pressure.
Benefits for companies that move away from EDCs include market advantage because consumers are demanding products free of EDCs [vi]. It also reduces reputational and liability risks for companies, as laid out in a 2012 report from some of the world’s leading insurance companies who have addressed EDCs in their emerging risk initiative [vii].
Stricter laws create incentives for innovation and the development of alternatives, as happened in the case of certain phthalates, see e.g. the study “In the driver’s seat” from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) [xi]. Regulating EDCs in a more coherent way also introduces a level playing field for all companies and avoids rewarding those companies still using toxic chemicals.
This page is part of CHEM Trust’s Hormone Disrupting Chemicals FAQ – Full list of questions here.
The next question is “What should future risk management for EDCs in the EU look like?“.
[i]. UNEP and WHO: “State of the Science of Endocrine Disruptors 2012” http://www.who.int/ceh/publications/endocrine/en/index.html
[v]. Egina Malaj, Peter C. von der Ohe, Matthias Grote, Ralph Kühne, Cédric P. Mondy, Philippe Usseglio-Polatera, Werner Brack, and Ralf B. Schäfer: Organic chemicals jeopardize the health of freshwater ecosystems on the continental scale, PNAS 2014 ; published ahead of print June 16, 2014
[ix]. Schug et al., Green Chemistry, Designing endocrine disruption out of the next generation of chemicals, 2012. DOI: 10.1039/c2gc35055f


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Accelerating Inclusive Business Opportunities: Business Models that Make a Difference
IFC has launched a report that identifies seven inclusive business models that expand access to goods, services, and livelihoods for the world’s poorest people while generating strong financial returns.
The report, Accelerating Inclusive Business Opportunities: Business Models that Make a Difference, underscores IFC’s commitment to creating opportunity at the base of the economic pyramid. Its findings are based on an analysis of IFC’s portfolio, which found that mature investments in companies with inclusive business models show financial returns very similar to those of IFC’s portfolio as a whole, while having a larger impact on development.
The report was released at IFC’s 2nd Annual Inclusive Business Leaders Forum, which took place on September 22, ahead of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.


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Yorkshirefolk, rejoice – because our beloved pubs are finally set to re-open, following an official statement from the Prime Minister this afternoon.
Announcing the news just this lunchtime, Boris Johnson has revealed that social spaces and leisure spots such as pubs, restaurants, cafes, hairdressers and museums will now be allowed to re-open on July 4th, in line with the government’s original lockdown easing plan which outlined specific dates for certain businesses.
Addressing the public and confirming that new cases were declining by 2-4% daily, Johnson said: “Thanks to our progress we can now go further and safely ease the lockdown in England. At every stage caution will remain our watchword, and each step will be conditional and reversible.”
Continuing: “We cannot lift all the restrictions at once, so we have to make difficult judgements. And every step is scrupulously weighed against the evidence.”
Two households will also be able to meet in any setting inside and out, meaning millions of families will finally be reunited after months apart. This will remain limited to two households only, with multiple households still required to meet outside only in groups of six.
Indoor hospitality will be limited to table service only – meaning that pubs, restaurants and cafes will no longer be able to provide counter service. Hairdressers will be permitted to re-open with the use of visors, however, other beauty businesses are still told to remain closed.
Hotels and B&Bs, as well as campsites, will be permitted to re-open, as long as shared facilities remain clean. Leisure facilities and tourist attractions such as outdoor gyms and cinemas will also be able to re-open permitted shared facilities are cared for with rigorous cleaning regimes. Gyms, water parks and nightclubs will be required to remain closed until further notice.
The two-metre social distancing rule will also be relaxed from the 4th July, being reduced down to 1 metre, which will allow pubs, restaurants and other hospitality businesses to welcome back more customers and operate more closely to what we’re used to.
The news that hotels can now re-open comes as a welcome one for our economy, with staycations set to boom this year as Brits await further details on international travel. Airlines are continuing to operate reduced services, slowly increasing these as the COVID-19 situation improves.
Elsewhere, Brits have been given the nod from tourism hotspots such as Spain, Italy, Portugal, Iceland, and Wales to visit, with no quarantine period required as countries attempt to rebuild their tourism sectors. Brits will, however, have to wait for the greenlight from the UK government to travel abroad for leisure.
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Let’s check out the Yahoo Finance charts of the day.
Viacom (VIA): Shares are dropping, down around 0.8%. Reuters reports CBS will make an all-stock bid for Viacom below current its current valuation, meaning there could a long, tough road of merger negotiations ahead.
Nvidia (NVDA): Shares are pulling higher, up around 2.0%. Bank of America Merrill Lynch reiterated its Buy rating and added the chipmaker to its US 1 top ideas list, citing upcoming gaming product launches later this year.
Longfin Corp. (LFIN): Shares are tumbling, down -31%. The blockchain tech firm revealed it is under SEC investigation for failing to disclose important information surrounding its recent IPO and several misstatements the company has made since then.
For more on today’s big stock movers check out the Final Round, live at 3:55 p.m. ET, right here on Yahoo Finance.


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GBT to Develop $14M Retail Center in Atlanta
- Mar 07, 2017
Atlanta—Brentwood, Tenn.-based national commercial development company GBT Realty Corp., has announced the purchase of a 7.6-acre site in McDonough, Ga. The company revealed plans for a new 71,000-square-foot retail center that will be developed on the newly acquired plot. GBT acquired the site from OTS Capital and Masters Living Trust and expects construction to commence immediately.
“Atlanta South is really gaining traction with national names in retail and dining. Sales figures from those that already call Henry County and the Highway 20 corridor home validate not only the current demand but also the need for more options – particularly in the value retail arena,” Jeff Pape, managing director of GBT’s shopping center division, said in a prepared statement.
Worth an estimated $14 million, the development will be anchored by Burlington and nestled across from SouthPoint on McDonough-Hampton Road, less than one mile west of Interstate 75. An additional junior anchor space and 6,400 square feet are still available for lease. The shopping center is slated to come online late this year.
“Names such as The Home Depot, Wayfair, Tory Burch and TSYS have recently announced or opened expanded operations in this market bringing hundreds – if not eventually thousands – of new jobs. Nothing says vitality than a market that is on a steady population and job climb. Henry County – and McDonough – are ideal platforms for retailer expansion as well as new local concepts,” Pape added in prepared remarks.
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Elon Musk has agreed to more specific oversight on his tweets about Tesla, and a court has now approved the deal. After weeks of negotiation, Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission decided last Friday that Musk must have a company lawyer pre-approve tweets about Tesla’s financial health, sales, or delivery numbers — estimated or otherwise — as well as other specific subjects, according to a court filing.
The two sides filed late last Friday to amend the settlement agreement reached last year over the “funding secured” debacle, which originally prompted the SEC to attempt to install oversight over Musk’s tweets. US District Court Judge Alison Nathan, who presided over the case, has approved Friday’s amendment as of today, April 30th.
According to the filing, Musk now needs Tesla’s securities lawyer to pre-approve any public, written communication containing information about:
- Tesla’s financial condition, statements, or results, including earnings or guidance
- potential or proposed mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, tender offers, or joint ventures
- production, sales, or delivery numbers (actual or estimated) that haven’t been shared, or ones that differ from Tesla’s official guidance
- new or proposed lines of business unrelated to Tesla’s existing businesses (defined in the filing as “vehicles, transportation, and sustainable energy products)
- changes in the status of Tesla’s securities, credit facilities, or financing / lending arrangements
- nonpublic legal or regulatory findings or decisions
- anything that would require the filing of an 8-K form with the SEC, including changes in control of the company, or to its executive officers and directors
- any other topic that Tesla — or a majority of its independent members of the company’s board of directors — believe needs pre-approval
This change to the settlement agreement came after, on February 19th, Musk tweeted Tesla would make “around” 500,000 Model 3s this year. This appeared to clash with the company’s official guidance of delivering 360,000 to 400,000 cars total in 2019 — including Model S and Model X — since Tesla usually delivers almost every car it makes. (This past week, though, the company said it expects to wind up with more inventory in 2019, with production being “significantly higher” than deliveries.)
Musk previously said the SEC was attempting an “unconstitutional power grab”
Musk corrected himself with a tweet a few hours later, but the SEC used this opportunity to ask Tesla for proof that he was complying with the settlement. The agency found out that Musk had not, in fact, had any of his tweets about Tesla pre-approved by the in-house lawyer since the settlement went into effect in December.
On February 25th, the SEC asked to hold Musk in contempt of court for allegedly violating the settlement. Musk and the SEC spent the next few weeks filing scathing responses, with Musk saying the SEC was attempting an “unconstitutional power grab,” and the agency saying the Tesla CEO was in “blatant violation” of the settlement.
Eventually, Judge Nathan called Musk and the SEC to court on April 4th for a hearing where she ordered them to work things out. “Take a breath,” she said that day, “[and] come back with your reasonableness pants on.”
The Tesla CEO originally got in trouble with the regulatory agency last September after he tweeted in August that he was considering taking Tesla private once the company’s shares reached a price of $420. (Tesla has been a publicly traded company since 2010.) Musk said on Twitter that he had “funding secured” to pull off the deal and buy out any shareholders who didn’t want to stick with the company. He published these tweets during the afternoon while trading was still happening, and the company’s stock price jumped in response.
The SEC swiftly began an investigation into Musk’s tweets. The commission ultimately found out that, while he had held a few meetings with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, Musk “had never discussed a going-private transaction at $420 per share with any potential funding source, had done nothing to investigate whether it would be possible for all current investors to remain with Tesla as a private company via a ‘special purpose fund,’ and had not confirmed support of Tesla’s investors for a potential going-private transaction.”
“Musk’s tweets caused market chaos and harmed Tesla investors,” prosecutors said last year
“Musk’s tweets caused market chaos and harmed Tesla investors,” prosecutors said.
The SEC approached Musk with a settlement in late September that he ultimately rejected. On September 28th, the SEC charged Musk with securities fraud in the Southern District of New York over his “false and misleading” tweets. Two days later, the two sides reached a settlement. Musk was forced to step down as Tesla chairman for three years, pay a $20 million fine, and agree to grant an in-house lawyer oversight on any public communications about the company, including his tweets, that could affect Tesla’s stock price (and, in turn, its shareholders).
One thing we learned in March as the two sides fought over whether Musk should be held in contempt is that, in the original settlement that the Tesla CEO turned down, the SEC wanted all of his public communications to be vetted — material or not. This was a sticking point for Musk, and the language ultimately got softened in the version of the settlement he agreed to.
Last Friday’s filing brings the language closer to what the SEC originally sought. Musk will now be subject to oversight on a rash of specific topics related to Tesla, but he won’t need to have every off-handed tweet about the company approved.
Update, April 30th at 7:29 PM ET: The court has now approved the settlement between Tesla and the SEC. In a previous update, we clarified that Tesla’s guidance was for 360,000-400,000 deliveries in 2019.


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Electronic Arts' multiplayer-focused military shooter Battlefield 3
was purchased by 5 million consumers worldwide in its first week on the market, according to company estimates.
This would put the game's sell-through at roughly half of the 10 million copies shipped
during the period, a record day-one shipment for the company.
The 5 million sold also represents a new record for the company, which today called Battlefield 3
"the fastest-selling game in EA's history."
As EA COO Peter Moore recently revealed
, the 10 million copies shipped was roughly double that of last year's Medal of Honor
, EA's other current first-person-shooter franchise.
The company also took the opportunity Monday to announce that despite service interruptions around the game's launch for some players "due to high volume," the game's online component has now stabilized, with the company reporting a weekend uptime of roughly 98.9 percent.


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It is often optimistically considered that trading on eBay and similar online sales platforms is effectively outside the tax system. That, of course, is not true and anyone undertaking economic transactions for profit needs to comply with the tax laws to avoid penalties.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) keep a sharp eye on online marketplaces, not only to find people who are trading in the 'black economy' and not paying tax, but also to find overseas suppliers who sell to the UK without accounting for VAT, which they are required to do under the 'distance selling' rules.
HMRC recently announced that during the last two years, more than £200 million of VAT was collected after they found more than 4,600 overseas vendors not paying the correct amount. Where the seller does not comply, HMRC can levy a 'joint and several liability' notice on the online sales platform, which requires it to remove the vendor or face becoming responsible for the VAT.
With the technology now available, HMRC are able to discover this sort of tax underdeclaration much more easily than in the past. However, not all transgressions result from wilful actions. The tax rules are often complex.


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How Zegal uses Zegal to save 88 hours a month
As a startup ourselves, we're often also faced with too much to do and too little time. Here are three ways Zegal uses Zegal.
Your favourite online legal software – now available in Australia
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5 Top Trends for 2017 Every SEO Expert Must Know
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Retail roundup is an occasional feature that will provide updates on retail stores in Lincoln and surrounding areas that are opening, closing, expanding or doing something else that is noteworthy.
O'Reilly Auto Parts
The Springfield, Missouri-based company filed a $473,000 building permit Feb. 20 to remodel a portion of the former Westlake Hardware space in the southeast corner of Van Dorn Plaza at 48th and Van Dorn Streets.
Company officials did not respond to a request for comment about how much of the space they are leasing or when the store will be ready to open.
O'Reilly Auto Parts has four other Lincoln locations.
According to a building permit filed Feb. 14, Dollar Tree is planning a store in The Meadows shopping center at 70th and Van Dorn streets.
The store will go into part of the space formerly occupied by Russ's Market. Russ's had 50,000 square feet. Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park confirmed in December that it is taking 34,000 square feet of the space. According to its website, Dollar Tree's stores are between 8,000 and 10,000 feet in size.
The prepaid wireless carrier that is part of T-Mobile has opened three stores in Lincoln.
A MetroPCS store opened last month at 2615 O St., another opened around the same time at 1020 South St. and a third opened just recently at 27th and South streets.
Those stores join three T-Mobile stores that have opened in Lincoln in the past six months, with a fourth one planned to open later this year.
Ross Dress For Less
The discount apparel and home fashion retailer opened its first Nebraska store in Omaha on Saturday.
Ross, which offers merchandise similar to what you would find in Marshalls or TJ Maxx, opened in a more-than 21,000-square-foot space at the L Street Marketplace shopping center at 120th and L streets.
The California-based retailer said it has plans for 75 new stores in 2018.


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Reports about lower-than-expected demand from Apple’s suppliers was one of the reasons so many people were predicting doom for the iPhone X.
But now that Apple has announced its crazy strong earnings for the quarter, Apple’s suppliers are enjoying a welcome boost to their stock prices — with shares rising by more than 14 percent in one case.
One company experiencing a boost is Austria’s AMS, a supplier which produces some of the components for Apple’s TrueDepth camera. AMS shares rose almost 8 percent after Apple announced its earnings.
This just about makes up for the 9.1 percent drop it experienced in the weeks prior to the announcement, when investors were panicking about a possible iPhone X flop.
Dialog Semiconductor, which also makes components for the iPhone, experienced a stock rise of almost 8 percent. In Asia, component maker Nitto Denko rose 5 per cent, while Interlex increased by close to 15 per cent higher. Largan Precision picked up by over 6 per cent.
Apple’s giant ecosystem
At the end of the day, it’s a reminder of just how vast the ecosystem of companies which rely on Apple actually is. Despite the fact that most of these companies do work for clients beside Apple, their stock price rises and falls on the success and failure (or perceived failure) of their most famous Cupertino client.
Apple’s enormous success this quarter is also a reminder about the dangers of relying too much on supply chain order numbers. As my colleague Ed Hardy wrote yesterday, this can result in massive feedback loops in which analysts only see what they expect to see.
Timothy Arcuri, analyst at the Swiss bank, notes that “supply chain data points … ultimately say very little about units/demand and more about the cost pressure that Apple is under.” Will folks remember this lesson in the future? Almost certainly not. But we all totally should!
Source: Financial Times


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IMINT Image Intelligence AB (“Imint”), a global leader in video enhancement software, announced a partnership with a leading company that designs, develops, and manufactures high-end binoculars. After years dominating the smartphone and wearables industries, this collaboration marks Imint’s debut in a completely new market.
Vidhance Video Stabilization intelligently removes unwanted motion to create a smooth, high-quality, and in-focus image, even when the binoculars are moving. Vidhance Horizon Correction automatically levels the horizon of a binocular’s image without impacting stabilization quality. This strategic partnership demonstrates Imint’s continued growth in a new product category and signifies the importance of high-quality, stable video & viewing experiences.
“Binoculars have become extremely sophisticated products that feature high-tech algorithms to ensure exceptional viewing quality. This shows the versatility of the Vidhance platform and the width of markets where it can be applied.” said Andreas Lifvendahl, Chief Executive Officer of Imint.
Today, Imint’s Vidhance software can be found in a variety of smartphone devices from leading manufacturers such as Xiaomi, Motorola, Asus and Sharp amongst many others. Furthermore, Imint has emerged as the video stabilization leader in the wearables market through collaboration with brands such as RealWear and Rokid.
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AT&T reported record revenue and profit results for the fourth quarter of this year. Sales for Q4 2007 were $30.1 billion, up from $15.9 million in Q4 2006. Profit climbed to $3.1 billion, up from $1.9 billion a year ago.
The company attributed the growth mainly to its wireless business, which brought in $11.4 billion in sales, up 16%, and net income of $1.9 billion, up 44%.
AT&T said that it added 2.7 million (net) subscribers in Q4 2007. Together with 1.7 million new subscribers added through the acquisition of Dobson Communications, AT&T now claims to have a wireless subscriber base of 70.1 million - which translates into a 27.7% share of the U.S market.
Verizon Wireless currently has 64 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel 54 million and T-Mobile 28 million. The CTIA estimates that there are currently 253.4 million active cellphone accounts in the U.S.


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Huge Winning Lottery Ticket Sold in Brampton
If you recently bought a lotto ticket in Brampton, you may have won big.
According to OLG, last night’s Lotto Max draw (Friday, November 30) produced some huge wins across the province.
One of four Maxmillions tickets, worth $1,000,000 each, was reportedly sold in Brampton.
The full prize list is as follows:
- Four MAXMILLIONS tickets, worth $1,000,000 each, sold in Brampton, St. Catharines, the Sudbury area and Woodbridge
- One MAXMILLIONS ticket, worth $500,000, sold in Barrie
- One MAXMILLIONS ticket, worth $333,333.40, sold in Ottawa
- One ENCORE ticket, worth $100,000, sold in the Richmond Hill area
Lottery players can check their numbers at OLG’s website here.


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Today’s consumer is used to being able to shop any way they like: from their phone or computer or in person at a brick-and-mortar store. Now, they are even accustomed to buying online and picking up (or buying online and driving up to pick up).
As you probably know already, the SiteSeer leadership team brings extensive experience in grocery retail, with several of us having worked in retail research for one of the nation’s large grocery chains for decades. And we continue to work with numerous grocer retailers so we’re always interested in what’s happening in the world of grocery.
If you’re in the grocery industry or you pay attention to industry news, you’ve probably heard: the largest supermarket chain the country, Kroger, is expanding into Florida. But…they intend to do so without opening a single store in the Sunshine State.
Just before the calendar flipped to 2021, Albertsons Companies made a big announcement regarding its grocery delivery service.
We’ve talked before on this blog about the general impression that brick-and-mortar retail is dying a slow death and why that simply isn’t true.
All it takes is a quick Google search of “retailers closing” to discover news story after news story about retail chains large and small experiencing shrinking sales and closing locations. Yes, big chains like Macy’s, JCPenney, Sears/Kmart, Payless ShoeSource, and others have been shuttering stores. Some analysts and journalists have dubbed the last few years the “retailpocalypse” and are actively predicting the demise of brick-and-mortar retail. But is retail dying? Let’s look at some of the reasons behind recent store closures to accurately answer that question.


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August 22, 2011
Cyber Crime And Health
By Michael D. Shaw
It has been said that generals always seem to be fighting the last war. The implication, of course, is that the strategies and tactics that may have worked in the past are either not as effective, or are completely ineffective when applied to current battles. Another aspect of this has the generals ignoring threats that were minor or even unheard of in the last war.
Computer-related offenses are as old as computing itself, but rose to new heights with the growth of the Internet in the late 1990s. For too long, viruses, malware, and outright fraud were somehow perceived as being far less harmful than they really were. And, in the rare cases where the perps were actually caught, sentencing was inadequate because the legal system had no means in place to deal with the problem. Moreover, the perps—largely computer geeks—did not fit anyone’s stereotype of a dangerous offender. To some observers, this was not even “real crime.”
Indeed, the creator of 1999’s Melissa virus, which caused more than $80 million in damages, got 20 months of custodial service and a $7,500 fine. The Loveletter virus—coming out one year later—was said to have caused an incredible $7 billion in damages, but the Philippines-based perp got off scot-free since there were no applicable laws in his country.
While the “no borders” nature of computer-related offenses certainly undermines enforcement efforts, international cooperation is increasing. Responsible agencies have been established in many countries.
In the US, the Internet Crime Complaint Center has been established as a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center to serve as a means to receive Internet related criminal complaints and to further research, develop, and refer the criminal complaints to federal, state, local, or international law enforcement and/or regulatory agencies for any investigation they deem to be appropriate.
The growing problem of medical identity theft has been discussed in this column, and it is a significant—and very damaging—area of health-related cyber crime. But, it is not the only variety.
Given the relatively high price of pharmaceutical drugs in the US, thousands of people have turned to online sources for some of their medications. Most of these sources do not require a prescription, and that alone is a violation of federal law. Beyond this, the drugs might be diluted, counterfeit, or tainted. Sometimes, the drugs are never supplied at all.
Where a questionnaire is required, it might be evaluated by a real physician, but Internet pharmacies often attract doctors with troubled work histories including financial problems, substance abuse issues, and legal difficulties. Bargain-seeking patients often forget that many drugs are quite powerful biochemical agents, and it is essential to have regular follow-up—in person—by a doctor. To forgo this can present serious health risks.
In April, 2009, John Henkel of the FDA reported that a 52-year-old Illinois man with episodes of chest pain and a family history of heart disease died of a heart attack in March, 1999 after buying Viagra from an online source that required only answers to a questionnaire to qualify for the prescription. There are also a goodly number of cases involving younger people and such drugs as Vicodin, with sometimes fatal consequences.
Other health-related cyber scams include:
- Charity frauds
- Dubious “cures” for serious diseases
- Work-at-home schemes involving medical billing or re-shipment of stolen pharmaceuticals and other merchandise
With all of these, a secondary goal—beyond the initial cash rip off—can be identity theft.
I recently spoke with Joshua McAfee, Vice President Loss Prevention & Fraud for St. Louis based SecureFraud, an industry leader in the field of online fraud protection.
Joshua described a recently closed investigation involving online pharmaceuticals…
A nurse was taking home DEA controlled substances from a hospital emergency room. She also operated a website offering these products for sale, and the site implied that the business was based offshore. Every time she went into the ER to check on a patient, she would grab extra meds, pocket them, and bring them home.
Over the course of about five months, the offender was identified, based on one of SecureFraud’s customers complaining about having received expired meds from the website.
Effective prosecution, says McAfee, is the key to fighting back. Given the multiple auction platforms available to today’s criminals, fencing stolen goods presents far less of a challenge than it did in the past. As such, with $30 billion in organized retail fraud coming from a $150 billion marketplace, there is a huge loss in revenue to the merchants, and a related loss to the states in sales tax proceeds.
SecureFraud offers a variety of protection plans for individuals and businesses. As Joshua says, not only do they make you whole again, they also go after the fraudsters. The company provides a wide range of intelligence led services and resources to businesses around the world, as well.
The old cliché continues to be excellent advice: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.


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Sometime during Saturday afternoon, May 24, a suspect or suspects entered a residence in the 43000 block of Dinely Drive. According to a statement that the occupant gave to a Sheriff’s deputy, an intruder removed a large quantity of jewelry and a Hare Krishna painting.
“The jewelry was gold and silver pieces that I had collected for the past 30 years,” said the victim, who prefers to remain anonymous. “The pieces were not expensive ones but had a lifetime of sentimental value to me.”
The victim, who was at work at the time of the burglary, said a number of the jewelry items were silver Navajo pieces, many that were gifts. The estimated value of jewelry is determined by the homeowner to be between $8,000 and $10,000.
“It’s tragic that all that fine crafted jewelry will probably end up being melted down for a small quantity of gold and silver,” the victim said. “It’s obviously a drug-related crime. Why can’t something be done about our local meth problem?”
More curious was the theft of a Hare Krishna painting. The spiritual painting depicts Radharani, Queen of Vrindavan, with a peacock.
When the lord Krishna called to his beloved Radharani he often called to her in the voice of a peacock. In one story, Krishna assumed the form of a peacock to conceal himself from Radharani’s mother.
“A distinctive painting like this one can’t just be melted down to sell for a few dollars,” said the affected party. “It will be interesting to see if it shows up at an antique store or swap meet.”
The investigation of the burglary is ongoing. Anyone with information in this case or any crime is encouraged to call the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department at 733-6218.
To anonymously report a crime or provide information, call 1-800-TIPNOW.


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GAZA CITY: For the first time in years, sewing factories in the Gaza Strip are back to working at full capacity — producing masks, gloves and protective gowns, some of which are bound for Israel.
It is a rare economic lifeline in the coastal territory, which has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt since the Hamas militant group seized power from rival Palestinian forces in the strip in 2007. The blockade, and three wars between Hamas and Israel, have devastated the local economy, with unemployment hovering around 50 percent.
But the sudden opportunity also shows how Gaza’s economy is at the mercy of those enforcing the blockade — and how depressed wages have become. Workers earn as little as $8 a day.
So far, Gaza appears to have been largely spared from the coronavirus pandemic, with only 17 cases detected, all within quarantine facilities set up for those returning from abroad. Many still fear an outbreak in the impoverished territory, which is home to 2 million people and where the health care system has been battered by years of conflict. But for now, authorities are cautiously allowing most businesses to stay open.
Rizq Al-Madhoun, owner of the Bahaa garment company, said he has produced more than 1 million masks in the past three weeks, “all for the Israeli market.”
Gaza may not have the advanced machinery seen in other places, but he said residents’ sewing skills are unmatched. “Gaza workers are distinguished in handiwork and they are better than workers in China or Turkey,” he said.
Another factory, Unipal 2000, is able to employ 800 workers across two shifts to produce protective equipment around the clock.
Both factories import fabric and other materials from customers in Israel and then produce items like masks, gloves and surgical gowns. Unipal makes about 150,000 pieces a day, and demand is high as countries around the world grapple with shortages.
Asked about doing business with Israeli customers, both factory owners said they did not want to discuss politics and framed their work in terms of business and humanitarian needs.
“Despite the siege in Gaza, we export these masks and protective clothes to the whole world without exception,” Bashir Bawab, the owner of Unipal 2000, said. “We feel we are doing a humanitarian duty.”
In recent years, Tamer Emad, a skilled textile worker, was able to work one week per month at best. But over the past month, he has been on the Unipal factory floor every day, earning around $8 per shift.
“This has provided us with a good opportunity ahead of Ramadan,” he said.
Such wages are typical in the depressed Gazan economy, but would barely keep a family afloat. It costs around $250 a month to rent a two-bedroom apartment.
Omar Shaban, an economist who heads a local think tank, said the conditions created by the blockade allow for “exploitation,” but that low-wage jobs still provide income for many people.
Unipal 2000 first opened in an industrial zone along the frontier in 1998, when the peace process was in full swing. But like many other Gaza businesses, it was forced to shut down after the Hamas takeover and the blockade.
Israel began easing some restrictions after the 2014 Gaza war, and the factory reopened two years later. But by then most of its clients had found suppliers elsewhere, so it only operated intermittently.
Its fortunes could change again — especially if there is an outbreak.
Gisha, an Israeli group that advocates for easing the blockade on Gaza, appealed to Israeli leaders to do more to promote economic activity in the territory.
“The pandemic has created demand for these products,” it said. “But Israel must lift restrictions on trade entirely so that Gaza residents can work and so that Gaza’s faltering economy can brace itself as much as possible against the wider global crisis caused by the pandemic.”


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Boston Dynamics' Petman humanoid soldier looks pretty confident strutting its stuff on the treadmill.
Technically Incorrect: Sam Ray, who had been working on a truck, says it fell on him and trapped his arms. Then he reportedly hears Siri talking and manages to get her to call 911.
US regulator sues to stop a big appliance merger that it claims could push up prices and cut back options for consumers.
Google's mobile OS is not just the leader in traffic but is now tops in ad revenue too -- moving slightly ahead of Apple's iOS, according to new figures.
Virtual reality is still a virtual reality; until certain aspects evolve, don't expect perfection any time soon. This was never more clear than at this year's CES show in Vegas.
After months of speculation and rumours, Netflix finally announces it will launch in Australia and New Zealand in 2015.
CNET takes a look at the pros and cons of the superhard material, and why practical constraints kept it from appearing in Apple's latest smartphones.
Bill Detwiler shows you how to replace a cracked screen on your Apple iPhone 5S.
Mozilla has new partnerships to carry its browser-based OS to high-growth, low-cost markets like Indonesia where iOS and Android are vulnerable. Also: more power at the same price from Alcatel and ZTE, the first LTE Firefox OS phone, and a 7-inch tablet.
Mercedes-Benz follows up its excellent 2014 S-Class sedan with a new coupe version, employing not only an extraordinarily beautiful design but getting new ride technology as well.