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Global medical protective equipment market will see a major recovery in 2022 and beyond, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, reaching a projected valuation of over US$41.6 billion through 2030. The growing pandemic of community infections due to the emergence of new pathogens is expected to increase the demand for medical protective equipment in the global market. This growing number of community and hospital acquired infections will drive the market growth in the near future, according to a new Future Market Insights (IMF) report.
The major manufacturers operating in the market offer a wide range of products such as medical masks, gloves, protective clothing, gowns and other products. Due to the unavailability of treatment for new pathogen infections and a significant lag time between the emergence of a new pathogen and the development of an effective treatment, there has been an increasing demand for protective equipment, creating an absolute growth opportunity for the medical protective market.
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The Covid-19 pandemic crisis is driving demand
The sudden virus pandemic situation has created a huge gap between supply and demand for medical protective equipment. Recently, in December 2019, the Covid-19 pandemic has emerged in all parts of the world. This highly communicable respiratory disease has dramatically increased the unmet demand for medical masks, gloves and other protective equipment.
For example, according to a WHO study, the WHO advised the personal protective equipment industry and governments to increase manufacturing by 40% to meet the growing global demand for personal protective equipment ( PPE) in the context of the global Covid-19 epidemic.
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Key Takeaways from the Medical Protective Equipment Market Research
- The medical gloves segment is expected to account for more than 40% of the medical protective equipment market revenue share.
- Due to the use of gloves in the prevention of primary infections and to perform surgical procedures by healthcare workers, the medical gloves segment is the most dominated product type.
- Disposable medical protective equipment will gain more than 75% market share in the medical protective equipment market throughout the forecast period.
- The hospital and NGO/government organization segments are collectively expected to gain more than 60% market share in the medical protective equipment market during the period 2022-2030.
- Europe is the highest revenue generating market by region due to an aging population and high rate of new pathogen infections. North America is expected to offer lucrative opportunities due to a higher incidence of new infections and a growing volume of innovative surgical procedures.
Disruptive unmet demand for medical gloves and N95 respirators, and WHO urgency for effective prevention of new pandemic pathogen outbreak is expected to fuel the growth of medical protective equipment market.
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Preferred manufacturing collaborations to meet massive demand growth
Major manufacturers in the medical protective equipment market are largely focusing on expanding their manufacturing capabilities amid the disruptive demand. The government is actively encouraging local manufacturers to prioritize an emergency demand for medical protective equipment in public hospitals and other health facilities.
For example, in March 2020, 3M, the US-based global leader in medical protective equipment, collaborated with giant automaker Ford to turn an automobile manufacturing plant into a ventilator manufacturing plant.
Medical Protective Equipment Market by Category
- Protective clothing
- N95 Respirators
- Surgical masks
- Protective glasses
- Face shields
- shoe covers
- Not disposable
Per end user:
- NGO/government organization
- Ambulatory surgery centers
- Specialized clinics
- Diagnostic and research laboratories
- North America
- Latin America
- East Asia
- South Asia and Oceania
- Middle East and Africa (MEA)
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Future Smartphone Patents Point to Innovation
The future of smartphones is seeming pretty spectacular these days, with an endless number of patents covering unique features like flexible OLEDs, iris recognition software and even self-healing displays. Here’s a quick look at what’s in the pipeline:
Samsung has been working on developing devices with flexible displays now for years and is finally expected to have its first foldable phone ready for launch sometime this year. Right now, all patents seem to be pointing at the release of the Galaxy X, rumored to feature flexible OLED technology, dual screens and more. One patent even hints at the use of a hinge-system (similar to that of a traditional flip-phone), which would allow users to fold the phone up for compact storage and then unfold it for a 180-degree full-screen display.
Microsoft is working on developing a smartphone that could one day replace the need for a laptop, tablet or other computer. The Surface Phone, rumored to be ready for release later this year, is allegedly designed to support Win32 apps, giving users the ability to operate multiple Windows programs right on their phones. A recent patent also hints at the possibility of a dual display, where one side of the device is a regular screen and the other electronic paper. Future versions of the device may even include the iris recognition software, Iris ID, rather than a passcode lock or fingerprint scanner, as another recent patent indicates.
Meanwhile, Apple seems to be focusing on making its devices more durable. A recent patent for a shock-absorbing system could save iPhone users hundreds of dollars in screen repair fees. The patent describes a system of sensors, capable of detecting when a device is in free fall, that would trigger four corner cushions or “bumpers” to deploy and help prevent damage to the phone. However, scientists at the University of California, Riverside may have discovered a better solution to the problem of cracked phone screens. A self-healing smartphone may be possible in the near future, thanks to a new screen material discovered by Chao Wang and his team. The unique material is composed of a stretchable polymer and an ionic salt that have the ability to stretch up to fifty times their original size and that work together to self-repair any nicks or cracks within 24-hours.
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Ubisoft upbeat following sales surge
GRAW2, TMNT help French publisher rake in more than $252 million in the first three months of '07, a 37.4 percent increase; annual sales top $870 million.
Two-and-a-half years ago, Ubisoft was girding itself for a hostile corporate takeover bid. Today, the Paris-based publisher announced its war chest is now jam-packed with cash, courtesy of earnings for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007. During the previous 12 months, the company raked in a record 680 million euros, which, at today's unfavorable exchange rates, amounts to $870.4 million.
For the first calendar quarter of 2007--the fourth in Ubisoft's fiscal year--the French publisher's revenue rose 37.4 percent, topping 197 million euros ($252.2 million) and beating its own predictions. Its bottom line was boosted by several breakaway hits, including the Xbox 360 edition of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, which sold more than 1 million copies. (PC, PSP, and PlayStation 3 versions are due out later this year.) TMNT sold upwards of 1.1 million units on eight platforms, thanks to its semisuccessful film inspiration--and no thanks to its middling reviews.
Unsurprisingly, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot was pleased by his company's impressive haul. "Our fourth quarter performance was an excellent way to round off 2006-07, a year in which we exceeded all of our targets," he said in a statement. "We have confirmed the strong position of our key franchises Splinter Cell [Double Agent], Ghost Recon, Rayman [Raving Rabbids], and Rainbow Six [Vegas]."
Proud père Guillemot wasn't the only one feeling upbeat about Ubisoft's cash flow. "We continue to believe that Ubisoft is a compelling investment," Wedbush Morgan Securities' Michael Pachter wrote in a note this morning. "If our assumptions about market-share gains and contribution margin over the next three years are correct, we think that the company could substantially exceed expectations each of the next 12 quarters, driving its share price higher."


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1. China Restricts Kids to only 3 Hours of Gaming per Week.
Children under the age of 18 will now be limited to one hour of gaming between the hours of 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays throughout China. The shift is in reaction to the Chinese government's huge crackdown on its technology giants and rampant gaming addiction.
The new regulations represent a substantial increase in stiffness compared to the previous laws, which limited children' playing time to 1.5 hours per day. Tencent and NetEase, two of the largest gaming platforms, have been required to build solutions that restrict playing time, track players' legal information, and use face recognition to check if the player is also the account holder.
The new regulations come only a month after a state-run media piece referred to internet gaming as "spiritual opium." In addition, authorities will collaborate with parents and schools to tackle the lucrative young gaming addiction.
2. PlayerUnknown Reveals his New Project.
Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene who is credited with launching the entire Battle Royale has now left the Korean Company behind Playerunknown’s Battleground: Krafton (formerly called Bluehole Studio) to build a studio of his own. And he has revealed what to expect from his new venture.
The new demo presented by Greene’s studio is a ‘pay-what-you-want tech demo’ which is designed to show the kind of games he wants to develop next. Greene mentioned how his team has also built a system that can procedurally generate massive realistic open worlds at runtime and how Prologue will be an early version of this ‘breakthrough’ technology.
Here’s Brendan Greene’s description of Prologue:
“You’ll need to find your way across a runtime generated wilderness and use found tools and gathered resources to survive on a journey where harsh weather is your constant foe. There will be no guidance, no path for you to follow, just a world, a spot on the map to reach, and the tools you need to get there.”
3. The Mercedes G-Series is Going Electric.
Mercedes-Benz has revealed an electric concept of its luxury off-roader the G-Wagen.
Mercedes-Benz did not reveal the technical details of the electric SUV, officially known as the Concept EQG, when displaying it at the 2021 IAA Mobility exhibition in Munich. There was no mention of range, battery capacity, or electric motor power output. The company did, however, state that the car will be all-wheel drive and sport 22-inch wheels.
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Vehicle tuning company CEO wins prestigious environment award Paul Busby of Viezu Technologies has been named as the Chief Executive Officer of the Year at The 2013 People and Environment Achievement Business Awards in London. The founder of one of the world’s leading vehicle tuning companies collected the prestigious award which recognised his individual endeavours in helping reduce fuel consumption and emissions. “It’s a great honour and privilege to be named as CEO of the Year, especially so as these awards concentrate on how green initiatives can be good for business as well as the planet, which Viezu has been working hard to achieve with its market-leading BlueOptimize™ vehicle tuning products,” commented Paul.
In winning the CEO of the Year accolade, judges were looking for a visionary leader who most clearly demonstrated an outstanding commitment to sustainability in their market, along with personal contribution to the organisation’s growth built on green credentials. Indeed, the number of Viezu approved dealers currently stands at some 400 in over 42 different countries including the UK. The business is also now involved with many utilities companies, offering its BlueOptimize™ tuning services to some of the largest vehicle fleets in Europe.
https://viezu.com/economy-tuning No surprise really, when you consider that BlueOptimize™ can help reduce emissions by up to 20 per cent and also offers up to 20 per cent savings on the cost of fuel. Paul added: “More and more private vehicle owners and fleet operators are benefitting from Viezu’s award-winning products with lower fuel consumption, while also doing their bit to help the environment with lower emissions. It really is a win-win situation for all concerned and is putting Viezu on the road to success around the world.” BlueOptimize™ has particularly been designed to assist fleet operators and private vehicle owners with older vehicles and with older technology in order to reduce emissions and use fuel more efficiently, whether it is petrol or diesel.
Even on newer modern vehicles which have a host of new technology to help them be as “green” as possible, BlueOptimize™ can still deliver significant savings on fuel usage by reducing the speed and taking away a percentage of power at points in the rev range where the driver does not require it, resulting in less fuel burnt and fewer emissions. BlueOptimize™ also offers huge advantages to those involved in logistics and other supply chains. That’s because as the transport industry moves to having zero vehicle emissions, BlueOptimize™ is an amazing transitional conduit toward electric vehicles (or other zero emission producing technology like hydrogen power solutions which is in experimental stage at this time). “Who said “petrol-heads” cannot be environmentally conscientious!,” said Paul.
However, Viezu is no stranger to collecting accolades due to the achievements of BlueOptimize™, having previously been awarded the UK Chamber of Commerce “Innovation in Technology” for 2011. Viezu Awards More recently it also received the Fleet News Cost Saving Initiative of the Year for 2013 for its BlueOptimize™ fuel economy tuning for large fleet vehicle operators. For more information about Viezu Technologies and its range of vehicle ecu remapping and car tuning services, visit VIEZU


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It's official: women are more adventurous holidaymakers
Women are the more adventurous sex – at least according to research conducted by the Adventure Company. Having examined its bookings over the past three years, the company found that more women than men had consistently travelled with them.
And even more impressive, women tend to opt for the more challenging itineraries to destinations such as China, Peru and Namibia, whereas men overwhelmingly choose more "well-trodden" places such as Croatia and Morocco.
Women made 82 per cent of its bookings to Jordan and 70 per cent of places to China.
And, in celebration of our intrepid spirit, the Adventure Company has teamed up with women's online travel community Thelma & Louise to offer an exclusive five per cent discount to its members.
With the opportunity to save hundreds of pounds on some of the Adventure Company's most popular trips for women – including its Salsa Cubana and Costa Rican Adventure itineraries, there's plenty to set that adventurous spirit aflame.
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Highlights from the shows, including a celebrity-packed front row at Calvin Klein and a trek to Bedford Hills, N.Y., to see Ralph Lauren’s vintage cars.
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Steamboat Springs Sometimes, things just line up.
This year marks the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club’s 100th anniversary, occurring in an Olympic year.
“It really is perfect timing,” said Patti Kauf-Melehes, director for the Winter Sports Club Foundation.
- Monday, December 30, 2013, 6:30 p.m.
- The Steamboat Grand, 2300 Mount Werner Circle, Steamboat Springs
Right on cue, the foundation will host its annual Stars at Night fundraising gala.
The gala begins at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 30 at The Steamboat Grand. Tickets must be purchased by Dec. 26. Individual tickets are $150 and are available online by clicking here. They are also available at Christy Sports locations in Gondola Square and Central Park Plaza or at the Winter Sports Club offices.
“Community support is a huge part of this event,” Kauf-Melehes said.
The foundation serves as the Winter Sports Club’s endowment fund, and it hosts the annual fundraiser.
Past, present and future Olympians will join the celebration for a night of live entertainment, drinks, dinner and dancing.
There also will be silent and live auctions that will benefit the Winter Sports Club. Auction items include winter and summer trips, dining packages, shopping packages and ski passes.
This year, there also are several items up for auction that are unique to the event, including activities with Olympians. People can bid on a guided fly-fishing trip with former Olympian Johnny Spillane or a dinner and Olympic watch party hosted by former Olympian Caroline Lalive Carmichael.
“The real fun ones are the ones you get to do with all the athletes,” Kauf-Melehes said. “You can’t go out anywhere and just buy those.”
Last year’s event raised more than $60,000, and Kauf-Melehes said the goal is to raise more than $100,000 this year.
To date, the foundation has raised about $3 million and last year contributed more than $130,000 to the club. Throughout the years, the foundation has given the Winter Sports Club $1.3 million, which is used for scholarships and coaching among other things.
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NEW DELHI: Abu-Dhabi based Al Dahra International Investments LLC has picked up over 70 lakh shares in rice exporter Kohinoor Foods Ltd for Rs 112.77 crore.
"The company has allotted 70,48,306 equity shares at Rs 160 per share at a premium of Rs 150 each share to Al Dahra International Investments LLC, UAE, after receiving the total consideration of Rs 112.77 crore," the company said in a BSE filing today.
Following the allocation of shares, Khedaim Abdulla Saeed Faris Alderei of Al Dahra has been appointed as an additional director of the company with immediate effect to hold office upto the date of next annual general meeting.
Shares of Kohinoor Foods Ltd closed at over one per cent down at Rs 38.05 apiece on the BSE.
The company said it received approval for the deal from its board and it has already been approved by the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
It was earlier said that Al Dahra International Investment LLC will invest in Kohinoor for 20 per cent stake on fully diluted basis and will have the option to buy another 4.99 per cent stake within a period of six months from the date of completion of investment.
Al Dahra International Investments LLC is a subsidiary of Al Dahra Holding LLC, a limited liability company registered and incorporated in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Al Dahra International Investments has made investments in various counkies including UAE, USA, Spain, Serbia, Egypt, and South Africa.
The group is active in the agricultural sector and specialises in the production of agricultural prcducts and animal feed.
Both companies entered into an agreement in July this year. Aas per the deal, Kohinoor Foods also decided to from a joint venture with Al Dahra for developing a rice facility for conversion of brown rice to white rice at Abu Dhabi.
As on September 30, the promoters had 58.31 per cent stake in the company, while remaining 41.69 per cent stake was with public.
Kohinoor has a wide range of products -- basmati rice, ready to eat products, cook-in sauces and cooking pastes to spices, seasonings and frozen food.
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MANILA— Laws aimed at liberalizing the economy should be passed immediately to encourage more foreign direct investments, an official of the British Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines said Friday.
The Retail Trade Liberalization Act, which seeks to open up the country’s retail sector by lowering the minimum paid-up capital for foreign retail investors, would bring more opportunities in the country, British Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines executive director Chris Nelson told ANC.
“We’re very pleased with the progress. Obviously, it’s a certified urgent bill, it’s now with the President for his signature… Once that is signed into law, I think we’ll see a great opportunity,” Nelson said.
"We're very optimistic. We're looking forward to it being signed," he added.
The country can do much better than the previous versions dated as far back as 20 years ago, he said.
Duterte earlier signed as urgent several economic bills, namely the Retail Trade Lliberatlization Act, the Foreign Investment Act and the Public Service Act.
The pro-business bills were among priorities mentioned by the chief executive in his last State of the Nation Address (SONA).
Duterte’s economic managers have also spearheaded a tax reform program called the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP), which aims to raise funds for the government and streamline other tax laws to ease the burden of Filipinos as well as attract investments.
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4 Fronts in Wal-Mart’s War With Amazon
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart has been busy lately with high- and low-tech efforts to compete with Amazon.
“We will compete with technology, but win with people,” said CEO Doug McMillon at Wal-Mart’s recent shareholders meeting. “We will be people-led and tech-empowered.”
That’s one way to reassure employees worried about their jobs in a world of fast-changing tech, but it also has serious implications for Wal-Mart’s strategy in its retail war with Amazon.
As the e-commerce giant further encroaches on the world of brick-and-mortar with Amazon Go and AmazonFresh Pickup, Wal-Mart is answering with its own volley of initiatives that blur the lines between online and physical retail.
Click through for four tech-focused moves from Wal-Mart in response to Amazon’s competitive threat …
New vending machine in town
Wal-Mart is testing a 20-foot-by-80-foot self-serve kiosk in the parking lot of its Warr Acres, Okla., location, where customers can pick up grocery orders they’ve placed online. Customers must spend at least $30 in groceries to use the service, but there is no additional fee to pick up groceries from the kiosk. The online shopping list customers can browse includes more than 30,000 grocery items.
Once customers place their orders online, employees grab the items in question and pack them in bins and into the kiosk, which holds refrigerators and freezers inside to keep groceries fresh while they wait to be picked up. The kiosk is open 24/7, and customers are sent a code on their smartphone that lets them open the kiosk and retrieve their groceries.
See my associate
Wal-Mart is offering its employees incentives to drop off packages at customers’ houses on their way home from work.
This move appears to be a win for everyone involved, including Wal-Mart’s supply chain, its associates and its customers. Ship-to-home orders can now be placed on trucks going to stores; employees have a new, voluntary way to earn extra income; and it makes the last mile of delivery more efficient for customers.
The service is being tested at two stores in New Jersey and one in northwest Arkansas. In an era of retail in which more shoppers avoid people as a way of making their shopping experience more efficient, Wal-Mart offers a service that offers a personal touch, in addition to efficiency.
Age of blockchain
Wal-Mart is tinkering with using blockchain technology to automate the logistics of delivery drones.
Blockchain might sound like the name of a supervillain, but it’s actually a distributed ledger of data. Instead of housing all of the information in one system, it spreads the data across a large collection of computers. This technology is a building block of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and is considered to be a more secure form of record keeping.
But what does it mean for Wal-Mart, and what does it have to do with drones? This technology can be used to authenticate the identity of a customer and track information about the package as it moves through the supply chain, such as location, handlers, delivery date, temperature and more.
The news of Wal-Mart’s blockchain technology patent broke when information on Amazon’s patent for a shipping label with a built-in parachute was spreading. It seems both companies are serious about drone delivery and are working toward making that future a reality in their own way.
The training and work experience for Wal-Mart employees is getting a series of tech upgrades. The retailer released details of its plan to use virtual reality as a teaching tool during a recent tour of its Fayetteville, Ark., training academy. New employees will be able to practice handling a spill, accident or the rush of the holiday peak season without real-world consequences.
Wal-Mart is also introducing handheld devices to help employees manage inventory, locate products and assess a store’s overall performance. It’s also implementing new software that improves scheduling for employees and lets part-time workers more easily add shifts to their schedule.


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Starbucks, Burger King, Krispy Kreme and Dunkin' scaring up Halloween-themed items
For the first time in five years, Starbucks isn't bringing a Halloween-themed drink for its U.S. locations.
But the global coffee giant has concocted a spooky beverage that will be available overseas. Locations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East will have the fruity Phantom Frappuccino Monday through Halloween.
"The distinctive colour is created with use of Charcoal Powder and the beverage is crafted with coconut milk, mango essence and a ghoulish lime slime made with spirulina to deliver a light and fruity taste extravaganza," Starbucks said in a blog post. "The Phantom is vegan too!"
Starbucks started its Halloween U.S. tradition in 2014 with the Franken Frappuccino.
Spooky new burger:Burger King will sell a Ghost Whopper, and here's where to find it
Then in 2015 and 2016, U.S. locations had the Frappula Frappuccino. 2016. In 2017 it was the Zombie Frappuccino followed by the Witch’s Brew Frappuccino last year.
Last year's blended drink was a purple blend of “toad’s breath” which tastes like the orange crème Frappuccino. It had a swirl of “bat warts” or chia seeds added and was topped with vanilla whipped cream with a dusting of green “lizard scale” powder.
In a statement to USA TODAY, Starbucks said it has been reducing the number of limited time menu items, a change announced in April 2018.
"There is no Halloween Frappuccino blended beverage in the U.S. this year, however customers looking to celebrate the season with a Frappuccino can enjoy Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino or Salted Caramel Mocha Frappuccino," the company said in its statement.
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Other Halloween special items
These Halloween-themed items don't require a passport and are available at participating locations while supplies last. Check with your closest location before heading out.
Applebee's: The $1 Vampire is the chain's Neighborhood Drink of the Month and is a tiki rum punch served with a cherry and fangs. served with a cherry and fangs.
Baskin-Robbins: The ice cream chain’s Flavor of the Month is the Candy Mashup, which is chocolate ice cream with Snickers, caramel cup pieces and a salty caramel ribbon. The Fright Night Scoop include the mashup ice cream topped with a Halloween sprinkle mix and a white chocolate zombie hand. The chain also has special Halloween cakes.
Burger King: Unlike last year's "Nightmare King" that was available nationwide, this year's Halloween-themed Ghost Whopper is only available at 10 locations. It features a quarter-pound of beef, tomatoes, lettuce, mayonnaise, ketchup, pickles and sliced white onions on a cheddar-cheese flavored white sesame seed bun.
Chili’s: The chain’s October Margarita of the Month is the $5 Fangtastic ‘Rita, which is available through Halloween and comes with a set of fangs on top. The drink is a blend of Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Cointreau, Monin Blood Orange and fresh sour.
Dunkin': The Spider Donut is back for the third year and is a doughnut frosted with orange icing and topped “with a scary good eight-legged donut creature, made from a glazed chocolate Munchins donut hole treat with chocolate drizzle for the spider legs and white or orange icing for the eyes.” Other doughnuts are also dressed up with holiday colors.
Hard Rock Cafe: From Saturday 30 through Nov. 3, Hard Rock will have limited edition Halloween shakes for adults called BOO!-zy Shakes made with bourbon and dark rum, blended with vanilla bean ice cream and rich dark chocolate sauce, and then topped with white chocolate whipped cream and candy corns. There’s a non-alcoholic Spooky Shake, too.
IHOP: Through Nov. 3, IHOP has a special Halloween menu inspired by The Addams Family movie, featuring Wednesday’s Web-Cakes, pancakes with cupcake icing, chocolate syrup and violet whipped cream, Uncle Fester’s Chocolate Ice Scream Shake and Morticia’s Haunted Hot Chocolate. Also through Nov. 3 from 4 to 10 p.m. daily, kids 12 and under get a free kids meal entrée with each purchase of an adult entrée.
Krispy Kreme: The new Monster Batch Doughnuts are available through Halloween and include the Slimon, the Slime Monster Doughnut, an Original Glazed doughnut with lemon slime filling and dipped in green icing; Mumford, the Mummy Monster Doughnut wrapped in purple icing; and Hypno-Henry, the Cake Batter Monster, a doughnut filled with cake batter, dipped in yellow icing and orange sanding sugar with an icing swirl.
Papa John's: The pumpkin-shaped Jack-o-lantern pizza is available through Halloween and has a pepperoni border and smiley face. The pizza comes uncut and is available for $11 at participating locations.
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Pascal Lamy, the European trade commissioner, announced an end to a long dispute between the E.U. and the United States. The World Trade Organization raised the issue of a U.S. tax program, known as the Foreign Sales Corporation, which provided illegal subsidies to large American companies in the form of tax breaks.
The European Union claimed the tax breaks reduced global competition among E.U. members and U.S. producers. President Bush signed legislation that ended the tax-breaks that had been worth billions of dollars to American corporations over the last decade. The E.U. responded by lifting sanctions it had imposed on American products.
The legislation results in a two-year period during which the American companies will wean themselves off the old tax- breaks. In 2005, $4 billion (or 80 percent of the original tax breaks) will still be available to companies. In 2006, this amount will be reduced to $3 billion (or 60 percent of the original amount). In the third year, all subsidies will be eliminated.
Mr. Lamy accepted the transition period, but balked at a separate provision that would allow American companies that make products with long delivery times to continue to get the tax break if they have orders dated before September 17, 2003. "Our intuition is that this isn't in conformity" with the W.T.O. ruling, Mr. Lamy said.
Richard Mills, a spokesperson for the U.S., said that the new legislation had eliminated the provisions of the tax code that the W.T.O. ruled illegal. "We will continue to explain to the E.U. and others how the new law brings the U.S. into compliance," he said.
Trade experts said Mr. Lamy's mixed message welcoming the bill and at the same time saying it did not go far enough was simply rhetoric. "He recognizes that for the Americans to abolish the F.S.C is a big deal, because it means doing away with something that has been part and parcel of business life for decades," said Philip Bentley, a trade expert and partner in the Brussels office of the law firm Stanbrook & Hooper.
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Taiwan's Foxconn offers to buy Japan's Sharp for $5.3bn
Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, which assembles most of the world's iPhones, has offered about 625bn yen ($5.3bn) to take over struggling Japanese electronics firm Sharp.
Sharp is also said to be reviewing a rival offer from the Innovation Network Corp of Japan, a government-backed investment fund.
A decision by Sharp is reportedly expected by the end of the month.
Shares of Sharp surged by as much as 25% in Tokyo trading.
Sharp is a major producer of display screens for smartphones, tablets and televisions, but has become saddled with heavy debts.
The consumer electronics maker has been bailed out twice in the last three years by its banks.
In 2015, Sharp announced major losses for the fiscal year ending in March and cut more jobs.
Foxconn, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, first offered to invest in the troubled Japanese firm in 2012, but talks collapsed.
In the past, Japanese officials have expressed reservations about allowing Sharp to be bought by a foreign competitor because of its proprietary technology.


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Dangote group has reacted to a recent report published on Bloomberg that their cement company was solely exempted from the Land Border Closure by the Nigerian government.
The report revealed that Dangote Cement was still able to export products despite the land border closure put in place by the Federal Government thus gaining an ‘unfair’ advantage.
Responding to the development in a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA, signed by Timilehin Oyedare, the cement giant disclosed that the report was ‘misleading’.
“Contrary to reports by Bloomberg that Dangote Cement was granted sole approval to export cement through the land borders, information has emerged that other companies also got approval to export through the land borders. Nigerian Customs Service has reportedly revealed that a gas company have also received presidential approval to move goods across the land borders.”
“Joseph Attah, the spokesperson for Nigerian Customs Service, was said to have clarified on phone from Lagos.”
“Dangote Cement and other companies in July, 2020 got partial special dispensation to export their products with certain sequence of crossing at Ilela land border in Sokoto State and Ohumbe land border in Ogun State, the company clarified.”
The Group Chief, Branding and Communications, Dangote Group, Mr. Anthony Chiejina, said the report is misleading and mischievous because it focused only on Dangote Cement as the sole beneficiary of the partial special dispensation.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. reported a 12% increase in third-quarter earnings late Thursday as strong variable annuity and mutual fund sales helped the insurer's results exceed analyst expectations. The company also raised its full-year profit estimate.
Third-quarter net income rose to $851 million, or $2.68 a share, vs. $758 million, or $2.39 a share, in the third quarter of 2006, the company said. Results included a $213 million after-tax benefit related to a revision of estimates of future gross profits.
Core earnings, which exclude net realized investment gains and losses, came in at $1.06 billion, or $3.33 a share.
Hartford said it now expects 2007 core earnings to be between $10.60 and $10.75 a share, up from a previous forecast of $9.60 to $9.90 a share.
Strong sales in mutual funds and variable annuities drove retail products deposits up 25% to $7.3 billion in the quarter, vs. a year earlier, Hartford said. Total retail assets under management grew 19% to a record $183.8 billion at the end of September, the company added.


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Google rolled out a major change to the way it indexes and presents content in search results a couple of weeks ago — something it calls “Passages” — which is poised to shake up how searchers engage with every website’s content across a wide range of phrases.
In the middle of the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Google, news has broken that Apple might be getting serious about releasing what would instantly be a strong competitor in the search space.
And, if you happen to be a small business in the healthcare vertical (or work with small businesses in the healthcare vertical), you might be interested in my virtual presentation at Local U Advanced on November 10 — link below to sign up.
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This article is probably a little dense for non-SEOs, but the important takeaways are:
– Google is getting better at indexing not just pages, but *sections of pages*.
– This could mean longer pages have ranking potential for more phrases than they used to.
– This might have the double-edged effect of keeping more searchers who see those page sections on Google, as opposed to clicking through to your website to read the answer to their query.
Apple appears to be getting serious about releasing its own search engine. Longtime industry chronicler Barry Schwartz adds his thoughts here.
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StarTek and Aegis are both leading providers of outsourcing and technology services. With the completion of the merger, announced on July 20, 2018, the combined revenues will exceed $700 million.
The combined business will remain publicly listed on the NYSE under the name “StarTek, Inc.” and the ticker symbol “SRT,” and the headquarters will remain outside of Denver, Colorado. The combined business has more than 50,000 employees and a significant presence across 66 business process outsourcing locations in 13 countries and six continents.
Aparup Sengupta, chairman of the board of directors of the combined business, said in a press release: “This transaction is expected to be value accretive for the new company with access to world’s most rapidly growing markets, multi-lingual offerings, strong footprint and the institution of operational excellence capabilities and industry best practices. This integration will largely benefit our customers with enhanced capabilities, strong leadership, economies of scale and product innovation.”
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Will have 500 million users worldwide.
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Helping it to meet financial expectations.
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Adds 640,000 paying customers.
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HTC's recent struggles have continued with its latest quarterly report showing huge downturns in year-on-year revenues and profits.
The Taiwanese manufacturer and dominant company of the early Android era had hoped to bounce back from a disappointing 2011 with a new streamlined range of smartphones this year.
However it appears the launch of the HTC One series has failed to do the trick as the company struggles to re-engage with users in Europe and the US.
Apple injunctions did delay the launch of the HTC One X and the Evo 4G phones in the US, which may help to explain missed expectations.
Ups and downs, but mainly downs
The black and white of it is as such. Profits are down 57.8 percent from $585.95 million (£378m) to $247.5 million (£160m) compared to Q2 of 2011.
However, the company will a little take comfort as that figure is at least up $149.5 million (£96.5m) from a bleak first quarter of this year.
The company had projected revenues of $3.5 billion, but missed out on that figure by a considerable margin, posting income of $3.04 billion.
The HTC One series of phones have enjoyed critical success, especially the top-of-the-range HTC One X device.
However, the company's status as the go-to Android manufacturer has been well and truly trumped by Samsung, which continues to go from strength to strength.
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The bitcoin price on Thursday extended gains to trade at about $16,769 before pulling back to settle at $16,570 in mid-day. The pioneer cryptocurrency appears to be trading within an ascending channel formation in the 60-min chart.
The BTC/USD has now rallied to trade above the 100-hour moving average line. However, Thursday’s mid-day pullback prevented the bitcoin price from ascending into the overbought levels of the 14-hour RSI.
Bitcoin Price Fundamentals Overview
From a fundamental perspective, the bitcoin price continues to experience significant downward pressure amid the crypto winter. While the markets remain closed in the US amid the Thanksgiving holiday, Wednesday marked a relatively busy day with several economic data reports. Durable goods orders outperformed the expected change of 0.4% with a change of 1%. On the other hand, durable goods orders ex-defence beat -0.1% with a change of 0.8%, while durable goods orders ex-transportation outshone 0% with 0.5%.
With the FTX saga still influencing market activity, crypto exchange platforms led by Binance have taken measures to protect traders against such events. This has boosted the bitcoin price recently resulting in the current rally. Moreover, the festive season boosts consumer spending, which is positive for the market.
Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis (the 60-min Chart)
Technically, the bitcoin price appears to be trading within an ascending channel formation in the 60-min chart. This indicates a significant short-term bullish bias in the market sentiment.
Therefore, the bulls will be targeting extended gains at about $16,769 or higher at $16,975. On the other hand, the bears will be looking to pounce on profits at about $16,386 or lower at $16,169.
Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis (the Daily Chart)
In the daily chart, the bitcoin price appears to be trading within a descending channel formation. This indicates a significant long-term bearish bias in the market sentiment.
Therefore, the bears will be looking to stretch the current declines toward $15,710 or lower to $14,746. On the other hand, the bulls will be targeting long-term profits at about $17,583 or higher at $18,546.


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Fall Guys was recently made free-to-play, and released on Xbox and Nintendo Switch alongside it, but fans are not quite happy with the developments.
Fall Guys had been quite a sensation in the industry and amongst streamers a while back. Since then, the game’s popularity has dropped sharply, and despite the developer’s numerous attempts to add new content to the game, it has failed to reach the heights it was once at. The developers have since then been acquired by Epic Games, and it was only about time a big change was coming for Fall Guys.
Yesterday, a new season went live in Fall Guys, and that also marked the beginning of a new journey for the game which involved the game being available totally for free. Ideally, that would mean that a lot of players would be happy with the change and would be eager to try out the game with their friends. However, it hasn’t worked quite well for Fall Guys on PC.
- MORE: Fall Guys Free-to-Play Release Date & Expected Time on Xbox, Switch, and PC
Since the changes went live, there has been a massive backlash on social media over the game getting delisted from Steam. A post on the PC Gaming subreddit is filled with users expressing their disapproval over the recent developments. Players added that the game is seeing a similar fate as Rocket League, whose cosmetic system is being regarded as worse than before the game was free to play.
One of the major concerns players have is the game’s removal from Steam, which is quite a bummer for many. Users have added that their entire library is on Steam, and the lack of features on Epic Games Store is quite a big problem as compared to the incentives of free games.
On the brighter side, some users have added that the changes to the game are insignificant, considering that they don’t make it pay to win or anything and only affect the cosmetics. It seems like Epic Games might need some more time to eradicate the reluctance of players to move away from Steam.


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GlobeSt.com’s September issue of Globe St. Real Estate Forum was published on September 5th, 2023, and featured SAB Capital’s Bryan Huber as one of CRE’s Industrial Influencers in 2023. This recognition comes after a trailing 12 months of transaction volume exceeding $107M.
“Huber closed nearly half a dozen transactions during the pandemic and his takeaway from transacting throughout the pandemic was the value of seeking long-term investment opportunities that satisfied short-term criteria without compromising quality. He has helped international companies domesticate their supply chain during the recent tumultuous environment to ensure his clients can continue to capitalize on their real estate goals.”– GlobeSt.com
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Sydney Hotelier Andrew Lazarus Buys Beach Hotel Merewether
The purchase comes as no surprise, with Lazarus having been actively looking for a property in the area since early this year.
The Beach Hotel is a popular spot for locals and holidaymakers, with its prime location on Merewether beach.
Lazarus plans to refurbish the hotel and add his own touches, ensuring that it continues to be a favorite among guests.
Further reading: Sydney hotelier Andrew Lazarus buys Beach Hotel Merewether
This purchase comes hot on the heels of Lazarus’ recent acquisition of the Sydney Harbour Marriott.
He is quickly becoming one of the most prominent players in the Sydney hotel scene.
Stay tuned for more exciting news from this shrewd businessman!
Andrew Lazarus was born in Sydney, the son of a hotelier.
From an early age, he showed a keen interest in the hotel industry and knew that it was what he wanted to pursue as a career.
After completing his studies at university, Lazarus began working for his father’s company and quickly rose through the ranks.
In 2006, Lazarus founded his own company, AL Hospitality.
Since then, he has been on a buying spree, snapping up hotels all over Sydney.
His latest purchase is the Beach Hotel Merewether, which he plans to refurbish and add his own touches to.
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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Human Services Department announced Thursday that households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assitance Program benefits will get the maximum amount for their household size for the month of June. In March, April, and May, households that weren’t already receiving the maximum SNAP benefit amount received an increase to bring them to their maximum amount to prevent food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“HSD continues to provide additional food assistance to New Mexicans during this challenging time,” said Karmela Martinez, director of HSD’s Income Support Division. “These additional SNAP benefits are critical to many New Mexican households and will assist many families facing difficulties.”
The June benefits will be available to recipients on their regular issue date. Those who receive benefits from June 1 through 7 will receive their benefits on June 8, 2020. You can apply for SNAP benefits online or by phone at 1-800-283-4465.
- New Mexico Human Services Dept. to provide supplemental SNAP payment to households for March, April
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Goodby, Silverstein & Partners flexes creative muscle beyond the Super Bowl
In a year filled with uncertainty, Goodby Silverstein & Partners found a way to stay busy, efficient and creative. While working from home, the team churned out two highly ranked Super Bowl campaigns, brought on 14 new pieces of business, notched an 88% pitch-win rate and retained all of its clients and revenue. While many agencies underwent layoffs, San Francisco-based GS&P escaped that fate by instead implementing tiered pay cuts for anyone making more than $100,000.
About the year 2020, the agency says in its entry: “It was personal.”
“The people at the top took the biggest salary cuts of all,” says Derek Robson, president and managing partner of Omnicom Group’s GS&P. “We took them earlier than everybody else and we came out of them later than everybody else. It was a clarifying moment where it felt like we were in this together.”
Salary cuts were restored after three months, once the agency started winning business due in part to its Brand Camp offering, a month-long strategic sprint open to clients and potential clients, where brands and agency leaders brainstorm together to develop quick marketing solutions. This helped GS&P secure partnerships with brands including Kraft Heinz’s Lunchables and Just Crack an Egg and add business from existing clients like Comcast.
The year, however, was marked by more than the pandemic: As protests and racial unrest swept the country, Goodby stepped in with “Not a Gun,” a campaign for the Courageous Conversation Global Foundation, an organization dedicated to elevating racial consciousness through interracial healing. Its powerful film shows the absurdity of how a candy bar in a white person’s hand can turn into a gun when in a Black person’s hand. Internally, 61% of Goodby’s new hires in 2020 were people of color, compared to 32% of new hires in 2019, bringing the agency’s overall staff to 30% POC.
Another driver for GS&P was its in-house production studio, Elevel, which allowed it to adapt quickly. Within the first four months of the pandemic, Elevel created 84 TV ads, and all of the agency’s clients put out new work, ultimately leading to the studio doubling its revenue in 2020.
Its projects included a BMW campaign, “Calm Wash,” that encouraged viewers to enjoy, ASMR style, the tranquility of a car wash, which took on new meaning during the chaos of COVID. It also launched two Sam Adams spots featuring the Boston Beer brand’s new there’s-one-in-every-family character: “Your Cousin From Boston,” a hapless and hilarious New Englander who unabashedly if ill-advisedly speaks his mind (with a heavy Boston accent) and always brings Sam Adams wherever he goes.
The campaign was created as Sam Adams was looking for a different approach to its marketing.
“In the past we focused on educating drinkers on our process and ingredients,” says Sam Adams Director of Marketing Matt Withington. “We were looking to do something that was decidedly different and connected with younger drinkers in a meaningful way. Goodby really encouraged us to embrace our Boston roots.”
The result was a 5% bump in sales for the Sam Adams brand overall in 2020 (undoubtedly also helped by the popularity of beer during the pandemic) and a 7.6% lift in sales for its seasonal brands.
The new Sam Adams campaign was initially delayed by the pandemic, says Jeff Goodby, co-founder of GS&P. “We had shot a couple of commercials in Los Angeles and we were cutting them together when COVID started,” Goodby recalls. “We were like, ‘These are kind of inappropriate now, people are not socially distanced, they don’t have masks on. It’s weird.”
So Elevel staffers wiped the Cheetle dust off their hands and went to work. In less than a week, they had shot, edited and produced three comedic short films that featured “Your Cousin From Boston” having conversations with his Beantown buddies.
“The star, Greg Hoyt, was at his in-law’s house in Austin,” Goodby said. “Luckily his wife is actually a good camera person. She set the camera up and we were shooting the scenes From San Francisco at our kitchen tables, which was crazy but fun.”
The videos became an instant hit, even inspiring a “Saturday Night Live” skit starring comedian Bill Burr.
Expect to see more of this campaign interjected into culture; for example, its most recent video shows the cousin character getting vaccinated.
Culturally relevant commercials are a hallmark at GS&P, which took fourth place in the USA Today Ad Meter with “The Cool Ranch” that featured an epic dance battle between rapper Lil Nas X and cowboy icon Sam Elliott set to Nas’ hit “Old Town Road.”
“That mashup of country and hip-hop was such a big trend we wanted to not only be a part of it but then also create culture as well,” says Margaret Johnson, chief creative officer and partner at GS&P. It was one of four spots from GS&P in the Big Game—the others were for Frito Lay’s Cheetos and Doritos, as well as PepsiCo’s SodaStream and Pepsi.
But Super Bowl ads are only part of the equation. GS&P followed it up with a #CoolRanchDance challenge in collaboration with the AI-powered app, Sway, that seamlessly superimposed your head onto that of a grooving body, so you appear to move just like the stars of the spot.
“I believe people want to participate with brands,” says Bonnie Wan, partner and head of brand strategy at GS&P. “That’s the new era of what a modern brand is, they give people ways to be a part of [a brand’s story].”
In 2021, Goodby followed last year’s Cheetos Super Bowl commercial that featured MC Hammer (see Cheetle dust reference above), with another nostalgia-driven TV spot that featured actor couple Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher mimicking the “It Wasn’t Me,” song by Shaggy, including a cameo by the singer himself. It also deflated Matthew McConaughey in “Flat Matthew” for Doritos, both of which made it to the top 10 in the Ad Meter.
“Your Cousin From Boston” made an appearance in the 2021 Super Bowl as well, with a commercial that spoofed Budweiser’s traditional Clydesdales TV spots. What was originally a $700,000 regional buy received $12 million in earned media, according to GS&P.
“I got emails from the Bud people we used to work with that were like, ‘You’re going to rot in hell for this,’” Goodby says jokingly.


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Tata Motors on Wednesday reported a 38 per cent jump in the total passenger vehicle domestic sales at 29,778 units on a year-on-year basis, while the auto giant's total domestic sales grew 21 per cent at 58,073 units YoY.
In the passenger vehicle category, the company's internal combustion engine vehicle sales stood at 28,027 in November 2021 vs 21,228 in November 2020. It's a growth of 32 per cent YoY. In the electric vehicle segment, Tata Motor's domestic sales grew a whopping 324 per cent YoY to 1,751 units as compared to 413 in November 2020.
"Tata Motors Limited sales in the domestic & international market for November 2021 stood at 62,192 vehicles, compared to 49,650 units during November 2020," a Tata Motors statement said.
In the commercial vehicle category, Tata Motor saw a 15 per cent jump in sales at 32,245 in November 2021 as compared to 27,982 in November 2020.
"Total MHCVs sale in November 2021 including M&HCV Truck, Buses and International Business stood at 9,505 units, compared to 6,340 units in November 2020," the company said.
Commercial vehicle exports saw the highest 124 per cent rise on a YoY basis at 3,950 units in November 2021 vs 1,764 units sold in November 2020. Small commercial vehicle category cargo and pickups saw no change at 15,747 units sold in November 2021.
Tata Motors sold 6,266 medium and heavy commercial vehicles, and 5,099 units of intermediate & light commercial vehicles, recording a 10 per cent and 27 per cent rise in sales YoY, respectively. Passenger carriers saw 73 per cent YoY growth in sales at 1,183 units.
The Tata Motors stock is trading Rs 11.25 or 2.45 per cent up at Rs 469.85 on the NSE today.
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Volkswagen AG, trying to put a massive emissions-cheating scandal behind it, has asked a U.S. judge to reject a lawsuit by Wyoming potentially seeking more than $1 billion in additional penalties for environment damages.
The ruling could help decide whether other environmental claims against VW brought by about 15 states and some counties in Texas will go forward. In total, VW could faces billions of dollars in additional costs.
Volkswagen has agreed to spend up to $25 billion to address claims from U.S. owners, environmental regulators, states and dealers, and offered to buy back about 500,000 polluting U.S. vehicles. The company pleaded guilty in March to intentionally cheated on emissions tests.
The current issue is whether federal law preempts most states from filing environmental enforcement suits against automakers.
VW lawyer Robert Giuffra told U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in a court hearing in San Francisco on Monday “you run the math on the Wyoming penalties. It would be higher than the (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) penalty Volkswagen paid, which was $1.45 billion,” according to a transcript of the hearing released on Tuesday.
Volkswagen has settled with Wyoming and most other states over consumer claims for more than $600 million but not over environmental matters.
Federal law allows California and states that adopt its emissions rules to enforce vehicle rules. Volkswagen has settled environmental claims with most of those states.
Giuffra said that allowing Wyoming to bring its own lawsuit would be “unprecedented” and if the state won “it would make it impossible in the future for auto manufacturers to actually enter into the kinds of global settlements that Volkswagen did.”
Elizabeth Morrisseau, Wyoming senior assistant attorney general, urged Breyer to reject Volkswagen’s argument. “This case really comes down to … a struggle between Congress telling the states, You don’t get to design cars, but you do get to control how they work on your roads,” she said.
Breyer expressed skepticism over Wyoming’s arguments. The fact that no similar case had been brought is “a yellow flag, not a red flag,” he said.
Last week, U.S. regulators approved a fix for 326,000 older 2.0-liter Volkswagen diesel cars. The fix includes hardware and software upgrades, including replacing an emissions catalyst.


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Take A Chic Peek At Kimora Lee Simmons’ New Reality Show House of Fab
Kimora Lee Simmons’ fabulosity is returning back to the small screen.
For four seasons, from 2007 to 2011, Kimora let fans inside her world courtesy of the Style Network reality series, Kimora: Life In The Fab Line. Now, the Baby Phat creator is opening the doors once again in the forthcoming reality show, Kimora: House Of Fab. But, don’t expect to see Kimora’s ex-boo Djmon Hounsou inside that fab abode. According to the starlet, the show will focus on Kimora’s work and life as a mother to daughters Ming Lee and Aoki Lee (fathered by ex-husband Russell Simmons) and baby Kenzo (with Hounsou).
“My businesses have evolved a bit,” said Kimora. “My former life is gone. I have sold all of those companies from my prior life, and my new project is JustFab.com. This is all about fashion and the tech sector, and how I have married fashion to the tech aspect, and that’s a big thing. This is an office environment with more of an ensemble. It is more like The Office or Ugly Betty. It is a team of people at all times, with lots of coming and going. It is less of my kids and my personal side.”
Kimora: House of Fab premieres Jan. 23 at 9 p.m. on the Style Network.


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Rumor: Britney To Attend Christian Auidiger Fashion ShowOctober 12, 2008
Is Britney reuniting with trendy fashion designer Christian Audigier for a clothing line? Not yet! But according to new reports, Britney will be attending a party Audigier is hosting this week!
According to MarketWatch.com, Britney, along with stars such as Heidi Klum, Kim Kardashian, Tara Reid and Mekhi Phifer, will be attending the launch of Christian Audigier’s Spring 2009 Collection.
The event will be held on the main stage at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week this Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. at Smashbox Studios in Culver City.
Britney is no stranger to events hosted by Audigier, including attending his 50th birthday bash at the Peterson Museum back in late May. Audigier has been very kind to Britney, including sending her tons of free clothes and accessories, as well as making custom toy cars for Preston & Jayden for their big birthday bash several weekends ago. OH, and it was way cool of them to send me a sick hoodie and sparklie skull hat.
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FIFA U-17 World Cup: Demand for tickets highest in Guwahati followed by Kolkata
FIFA U-17 World Cup tournament director Javier Ceppi says this could be the most watched FIFA youth event ever.fifa u17 world cup 2017 Updated: Oct 05, 2017 22:20 IST
On a wet Sunday and with the city hung over after the Durga Puja, the cluster of umbrellas growing from a huddle to a queue outside a ticket counter at the Salt Lake stadium was quite a sight.
A box office had opened for the FIFA U-17 World Cup and demand for tickets seemed strong.
Over the next four days, the queues got longer. Even before a ball is kicked, FIFA, it was learnt, is expecting an average turnout of 15,000, nearly 6,000 more than what it was in Chile two years ago. And that could be a conservative estimate.
The final is sold out meaning 66,687 should be in attendance at Salt Lake stadium on October 28.
Speaking to officials connected with the World Cup, Hindustan Times has learnt that Kolkata and Guwahati have seen the biggest spike in ticket sales.
Goa has been the worst followed by New Delhi where approximately 27,000 tickets have been sold for Friday’s opening games. Hosts India will play in the Capital, in Group A.
For the first day in Mumbai, over 32,000 tickets had been sold but this was before the third phase ended.
An official connected to the event said for a stadium with a seating capacity of 23,000, Guwahati has already sold 18,000 tickets for the group games and 20,000 for the semi-final on October 25.
“It seems we will sell out for the opening games at all venues, and if this trend continues, perhaps end up breaking attendance records across all FIFA youth tournaments ever,” said Javier Ceppi, tournament director for the local organising committee.
Ceppi said tickets for 14 match days have already been sold out in phase three which began on July 21 and ended on October 5. Tickets in this phase were offered at a 25 percent discount. Tickets in the fourth and final phase are now available at the marked price.
“The response from the fans has been fantastic,” said Ceppi.
Tickets have been available online from May 16 with a 60 percent discount.
First Published: Oct 05, 2017 20:12 IST


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* Ford competing with Japanese brands on quality -study
* Toyota, Honda dominate top of Consumer Report ranking
* Chrysler lags; only Ram pickup truck recommended (Adds Chrysler comment)
By Soyoung Kim and Bernie Woodall
DETROIT, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co (F.N) has made the most progress in improving vehicle quality among major automakers, while Chrysler ranks at the bottom of the industry for reliability, according to an annual Consumer Reports survey released on Tuesday.
Asian automakers dominated the magazine’s influential list of recommended vehicles, with Toyota Motor Corp’s (7203.T) Scion ranked the top brand followed by Honda Motor Co’s (7267.T) flagship brand. Toyota’s flagship brand placed third.
Ford ranks as the only U.S. automaker that is competing with Asian brands with “world-class reliability,” Consumer Reports said.
About 90 percent of Ford’s vehicles achieved average or better reliability, the study showed.
Ford’s Mercury brand ranked tenth for reliability -- the only U.S. brand to make the top 10 list. The Ford brand ranked 16th and Ford’s luxury Lincoln brand ranked 20th.
“Ford definitely has closed the gap,” said Rik Paul of Consumer Reports. “We started seeing that a couple of years ago. We didn’t know at that time if it was a fluke or if it was something they were going to be able to maintain. Last year, they were still there and this year, they are still there.”
In contrast, Chrysler’s three brands all slipped further in the ratings. The Jeep SUV brand ranked 30th, with Dodge just behind and the Chrysler brand dead last in the ranking.
Consumer Reports said more than a third of Chrysler models through the 2009 model year were “much worse than average.”
Chrysler spokeswoman Jodi Tinson said the carmaker has heightened emphasis on quality in the past 18 months, which has cut its warranty claims by 30 percent.
“Eventually, Consumer Reports and other metrics will start showing improvements,” said Tinson. “It will take some time because we are living with the past.”
Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy on June 10 by completing the sale of most of its assets to a new company led by Italy’s Fiat SpA FIA.MI. Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne, who also heads Fiat, will announce on Nov. 4 a five-year business plan for turning around the No. 3 U.S. automaker, including new product plans.
Steve Rattner, the former investment banker who headed the Obama administration’s restructuring of GM and Chrysler, said last week that officials were divided about whether Chrysler could be saved, in part because Consumer Reports did not recommend any of its vehicles.
For the new report, the magazine endorsed one Chrysler vehicle, the four-wheel-drive version of the Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck.
“It did well in (our) road tests and rates average in reliability,” the magazine said.
Many analysts say Chrysler desperately needs new vehicles to steer its faltering operations toward recovery. Chrysler’s U.S. sales plunged 42 percent in September from a year ago.
Marchionne said recently he was surprised at the lack of product development done by Chrysler’s previous owners, Cerberus Capital Management [CBS.UL] and Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE), in the two years before his arrival in June.
“Chrysler, well, they’re not bringing out a lot of product. You have to bring out product to improve,” Paul said.
NEW GM MODELS ENCOURAGING
General Motors Co’s [GM.UL] flagship Chevrolet brand, which accounts for more than 60 percent of GM’s U.S. sales, ranked 25th on the list.
The No. 1 U.S. automaker emerged from bankruptcy in July backed by some $50 billion in U.S. taxpayer funding. GM is counting on sales gains at Chevy at a time when it is selling Saab, Hummer and winding down Pontiac and Saturn.
The magazine said that 20 of GM’s 48 models have average reliability scores. The automaker has a number of “strong contenders” just released or in the pipeline, but it was too early to have reliability data on them.
“We have seen some of their newer models doing better so we do think perhaps they are on the right track,” Paul said.
Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS), the only major automaker to increase sales in a slumping U.S. market this year, ranked eighth, unchanged from last year.
Besides its influence with car shoppers, the annual report is used by major automakers as a proxy for their performance in improving and maintaining vehicle quality.
Consumer Reports is published by the nonprofit Consumers Union and does not accept advertising. The publication’s “predicted reliability” study for new model vehicles is based on an average of consumer ratings of the same model in the recent years.
This year’s report on auto reliability was based on consumer feedback on more than 1.4 million vehicles, Consumer Reports said. The reliability results will be published in the magazine’s December issue, which goes on sale next week. (Reporting by Soyoung Kim and Bernie Woodall, additional reporting by David Bailey; editing by Matthew Lewis and Andre Grenon)


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HORECA Kuwait, the annual hospitality and foodservice event, ended on March 8, 2023, with great feedback from guests and exhibitors.
The three-day trade show attracted over 5,000 visitors from Kuwait and the entire Arab region to explore a wide variety of products and services, as well as attend talks and watch live competitions. In total, more than 100 exhibitors and over 20 international guests were present.
Kuwait is, today, firmly on the hospitality and foodservice map and a top business meeting place for professionals. Indeed, HORECA Kuwait’s 11th edition was rich in new products and innovations, spotlighting opportunities for business owners, suppliers, buyers and distributors.
HORECA Kuwait hosted HORECA TALKS, a series of conferences aimed at tackling a variety of hot topics in hospitality and F&B. Organized in collaboration with Hodema consulting services and Hospitality News Middle East, the program of talks comprised: “Hoteliers’ debate: what to expect from Kuwait’s hospitality sector in 2023”; “Serving up hot trends and the latest F&B concepts in Kuwait”; “Food tech and beyond: what’s cooking in Kuwait?”; and “The great hospitality race: franchising versus homegrown brands in Kuwait.” In addition, three competitions were held, namely the Hospitality Salon Culinaire, the Barista Competition and the Bed Making Competition.
Nabila Al Anjari, general manager of Leaders Group, said that HORECA Kuwait has always championed hospitality and F&B in Kuwait, and remains a key platform for professionals to network and do business.
Similarly, Joumana Dammous-Salamé, managing director of Hospitality Services and co-organizer of HORECA Kuwait, expressed her joy and pride in seeing the event grow over the years. She pointed out that HORECA would always be a place for professionals to meet, do business, explore and create exceptional memories.
Mohamad Najia, executive director of Leaders Group for Consulting and Development, co-organizer of HORECA Kuwait, highlighted the importance of the exhibition for Kuwait’s hospitality and foodservice market. He added: “The exhibition has been really successful over the years. The first edition gathered together 25 participants. Today, 11 years later, that number has grown to almost 80 companies, which means that the hospitality and foodservice industries are buoyant in Kuwait”.
HORECA Kuwait returns to Kuwait International Fair from January 15-17, 2024.


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Facebook on Tuesday has announced its new cryptocurrency Libra. This designed to allow the billions of users on its platform, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to send and receive payments with no banking intermediary. The token which is a stable coin and notably differs from the likes of Bitcoin is targeting those people in a region where they could not access traditional banking services, in a move that’s likely to prove a significant disruptor in the money transfer market.
This was speculated for some time that the Facebook was working on cryptocurrency, tied to its blockchain, until now, we’ve had little in the way of detail.
What need know about the Libra? It named after the Roman weight measurement, is Facebook’s new stable coin that will let the user send a money transfer with Libra to another user across all Facebook network. Libra needed is a digital wallet to send and receive funds – the system does not rely on any traditional banking methods. Facebook wants to bring crypto currencies to the mass internet user and mark By 2020 send and receive payments across Facebook and WhatsApp realistic
Facebook has finally made the announcement of its new cryptocurrency Libra, this designed to allow the current billions of users on its platform to send and receive payments with no banking intermediary.
The token which is a stable coin and notably differs from the likes of Bitcoin, is specifically targeting those people in a region where they could not have access to the traditional banking systems, in a move that’s likely to prove a major disruptor in the money transfer market.
It was in the news for some time that Facebook was working on form of cryptocurrency just like bitcoin, tied to its own blockchain, until now, we’ve had
All the same, before you recall the wild price inconstancies of Bitcoin, Facebook’s cryptocurrency is a stable coin, as we speculated would be the case in a few months ago. The value of Libra stabilized to fiat currencies, like the dollar or euro, and will, therefore, be protected against wild pitches in value. It functions more or less like Bitcoin, which is seen like every other digital currency as it is an asset, and more like a digital token – it represents ‘real’ money for day-to-day business as usual.


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- Alarmcom will be releasing earnings for the most recent quarter on May 10.
- Analysts predict earnings per share of $0.308.
- Go here to watch Alarmcom stock price in real-time ahead of earnings.
On May 10, Alarmcom is reporting latest earnings.
8 analysts predict earnings of $0.308 per share as opposed to earnings of $0.390 per share in the same quarter of the previous year.
Wall Street is expecting sales of $207.3 million, an increase of 0.90% over the prior year quarter.
Analysts estimate earnings of $1.53 per share for the current fiscal year. Last year, the company earned $1.95 per share.
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Huge opal, bigger than a brick, sells for nearly $144,000 at Alaska auction
Dubbed the ‘Americus Australis,’ it weighs ore than 11,800 carats and is one of the largest gem-quality opals in existence, according to the auction house that handled the sale.
JUNEAU, Alaska — A gemstone describled as one of the largest gem-quality opals in existence has been sold for $143,750 at an auction in Alaska.
The opal, dubbed the “Americus Australis,” weighs more than 11,800 carats, according to the auction house, Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals.
It has a storied history. Most recently, it was kept in a linen closet at a home in Big Lake, north of Anchorage, by Fred von Brandt, who mines for gold in Alaska and whose family has deep roots in the gem and rock business.
The opal is bigger than a brick and is broken into two pieces, which von Brandt said was a practice used decades ago to prove gem quality.
Von Brandt said the stone has been in his family since the late 1950s, when his grandfather bought it from an Australian opal dealer named John Altmann.
Von Brandt said that, for decades, the opal was in the care of his father Guy von Brandt, who decided it had been “locked up long enough, that it’s time to put it back out in the world and see what interest it can generate.”
“He entrusted me to figure out which direction we wanted to go to part with the stone,” von Brandt said.
He said his family, with roots in California, exhibited the stone at gem shows for years, until the early 1980s. His father then branched out into furniture and displayed it at his shop. Guy von Brandt eventually moved to Oregon and kept the stone “kind of tucked away” for many years, his son said.
Von Brandt said he brought it with him to Alaska over a year ago as he weighed the best approach to a possible sale.
Nick Cline, a partner and appraisal specialist with the auction house, said the family has documentation of the provenance of the opal. As part of his research, he contacted Fiona Altmann, granddaughter of John Altmann and general manager of Altmann + Cherny in Sydney, Australia.
Altmann said her grandfather, in his business dealings, made regular trips to Europe and the United States.
The auction house said the stone was discovered in the same field in Australia as the opal known as the “Olympic Australis,” which weighs 17,000 carats and is on permanent display in Altmann’s shop. The Olympic had been among the stones that John Altmann and partner Rudi Cherny acquired in 1956, according to Altmann’s company.


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Books retail giant, Borders, has released its e-reader device called Kobo and introduced an eBook delivery service. The content is hosted in the cloud.
The reader features a 6-inch screen and is made by global eBook company, Kobo, a business Borders own in partnership with global retailers.
Kobo also powers the eBook service.
At a launch event in Sydney, Borders showed off the Kobo. It holds 1000 eBooks with its default memory.
Priced at $199, it is being pitched as a cheaper alternative to Amazon’s Kindle e-readers which start from $US259.
The retailer has partnered with over 100 publishers to bring more than two million titles into eBook format. They can be downloaded from the Borders website. All titles use the ePub standard, which means it is compatible with multiple devices including iPhones, iPads, Blackberrys and various Android phones.
Content can be downloaded directly onto iPhones and iPads through a Borders app.
One eBook can be accessed across all compatible devices at no extra cost. On average, an eBook costs up to $15.
Content is hosted internally by Borders.
REDgroup Retail, owner of Borders Australia, was upfront about its ambitions to topple Amazon’s dominance in the online books market.
The online merchant site is popular around the world and its Kindle e-reader was met with great fanfare when it was released last year.
“We are the eBook store for Australian eBook readers,” REDgroup managing director, Dave Fenlon, said. “Today is the first day in our journey to build the most complete eBook offering for readers.”
The Kobo reader has no option for Internet access and requires a desktop connection for books to be uploaded onto it.
Stephen Cane, a REDGroup director, said in-store kiosks for Kobo owners to procure eBooks from Borders outlets was a possibility.
“There are already kiosks today for customers to look at books online so I’m sure it will happen in due course,” he said.
Cane said the eBook platform was unlikely to have any overtly negative effects on Borders retail outlets.
“We look at overall sales,” he said. “Certainly the experience in the US so far is that e-readers are increasing the number of book readers so it’s a good thing for the industry. It is the reason why we are going into this and keeping our bricks and mortar stores.”
The Kobo e-reader is available from Borders retail stores and www.borders.com.au.
More eBooks will be released in due course.
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