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Microsoft has toughened its criteria for classifying programs as adware and gave developers three months to conform with the new principles or risk having their programs blocked by the company's security products.
Tesla Motors accounts are protected only by simple passwords, making it easy for hackers to potentially track and unlock cars, according to a security researcher.
A new commercial tool designed to allow cybercriminals to easily transform legitimate Android applications into malicious software has hit the underground market, paving the way for cheap and easy development of sophisticated Android malware.
Tumblr now allows users to encrypt their connections with the microblogging service, but the feature is only offered as an option for now.
Over the past several months security researchers have found serious vulnerabilities in many mobile advertising libraries that could be exploited to abuse the permissions of Android apps or to execute unauthorized code on users' devices. The risks re...
A team of malware developers is preparing to sell a new ransomware program that encrypts files on infected computers and asks victims for money to recover them, according to a volunteer group of security researchers who tracked the development of the...
A third-party advertising framework integrated in hundreds of Android apps contains a vulnerability that could allow hackers to steal sensitive information from users' phones, according to security researchers from antivirus firm Bitdefender.
Yahoo will start encrypting the webmail sessions of its users in early 2014 by making HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) standard for all Yahoo Mail connections.
Although the number of malicious browser extensions has significantly increased in the past year many security products fail to offer adequate protection against them, while others are simply not designed to do so, according to a security researcher.
Android malware is following in the footsteps of Windows malware with attackers adopting some of the same distribution and monetization techniques despite the major differences between the platforms.
Mobile ad networks can provide a loophole to serve malware to Android devices, according to researchers from security firm Palo Alto Networks who have found new Android threats being distributed in this manner.
A feature that allows Android users to authenticate themselves on Google websites without having to enter their account password can be abused by rogue apps to give attackers access to Google accounts, a security researcher has revealed.
Bitdefender has released a Windows application designed to help users secure sensitive Web-browsing sessions, especially when they shop or bank online. The application is called Safepay and a free version is available to home users.
LinkedIn's domain name was temporarily redirected to a third-party server Thursday, which resulted in a service outage and potentially put user accounts at risk of compromise.
British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) reportedly intercepted the electronic communications of foreign politicians during G20 meetings that took place in London in 2009.
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By Claire • NewsCred Blog • Mar 01, 2012
Through the lens of 2012, Christian Marclay's "Telephones, 1995" almost seems quaint. A 7.5 minute compilation of movie clips of Hollywood stars winding radial dials, punching keys, being startled, interrupted, awoken by a chorus of ringtones, arrives with the analog neatness of Nick@Nite.
Today, these clunky telephones rarely exist outside of movies. Somewhere between 1995, the year Coolio topped the charts with "Gangsta's Paradise," and today, America went wireless, digital, flip, 3G, 4G, i. According to recent studies published by Nielsen and Pew Internet, nearly 50 percent of American adults now own a smart phone. Among 18 to 24-year-olds, this number climbs to 66 percent.
In an age of Skype, GChat and WhatsApp, the idea of being tethered to a wall, as Marclay's characters are, feels particularly old-fashioned. Coupled with the penetration of tablet devices (29 percent of adults now own one), it's downright prehistoric.
Radical shifts in the telecom industry separate "Telephones, 1995" from the present moment, but the anxiety, pregnant pauses, hushed voices, laughter and delight registered by Marclay's characters are timeless. The tethers may now be invisible, but our bond to communication is stronger than ever. As a Sept. 19 study by Pew Internet revealed, 18 to 24-year-olds send an average of 109.5 texts each day.
As Vivian Schiller, chief digital officer at NBC News, pointed out at a discussion on connective mediaat the Cornell Club in Manhattan Feb. 23,
“As responsible journalists, we have to be there. We have to be everywhere the audience is. To say that we will hold fast to the old business models because that is how we know how we make money is a fool’s errand. To use another cliché, you cannot stop the tide."
America is a mobile-to-mobile, nights-and-weekends, rollover country whose phones are getting smarter by the minute. Brands and news outlets who keep that in mind -- who are everywhere to all people -- will be the ones whose best days, unlike Coolio's, aren't stuck in 1995.

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Digital TV News: Octoshape
LAOLA1.tv selects Octoshape for premium OTT video delivery
Mar 5, 2015 – Octoshape has announced today that LAOLA1.tv, the international online sport TV channel has selected Octoshape Infinite HD™ to support high quality OTT delivery to its growing customer base.
News categories: Octoshape, LAOLA1.tv, Michael Koehn Milland, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, Streaming, Worldwide
Dish Mexico selects Octoshape for multiscreen OTT streaming
Feb 10, 2015 – Dish Mexico has announced that they selected Octoshape for the expansion of Dish content within Mexico. Dish Mexico is the first broadcaster in Mexico to offer live and on-demand, multiscreen broadcast services over the Internet.
News categories: Octoshape, Dish Mexico, Michael Koehn, Carlos Miranda Matzumoto, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mexico, Mobile, Satellite, TV Everywhere
ProSiebenSat.1 selects Octoshape to broadcast OTT IPTV channels
Sep 11, 2014 – Octoshape has announced that ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, Germany’s largest privately held, commercial television and pay TV operator, has selected Octoshape’s broadcast solutions for expansion into Europe and overseas markets.
News categories: Octoshape, ProSiebenSat, Michael Koehn, Marcel Mohaupt, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, Germany, IBC2021, Streaming, Worldwide
CSTV selects Octoshape to power OTT service for Samsung devices
Aug 18, 2014 – Octoshape has announced that Chinese Satellite TV Communications Group (CSTV) has selected Octoshape to power 'FainTV' its mobile video streaming service in Taiwan. The service will later launch in Hong Kong and Mainland China.
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How China Could Dodge the Fallout From a Trade War With TrumpBloomberg News
Majority of biggest China exporters to U.S. are Taiwan owned
Diverse ownership means China not as assailable as 1980s Japan
The collateral damage from any U.S.-China trade fight would likely spread far beyond the markets of Asia’s largest economy, according to Nomura Holdings Inc.
Among the top 25 exporters from China to the U.S., more than 80 percent are owned by companies outside the mainland, according to a study by the Tokyo-based bank. While some manufacturing stocks face greater risk, the diversity of ownership means China itself isn’t as vulnerable as Japan was in the 1980s, when most of its big exporters were Japanese and Washington imposed curbs similar to those now being flagged by President Donald Trump, Nomura says.
“A trade war between the U.S. and China could very well equally, if not more, impact stocks listed in Taiwan, Korea and the U.S.” wrote Nomura’s chief of China equity research Wendy Liu and analyst Erin Zhang. “China’s case is more complex than Japan’s experience in the 1980s.”
Taiwan owns a majority of the biggest exporters to the U.S., which include Quanta Computer Inc.’s Shanghai-based unit, Tech-Com, and Pegatron Corp.’s Maintek Computer and Protek, the Nomura data show.
Investors have been bracing for more information from Trump, who talked of boosting tariffs on imports into the U.S. and labeling China a currency manipulator while campaigning for the presidency. A majority of investors polled by Nomura expect some kind of spat over trade between the world’s biggest two economies, with companies in industries that have large trade surpluses with the U.S. likely to be the target of penalties, based on Japan’s experience.
President Ronald Reagan slapped tariffs on Japanese items including motorcycles and TVs during the 1980s, and engineered a stronger yen via the Plaza Accord. His administration also lobbied to remove barriers in areas where the U.S. was competitive. China is currently the biggest source of U.S. imports, with its share of about 21 percent similar to Japan’s stake in the mid-1980s, Nomura said, citing International Monetary Fund data.
“Trade volume between China and the U.S. is huge,” Chen Deming, China’s former commerce minister, told reporters Monday on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in Beijing. “Both of us will be weakened and wounded by a trade war, and the global community will also be damaged.”
Companies that make machinery and transport equipment are among those with the most to lose if trade tensions escalate, because China accounted for more than 20 percent of U.S. imports in 2016 in those sectors, according to Nomura.
The bank flagged 18 stocks listed either on the mainland or in Hong Kong with more than 10 percent of sales coming from North America that chiefly manufacture outside of the U.S. They included Sichuan Chengfa Aero-Science & Technology Co., a Chengdu-based maker of aircraft parts, wigmaker Henan Rebecca Hair Products Co. and Intel Corp. supplier Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.
Because American companies generally have greater access to China’s market today than they did to Japan’s in the 1980s, that means they have invested more in country and are “making good money” in China, the Nomura analysts wrote. That limits the chances of a damaging trade war.
There are three key things to watch, in Nomura’s analysis -- U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s trade agenda, the April Treasury Department foreign-exchange report where the U.S. will decide whether to dub China a currency manipulator, and the future of the Sino-American framework for economic dialog, which under President Barack Obama saw annual meetings of top economic policy makers.
“China’s case has more parties owning a stake than Japan in the ’80s, which means that the odds of a trade war are lower than otherwise,” the Nomura analysts concluded. Even so, “only a minority of investors in Europe and Asia believe that reconciliation between the U.S. and China is likely without a trade war,” they wrote.
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"Panera Bread has finally completed its mission to make its menu 100% 'clean,' cutting all 96 additives and ingredients the company identified on its "No No List" two years ago.
Panera first announced its plan to cut all artificial ingredients in May
2015. With the completion of its promise, Panera became the first
national chain to complete such a commitment."
Ron Shaich, CEO states the following on the company's achievement:
"What the leadership at Panera spends its time working on, is figuring
out where is the world going to be for our guests in the next two to
five years, and making sure Panera is there when it gets there."
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Street Pizza at Bread Street Kitchen in St Paul’s, and York & Albany in Camden, have become well known for their bottomless pizza offerings, where guests can enjoy as many slices of pizza as they want for £15.
Both restaurants have now launched an exciting new offering – a slice of takeaway pizza and a drink for just £2.50!
Guests can now take away a generously sized slice of freshly made pizza, alongside a soft drink including Coke - the perfect weekday lunch or quick snack when you haven't got time to sit down and dine.
Pizza flavours include the classic margherita; pepperoni; corn, chorizo and chicken; and vegan aubergine. Daily specials will also be available.


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Don’t expect any character roster DLC for Dead or Alive 5.
Unlike Capcom, NetherRealm Studios and Arc System Works, Team Ninja apparently won’t be offering extra characters as DLC for its latest fighting game.
“We don’t feel that it’s right for fighting games,” Team Ninja boss, Yosuke Hayashi, told VideoGamer when asked for his opinion on on-disc DLC during E3. “We feel like this is a kind of sport, and you don’t change the rules for sports. Everybody plays by the same rules. You don’t have a 14-player soccer game versus an 11-player soccer game. That’s just not fair.”
“It’s a similar thing to if certain people have all these characters and others don’t. It makes it an unfair game, and we don’t think that’s the right way to go for fighting games,” he continued, before adding, “we have no plans to sell characters as downloadable content.”
Hayashi concentrates on the balancing and production issues roster DLC represents, but it can have profound PR effects as well. Capcom has recently faced a deluge of criticism following the release of Tekken X Street Fighter, which locked away a sizable portion of its cast as on-disc DLC. The title didn’t reach Capcom’s sales expectations, but the Japanese publisher put that down to the crowded fighting game market.
“Balance is extremely important, and it’s also very hard to do,” continued Hayashi. “Even with over 20 characters that’s still a real challenge. If we had 50, how much more time would [we] need to balance the game? It gets that much harder to get it right, and it’s already very difficult to get right.”


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CMYUK to host last open house of 2022
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There will be three time slots available on both days
CMYUK has announced its last open house event for 2022.
The event will take place on 23 and 24 November at its Shrewsbury demonstration and training facility for customers eager to explore the world of digital wide format print production.
There will be three time slots available on both days – 9.30am to 1.00pm, 2.00pm to 5.00pm, and an out of hours session between 6.00pm and 10.00pm for those unable to attend during standard working hours.
CMYUK’s entire portfolio of production equipment will be on display with brands including EFI, Canon, Epson, Mimaki, Kongsberg, Klieverik, and Trotec.
Highlights include EFI’s Pro 32r+ roll-to-roll UV LED printer, the new EFI Vutek FabriVU 340i+ 3.4m dye-sublimation with in-line fixation, the EFI Vutek h5 3.2m 8-colour+white, hybrid UV LED printer, the Canon Colorado 1650 next generation UVgel printing technology with instant switchable flexible matte and gloss ink, the Mimaki JFX200-2513 EX UV LED Flatbed printer and the Mimaki UJV55-320 3.2m UV LED roll-to-roll printer.
The day will also showcase the Mimaki UJF-6042 MkII A2 flatbed printer with the Trotec Speedy 400 laser and engraving machine, alongside Epson’s new SureColor SC-R5000 1.6m wide water-based, odour free printer.
Also on display will be the Kongsberg digital cutting tables alongside workflow and automation software solutions. Workshops will be available throughout both days for RasterLink7 advanced RIP software featuring variable data printing and the Fiery XF proServer scalable turnkey digital production RIP


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The Intivity Center at Jackson, MN, is now open for visitors to walk through interactive displays on AGCO’s history and the history of some of its brands like Massey Ferguson and Challenger. The visitor center is free and open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. except holidays. Jay Mulso is manager of the AGCO visitor center. For more information, visit http://jackson.AGCOcorp.com .
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THE Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed new research, which shows an apparent ‘dramatic’ improvement in the payment habits of main contractors.
Data gathered by Build UK has revealed that around half of large construction firms now claim to be paying their sub-contractors within 30 days.
While some firms are paying in under 25 days, Build UK said there was still a small number of poor performers, but that the improvement in average payment among the country’s top 34 large contractors had allayed fears the pandemic would prompt a return to bad habits.
The survey showed that the average payment period had improved by four days in the last six months to 30.4 days, which means sub-contractors are being paid on average 15 days faster than when Build UK first started gathering payment data in July 2018.
Build UK’s deputy chief executive Jo Fautley said this proved that ‘construction is serious about changing the way it does business’.
BESA is now urging main contractors and other large construction players to keep up the momentum to bring down payment periods still further.
“Late payment has been a severe drain on cash flow in our sector for many years forcing a number of perfectly well run companies out of business,” said Debbie Petford, the association’s director of legal and commercial.
“Building services firms are facing challenging conditions created by rising inflation and supply issues, so keeping the cash flowing is more crucial than ever – particularly for smaller businesses. There is plenty of work out there and our members are, generally, seeing turnover moving in the right direction, but that makes it even more important that they get paid on time so they can continue to invest in people and processes to be able to deliver projects promptly and on budget.”


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AVAD Carrying Nest Protect Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm
The recent purchase of Nest Labs by Google for $3.2 billion apparently has not altered Nest’s go-to-market strategy for integrators
According to a study by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), 73 percent of smoke alarms that failed to activate during home fires had dead, missing or disconnected batteries. Irritating and confusing beeps remain the chief cause of owners disabling their smoke alarms.
The Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide alarm uses a voice that identifies where the specific problem is, and allows those nearby to acknowledge the alert with a wave of the hand, which prompts the device to quiet down. It also sends messages to the owner’s phone if the batteries run low.
“AVAD is proud to offer Nest products because they give serious thought to the design and improvement of once-forgotten pieces of technology that are now cornerstones of the connected home,” says Hugh Hughes, director of merchandising at AVAD. “Nest Labs earned the Consumer Electronics Association’s Best of Innovations Award in the Eco-Design and Sustainable Technology category for their excellent product development and engineering. The Nest Protect is a revolutionary step forward in home automation and monitoring.”
The Nest Protect monitors heat, carbon monoxide and smoke. The product’s multiple features and settings can be controlled and monitored directly from the Nest app on iOS, Android and on the Web, according to the company.
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Rappers need to get their lives together, because the feds don’t play. Compton rapper, Guerilla Black, born Charles Williamson, was arrested Thursday (July 12) on charges of credit card fraud. U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan announced that the 33-year-old, known for his vocal likeness to the Notorious B.I.G., was taken into custody on a 22-count indictment from the Western District of Washington.
Black is accused of purchasing the stolen cards which were retrieved by hacking into computer systems, in two Seattle area business establishments.
“Today’s arrest shows that criminals cannot hide in cyberspace. We will prosecute all parts of the criminal gang – regardless of where they may be,” said Drukan. “I commend the cyber investigators of the Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force for making sure that all the participants — from the hackers to the end purchasers of stolen data — are held accountable.”
Aside from Black, 22-year-old David Benjamin Schrooten of the Netherlands, and Christopher A. Schroebel, 21, of Keedysville, Maryland, were named as co-conspirators and have been indicted and arrested for hacking into computers to obtain the credit card information.
An investigation concluded that customers had their credit car information stolen within minutes of making purchases at a local restaurant and a supply company. Black communicated with his cohorts via email, requesting to purchase “dumps” of stolen cards in “bulk.” Clearly very picky about his criminal activity, Black indicated that he wanted “freshly stolen” numbers to make it harder for customers to realize what was going on.
The list of charges he faces include conspiracy to access protected computers to further fraud, two counts of accessing a protected computer without authorization to further fraud, and six counts of access device fraud.
He was scheduled to make his initial appearance in a Los Angeles court sometime today.
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Reuters Market Eye - Jubilant Foodworks (JUBI.NS) falls 2.1 percent after Morgan Stanley downgrades the stock to "equal-weight" from "overweight", following recent out-performance in the shares and an absence of near-term catalysts.
The investment bank says the Indian operator of Domino's Pizza will face increased competition in the delivery business from Pizza Hut.
Morgan Stanley also recommends investors book profits given Jubilant had surged 78 percent as of Friday's close compared with a 23 percent increase in the Nifty.
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In a larger sense, these two stories are quite related:
The Dayton Police Department is lowering its testing standards for recruits.
Police in Roanoke, Virginia, shut down a shopping mall because they mistook an umbrella for a rifle.
OK, everybody, watch very, very closely. There may be a test. (Though failing it will not be held against you -ed.)
This, is a rifle:
If you carry one of these through a department store you look like Machine Gun Kelly.
This, is an umbrella:
If you carry one of these through a department store you look like Gene Kelly.


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A mysterious Twitter user posted photos of the alleged iPhone 6 casing, which displayed a wider screen and a curved design.
The new set of photos is one in a series claiming to be the actual iPhone 6 design.
The user, mornray866, has not revealed the source of the images or explained why many of the phones are shown in plastic bags.
Apple has refused to comment on the details of the upcoming phone, though there are plenty of rumors to supplement its silence.
Some speculate that there will be three different models of the iPhone 6. The first will be a 4 inch 1136x640 (326 ppi) display for the cheapest iPhone. The second will be a 4.7 inch 1920x1080 (440ppi) display called the iPhone Air. The third will be a 5.5 inch 2272x1280 (510 ppi) display called the iPhone Pro.
The new iPhone will allegedly include a new camera module from Sony to improve the quality of pictures taken from its front facing camera.
The new phones are expected to be revealed at Apple’s annual developer conference in June, where the firm typically makes new product announcements.
If announced, the iPhone 6 is expected to go on sale within weeks of the conference.


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Xiaomi in Indonesia
Indonesia is one of the countries where the Chinese company is most successful. Senior vice president at Xiaomi Corporation, Wang Xiang, wrote on Twitter that the company was the second-most sold smartphone brand in Indonesia. With the help of their exclusive distribution partner Erajaya they were able to further increase their offline sales and support their flagships Redmi and Pocophone F1. By concentrating their brand growth in Indonesia, where the number of smartphone users is estimated to grow to almost 90 million in 2022, Xiaomi has emerged as one of the world's best smartphone manufacturers.
Smartphone market in Indonesia
As several studies show, the Indonesian smartphone market is still on the rise. While some big players such as Huawei and Apple only have plans to invest in the Indonesian smartphone market in the future, Samsung, Xiaomi and Oppo have already started to meet Indonesians’ need to be constantly online. In 2018, the number of social media users in Indonesia amounted to over 80 million and is still expected to grow. With an increasing mobile internet user penetration, as well as increasing online advertising spending, the future for the smartphone market in Indonesia looks promising.


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Tesla Birth Watch 13: Tesla Jumps the Shark?
In Tesla Birth Watch 3, TTAC reported that Tesla pulled the proverbial wool over the drug-crazed eyes of the Woodward & Bernstein quality reporters at VH1, convincing them that the Roadster was real and on the road. Readers of Wired Magazine, however, are way too, uh, wired to be fooled by Tesla's press releases (which usually announce that announcements will be announced soon). Wired News has released its annual Vaporware Awards and – surprise – the Tesla roadster comes in ninth place. The eds introduce the losers thusly: "It's time again to inhale the fumes of failure." Reader nominations and hundreds of votes helped Wired sort out "the top 10 honorees for the 2007 Podium of Shame." And talk about shame: Tesla, the car company being run like a tech startup, can't even persuade the tech newsies that it's got its act together. Didn't the dot-com bubble burst in part because companies were making promises about tech they couldn't deliver? At least we've got internal combustion to fall back on.
Nah, the Tesla can't get much worse. Its just that the Prius could do better. (and I'm sure it did)
I don't buy this, its only the transmission, story. If that were truly the case, why wouldn't they abandon the 2 speed transmission at this point? And why did they kick Eberhard out of the company entirely? I think there have to be serious problems at Tesla to justify the continuing delays and management shakeup.
Damn it Tesla, get your act together. Jennifer and I are supposed to go up to the mountains this weekend...I'm supposed to score! Hopefully my dad didn't loan our car to Biff again...


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Despite declining revenue due to the pandemic, Whitbread PLC and its major hotel brand Premier Inn are poised to benefit from pent-up demand with a plan to reopen all properties by the end of July.
DUNSTABLE, England—With only about a third of its hotels open, Whitbread PLC’s performance has taken a hit in the first quarter due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but CEO Alison Brittain said she is starting to see a pick-up, thanks to pent-up travel demand.
In a first-quarter trading update, the British hotel firm reported on 10 June it raised £1 billion ($1.25 billion) in new capital with a fully underwritten rights issue that issued one new share for shareholders’ every two.
Brittain said this puts the firm in a strong position as the United Kingdom increasingly comes out of lockdown measures.
Approximately 270 (33%) of Whitbread’s U.K. hotels have reopened, and Brittain stated the majority of the remainder will do so before the end of the month.
She added the firm is seeing renewed demand, especially as the U.K. reopens hotels and restaurants. The majority of Whitbread’s assets, mostly Premier Inns, are located in the U.K.
Whitbread did not hold a conference call with analysts to discuss the Q1 trading update, in which it reported comparable total revenue declined 79.4% in the first quarter from the same period in 2019.
In notes accompanying the results, Brittain said “it is still very early days and, therefore, too early to draw any conclusions from our booking trajectory, especially as there has been volatility in hotel performance in other countries that relaxed controls before the U.K.”
In Germany, all of its 19 hotels are operating again, 13 of which rebranded to Premier Inn and completed full renovations during the lockdown.
Analysts said a return of corporate business will be essential for Whitbread.
“The problem is (Whitbread) only has 15% (of its hotels) in ‘tourism’ spots, so (it needs) urban travel or things like weddings to come back before they can recover,” said Alex Brignall, partner, transport and leisure, at Redburn. “They also have a big exposure to business, as do all hotels, so if that doesn’t come back, which I think is a likely outcome, they are in trouble.”
Richard Clarke, senior analyst at Bernstein, said the expectation is that every Whitbread hotel will reopen.
“That is likely better than the wider market, where we would expect some hotels never reopen. However, compared to the wider market Whitbread skews to business travel, over leisure, where currently there is greater uncertainty,” he said.
Stefano Bertolini, analyst at Jefferies, said Whitbread’s hotel portfolio stands to benefit from drive-to demand.
“(Approximately) 90% of Premier Inn’s demand is domestic, and with staycation at the top of the agenda and drive-to markets expected to recover sooner, we think Whitbread will recover quickly. We believe that leisure will recover sooner than business, and Whitbread's 50/50 business/leisure mix is more favorable than the industry 65/35 mix,” he said.
Monique Pollard, director of equity research at Citi, said that “given only (approximately) 20% of the Premier Inn estate is in London, weaker performance of large cities should be less of a drag than for some other operators in the space.”
As of press time, Whitbread’s stock was trading on the London Stock Exchange at £23.33 ($29.22) per share, a decline of 51.9% year to date. The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index was down 38.1% for the same time period.


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Samsung Display is expected to be the big winner when Apple makes its expected move to AMOLED displays in at least one 2017 iPhone model says a report from Wednesday.
China’s new rules for app and smartphone providers likely means Apple will be facing more scrutiny from the Chinese government in the coming months.
Florida Resident Sues Apple for $10+ Billion, Claims iOS Devices Infringe on his Drawings Circa 1992
Florida resident Thomas S. Ross has filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming Apple’s iOS devices infringe on his 1992 invention “Electronic Reading Device” (ERD).
Apple has announced their quarterly earnings report for the fiscal third quarter of 2016 will be released on Tuesday, July 26. The announcement will be followed at 2:00PM Pacific by an investors conference call.
Apple is likely to face more patent battles in China, as The WSJ reports three Chinese companies, Huawei, Qualcomm and ZTE, sit atop the rankings for the most international patent filings.
Apple Joins in San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade – Gives Pride Apple Watch Bands to Participating Employees
Apple once again participated in San Francisco’s LGBT Pride Parade in San Francisco earlier today, with a number of Apple employees, led by Apple CEO Tim Cook, participating in the parade.
Apple has released a developer beta of Safari 10 that works on OS X Yosemite and El Capitan.
Apple has confirmed that it is discontinuing its Thunderbolt Display, which first debuted in 2001 and hasn’t received an update since then.
Apple has announced that it will open its fifth retail store in Hong Kong on Thursday, June 30, at 10AM local time.
It was discovered earlier this week that the first beta of iOS 10 includes an unencrypted kernel, which has allowed users and researchers access to the operating system’s inner workings.
Apple has released a new version (7) of the Safari Technology Preview. The experimental browser allows users to test features that may eventually be included in the release version of the Safari web browser.
It turns out Shenzhen Baili, the Chinese company that last week managed to get a Beijing patent office ruling that the iPhone 6 copied its own 100C phone smartphone, has all but gone out of business.
If your kids aged 8-12 are already bored with summer vacation, click on over to the Apple website later this morning and sign them up for this year’s Apple Camp sessions.
U.S. customers who purchased e-books from Apple, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other e-book sellers should begin receiving payouts on Tuesday, as part of the $450 million settlement Apple agreed to pay after being found to have conspired to fix e-book prices.
A new report indicates Apple may be getting ready to phase out their non-Retina display 13-inch MacBook Pro. Several Apple retail stores around the U.S. are reportedly no longer making that model available for customers to try out.
The on-again, off-again idea of Apple opening company owned retail stores in India appears to be on-again, as the Indian government on Monday announced some changes to its rules on foreign direct investments in the country.


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Last week consumers of organic produce got their knickers all in a knot over news reports of pesticide residue being found on “organic” produce. Now, I thought that we all knew by now that purchasing organic produce didn’t guarantee avoidance of pesticides. Apparently not.
Just a reminder… Organic food is not grown in isolation. There are pesticides in the soil, the rain, the air. Organic foods are not shipped and sold in isolation. There are many stages at which they may become contaminated with pesticides. Indeed, organic foods may also have pesticides deliberately applied during the growing process. Pesticides are allowable in organic farming, provided that they are not synthetic. For a list of permitted substances in organic farming see this from the Government of Canada.
Before we all give-up on organic produce, it’s worth considering a couple of things. One, it appears that the number of samples was quite small (the image at the bottom of the CBC article shows a sample size of 30 for the grapes). This could mean that the numbers are not an accurate reflection of the state of pesticide residue in produce in Canada. Two, only 1.8% of organic samples exceeded allowable limits for pesticides; 4.7% of non-organic samples did. In fact, less than half of the samples of organic produce tested positive for pesticides at all. While 78.4% of non-organic produce tested positive. Considering the numerous opportunities for organic produce to becomes contaminated with pesticides the number showing residue is actually quite small.
Yes, you’re taking a risk that your food is going to be contaminated with pesticides. That risk is present whether you choose organic or not. However, that risk is considerably greater if you choose non-organic produce. It’s also worth taking into consideration that by choosing organic produce you’re choosing to have fewer synthetic pesticides put into the environment. Over time, this may mean that your organic food will be less and less likely to be contaminated with synthetic pesticides.


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There’s little doubt that H&M’s glossy marketing initiatives generate significant consumer buzz. But what impact do they have on the bottom line?
A poster-child of the supermodel era, which he helped construct, the career of fashion photographer Sante D’Orazio seemed to burn out prematurely as a result of the excesses and pressures of the times. But with a new show at Christie’s, D’Orazio is staging his comeback and cashing in on some of his iconic images.
Céline has become one of the most copied fashion brands on the planet and every critic’s favourite. What’s more, it has sales revenue to support the hype. How long can it can last?
What makes Los Angeles so appealing to a wave of young fashion brands? It’s not the local garment district but the city’s location outside the fashion industry bubble.
Following the arrival of Louis Vuitton’s super-sized “Maison” on London’s Bond Street in 2010, the thoroughfare will soon be home to a slew of high fashion megastores, transforming the once-quaint street into a larger-than-life global luxury showcase.


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Toyota News Roundup: Week of 11/23
It’s been another week of interesting Toyota news, and Toyota of Orlando is here to give you the roundup! Check it out below.
Toyota Crown to retire: The Toyota Crown is a popular sedan produced and distributed only in Japan (so you won’t see it at Toyota of Orlando). However, although it’s been a cornerstone of the brand since 1955 and has 15 generations in the books, it’s about to be retired. It’s rumored that it’ll be replaced with a new Toyota SUV with the same nameplate.
2022 Toyota Tundra spy photos released: Here at Toyota of Orlando, we’re pretty excited that the 2022 Toyota Tundra will be completely redesigned (it’s been ten years since the last major update!). Spy shots were recently released of this fan favorite and here’s what we’ve gleaned from them. It looks like everything is going to be upsized – the doors, the cab, the mirrors, everything. It’s taller, too, and possibly even a bit longer. The front end is larger and sports a much different grill, giving it a hugely different appearance than past iterations, and the hood is much flatter and has an abrupt end. We also know that it’ll showcase a 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 hybrid under the hood.
Armored Toyota Land Cruiser can drive over mines: SVI, a South African company that specializes in armored vehicles, has created a new armored war machine based on the Toyota Land Cruiser called the SVI MAX3. It has an all-steel body that can deflect assault rifles and anti-personnel mines, as well as high-load rims and tires, a bigger rear anti-roll bar, and stronger suspension. It can seat up to 8 people and the best news? You can buy the parts and accessories from Toyota dealerships in South Africa if you’ve got a cool $100k lying around.
2022 Toyota GR 86 is getting a fresh look and performance: The 2022 Toyota GR 86 is about to be redesigned for a fresh look and enhanced performance and just like at its inception, it’ll be very similar to the Subaru BRZ (which is also being redesigned). We don’t know much about what it’ll look like on the exterior, but we do know that this Orlando Toyota sports car will use a 2.4L engine that’s horizontally opposed and naturally aspirated. It’ll offer 228 horsepower and 184 lb-ft of torque.
Toyota envisions autonomous fueling vehicle: We all know that Toyota is innovative in every sense of the word, but they still surprise us when they come up with something this cool. The automotive giant is now envisioning autonomous fueling vehicles – i.e., vehicles that bring the fuel to you while you’re out on the road so you don’t have to stop at a gas station. And even cooler, they could refuel gasoline cars, diesel vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell cars, and even electric cars. All the driver would have to do is put their info in, select their fuel types, and fuel is on its way.
That’s it for this week – stay tuned for more Toyota news updates! And stop by Toyota of Orlando to see any and all of our innovative new cars in person. We’re located just off I-4 across from the Millenia Mall at 3575 Vineland Road!


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Loblaw is selling its network of 213 gas stations and attached convenience stores to a unit of TSX-listed Brookfield Business Partners for $540M.
The grocery chain announced the news in a release Wednesday morning. Brookfield plans to convert all of the stations to the brand name Mobil, which is well known in the U.S. and elsewhere but not in Canada thus far.
All of the stations are located next to Loblaw-owned retail grocery stores and they will continue to offer the company’s loyalty program, PC Points.
The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of this year.
It’s the second major move in the gas station industry to be announced in recent days, as Parkland Fuels announced earlier this week that it would be buying Chevron’s line of Canadian stations for almostÂ $1.5 billion.
And last year, Imperial Oil sold its remaining 497 Esso retail stations in Canada to five buyers for a total of $2.8 billion. Parkland was also one of the purchasers in that deal.


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The Fiji Sugar Corporation has secured its first Fairtrade accredited sugar sale for this year, a development that will benefit its Fairtrade Agreement and grower members.
FSC Board Chairman, Vishnu Mohan confirmed this at the conclusion of FSC’s August board meeting in Lautoka noting that the sale is for 15,000 tonnes of raw sugar that will be shipped by the end of this month.
“The Fairtrade sale is destined for Europe, and will earn a premium of nearly $2 million, which will be paid equally and directly by the buyer to our three Fairtrade Associations in Fiji,” he said.
“Further opportunities are being evaluated by FSC for the benefit of our growers, and with assistance from the European Union, a Fairtrade market survey is underway to help in identifying new Fairtrade opportunities.
FSC will continue to pursue this unique benefit for Fiji.”
The FSC also announced that its 2018 bulk sugar export program is well underway and due to load its first cargo this month for the United Kingdom and European markets.
A consecutive loading and shipment is scheduled in September for the American quota, with the next cargo in November, likely for the Chinese market.
“Depending on the final volume of sugar manufactured, a fifth and final cargo is being scheduled for the first quarter of 2019, possibly destined for Japan or China,” Mohan noted.
The FSC’s three mills in Lautoka, Ba and Labasa have produced a total of 26,608 tonnes of sugar as of July 31, 2018, compared to 26,341 tonnes for the same period last year.
Sugar recoveries are steadily improving and to date TCTS (tonnes cane per tonne sugar) is approximately 10.5 – similar to 2017, but on track to reduce below the 2017 seasonal average of 9.1.
“I make special mention of the good progress that has been made financially in 2018. FSC will report a further reduction in its net loss for the 2018 financial year,” Mohan added.
“In addition, positive earnings before interest and depreciation will be reported, compared to the negative results reported in previous years. Key to this achievement has been the month-on-month improvements in cost control throughout the company, and better working capital management.”
This year’s annual forecast also showed signs of improvement, with Mohan confirming that cane yields to date noting some 7 per cent above estimate.
“Should this trend be maintained, then 1.75 million tonnes of cane could be harvested in 2018.”
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BEIJING (TheStreet) -- China Saturday reported a $7.24 billion trade deficit in March.
It was China's first monthly trade deficit since April 2004, when the country's imports exceeded its exports by $2.26 billion, according to an
China had been expected to report a trade deficit in March, and at least one Chinese official had publicly predicted one. But the size of the March trade deficit significantly exceeded many economists' expectations, the report noted.
The news may take some pressure off China, which is under fire from trading partners for not letting the value of its currency rise against the dollar, the report noted. Critics say China's currency controls give its exports an unfair advantage.
But the deficit is not likely to last. Zheng Yuesheng, chief of the customs agency's statistics department, said China's trade balance likely will return to a surplus soon, the report said.
This article was written by a staff member of TheStreet.com.


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The tech executive caught wind of the campaign Monday, replying to Donaldson's tweet calling the campaign "cool" and inquiring "where are the trees being planted" and "what kind of trees."
YouTube is also planning on matching the next million dollars donated to TeamTrees through the YouTube donate button, Donaldson wrote in a tweet.
According to the campaign's website, one dollar is equivalent to one tree, and the trees will be "planted in a variety of forests on public and private lands in areas of great need."
Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk casually promised a massive contribution to a YouTuber's tree-planting campaign, announcing the donation via tweet.
Donaldson replied to Musk's tweet, calling him "Treelon Musk," which prompted the Tesla CEO to change his Twitter name to "Treelon" and make his profile picture an image of a forest.


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Cryptocurrency shiba inu up over 100% in 7 days
The dog-themed cryptocurrency shiba inu (SHIB) hit an all-time high of $0.0000594 on Wednesday, marking a jump of over 111% in the past seven days. Though the price point may be tempting, experts say investors should make sure they know what they’re buying first.
“Before investing in any cryptocurrency, it’s important to understand what you’re investing in and the associated risks, not just hype around it,” said Douglas Boneparth, a financial planner and president of Bone Fide Wealth.
SHIB is primarily considered an altcoin, which refers to cryptocurrencies aside from bitcoin. Cryptocurrency can be very volatile and speculative in general, but experts say these qualities are exaggerated in altcoins.
“Altcoins like SHIB are primarily community-based, meaning their success is largely dependent on the success and growth of its community instead of its utility,” Boneparth said.
Brett Harrison, president of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX US, echoed the need for caution.
“Many altcoins can be extremely risky and may not have any inherent investment value, and retail investors should not trade these assets without research and due diligence,” Harrison said.


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That’s right, a Ford GT500KR is being offered at a hefty $154,991 ($79,995MSRP) on eBay. It comes equipped with a supercharged 5.4L V8 that generates 540hp and 510 lb-ft of torque. Auction page. Continue reading for a video of the development vehicle. Click here for first picture in gallery.
What’s even more insane is that we know people will not only buy the KR, but they will pay tens of thousands of dollars over MSRP just to have one. The only question was how much dealers would try and gouge. That question has been answered.


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Nintendo promised fans that, during a 35-minute live stream, they will get an in-depth look at the brand new DLC fighter coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. But many fans guessed that just announcing that the live stream is coming Jan. 16 was enough of a leak for us to guess that the new character will be Dante. Here's why fans were speculating that he'll soon be a DLC fighter and who the actual fighter is.
Many believed Nintendo accidentally leaked that Dante is the new 'Smash' character.
According to Nintendo's tweet, the livestream, hosted by Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai, would "feature an in-depth look at an upcoming DLC fighter". Which is good timing on their end, considering that they promised the new fighter would be a part of the game by February 2020.
Speaking of timing, though, the timing of the livestream had fans thinking that they've already cracked the code. Earlier in January, Capcom producer Matt Walker shared a video on Devil May Cry's Twitter, saying that, "We know this game holds a very special place in all of your hearts and so we wanted to show our appreciation. I guess you could say that we were feeling a little motivated to add a little something extra that we think you're all really going to like."
He went on to say, "So here are the key dates for you to circle on your calendar to check back for more info. Jan. 16. Jan. 30. And Feb. 13." Fans immediately couldn't help but notice that Jan. 16 just happens to be a big day for Capcom and for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
But Matt accidentally added even more fuel to this theory.
In the video, the initial announcement is that Devil May Cry is coming to the Nintendo Switch. While that may sound like it doesn't have that much to do with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate except that Super Smash Bros. is a Nintendo property just like the Switch is, it actually holds a deeper meaning.
A year ago, fans were already asking for Dante to be a part of Smash and Devil May Cry boss Hidaki Itsuno kind of squashed those rumors that he would appear in the game during an interview with VG247. He said that, because all the other characters in Super Smash Bros. already appeared games for Nintendo platforms, he didn't think that it was possible to have a Devil May Cry character show up as a fighter just yet.
"Devil May Cry has never been on a Nintendo platform. So it seems like the first thing to do would be to get Capcom to put Devil May Cry on a Nintendo platform in some way, shape or form – whatever game that might be,” Hidaki said. He ultimately concluded that, while he's open to the idea of having Dante in Smash, Devil May Cry would have to come to the Nintendo Switch first.
You know, like how Matt just confirmed that Devil May Cry 3 was? And how we saw it's predecessors make their way over to the platform throughout 2019? It seemed like maybe Nintendo and Capcom were leading up to Dante in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate this whole time.
However, the real fighter is Byleth.
According to the livestream, the new DLC fighter isn't Dante at all. It's actually Byleth from the Nintendo Switch role-playing game Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
And it's a little awkward because the overall response was disappointment from fans who had been expecting Dante. Especially because fans had been saying that they didn't want any more Fire Emblem characters in the game. Hopefully Byleth can convince them that just as good a fighter as the rest and belongs in the Smash House.


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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit has reduced by 5.52 per cent in the period from July to November this year as against the same period last year.
The data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows that trade deficit has gone down to $7.743 billion in July-November 2013 as compared to $8.195 billion last year after a 3.10 per cent increase in exports and 0.77 per cent decrease in imports.
However, the trade deficit in November 2013 against the same month last year increased by 7.95 per cent with deficit rising from $1,711 million in November 2012 to $1,847 million in November 2013.
Figures show that the trade deficit increased in November this year than the previous month. Exports stood at $1,804 million in November against $1,864 million in October this year, registering a decrease of 3.22 per cent. Likewise, imports stood at $3,651 million in November as compared to $3,281 million in October this year, reflecting an increase of 11.28 per cent.
The data shows that exports witnessed a decrease of 4.85 per cent in November this year against the same month last year. The total goods exported in November this year stood at $1,804 million as compared to $1,896 million in the same month last year. Likewise, import of the goods registered an increase of 1.22 per cent in November this year against the same month of last year. The total goods imported in November 2013 stood at $3,651 million as compared to $3,607 million in the same month last year.


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Rams Owner Stan Kroenke has purchased The Village at Westfield Topanga.
The Kroenke Organization purchased the mall for $325 million from owner Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield.
The Village was built in 2015 and offers 600,000 square feet of retail and dining outlets.
Unibail had said in 2021 it planned to sell all 24 U.S. properties by the end of 2023.
This deal did not include Westfield Topanga, which is still undergoing a massive renovation, however, Unibail sold the Promenade Mall to Kroenke’s group for $150 million earlier this year. The entitlements for The Promenade already included approved plans for a stadium, but there is no word on how involved The Rams will be on the property. Kroenke also purchased the old Anthem property in Warner Center in 2022.


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It is estimated that 54.1 million people use Roblox daily. Because it enables users to design and develop their very own video games with the help of Roblox Studio, this gaming platform is viral among kids.
According to Wesgro, the company chose Roblox to capitalize on the known influence that young people have on family vacations. As part of its marketing campaign, it will bring to life in a gaming format a series of instructional games with a focus on the natural world that features some of the most popular tourist spots in the Western Cape.
It will begin with a “Climb Table Mountain” experience and will highlight child-friendly places while highlighting the remarkable diversity of Cape Town’s natural spaces. Wesgro thinks that CapeTown, as the technological capital of Africa, ought to be digitized.
According to a new study conducted by Expedia, the world’s youngest generation significantly impacts family travel. The study found that up to 87 percent of parents allow their children to have input in planning family vacations. A third of millennial parents in the United States even provide their children with full.
“Generation Alpha,” or people born after 2010, are the children of millennials, so they have grown up with technology and the know-how to use it well. Roblox smartly takes advantage of this market by providing players with an immersive game experience.
The world is changing, but Wesgro’s CEO, Wrenelle Stander, says that the company is ready for it.”In a world where immersive digital activities have already created a captive audience, our game will allow children to learn about the great biodiversity of the area.
This includes gaining knowledge about the King Protea, our national flower, as well as the more than 1,460 distinct types of plants, of which 300 are considered critically endangered. In terms of animal life, certain species, such as the Leopard Frog and tortoise, dassies, and the elusive Cape fox, will receive a lot of special attention.


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Pizza Palooza set for Jan. 19 to benefit Relay for Life
The sixth annual Pizza Palooza, sponsored by the Relay For Life of Monroe County, will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 19 at the River Raisin Banquet Center, 8 N. Monroe St. The event has an open-house style.
All-you-can-eat pizza will be served along with salad and beverages. Treats will be sold at a bake sale. The event is popular. Last year's drew 280 attendees.
Diners can vote for their favorite local pizza place. Last year, 13 area restaurants brought pizza. Pope's Pizza was last year's winner.
The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 4-8 and free for children younger than age 4. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.
“While Pizza Palooza is all-you-can-eat, please be mindful and respectful to others coming in behind you that also paid to eat. We are asking that you only take one slice of pizza from each restaurant per trip to the pizza stations to ensure there is enough for all our guests to sample each restaurant’s offerings,” organizers said.
Parking is available across the street in the St. Mary’s Park parking lot.


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Five UK Online Casino Operators Face Licence Review
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LONDON, September 19, 2013 – NewVoiceMedia, a global provider of cloud contact centre solutions, has secured $35m in a Series C round of funding led by new investor Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) an
LONDON, September 19, 2013 – NewVoiceMedia, a global provider of cloud contact centre solutions, has secured $35m in a Series C round of funding led by new investor Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) and joined by existing shareholders Highland Capital Partners Europe, Eden Ventures and Notion Capital.
The investment will help fuel the company’s international growth and closely follows the opening of its new regional headquarters in North America and Asia Pacific. The business is growing at more than twice the rate of the rapidly expanding cloud contact centre market according to industry analyst DMG Consulting, and has doubled its number of staff over the last year to meet increased demand for its technology.
NewVoiceMedia’s market-leading cloud solutions are instantly deployable and provide unique and patented routing capabilities, enabling businesses of all sizes to deliver a personalised and unique customer experience, quickly and securely. The company now serves thousands of agents in 30 countries on five continents, including Parcelforce, QlikView, DPD, SHL Group and Topcon Positioning Systems.
Alex Ferrara, partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, comments, “We have been interested in the potential that an emerging player has to disrupt the massive contact centre market globally. NewVoiceMedia really stood out to us with its full suite of true cloud, multi-tenant, contact centre capabilities, built entirely in-house. Combined with a clear vision, strong leadership and relentless focus on excellent customer service, their unique approach has laid the foundation for extremely rapid growth.
“Bessemer Venture Partners believes cloud computing is the most significant trend in the software industry of the decade. We are actively seeking to expand our portfolio of European cloud vendors and consider businesses with a compelling proposition, at all stages – from seed to growth”.
Jonathan Gale, CEO of NewVoiceMedia, comments, “It’s an exciting time to be involved in the contact centre industry as it transitions rapidly to the cloud, as the CRM software market did led by Salesforce. Traditional on-premise contact centre technologies, with their closed and expensive solutions, are in decline – replaced by more flexible, available and integrated cloud solutions that are driving an evolution in customer services. All of our investors share our commitment to our mission as we continue to innovate ahead of the competition and further increase international adoption of our world-class solution”.
Jim Hinson, director of Technical Support at Topcon Positioning Systems, comments, “NewVoiceMedia has offered us an outstanding service – from its fast deployment, to subsequent support and its trust site where performance data is publicly available. Its ContactWorld solution has enabled us to deliver an intensely personalised service, thereby enhancing the customer experience, while improving satisfaction in our contact centres. We now have fully scalable telephony and the flexibility to handle calls from any location”.
For further information, please visit www.newvoicemedia.com.
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NewVoiceMedia is a leading provider of true cloud contact centre and voice solutions, enabling businesses of all sizes to deliver a personal and unique customer experience, quickly and securely. Customer service is the lifeblood of any organisation and NewVoiceMedia’s ContactWorld for Sales & Marketing and ContactWorld for Service make every customer interaction a great experience.
Service availability and security are critical attributes of the cloud. NewVoiceMedia guarantees 99.999% service availability, and transparently backs that up with a Trust Site (http://www.newvoicemedia.com/trust), which offers real-time data on how its services are performing.
Established more than 10 years, NewVoiceMedia has 200+ customers in 30 countries with over 300 call centres on five continents covering most industry sectors. Customers include Topcon, PhotoBox, DPD, Lumesse, QlikTech, Cunningham Lyndsey, SHL Group and Parcelforce.
For further information, please visit www.newvoicemedia.com.
About Bessemer Venture Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) invests in early-stage, hyper-growth startups, partnering closely with entrepreneurs to build durable businesses. BVP is a global firm with offices in Menlo Park, Cambridge, New York, Mumbai, Bangalore, Herzliya and Sao Paolo. With $4 billion under management, BVP invests anywhere from $100,000 to $75 million in innovative companies like LinkedIn, Yelp, Skype, CornerstoneOnDemand, Pinterest, Box and Twilio. Over 100 BVP companies have gone public – last year alone BVP had 5 IPOs, 7 M&A exits, and 20 new investments. Learn more at bvp.com and twitter.com/BessemerVP.
About Highland Capital Partners Europe
Through a dedicated pan-European growth equity technology fund, Highland Capital Partners Europe embraces Highland Capital Partners' global mission of helping great people build great companies. Highland Capital Partners was founded in 1988 and has raised over $3 billion of committed capital. Highland has backed a number of companies that have been recognised as leaders within their industry categories, including: Altiga Networks, Avid Technology, CheckFree, Conor Medsystems, eToys, lululemon athletica, Lycos, MapQuest, Ocular Networks, Qihoo 360, Quattro Wireless, Quigo Technologies, Starent Networks, Sybase, Telica, Vertica Systems and VistaPrint. For more information, visit www.hcp.com.
About Eden Ventures
Eden Ventures invests in technology companies in the telecommunications software, enterprise software, SaaS, digital media, e-commerce, Internet, social media and mobile sectors in Europe. As serial entrepreneurs, Eden’s partners bring the highest levels of expertise in building early stage technology companies. In addition Eden brings a strong investment track record, offering potential for high returns in this exciting sector. Eden adds significant sales and marketing, organisational and financial focus and capabilities to the existing inherent technology value of its portfolio members. For more information, visit www.edenventures.co.uk.
About Notion Capital
Notion is a venture capital firm focused on high potential businesses in the Cloud Computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) markets. The Notion team has unique expertise and experience in the Cloud Computing market having founded, built and exited two highly successful businesses in the space – Star and MessageLabs. Companies within Notion’s portfolio include Brightpearl, eSellerPro, Shutl, The Currency Cloud, Ideo, Duedil and Tradeshift. For more information, visit www.notioncapital.com
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Shares of the beverage giant have trended positively following a fourth-quarter earnings report that was largely in line with estimates. PepsiCo stock has been helped by a boost to the dividend that will take it to an annual rate of $3.82 per share from $3.71.
PepsiCo's plus-side move is in stark contrast to Coke, which saw its stock slump by more than 8% on Thursday after a disappointing 2019 forecast that cited a stronger dollar as a chief concern.
"This [operating income] can mostly be attributed to worsening currency headwinds, increases in net interest expense and an increase in our tax rate in 2019," Coca-Cola vice president Tim Leveridge told investors on Thursday. "The dollar strengthened throughout 2018, creating year-over-year currency headwinds at the current spot rates."
Leveridge added its issues were exacerbated by a hawkish Fed into the close of the year.
"Collectively, the total headwind represents a 3% to 4% impact to revenue and a 6% to 7% impact to operating income for the full year," Leveridge said. "At the same time, the Federal Reserve increased its benchmark rate four times in 2018, once every quarter, putting upward pressure on our interest on floating and refinanced debt, even before contemplating any further potential hikes in 2019."
PepsiCo has acknowledged this impact in its similarly conservative guidance, but seems to have mitigated this risk more effectively.
"While adverse foreign exchange translation negatively impacted reported net revenue performance, our underlying organic revenue growth accelerated in the second half, and we ended the year with 4.6% organic revenue growth in the fourth quarter," PepsiCo chairman and CEO Ramon Laguarta said in a statement on Friday morning.
Promoting some optimism, Laguarta noted that PepsiCo will look to invest and steal share from its arch-rival while the James Quincey-led company is ailing.
"In 2019, we aim to capitalize on the momentum we have as we enter the year and to continue to invest in the capabilities that will better position us for success for years to come," Laguarta said.
The investment could serve as a strong catalyst to regain market share form Coke, specifically in North America, where it has lagged its rival in sales growth. Pepsi posted 2% growth in North America against Coke's more bubbly 7.4% figure.
To be sure, the investments will cause a bit of a hit to PepsiCo's growth in the near term as it tries to outpace Coke.
"Our 2019 EPS performance is expected to be impacted by incremental investments that are intended to further strengthen the business, lapping a number of 2018 strategic asset sales and refranchising gains and an increased core effective tax rate in 2019," Laguarta said.
The tempered guidance appears to have been factored in by the market, as PepsiCo's 1.4% decline after Coke's earnings announcement seems to have taken the sting out of PepsiCo's report.
To join in as new CEO Laguarta pilots an earnings call sans Indra Nooyi for the first time at 7:45 a.m. and explains the expected investments in 2019, click here.


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SHoP’s Essex Crossing Mega-Market Will Be One of Largest in the Nation
The $1.1 billion Essex Crossing project will be a 1.65 million-square-foot, mixed-use mega-development anchored by 1,000 residential units and a mix of cultural, community, and retail facilities. Of course, a project of this magnitude is not without controversy, and perhaps the biggest debate was over the loss of the 75-year-old Essex Street Market. But new details have emerged on how the market will actually be expanded and transformed into one of the five biggest markets in the country, according to Curbed. Known as the Market Line, the bi-level space designed by SHoP Architects will cover 150,000 square feet and connect three sites along Broome Street. It will be a foodie/retail promenade with a floating garden, beer hall, galleries, tech incubators, and, according to renderings, an outpost of Smorgasburg.
Citing the current food hall craze in the city, the Lo-Down notes that “New York still lacks a true public market on the scale of the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia or Pike Place Market in Seattle.” Therefore, the Essex Crossing developers wanted to create “a place where all New Yorkers would come to shop, an amazing environment, a destination for the community, a place where they could get everything.”
The Market Line will have 40-foot-tall glass walls, 60-foot-high ceilings at the western end holding the Essex Street Market (which will double in size to 30,000 square feet), a 9,000-square-foot garden space atop the market, 3,000-square-foot beer hall, and boutiques, artisans, and galleries. Most of the market stalls will be between 150 to 350 square feet, catering to startups and independent businesses. The first floor will be underground and therefore uninterrupted, while the second floor will have breaks for the street crossings. Site Two, the first phase of the market, is expected to be completed in 2018, but construction won’t commence on the second phase until 2017.
- REVEALED: What the Development Replacing the Essex Street Market Could Look Like
- First Four Essex Crossing Buildings Revealed
- Last Low-Rise Buildings Along Delancey Street Will Likely Be Razed for Condos
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A logo of Dell Technologies is seen at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman
(Reuters) – Dell Technologies Inc shares opened at $46 on Friday, giving the computer maker a valuation of $16 billion in the return to the public market, after the redeemed shares linked to her interest in software maker VMware.
The Class C shares were last trading at $46.25, while VMware’s shares rose nearly 2 percent to $157.2.
The tracking stock was tied to an 81 per cent economic interest in VMware and the purchase of the weather allowed Dell to bypass the traditional IPO process, which supposedly involved grilling by investors about the Dell $52.7 billion debt pile.
The company received the necessary approval from the shareholders for the deal at the beginning of December.
Dell went private six years ago in a $24.4 billion acquisition by Silver Lake private equity firm and Microsoft Corp. The deal was financed with the cash flows and equity of the company founder and ceo Michael Dell.
Dell has 17 percent of the global PC market share year-to-date, behind rival HP Inc 23 percent and Lenovo Group Ltd 21 percent, according to data from Canalys.
The company reported a 15% increase in revenue in the last quarter, with sales of products such as desktop pcs, notebooks and tablets, and peripherals, increasing by 11 percent.
Reporting By Aparajita Saxena in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli


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